The Cell Unveils 27 Resident Artists for 2027-28 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2026
the cell in Chelsea will present 22 new projects from over 27 resident playwrights, composers, designers, and interdisciplinary artists developing new work through readings, workshops, and staged productions.
Photos: Elizabeth Gillies and More in ROPE Rehearsals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 23, 2026
You can now check out photos from the first rehearsal of Rope, a new adaptation by Gordon Greenberg, based on the play by Patrick Hamilton, which is inspired by the Leopold and Loeb murder case.
Beyond Spring Awakening: Remembering Duncan Sheik’s Remarkable Musical Legacy
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Sep 27, 2026
On September 17th, we lost Duncan Sheik, a major composer and influence on 21st century theatre, whose music for Spring Awakening pushed the art form forward. Sheik was impressively prolific. While the headline of his theatre career may be the impactful Spring Awakening, his career was filled with over a dozen other varied and worthwhile theatrical projects, in addition to his achievements in popular music. He wrote music and sometimes lyrics for an impressive slate of musicals in addition to composing music for plays, and amassed a notable collective of collaborators on his many shows.
THE FAG WARD and THE FAG FOLLIES Presale Access Ends
by Rachel Stone - Sep 22, 2026
Life Jacket Theatre Co. offers priority presale access to two new musicals based on 1930s prison history. THE FAG WARD and THE FAG FOLLIES tell the stories of inmates imprisoned for homosexuality at New York's Men's Penitentiary.
THE GORGEOUS NOTHINGS Presale to Launch
by Rachel Stone - Sep 15, 2026
Life Jacket Theatre Co. will present a new musical about six inmates in the 1930s Men's Penitentiary's Fag Ward, weaving their stories into high-camp numbers from the ward's annual Christmas pageant.
A NUMBER to Open at Ancram Center for the Arts
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2026
Ancram Center for the Arts will present Caryl Churchill's acclaimed drama about cloning and identity, featuring Drew Ledbetter and John Wojda, directed by Jeffrey Mousseau.
OBIT to Open at Theater for the New City
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 21, 2026
Rebecca Chace's revenge thriller, about an advance-obituary writer confronting a college president with a gun and a grievance, will run at Theater for the New City, starring Richard Topol and Carolyn Holding.
ÉL Y ELLA to Receive Developmental Workshop at Drama Club Camp
by Stephi Wild - Jul 24, 2026
Drama Club and Straighten Your Crown's Development Initiative announced a workshop for Él y Ella, a new Spanglish musical by Jaime Lozano and Florencia Cuenca, ahead of a free public performance at Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium.