Rehearsal begin on March 21, 2016 for “Barbara Cook: Then and Now,” a candid and intimate evening conceived by 3-time Tony Award winner James Lapine and directed by 10-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune. The production will begin preview performances Tuesday, April 12, officially open Wednesday, May 4 and play a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, June 26 Off Broadway at New…
I am going to tread gently here, but there are shows that appeal to sophisticated, seasoned theatregoers, and those that would be more embraced by the tourist crowd, perfectly happy to be entertained no matter how silly the antics. Which brings us to “The Robber Bridegroom,” produced by the Roundabout Company, and performing at the Laura Pels Theatre. This is…
“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.” (Virginia Woolf, “Orlando”) “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” (Virginia Woolf, “A Room of One’s Own”) Darja (Marin Ireland) has not had a room of her own since she arrived in the United States from Poland with her…
Aaron Loeb’s intriguing “Ideation” – currently playing at 59E59 Theaters – could easily be categorized as a delightful off-beat Drawing Room farce (except the room here is a corporate Board Room) were it not for the play’s underbelly of moral ambiguity, suspicion, mistrust, conspiracy, paranoia, and an extra-marital affair. Coming off a successful business venture in Crete, Brock (Mark Anderson…
Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director) announced their upcoming 32nd Season on March 14 at a champagne reception celebrating the Centennial of the birth of late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Primary Stages collaborator, Horton Foote. The 2016/17 season, to be performed at New York’s historic Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street, www.cherrylanetheatre.org), will feature…
In the final show of the York Theatre Company’s Musicals in Mufti Winter 2016 Series, “Starting Here, Starting Now” passes the test of time with high marks as it explores the trials and tribulations of love, relationships, and self- discovery with a diverse compilation of lesser known songs by the familiar team of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire. The…
The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Interim Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the past, in association with Van Dean and Sister Productions, will present the hit musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” with book, music and lyrics by and additional material by Andrew…
Japan Society presents a staged reading of “Girl X” by Japanese playwright Suguru Yamamoto, led by award-winning director Charlotte Brathwaite. Part of Japan Society’s 2015-16 Performing Arts Season, “Girl X” marks the 12th installment of the Society’s annual Play Reading Series of contemporary Japanese plays in English translation. The Play Reading Series reflects the Society’s continued commitment to introduce the wide range of contemporary Japanese plays to American…
Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce that Charlie Cox (Netflix’s “Daredevil,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Stardust”) and Heather Lind (AMC’s “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” “Demolition,” “Of Good Stock” at MTC) have joined the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club’s American premiere of “Incognito,” the new play written by Nick Payne (“Constellations”) and directed by Tony Award winner…
James Joyce, one of the most provocative and influential writers of all time, had his creativity, imagination, and desire transformed by Nora Barnacle. “Himself and Nora,” a new musical with book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Brielle will play the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane, between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street) beginning on May 14th. Directed by Michael Bush,…