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Many Happy Returns will run Off-Broadway next month, in a limited engagement from Monica Bill Barnes and Company, presented by Playwrights Horizons.. All performances of this production will be free.

Jonathan Rockefeller, creator and director of the internationally acclaimed The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, has announced a special collaboration with City Harvest, New York City's largest food rescue organization.

Previews begin tonight for Luna Stage's New York premiere of Jenny Lyn Bader's Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library, directed by Ari Laura Kreith! Learn more and see

The McKittrick Hotel's Hypnotique will host its final performance. The McKittrick Hotel also invites guests to bid farewell to a beloved tradition with The McKittrick Follies: Meet Me Under the Mistletoe. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Josh Glanc's Family Man opens tonight as part of SoHo Playhouse's 2024 International Fringe Encore Comedy Series! Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Baryshnikov Arts and the Abbey Theatre will present a reading of Sam Shepard’s AGES OF THE MOON starring award-winning actors Steve Buscemi and Aidan Quinn. Learn more about the reading here!

Due to demand, La MaMa has added two additional performances of the world premiere of Suppose Beautiful Madeline Harvey, experimental theater icon Richard Foreman’s first new play in 10 years.

MULTISTAGES has announced the Off-Broadway engagement of Paula Cizmar’s JANUARY, directed by MultiStages Artistic Director Lorca Peress.

Due to popular demand Winter Rhythms  have announced an added third performance of Holiday Regards: A Revue to Celebrate! part of its “2024 Winter Rhythms” series, the award-winning music festival at Urban Stages Theater (259 West 30th Street – between 7th & 8th Avenues), on Monday, December 16 at 7:00pm.

Broken Box Mime Theater has revealed the complete line-up for the second annual PhysFestNYC, New York City’s only festival dedicated to physical theater. See full programming and learn how to attend.

Eric Krebs Theatrical Management will present the Off-Broadway premiere of BREAKIN’ NYC, a journey through the Heart/beat of Hip-Hop – from the streets of the Bronx to a global phenomenon!

MCC Theater has revealed the final production of their 2024-2025 season, the US Premiere of Trophy Boys, by Emmanuelle Mattana and directed by 2024 Tony Award-winner Danya Taymor. Learn more and see how to attend.

Recently, we had the chance to chat with Erika Ishii, who will be taking on the role of The Warrior from 5 to 17 December. We discussed how they first got started in both theatre and Dungeons & Dragons, what it is like to be joining a show like this one and why this is truly a show for everyone, including those who have never played Dungeons & Dragons before!

The new musical Local Singles is set to make its Off-Broadway debut this winter. Featuring book, music, and lyrics by Navari, and directed by Clint Hromsco, with musical direction by Navari, the limited engagement will begin in January.

Blue Man Group is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of their debut studio album, AUDIO, originally released on December 7, 1999, through Virgin Records. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. Watch their video tribute below.

This December, experience MERCURY, an absurdist exploration of identity, desire, and the human condition in a world where the boundaries of time blur at Theatre Row. Learn how to purchase tickets.

“Jamie deRoy & friends” will air a holiday special. The special will feature exclusive footage from the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Broadway’s Elf: The Musical, Norm Lewis, Michael Longoria, and more. Learn how to watch!

The full cast has been revealed for the New York Theater Festival production of 'Nero', playwright Doyle Judge's first New York stage production. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Nina, a new play by two-time O'Neill semi-finalist Forrest Malloy, is set to premiere in a strictly limited engagement at Theaterlab. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Out of the Box Theatrics will present three industry concert presentations of About Time, the final installment in the Starting Here, Starting Now and Closer Than Ever song trilogy. Learn more!

The debut concert performance of Picnic at Hanging Rock, featuring songs and orchestrations from the forthcoming musical adapted from Joan Lindsay's iconic Australian novel, will be presented at Lincoln Center. Learn how to attend.

Irish Repertory Theatre is now presenting The Dead, 1904, the immersive adaptation of James Joyce’s classic story. Check out a new video trailer here!

Arts Ignite has announced the 15th anniversary of its annual benefit concert, New York City Christmas: A Concert to Benefit Arts Ignite, to take place Monday, December 9 at 7:00 PM at Joe's Pub at The Public in New York City. 

Irish Repertory Theatre has revealed dates, casting, and the creative team for Beckett Briefs, three short plays by Samuel Beckett and directed by Ciarán O'Reilly. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Strategic Love Play starring Heléne Yorke and Michael Zegen will conclude its limited engagement, New York-premiere run this weekend. Learn how to purchase tickets.