Mark Cohen News

StrangeDog Theatre, in association with Playwrights Theatre, is pleased to present We'll See Tomorrow by Ben Clawson, November 26 and 27, 2010 at 8:00pm (appropriate for 17 and above).

Currently celebrating its 5th season under a new mission statement, LiveWire Chicago Theatre proudly presents its 3rd annual short play festival of new work that emphasizes audience feedback and community interaction.

Winthrop Playmakers 2010/2011 season is opening with the fall production of RENT presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

With a trio of powerful leading performances from Ben Van Diepen, Ciaran McCarthy and Laura Matula, the Boiler Room Theatre production of Jonathan Larson's Pultizer Prize-winning Rent may well be the finest interpretation of the groundbreaking musical we've ever seen. Certainly, we've never seen a more passionate or more engaging mounting of Rent and the cast assembled by director Corbin Green deserve every accolade possible for the obviously heartfelt rendering they give Larson's work.

What makes men do the things they do? Why do women so often end up as collateral damage in their struggle to prove their manhood? The Wreckless Stage Company presents the world premiere of Viewer Discretion Advised, a contemporary psychological thriller which tackles these questions.

What makes men do the things they do? Why do women so often end up as collateral damage in their struggle to prove their manhood? The Wreckless Stage Company presents the world premiere of Viewer Discretion Advised, a contemporary psychological thriller which tackles these questions.

Winthrop Playmakers 2010/2011 season is opening with the fall production of RENT presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

Flood Stage Productions present Jonathon Larson's rock opera RENT running 9/17-9/25 at the Grand Opera House on Main Street in St. Charles. RENT is Larson's reworking of Puccini's La Boheme, and tells the stories of young artists and musicians who are struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, while dealing with the spectre of AIDS.

Safe Space, an agency that serves at-risk children and families in Queens, is proud to announce that professional performers from Broadway in South Africa have agreed to participate in a free community concert at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, starting at 7 p.m. The stars will teach -- and then perform with -- youth from Safe Space's programs.

Performers from Broadway in South Africa will participate in a free community concert at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010 at 7pm, to benefit Safe Space, a 91-year-old non-profit agency that serves at-risk children and families in Queens.

Flood Stage Productions present Jonathon Larson's rock opera RENT running 9/17-9/25 at the Grand Opera House on Main Street in St. Charles. RENT is Larson's reworking of Puccini's La Boheme, and tells the stories of young artists and musicians who are struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, while dealing with the spectre of AIDS.

What makes men do the things they do? Why do women so often end up as collateral damage in their struggle to prove their manhood? The Wreckless Stage Company presents the world premiere of Viewer Discretion Advised, a contemporary psychological thriller which tackles these questions.

What makes men do the things they do? Why do women so often end up as collateral damage in their struggle to prove their manhood? The Wreckless Stage Company presents the world premiere of Viewer Discretion Advised, a contemporary psychological thriller which tackles these questions.

What makes men do the things they do? Why do women so often end up as collateral damage in their struggle to prove their manhood? The Wreckless Stage Company presents the world premiere of Viewer Discretion Advised, a contemporary psychological thriller which tackles these questions.

The Barn hosts Rent auditions. Music, Lyrics and Book by Jonathan Larson. The show is directed by Eric Magnus with Musical Direction by Kevin Hershberger and Asst. Director - Shelly Stewart

The Barn hosts Rent auditions. Music, Lyrics and Book by Jonathan Larson. The show is directed by Eric Magnus with Musical Direction by Kevin Hershberger and Asst. Director - Shelly Stewart

Performers from Broadway in South Africa will participate in a free community concert at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010 at 7pm, to benefit Safe Space, a 91-year-old non-profit agency that serves at-risk children and families in Queens.

The 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Royal Family Productions will present the New York premiere of Anthony Rapp in his musical Without You September 27 - October 9 at the TBG Theater, 312 West 36 Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, third floor. Anthony Rapp stars in Without You, book and lyrics by Anthony Rapp, based on his bestseller Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent; music by John Keaney, David Matos, Joe Pisapia, and Anthony Rapp; featuring songs from Rent, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson; directed by Steve Maler.

Safe Space, an agency that serves at-risk children and families in Queens, is proud to announce that professional performers from Broadway in South Africa have agreed to participate in a free community concert at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, starting at 7 p.m. The stars will teach -- and then perform with -- youth from Safe Space's programs.

On August 2, 2010, at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM, take a musical road trip across the country in Free to Dream, an evening devoted to the songs of Katsaros and Schermerhorn at Joe's Pub.