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Friday, August 19, 2022

The Actor’s Temple: Upcoming Meaningful Monday Series by Sandi Durell

Celebrate at a Special Event on Monday, September 12 @ 6:30 pm The Actors’ Temple is a place where spirituality meets creativity, where acceptance and inclusion are core principles. We hav…

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Rattlestick Theatre Live and Streaming by Sandi Durell

Season Jam . . . September 14 @ 7 pm – new works by artists in upcoming season with performances by Basil Kreimendahl, Dael Orlandersmith, a.k. payne, Arturo Luis Soria, May Treuhaft-Ali M…

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Off Broadway Shows Opening by Sandi Durell

My Onliness – New Ohio Theatre *. *. * Melissa Etheridge – New World Stages Melissa Etheridge is bringing her solo show Melissa Etheridge Off Broadway: My Window – A Journey Through Li…

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Regina Comet Cast Album Released Today by Sandi Durell

A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet, the first new musical to premiere in New York after the pandemic shutdown, announced today that the Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording of the new musi…

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Audible at Minetta Lane Theatre: Jason Gotay – Francis Jue by Sandi Durell

Audible Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, is pleased to announce additional live events from Audible Theater at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta…

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

Andersons Play Henry Mancini – Symphony Space by Sandi Durell

By Marilyn Lester . . . In the mode of the long-established Lyrics and Lyricists series at 92Y,  jazz brothers Will and Peter Anderson have offered tribute shows over the last several years…

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Ghosts of Weimar Past Will Debut at Rockwood Music Hall by Sandi Durell

Artemisia LeFay and the Orchestra of the Depraved will be making their debut at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3 on Friday, September 2nd at 8:30pm. Ticket link: https://rockwoodmusichall.com/…

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Take Me Out Back to Broadway by Sandi Durell

Lead producers Barry and Fran Weissler announced that the Tony Award-winning revival of TAKE ME OUT, a Second Stage Theater Production, will return to Broadway on Thursday, October 27 at t…

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NYTW Presents Merrily We Roll Along by Sandi Durell

New York Theatre Workshop presents Grammy Award winner and Tony & Emmy nominee Jonathan Groff and Tony Award winner and Grammy Award Nominee Lindsay Mendez who will join previously a…

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All of Me – New Play at Barrington Stage Co by Sandi Durell

Barrington Stage Company (BSC)  announces casting for the world premiere of Burman New Play Award winner All of Me on the Boyd-Quinson Stage September 21 – October 9, 2022. Written by …

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Dream Up Festival – 23 Shows by Sandi Durell

Theater for the New City‘s eleventh Dream Up Festival fast approaching (August 28 to September 18). See the entire 23-show festival lineup here:https://www.jsnyc.com/season/dreamup2022.…

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Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Genocide is no Laughing Matter by Sandi Durell

By Myra Chanin . . . The Last Cyclist is a cabaret play created by Jewish Prisoners at Terezin/Theresienstadt, a Nazi concentration camp-ghetto, located 30 miles north of Prague, which exist…

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TFANA Presents David Strathairn by Sandi Durell

In an acclaimed solo performance, Oscar nominee and Emmy-winner David Strathairn makes his TFANA debut Sept. 10 thru Oct. 9 portraying the Polish World War II hero and Holocaust witness Ja…

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All-Star Swingin’ Broadway Jam at 54 Below by Sandi Durell

Join some of the most swingin’ players and vocalists on Thurs. Sept. 8 @ 9:30 pm featuring Danny Bacher, Nicole Zuraitis, Sean Harkness, Jennifer Vincent, Alvester Garnett, Art Baron at Br…

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Manhattan Theatre Club Off Broadway Season by Sandi Durell

Remaining shows for Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2022-2023 off-Broadway season, and the first show of the 2023-2024 off-Broadway season, at New York City Center – Stage I (131 West 55th …

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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Cheek to Cheek Returns to York Theatre by Sandi Durell

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and rediscovery of musical gems from the …

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‘Joy’ Will Star Erika Henningsen by Sandi Durell

George Street Playhouse announced today that Joy the Musical will star Erika Henningsen (Broadway: Mean Girls) and is directed by Casey Hushion (Broadway: Aladdin, The Prom), with ch…

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Jeff Harnar Encore Concerts by Sandi Durell

JEFF HARNAR – the award-winning nightclub and concert artist – will celebrate his new PS Classics album I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words with an encore concert engag…

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Monday, August 15, 2022

Backstage Babble and Broadway’s Best by Sandi Durell

Theater podcast Backstage Babble has been documenting the stories of Broadway since it began in August 2020, featuring over 100 guests who have worked on shows from 1943 all the way up to …

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The Fremonts – The Failure Cabaret by Sandi Durell

Fresh off a month at the Edinburgh Fringe, The Fremonts bring their critically acclaimed show, The Failure Cabaret, to 54 Below on September 24th at 9:30pm! Lurching between the silly a…

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Sunday, August 14, 2022

Cat On a Hot Tin Roof by Sandi Durell

by Yani Perez . . . Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opened this summer at Ruth Stage Theatre at St. Clement’s after being postponed numerous times due to the pandemic. This is the first of Tennesse…

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Saturday, August 13, 2022

Gertrude Stein’s Four Saints in Three Acts by Sandi Durell

The Lucille Lortel Theatre presents a solo play presentation of Four Saints in Three Acts, starring renowned actor David Greenspan (The Patsy, Strange Interlude) interpreting 66 unique role…

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Music – Cabaret Coming Up by Sandi Durell

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Ben Jones in I Think We Should See Other People on August 25, 2022. Ben returns with a funny, moving and deeply personal evening of classic sta…

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Friday, August 12, 2022

Karen Mason “30…and Counting” at Birdland Jazz Club by Sandi Durell

By Melissa Griegel . . . Karen Mason graced the stage of the main dining room of the Birdland Jazz Club on August 8th, with a room packed full of friends, fans, and fellow industry artists i…

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“The Show That Came So Close”   by Sandi Durell

by Michael Colby . . . It Can Only Happen In the Theatre It has happened to many shows. CHICAGO was overshadowed by A CHORUS LINE. THE MOST HAPPY FELLA was the other hit in the season of MY …

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Strings Attached Merges Physics into a Love Triangle by Sandi Durell

Pulse Theatre presents Strings Attached, an exciting new American play by multi-award winning Poet and playwright Carole Buggé, which merges the world of physics into a love triangle on …

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The Cast of “Los Otros” Meets the Press by Sandi Durell

Premiers NYC (Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director/Producer) presented the cast and creatives of LOS OTROS including Luba Mason, Caesar Samayoa, author Michael John LaChiusa, director Noah Himm…

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Cover Song Contest – Makeover a Classic Motown Hit by Sandi Durell

Calling all musically talented artists! Looking for singers, musicians, producers, and re-mixers who are game to makeover a classic Motown Hit! Here’s your shot at a $25,000 grand prize an…

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Music-Entertainment This Weekend by Sandi Durell

Theatre for the New City Street Theater Tour this weekend  – Teacher! Teacher! Or P.S. I Love You (book/lyrics Crystal Field, music composed/arranged by Peter Dizozza) Sat. Aug. 13 @ 2 pm…

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Only Gold by Sandi Durell

From the imagination of Tony Award-winning Hamilton choreographer ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER, featuring music by British pop sensation KATE NASH and a book co-written by TED MALAWER, comes an…

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

Theresa Rebeck Will Write book for ‘Working Girl’ the Musical by Sandi Durell

Producers Robyn Goodman and Josh Fiedler of Aged In Wood Productions and Kumiko Yoshii are pleased to announce that Award-winning Broadway playwright Theresa Rebeck, will write the …

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