William Inge Center for the Arts Artistic Director Karen Carpenter takes a sojourn from Kansas to New York City to direct a presentation of the new comedy 'Afterglow.' 

Big Apple Performing Arts, home of New York City Gay Men's Chorus and Youth Pride Chorus, today announced the appointment of its new Executive Director, Lisa Reilly.

A woman of many talents, one of Sandra Bernhard's greatest gifts has been her finely-honed ability to satirize Hollywood from the inside. Luckily, her latest residency at Joe's Pub, the year-ending SANDRA MONICA BLVD: COAST TO COAST, gave her plenty of opportunities to keep sharpening that blade.

Sometimes a day at the park with your kids is no picnic. SAHM's Club is a dispatch from deep in the Brooklyn Mommy Game where Free Rangers and Helicopters expose the methods behind their madness and the madness behind their methods.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and The Playroom Theatre present the TRU Producer Boot Camp Raising Money for Theater: Who, How and When to Ask, on Saturday, February 4, 2017 from 10am - 6pm at The Playroom Theater, 151 W. 46th Street, 8th floor, NYC 10036.

The 2017 FRIGID Festival presents An Asylos production: Woolgatherers, with text by Asylos, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, David Bowie and Tom Waits. The show runs February 13th - March 5th, 2017.

Colorway is preparing to go back out on the road with a tour of the southern US in April. On Saturday, January 28 Colorway will play at The Sidewalk Cafe on the corner of Ave A and 6th St in the East Village. They will be showcasing some brand new material as well as playing tracks from their back catalog. An Elbaum Tanner RocknrollScene Presents show. 

In a landmark decision, CEO/CCO Richard Humphrey and President Dan Rogoski have decided to dramatically lower the retail ticket prices of the internationally-acclaimed THE RIDE and THE TOUR powered by the Ride. 

In this new sketch, MATZA PIZZA ('Compliment to Completion' and 'Fight Call PSA' featured on StageTube) returns with three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis auditioning for real-life casting director Bess Fifer (Formerly Telsey + Company, Stranger Things, Daredevil).

The Clive Barnes Foundation announced today, Monday, January 9, 2017, that Khris Davis (The Royale) has won the Seventh Annual Clive Barnes Award for Theater and that Indiana Woodward (New York City Ballet) has won the Seventh Annual Clive Barnes Award for Dance.

ARTISTIC NEW DIRECTIONS rolls out another series of new and topical works in their Eclectic Evening of Shorts: BOXERS & BRIEFS Series. February 1 - 12 at Theatre 54, 244 West 54th Street, NYC, brings 10 new works and another on-the-spot installment of their ANDSemble Improvisation.

The fourth season of New York Theatre Barn's Choreography Lab will launch on Monday, February 20, 2016 at The Cell, 338 West 23rd St. in New York City.

New York City dancers need their big break. Connections and callbacks don't always equal work and money. Join big industry judges and a live audience to decide who wins RUN THE NIGHT. 

The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture (18 Bleecker Street) has announced the Spring programming of the 2016-2017 season. Featuring a varied array of thought-provoking theater, film, music, art, and discourse, The Sheen Center delves deeper into its many signature series, and for the first time will produce a mainstage theatrical production: The New York premiere of Bill Cain's acclaimed play, 9 Circles. 

In February, the White Horse Theater Company will present a unique & immersive production of the Tennessee Williams dark comedy A Perfect Analysis Given by a Parrot at the historic Players Club at Gramercy Park.

On Sunday, January 29, 2017, the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust joins with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene to honor the memory of Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, who died on July 2, 2016, by presenting a community reading of his landmark memoir NIGHT, which tells of his experience in German concentration camps with his father during the Holocaust.

Lincoln Center's American Songbook returns to the The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse in March with a mini-festival of six intimate concerts which will strike an innovative, new note for the series.

AMERICAN SCOREBOARD is a series of readings that reflect the issues that President Elect Donald Trump faces when he steps into office. Conceived and produced by Fran Kirmser and Christopher Burney, AMERICAN SCOREBOARD are verbatim readings of Senate and Congressional hearing transcripts presented without interpretation or slant.

'No Name... & A Bag O' Chips' comedy / variety show producer Eric Vetter recently announced two January 2017 shows at Otto's in Manhattan.

GABRIELLE STRAVELLI - the celebrated pop/jazz vocalist and songwriter called an 'outstanding singer' by The Wall Street Journal and 'hotter than the equator' by The Village Voice - will return with her concert celebrating the legendary songwriters Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael at Kitano Jazz (66 Park Avenue at 38th Street) on Saturday, January 7 with sets at 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM.

Carolines on Broadway announces its line-up for the month of January, highlighted by headliners D.L. Hughley, host of the nationally syndicated radio show, 'The D.L. Hughley Show,' January 5 - 8; Matt Bellassai, host of the web series 'To Be Honest,' January 11 and 12; Louie Anderson, Emmy Award winner from FX's Baskets, January 13 - 15; Heather McDonald, from her stand-up special 'I Don't Mean to Brag,' January 19 - 22; and Donnell Rawlings, from MTV2's Guy Code and the reality show Project Dad, January 26 - 29.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series, on January 23 & 30 at 7pm at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 W. 46th Street, NYC 10036. A 'Dollars and Sense' talkback on the future development of the presented works will be held after each performance.

The China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG) will represent nine national performing arts companies, directly affiliated with China's Ministry of Culture, at the 60th Annual APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) conference this week, January 6 - 10, 2017, in New York City.

The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) continues to transform the way music is created and experienced throughout January.

Cantata Singers Chamber Series continues on January 20, 2017 at 7:30pm with a program of music by Lazar Weiner and Kurt Weill at the Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge.