Kyra Sims News

Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the upcoming production of King Lear. STC favorite Patrick Page will star as the titular king. See who else is in the cast, how to purchase tickets, and more!

FRIGID New York has announced the schedule of performances for their 11th Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival, featuring some of the most cutting-edge storytellers in New York City. The festival will run November 2-8 at The Kraine Theater.

FRIGID New York will present the 11th Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival, featuring some of the most cutting-edge storytellers in New York City, November 2-6 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). The performance schedule for the festival will be announced in October. 

The Broadway Sinfonietta and Sony Masterworks Broadway have released a new single, “You’re Gonna Hear From Me,” performed by Solea Pfeiffer, available now on all digital service providers. Watch them perform perform it in the recording studio here!

Co-artistic directors Rob Neill and Kyra Sims and the award-winning New York Neo-Futurists (NYNF), a diverse collective of writer-director-performers now in their 18th season of writing and performing original work rooted in non-fiction, announce the expanding of the ensemble with five new artists: Jake Banasiewicz, Rudy Ramirez, Chan Lin, Jackson Bird, and Mike Manship.

The award-winning New York Neo-Futurists (NYNF), a diverse collective of writer-director-performers now in their 18th season of writing and performing original work rooted in non-fiction, announce the hiring of senior ensemble member, Kyra Sims as their first Co-Artistic Director in a new shared leadership structure.

It’s no secret that many of the standard repertoire’s most famous operas had troubled premieres but Beethoven’s FIDELIO had more than its share. Thanks to the efforts of Heartbeat Opera, which performed its revised version at New York’s Met Museum this past weekend (before a short tour), we can see the forest for the trees, with many of the work’s problems dealt with in a surprisingly effective way and the story brought up to date without destroying its integrity.

NEON CAVIAR will present My Unfinished Girl at The Cell Theater in Chelsea on Saturday, October 16th at 7:30pm, made possible by a grant from the New York City Artist Corps.

Now from pitch 'to screen' instead of 'to stage,' The People's Improv Theater ('The PIT') launches a new virtual Old School Sketch Show ('OSSS') continuing with the legacy of their longest running sketch comedy program.

The New York Neo-Futurists now in their 17th season, are continuing their on-going and ever-changing attempt to build chance, change, and chaos through live performance on Saturday, February 27th at 8:00pm ET in THE DARKEST WEB.

The Broadway Sinfonietta, a trailblazing new all-female orchestra founded by Egyptian-American Orchestrator and Music Director Macy Schmidt, launches today with an orchestral performance of “You’re Gonna Hear From Me,” featuring 18 musicians (the majority of whom are women of color), with vocals from Broadway star Solea Pfeiffer. 

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present The Crystal Gems of Broadway on April 17, 2020. Brought to life for the first time in New York, Broadway's brightest stars celebrate 'Steven Universe' in an evening of songs from the show and movie at Feinstein's/54 Below. For one night only, Rebecca Sugar's compositions will take you laugh and cry on a journey about love, compassion, and relationships. Get ready to hear all of your favorites, including 'Love Like You', 'Happily Ever After', and of course 'We Are The Crystal Gems'. Featuring an all-star Broadway cast, this is one concert no Broadway or Steven Universe fan should miss!

Each month, Theater of the Apes plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library to resurrect as a low budget variety show.

Celebrate mischief night with a one-night-only performance of UBU SHIT SHOW, the hilarious trump hatef*ck we've all been waiting for. Because sometimes you have to laugh.

The Neo-Futurists present Ensemble Member Dan Kerr-Hobert's The Food Show, partnering with Metropolitan Brewing's new Avondale, location venue: 3031 N. Rockwell, July 27 - September 2. Previews are Thursday, July 27 - Saturday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m., with opening night Monday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m. Performances run Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices for previews and Thursdays are pay what you can; for the regular run, tickets are $10-25. Tickets and information are available at neofuturists.org or 773.275.5255.

The Neo-Futurists present Ensemble Member Dan Kerr-Hobert's The Food Show, partnering with Metropolitan Brewing to bring the site-specific world premiere to the brewery's new Avondale location, 3057 N. Rockwell, July 27 - September 2. Previews are Thursday, July 27 - Saturday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m., with opening night Monday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m. Performances run Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices for previews and Thursdays are pay what you can; for the regular run, tickets are $10-25. Tickets and information are available at neofuturists.org or 773.275.5255.

The award-winning New York Neo-Futurists are pleased to announce the World Premiere production of A Simple Art created and directed by Alex Vlahov. Written by and featuring Nessa Norich, Kyra Sims and Vlahov the true crime documentary play opens at the Roy Arias 777 Theatre tonight.

The Neo-Futurists talk Art, Suspense, Mystery, and their exciting new true-crime documentary, A Simple Art.

JACK presents The Gentleman Rests, a new opera by Dave Ruder, Oct. 27 - 29, 2016.

JACK presents The Gentleman Rests, a new opera by Dave Ruder, Oct. 27 - 29, 2016.