Square East News

As vaccine rollout continues, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today the latest re-opening news. 

It's been just about a year without Broadway, and while hope seems to be on the horizon, theatre fans and industry professionals alike are asking the same question- when will it return?

Hope is on the horizon! With the acceleration of vaccine distribution and a new timetable to begin reopening NYC, some of the first re-openings have recently been announced. We've rounded up all of the latest news on the current state of Broadway for March 2021.

Almost a year after theatres in New York City went dark due to the pandemic comes a glimmer of light. Producer Daryl Roth has just announced that Blindness, the acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of Nobel Prize-winner José Saramago’s dystopian novel written by Tony Award winner Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) and directed by Walter Meierjohann, will begin performances on Friday, April 2.

Blindness, the socially distanced narrative by Tony Award winner Simon Stephens, adapted from Nobel laureate José Saramago's novel and narrated by Olivier Award winner Juliet Stevenson, will open at the Daryl Roth Theatre (101 East 15th Street at Union Square East).

Bertolt Brecht's parable of goodness takes the stage at NYU's Black Box Theatre from October 18-27.

Immediately following this week's “Heal The Music Day,” led by Dierks Bentley, Music Health Alliance's (MHA) 9-member team is readying for individual and group benefit health insurance open enrollment, providing FREE healthcare assistance to the nationwide music community. In 2018 alone, MHA saw a 40% increase in clients served during insurance and Medicare open enrollment, totaling 3,100 members of the music community and more than $7.6 Million in insurance premiums and out-of-pocket cost savings. Expectations for 2020's enrollment period exceed the prior year.

A unique retelling of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas story returns this holiday season when Pittsburgh Musical Theater presents Ken Gargaro's A Lyrical Christmas Carol.

A unique retelling of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas story returns this holiday season when Pittsburgh Musical Theater presents Ken Gargaro's A Lyrical Christmas Carol.

On Sunday, December 9th, 'Burgh Vivant will present a staged reading of the classic comedy play Auntie Mame, featuring 2013 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Performer of the Year Daina Griffith in the title role.  The evening will benefit 'Burgh Vivant's mission to promote arts and culture in Pittsburgh. 

NYU Steinhardt's Program in Educational Theatre will present Peter and the Starcatcher, a theatrical retelling of Peter Pan's story before Neverland, featuring a cast of 19 developmentally diverse performers, from Oct. 19 to 28. The production is accessible to audience members of all abilities.

Music Health Alliance, in partnership with MusiCares, will offer two free seminars to inform and empower members of the music community to enroll for new health insurance for the new year. “What The Health” and “Medicare! What Now?” workshops will be offered in October to educate the music industry on their individual healthcare options ahead of open enrollment. Both workshops will be held at BMI (10 Music Square East). Please RSVP to carrie@musichealthalliance.com to attend.

NYU Steinhardt will host the NYU Educational Theatre Forum 2018: Performance as Activism-a three-day event featuring conversations, presentations, workshops, and performances bringing together scholars and artists exploring how performance can spark dialogue and promote social change (April 19-21).

New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and Uproar Theatre Corps announced today that DREAMers : An ( Un ) Documentary Play will have a limited run at the NYU Pless Black Box Theater.

It has been nearly 12 years since the original Theatre in the Square closed its doors after producing theatre for Metro Atlanta area for nearly 30 years. It is with great pleasure that Marietta's New Theatre in the Square and Actors Theatre of Georgia has announced their third season after reopening the historic doors three years.

These two men lead millions in the fight for civil rights and were taken from us too soon. In honor of Black History Month, Marietta's New Theatre in the Square and Actors Theatre of Georgia brings Jeff Stetson's original story of the evening Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X meet privately to debate about their differing approaches to improving a lot of the black man in a predominantly white society.

NYU Steinhardt's Program in Educational Theatre will stage two events this month to celebrate the women of New York State winning the right to vote a century ago, exploring the historical context through the individuals who fought for the cause.

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI ), the global leader in music rights management, is proud to announce the recent trademark filing of its popular Speed Dating for Songwriters initiative.

NYU Steinhardt's Program in Educational Theatre will stage two events this month to celebrate the women of New York State winning the right to vote a century ago, exploring the historical context through the individuals who fought for the cause.

In collaboration with UWM Peck School of the Arts, The Battery Factory will present four new, commissioned pieces of physical/experimental theatre for Tessellate 2017.