Lucas Papaelias, of Broadway's ONCE is set to join the line up of the previously announced 17th annual LOWER EAST SIDE (LES) FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS. Papaelias is also known as LPfunK and is an actor/guitarist/composer who was nominated for a Drama Desk Award (Best Original Music in a Play) for his work in Adam Rapp's "Essential Self-Defense" at Playwrights Horizons. Most recently, he co-wrote the rock musical PYRAMIDICA: Songs of Freedom, which takes place live in a pyramid scheme company's "free" orientation, and was presented at the Vineyard Arts Project's New Writers / New Plays Festival. He also conceived of, and composed, the rock opera ITHACA: a Perpetual Shredfest, the story of a Lower East Side rock band performing their final concert, which had presentations at Joe's Pub and ARS Nova.
Matt Morillo News
by James T Harding -
KADM Productions has announced the West Coast premiere of The Inventor, The Escort, The Photographer, Her Boyfriend and His Girlfriend, Matt Morillo's raucous new sex comedy, for a limited engagement at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. There will be one preview performance on June 1, with opening night set for Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 8:00. The Inventor ... will play through July 8.
by Max Schwager -
THE LOWER EAST SIDE (LES) FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS celebrates its seventeenth year of bringing together under one roof, in just three days, over 100 performing arts organizations, local and international celebrities, independent artists, poets, playwrights, musicians, puppeteers, film makers and many others - all of whom reside, work or have their roots in the culturally diverse, willfully anarchistic Lower East Side - for New York City's most diverse FREE 3-day festival, from Friday, May 25 through Sunday, May 27, at Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue, between E. 9th and 10th Sts.) in Manhattan. OBIE Award-winning actress Crystal Field is co-founder and Artistic Director of Theater for the New City.
by BWW News Desk -
The Pulitzer Prize and Obie Award-winning Theatre for the New City (TNC) will hold its 9th Annual LOVE N' COURAGE benefit gala on Monday, February 13 at the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan), this year honoring legendary centenarian writer Bel Kaufman, author of 'Up the Down Staircase,' it has been announced by Crystal Field, co-founder and artistic director of Theater for the City. The LOVE N' COURAGE celebration will begin with cocktails at 6:30pm, Dinner at 7:00pm, and performances at 8:00pm.
by Gabrielle Sierra -
The Pulitzer Prize and Obie Award-winning Theatre for the New City (TNC) will hold its 9th Annual LOVE N' COURAGE benefit gala on Monday, February 13 at the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan), this year honoring legendary centenarian writer Bel Kaufman, author of 'Up the Down Staircase,' it has been announced by Crystal Field, co-founder and artistic director of Theater for the City.
by Kelsey Denette -
The Pulitzer Prize and Obie Award-winning Theatre for the New City (TNC) will hold its 9th Annual LOVE N' COURAGE benefit gala on Monday, February 13 at the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan), this year honoring legendary centenarian writer Bel Kaufman, author of 'Up the Down Staircase,' it has been announced by Crystal Field, co-founder and artistic director of Theater for the City. The LOVE N' COURAGE celebration will begin with cocktails at 6:30pm, Dinner at 7:00pm, and performances at 8:00pm.
by BWW News Desk -
What? You haven't even seen ANGRY YOUNG WOMEN IN LOW RISE JEANS WITH HIGH CLASS ISSUES even once! This will likely be your last chance, at least under the direction of author Matt Morillo, because Theater for the New City is going to present the laugh fest one last time from December 1 to 18, 2011.
by Carly Rosemore -
What? You haven't even seen ANGRY YOUNG WOMEN IN LOW RISE JEANS WITH HIGH CLASS ISSUES even once! This will likely be your last chance, at least under the direction of author Matt Morillo, because Theater for the New City is going to present the laugh fest one last time from December 1 to 18, 2011.
by Gabrielle Sierra -
THE 16th ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE (LES) FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS brings together under one roof in just three days over 100 performing arts organizations, local and international celebrities, independent artists, poets, playwrights, musicians, puppeteers, film makers and many others - all of whom reside, work or have their roots in the culturally diverse, willfully anarchistic Lower East Side - for New York City's most diverse FREE 3-day festival, from Friday, May 27 through Sunday, May 29, at Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue, between E. 9th and 10th Sts.) in Manhattan. OBIE Award-winning actress Crystal Field is co-founder and Artistic Director of Theater for the New City.
by BWW News Desk -
Theater for the New City extends its production of 'The Inventor, The Escort, The Photographer, Her Boyfriend and His Girlfriend' by Matt Morillo, resuming February 24 to March 5.
by BWW News Desk -
The beloved, Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes will be honored at the 2011 LOVE 'N' COURAGE Gala - a benefit for the award-winning Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program - on Monday, February 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan), it has been announced by Crystal Field, co-founder and artistic director of Theater for the New City.
by Gabrielle Sierra -
Theater for the New City extends its production of 'The Inventor, The Escort, The Photographer, Her Boyfriend and His Girlfriend' by Matt Morillo, resuming February 24 to March 5.
by BWW News Desk -
Theater for the New City will present 'The Inventor, The Escort, The Photographer, Her Boyfriend and His Girlfriend,' the newest comedy by Matt Morillo ('Angry Young Women in Low Rise Jeans with High Class Issues') from January 6 to 29, directed by the author.
by Gabrielle Sierra -
The beloved, Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes will be honored at the 2011 LOVE 'N' COURAGE Gala - a benefit for the award-winning Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program - on Monday, February 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan), it has been announced by Crystal Field, co-founder and artistic director of Theater for the New City.
by BWW News Desk -
Theater for the New City will present 'The Inventor, The Escort, The Photographer, Her Boyfriend and His Girlfriend,' the newest comedy by Matt Morillo ('Angry Young Women in Low Rise Jeans with High Class Issues') from January 6 to 29, directed by the author.
by Gabrielle Sierra -
ADDED PERFORMANCES: Wednesdays, Jan. 12, 19 and 26 at 7:00 PM. The show will now run for a total of 18 performances.
by BWW News Desk -
In what has become an annual holiday season attraction, Theater for the New City will reprise 'Angry Young Women In Low-Rise Jeans With High-Class Issues,' the raucous comedy by Matt Morillo, from December 2 to 12.
by BWW News Desk -
In what has become an annual holiday season attraction, Theater for the New City will reprise 'Angry Young Women In Low-Rise Jeans With High-Class Issues,' the raucous comedy by Matt Morillo, from December 2 to 12.
by Gabrielle Sierra -
Theater for the New City will present 'The Inventor, The Escort, The Photographer, Her Boyfriend and His Girlfriend,' the newest comedy by Matt Morillo ('Angry Young Women in Low Rise Jeans with High Class Issues') from January 6 to 29, directed by the author.
by Gabrielle Sierra -
In what has become an annual holiday season attraction, Theater for the New City will reprise 'Angry Young Women In Low-Rise Jeans With High-Class Issues,' the raucous comedy by Matt Morillo, from December 2 to 12.
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