Exploring the theme of “chosen family,” the theatre’s upcoming 16th season presents Wallace Thurman’s Fire!!, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, Shakespeare’s Rare Accidents, and Moliere’s The Hypochondriac.
The Shed has announced the 17 New York City–based artists and collectives selected for its fourth Open Call, a dynamic commissioning program championing early-career artists across the visual and performing arts.
Heather Robles, who has been an integral part of The Bessie Awards for the past 15 years and has served as its Executive Director for the last four, is stepping down from her role. Learn more about Robles and the organization.
Discover the New York premiere of SUMP'N LIKE WINGS, a play by the author of GREEN GROW THE LILACS, which inspired Rodgers & Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!, opening this Thursday. Performances will take place at Mint Theater Company.
Mint Theater Company has released a first look at the New York Premiere of Sump'n Like Wings by Lynn Riggs, author of more than thirty plays including Green Grow the Lilacs, the basis for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s landmark musical Oklahoma! Written in 1925, Sump'n Like Wings was published in 1928.
The New York Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies has announced restructuring the organization in 2024 with sustainability at the forefront. Learn more about what the awards have in store here!
Ma-Yi Theater and Second Generation Productions will present three play readings at Theatre Row this month, showcasing new works and diverse voices in contemporary theater. Learn more about the readings and see how to purchase tickets.
Quintessence Theatre has announced the Philadelphia Premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ acclaimed play, Father Comes Home From The Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3.
The Magic Theatre has added three performances on Friday March 22 and Saturday March 23 at 8pm and Sunday March 24 at 4pm of the World Premiere of Ashley Smiley’s Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad.
oin Atlantic Theater Company's The Judith Champion MixFest as they showcase the best of traditional diaspora music. Immerse yourself in a vibrant celebration of cultural heritage and experience a melodic journey through the rich traditions of the diaspora. Don't miss this unifying event that brings together diverse musical talents on one stage.
Second Generation Productions (2G), in partnership with Ma-Yi Theater Company, will present Short Stack 2, a 2nd annual festival of short plays by Asian American playwrights.
Arden Theatre Company is bringing audiences back into the world of August Wilson's ten-part series, The American Century Cycle. This time audiences will journey to Pittsburgh in the late 1990s for the final play of the cycle, August Wilson's Radio Golf. This bittersweet drama of assimilation and alienation in nineties America traces the forces of change on a neighborhood and its people caught between history and the twenty-first century. This is the fifth play in the cycle that the Arden has produced. Kash Goins, who was an actor in the Arden's production of Two Trains Running, returns to direct. August Wilson's Radio Golf runs March 23-April 16.
The Public Theater will begin performances for the 18th annual UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL tomorrow, Wednesday, January 4. Learn more about the lineup and how to get tickets!
The Flea Theater will present its 2nd Annual House Party entitled Blooming: A Flea Shindiggity, a coming out celebration, presenting to the world a new found vision for the future of experimental art created by Black, Brown and queer artists.