Matt Frey

Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of The Best We Could (a family tragedy), written by Emily Feldman (Three Women in Four Chairs, My Lover Joan) and directed by Daniel Aukin (Fool For Love, Fulfillment Center), is in its final weeks of performances at New York City Center – Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

Check out photos from opening night of Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of The Best We Could!

Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere The Best We Could (a family tragedy), written by Emily Feldman opens tomorrow night, Wednesday, March 1, at New York City Center – Stage I. See how to purchase tickets!

Get a first look at footage of the world premiere of Manhattan Theatre Club's The Best We Could!

Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere The Best We Could (a family tragedy), written by Emily Feldman and directed by Daniel Aukin, is now in preview performances at New York City Center – Stage I. Check out photos of the cast in action!

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with playwright Emily Feldman, as she discusses the world premiere of her play The Best We Could, now playing at Manhattan Theatre Club.

Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere The Best We Could (a family tragedy), written by Emily Feldman and directed by Daniel Aukin will now begin preview performances on Wednesday, February 8, at New York City Center – Stage I.

The full cast has been announced for Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcoming world premiere, The Best We Could (a family tragedy), written by Emily Feldman and directed by Daniel Aukin. See performance dates, how to purchase tickets and more!

This September, The American Opera Project, one of America’s leading homes for the creation of original lyric theater, kicks off its 33rd season with premiere music from five distinctive new operas at an outdoor concert in its home neighborhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

The October world premiere of White Snake Projects' Alice in the Pandemic – a virtual opera by creator and librettist Cerise Jacobs and composer Jorge Sosa – met with well-deserved praise from every corner, for its innovation and the possibilities it revealed for the future of digital opera production.

The American Opera Project announces First Glimpse, a video album of 20 songs created during the first year of AOP’s 2019-21 cycle of Composers & the Voice, the groundbreaking fellowship program that has been the starting point for many of today’s most recognized contemporary operas and artists.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director and Barry Grove, Executive Producer) has announced casting for the upcoming world premiere of The Best We Could (A Family Tragedy), written by the company's 2019-20 Tow Playwright-in-Residence, Emily Feldman (Three Women in Four Chairs, My Lover Joan), and directed by Daniel Aukin (Fool For Love, Fulfillment Center).

Primary Stages' production of the world premiere of On That Day in Amsterdam, written by Clarence Coo (Beautiful Province (Belle Province)-a?"Yale Drama Prize) and directed by Kareem Fahmy (3/Fifths) will begin previews on Friday, November 1. Opening night is set for Tuesday, November 19, for a run through Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street). For ticket exchanges, please visit your point of purchase.

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??The American Opera Project (AOP), announces its selection of eight composers and librettists to receive fellowships for its 10th cycle of the Composers & the Voice training program. Composers Alaina Ferris, Matt Frey, Michael Lanci, Mary Prescott, Jessica Rudman, Tony Solitro, and librettists Amanda Hollander and Jonathan Turner, will each receive a 2-year, tuition-free fellowship that provides experience writing for the voice and opera stage. The fellows will work collaboratively with the following six singers, named as the 10th Composers & the Voice Resident Ensemble: Lyric Coloratura Soprano Justine Aronson, Lyric Soprano Jasmine Muhammad, Mezzo-Soprano Augusta Caso, Tenor Timothy Stoddard, Baritone Mario Diaz-Moresco and Bass-Baritone Brandon Coleman. 

Primary Stages announces casting for the world premiere of On That Day in Amsterdam, written by Clarence Coo

Honeck-Moss Productions is presenting a?oeIn The Works.a?? In The Works is presented on the 3rd Sunday of the month and features three composers or composer teams, each presenting about 20 minutes of new material.

Young Dancemakers Company (Founding Director: Alice Tierstein; Co-Director Jessica Gaynor; Music Director: William Catanzaro), a unique dance ensemble comprised of dance students from NYC's public high schools working under the guidance of acclaimed professionals, is proud to present their 24th annual touring season which will be performed at various locations across four NYC boroughs. The series, in which young artists develop their own original choreography and present it in free public showings, will run from July 24th thru August 3rd and feature works developed under the tutelage of Alice Teirstein and Jessica Gaynor, as well as 2019 guest artist John Heginbotham of Dance Heginbotham and in workshops with members of the acclaimed Bridgman|Packer Dance, the Bessie-nominated choreographer and YDC alumn Jonathan Gonzalez, and 2019 Fosse Dance Workshop Leader and a faculty member of the Joffrey Ballet School Peter Yuen.

SWELL is a music-theatre work that weaves together ten original avant-garde/new music compositions written by ten richly inventive composers drawing from their personal histories as immigrants and children of immigrants. Their unique, surprising, and deeply human stories are told through voice, piano, cello, and violin in this music-based contribution to the global immigration narrative.

Playwrights Horizons has extended the world premiere of If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhf**ka, written by Tori Sampson

Two time Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage, best known for Ruined and Tony-winning play Sweat, and actor Jessica Frances Dukes, who stars in Nottage's By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, joined AM to DM by BuzzFeed News this morning. The duo discussed their new play "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," how things have and haven't changed for black actors since the early days of Hollywood, their inspiration for the story and character and more.