Michael Palmer News

DANIEL'S HUSBAND, the acclaimed new play by Michael McKeever, directed by Joe Brancato, recently transferred to a commercial open-ended run Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43 St.) will update its performance schedule beginning November 19, 2018.

DANIEL'S HUSBAND - a new play by Michael McKeever, directed by Joe Brancato - is now open Off-Broadway at The Westside Theatre (407 West 43 St.). Check out photos from the evening below!

This riotous reinterpretation of one of Shakespeare's best loved plays is given a unique and irreverent twist and features original live music. Following the production's hugely successful run at both the Lyric Hammersmith and Royal Exchange Manchester in 2012, the production was revived in 2016 at the Lyric and then toured to Brisbane Festival and Dublin Theatre Festival. This new tour will visit Hull, Clwyd, Southampton, Exeter, Oxford, Doncaster and Cambridge.

The Lyric Hammersmith and Filter's critically acclaimed production of A Midsummer Night's Dream today announces the casting for the UK tour, which opens at the Lyric Hammersmith on Friday 13 April 2018. The cast and band includes Allyson Ava-Brown, George Fouracres, Daniel Fraser, David Ganly, Harry Jardine, Matt King Smith, Amy Marchant, Kayla Meikle, Alan Pagan, Michael Palmer and Dharmesh Patel.

The Atlanta Opera will present From Opera to Opry: Liquor, Love and the Lord on Tuesday, December 5th at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse. Now in its second year, the holiday concert, in collaboration with ADA Ovations, will feature renowned professional opera singers as well as the bluegrass and country stylings of Cletus McHatfield and the McHatfield Fambly Singers. From Opera to Opry thrilled a packed house in December 2016, bringing the crowd to its feet on multiple occasions to applaud, as well as dance in the aisles.

Small World is an insightful and appealing play, one that will challenge your ideas about art in its different forms. Written by Frederick Stroppel and directed by Joe Brancato, the New York City Premiere is now onstage at 59E59 Theaters. This two-hander is an absorbing, entertaining, and informative show.

This Today a group of artists will gather to share song, music, rap, tap, and even a make-up tutorial, all around a common cause. With protests happening throughout the city, and a generation of millennials wondering what they can offer up, DOWN TO HELP gives people a chance to help contribute funds to the Trevor Project, the Ali Forney Center, and Planned Parenthood, all while getting to witness some incredible talent.

This Tuesday a group of artists will gather to share song, music, rap, tap, and even a make-up tutorial, all around a common cause. With protests happening throughout the city, and a generation of millennials wondering what they can offer up, DOWN TO HELP gives people a chance to help contribute funds to the Trevor Project, the Ali Forney Center, and Planned Parenthood, all while getting to witness some incredible talent.

Penguin Rep Theatre, the award-winning theatre in Stony Point, New York, under the leadership of Artistic Director Joe Brancato and Executive Director Andrew M. Horn, closes its 2016 season with the New York premiere of Daniel's Husband by Michael McKeever from September 23 through October 16, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Penguin Rep Theatre, the award-winning theatre in Stony Point, New York, under the leadership of Artistic Director Joe Brancato and Executive Director Andrew M. Horn, closes its 2016 season with the New York premiere of Daniel's Husband by Michael McKeever from September 23 through October 16, 2016. In Daniel's Husband, Mitchell and Daniel are the ideal couple, everything but married. Mitchell does not believe in marriage; Daniel does. "When their life together takes a shocking and unexpected turn," says Mr. Brancato, who will stage the production at Penguin Rep, "we learn about the power and pain of love in this breathtaking new play."

TO PROTECT THE POETS is a full-length drama about a poet and her principles colliding with a policeman's sense of justice.

TO PROTECT THE POETS is a full-length drama about a poet and her principles colliding with a policeman's sense of justice.

How many of these great songs do you know from underappreciated musicals?

Origin Theatre Company presents the North American premiere of the internationally acclaimed Swedish novelist and playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri's "The Hundred We Are."  The fascinatingly timely memory play's limited Off-Broadway engagement performs at the cell, 338 West 23rd Street, from Wednesday March 16 to Friday April 8, with an Off-Broadway opening on Monday March 21 at 8pm.

The Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will ring in the holiday season offering something for everyone, from traditional annual performances to a one-of-a-kind experience that pairs world-class acrobats and gymnasts with music by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, in Cirque de la Symphonie.

The Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will ring in the holiday season offering something for everyone, from traditional annual performances to a one-of-a-kind experience that pairs world-class acrobats and gymnasts with music by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, in Cirque de la Symphonie.

TEN COMMANDMENTS, a world premiere play written by John Doble -- about what happens when a sexy reporter interviews the Republican Party's foremost political operative -- will be produced by Michael Palmer and 11 West Productions.

TEN COMMANDMENTS, a world premiere play written by John Doble -- about what happens when a sexy reporter interviews the Republican Party's foremost political operative -- will be produced by Michael Palmer and 11 West Productions.

Penguin Rep Theatre continues its 2015 season - the Rockland County-based professional company's 38th -- with My Name is Asher Lev, a play by Aaron Posner, adapted from the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok. Directed by Stephen Nachamie, My Name is Asher Lev will be performed tonight, July 10 through August 2 in Stony Point, New York.