Food Of Love Announces TWELFTH NIGHT: WELCOME TO OUR TABLE
Play on! Food of Love, the force behind the Drama Desk Award-nominated productions of Shake & Bake: Love's Labour's Lost and Midsummer: A Banquet, will present one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies with a virtual twist and their signature culinary flare. Shipwrecks, mistaken identities, and mouth-watering desserts are delivered directly to your kitchen in this immersive livestream benefitting the Food Bank For New York City!
MT Shorts Celebrates Launch Of New Platform With Premiere Concert-Screening
MT Shorts will celebrate its official launch, with a premiere screening of its first musical short film, Hey, Beautiful!, by award-winning composing team Nat Zegree and Eric Holmes at a one night only star-studded concert featuring selections from the duo's songbook at The Cutting Room on September 24th at 8PM.
Mission to (dit)Mars presents ALL SYSTEMS GO: MISSION 5
Mission to (dit)Mars, a theatre arts collective serving Queens artists, is thrilled to announce All Systems Go: Mission 5 as the culminating event for the LAUNCH PAD Reading Series this year. This free play reading will be held at the Astoria Performing Arts Center at 30-34 Crescent Street in Astoria, Queens on Monday, June 19th at 7pm.
Joel Schumacher to Helm NEIGHBORHOOD 3 at The Flea
The Flea Theater presents the New York premiere of Jennifer Haley's NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM, directed by Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever, The Client, The Lost Boys) and featuring members of The Bats, the Flea's resident acting company. Previews begin November 9, with opening night slated for Monday, November 16. Says Artistic Director Niegel Smith, "Jennifer Haley's insightful play exposes the chasms within a community consumed by violent video games. It's particularly exciting that The Bats will be guided in this production by the singular vision of Joel Schumacher."
HAPPILY AFTER EVER to Play 59E59 Theaters, 7/14-15
Ricochet Collective and 59E59 Theaters present Laura Zlatos' HAPPILY AFTER EVER, directed by Sherri Eden Barber. Performances are July 14 and 15 at 6:30pm. 59E59 Theaters is located at 59 East 59th Street between Madison and Park Avenues. All tickets are $10, available at www.59e59.org, by calling 212-279-4200 or in person at the box office.
RSC's Chuk Iwuji Joins Cast of Paul Sorvino's KING LEAR at Shrunken Shakespeare Gala, 4/21
Shrunken Shakespeare Company (SSC), in association with Joe Paradise, announced today that Nigerian-born Royal Shakespeare Company associate artist Chukwudi Iwuji (The Public/RSC: Anthony and Cleopatra; London Old Vic/BAM: Richard III with Kevin Spacey) has joined the cast of Paul Sorvino's world premiere adaption of Lear as part of their 2014 Fundraiser Gala, including Broadway, Off-Broadway and TV veterans. The Gala will be held on Monday, April 21st at 7:30pm, at TBG Theatre located at 312 W 36th Street, 3rd Floor in NYC.
Full Cast Announced for Paul Sorvino's LEAR at Shrunken Shakespeare Gala, 4/21
Shrunken Shakespeare Company (SSC), in association with Joe Paradise, has announced the full cast for their 2014 Fundraiser Gala, including Broadway, Off-Broadway and TV vets set to perform in Paul Sorvino's world premiere adaption of Lear. The Gala will be held on Monday, April 21st at 7:30pm, at TBG Theatre located at 312 W 36th Street, 3rd Floor in NYC.
Shrunken Shakespeare Company to Stage THE TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA, 10/18-28
Shrunken Shakespeare Company will present 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona,' a music-infused, immersive production set in a dive bar in present day Italy. Featuring original music by Roberto Bettega of The Harmonica Lewinskies (http://theharmonicalewinskies.bandcamp.com), a New York Innovative Theatre Award Nominee. (http://www.nyitawards.com). The show runs at The Underground Lounge 955 West End Ave, New York, NY 10025 (At 107th & Broadway).
Exquisite Corpse Company's ODD.A.SEE Continues thru 8/25
Follow your Odysseus. This August, Brooklyn's Exquisite Corpse Company brings you Odd.A.See. An ambitious retelling of Homer's classic, Odd.A.See explores how the memories of violence haunt us, and how we struggle to find the courage to go home. The audience follows Odysseus through a labyrinth of worlds collaboratively re-imagined and brought to life by a company of nearly 50 artists - including writers, musicians, installation artists, actors, and designers.
THE SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY Begins Performances in Brooklyn Tonight
The Spoon River Anthology travels to Brooklyn where it will receive an all-new production, conceived & directed Jimmy Maize, with music by Eli Zoller, choreography by Jon Cooper & Marine Sialelli, and music direction by Ethan Wagner, and featuring a cast of one-hundred performers, The limited engagement begins performances tonight, April 24 and will continue through this Saturday, April 28 at the Invisible Dog Art Center (51 Bergen Street in Brooklyn).
THE SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY Plays Two Limited Engagements in NY With Cast of 100
Edgar Lee Masters' epic work, The Spoon River Anthology, receives an all-new production, of unprecedented scale and scope, conceived & directed Jimmy Maize, with music by Eli Zoller, choreography by Jon Cooper & Marine Sialelli, and music direction by Ethan Wagner, and featuring a cast of one-hundred performers, with two special limited engagements: April 18 - 21 at The Riverside Theatre (91 Claremont Avenue located inside the Riverside Church between 120th and 122nd Streets), in association with Columbia University School of the Arts; and April 24 - 28 at the Invisible Dog Art Center (51 Bergen Street in Brooklyn).