This Saturday, October 1, 2016 between 1-2pm, celebrated Obie Award-Winning playwright, Daniel MacIvor, who will be at The Drama Book Shop to meet and greet fans and sign copies of his plays.
Urban Stages will kick off its 33rd season with the American Premiere of the award-winning drama Communion by celebrated Obie Award- winning, Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor, who will direct the production.
Urban Stages celebrates its critically-acclaimed 32nd season at the Central Park Boathouse on Monday, May 23rd at 6:30pm. This year's annual gala will honor the renowned Karen Akers with Urban Stages Musical Artist Award presented by ten-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune.
The Play Company's (PlayCo) 2015-16 Idea Lab features three curated events, November 18 & 28 and December 4, following performances of award-winning, German playwright Maria Milisavljevic's Abyss. The critically acclaimed U.S. premiere, directed by Maria Mileaf, runs through December 6 at Theaterlab, 357 West 36th Street. Writing about Abyss for The New York Times, Ben Brantley praised the 'poetic drama,' as 'genuinely artful...And it will take you places you didn't expect to go.' Speaking about the play's painfully current themes, he said it considers, 'some very topical questions of European national identities in a time of permeable and shifting borders.'
For the past seven years, a major source of Infinitheatre's new plays has been its annual Write-on-Q! Quebec playwriting competition, including recent success Progress! by Alyson Grant which played a sold out run at the Royal Victoria Hospital legacy site, and Oren Safdie's Unseamly, the New York Times critics' pick that just closed Off-Broadway. This year's jury, chaired by Pat Donnelly, with Gerry Lipnowski, Laurence Sellyn and Jennifer Moorehouse, is excited to announce the 2015 winners, whose plays will be read in The Pipeline.
Mark The Pipeline 2015 at the Rialto in your late fall calendar Friday, December 11 - Sunday, December 13, 2015 Every year Infinitheatre looks for innovative, challenging and exciting new works by Quebec playwrights. Plays developed by Infinitheatre have been performed all over the island of Montreal and beyond, in Stratford Ontario, Toronto, British Columbia, in Ottawa at the NAC, New York, Tokyo, Cairo and Edinburgh.
HONKY by Greg Kalleres received its World Premiere at NYC's Award winning Theatre Company Urban Stages in the spring of 2013. The Urban Stages production, directed by Luke Harlan, received raves, and the play was subsequently remounted later that year. Due to its NY success, HONKY was produced at San Diego Rep and was filmed by PBS and OnStage in America and will receive a landmark presentation tomorrow, November 6, at 10PM (www.pbs.org/onstage-in-america/honky/home/).
Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director, Peter Napolitano, Producer/Director of Musical Programming) today announced the line-up for this year's Award-Winning Musical event WINTER RHYTHMS 2015, which will begin Wednesday, December 2 and will feature some of New York's best musical performances through December 13, 2015 at Urban Stages Theatre. WINTER RHYTHMS 2015 marks the seventh year that Urban Stages has brought noted musical artists to its stage during the holiday period. The mission of Winter Rhythms is to bring the talents of known and unknown singers, musicians, lyricists and composers to the attention of the New York theater community while performing at Urban Stages Theater. Winner of the 2015 Ruth Kurtzman Benefit Series MAC Award, WINTER RHYTHMS benefits Urban Stages' acclaimed Outreach Program, which brings more than 200 free "arts in education" presentations to libraries and schools throughout the five boroughs. This year's event features 20 shows and more than 100 artists.
Urban Stages' NY Times Critic's Pick Unseamly by Oren Safdie and directed by Sarah C Carlsen was originally set to run through November 1, will extend its run through November 8, 2015 at Urban Stages (259 West 30 Street) Tickets are $55 and are available at UrbanStages.org.
Urban Stages' American premiere of Oren Safdie's (Private Jokes, Public Places) Unseamly opened last night, October 14, and runs through November 1, directed by Sarah C Carlsen, at Urban Stages (259 West 30 Street). BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night fesivities below!
Located in the heart of the fashion district, Urban Stages presents the American Premiere of Oren Safdie's (Private Jokes, Public Places) play UNSEAMLY. Directed by Sarah C Carlsen, UNSEAMLY will begin performances on October 8; Opening night is set for tonight, October 14, through November 1 at Urban Stages (259 West 30 Street). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
The Play Company (PlayCo), led by Founding Producer Kate Loewald and Executive Producer Lauren Weigel, kicks off its 15th Anniversary season with the U.S. premiere of Abyss, which marks the U.S. debut of the award-winning German playwright Maria Milisavljevic. Abyss, directed by Maria Mileaf, is a poetic thriller centered on the mysterious disappearance of a young woman. The play exemplifies PlayCo's unique commitment to premiering work from around the world to advance a dynamic, international experience of contemporary theater in New York. Abyss is an exploration of what it means to be an outsider. Speaking about the play Milisavljevic says, "making a new home means finding a new kind of honesty. Otherwise the old lies will follow you."
Located in the heart of the fashion district, Urban Stages will present a series of talk backs to accompany, the American Premiere of Oren Safdie's (Private Jokes, Public Places) play UNSEAMLY this October.
The Play Company (PlayCo), led by Founding Producer Kate Loewald and Executive Producer Lauren Weigel celebrates its 15th Anniversary season with programming that exemplifies its unique commitment to premiering plays from around the world, including the U.S., to advance a dynamic, international experience of contemporary theater as part of the American repertoire.
Located in the heart of the fashion district, Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director; Peter Napolitano, Associate Producer) is proud to present the American Premiere of Oren Safdie's (Private Jokes, Public Places) play Unseamly this October. Directed by Sarah C Carlsen, Unseamly will begin performances on October 8; Opening night is set for October 14 through November 1 at Urban Stages (259 West 30 Street) Tickets will be $55 ($35 during previews) and are available at UrbanStages.org and Theatermania.com.
Located in the heart of the fashion district, Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director; Peter Napolitano, Associate Producer) is proud to present the American Premiere of Oren Safdie's play Unseamly this October. Directed by Sarah C Carlsen, Unseamly will begin performances on October 8; Opening night is set for October 14 through November 1 at Urban Stages (259 West 30 Street) Tickets will be $55 ($35 during previews) and are available at UrbanStages.org. Cast will be announced very soon.
Every year Infinitheatre presents Quebec's newest discoveries in The Pipeline, an annual series of free public play readings where the audience takes centre stage. Guy Sprung, Infinitheatre's artistic director, invites the public to be part of the excitement and share their views from today, December 3 - Sunday, December 7 at the beautiful Rialto Theatre. On offer will be the three winning plays from the Write-On-Q! playwriting competition as well as two works in development from previous Write-On-Q! prize winners.
Every year Infinitheatre presents Quebec's newest discoveries in The Pipeline, an annual series of free public play readings where the audience takes centre stage. Guy Sprung, Infinitheatre's artistic director, invites the public to be part of the excitement and share their views from Wednesday, December 3 - Sunday, December 7 at the beautiful Rialto Theatre. On offer will be the three winning plays from the Write-On-Q! playwriting competition as well as two works in development from previous Write-On-Q! prize winners.
The METAs are proud to announce the 2013-2014 winners!
In celebration of excellence in English-language theatre in Montreal, the Montreal English Theatre Awards Committee is pleased to release its list of 2013-2014 nominees. The second annual METAs gala will take place on Monday October 20th at 7:45pm at the Rialto Theatre (5723 avenue du Parc).
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