The Public Theater News

Tickets are on sale now for the world premiere production of The Seven Year Disappear by Jordan Seavey. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Talking Band will celebrate its 50th anniversary season with three premieres and collaborations with 600 Highwaymen and Anne Bogart.

Mary Kathryn Nagle’s MANAHATTA, directed by Laurie Woolery, opened last night at The Public Theater! See photos from opening night!

Founded by choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland, CONCRETE is a three-week intensive that explores the hyphenated dance genre of physical theatre and how these techniques function inside kinesthetic awareness in immersive theatre settings.

Goodspeed Musicals has announced a Festival of New Musicals taking place in January. Stay tuned for exciting new productions and performances!

Mary Kathryn Nagle’s MANAHATTA officially opened last night for its New York Premiere at The Public Theater. Directed by Laurie Woolery, the production has recently been extended through Saturday, December 23. Check out photos from opening night here!

Mary Kathryn Nagle’s MANAHATTA is currently having its New York Premiere at The Public Theater. Directed by Laurie Woolery. Read the reviews!

THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE announces final extension of Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' starring Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks. Don't miss this critically acclaimed production running through December 23.

Houses on the Moon Theater Company will present the world premiere of the play HOTEL HAPPY, written by Camilo Almonacid (The Assignment), directed by Estefanía Fadul (Repertorio Español's Eva Luna), and featuring puppet direction by Matt Acheson (Broadway's War Horse).

Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra write music steeped in 20th-century American traditions—jazz, folk, country, blues, and rock—but tackle modern subjects with urgency, humor, and a well of deep feeling. The quartet has released four albums and created the musicals No Place to Go and The Outer Space, both produced by the Public Theater in Joe's Pub.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 5, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

HELL’S KITCHEN, conceived by the innovative mind of 15-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, will make its Broadway premiere this spring! We have all the details on the show's transfer!

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust announced the names of the two outstanding early-to-mid-career playwrights who will be celebrated with 2023 Steinberg Playwright Awards in the amount of $100,000 each.  This year's recipients of the “Mimi” Awards are Martyna Majok and Mona Mansour. 

Following her acclaimed choreography for the Public Theater’s summer 2023 production of The Tempest at The Delacorte Theater, the multi-talented artist Tiffany Rea-Fisher has been chosen as National Dance Institute’s (NDI) Artist-in-Residence for 2024.

Watch Shoshana Bean in rehearsal for her Apollo Theater holiday concert on Monday, December 4!

Broadway star Shoshana Bean will give a benefit concert at Young Actors Theatre in Tallahassee, FL on January 20th.

The Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation has announced the recipients of their 2023 Idea Awards for Theatre; three categories of grants awarded to adventurous new voices in playwriting and musical theatre, as well the visionary playwrights who have inspired and blazed trails before them.

The 92nd Street Y, New York School of Music announces that Tony Winner and Broadway Legend Lillias White will teach a masterclass in the art form of Cabaret this spring.

Shoshana Bean is making her way uptown from Hell's Kitchen to Harlem for her annual holiday concert at The Apollo Theatre. BroadwayWorld sat down with Bean to discuss why she keeps returning to The Apollo Theatre for her holiday concert, her memories to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Wicked, and working with Alicia Keys on Hell's Kitchen.

The Den Theatre will present Jeff Hiller, featuring a one-night only stand-up performance on Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 7:15 p.m.