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'Rules and Roles of Comedy' will be acted by Paul Albe, FitzyFitz, Sharon Fogarty, Ray Grist, Jesse N. Holmes, Donna Kennedy and Claudia Menza. Most of them are veterans of James' prior works.  Costumes are by Ramona Ponce.

Stages Podcast, a new podcast exploring life’s choices, mistakes and stages through the lens of artists, launches this Sunday, August 1, with episodes featuring Tony Award Winner LaChanze, Tony Nominee Keala Settle, and Drama Desk Award Nominee Jason Graae.

Michael Longoria will return to the Greenroom 42 stage, one of New York City’s top cabaret venues, on Friday, July 30th at 7pm. Longoria will serenade his audience in an evening of contemporary summer lovin’ with fresh takes on the radio hits of Cyndi Lauper, Troye Sivan, The Weekend, Erasure, Billie Eilish and more.

Attending the musical ELF in July, (and August) in the air-conditioned comfort of Toby's, which is featuring reduced capacity pod seating until further notice, is a sweet novelty, and a community-supportive way to emerge from seventeen months of dormancy. You're in for holiday sweetness with heart and soul and singing and dancing and sparkle and jolly and a side of cheese. It's delicious food for the soul.

Bryant Park Corporation has announced the current programming schedule for its summer performing arts series, Picnic Performances, featuring artists including Adrienne Warren, the New York Philharmonic, Mykal Kilgore, New York City Opera and many more! 

The virtual production of The Last Five Years has been extended. The production, which has been nominated for a Drama League Award for Outstanding Digital Theatre, Individual Production, originally ran March 15-28, and recently returned for an encore engagement from April 13-25. The production will now be available through May 9

The producers of The Last 5 Years have announced a special return engagement of the critically acclaimed virtual production, due to unprecedented audience demand. 

The producers of The Last 5 Years have announced a special return engagement of the critically acclaimed virtual production, due to unprecedented audience demand. The production, which was recently nominated for a 2021 Drama League Award for Outstanding Digital Theater, Individual Production, will stream for an additional 16 performances, from April 12-25.

Michael Longoria is among the stars set to reopen The Green Room 42, one of New York City's top cabaret venues, after more than a year without live indoor entertainment.

Additional upcoming female performances include interdisciplinary performing artist Arielle Rosales, electro pop artist La Force, soul queen of New Orleans Irma Thomas, and reggae label VP Records founder Miss Pat.

Out of the Box Theatrics, Holmdel Theatre Company, and Blair Russell have announced the creative team and streaming dates for their upcoming site-specific virtual production of The Last Five Years.   

New York City's Out of the Box Theatrics and Holmdel, N.J.'s Holmdel Theatre Companywill join forces to co-produce a new streaming production of The Last Five Years, featuring book, music and lyrics by three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown.

The musical will star Broadway's Nasia Thomas (Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) and Nicholas Edwards (Frozen)

The New Group is continuing its Reunion Reading Series of iconic plays from the company's first 25 years with two plays by Wallace Shawn, featuring the original casts from The New Group's acclaimed productions. Each reading, broadcast live and streaming on demand, benefits The New Group and other local initiatives and organizations.

Working Families Party & Democratic Nominee for SD-25 Jabari Brisport and award-winning Broadway artists Anais Mitchell and Stephanie Hsu will tomorrow participate in a night of performance and discussion in support of the Vote WFP campaign, asking NY voters to cast their ballots on the Working Families Party line for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris.

Start sweater weather season off right with exciting new original series and A-list blockbuster movies coming this October to HBO Max.

This October, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Folksbiene)-led by Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, and Dominick Balletta, Executive Director-presents Folksbiene! LIVE: 'Welcome to Our Suke/Sukkah', a four-day festival of family-friendly performances during Chol Hamoed (the intermediary days of Sukkos) from October 5th to 8th.

Film at Lincoln Center announced today that Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock will be the Opening Night film of the 58th New York Film Festival, making its World Premiere.

Theater has always been an outlet for creative minds to discuss the issues that plague our society, whether it's racism, income inequality, or the struggles of the LGBTQ+ community. Learn our picks for musicals and plays that deal with important social topics.

Film at Lincoln Center announced today that the 58th New York Film Festival (NYFF), taking place from September 25th through October 11th, will feature changes to the festival's programming structure and new selection committee and advisory roles. The festival is also exploring a combination of both in-person and digital experiences, as circumstances allow.

Today, actors and activists with roles in some of Broadway's biggest hits launched a video in which they read the devastating words of people in solitary confinement in New York's prisons. While Broadway is shuttered and as people are struggling with home confinement, New Yorkers are getting just a glimpse of the horrors of solitary confinement.

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the greatest theatrical works (non-musical) from 1920-2020; see if your favorites made the list!

Throughout the short beginning of 21st century alone, Broadway has been dealt a number of blows in various ways and has always managed to find a way back. Read about them here!

Today, the Metropolitan Opera announced its 2020-21 season, the first in which Yannick Nézet-Séguin assumes his full breadth of musical duties as the company's Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducting six productions. His schedule includes the Met premiere of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking, the first contemporary opera conducted by the maestro on the Met stage, as part of his ongoing commitment to opera of our time at the Met, which will expand in the seasons to come.

The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, the arts center of the Archdiocese of New York, presents 'An Intimate Evening With Bernie Williams' this Thursday, February 13 at 8:00PM in the Loreto Theater, 18 Bleecker Street (between Elizabeth and Mott Streets). Tickets, ranging from $45- 65, are available online at SheenCenter.org, by phone at 212-925-2812, or in-person at The Sheen Center box office Monday to Friday.