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Project Y Theatre Presents TINY BARN Hybrid Plays Streaming June 23 Through July 3
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 23, 2021

Project Y Theatre Company presents 12 playwright commissions as part of TINY BARN, streaming from VT to NYC June 23, 2021 through July 3, 2021.

BWW Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE PART 2 Goes Round in Circles at Pittsburgh Public
by Greg Kerestan - Mar 20, 2019

Henrik Ibsen's characters go HBO mumblecore in this electric reimagining of the classic melodrama.

Pittsburgh Public Theater Stages A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2
by Julie Musbach - Feb 21, 2019

Pittsburgh Public Theater is honored to welcome back Ted Pappas to direct Lucas Hnath's Broadway hit, A Doll's House, Part, 2. Ted was The Public's leader for 18 years before retiring last fall.

TheaterWorks Presents HAND TO GOD
by Stephi Wild - Aug 18, 2018

TheaterWorks - Rob Ruggiero, Producing Artistic Director announced today that TheaterWorks will present HAND TO GOD by Robert Askins as the fifth and final show of the 2017-2018 Season. Directed by Tracy Brigden, the Broadway smash hit and Tony Award nominated play begins previews July 20 and runs through August 26, 2018.

BWW Review: HAND TO GOD at TheaterWorks
by Joseph Harrison - Jul 28, 2018

Grief can be a very strange thing and people react to traumatic events in very different ways. Some may become reserved and avoid contact with people. Some may turn to their faith for support during trying times. Others, like the young man in TheaterWorks' HAND TO GOD, channel anger, fear and confusion into a demonic and controlling puppet. Yes, you read that right. In Robert Askins' Tony Award nominated play, young Jason and his evil puppet alter ego, Tyrone, wreak havoc on a small Texas church and raunchy, rude, unhinged hilarity ensues.

HAND TO GOD Comes to TheaterWorks
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 30, 2018

Rob Ruggiero, Producing Artistic Director announced today that TheaterWorks will present HAND TO GOD by Robert Askins as the fifth and final show of the 2017-2018 Season. Directed by Tracy Brigden, the Broadway smash hit and Tony Award nominated play begins previews July 20 and runs through August 26, 2018.  

City Theatre Closes 2017-18 Season with NOMAD MOTEL
by Julie Musbach - Apr 26, 2018

City Theatre is thrilled to announce the details of the final production of the 2017-18 season: Nomad Motel by Carla Ching. Originally commissioned as part of South Coast Repertory Theatre's CrossRoads initiative (Marc Masterson, Artistic Director) the play explores a family consumed by California's crippling housing crisis and the life of a "parachute kid," sent to live alone in America while his father remains in Hong Kong. It is directed by LA-based artist Bart DeLorenzo, and will run on the City Theatre Main Stage, May 12-June 3, 2018. Tickets are on sale now. 

New York Undie Rockers The Skivvies to Strip Down at City Theatre in SLEIGH MY NAME
by BWW News Desk - Dec 15, 2017

City Theatre is unwrapping something special this holiday season with our favorite New York undie-rock duo The Skivvies in the premiere of Sleigh My Name. Broadway performers Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina return to City Theatre for two nights of mashed-up musical fun with some of Pittsburgh's favorite theatre stars.

New York Undie Rockers The Skivvies to Strip Down at City Theatre in SLEIGH MY NAME
by BWW News Desk - Nov 28, 2017

City Theatre is unwrapping something special this holiday season with our favorite New York undie-rock duo The Skivvies in the premiere of Sleigh My Name. Broadway performers Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina return to City Theatre for two nights of mashed-up musical fun with some of Pittsburgh's favorite theatre stars.

Photo Coverage: AFTER MISS JULIE - Opening Night Party
by Walter McBride - Oct 23, 2009

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of After Miss Julie officially opened last night, Thursday, October 22nd. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there for all the first night festivities!

59E59 Theatres Welcomes Project Y To NYC Premier Of FUBAR OR INTERESTING, INCREDIBLE, AMAZING, FANTASTIC, Runs 6/11-28
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 11, 2009

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is thrilled to welcome Project Y to Americas Off Broadway with the NYC premiere of Fubar Or Interesting, Incredible, Amazing, Fantastic, written by Karl Gajdusek and directed by Larissa Kokernot. Fubar begins previews on Thursday, June 11 for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 28. Opening Night is Tuesday, June 16 at 7:15 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday at 7:15 PM, Wednesday - Saturday at 8:15 PM and Sunday at 3:15 PM. The regular ticket price is $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members). Tickets are available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.ticketcentral.com. For more information visit www.59E59.org.

59E59 Theatres Welcomes Project Y To NYC Premier Of FUBAR OR INTERESTING, INCREDIBLE, AMAZING, FANTASTIC, Runs 6/11-28
by Reynard Loki - May 12, 2009

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is thrilled to welcome Project Y to Americas Off Broadway with the NYC premiere of Fubar Or Interesting, Incredible, Amazing, Fantastic, written by Karl Gajdusek and directed by Larissa Kokernot. Fubar begins previews on Thursday, June 11 for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 28. Opening Night is Tuesday, June 16 at 7:15 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday at 7:15 PM, Wednesday - Saturday at 8:15 PM and Sunday at 3:15 PM. The regular ticket price is $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members). Tickets are available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.ticketcentral.com. For more information visit www.59E59.org.

Photo Flash: Roundtable Ensemble Presents SILENT HEROES
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 23, 2009

The Roundtable Ensemble (Kelly Ann Moore, Artistic Director and Joshua P. Weiss, Managing Director), now in its 10th season, will present the New York premiere of Linda Escalera Baggs' award-winning play 'SILENT HEROES,' inspired by a true story, and directed by Rosemary Andress. 'SILENT HEROES' will be presented at Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th floor (bet. 8th and 9th Aves). Performances will begin on January 8, and the official opening performance was Sunday, January 11 at 3:00 p.m. Performances will run through Saturday, January 24. Set shortly after the end of the Vietnam War, the wives of six Marine Corps aviators have gathered in the night after hearing that one of the base's jet fighters has crashed. The Corps has offered no comfort or information, but the women know that one of their husbands isn't coming home. 'SILENT HEROES' deals with women's rights, race relations, family, war and peace, and the tenuous social structure that enables military wives to cope with the constant fear that their husbands' lives, and their futures, could end suddenly. It won Best Play at FutureFest (Dayton, OH), at the Firehouse Theatre Festival of New American Plays (Richmond, VA), and at the Pittsburgh New Play Festival. TheaterMania's Peter Filichia was one of the judges at FutureFest and wrote this in his column: 'While I was watching Linda Escalera Bagg's Silent Heroes, I thought 'Hmm...this playwright has not only written six fat parts for women but also at least two parts that could very well win Tony Awards for the actresses playing them.' 'SILENT HEROES' was also honored with the Source Literary Prize in Washington, D.C. Linda Escalera Baggs is a Virginia-based playwright whose plays have been produced across the U.S.A. In addition to her award-winning Silent Heroes her full length plays include Harps & Harmonicas and Word War, and her one-acts and short plays include: Parting Words, The August Jinx, Welcome to Florida, Who's Margaret, and Dress Blues. Baggs is the daughter of a Marine colonel.