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Friday, August 20, 2021

A free online open discussion on ‘What Producing Companies Need to Start Producing Again’ with TRU by Deb Miller

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) – the 27-year-old leading network for developing theater professionals – has announced a multi-tiered initiative to serve small-to-medium-sized non-prof…

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Explore ‘The Musicals of Tomorrow’ in a new podcast series from New York Theatre Barn and BPN by Deb Miller

Dedicated to incubating new musicals since 2007, Off-Broadway’s non-profit New York Theatre Barn, in association with the Broadway Podcast Network – a leader in theater and theater-relat…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:04PM
Thursday, August 19, 2021

A BPN encore of ‘With Love, Now and Forever!’ to support COVID-19 relief by Deb Miller

In his parody podcast The Wrong Cat Died, theater outsider Mike Abrams, who adamantly believes that Grizabella was the wrong cat to die at the Jellicle Ball, interviews cast members, superfa…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:29PM
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Irish Rep revisits ‘George M. Cohan Tonight!’ in an abridged digital presentation by Deb Miller

Legendary American actor, singer, dancer, composer, lyricist, playwright, and producer George M. Cohan (1878-1942) epitomized the multitude of skills and accomplishments of a multi-hyphenate…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:39PM
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

New COVID-19 safety protocol now in effect in NYC for indoor entertainment and activities by Deb Miller

On Monday, August 16, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio issued Emergency Executive Order 225, requiring COVID-19 vaccination for all indoor entertainment, recreation, dining, and fitness settings, to…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:37PM
Monday, August 16, 2021

The latest musical offerings from Broadway stars Adam Pascal and Ben Platt by Deb Miller

Theater-lovers can enjoy the latest offerings from two luminaries of the NYC stage – one with a new online concert, the other with the release of a new album and an upcoming tour. On Tuesd…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:33PM
Saturday, August 14, 2021

Joe Iconis and Lauren Marcus live this weekend at The Argyle Theatre and Rockwood Music Hall by Deb Miller

Broadway sensations Joe Iconis and Lauren Marcus (Be More Chill; Love in Hate Nation) are two of the busiest artists in NYC theater, and with good reason; they’re also two of the most tale…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:40PM
Friday, August 13, 2021

A profoundly affecting look at familial love in ‘Leaves’ at Theater for the New City by Deb Miller

By all appearances, Muriel is a normal African American housewife living a happy, if sometimes exhausting, middle-class life in upstate NY, sharing a loving relationship with her devoted hus…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:53PM

Strange and unexpected pairings in ‘Falling in Love with Mr. Dellamort’ on BPN by Deb Miller

Jack Feldstein’s new three-part audio musical adaptation of Falling in Love with Mr. Dellamort by Feldstein (book and co-lyrics) and Paul Doust (music and co-lyrics), which had its world p…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:58AM
Thursday, August 12, 2021

The Tony Awards are coming in September, but will be different this year by Deb Miller

As was previously announced, the 74th annual Tony Awards, presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, will take place on Sunday, September 26, beginning at 7:00 pm, with …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:34PM
Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Five iconic NYC dance companies ‘BAAND Together’ at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park by Deb Miller

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts continues it Restart Stages initiative – designed to spearhead the revitalization of NYC during these pandemic times through its activation of ten ou…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:56AM
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

PBS takes TV viewers ‘Beyond the Golden Age’ of Broadway by Deb Miller

As part of its acclaimed series of Great Performances, the new PBS TV documentary Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959-1983, as recounted in the personal …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Monday, August 9, 2021

40th annual ‘Battery Dance Festival’ to feature livestreamed and in-person performances by Deb Miller

In partnership with lower Manhattan’s Battery Park City Authority, Battery Dance Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary as NYC’s longest-running free public dance festival this month, …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:58AM
Sunday, August 8, 2021

Insights into the family drama ‘Leaves’ from playwright Victor Vauban Júnior by Deb Miller

If you ask Brazilian-born Bronx-based playwright, actor, director, and circus performer Victor Vauban Júnior what he considers to be the most important qualities of a successful marriage, h…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:10PM
Saturday, August 7, 2021

TV broadcasts of Broadway musicals ‘Wicked’ and ‘Come From Away’ coming soon by Deb Miller

The latest hits from the Broadway stage to be featured on the TV screen for at-home viewers are coming soon, to mark the long-awaited return of live in-person theater and to commemorate the …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:12PM
Friday, August 6, 2021

Live shows this weekend at The Players Theatre, Pier 76, and Prospect Park by Deb Miller

Among this weekend’s top picks for live performances around NYC are a musical send-up of a retro-thriller, the grand finale of a reinvigorating pop-up festival, and the inventive reworking…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:56PM
Thursday, August 5, 2021

Broadway begins its reawakening with the reopening of the August Wilson Theatre by Deb Miller

Wednesday, August 4, marked the highly anticipated reopening of Broadway, with the first preview performance of Pass Over at the August Wilson Theatre, located on W. 52nd Street, between Bro…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:52PM
Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Broadway reopens tonight with ‘Pass Over’ at the August Wilson Theatre by Deb Miller

Broadway is back! Live preview performances of Pass Over, produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Matt Ross, Jujamcyn Theatres, and others, begin tonight for a limited nine-week engagement that …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:29PM
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Exhibition of ‘Spectacular Costumes from Stage and Screen’ on 42nd Street by Deb Miller

If you’re someone who’s dazzled by the design of a show and love the character-defining clothing worn by the cast, there’s a new must-see exhibition opening this week that shines a spo…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:20PM
Monday, August 2, 2021

Travis Nesbitt gives the 411 on The Boy Band Project’s debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below by Deb Miller

On Sunday night, August 22, The Boy Band Project – the award-winning group of rotating musical-theater stars from on and off Broadway, recreating, reimagining, and revitalizing the sound, …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:00PM

Original cast recording of Joe Iconis’s ‘Love in Hate Nation’ coming this Fall by Deb Miller

Ghostlight Records and Two River Theater have announced that the label is recording an original cast album today (Monday, August 2), for release in the Fall, of the Joe Iconis musical L…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:47PM
Sunday, August 1, 2021

Summer reading selections for theater-lovers by Deb Miller

With the imminent reopening of Broadway, theater-lovers can get back into the mood and in the know with these suggestions for summer reading. From recent plays to an independent take-off on …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:52PM
Friday, July 30, 2021

Updated COVID-19 protocol from The Broadway League by Deb Miller

Founded in 1930, as the national trade association for the Broadway industry, The Broadway League announced today that the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theaters will require vacci…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:54PM

A surreal and unsettling trip down memory lane in ‘Samuel’ at The Tank by Deb Miller

What starts off as a spirited dinner with four adult sisters – Charlie, Jane, Delia, and Wynette – sharing memories and laughs at their childhood home, quickly turns dark in Alexis Robla…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:35AM
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Broadway legends James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim are ‘Putting It Together’ with The Town Hall by Deb Miller

At the beginning of his career in 1982, playwright and director James Lapine met legendary Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Shortly thereafter, they decided to write a musica…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:04PM
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

News for developing actors and writers from Maggie Flanigan Studio and Theater Breaking Through Barriers by Deb Miller

With the gradual reopening of the performing arts to live and in-person events comes news from two important NYC organizations that foster the development of the theater and its artists. Fou…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:22PM
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

A new audio musical thriller with an all-star cast on Broadway Podcast Network by Deb Miller

The eerie sound of the theremin – an electronic musical instrument patented in 1928 by its eponymous inventor and controlled by the movement of the hands of its player, without making any …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:32PM
Monday, July 26, 2021

NYSAF continues its summer programming with new musicals by Michael R. Jackson and Billy Porter by Deb Miller

New York Stage and Film (NYSAF), which has operated as a vital incubator for artists and their work for the past 37 years, continues its 2021 summer programming, running through August 2, wi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:39PM
Sunday, July 25, 2021

Final installment of the ‘Rhinebeck Panorama’ to debut in August at Hunter College by Deb Miller

Playwright and director Richard Nelson’s Rhinebeck Panorama – a twelve-year series of a dozen plays following the lives of three families (the Apples, the Gabriels, and the Michaels) fro…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:50PM
Saturday, July 24, 2021

A virtual revival of the Broadway musical ‘First Date’ streams live this weekend by Deb Miller

Watch real-life married couple and American Idol alums Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young meet and try to find love all over again in this weekend’s livestream of First Date, presented exclusivel…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:40PM

NYTF celebrates ‘A Yiddish Renaissance’ and Zalmen Mlotek’s 70th birthday by Deb Miller

On Monday, July 26, beginning at 2 pm, more than 140 actors, singers, and musicians from across globe will come together remotely with the award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:36AM

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
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Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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