Top stories include Beetlejuice setting its closing date for January 2023. Plus, additional casting has been announced for Guys and Dolls at the Kennedy Center, and more.
Mike Birbiglia is an undoubtedly remarkable storyteller. The way his latest solo show, The Old Man and the Pool, which is playing now at CTG’s Mark Taper Forum, is structured is clean, snappy, clear, and concise.
Alex Edelman’s critically acclaimed comedy show Just For Us has announced a final extension for its limited engagement at the Greenwich House Theater. It will now play through Friday, September 2, 2022. The production has also released new production photos and behind the scenes photos. See the photos here!
BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Check out the selections for June featuring the LA Phil, Ahmanson Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, and more.
This July, Berkshire Theatre Group will present Songs For a New World, the first musical by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, MA, and also the 2022 Colonial Concert Series: Featuring Broadway Luminaries Chita Rivera and Charl Brown at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA.
Join comedian Alex Edelman for a conversation with Stephen Colbert (host, executive producer, and writer of CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) at 92NY about his hit solo show, Just for Us. The event will take place July 17.
The world premiere of “Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool” will open at Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum on August 3 and continue through August 28 with previews running July 27 through August 2, 2022. This one-man show is written and performed by Mike Birbiglia and directed by Seth Barrish.
Mike & Carlee Productions, the team behind Oh Hello, Jacqueline Novak's Get On Your Knees, Chris Gethard's Career Suicide, and most recently, Alison Leiby's Oh God, A Show About Abortion, have announced their Summer of Comedy at Cherry Lane!
On the heels of his award-winning Broadway show “The New One,” which made its West Coast premiere on the Ahmanson stage, comedian and storyteller Mike Birbiglia returns to Center Theatre Group with a tale of life, death and a highly chlorinated YMCA pool.
Berkshire Theatre Group has announced casting for shows in BTG’s Late Summer 2022 Season. The full season will feature B.R.O.K.E.N code B.I.R.D switching, a world premiere play and an award recipient of the GRANTS FOR ARTS PROJECTS from the National Endowment for the Arts; Once, a Tony Award-winning musical; Songs For a New World, the first musical by a Tony Award winner; Dracula, a classic gothic tale of horrors; and Edward Albee's Seascape, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Alex Edelman’s critically acclaimed comedy show Just For Us has extended its limited engagement at the Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow Street, NYC), producer Mike Birbiglia announced today ahead of its return to New York City on Monday, June 13, 2022.
On Tuesday, May 28, 2022, Bay Street had a kickoff cocktail party celebrating the start of their Summer season! Hosted by Tracy Mitchell with creatives from bay Street's first summer Production, Windfall, Emmy nominated composer and writer of Windfall Richard Kind, and comedy legend and director Jason Alexander. Artistic Director Scott Schwartz, Board members, and patrons all gathered by the water to celebrate the return after two years of virtual or socially distanced shows. Both Scott Schwartz and Tracy Mitchell spoke at the party about the upcoming season and marked the true return to theatre at Bay Street!
Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce comedian, storyteller, director, podcaster, producer, and actor Mike Birbiglia will join the 2022 Mainstage Season with six back-to-back nights of stand-up comedy starting Monday, July 11, through Saturday, July 16, staged in rep with Bay Street's second Mainstage show, Anna in the Tropics. Tickets are currently available exclusively to Bay Street Theater Patrons and Mainstage Subscribers, and to any new 2022 Mainstage Subscription holder.
On the heels of his award-winning Broadway show, The New One, comedian and storyteller Mike Birbiglia is coming to the Steppenwolf stage with a tale of life, death, and a highly chlorinated YMCA pool.
Following a sold-out run at The Cherry Lane Theatre, and after selling out the SoHo Playhouse just a week into its current run, Alex Edelman's critically acclaimed comedy show Just For Us will enjoy another encore engagement this summer at The Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow Street, NYC), producer Mike Birbiglia announced today.
Last night, stand-up comic Alex Edelman appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform a brief set in promotion of his acclaimed and upcoming off-Broadway show, Just for Us. The one-man show is set to run from March 14th through April 23rd at the SoHo Playhouse, located at 15 Vandam Street, NYC.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is presenting its world premiere production of King James by ensemble member Rajiv Joseph, staged by acclaimed Tony and Obie Award-winning director Kenny Leon (Broadway’s A Raisin in the Sun; NBC TV’s “Hairspray Live!”) in Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theater, now through April 10, 2022.