Stephen Spinella News

Today we say happy trails many original Broadway company members of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is adding 100 more tickets to the 'The Friday Forty' for the first public performances of the new cast on March 20 and 21 at the Lyric Theatre (214 West 43rd Street, New York, NY).

The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director will present Sing Me the Universal, a Walt Whitman Bicentennial Concert on March 2 at 8:00 PM at the Church of St. Francis Xavier, 46 W. 16th St., between 5th and 6th Avenues in Manhattan. This event celebrates the 200th anniversary of the poet's birth.

The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director will present Sing Me the Universal, a Walt Whitman Bicentennial Concert on March 2 at 8:00 PM at the Church of St. Francis Xavier, 46 W. 16th St., between 5th and 6th Avenues in Manhattan. This event celebrates the 200th anniversary of the poet's birth.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will welcome a new Broadway cast currently in rehearsals to begin performances on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at the Lyric Theatre (214 West 43rd Street, NYC) following the final performance of the current cast on Sunday, March 17, 2019.

The Workmen's Circle presented activist and playwright Tony Kushner, best known for his play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, with its Activism and Jewish Culture Award at the organization's annual Winter Benefit-Setting the Stage for Change-on Monday, December 10, 2018.

Carrie Edel Isaacman and her company, Shakespeare Sports, will bring a fascinating new production of Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT to New York for the upcoming holiday season starting November 30 at downtown's historic Players Theater, 115 MacDougal Street, between West 3rd and Bleecker Streets, in NYC.

The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director will present Handel's Messiah today, December 8 at 8:00 PM in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, 57th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan.

Carrie Edel Isaacman and her company, Shakespeare Sports, will bring a fascinating new production of Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT to New York for the upcoming holiday season starting November 30 at downtown's historic Players Theater, 115 MacDougal Street, between West 3rd and Bleecker Streets, in NYC.

On December 10, The Workmen's Circle will present activist and playwright Tony Kushner, best known for his play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, with its Activism and Jewish Culture Award at the organization's annual Winter Benefit-Setting the Stage for Change-at The Prince George Ballroom, 15 East 27th Street.

Theatre Bay Area, the third-largest regional theatre service organization in North America, held its fifth annual TBA Awards Celebration on Monday, November 5. The event took place at the Herbst Theatre with almost 700 people in attendance.

'Before This New Year,' a coming-of-age identity and right-of-first-passage love story by playwright Liana Sonenclar, will play a reading for industry on Monday, November 19th at 7 PM, at the Jerry Orbach Theater at the Theater Center at 210 West 50th Street, and will feature a notable cast. The play is helmed by director Kimberly Loren Eaton, who has been working on the development of the piece with Sonenclar the past several months through her creative development and production company Theatrum Mundi Productions.

The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director will present Handel's Messiah on Saturday, December 8 at 8:00 PM in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, 57th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan.

The Workmen's Circle today announced the Benefit and Host Committees for the organization's annual Winter Benefit-Setting the Stage for Change-honoring activist and playwright Tony Kushner, best known for his play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, on December 10, 2018, in Manhattan.

Theatre Bay Area, the third-largest regional theatre service organization in North America, announced the finalists for the 2018 TBA Awards. The fifth annual TBA Awards Celebration will be held on Monday, Nov. 5 at the Herbst Theatre (401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco). Tickets for the public go on sale Friday, September 28, 2018, through City Box Office.

The Workmen's Circle will present activist and widely acclaimed playwright Tony Kushner, best known for his play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, with the Activism and Jewish Culture Award at the organization's 2018 Winter Benefit on December 10, 2018 in Manhattan.

The 11th annual Living for Today benefit concert, featuring a lineup of  Broadway favorites who this year will be singing their favorite Kander and Ebb tunes, takes place October 1 at 7:00 PM at Joe's Pub.

Carrie Edel Isaacman and her company, Shakespeare Sports, will bring a fascinating new production of Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT to New York for the upcoming holiday season starting November 30 at downtown's historic Players Theater, 115 MacDougal Street, between West 3rd and Bleecker Streets, in NYC.

Producer Mark Cortale has announced that Bob The Drag Queen, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 8, will make her anticipated debut at Town Hall in Provincetown for one show only, during Labor Day Weekend, on Sunday, September 2 at 8:30 PM. For Tickets and information, visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.

Perry Street Theatricals and Jonathan Demar in association with Frederick M. Zollo and Diane Procter are thrilled to announce that The Saintliness of Margery Kempe by John Wulp, will begin performances on Thursday, July 5, 2018 at New York City's The Duke on 42nd Street (located on 229 West 42nd Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues). The Saintliness of Margery Kempe will hold its opening night on Thursday, July 12.