La Mama E.T.C. News

Teatro Del Carretto - the renowned company founded in 1983 in Lucca, Italy by director Maria Grazia Cipriani and designer Graziano Gregori, and widely recognized as one of Italy's most innovative theatre companies - makes its long-awaited US debut at LaMaMa ETC with its acclaimed adult adaptation of Pinocchio, with previews to begin January 10, prior to an official press opening January 13, at La MaMa ETC

The debut production of The Jack of Tarts, a bittersweet musical, opens January 31, 2008 at La MaMa E.T.C.

La MaMa e.t.c., in association with The Forty Hour Club, is proud to present the World Premiere of The Honor and Glory of Whaling, written by La MaMa resident playwright Michael Gorman. Performances will run from December 28, 2007 to January 6, 2008 in a limited engagement at La MaMa's Annex Theater in NYC.

Oren Safdie (Private Jokes, Public Places) and Ronnie Cohen (Jews & Jesus) return to the New York stage with the world-premiere musical West Bank, UK - about an Israeli and Palestinian living under the same roof.

West Bank, UK - a world-premiere musical about a Palestinian and an Israeli who must share a rent-controlled apartment in London's West Bank - by Oren Safdie and Ronnie Cohen, creators of the popular musical about interfaith dating, Jews & Jesus, will be presented by La MaMa ETC, in association with Malibu Stage Company, for a limited New York run, with previews set to begin November 29, prior to an official press opening December 2 at La MaMa ETC.

La MaMa E.T.C. Presents The Usual Freak Show, written and performed by Jeffrey Essmann with Michael John LaChiusa, November 2-18, 2007.

The new musical Roller Derby, which will be presented at this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival, has finalized its cast.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival, Dale Olson & Eugene Harbin will present Roller Derby, an original musical about the hard-hitting sports phenomenon, born in Chicago from the Dance Marathons and Walkathons of the Great Depression

Peculiar Works Project, the 2007 Village Voice OBIE Award-winning company for its production 'Off Stage: the West Village Fragments' will present the site-specific multi-venue companion piece to the West Village performance - 'OFF Stage: the East Village Fragments.'

Peculiar Works Project, producers of the acclaimed site-specific performance, OFF Stage: the West Village Fragments, will present 'BANG! For Your Buck'

Greece's Persona Theatre Company will bring its internationally acclaimed production of Clytemnestra's Tears, written and directed by Avra Sidiropoulou and performed by Themis Bazaka, to La Mama E.T.C.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present the NY Premiere of Split Ends, a multi-media, multidisciplinary solo performance piece written and performed by Dr. Venus Opal Reese, and directed by Liesl Tommy

The American Theatre Wing's Grants Program will honor its 2006 grant recipients, 53 New York City not-for-profit theatres that reflect the range of diversity of New York's theatres, at a luncheon at Sardi's on December 7 at noon.

BMI's Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop was presented with a 2006 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre at a gala luncheon held at New York's Tavern on the Green October 24th.

Cynthia Nixon hosted The American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and Producers' presentation of the 2006 Tony Honors for Excellence on October 24th

Cynthia Nixon will host The American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and Producers' presentation of the 2006 Tony Honors for Excellence

The Tony Awards Administration Committee today announced the recipients of the 2006 Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre.

On September 18th, the IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2006 award recipients at a exceptional evening hosted by Tony-nominee Charles Busch

Abandon, a narrative collage play by Matthew Maguire, will open at La MaMa on October 22nd

On July 17, 2006, the IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2006 nominees at the Ukrainian National Home