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Saturday, March 20, 2021

A global community celebrates Passover with ‘The Third Seder’ concert on Sunday by Deb Miller

In the 1960s, young survivors of the Holocaust, striving to express their communal resilience and that of their mother-tongue, began the tradition of The Third Seder, with a unique stage per…

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Friday, March 19, 2021

Throughout the Broadway shutdown, ‘Hamilton’ continues to inspire by Deb Miller

Although, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, live performances with an in-person audience at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre have been shut down for more than a year, since March 12,…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:03PM
Thursday, March 18, 2021

Weekend watching with SoHo Playhouse and Lincoln Center Theater by Deb Miller

If you’re wondering what to watch this weekend, SoHo Playhouse and Lincoln Center Theater are streaming two options for your virtual viewing pleasure, both inspired by literary classics, i…

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Live events return to The Invisible Dog Art Center and Daryl Roth Theatre by Deb Miller

In the move to begin the reopening of NYC venues and performances to live audiences, Off-Broadway companies are presenting compelling in-person shows that speak to our current times, with li…

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The Public’s bilingual podcast of ‘Romeo y Julieta’ to star Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o by Deb Miller

Director Saheem Ali continues his audio exploration of William Shakespeare’s canon with Romeo y Julieta – a new bilingual podcast of The Bard’s beloved classic Romeo and Juliet – col…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45AM
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Broadway’s J. Breckenridge debuts the music video of his new single ‘Y.O.U.’ with Red Card Records by Deb Miller

As an actor, Southern California native Josh Breckenridge is known for his standout roles on Broadway in the revival of Terrence McNally’s play The Ritz at Studio 54, Kander and Ebb’s To…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Monday, March 15, 2021

Gingold’s ‘Irish Poetry Slam’ celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with a star-studded line-up by Deb Miller

In lieu of its usual Golden Shamrock Gala, Off-Broadway’s Gingold Theatrical Group – home of the comprehensive Project Shaw and the first company ever to present performances of every on…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:29AM
Saturday, March 13, 2021

Red Bull explores the gender themes of ‘Gallathea’ in two live online readings by Deb Miller

John Lyly’s Elizabethan pastoral comedy Gallathea, first performed for the Queen and her court at Greenwich Palace on New Year’s Day, 1588, provides the theme for two live online pay-wha…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:17PM
Friday, March 12, 2021

Innovative shorts from Hunger & Thirst Theatre based on the game of telephone by Deb Miller

Throughout the twelve-month pandemic shutdown of live theater, beginning with the closure of all Broadway performances a year ago today, artists have been creating innovative and experimenta…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:04PM
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Streaming soon from MTC, SoHo Playhouse, and Keen by Deb Miller

Three mainstay Off-Broadway companies are closing out the week with debuts of their next online offerings this Thursday-Saturday, March 11-13. One is a reunion reading by the original cast o…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:28PM
Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Stars deliver ‘A Love Letter to Liza’ on her 75th birthday by Deb Miller

Friday, March 12, 2021, marks the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 shutdown of Broadway theaters, but it’s also the 75th birthday of living legend Liza Minnelli. To honor the actress, …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:47PM

New recordings from Kyle Taylor Parker, Jane Monheit, and Collard & Rosenblatt by Deb Miller

A must-hear selection of new and recent album releases offers the latest from a Broadway luminary, a top Billboard jazz and pop vocalist, and a writing team of rising stars. Kyle Taylor Park…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:51PM
Monday, March 8, 2021

Jennifer Ashley Tepper’s ‘The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 4’ released tomorrow, discussed on Keen After Hours tonight by Deb Miller

On Tuesday, March 9, Dress Circle Publishing (founded by Broadway producers Brisa Trinchero and Roberta Pereira in 2011, and the only publishing company dedicated solely to producing books w…

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Saturday, March 6, 2021

Food for Thought opens season with Christopher Durang and Tennessee Williams by Deb Miller

Founded by writer Susan Charlotte in the fall of 2000, Off-Broadway’s award-winning Food For Thought Productions (FFTP), now in its 21st year, was the first theater company back in live ac…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:13PM
Friday, March 5, 2021

Japan Society’s ‘Ludic Proxy: Fukushima’ streams live beginning on Saturday by Deb Miller

In association with PlayCo (an Obie Award-winning Off-Broadway theater producing adventurous new plays from the US and around the world), Japan Society (founded in 1907, to foster the exchan…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:53AM
Thursday, March 4, 2021

Cuomo announces April 2 reopening of Broadway Flex Venues, Equity calls for vaccines by Deb Miller

As part of the NY PopsUp initiative, which began on February 20, with free public surprise performances across New York City and State, Governor Cuomo has announced that select Broadway thea…

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A family in ‘Jericho’ shares a traumatic Thanksgiving dinner by Deb Miller

With its inaugural production of Jack Canfora’s Jericho (which made its debut Off-Broadway at 59E59 in 2013), New Normal Rep – a new streaming theater company created during the pandemic…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Video release of ‘Broadway Baby’ all-star reading for World Book Day by Deb Miller

To commemorate World Book Day on Thursday, March 4, theater operator, producer, and author Russell Miller has released a video of One Grand Books’ February 21st virtual all-star reading of…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:14PM

Recipients named for NYSAF NEXUS grants and The Kleban Prize by Deb Miller

The 2021 recipients of two prestigious theater initiatives for developing artists – one new, one well-established – have been named by New York Stage and Film and The Kleban Foundation. …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:22AM
Monday, March 1, 2021

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Rent’ with the New York Theatre Workshop by Deb Miller

2021 marks a major date in American theater history: the 25th anniversary of the opening of Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking rock musical Rent, which will be celebrated with a spectacular …

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Sunday, February 28, 2021

Two must-see streams on Monday give perspectives on empathy and Shakespeare by Deb Miller

As says the old English proverb – popularized by Jacobean playwright John Fletcher in his 1624 play A Wife for a Month – March is coming in like a lion this year, with two must-see even…

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Friday, February 26, 2021

First annual ‘LGBTQ Short Play Festival’ from Triangle Rainbow Productions by Deb Miller

In partnership with Van Dirk Fisher (Founding Artistic Director of the Riant Theatre/Strawberry One-Act Festival), Triangle Rainbow Productions Executive Director Anthony Fusco is presenting…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:16AM
Thursday, February 25, 2021

Off-Broadway offerings for the weekend by Deb Miller

There’s a full slate of streaming options coming this weekend from Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway, with a multi-faceted variety that truly offers something for everyone, from an audio d…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:08PM
Monday, February 22, 2021

Chapter two of ‘Myths and Hymns’ from MasterVoices by Deb Miller

MasterVoices – the country’s first interracial and interfaith chorus, founded by famed American choral conductor Robert Shaw in 1941 – continues its presentation of Myths and Hymns by …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:22AM
Saturday, February 20, 2021

Classic plays from Red Bull and Mint streaming on Monday by Deb Miller

Two acclaimed Off-Broadway companies continue their mission of presenting rarely produced plays from the past, and works by undeservedly forgotten women dramatists, with virtual productions …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:21PM
Friday, February 19, 2021

Observing Purim with NYTF and the Congress for Jewish Culture by Deb Miller

In celebration of Purim next week – the spring festival held to commemorate the defeat of Haman’s plot to massacre the Jews, as recorded in the Book of Esther (also known in Hebrew as th…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:05PM
Thursday, February 18, 2021

All-star virtual reading of ‘Broadway Baby’ children’s book on Sunday by Deb Miller

A star-studded online reading of the new best-selling illustrated children’s book Broadway Baby, written by theater operator and producer Russell Miller (Guys & Dolls, Blood Brothers…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:06AM
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

New play festivals from TRU and LAByrinth streaming next week by Deb Miller

On Sunday, February 21, beginning at 5 pm, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) – the leading non-profit network for developing theater professionals – presents its annual fundraising gala …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:22PM
Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Model Majority celebrates the Lunar New Year with a Saturday night of comedy by Deb Miller

On Saturday, February 20, at 8 pm, NYC’s premiere Asian American sketch comedy team, Model Majority, founded by Veronica Dang in 2018, presents a night of laughs and more to celebrate the …

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Monday, February 15, 2021

A university’s need to ‘Adjust the Procedure’ amidst pandemic crises and cover-ups by Deb Miller

A co-presentation by JCS Theater Company and Spin Cycle, the world premiere of Adjust the Procedure, written and directed by Jake Shore (award-winning Off-Broadway playwright and Director of…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:05PM
Sunday, February 14, 2021

Intrepid Museum’s Kids Week offers performing arts programs on Wednesday by Deb Miller

Kids Week (February 15-19) at the Intrepid Museum is going virtual this year, with dozens of streaming demonstrations, shows, workshops, performances, and special guests that will keep kids …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:29PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
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
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic