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Negro Ensemble Remounts A SOLDIER'S PLAY
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2018


To reach an expanded audience, The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc. (NEC) will re-mount its 2017 revival of 'A Soldier's Play' by Charles Fuller, directed by Charles Weldon, from February 14 to March 4, 2018 at Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street. The piece is historically NEC's most famous and successful play. It was produced last fall at Theatre 80 St. Marks as the culminating event of NEC's landmark 50th season, playing to full houses and glowing notices. The cast of that revival will return intact for the Gene Frankel Theatre run.

Drama Series SUCCESSION Debuts This June on HBO
by Tori Hartshorn - Jan 11, 2018


Drama Series SUCCESSION Debuts This June on HBO

The Mad Ones' MILES FOR MARY to Make Off-Broadway Debut This Winter
by BWW News Desk - Jan 11, 2018


After a smash run last fall, Playwrights Horizons will present MILES FOR MARY, a new play by The Mad Ones. Directed by Lila Neugebauer, MILES FOR MARY received critical acclaim during its fall 2016 run at The Bushwick Starr.

Peter Friedman Receives 2017 St. Calir Bayfield Award
by BWW News Desk - Jan 9, 2018


Peter Friedman has received the annual St. Clair Bayfield Award presented by the Actors' Equity Foundation for his performance as Polonius in The Public Theater's production of Hamlet. The announcement was made by Arne Gundersen, President of the Foundation, and Joan Glazer, Managing Director.

VIDEO: MILES FOR MARY Makes New York Return and Off-Broadway Premiere at Playwright's Horizons
by Julie Musbach - Dec 20, 2017


After a smash run last fall, Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will present MILES FOR MARY, a new play by The Mad Ones. Directed by Lila Neugebauer, MILES FOR MARY received critical acclaim during its fall 2016 run at The Bushwick Starr. Watch the new trailer below!

Peter Friedman Receives 2017 St. Calir Bayfield Award
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 18, 2017


Peter Friedman has received the annual St. Clair Bayfield Award presented by the Actors' Equity Foundation for his performance as Polonius in The Public Theater's production of Hamlet. The announcement was made by Arne Gundersen, President of the Foundation, and Joan Glazer, Managing Director.

Andre De Shields Leads Robert O'Hara's MANKIND, Beginning Tonight at Playwrights Horizons
by BWW News Desk - Dec 15, 2017


Playwrights Horizons presents Mankind, the world premiere of a new play written and directed by two-time Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara (Bootycandy, Bella: An American Tall Tale at Playwrights; Barbecue, In the Continuum, The Brother/Sister Plays).

HBO Debuts Season Two of Hit Series HIGH MAINTENANCE, 1/19
by Caryn Robbins - Dec 14, 2017


Providing a peek into the cramped apartments, grinding routines and urban neuroses of New Yorkers, the hit comedy HIGH MAINTENANCE kicks off its ten-episode second season FRIDAY, JAN. 19 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

HBO Comedy Series HIGH MAINTENANCE Returns for Season 2 on 1/19
by Tori Hartshorn - Dec 13, 2017


Providing a peek into the cramped apartments, grinding routines and urban neuroses of New Yorkers, the hit comedy HIGH MAINTENANCE kicks off its ten-episode second season FRIDAY, JAN. 19 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Ben Sinclair returns as The Guy, a bearded, pot-dealing deliveryman whose growing clientele is keeping him busier than ever.

VIDEO: On This Day, December 8- RAGTIME Gets World Premiere in Toronto!
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 8, 2017


Today we celebrate Ragtime the Musical, which had its world premiere in Toronto on this day in 1996.

Tectonic Theater Project's UNCOMMON SENSE Opens Tonight Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Nov 2, 2017


The New York Premiere of Uncommon Sense, a new play inspired by true stories of people living on the autism spectrum, written by Anushka Paris-Carter and Andy Paris, and directed by Andy Paris, opens tonight, November 2nd, at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture.

Andre De Shields Will Star in Robert O'Hara's MANKIND at Playwrights Horizons; Cast Complete!
by BWW News Desk - Oct 31, 2017


Playwrights Horizons has announced complete casting for Mankind, the world premiere of a new play written and directed by two-time Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara (Bootycandy, Bella: An American Tall Tale at Playwrights; Barbecue, In the Continuum, The Brother/Sister Plays).

Tectonic Theater Project's UNCOMMON SENSE Begins Previews Tonight Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Oct 25, 2017


Previews begin tonight (Wednesday, October 25) for the New York Premiere of Uncommon Sense, a new play inspired by true stories of people living on the autism spectrum, written by Anushka Paris-Carter and Andy Paris, and directed by Andy Paris.

Tectonic Theater Project's UNCOMMON SENSE, A New Play About Living with Autism, Opens Tonight at Sheen Center
by BWW News Desk - Oct 25, 2017


Tectonic Theater Project presents the New York premiere of Uncommon Sense, a new play about living on the autism spectrum, which the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture presents for five weeks only, running tonight, October 25, through November 26, at The Sheen Center's Loreto Theater (18 Bleecker Street, NYC).

Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 10/15-10/16/2017
by - Oct 16, 2017


Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Monday, October 16, 2017 - Monday, October 16, 2017.

BWW Review: Peter Friedman and Deanna Dunagan Star as Estranged Mother and Son in THE TREASURER
by Michael Dale - Oct 16, 2017


I will be in Hell because I don't love my mom, the central character of Max Posner's comedic drama THE TREASURER causally admits to the audience with unemotional matter-of-factness.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson Joins Jordan Harrison's LOG CABIN Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Oct 13, 2017


Playwrights Horizons announced today that stage and screen star Jesse Tyler Ferguson ('Modern Family,' Fully Committed, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) has joined the cast of LOG CABIN, the world premiere of a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Jordan Harrison (Marjorie Prime, Maple and Vine, Doris to Darlene at Playwrights; 'Orange Is the New Black').

Max Posner's THE TREASURER Extends Two Weeks Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Sep 28, 2017


Due to critical acclaim and popular demand, Playwrights Horizons has announced an extension of their world premiere production of The Treasurer, a new play by Max Posner (Judy).

Negro Ensemble Revives A SOLDIER'S PLAY Tonight as Part of 50th Season
by BWW News Desk - Sep 27, 2017


For its 50th season, The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc. (NEC) has been presenting a retrospective of some of the troupe's signature works. The culminating event of this landmark season will be NEC's most famous and successful production, 'A Soldier's Play' by Charles Fuller, which NEC first presented in 1981 at Theatre Four.

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