The world premiere production of Sara Bareilles' new musical Waitress is now in previews and set to open Aug. 19 at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA. In the lead-up to…
Casting has been announced for the Off-Broadway staging of Alan Hruska's Laugh It Up, Stare It Down, beginning this month at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Featured in the cast is Katya Ca…
The Off-Broadway comedy The 39 Steps will celebrate what would have been Alfred Hitchcock's 116th birthday on Aug. 13, by inviting the audience to join post-show festivities, inc…
According to an Equity casting call, the Guiness Book of World Records' longest running play in the history of the USA, Shear Madness, will be produced Off-Broadway at long last this…
The Public Theater has announced complete casting for the world premiere of Barbecue, written by Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara (Bootycandy and In the Continuum). Constance Shulman, who…
Tony-winning stage and screen star Betty Buckley will perform in a series of concert events on Long Island, NY, and Provincetown, MA. The Broadway vet will be performing songs from her a…
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced casting for the world premiere of Prodigal Son by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner John Patrick Shanley. The cast will be led by Timothée Chalam…
London's Courtyard Theatre will stage Shakespeare's celebrated play of family betrayal and greed, King Lear, with a cast made up of live sheep. Helmed by director Missouri Williams, …
Following last year's sold-out engagement, Bombshell star Megan Hilty returns to Feinstein’s at the Nikko for three concert performances, combining Broadway shows tunes, so…
Michaela Coel's solo show Chewing Gum Dreams, scheduled to have its American premiere at the Williamstown Theatre Festival on Aug. 12, is being postponed due to immigration delays. Coel …
In Tyler Perry's comedic play Madea on the Run, the notorious Mabel is on the run from the authorities. Members of Equity wishing to work on the show at the Beacon Theatre this fall may …
Downtown Manhattan's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club has announced the lineup for its 54th season. Highlights include Medea, performed by a mix of professional and a chorus of diverse…
The world premiere of Annie Baker's John, helmed by Fun Home director and Tony winner Sam Gold, officially opens Off-Broadway Aug. 10. Lois Smith and Georgia Engel star.
Tickets go on sale today to see Emmy, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner Marlo Thomas in Joe DiPietro's Clever Little Lies Off-Broadway this fall.
Single tickets are on sale Aug. 10 for the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 2015 Next Wave Festival, which kicks off in September. The line-up features 32 theatre, dance, music, opera and…
The Shakespeare in the Park staging of Cymbeline, starring Patrick Page, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe and multi-Tony nominee Raúl Esparza, officially…
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The 24 Hour Company, which produces the 24 Hour Plays on Broadway and around the world, has teamed up with the The New School College of Performing Arts, School of Drama, to give young theat…
The New York International Fringe Festival, the largest multi-arts festival in North America, will kick off its 19th year Aug. 14, running through Aug. 30 at 16 different venues in downt…
Sally Mayes, who received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for her performance as Ilona in the revival of She Loves Me, returns to the stage in Harbor Lights Theater Com…
Issaquah's Village Theatre kicks off its 15th annual Festival of New Musicals Aug. 7, running through Aug. 9. The line-up features staged readings of new musicals by Paul Gordon, Che…
Oscar winner Meryl Streep's new film "Ricki and the Flash" opens in theatres Aug. 7; the veteran actress stars as the lead singer and guitarist of a rock band who is trying to …
Barrett Wilbert Weed, a Drama Desk nominee for her breakout performance in Heathers: The Musical, will hit the stage at 54 Below for her premiere solo show. The one-night-only perfor…
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Brooklyn's Theatre For a New Audience will stage Richard Maxwell and New York City Players' Isolde this fall, which had a brief but acclaimed, sold-out run downtown in 2014. The …