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Photos: OBSERVANT at Spark Theatre Festival NYC
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 29, 2024

Pamela Weiler Grayson’s new play OBSERVANT ends its limited engagement this weekend at Emerging Artists Theatre’s Spark Theatre Festival NYC at The Chain Theatre. Check out production photos here!

Photos: Opening Night of Pamela Weiler Grayson's New Play OBSERVANT at the Chain Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 16, 2024

Pamela Weiler Grayson’s new play Observant opened on Thursday, September 12 with a sold-out house at Spark Theatre Festival NYC. The New York Premiere is currently running until September 28 at the Chain Theatre in midtown Manhattan. Shellen Lubin directs. Check out photos from opening night here!

Photos: Emerging Artists Theatre's Spark Theatre Festival NYC Week One Shows in Rehearsal
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2024

Award-winning Emerging Artists Theatre’s (EAT) bi-annual Spark Theatre Festival NYC starts today, September 9. Check out rehearsal photos here!

New York Premiere Of OBSERVANT To Host Post-Show Discussions
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 4, 2024

The new play OBSERVANT by Pamela Weiler Grayson will feature post-show discussions with the playwright, director Shellen Lubin, and cast members. The limited engagement runs from September 12-28 at The Chain Theatre.

Emerging Artists Theatre's Spark Theatre Festival NYC Returns September 9 �" 29
by Robert Diamond - Aug 23, 2024

Experience 60 new works including musicals, plays, and drag follies at Emerging Artists Theatre’s Spark Theatre Festival NYC from September 9-29, 2024, now at The Chain Theatre.

Pamela Weiler Grayson's New Play OBSERVANT Will Headline Spark Theatre Festival NYC
by Stephi Wild - Jul 24, 2024

Pamela Weiler Grayson's new play OBSERVANT will headline the Spark Theatre Festival NYC with a limited engagement from September 12 - 28 at The Chain Theatre.

Pamela Weiler Grayson's New Play OBSERVANT To Headline Spark Theatre Festival NYC
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2024

Pamela Weiler Grayson's new play OBSERVANT explores faith, family, and the future. Running from September 12-28 at The Chain Theatre, it headlines the Spark Theatre Festival NYC by Emerging Artists Theatre.

Theater For The New City Premieres The New Comedy THE CHESAPEAKE CHICKS This October
by Stephi Wild - Aug 9, 2023

Karen Lynn Gorney, star of the movie “Saturday Night Fever” and “All My Children” joins the cast as Carrie in The Chesapeake Chicks, a brand-new comedy by Peter Zachari premiering at Theater for the New City. Gorney is joined by Rebecca Hoodwin as Rita, Margo Singaliese as Alice, Nora Falk as Carrie, Andrew Cuccaro as Matthew and Peter Coleman as The Officer.

Theatre Now To Present Staged Readings Of New Musicals DERAILED! And THE SUSTAIN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 20, 2023

This month, Theatre Now is producing staged readings of Derailed! and The Sustain, new musicals developed in their Musical Writers Lab.

Irvington Theater Announces 3rd Annual Arts Incubator Short Play Fest
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 4, 2023

For the 3rd consecutive year, Irvington Theater will once again present the Arts Incubator Short Play Fest: a free celebration of short, new, in-development works of theater and the playwrights behind them! This year's fest will exist — for the first time ever — in a hybrid format of online events and in-person readings from March 18-26. 

ACT Of CT Announces Cast For GUYS AND DOLLS
by Stephi Wild - Sep 12, 2022

ACT (A Contemporary Theatre) of Connecticut has announced the cast for the first production of their 2022-2023 season – GUYS AND DOLLS. The show marks the start to the theater's fifth season. 

World Premiere of DOUBLEWIDE to be Performed at Vermont Stage
by Leah Windahl - Jan 19, 2018

Seven Days, Vermont's Independent Voice, reports that Vermont Stage will host the world premiere of Stephen Spotswood's new play DOUBLEWIDE, running January 24th - February 11th. DOUBLEWIDE has been picked up by the National New Play Network, an organization that aims to help new plays gain visibility by promising a given play that their work will be picked up by at least three participating theaters in the span of the year. DOUBLEWIDE will be produced first in Vermont, before later being staged by theaters in Florida and Michigan.

Justin Matthew Sargent, Crystal Kellogg and Tony Vincent to Headline NYTB Reading of New Musical OSWALD
by BWW News Desk - Nov 29, 2017

The tenth season of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series concludes on Monday, December 4, 2017 at The Cell with pre-premieres of two new musicals: Oswald and Question 1.

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Presents a Workshop Reading of Leslie Kimbell's FOUR OLD BROADS
by Julie Musbach - Oct 17, 2017

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company will present the New York workshop reading of Leslie Kimbell's Four Old Broads October 28th at 3pm. The performance will take place at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre located at 38 Commerce Streetin the West Village. The reading is free and open to the public. Reservations can be made by emailing fouroldbroads@gmail.com.

Magic Ventures to Present NIGHT TIDE at NYMF
by BWW News Desk - Jun 30, 2017

MAGIC VENTURES LLC, in association with the New York Musical Festival, is pleased to announce the world premiere production of new musical, NIGHT TIDE, with music by Nathania Wibowo, book & lyrics by Taylor Tash, music direction by Andy Peterson, and directed/choreographed by Luis Villabon.

One Night Only 30th Anniversary Celebration for MTC in Norwalk
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 6, 2016

Music Theatre of Connecticut, Fairfield County's professional award-winning theatre company, celebrates their 30th anniversary with a one night only evening of food, drink and entertainment. The 30th Anniversary Celebration is set for Saturday, October 15, with food and drink at 6:30pm, followed by a performance in MTC's cozy 110-seat theatre. Tickets are extremely limited and proceeds benefit MTC and its programming.

Music Theatre of Connecticut Presents DRIVING MISS DAISY, Now thru 2/22
by BWW News Desk - Jan 30, 2015

Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, Fairfield County's award-winning professional theatre company, continues its 2014/2015 season with 'Driving Miss Daisy' the Pulitzer prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry. Performances are today, January 30-February 22, 2015.

Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage to Present DRIVING MISS DAISY, 1/30-2/22
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 21, 2015

Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, Fairfield County's award-winning professional theatre company, continues its 2014/2015 season with 'Driving Miss Daisy' the Pulitzer prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry. Performances are January 30-February 22, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 4pm and 8pm, Sundays at 2pm, at The Melissa & Doug Theatre at The New MTC, 509 Westport Avenue (behind the Jones New York and Nine West Outlet) in Norwalk, CT. Tickets range from $25-$50 ($5 discount for seniors/students) and are available by calling 203.454.3883 or visiting www.musictheatreofct.com

TALK RADIO to End Off-Broadway Run Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 26, 2014

Variations Theatre Group's critically acclaimed production of Eric Bogosian's TALK RADIO will conclude its limited engagement tomorrow night (Saturday) at the Chain Theatre. Inspired by the 1984 murder of controversial shock jock Alan Berg, TALK RADIO is set in a Cleveland radio station over the course of Barry Champlain's two-hour broadcast as he's being scrutinized that night by producers fixated on taking the show national, and fueled as always by coffee, cocaine and Jack Daniel's. Barry's jousts with his unseen callers-ranging from a white supremacist to a woman obsessed with her garbage disposal-are interspersed with confrontations by his ex-deejay pal and his sometime girlfriend/producer.

Photo: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK's Barbara Rosenblat Visits TALK RADIO Off-Broadway
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 24, 2014

Barbara Rosenblat, who plays the cancer-stricken inmate Miss Rosa on "Orange is the New Black," recently checked out the new revival of Eric Bogosian's TALK RADIO at the Chain Theatre. Barbara appeared in the 2007 Broadway production of TALK RADIO starring Live Schreiber, and she was also in the original cast of The Secret Garden as the housekeeper Mrs. Medlock.