Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, has announced the six productions of its 2015/2016 Season. The six new works will be presented at the theater company's home at 416 West 42nd Street. In season order, they will be:
The Play Company (PlayCo), led by Founding Producer Kate Loewald and Executive Producer Lauren Weigel, will present the world premiere of writer-director Aya Ogawa's Ludic Proxy, which PlayCo commissioned after producing Ogawa's translation of Toshiki Okada's play Enjoy (2010) to acclaim.
Amas Musical Theatre and The Amas Musical Theatre Lab will present staged readings for the New York premiere of I Am, I Will, I Do, a new musical with book, music and lyrics by Dan Manjovi. Directed by Christopher Scott with Musical Direction by Steven Gross, the readings will be held tonight, February 9th at 6pm and tomorrow, February 10th at 3pm & 7pm at Shetler Studios - Penthouse (244 West 54th Street - between Broadway & 8th Avenue).
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the launch of CineKids, a new education initiative focused on bringing film into the classroom, through screenings, discussions, and production
RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, performs Bach Dances, a series of works set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach tonight, February 5 at 7:00pm, Friday, February 6 at 7:00pm, and Saturday February 7 at 7:30pm at the University of Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at: 100 Performing Arts Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556.
An all-new THEATER TALK focuses on two very different New York productions, both dealing with issues of identity: the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced, now at the Lyceum Theatre, and the off-Broadway musical Brooklynite, currently in previews at The Vineyard.
On Sunday afternoon February 15, the North/South Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Max Lifchitz will introduce New York audiences to five recent works by composers from Ireland and the US.
The Village Playwrights will celebrate the Valentine's holiday with staged readings of 8 short plays about LGBTQ romance and relationships on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 8 PM at the LGBT Community Center in NYC.
The 20th Anniversary of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and UniFrance films' celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, sweeps across screens at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the IFC Center, and BAMcinematek, March 6-15.
YELLOW SOUND LABEL will release the Off-Broadway cast recording of the new musical The Memory Show. The album will be available at iTunes, Amazon.com, and in stores on March 10. Originally presented in New York by Transport Group, the show has music by Zach Redler and book and lyrics by Sara Cooper with direction by Drama Desk nominee Joe Calarco. Vadim Feichtner serves as music director with orchestrations by Lynne Shankel. The Memory Show stars Leslie Kritzer (Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair) and Tony Award nominee Catherine Cox (Baby, Footloose). The new recording is produced by Emmy Award-winner and Grammy Award-nominee Michael Croiter (Matilda, Big Fish, Heathers). Pre-order the album at ?www.yellowsoundlabel.com.
Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) will offer a Valentine's Weekend Dinner package during A Public Reading Of An Unproduced Screenplay About The Death Of Walt Disney. Patrons will have the opportunity to enjoy an intimate dinner onstage within the set of the production.
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the performance schedule for the world premiere of Significant Other, a new play by Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews) directed by Trip Cullman (Murder Ballad).
RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, performs Bach Dances, a series of works set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach on Thursday, February 5 at 7:00pm, Friday, February 6 at 7:00pm, and Saturday February 7 at 7:30pm at the University of Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at: 100 Performing Arts Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556. DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Presenting Series tickets range from $15.00 to $26.00 and are available at http://performingarts.nd.edu/calendar/view.aspx?id=5315.
Theater critic Jesse Green (New York Magazine) and theater journalists Michael Musto (Out.com) and Patrick Pacheco (NY1 News) join co-hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins for a “Spring Season 2015 Preview” of Broadway productions on an all-new THEATER TALK.
An industry reading of the new musical MANUEL VERSUS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, which debuted in concert form at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and won the 2014 NYMF Developmental Reading Series award, will be presented Jan. 28, 2015. The musical, directed by Jose Zayas, is an Official Grand Jury Selection of the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Trusted sons of wealthy families who ascend to high office to do their party's bidding? Crooked backroom deals that ignore the will or needs of the people? Well-placed one-percenters who avoid punishment no matter the crime? These are not merely well-trodden news angles ripped from the latest headlines. They're among the central themes of The Man of the Hour, a 1906 play inspired by Tammany Hall, which begins performances on February 20, 2015 at Metropolitan Playhouse.
The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor and Artistic Director, will present Valentine's Day Celebration - With a Twist!, the second event of their 2014-15 concert season on Saturday, February 14 at 8:00 PM at Kaufman Center's Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th St. (btw Broadway and Amsterdam) in Manhattan. This event is co-sponsored by Merkin Concert Hall.
Road Less Traveled Productions has announced its 2015-16 Season to Buffalo theatergoers! Featuring five full regular season theatrical productions and one annual holiday offering, this season will include original work as well as Western New York premieres of work never before produced in the Buffalo area. RLTP's 12th season will include:
Amas Musical Theatre and The Amas Musical Theatre Lab will begin the New Year with staged readings for the New York premiere of A Taste of Chocolate, a new musical with book, music and lyrics by Timothy Ware, with additional lyrics and arrangements by Alvin Hough. Directed by Warren Adams, the readings will be held today, January 26th at 2pm & 6pm and tomorrow, January 27th at 2pm at The National Opera Center of America: Audition Recital Hall (330 Seventh Avenue - between 28th & 29thStreets).
New York Theatre Ballet (NYTB) continues it long-running series Dance on a Shoestring, now heldat the company's new home at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery, 131 East 10th Street, NYC , tonight January 24 at 7pm.
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