Making its Midwest premiere in the birthplace of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W. and Dr. Bob is an inspirational, gripping and timely story about the men and their wives whose relationships pioneered the beginning of Alcoholics Anonymous and the creation of Al-Anon.
Sarahbeth Grossman and Craig Zehms today announced that they would present the Off-Broadway premiere of Martin Casella's acclaimed comedy THE IRISH CURSE at the Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street (between Avenue of the Americas & Varick Street) beginning an open-ended run on St. Patrick's Day, March 17th.
After a successful premiere aboard the Manhattan-docked Steamship Lilac, THE REPORT OF MY DEATH sets out to follow the equator, re-creating Twain's international lecture tour from over a century ago.
North Coast Repertory Theatre presents: A World Premiere Adaptation of a Play with Music, Little Women. Previews are from February 17 - 19, 2010. Show Dates: February 20 - March 14, 2010.
ForePlay is Flux Theatre Ensemble's exploratory play reading series, in which contemporary playwrights are asked to riff on the themes connected to the mainstage production.
It's no curse to be Irish on St Patrick's Day, when producers Craig Zehms and Sarahbeth Grossman of Martin Casella's acclaimed comedy THE IRISH CURSE offer a limited number of FREE tickets to anyone Irish with a name starting with O' or Mc* for the first performance on St Patrick's Day, Wednesday March 17th.
EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE will present a return engagement of their wildly popular and critically acclaimed production of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, is produced on Off-Broadway contract. Performances of this limited engagement will begin September 8 at TADA Theatre.
Promethean Theatre Ensemble continues a season of firsts with their production of the Frank Wedekind play Spring Awakening, making season four their first three-show season. Directed by former PTE Artistic Director Stephen F. Murray, the play will feature PTE ensemble members Devon Candura (The Fantasticks, The Illusion) and Nick Lake (The Fantasticks, The Last Unicorn, Measure for Measure, The Illusion, and Six Characters in Search of an Author), as well as guest artists Jes Bedwinek, Zachary Clark (Measure for Measure), Sara Gorsky, Jessica London-Shields, Paul G. Miller (The Last Unicorn), Tyler Rich (Measure for Measure) and Cole Simon
BWW brings you exclusive photo coverage as the cast of THE IRISH CURSE meets the press! Dan Butler (best known as Bulldog on 'Frasier'), Roderick Hill (Butley on Broadway opposite Nathan Lane), Scott Jaeck ('Charmed'), Brian Leahy ('The Junior League of Superheroes'), and Austin Peck ('Days of Our Lives') will star in the Off-Broadway premiere of Martin Casella's acclaimed comedy THE IRISH CURSE at the Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street (between Avenue of the Americas & Varick Street). Performances begin on St. Patrick's Day, March 17th. Opening Night is set for Sunday, March 28th. Matt Lenz will direct.
Transport Group presents a reading of Frank Anthony Polito's play, BLUE TUESDAY on Tuesday March 2, 2010 @ 7pm at 37 West 26th Street, Penthouse (b/w Sixth Ave. & Broadway), NYC.
Stephen Adly Guirgis will join Itamar Moses, Adam Rapp and Christopher Shinn for 'The Bad Boys of Off Broadway', the first in a series of seminars focused on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway sponsored by The Off Broadway Alliance, on Sunday, February 28, 2010.
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the world premiere of COMPULSION by Rinne Groff, directed by Oskar Eustis, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, New Haven) January 29-February 28.
In celebration of Black History Month, SistaStyle Productions presents the world premiere of Mary McCallum's Fly, Girl!, a fictionalized look at the life of aviatrix Bessie Coleman. The play, directed by noted Nashville actor/director/educator Barry Scott, opened at Darkhorse Theatre on Friday, February 19, and will close on February 27. Coleman (1892-1926) was the first African-American to become a licensed airplane pilot and was the first American of any race or gender to hold an international pilot's license. McCallum's play follows Bessie from her girlhood in Texas, where she picked cotton and dreamed of flying, then on to Chicago and ultimately to France, becoming known in the process as 'Queen Bess' the aviatrix.
Metropolitan Playhouse, devoted to plays of American moment, presents Give and Go: Learning from Losing to the Harlem Globetrotters, a one-man show by writer/performer (and one-time professional power forward) Brandt Johnson. First presented at FringeNYC 2007, the revised Give and Go plays at Metropolitan's home at 220 E 4th Street, February 11 - 27, 2010.
Stephen Adly Guirgis will join Itamar Moses, Adam Rapp and Christopher Shinn for 'The Bad Boys of Off Broadway', the first in a series of seminars focused on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway sponsored by The Off Broadway Alliance, on Sunday, February 28, 2010.
FRIGID New York presents An Agony Productions production: Four Quarters. Written and directed by Christopher Heath. Festival runs February 24-March 7, 2010. Performances: February 24 @ 10:30 PM, February 26 @ 7:00 PM, March 2 @ 9:00 PM, March 4 @ 7:30 PM, and March 6 @ 2:30 PM.
North Coast Repertory Theatre presents: A World Premiere Adaptation of a Play with Music, Little Women. Previews are from February 17 - 19, 2010. Show Dates: February 20 - March 14, 2010.
Playing Cricket is an academic comedy with a twist. Cricket, an aging graduate student ('I have almost not yet turned thirty') toils away in the departmental library while avoiding graduation. The play will have its final performance on February 20.