By: Paulanne Simmons It's the fourteenth century in Jordan Harrison's new play, The Amateurs. A troupe of feisty actors drag their pageant wagon across Italy, preparing their version of "No…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:03PM[SHARE]By: David Sheward The Pershing Square Signature Center is currently housing a diverse array of theatrical attractions Off-Broadway, one from the resident Signature Theater Company and a p…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:25AM[SHARE]World Premiere of Brian Dykstra's thought provoking new play, Education, focuses on the escalating fallout from a high school student's confrontational art project. Â Theater provocateur …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:19AM[SHARE]The Actor's Temple Hosts a Fund-raising gala Monday at the Friars Club By Ellis Nassour To fete the 101st anniversary of the Actors' Temple (West 47th Street, between Eighth and Ninth Aven…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:36AM[SHARE]Dogs of Rwanda @ Urban Stages New York Premiere of award winning playwright, Sean Christopher Lewis' potent tale, Dogs of Rwanda, opens at Urban Stages. March 13, 2018:Â Urban Stages i…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:46PM[SHARE]="p2">Phoebe Legere @ Dixon Place The incomparable Phoebe Legere is Joe Carstairs in the World Premiere of SPEED QUEEN, a zany musical mashup by the Queen of performance art. By: Patrick…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:35PM[SHARE]Chita Rivera in a unique solo concert The incomparable Broadway icon and two-time Tony Award winner revisits moments from her legendary career, showcasing the artistry and history that…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:39PM[SHARE]By: Paulanne Simmons If America has its own Chekhov, it would have to be A. R. Gurney. As Chekhov, in his short career as a playwright (he died of tuberculosis at 44), illuminated and eluci…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:22AM[SHARE]GOLDSTEIN, a new musical about family with music and lyrics by Michael Roberts and a book by Charlie Schulman will open Off Broadway on  Thursday, April 5th at the Actors Temple Theatre (…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:31PM[SHARE]Musical tale of twin sisters born in Transylvania based on the novel, Wicked Clone or how to deal with the evil. March 8, 2018:Â The musical, Wicked Clone, created and performed by the I…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:52AM[SHARE]By: Isa Goldberg Religious persecution, the dysfunctional family, assimilation, and loss of identity ripple down, like the domino effect, in An Ordinary Muslim, at The New York Theate…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:51PM[SHARE]When The Fantasticks was on its way to becoming a solid Off Broadway hit, composers Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt were dangled a carrot of another kind: Broadway. N. Richard Nash wanted…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:59AM[SHARE]By: Paulanne Simmons It's taken fifteen years, but Jerry Springer - the Opera has finally arrived in New York City. With music and lyrics by Richard Thomas, and book and additional lyrics b…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:45AM[SHARE]Remembering Harvey Schmidt: Composer of The Fantasticks By: Ellis Nassour Harvey Schmidt of the composing team Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt died Wednesday at his longtime home in Tomball, …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:18PM[SHARE]By: Ellis Nassour Remembering Harvey Schmidt " and Tom Jones, who recently turned 90:
Part Two
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:39PM[SHARE]The Best of 2017 Vie for the Gold at the Very Diverse 90th Academy Awards Telecast Sunday on ABC By: Ellis Nassour The 90th Academy Awards will telecast live by ABC from L.A.'s Dol…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:06AM[SHARE]Theater for the New City's 15th Annual bash honors activist & actress Vinie Burrows  February 27, 2018: A Gala tribute at The Players Club in New York City honored Vinie Burrows …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:15PM[SHARE]The Shape of Water leads the pack with 13 nominations, Dunkirk follows with eight nods, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has seven. 2017 Nomination Highlight…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:35AM[SHARE]By: Paulanne Simmons If Alfred Hitchcock had been Irish, and if he'd possessed a rascally sense of humor, he might have produced Hangmen. In the event, the play, now onstage at Atlantic The…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:57PM[SHARE]Satirical musical spoof of 90's TV show with arias and dancing reflects the chaos of our times. By: Patrick Christiano February 23, 2018:Â With a reality TV star firmly ensconced in t…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:50PM[SHARE]By: Isa Goldberg Like "The Play that Goes Wrong," "Stiff," playing at TBG Theatre (312 West 36th St), is a comedy, about a murder mystery that runs amok. And yes, the set (Aaron Porter, s…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:57PM[SHARE]Lea Salonga: Celebrating 40 Years Onstage " from Li'l Orphan Annie, Vietnamese War Orphan, Disney Princess, and Now Love Goddess By: Ellis Nassour Olivier and Tony Award winner, "Disne…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:05PM[SHARE]By: Isa Goldberg "Radiate my vagina! Do you know who I am?", Eve Ensler demands of medical practitioners at the Mayo Clinic. After all, The Vagina Monologues, Ensler's seminal work, has bee…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:06PM[SHARE]By: Paulanne Simmons At the opening of her new cabaret show, Back When We Were Young," on February 17, Meg Flather told the audience, "I love songs that tell stories, and I love stories tha…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:45PM[SHARE]By: Isa Goldberg For his direction of Urinetown The Musical, director John Rando garnered his first Tony Award. With Jerry Springer the Opera, produced by The New Group at the Signature T…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:06PM[SHARE]A quirky tale about a smooth-talking Tyrannosaur is an homage to late night creature films. February 15, 2018: The Dreamscape Theater is presenting the NYC premiere of PETE REX , a quirky …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:27AM[SHARE]World Premier of Fusiform Gyrus - A Septet for Two Scientists and Five Horns by OBIE Award winner Ellen Maddow February 13, 2018: OBIE Award winner Ellen Maddow's new musical piece, Fusifor…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:40AM[SHARE]By: David Sheward Martin McDonagh takes the phrase "gallows humor" a bit too literally in his new play Hangmen now at the Atlantic Theater Company after hit London runs at the Royal Court…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:57AM[SHARE]Broadway Bound - Not! Every theater professional wants to be Broadway bound. But is Broadway the best place for every show? The record shows the answer to this question is often no.
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:46AM[SHARE]By: David Sheward Two short, explosive new Off-Broadway works depict wars of race and gender with women's bodies as the battlefield. Both are intense and earnest, challenging theatergoers' …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:43AM[SHARE]Eve Ensler's compelling life story is beautifully enhanced by Diane Paulus for MTC. By: Patrick Christiano February 8, 2018: Tony Award winner, Eve Ensler, a world-renowned author, pl…
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