Lenny Banovez News

Queens Theatre, the borough's premier performing arts venue located on the grounds of the historic World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, announced today that Queens-based Titan Theatre Company, New York City's preeminent professional repertory company, will be Queens Theatre's "Company-In-Residence" for the venue's 2014-2015 season.

SWINGTIME CANTEEN, a musical by Linda Thorsen Bond, William Repicci, and Charles Busch, will open July 4th for a limited run at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre. This five woman musical takes place on stage at a concert for the Eighth U.S. Air Force in 1944 and pays tribute to the USO and all of the wonderful vintage classics from that time. SWINGTIME CANTEEN plans to assist service members who have been injured in the line of duty. Some proceeds from the show will be donated to the nonprofit organization Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), and will support a full range of programs and services for this generation of injured veterans and their families.

Queens based Titan Theatre Company opened it's final production of it's Award Winning and Critically Acclaimed second season on Friday April 25th, 2014 with the opening of its highly anticipated adaptation of Shakespeare's Epic KING LEAR. The production, which stars Broadway vet Terry Layman in the title role and is made possible through a generous grant from the Queens Council for the Arts, will runs thru May 11, 2014 at the Queens Theatre, the borough's premiere performing arts venue, located in beautiful Flushing Meadows Park. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!

Queens-based Titan Theatre Company will conclude its critically acclaimed, award-winning second season with a signature take on Shakespeare's epic masterpiece King Lear. The production will play a limited run today, April 25 - May 11, 2014 at Queens Theatre, the borough's premiere performing arts venue. Titan Theatre Company Artistic Director Lenny Banovez, who previously helmed Titan's hit productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet and Henry V, will direct.

Queens-based Titan Theatre Company will conclude its critically acclaimed, award-winning second season with a signature take on Shakespeare's epic masterpiece King Lear. The production will play a limited run April 25 - May 11, 2014 at Queens Theatre, the borough's premiere performing arts venue. Titan Theatre Company Artistic Director Lenny Banovez, who previously helmed Titan's hit productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet and Henry V, will direct.

Rehearsals began this week for Titan Theatre Company's final production of its critically acclaimed second season, Shakespeare's masterpiece, KING LEAR. The epic story of the 'Mad King' and his three daughters will run April 25 - May 11, 2014 at Queens Theatre, the borough's premiere performing arts venue. Titan Theatre Company Artistic Director Lenny Banovez, who previously helmed Titan's hit productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet and Henry V, will direct. Scroll down for some pictures of the cast and production team!

Titan Theatre Company announced today that it will offer a limited block of $12 early-bird tickets to the final production in its critically acclaimed, award-winning second season, Shakespeare's epic masterpiece King Lear. The production, which stars Broadway vet Terry Layman in the title role and is made possible through a generous grant from the Queens Council for the Arts, will run April 25-May 11, 2014 at the Queens Theatre, the borough's premiere performing arts venue, located in beautiful Flushing Meadows Park. $12 early-bird discount tickets (regularly $18) are available to patrons now through April 7, 2014. Simply visit www.TitanTheatreCompany.com, click 'Get Tickets Now,' select a performance, and enter code TITANTIX.

Queens-based Titan Theatre Company will conclude it's critically acclaimed, award-winning second season with a signature take on Shakespeare's epic masterpiece King Lear. The production will play a limited run April 25 - May 11, 2014 at Queens Theatre, the borough's premiere performing arts venue. Titan Theatre Company Artistic Director Lenny Banovez, who previously helmed Titan's hit productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet and Henry V, will direct.

Long Island City-based Titan Theatre Company opened it's second show of their critically acclaimed 2013-14 season on Wednesday January 22nd with the World Premiere of the highly anticipated second installment of Angela Iannone's "Edwin Booth Trilogy" THIS PRISON WHERE I LIVE. THIS PRISON WHERE I LIVE transports audiences to Edwin Booth's 1879 run of William Shakespeare's Richard II at the McVicker Theatre in Chicago. Stirring drama unfolds as the ghost of Booth's infamous brother, assassin John Wilkes Booth, pays a visit to Edwin at the McVicker. The show has a LIMITED ENGAGEMENT at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City through January 26, 2014. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!

Titan Theatre Company's rehearsals are underway for their World Premiere production of Angela Iannone's This Prison Where I Live, starring Broadway actor Reese Madigan. The production has a limited week long NYC engagement and is set to open tonight, January 22nd, with performances through January 26th at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City. Scroll down for a look at the cast!

Producer Kevin Beebee announced today that Titan Theatre Company's critically acclaimed 2013 production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, where audiences pulled actor roles out of a hat each night just seconds prior to showtime, will play Off Broadway in 2014. Casting, creative team, venue and show dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

Titan Theatre Company's rehearsals are underway for their World Premiere production of Angela Iannone's This Prison Where I Live, starring Broadway actor Reese Madigan. The production has a limited week long NYC engagement and is set to open January 22nd, with performances through January 26th at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City. Scroll down for a look at the cast!

The creative team and cast has been announced for Oliver!, which begins its limited holiday run December 6 at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, NY. Performances run through December 22, 2013.

The creative team and cast has been announced for Oliver!, which begins its limited holiday run December 6 at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, NY. Performances run through December 22, 2013.

This holiday season, The Secret Theatre is Long Island City's entertainment destination. With a daring new Steampunk-infused version of Oliver!, musicals made just for children as part of LIC's only weekly children's theatre program, a raucously funny new adaptation of fairytale favorite Cinderella, performances by The Secret Theatre Academy of Dramatic Arts' students, cast-led carols, trees, wreaths, presents and even a visit from Santa Claus, the stage is set for magical holiday memories.

The creative team and cast has been announced for "Oliver!", which begins its limited holiday run December 6th at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, NY. Performances run through December 22, 2013.

Long Island City-based Titan Theatre Company launched its second full season on Friday October 18, 2013 with the premiere of its highly anticipated adaptation of Shakespeare's infectious comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, where, for each night of the show's limited New York City run, audience members pick which actors from the acclaimed nine-actor ensemble will play each of the 16 roles in Shakespeare's infectious comedy of sly sprites, rude mechanicals and confused lovers. The show will run at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City through November 3, 2013. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!