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KEEPIN' IT REAL & More Set for Illusion Theatre 50th Anniversary 2024-25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 9, 2024

ILLUSION THEATER celebrates its 50th anniversary with a season of new plays and special performances, honoring its legacy of producing transformative theater on pressing social issues.

Review Roundup: SIX CHARACTERS at Lincoln Center Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 30, 2024

The Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 production of SIX CHARACTERS, a new play by Phillip Howze and directed by Dustin Wills, opens tonight at the Claire Tow Theater. Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: OH, MARY! Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 12, 2024

Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! opens tonight at the Lyceum Theatre, following a sold out, twice extended world premiere run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

Photos: Go Inside the 2024 Off-Broadway Alliance Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2024

Check out photos from the 2024 Off-Broadway Alliance Awards!

Review Roundup: THE WELKIN Opens at Atlantic Theater Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 13, 2024

Read the reviews for The Welkin at Atlantic Theater Company.

The Alliance Theatre to Present World Premiere of BABBLE LAB This Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 7, 2024

The 56th season of the Alliance Theatre will begin this summer with BABBLE LAB, a world premiere co-production with Children’s Theatre Company. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Review Roundup: HOME Opens On Broadway Directed By Kenny Leon
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 6, 2024

Home opens at the Todd Haimes Theatre on Broadway. Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: Shayan Lotfi's WHAT BECAME OF US
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 5, 2024

The world premiere of What Became of Us, written by Shayan Lotfi (Off-Broadway debut) and directed by Jennifer Chang just celebrated opening night at Atlantic Theater Company.Two siblings. One born there. One born here. How do they maintain their connections to The Old Country, and to This Country, and to each other? Check out what the critics are saying!

STEREOPHONIC and DEAD OUTLAW Take Top Prizes At New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2024

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named David Adjmi’s Stereophonic best play of the 2023-24 season. The award for best musical went to Dead Outlaw, music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, book by Itamar Moses. The selections were made at the organization’s 88th annual voting meeting.

Photos: Children's Theatre Company Presents the World Premiere of BABBLE LAB
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 9, 2024

Children’s Theatre Company has released photos of the World Premiere of Babble Lab, which will run from March 9-April 14, 2024 in the Cargill Stage. Get your first look!

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For the World Premiere BABBLE LAB At Children's Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 10, 2024

Children’s Theatre Company has released photos from inside rehearsal for the World Premiere of Babble Lab, which will run from March 9-April 14, 2024 in the Cargill Stage. Opening is Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.

Children's Theatre Company Announces Cast and Creative Team for The World Premiere of BABBLE LAB
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 2, 2024

Children’s Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Babble Lab, which will run from March 9-April 14, 2024 in the Cargill Stage.

Interview: Autumn Ness of BABBLE LAB at Children's Theatre Company
by Jared Fessler - Jan 31, 2024

Strap on your safety goggles and clean out your ears! When an experiment unexpectedly goes awry, a concoction of sneaky, sprightly L E T T E R S takes over a weird and wondrous science lab.

Children's Theatre Company Reveals Cast and Creative Team For BABBLE LAB
by Stephi Wild - Jan 23, 2024

Children’s Theatre Company announces the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Babble Lab. RSVP by March 7, 2024, to attend the opening on March 9, 2024.

Review: SCROOGE IN ROUGE at Open Eye Theatre
by Jared Fessler - Dec 19, 2023

What did our critic think of SCROOGE IN ROUGE at Open Eye Theatre?

Harvey Fierstein, Audra McDonald, and Laurie Metcalf Will Present New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
by Stephi Wild - May 17, 2023

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has announced that Carolee Carmello, Harvey Fierstein, Audra McDonald, Laurie Metcalf, and Brandon Uranowitz will be the presenters of its 2023 awards.

LEOPOLDSTADT and DOWNSTATE Win 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
by Nicole Rosky - May 8, 2023

The New York Drama Critics' Circle today named Bruce Norris’s Downstate best play of the 2022-23 season.

New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards Will Announce Winners Monday, May 8
by Stephi Wild - May 5, 2023

The winners of the 2023 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will be announced Monday, May 8 at 7pm. The selections will be made immediately beforehand at the organization's 87th annual voting meeting.

'TASHA and New Works Festival Debut at the End of February in San Francisco
by Stephi Wild - Feb 10, 2023

San Francisco's 3Girls Theatre Company returns to a full schedule of live performances for the first time since March of 2020, when their New Works Festival—literally only days away from taking the stage—was shut down by the pandemic. 

Interview: Martin Silvestri, Joel Higgins & Christine Andreas Talk About the Past and Future of THE FIELDS OF AMBROSIA at Surflight Theatre
by Ricky Pope - Sep 3, 2022

One of the most enduring of human beliefs is the idea of the existence of an afterlife. All sorts of terrors and challenges can be endured in an earthly life if one believes in a world beyond where things will be not only better but perfect. That is one of the central ideas of THE FIELDS OF AMBROSIA, a musical that is opening next week at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, NJ on Long Beach Island.