Wednesday, May 22, 2013
...and the awards keep coming in! The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing professionals, announced …
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 01:19AMTuesday, May 21, 2013
The winners of the 58h Annual OBIE Awards were announced tonight at Webster Hall. And the winners were:PerformanceEisa DavisSustained ExcellenceBrandon J. DirdenThe Piano Lesson (Signature …
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 01:14AMMonday, May 20, 2013
The "Broadway" season may be winding down, but things are heating up Beyond Broadway! Here are 7 shows not to miss in June 2013!SONTAG: REBORNNew York Theater Workshop brings back terr…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 07:17AMThe Ice Factory has just announced the lineup for their 2013 series, and we think it look very promising!Ice Factory runs June 26 - August 3, 2013 at the New Ohio Theater.June 26–29THE ASS…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 07:17AMThe 2013 Drama Desk Awards were announced on Sunday and although the nominations were pretty evenly distributed between Broadway and Off-Broadway, it was mostly Broadway shows that walked aw…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 07:17AMMonday, May 13, 2013
This year's Sundance Theater Lab has chosen some terrific artists to take part: The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania By Adam Bock Directed by Trip Cullman "Meet the Colb…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 08:10PMThe Outer Critics Circle Awards designate certain awards for Broadway and for Off Broadway, but the acting awards can be for either. This year, not a single performance award was given…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 02:09AMWednesday, May 8, 2013
The Vineyard Theater will reunite the casts of two of their biggest hits - How I Learned To Drive and The Dying Gaul for two, one-night-only readings this summer.Original director, Mark Brok…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 01:53PMThe 2013 Off Broadway Alliance Awards Nominations have been announced:Best New Musical F#%king Up Everything Here Lies Love Murder Ballad Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 The O…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 01:53PMMonday, May 6, 2013
The winners of the 2013 Lortel Awards were announced tonight, they are indicated below in *GREEN.Outstanding Play Bethany by Laura Marks, produced by Women's Project TheaterCock by Mike…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 01:45AMFriday, May 3, 2013
RENO: ALIVE IN AMERICA is the newest, electrifying solo show by the woman the New York Times has hailed as “consistently, energetically, loudly funny.” Being Alive in America comes …
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 07:39PMApparently, playwright Tennessee Williams was a fan of Anton Chekhov (and, really, who isn't?) and attempted his own adaptation of The Seagull in 1981, where it premiered at the Vancou…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 01:34AMThursday, May 2, 2013
The flagship festival of new one-act plays that has played at EST for over 30 years and proves to be the longest running and most acclaimed one-act play festival in the country…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 07:34PMBetty Buckley, Hallie Foote and Lois Smith will star in the world premiere of THE OLD FRIENDS, a new play by Horton Foote as part of Signature Theater's 2013-2014 season.The description read…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 07:34PMThe wonderful Project Shaw which presents monthly readings of George Bernard Shaw's plays has made an excellent case for Shaw's plays relevance to contemporary audiences. Up next, Proje…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 01:32AMMonday, April 29, 2013
Perhaps the most "fair" of the NYC theater awards, the Drama Desk definitely decided to spread the love evenly this their with their nominations of both Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. …
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 01:23PMSaturday, April 27, 2013
The Flea has done a terrific job producing video trailers for their shows.Here is their latest, for their current production WHITE HOT by Tommy Smith, directed by Courtney Ulrich and featur…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 01:16PMFriday, April 26, 2013
Once upon a time, there was a sweet little musical called Charlotte Sweet. With libretto by Michael Colby and music by Gerald Jay Markoe, the NY Times said that the show, “mixes the ado…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 07:11AMTuesday, April 23, 2013
The Drama League announce their nominees this morning, and once again Off-Broadway was nicely represented, most surprisingly in the Outstanding New Musical category, a category that is usual…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 07:01PMWith arresting theatricality, humor and great psychological insight, John Guare probes the lives of an exiled actress, a writer and a mysterious traveler. In 3 Kinds of Exile, he wea…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 07:01PMMonday, April 22, 2013
The Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations have been announced and there are a few Off-Broadway nominees (Off-Broadway nominees are in GREEN)OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAYGraceLucky GuyThe Na…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 12:55PMSaturday, April 20, 2013
Karen Finley, John Fleck, Holly Hughes, and Tim Miller - collectively known as the NEA 4 because of their battle with the NEA over funding in the 1990s - are in residence at the always inspi…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 12:48PMFriday, April 19, 2013
Transport Group will present a one-night only presentation of two wonderful solo pieces by David Greenspan, The Argument and Plays, on Sunday April 28th at 7pm, as part of their Dark Night S…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 06:46PMThursday, April 18, 2013
OLD-FASHIONED PROSTITUTES (A TRUE ROMANCE) Snapshots from an enigmatic fairy-tale in which Suzie, the elusive coquette, brings Samuel to his knees – from where he worships a life he only h…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 12:43PMWednesday, April 17, 2013
Filmmaker Cindy Kleine's very personal portrait of her husband, director Andre Gregory, is a must for theater lovers. The through-line of the film are rehearsals of Gregory's productio…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 12:40PMThe 2013-2014 Season at The Public Theater is shaping up to be outstanding. There are LOTS of reasons to become a member next season...THE DESIGNATED MOURNER
Written by Wallace Shaw…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 12:39AMMonday, April 15, 2013
The 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (and a nifty $10K) has been awarded to Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar, which premiered at American Theatre Company in Chicago and had a successful production at L…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 06:33PMThe New York Musical Theater Festival [NYMF] has announced the Full Production that will be part of the 2013 Festival. They are:The Awakening of Angel DeLunaBook by Judylynn Schmidt; M…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 06:33PMWednesday, April 10, 2013
On Monday, around 3pm, we will find out if the Pulitzer committee has given an award for Drama. Speculation has started as to possible plays/playwrights to recognize but as last year's…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 06:15PMSunday, April 7, 2013
FURRY!by William BurkefeaturingMarty BrownSamuel T WestRegina RockeCostumesAsta HostetterLights and ProjectionsJeannette YewChris KuhlWhen Elmo close Elmo appear farThe army GathersWritten w…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 12:07PMFriday, April 5, 2013
Before there was Forbidden Broadway...there was Scrambled Feet.Scrambled Feet was an Off-Broadway musical parody of Broadway and the theater business. Opening in June of 1979 (th…
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