The Players Theatre News

Blessed Unrest, an award-winning physical theatre company, enters its 23rd season with a world premiere of MISCONCEPTIONS, a new play by the Emmy-nominated playwright Steve Wangh (The Laramie Project), directed by Jessica Burr.

Quail Tales is an absurd and magical comedy extravaganza for the digital age! Created by Christine Stoddard, the show is now residence at The Players Theatre in Manhattan, with dates scheduled throughout the rest of 2023. The next show will take place on April 21. Here's the cast:

Hollywood's golden golem of glamor, Kitten Solloway, returns in the improvised play, 'The Keepin' Cozy Show with Kitten Solloway'.

Be Bold! Productions has announced the complete cast of Agatha Christie's The Stranger, which is running Off-Broadway at the Players Theatre April 18 -23.

Be Bold! Production will present the rarely produced play The Stranger by the mistress of murder mysteries - Agatha Christie at the Player Theatre in Greenwich Village for a limited run in April.

Following a sold-out debut at Emerging Artists Theatre and back-to-back runs at Soho Playhouse, Caroline Dunaway's genre-bending one-act play Time Biter will return to New York City this Spring. The heartfelt dark comedy with a sci-fi twist will run for three weeks in May 2023 at the historic Players Theatre in Greenwich Village. 

The Mystery of the Mosaic Bridge, a murder mystery drama, has opened at the Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street in New York City, for its three-week run, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. from March 9-26, 2023.

Following back-to-back runs at Soho Playhouse and a sold-out debut at Emerging Artists Theatre, Caroline Dunaway's genre-bending one-act play TIME BITER will return to New York City this Spring.

Skimble Skamble Productions presents the world premiere of Bringer of Doom, a daring, debauched, and (at times) otherworldly comedy written by Joe Thristino.

The cast and dates have been announced for the upcoming downtown theatre production of The Sketchy Eastern European Show, a new play by Naren Weiss. The piece, which is directed by Vas Eli (formerly Vasile Flutur) will have a limited engagement on March 23rd, 24th, and 25th of this month. It will then move to a three week run in 2024 from March 7th to the 24th at the same venue.

The Off Broadway Alliance will again sponsor 20at20, the bi-annual celebration of Off Broadway and a full line-up has just been revealed. Check out the full list of participating shows!

First look photos!Things are going swimmingly for theatre goers in NYC’s Greenwich village, as Literally Alive Family Theatre “The Little Mermaid the Musical” opens its enchanting Off-Broadway run at the Players Theatre.

Director/playwright/actress Christine Stoddard recently kicked off Season 2 of her podcast Badass Lady-Folk by interviewing playwright Meagan J. Meehan and actor Abigail Gabor in the first two episodes. The podcast features incredible women and non-binary femmes 'kicking buns big and small' in New York City and beyond.

Writers and producers at The Drew Barrymore Show, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon will come together (like the United Nations) for Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show, a true sketch comedy variety show made up of the best comedians in New York City.

West Village audiences were enamored with Weeks Two and Three of the Players Theatre LUV 2023 Short Play Festival! Audiences chose their favorite for weeks two and three.

On Friday March 10th at 9:30pm at the Players Theatre in the heart of the West Village, the NYC Sketch Comedy Collective Sponsored By Presents: Spring Broke, an all new sketch comedy show.

Coming next month for one night only is a staged reading of the new (bound to be a hit) comedy/horror musical, PSYCHO GYNO. Inspired by shows like Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Heathers: The Musical, The Phantom of the Opera, and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode, the playwright encourages audiences to come for the romance and stay for the blood and gore.

Audiences in the West Village were enchanted last weekend with the opening of the Players Theatre 11th LUV 2023 Short Play Festival.

The Players Theatre has announced that Raina Silver is joining the cast of The Little Mermaid the Musical, playing the title role of Coral, the Little Mermaid. The show runs February 25-April 12 at the Players Theatre in the West Village.

Collaborators Lauren Gundrum and Brandon Lambert are set to premiere their debut musical, I Love My Family, But…, at Soho Playhouse from February 23–April 8, 2023.