Metropolitan Playhouse's EAST SIDE STORIES Begins Tonight
OBIE Award-winning theater company Metropolitan Playhouse will present the eleventh annual East Side Stories, a three-week celebration of the life and lore of the East Village featuring twelve new plays and solo performances chronicling such timely topics as real estate, rising development and the loss of old neighbors as well as historical events like the Astor Place and Tompkins Square Riots.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rita Moreno & More Set for Hispanic Federation's 2015 Gala Today
Hispanic Federation (HF), the nation's premiere Latino nonprofit membership organization, celebrates its 25th Anniversary at a star-studded Annual Benefit Gala and welcomes more than 800 of the nation's leading public officials, community leaders, media celebrities, and corporate elites to support programs and services for the Latino community tonight, April 8.
Metropolitan Playhouse's EAST SIDE STORIES Begins 4/14
OBIE Award-winning theater company Metropolitan Playhouse will present the eleventh annual East Side Stories, a three-week celebration of the life and lore of the East Village featuring twelve new plays and solo performances chronicling such timely topics as real estate, rising development and the loss of old neighbors as well as historical events like the Astor Place and Tompkins Square Riots.
IRTE Continues its 2014 Season of Improvised Comedies with THE MAGIC ZOO
IRTE, the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble, continues its third season of improvised shows with The Magic Zoo. Come see the group critics are calling 'Completely unique' (Heather Boddy, THESPI-HONEST), 'radical and theatrical fun!' (Imani Johnson, The High 5 Review), and 'remarkable,' (Lillian Rodriguez, Film Annex)!
On Her Shoulders Stages A BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE Reading Today
On Her Shoulders presents a staged reading of A Bold Stroke for a Wife by Susanna Centlivre, directed by Rebecca Patterson and edited by Tasha Gordon Solomon, tonight, December 16, 2013. The Play in Context, a special component contextualizing the script in its historical time and place, will be delivered at the top of the evening. Doors open at 6:30pm for a 6:45pm curtain; tickets are free to the public. The performance is at the New School, Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street. R.S.V.P to OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com.
On Her Shoulders to Present Staged Reading of THE YEARS BETWEEN, 11/18
On Her Shoulders will present a staged reading of The Years Between by Daphne Du Maurier, directed by Mary McGinley and edited by Susan Jonas. The Play in Context, a special component contextualizing the script in its historical time and place, will be delivered by Dr. Jonas at the top of the evening. Doors open at 6:30pm for a 6:45pm curtain; tickets are free to the public. The performance is at the New School, Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street. R.S.V.P to OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com
UglyRhino Productions to Stage WHAT IT MEANS TO DISAPPEAR HERE, 4/25-5/17
UglyRhino Productions and Park Slope's Tea Lounge come together to present WHAT IT MEANS TO DISAPPEAR HERE, a world premiere play by Jeremy J. Kamps. Directed by Danny Sharron, this site-specific production runs at Port Royal, a found performance space under the Tea Lounge (837 Union Street, Brooklyn) today and Friday nights starting today, April 25 through Friday, May 17 at 8 p.m.
UglyRhino Productions to Stage WHAT IT MEANS TO DISAPPEAR HERE, 4/25-5/17
UglyRhino Productions and Park Slope's Tea Lounge come together to present WHAT IT MEANS TO DISAPPEAR HERE, a world premiere play by Jeremy J. Kamps. Directed by Danny Sharron, this site-specific production runs at Port Royal, a found performance space under the Tea Lounge (837 Union Street, Brooklyn) on Thursday and Friday nights starting on Thursday, April 25 through Friday, May 17 at 8 p.m.
Photo Flash: Asian And...'s RIGHT HERE WRITE NOW at Cherry Lane Theater - Eugene Oh, Diane Phelan, Matt Park & More
Asian and... has released extensive photo coverage of Right Here, Write Now, an evening of readings that took place at Cherry Lane Theatre on Tuesday May 15th, at 8pm. Check out the photos of Eugene Oh, Bonna Tek, Leanne Cabrera, Denise Rogers, Ivano Pulito, Satomi Blair, Andrew Eisenman, Tony Vo, Josephine Huang, Bobby Foley, Holly Chou, Cleo Gray, Jaygee Macapugay, Diane Phelan, Matt Park, Sade Namei, Jen Kwok, Lindsay Mack, Iliana Inocencio, Grant Chang, Emily Kratter, Lillian Rodriguez, Alex Grubbs and more below.
Whoopi Goldberg to Host QUILT Benefit Tonight; Anthony Rapp, Nikki M. James, et al. to Perform
Created stitch by loving stitch, The AIDS Memorial Quilt remains an uplifting symbol of hope and a stirring memorial to lives cut short from the ongoing disease, which has become a major staple of our generation. On the heels of World AIDS Day, a new star-studded theatrical gala will commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the HIV/AIDS crisis, and the 25th Anniversary of The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Whoopi Goldberg to Host QUILT Benefit; Anthony Rapp, Nikki M. James, et al. to Perform
Created stitch by loving stitch, The AIDS Memorial Quilt remains an uplifting symbol of hope and a stirring memorial to lives cut short from the ongoing disease, which has become a major staple of our generation. On the heels of World AIDS Day, a new star-studded theatrical gala will commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the HIV/AIDS crisis, and the 25th Anniversary of The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Young Girls Speak Out at UN Commission on the Status of Women 3/1
Project Girl Performance Collective (PGPC), www.projectgirlperformancecollective.org a New York-based non profit organization that provides teens with a fearless space to create and perform original work, debuts a cutting-edge new show at the 64th UN Commission on the Status of Women called "GirlPower: Survival of the Fittest".
Young Girls Speak Out at UN Commission on the Status of Women 3/1
Project Girl Performance Collective (PGPC), www.projectgirlperformancecollective.org a New York-based non profit organization that provides teens with a fearless space to create and perform original work, debuts a cutting-edge new show at the 64th UN Commission on the Status of Women called "GirlPower: Survival of the Fittest".
