Working Theatre News

New York University celebrates the re-opening of the historic Provincetown Playhouse this fall with a series of events that captures the spirit of the original Playwrights' Theater, founded at 133-39 MacDougal Street in 1916.

New York University celebrates the re-opening of the historic Provincetown Playhouse this fall with a series of events that captures the spirit of the original Playwrights' Theater, founded at 133-39 MacDougal Street in 1916.

Film and television icon Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) will bring his signature brand of hilarious mayhem to Broadway for a special six-week limited engagement of the acclaimed stage play, The Pee-wee Herman Show. The production will begin previews October 26 at the Sondheim Theatre.

Cape May Stage, a professional South Jersey Equity theatre company, is honoring actors Lynn and Ron Cohen at the annual NJ Theatre Alliance Applause Awards this year at the Bickford Theatre in Morristown, NJ on October 18, 2010. Lynn and Ron Cohen have chosen Cape May Stage as their artistic home and have committed to sharing their work with our community bypassing far more lucrative and higher profile projects.

Cape May Stage, a professional South Jersey Equity theatre company, is honoring actors Lynn and Ron Cohen at the annual NJ Theatre Alliance Applause Awards this year at the Bickford Theatre in Morristown, NJ on October 18, 2010. Lynn and Ron Cohen have chosen Cape May Stage as their artistic home and have committed to sharing their work with our community bypassing far more lucrative and higher profile projects.

Working Theater - the Off-Broadway theatre dedicated to plays for and about working people, notably industrial, transportation and service trades -- has announced that Mark Plesent, the company's Producing Director since 1995, will take on the artistic leadership of the Company with the new title of Producing Artistic Director, effective immediately. Laura Smith, the Company's Director of Special Events and Marketing since 2006, will assume the role of Managing Director. Playwright and actress Lisa Ramirez will be brought on as Artistic Associate.

This Thursday, Sept. 2, 6:30 pm Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th St. THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF US STAGE DIRECTORS

This Thursday, Sept. 2, 6:30 pm Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th St. THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF US STAGE DIRECTORS

Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premier professional Equity theatre, is pleased to announce a new production of a classic of postmodern existentialist theatre: Samuel Beckett's Happy Days. Starring Lynn (Sex and the City, Munich) and Ron Cohen, Happy Days will open Thursday, August 26 at 8:00 p.m. at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse on Bank and Lafayette Streets.

Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premier professional Equity theatre, is pleased to announce a new production of a classic of postmodern existentialist theatre: Samuel Beckett's Happy Days. Starring Lynn (Sex and the City, Munich) and Ron Cohen, Happy Days will open Thursday, August 26 at 8:00 p.m. at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse on Bank and Lafayette Streets.

Brian Posen, Artistic Director of STAGE 773 (formerly known as Lukaba Productions), has announced the STAGE 773 staff.

San Jose Stage Company and Broadway San Jose are pleased to announce their community partnership to send the local winners for Outstanding Performance by an Actress and Actor in a Musical to participate in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards 2010 JIMMY Awards and compete for a four year academic scholarship to New York University.

New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) today announced the cast and creative team for the New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play (In The Next Room… or the vibrator play) and directed by Mark Wing-Davey (The Singing Forest). The cast will include Brendan Averett, Polly Noonan, Daniel Pearce, Alex Podulke, Keith Reddin, Godfrey L. Simmons Jr., T. Ryder Smith, Felix Solis Jr., Kate Turnbull and Nicole Wiesner.

Producer Scott Sanders announced today that film and television icon Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) will bring his signature brand of hilarious mayhem to Broadway for a special six-week limited engagement of the acclaimed stage play, The Pee-wee Herman Show.

The Charlestown Working Theatre Presents POSTE RESTANTE May 6 through 8. A madly inventive mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film... all stuffed neatly into a box.

Amas Musical Theatre's Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Academy (Donna Trinkoff, Producing Artistic Director; Rosetta LeNoire, Founder) will present the Tony Award-Winning musical, THE PAJAMA GAME, by George Abbott and Richard Bissel, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, directed by Christopher Scott. THE PAJAMA GAME will open on Friday, May 7 and run through the 16th at the 14th Street Y Theatre (344 East 14th Street).

Amas Musical Theatre's Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Academy (Donna Trinkoff, Producing Artistic Director; Rosetta LeNoire, Founder) will present the Tony Award- Winning musical The Pajama Game by George Abbott and Richard Bissel, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, directed by Christopher Scott.

The Charlestown Working Theatre Presents POSTE RESTANTE May 6 through 8. A madly inventive mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film... all stuffed neatly into a box.

Amas Musical Theatre's Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Academy (Donna Trinkoff, Producing Artistic Director; Rosetta LeNoire, Founder) will present the Tony Award-Winning musical, THE PAJAMA GAME, by George Abbott and Richard Bissel, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, directed by Christopher Scott. THE PAJAMA GAME will open on Friday, May 7 and run through the 16th at the 14th Street Y Theatre (344 East 14th Street).

New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) today announced the cast and creative team for the New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play (In The Next Room… or the vibrator play) and directed by Mark Wing-Davey (The Singing Forest). The cast will include Brendan Averett, Polly Noonan, Daniel Pearce, Alex Podulke, Keith Reddin, Godfrey L. Simmons Jr., T. Ryder Smith, Felix Solis Jr., Kate Turnbull and Nicole Wiesner.