The Players Theatre News

Considered by many, including Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda to be the a?oenext big thinga?? on Broadway, Mexican director, composer, arranger & orchestrator Jaime Lozano will return to New York at The Green Room 42 (42nd & 10th) following his recent sold-out concerts at Joe's Pub and Two River Theater, with a musical theatre gala entitled a?oeSongs by an Immigranta?? featuring an all-Latino line up of Broadway stars.

Bring Live Theatre into your home or organization with a private performance of Ian Ruskin's acclaimed tour de force one-man play To Begin the World Over Again: the Life of Thomas Paine including a Q&A plus meet and greet after the play. This timely play has been performed at Joe's Pub, at the Public Theatre in NYC, Fanueil Hall in Boston, plus hundreds of noted performances to standing ovations in the US and UK. 

The musical comedy Good Morning New York premiered is Off-Broadway music at Feinstein's/54 Below October 4 ahead of its album debut on October 25, 2019.

As any parent will tell you, viewing life through the eyes of a twelve year-old girl can be quite a trip and Lewis Carroll made it a trip down a rabbit hole in his beloved classic Alice in Wonderland.  Wishing to honor Carroll's unique insight into this curious world, creators Michael Sgouros and Brenda Bell have created a musical that will capture the imaginations of every child ages 1 to 101.  The musical premiered in NYC in 2012 and Literally Alive Family Theatre is reviving the production as a special tribute for their 20th Anniversary Off-Broadway.

On Wednesday 30th October Alexandra Palace will ring to the sounds of Music Hall, over eighty years since the curtain fell on the last of the great post-war variety shows.

Theatre production company Parity Productions has released its monthly list of Qualifying Productions for October a?"their popular directory of New York City shows in which the individual creative teams have 50% of the positions filled with women and/or trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) artists (directors, designers, and playwrights). 

The work of Amanda D'Archangelis and Sami Horneff will be featured in the third edition of Women of the Wings: A Celebration of Female Musical Theatre Writers at Feinstein's/54 Below on March 14th, 2020 at 9;30pm!

1969. From Stonewall, to the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, to Woodstock; it will forever be remembered as one of the most transformative summers in American history. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of these epic events, join us for a concert and celebration of the music, artists, and happenings that shaped a generation at Culture Connection.

Theatre production company Parity Productions has released its monthly list of Qualifying Productions for September a?"their popular directory of New York City shows in which the individual creative teams have 50% of the positions filled with women and/or trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) artists (directors, designers, and playwrights). 

In the waning days of yet another artificial intelligence startup in San Francisco, two tech bros think that they've figured out what women really want: a vibrator with a mind of its own. They've spent almost all of their funding trying to revolutionize the technology of self-pleasure. But they're running out of money and time, so when an experienced female investor walks into their lab, they realize this might be their last chance to save their startup. But will a radical pivot be enough to save them? And more important, will they ever figure out just what it is that women want?

Darius Anthony Harper ( Cirque Du Soleil Volta, Kinky Boots, Book of Mormon) brings 'Let Me Count The Ways: A memoir Set to Music' to The Green Room 42 August 19th at 9:30PM doors open at 8:45PM tickets from $20.00.

The National Theatre in Washington, DC presents Pushcart Players in a?oeStone Soup and other Storiesa?? on Saturday, August 17 at 10:00 am. Pushcart is the Emmy-nominated educational theater for families, now in its 45th year of bringing something special to every young audience.

Theatre production company Parity Productions has released its monthly list of Qualifying Productions for August a?"their popular directory of New York City shows in which the individual creative teams have 50% of the positions filled with women and/or trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) artists (directors, designers, and playwrights). 

Considered by many, including Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda to be the a?oenext big thinga?? on Broadway, Mexican director, composer, arranger & orchestrator Jaime Lozano is making his Joe's Pub concert debut with a musical theatre gala entitled Songs by an Immigrant on August 18 at 7 pm. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by visiting joespub.publictheater.org. 

Silver Glass Productions and 10C, in association with The Players Theatre proudly presents LIFE on Monday, August 26th @ 7:30 pm and Tuesday August 27th @ 7:30 pm at the Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal St.  W 4th St., A C E B D F M.

SHARUM wraps up the first week of its NYC debut at The Players Theatre, with two weeks left under its Self Production Residency.

The world premiere production of Last Gasp by Jeff Smith, directed by Dan Dinero, will be presented at The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal St., New York NY 10012), August 8-24. Performances will be Thursdays through Saturdays at 7 PM, and Sundays at 3 PM. Tickets ($50) are available at lastgasp.show. The performance will run approximately 90 minutes with no intermission. The show is recommended for ages 18 and up.

Bryan Blaskie and Manny Hagopian made their Off-Broadway debut with Assistants the Musical. The show opened on June 22, 2019 at the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village. The cast includes Chance Brayman, Benjamin Diamond, Jamie Dillon Grossman, and Belén Moyano.

We've all been there - you are late for a meeting and try to make up the time by scaling the escalator steps in a single bound. When suddenly a clueless individual is ... wait for it ... standing on the LEFT. How do we teach these naive individuals? We send them to Sparkles Guide to New York class!

Video game writer Manny Hagopian, known for writing memorable characters like the mischievous Mirage in Apex Legends or the lovable machine BT-7274 in Titanfall 2, opens his first Off-Broadway musical on June 22. Instead of a battle royale or intergalactic warfare, the game is...Hollywood?