The Theater Project Now Accepting Submissions for Short Play Festival
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 28, 2015
The Theater Project, an award-winning, professional theater in Maplewood, NJ, is now soliciting short plays for THINK FAST!, its third annual short play competition which performs for the public in February, 2016. The contest is open to adult playwrights in the New Jersey-New York area.
Sharp Short Dance Set for Riverside Theatres
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 20, 2015
From 10 to 14 November, visionary and creative dancers and choreographers, aged 21 years and under, will compete in Sharp Short Dance, a dance festival coordinated by FORM Dance Projects at Riverside Theatres.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/20/15- Jerry Orbach
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 20, 2015
Happy Birthday Jerry Orbach! Jerry Orbach, best known for his starring role as wisecracking Detective Lennie Briscoe in the long-running television series 'Law & Order,' was also an accomplished Tony Award-winning Broadway and Off-Broadway actor. His theatre career began in 1960 as El Gallo in the original Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks. He later went on to star on Broadway in such musicals as 42nd Street, Chicago (Tony Award nomination), Guys and Dolls (Tony Award nomination) and Promises, Promises which earned him the 1969 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
THE DEAN MARTIN & JERRY LEWIS TRIBUTE SHOW Set for PTPA, 11/1
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 14, 2015
Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) is proud to present 'The Martin & Lewis Tribute Show,' an uncanny tribute that pays homage to American comedy legends, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 3 p.m.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 9/7/15- Jerry Zaks
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 7, 2015
Happy Birthday Jerry Zaks! Zaks won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing The House of Blue Leaves, Lend Me A Tenor, and Six Degrees of Separation and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Guys and Dolls.
City Theatre Now Accepting Submissions for National Award for Short Playwriting Contest
by Tyler Peterson - Aug 26, 2015
City Theatre is looking for wonderful short plays (up to 10 minutes) for its 2016 production of the Summer Shorts Festival and other programming. Having produced hundreds of plays, City Theatre seeks lively and timely, hilarious and provocative, poignant and surprising scripts that rise above the ordinary. Submissions will be accepted from August 30 - September 30, 2015.
THE WHITE CASTLE Set for Samuel French's 40th Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 29, 2015
THE WHITE CASTLE by ANDERSON JOHN HEINZ has been selected from nearly 1,500 submissions to be a finalist in the Samuel French's 40h Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival (OOB) in New York City this summer. THE WHITE CASTLE is produced by SARA DEVINEY AND SAMUEL FRENCH OFF OFF BROADWAY SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL and will be presented on August 4th at the East 13th Street Theater (Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street, NYC). THE WHITE CASTLE is one of 30 plays presented during the week-long event. At the end of which, Samuel French's editorial staff will select six titles for publication and licensing.
Reba McEntire, Jerry Seinfeld & More Set for Musikfest in August
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 1, 2015
Reba McEntire, Jerry Seinfeld, Snoop Dogg, Darius Rucker, Culture Club, Cracker and Kristian Bush among the 325-plus artists who will perform when Musikfest, the nation's largest free music festival, celebrates its 32nd year Aug. 7-16 in Bethlehem, Pa. The festival will offer free music on 15 of its 16 stages, with 550 free music and art performances, the most in the event's history.