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…
The Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) returns to New York for its fifth season of self-produced performances on April 22-23, 2016 in the Ailey Citigroup Theater, located at 405 West 55thStreet, in New York, New York. The Masterworks Redefined – New York series will showcase the energetic dance artistry of the repertory dance company that is turning 40 in its…
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…
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…
With “Portrait of Myself as My Father,” Zimbabwe-born dancer-choreographer Nora Chipaumire tackles our idea of masculinity with her fearless investigation of Africa and the black body. Chipaumire looks at the African male through many lenses: cultural traditions, colonialism, Christianity and liberation struggles. How has the African male’s turbulent experience impacted African society and families? What is it about the black male body that…
Performances Begin on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 for a Limited Engagement through Sunday, July 3, 2016 at Broadway in Chicago’s Oriental Theatre. “The SpongeBob Musical” is thrilled to announce Yolanda Adams, Sara Bareilles and Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros will contribute original songs to the show. Individual tickets for the Pre-Broadway World Premiere, ‘The SpongeBob Musical,” will…
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…
Scott Rudin and Barry Diller present the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes Artistic Director) production of Stephen Karam’s much-raved-about new play, “The Humans,” on Broadway, following its smash-hit Off-Broadway engagement. Directed by Tony Award® winner Joe Mantello and featuring its entire acclaimed current Off-Broadway cast, “The Humans” began performances at Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street) on Saturday,…
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,…