Queens Theatre News

Added to the program will be the premiere of Posin's 'Postlude,' conceived when, according to Posin, 'the company gathered together to restage an earlier work, and late-stage pandemic ghosts came to haunt us in the Gene Frankel Theatre.'

QueensSound Ensemble is one of 3,000 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment as well as Queens Theatre.

This month Queens Theatre will present four City Artist Corps Showcase events featuring 33 artists who each received a $5,000 New York City City Artist Corps Grant to present various works of song, dance, film, theatre and more to the public.

Performance Artist Akiko Tokuoka is one of 3,000 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre.

Mayor de Blasio today announced the culmination of the New York City Artist Corps program with several showcases and hundreds of individual events happening across the boroughs this October.

On Sunday night, the audience at the Circle in the Square Theatre was treated to an extra helping of joy, as CHICKEN & BISCUITS, the new comedy written by Douglas Lyons and directed by Zhailon Levingston, officially opened. 

This month Queens Theatre (QT) presents four City Artist Corps Showcase events featuring 33 artists who each received a $5,000 City Artist Corps Grant to present various works of song, dance, film, theatre and more to the public. 

Jew-Yo-Rican Actress and Playwright Rivka Rivera is the recipient of a $5,000 City Artist Corps grant for NYC-based working artists disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

Musical theatre writer Durra Leung is one of 500 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, with support from the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment as well as Queens Theatre.

​​​​​​​Singer Jenny Lynn Stewart is one of 500 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York CityDepartment of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre.

CHICKEN & BISCUITS, the new comedy written by Douglas Lyons and directed by Zhailon Levingston, made its Broadway debut just last night, October 10, at the Circle in the Square Theatre (235 West 50th Street.) The limited engagement runs through Sunday, January 2, 2022. We have photos from inside the big night!

CHICKEN & BISCUITS, the new comedy written by Douglas Lyons and directed by Zhailon Levingston, made its Broadway debut just last night, October 10, at the Circle in the Square Theatre (235 West 50th Street.) The limited engagement runs through Sunday, January 2, 2022.

Wysch Productions has revealed the talented line-up of performers who have been cast in Surrey’s family Pantomime, Cinderella, playing The Borough Hall, Godalming, from 11 – 26 December 2021.

From the producers of comedies Hormonal Housewives and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Red Entertainment have announced new touring musical, Soul Sisters!

Judith Sloan will present Songs, Poetry and Monologues of Migration, Refuge and Finding Home - at the Queens Theatre, as part of the City Artists Corps showcase on Saturday October 23 at 4 pm. The hour long program is free and takes place in the Claire Shulman Theatre at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, NY.

CHICKEN & BISCUITS, the new comedy written by Douglas Lyons and directed by Zhailon Levingston, makes its Broadway premiere and we have all of the reviews from Broadway's critics. The limited engagement runs through Sunday, January 2, 2022. 

Executive Producer Maggie Politi Stiggers and co-producer Katie Mack present 'The Reel Resilience Screening', a one night only event at The Museum of the Moving Image to showcase films created by female and LGBTQ+ filmmakers during the pandemic.

In their first outing since the onset of COVID-19, immersive theater company Witness is returning to New York with a new installation based on Aeschylus's The Oresteia. A storefront space in the East Village will be transformed into a safehouse outside Argos, occupied continuously by a single actor portraying Orestes.

CHICKEN & BISCUITS officially opens on October 10, at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Meet the cast here and learn more about who is starring in this new play!

Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre was recognized for When the Light Goes Out: Spirits, Souls, and Spooky Tales, which will bring a new theatrical performance piece to the Fort Greene neighborhood in Brooklyn on 10/29-10/31, performances beginning at 6 PM.