In a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 6, Off-Broadway theatre St. Ann's Warehouse revealed its new home in an iconic pre-civil war tobacco warehouse under the Brooklyn Bridge:…
Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles, whose musical theatre debut Waitress will arrive on Broadway later this season, kicks off her book tour Oct. 6 at the Brooklyn Academy of Mus…
Off-Broadway's Mint Theater Company is set to lose its longtime performance space and administrative offices on West 43rd St. after 20 years there. The loss is attributed to the &quo…
FACT Theatre Company will present the first staged reading of Standing Tall, an adaptation of the book of the same name. The book is a compilation of emails, journals and creative writing ba…
The world premiere of the York Theatre Company's revamped Rothschild & Sons, starring Glory Crampton and Broadway vet Robert Cuccioli, begins …
Long-running Off-Broadway musical Avenue Q has released a video in response to the recent controversial advertisements and tweets by wireless provider AT&T, appearing to prom…
Now in its 27th year, The National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Festival of New Musicals invites theatre producers from around the world to preview eight new shows in development throu…
This year's 80's-themed Rockers on Broadway benefit concert will celebrate the lifetime achievements of 80's pop princess Debbie Gibson and will be presented Nov. 9 …
Rehearsals begin Oct. 5 for NBC's Dec. 3 live broadcast of the Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz, Harvey Fierstein announced via Twitter. Fierstein, who also shared a photo…
The Lilly Awards Foundation will present The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret, an evening of musical showstoppers written by women and performed by Broadway leading ladies Chilina Kennedy, Kate…
Theatrical troupe The Blue Man Group will join Neil Patrick Harris on his new NBC live variety show "The Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris" Oct. 6.
The controversial Westboro Baptist Church protested the Oct. 2 Manhattan, KS, concert of Tony Award-winning Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth, sharing photos via their Twitter account as i…
The Drama League continues its fall schedule of events and workshops with an Up Close Series talk with American in Paris star and Tony nominee Max von Ess…
Kevin Massey hit the road last week on the first national tour of the Tony-winning musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, in which he plays the lead role of the diabolical M…
Rehearsals begin Oct. 5 for NBC's Dec. 3 live broadcast of the Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz, Harvey Fierstein announced via Twitter. Fierstein is adapting the book for…
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The controversial Westboro Baptist Church has announced that they plan to protest the Oct. 2 Manhattan, KS concert of Tony Award-winning Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth.
Three Day Hangover, the company behind Drunk Shakespeare, opens its immersive production of Dracula, a new interpretation by Steven Dietz of Bram Stoker’s famed gothic novel, Oct. …
Performance Space 122 is celebrating its return to its former East Village home with a benefit presentation of Eric Bogosian’s 100 Monologues, to be performed by stage and screen t…
A new study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders has found that theatre may help improve social competence for children with autism spectrum disorder. The study bri…
The Gotham Chamber Opera has announced that it will cease operations and close due to an unexpected deficit that was recently uncovered to the Board of Directors. The Board voted Oct. 1 to s…
Abingdon Theatre Company presents the world premiere of JB Reich's Cut Throat, beginning performances Oct. 2, helmed by Mark Waldrop.
Signature Theatre has announced casting for its world premiere production of Night is a Room by Naomi Wallace. Included in the three-hander is Ann Dowd, who is known for films like Ameri…
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Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company has announced that after 12 seasons, Brian Kulick will step down as artistic director and will be succeeded by Tony winner John Doyle, the compan…