Political Star Wars Comedy THE TRADE FEDERATION To Premiere Off-Off-Broadway
Strike back at the Empire! The Trade Federation: Or, Let's Explore Globalization Through the Star Wars Prequels, a new political comedy by Andy Boyd, will make its world premiere September 20-28 at IRT Theatre in the West Village. Allen MacLeod directs the allegorical farce about global trade, the International Monetary Fund, and (of course) Star Wars. Tickets are on sale now at www.irttheatre.org.
THE PITCHFORKS to Receive Reading at Loading Dock Theatre
Loading Dock Theatre will produce a reading of the new horror play, The Pitchforks by Andrew Kramer, on Saturday October 27 and Sunday October 28 at 5pm as a special Halloween offering of The Forklift Reading Series at their space at 170 Tillary St.
BWW Review: 1969: THE SECOND MAN at Next Door at NYTW
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, and Buzz Aldrin followed behind him. On August 28, 2018, nearly 50 years later, Next Door at the New York Theatre Workshop brought Buzz's life from the shadows and into the (moon) light in 1969: The Second Man.
1969: THE SECOND MAN Finds Cast and Creative Team for NYTW Run
Producer Madeleine Foster Bersin is proud to announce initial casting for 1969: The Second Man, created by Jacob Brandt (The Great Glaciation), featuring music & lyrics by Brandt, a book by Dan Giles (Breeders), and directed by Jaki Bradley (Good Men Wanted), as part of Next Door at NYTW.
GO! GO! GILGAMESH! Begins at FRIGID New York
2017 FRIGID Festival presents A Ragged Man production of Go! Go! Gilgamesh!, written by Phoebe Kreutz and directed by Jacob Brandt. The show runs tonight, February 15th, through February 28th as part of the 2017 FRIGID Festival.
GO! GO! GILGAMESH! to Play FRIGID New York
The epic of the Gilgamesh is the first story ever written down by human beings and it is a doozy. Sex, power, violence, love, guilt, and death- it's all there. But now the classic tale is getting a lively, irreverent makeover in this high-spirited musical romp complete with cardboard sets, a self-orchestrated cast and toe-tapping joke folk hits!
Tickets to Fracture Theatre Co.'s URINETOWN Now on Sale
Tickets are now available for Fracture Theatre Co.'s production of URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL. The show will be recreated in it's original Off-Broadway home, The American Theatre of Actors with a cast of 23. The show will run from October 16th to the 24th with rehearsals scheduled to begin Sept. 8th.
Photos and Video: Chris Pratt Named Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 2015 Man of the Year
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical organization in the United States, celebrated Chris Pratt as the recipient of its 2015 Man of the Year Award. The Pudding is excited to honor a performer who became a bona fide Hollywood heavyweight in the past year. Pratt joined his Parks & Recreation co-star Amy Poehler, who was feted on January 29 as the Hasty Pudding's 2015 Woman of the Year. Watch the press conference below, and scroll down for photos from the event!