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St. Ann’s Warehouse Unveils 2024-25 Season Featuring Five Premieres
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 30, 2024

St. Ann’s Warehouse has revealed programming for its 2024-25 season, a robust lineup of five new shows that mirror its vital presence in the international performing arts firmament. See the lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Edinburgh Hit DARK NOON Comes To St. Ann's Warehouse
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2024

Experience the Edinburgh sensation DARK NOON as it makes its way to St. Ann's Warehouse.

Cast Set For WEDDING BAND at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 16, 2024

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the UK premiere of Alice Childress’ Wedding Band:  A Love/Hate Story in Black and White, directed by Stage Debut Award winner Monique Touko, who returns to the Lyric after the smash-hit production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play. 

American Premiere of LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K is Coming to St. Ann's Warehouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 11, 2023

Don't miss the American premiere of 'Life & Times of Michael K,' a stunning puppet theater production that received rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Find out the dates and venue for this highly acclaimed show at St. Ann's Warehouse.

FANGIRLS, MINORITY REPORT, and More Set For Lyric Hammersmith's Spring/Summer 2024 Season
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2023

The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced its Spring/Summer 2024 Season, opening April 2024 with Minority Report. Learn more about the full season and how to get tickets here!

LPTW Announces Finalists and Nominees For 2023 Gilder/Coigney Theatre Award
by Stephi Wild - Mar 2, 2023

Continuing its 40th Anniversary Celebration, The League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW) is  pleased to announce that Petrona de la Cruz of Chiapas, Mexico has been chosen to receive the 2023  Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award (GCITA). The GCITA Program was established in 2011 in honor  of Rosamond Gilder and Martha Coigney, two legendary theatre women who chartered a decades-long and enduring course of productive diplomatic relations through the Arts.

THE JUNGLE to Return to St. Ann's Warehouse in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 13, 2023

St. Ann’s Warehouse and Good Chance will bring The Jungle back to St. Ann’s, where it made its sold-out American Premiere in 2018. See performance dates, how to purchase tickets, and more.

Petrona de la Cruz To Receive the 2023 The League of Professional Theatre Women Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award 
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 13, 2023

Continuing its 40th Anniversary Celebration, The League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW) has announced that Petrona de la Cruz of Chiapas, Mexico has been chosen to receive the 2023  Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award (GCITA).

St. Ann's Warehouse Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring MONSOON WEDDING & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 17, 2022

Drawing inspiration from concerts that evolved from Brooklyn front porches to its own rooftop balcony and large-scale exhibitions mounted on its exterior facade, St. Ann’s Warehouse will return, merging public art, theater, and activism at a whole new level.

St. Ann's Warehouse to Kick Off Summer Concerts Tonight with Eli Fola
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 20, 2022

St. Ann’s Warehouse is presenting Get Back! Summer Concerts 2022, a series of free performances presented on four consecutive Wednesday evenings on the panoramic Empire Fulton Ferry Lawn, adjacent to Jane’s Carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

St. Ann's Warehouse & Afro Latin Jazz Announce FANDANGO AT THE WALL Free Concert in Brooklyn Bridge Park
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 9, 2022

After reopening its Brooklyn waterfront theater last fall, St. Ann’s Warehouse is launching its second post-shutdown season with a continuation of large-scale outdoor performance and public art presentations that address urgent humanitarian issues.

Audible Theater Announces World Premiere of Jade Anouka's HEART
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 11, 2022

Audible Inc. has announced the world premiere of HEART, written by and starring British performer and poet Jade Anouka, directed by Ola Ince.

Meet the Cast of MACBETH
by Stephi Wild - Mar 29, 2022

Macbeth begins performances tonight, March 29, 2022, at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street) and opens on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Learn more about the cast bringing this show back to the stage!

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Announces SEGAL TALKS Week 25
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 2, 2020

New York, US, and international theatre artists, curators, researchers, and academics will talk daily during the week for one hour with Segal Center’s director, Frank Hentschker, about life and art in the Time of Corona and speak about challenges, sorrows, and hopes for the new Weltzustand— the State of the World.

Ed Stoppard, Richard Topol and Yuval Boim Star In Socially-Distanced Recording Of A WALK WITH MR. HEIFETZ
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2020

Spending lockdown in Israel, playwright James Inverne decided to put together an audio recording of his 2018 play A Walk With Mr Heifetz and stream it online for free, but soliciting donations for two Israeli charities - the AICF (America Israel Cultural Foundation) and Meir Panim.

Review Roundup: HAMLET Starring Ruth Negga at St. Anns Warehouse -What Did the Critics Think?
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 11, 2020

Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga is currently making her American theatrical debut in a passionate, critically acclaimed portrayal of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Yael Farber and featuring an ensemble of leading Irish actors. With Farber's direction, the focus moves from Hamlet's anguish and identity to the power of resistance against treachery and the raw usurpation of power. The production, which began on February 1, 2020, was extended for an additional week, and will now play through March 8, 2020.

Mental Health Awareness Takes Centre Stage At The Market Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 2, 2019

Mental Health is not a stigma. This is a message that is driven forcefully by the Market Theatre Foundation's season of four productions that shine the spotlight on mental health.

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For BLOOD WEDDING at the Young Vic
by Stephi Wild - Aug 29, 2019

From the extraordinary creative vision of acclaimed director Yaël Farber (Les Blancs, Mies Julie, The Crucible) comes this evocative and mythic production of Federico García Lorca's most famous tragedy, in a new adaptation by the multi award-winning Irish playwright Marina Carr.

MOUTHPIECE Earns Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award
by Julie Musbach - Aug 23, 2019

The Carol Tambor Theatrical Foundation announces the winner of this year's The Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, the highest honor at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Chosen by Carol Tambor and members of her Foundation, along with The Scotsman Newspaper's Arts Writers Joyce McMillian, Jackie McGlone and Mark Fisher, Mouthpiece was announced as the winner at the Scotsman Award Ceremony during the closing ceremonies of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Friday, August 23.

St. Ann's Warehouse Announces 40th Anniversary Season Highlights
by Julie Musbach - Jun 18, 2019

In 2020, St. Ann's Warehouse celebrates four decades of introducing some of the world's most innovative artists and productions to American audiences. First established at the National Landmark Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity (1980-2000), the organization has thrived since 2015 in its spectacular, infinitely reconfigurable permanent home on the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront.