Young Jean Lee

RHEOLOGY, EAT THE DOCUMENT, and More Set for HERE 2024-2025 Season

HERE's 2024-2025 season features four world premieres and a diverse lineup of innovative performances. See the full schedule here!

PROTOTYPE Announces 2025 Festival Beginning This January

PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now has announced the lineup for 2025, set to resume January 9-19, 2025. This will mark the final season co-produced by HERE and co-curated by Kristin Marting, who founded the Festival together with Beth Morrison and Kim Whitener, and who is also the outgoing Founding Artistic Director of HERE.

HAMLET To Be Presented At The Collapsable Hole

HAMLET is set to take the stage at the Collapsable Hole, offering a fresh interpretation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld May 30, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 30, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Raja Feather Kelly's THE FIRES Extended at Soho Rep

Soho Rep will present a two-week extension of The Fires, the world premiere play written and directed by Raja Feather Kelly that opened to acclaim last week. Learn how to purchase tickets.

HERE Announces 2024 Recipients Of $125K HARP Residencies

HERE will welcome three new members of the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), one of the most robust residency programs in the country.

The Center for Fiction and Theatre Communications Group Present Story/Teller Arts: Quiara Alegría Hudes on MY BROKEN LANGUAGE

The Center for Fiction, a 200-year-old literary nonprofit that has created an immersive home for readers and writers in downtown Brooklyn, and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, will co-present Story/Teller Arts: Quiara Alegría Hudes on My Broken Language: A Theater Jawn.

The Center for Fiction and Theatre Communications Group Present STORY/TELLER ARTS: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins with Jocelyn Bioh

Join the Center for Fiction and Theatre Communications Group for Story/Teller Arts: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins with Jocelyn Bioh.

Soho Rep to Present World Premiere of Raja Feather Kelly's THE FIRES

Soho Rep will present The Fires, a world premiere play written and directed by Raja Feather Kelly. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Apollinaire Theatre Company Will Present TOUCHING THE VOID Beginning Next Month

Based on Joe Simpson’s bestselling memoir turned BAFTA-winning film, David Greig’s thrilling adaptation charts this astonishing feat of human endurance. Life-affirming and often darkly funny, Touching the Void takes the audience on an epic adventure that asks how far you’d be willing to go to survive.

Theatre Communications Group Announces Recipients For PLAYS FOR THE PEOPLE: IN THE STACKS

Theatre Communications Group reveals the recipients of the Plays for the People: In the Stacks initiative, an effort to support and promote new theatrical works.

Theatre Communications Group Announces Recipients For PLAYS FOR THE PEOPLE: IN THE STACKS

Theatre Communications Group has announced the recipients of Plays for the People: In the Stacks. With funding from the Mellon Foundation, TCG has provided $25,000 total in book credits to the fifty recipient organizations, helping to expand and diversify their drama collections.

Review: An Eye-Opening STRAIGHT WHITE MEN by Young Jean Lee Premieres at Tamparep

Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men is a 2014 Dramatic Comedy that premiered off-Broadway at the Public Theatre in New York City on November 7, 2014. Directed by the playwright Lee, and featuring Austin Pendleton as “Ed”, Pete Simpson, James Stanely, and Gary Wilmes. Following its run off Broadway, the play was then produced by Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, opening in February 2017 and running until March 26, 2017. Young Jean Lee’s play made its transfer to Broadway with Previews beginning at the Hayes Theatre June 29,2018, with its official opening night on July 23. Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, and featuring a cast of Armie Hammer as Drew, Josh Charles as Jake, Paul Schneider as Matt, Kate Bornstein and Ty Defoe as “Stagehands-in-Charge,” and Stephen Payne as Ed. Both Tom Skerritt and Denis Arndt had ties to the production but left before opening and during previews.

Previews: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN at TampaRep

STRAIGHT WHITE MEN explores identity, privilege, and masculinity in contemporary America as three brothers, Matt, Jake, and Drew, reunite with their father, Ed, for Christmas. Guided by the 'Persons in Charge,' the audience gains a new perspective on heterosexual males.

TampaRep to Present STRAIGHT WHITE MEN in February

TampaRep presents Straight White Men, a provocative comedy exploring identity, privilege, and masculinity in contemporary America. Follow three brothers as they navigate family dynamics during the holiday season.

HERE Extends Heather Christian's TERCE: A PRACTICAL BREVIARY to Early February

Due to popular demand, the Obie award-winning HERE has extended the world premiere of Terce: A Practical Breviary to February 4, 2024.

The Orchard Project to Present an Industry Reading of Ned Van Zandt's DEL VALLE

The Orchard Project, the NYC and Saratoga-based non-profit arts development organization, will be presenting an industry reading of Ned Van Zandt’s new work Del Valle.

Felicity Huffman Will Make Her UK Stage Debut in the Revival of HIR at the Park Theatre

​​​​​​​Multi award-winning actress Felicity Huffman, renowned for her roles in the 2005 film Transamerica and international hit television series Desperate Housewives, makes her UK stage debut in the revival of Hir, an explosive comedy by Taylor Mac opening at Park Theatre in 2024.

PUBLIC OBSCENITIES to Return to NYC at Theatre for a New Audience This Winter

The acclaimed production of Shayok Misha Chowdhury's 'Public Obscenities' returns to NYC. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Apollinaire Theatre Company to Present LUNCH BUNCH by Sarah Einspanier

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents Lunch Bunch by Sarah Einspanier. Join the hilarious and heartwarming story of a group of coworkers navigating the challenges of the modern workplace.