(via Jonathan Slaff) THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY Crystal Field, Director   "   155 First Ave., NYC 10003   "   (212) 254-1109  www.theaterforthenewcit…
 (via The press Room. Photo: Broadway World.) Charles Strouse, 96, the celebrated and multi-award-winning American film, television, and Broadway musical composer, responsible for such l…
(From France24.) New evidence uncovered by the Literary expert and Shakespeare 'sleuth' Professor Matthew Steggle, has upended the long established narrative that William Shakespeare left hi…
(Via Emily Owens; Megan Hill Photo credit: Maria Baranova.) OPEN by Crystal Skillman Directed by Jessi D. Hill Starring Megan Hill  Press Previews July 10 & 11 Opening Saturda…
Listen on BBC Radio 4Â Â Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great figures in world literature. The French playwright Molière (1622-1673) began as an actor, aiming to be a trage…
Ashley Liang Dance Company performs in Lower East Side Festival of the Arts 2023. Photo by Joe Bly. (via Jonathan Slaff.) OVER 200 ACTS SET FOR TNC'S 30th LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ART…
(Mark Lawson's article appeared in the Guardian 4/17. Either hiding or have hidden … Victoria Smurfit as Helena and Rhashan Stone as Anderson in Ghosts. Photograph: Helen Murray) Lyric …
(from the Record Herald April 10) SSCC Theatre Company"in Hillsboro, Ohio"is set to present "Voices of the Earth: From Sophocles to Rachel Carson and Beyond," playing Tuesday, April 22 at 7:…
(via Emily Owens PR) New York City's premiere festival of Italian theater is back"taking place in all five boroughs of NYC, May 5-19 at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo' at NYU (2…
(via Jonathan Slaff) THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY Crystal Field, Director " 155 First Ave., NYC 10003 " (212) 254-1109 www.theaterforthenewcity.net " for immediate release Theater for the New…
(Michael Natale's article appeared in Popular Mechanics, AOL, 4/4.) This story is a collaboration with Biography.com William Shakespeare is undeniably one of the most famous writers in hu…
(via News from the Press; Photo: Elizabeth McGovern as Ava Gardner in AVA: The Secret Conversations. © Jeff Lorch.) AVA: THE SECRET CONVERSATIONS WRITTEN BY AND STARRING ELIZABETH M…
Aristotle/Alexander In 342 BC, in the northern wilds of Ancient Greece, the greatest scientific mind to grace the ancient world collides with the most formidable conqueror history will ever …
(Tim Byrne's interview appeared in the Guardian 4/1/2025; Photo: 'All these stories and no one had told me' … Bernie Dieter, the alter ego of Jen Byrne, Australian-German Weimar cabaret st…
(From msn; story by Peter Leborah M.Sc. Politics; Photo: ©pixabay.) Berlin, Germany : Reviving the Berliner Ensemble In the heart of Berlin, the historic Berliner Ensemble is undergoi…
(Via Jonathan Slaff) Theater for the New City to present "That's (Not) All She Wrote… because after 50, she's got A LOT to say" "a rare window into the mind of women playwrights over 50. W…
(Chris Wiegand's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/17. Photo: From left: Jordan Scowen (Eteocles), Mark Strong (Oedipus), and Lesley Manville (Jocasta) in Oedipus. Photograph: Manuel Harla…
(Published on London Theatre Direct, March 24, 2025.) Every year on the 27th March, theatre lovers around the world take a bow for World Theatre Day " a global celebration of the magic, madn…
(Charles McNulty's article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 3/10/ 2025. Photo: Playwright Athol Fugard in 1996; Photo: (Keith Beaty / Toronto Star via Getty Images.) W.H. Auden, meditating…
THOMAS MIDDLETON, JACOBEAN PLAYWRIGHT Listen on BBC RADIO 4Â In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most energetic, varied and innovative playwrights of his time. Thomas M…
(Alyson Krueger's article appeared in The New York Post, 3/20. Photo above: Next to the Dunkin Donuts at Port Authority sits a tiny jewel box theater. Olga Ginzburg for NY Post; Photo below:…
(via Jonathan Slaff.) THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY Crystal Field, Director " 155 First Ave., NYC 10003 " (212) 254-1109 www.theaterforthenewcity.net " for immediate release  THEATER F…
Dream Up Festival 2025 In 2010, the inaugural Dream Up Festival offered 25 shows consisting of 23 World Premieres and 2 American Premieres. The festival had reviewers from NY Times, NY Press…
(Clare Brennan's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/2/2025. 'Their connection radiates from the stage': Peter Mooney as Jim and Gareth John as Alan in Housemates, at the Sherman theatre, Ca…
(Arifa Akbar's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/19; Photo: Nifty dance moves … Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston in Much Ado About Nothing. Photograph: Marc Brenner.) Theatre Royal Dr…