Thomas Grube News

When a modern-day theatre troupe in an unnamed totalitarian country mounts a searing satire of the Russian court under Catherine the Great, it becomes the target of intensifying government censorship, harassment, and violence. Bringing the curtain up could mean curtains for them all, and the company is left wondering: is freedom of speech really worth dying for?

MARLOWE'S FATE, is a ferocious new comedy that spotlightsChristopher Marlowe's last terrible night in London and ends a lifetime later with Will Shaxper's last explosive night on Earth.

Tickets are now on sale for the Caravan Theatre Company's New York Premiere of MARLOWE'S FATE, an original play written and directed by Peter B. Hodges about two innocent men struggling to survive in an Elizabethan Age of Machiavellian spies, slapstick puppets and an outrageous avalanche of unintended consequences. The production is the second part of BATTLE OF THE BARDS: THE CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE FESTIVAL, a six week festival that features two original plays about William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and the stories behind the greatest literary deception of all time. MARLOWE'S FATE will run May 10th - May 26th in the Studio Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street). The official opening will be on Thursday, May 17.

WOWOW today announced they have greenlighted a para-athletes sports documentary series, in collaboration with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), as part of a five-year agreement leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Cape May Stage, Cape May's premier Equity theatre company, brings you a hauntingly hilarious good time with Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. Filled with the eccentric characters and witty dialogue known as Coward's trademark, this clever comedy, opening August 6 and running through September 19 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse, will have you dying for more.

Continuing to ramp up its international co-production partnerships, WOWOW, Japan's leading premium pay TV broadcaster, announced today that it is partnering on Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi's documentary “The New York Review of Books: A 50 Year Argument.”

Continuing to ramp up its original production activity and international co-production partnerships, WOWOW, Japan's leading premium pay TV broadcaster, is teaming with New York based WNET, the most-watched PBS station in the U.S., to produce a new crowdsourced TV documentary titled “Sacred.”

Continuing to ramp up its original production activity and co-production partnerships, WOWOW, Japan's leading premium pay TV broadcaster, is teaming with Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), to co-produce and broadcast a new drama series titled “MOZU.”

WOWOW, Japan's leading premium pay TV broadcaster, is teaming with Berlin based Boomtown Media GmbH&Co.KG and Sony Classical, to produce a feature documentary following the journey of the young genius and renowned musician, Cameron Carpenter, who has set a very ambitious goal for himself: reinventing the grandest of all musical instruments - the pipe organ.

The New Jersey Repertory Company presents the World Premiere of Noir by Stan Werse, directed by Marc Geller. Noir will begin preview performances tonight, April 4, 2013 and will celebrate its opening night on Saturday, April 6 at New Jersey Repertory Company (179 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ), running through Sunday, May 5.

The New Jersey Repertory Company will present the World Premiere of Noir by Stan Werse, directed by Marc Geller, April 4 thru May 5 at New Jersey Repertory Company (179 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ). Tickets can be purchased by calling 732-229-3166 or by visiting www.njrep.org.

The New Jersey Repertory Company presents the World Premiere of Noir by Stan Werse, directed by Marc Geller. Noir will begin preview performances on Thursday, April 4, 2013 and will celebrate its opening night on Saturday, April 6 at New Jersey Repertory Company (179 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ), running through Sunday, May 5.

Brooklyn's Brave New World Repertory Theatre is giving new meaning to the phrase 'taking the show on road.' In May, BNW is winding up its Sixth Annual Salon Series (featuring plays written by notable Brooklyn playwrights) with a staged reading of Budd Schulberg's On The Waterfront aboard the historic Waterfront Museum Barge.