Off-Off-Broadway Theatre + Broadway News

{Your Name Here} A Queer Theater to Present Fe(lix) Namaste's FIGMENT, 5/30

(5/14/2013) - {Your Name Here} A Queer Theater is offering a new dance-theater piece conceived and performed by Company Member, Fe(lix) Namaste entitled FIGMENT. The show, which also features Nicholas Gorham, asks what exactly does death mean to the spirit and the body and why are so many Queer Youth attracted to it as a resolution.

NY_HEARTS: PARK SLOPE Extends; to Run 5/24-6/16

(5/14/2013) - After an successful initial first run in Park Slope, NY_Hearts storywalks returns May 24 - June 16 to share the story of Sal and Madelyn, two struggling Brooklyn musicians. Part walking tour, part love story, NY_Hearts offers people a new way to discover NYC by stepping into the characters' shoes. Set in NYC neighborhoods, participants enjoy drinks and other surprises from local businesses, which are featured in an audio story shared over mobile devices. Other bits of the story include character websites, online character vlogs, original music and visual art.

Donmar's JULIUS CAESAR, LA DIVINA CARICATURA World Premiere and More Set for St. Ann's Warehouse 2013-14 Season

(5/14/2013) - St. Ann's Warehouse has announced programming highlights of its 2013-14 season, which will kick off in October with the American Premiere of the Donmar Warehouse's tremendously acclaimed all-female production of Julius Caesar.

2g's COMMUNITY VOICES: THE NEXT GENDERASIAN Set for La MaMa Tonight

(5/14/2013) - Victor Maog, newly appointed Artistic Director of Second Generation (2g), announces the first public performance of 2g's new initiative: Community Voices, a ground-breaking vehicle for unheard new writers, supporting vital perspectives and urgent stories about the Asian-American experience. It is presented in association with La MaMa.

Molly Dykeman to Bring THE F*CKING WORLD ACCORDING TO MOLLY to IRT Theater, 5/25-6/1

(5/13/2013) - Molly 'Equality' Dykeman is a loveable, but barely lucid security guard at PS 339 who dabbles in a bit of poetry, a bit of Percocet and a lot of drink. She may be a foul mouthed, straight talking, lady kissing, mother lover, but she still needs to find a way to pull herself together, overcome bed bugs, love and sissy kids to perform in her first poetry show. Will she succeed? Only Molly can tell...

Obie Winner David Drake Directs NY Premiere of THE WEIGHT OF WATER, Now thru 5/16

(5/12/2013) - Nine days after Hurricane Katrina, two rescue workers wash up on the doorstep of a woman by the name of Pearl Haynes, wreaking more havoc than any force of nature can conjure. As these lives collide, all of the faith that she can muster and all of the Bible that Pearl can quote can no longer distance her from her haunted past.

Playhouse Creatures Hosts NYC's 1st Annual Tennessee Williams Birthday Festival Today

(5/12/2013) - Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company presents NYC's: 1st Annual Tennessee Williams Birthday Festival. Playhouse Creatures will celebrate one of America's greatest playwrights with a day of informative lectures and readings of his rare on-act plays. A FREE community event dedicated to celebrating Tennessee Williams' life and work.

Random Access Theatre to Set MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING in Golden Age Macao, 6/6-30

(5/11/2013) - Random Access Theatre presents William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, set in Macao during its Golden Age in the 17th Century as a Portuguese colony and trading post in southeastern China. Shakespeare's witty comedy takes on a new life with a culturally diverse cast and a vivid Chinese/Portuguese inspired design concept. Adapter Jessica Ko and Director Casey Cleverly explode this beloved play to comment on power, race, colonialism, and sex in a wickedly funny and visually striking adaptation.

Concrete Temple Theatre to Bring World Premiere of GEPPETTO to HERE, 6/13-30

(5/10/2013) - Concrete Temple Theatre presents the World Premiere of Geppetto, written and directed by Renee Philippi, performed and designed by Carlo Adinolfi, with original music composed by Lewis Flinn (Lysistrata Jones & The Little Dog Laughed on Broadway) performed live by cellist Jeanette Stenson. Geppetto runs from June 13 - 30, 2013 in a limited engagement at HERE, located at 145 6th Avenue (Enter on Dominick, 1 block south of Spring) in New York City. Previews begin June 13 for a June 16 opening.

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center to Present POETRY IN THEATRE, 6/3

(5/10/2013) - The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY announces POETRY IN THEATRE, Monday, June 3 from 2pm - 9pm, a special day-long program of new and rarely-performed works of poetry and theatre, featuring readings and discussions with Judith Malina, Lemon Anderson, Jim Fletcher, Kenneth Goldsmith, Bob Holman, Sibyl Kempson, Christopher Knowles, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Ariana Reines.

Performance Schedule Announced for sound scape at the Brick

(5/10/2013) - In the modern theater, unsung artists called Sound Designers are quietly engaged to flesh out theatrical productions with recordings of crickets, doorbells and phone rings. They fill your Tempests with winds, your Streetcars with street noise and your Vanyas with gunshots. They mix your incidental music with your offstage voices and invisibly support the director's vision. If they're doing their job correctly, you won't even notice their contribution.

BAX Presents Jillian Pena's JODI FOR JILL, JILL FOR JODI and POLLY POCKET, Beg. Tonight

(5/10/2013) - BAX, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, has announced Jodi for Jill, Jill for Jodi and Polly Pocket by BAX Artists-In-Residence Jillian Pea, running tonight, May 10th-12th, 2013, Today-Saturday at 8:00pm and Sunday at 6:00pm.

2g's COMMUNITY VOICES: THE NEXT GENDERASIAN Set for La MaMa, 5/14

(5/9/2013) - Victor Maog, newly appointed Artistic Director of Second Generation (2g), announces the first public performance of 2g's new initiative: Community Voices, a ground-breaking vehicle for unheard new writers, supporting vital perspectives and urgent stories about the Asian-American experience. It is presented in association with La MaMa.

APAC's Taryn Sacramone Honored Today at 2013 Top Women in Business Awards

(5/9/2013) - The Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC) has announced that Executive Director Taryn Sacramone is being recognized for her hard work and dedication to the arts and the community. On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, Senator Michael Gianaris honored Sacramone at the New York State Senate 16th Annual Women of Distinction Ceremony. Today, May 9, 2013, 11th Annual Top Women in Business Awards event will honor Sacramone as an influential women in business whose major achievements and whose participation in many community activities throughout the years has helped the borough of Queens grow. In the midst of it all, Sacramone is producing the Olivier Award winning musical, Blood Brothers, through May 18 at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church

The Eagle Project Presents William S. Yellow Robe Jr.'s WOOD BONES, Now thru 5/18

(5/9/2013) - The Eagle Project presents its inaugural production the World Premiere of Wood Bones by William S. Yellow Robe Jr., directed by Bob Jaffe, tonight, May 9th through Saturday, May 18th, 2013, at the June Havoc Theatre Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, 312 West 36th Street New York, NY.

Here Presents Interactive Show CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Now thru 5/22

(5/9/2013) - As part of its 2012-2013 producing Season, Here presents City Council Meeting, a participatory theatre event about empathy, democracy and power. This original work will have its New York premiere from tonight, May 9 - 22, City Council Meeting plays 9 site-specific performances at Here/Chelsea Career & Technical Education High School in Hudson Square, LaGuardia Performing Arts in Queens and El Museo del Barrio in Harlem.

Partly Cloudy People Opens Revival of TIGERS BE STILL Tonight

(5/9/2013) - Partly Cloudy People has announced its production of Kim Rosenstock's Tigers Be Still, directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh. Tigers Be Still will play a three-week limited engagement at the DRILLING COMPANY THEATER (236 West 78 Street, Floor 3). Performances begin tonight, May 9 and continue through Saturday, May 25. Opening night is tonight, May 9 (8 pm).

SON OF A HUTCH Extends thru 5/31 at Stage Left Studio

(5/8/2013) - Joe Hutcheson shares a hilarious collection of stories about growing up gay in the Hutcheson family, where all the men are nicknamed 'Hutch' and boys who identify with soap opera heroines can't identify with their dads. Until they grow up. Whether trying to get kicked off the football team or making his brother act out scenes from soap operas, Hutcheson shows the audience the 1980's through the eyes of a little gay boy who doesn't want to be a Hutch.

Planet Connections and DangerLion Productions Present DANGERSPARKLE AND THE LION, 6/5-6/22

(5/8/2013) - Planet Connections and DangerLion Productions present Dangersparkle and the Lion in the 2013 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. Dangersparkle and the Lion is the epic, touching, comic, and way-too personal tale of the history of the human race as seen through the eyes of two hapless immortals, fallen from heaven and doomed to reincarnate together until they can figure out just how to get along.

Live IN Theater Productions Presents CARLO D'AMORE'S THE RYAN CASE 1873 andTHE LOMBARDI CASE 1975

(5/8/2013) - Author/Director/Entrepreneur/Creative Director/Visionary CARLO D'AMORE is the owner and creative force behind Live IN Theater Productions, an extremely successful theatrical organization that has attracted tens of thousands of theatre- goers to his two highly unique, award-nominated, sold-out murder mysteries that unfold on the downtown gritty streets, back alleyways and crumbling tenements of Manhattan's very low Eastside.

Eliza Bent's Debut Production THE HOTEL COLORS Set for The Bushwick Starr, Now thru 5/25

(5/8/2013) - In Eliza Bent's debut production six travelers, both young and ancient, spend one night in a rundown hostel in the outskirts of Rome. Speaking in direct translation from Italian into English the eccentric voyagers form a temporary community and unexpected friendships as they fail- and flail- in their attempts to communicate. Welcome to The Hotel Colors. Would Formal You like to take a coffee with me? Can I control my email now? I ask excuse of you!

Horse Trade and Spookfish Theatre Presents ADVANCE GUARD World Premiere, Now thru 5/19

(5/8/2013) - Horse Trade Theater Group and Spookfish Theatre Company will present the World Premiere of ADVANCE GUARD by Ming Peiffer, tonight, May 8-19 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street). The production will be directed by Kat Yen (Pornography for the People; The ABC's Guide to Getting Famous) and will feature David M. Farrington, Ben Kaufman, Alesandra Nahodil, Eamon O'Rourke, Matt Stillo, and Mari Yamamoto. The creative team will include Lighting Design by Porsche McGovern and Set Design by Norihito Moriya.

(5/8/2013) - The Attic Theater Company will present the New York premiere of Tennessee Williams's The Notebook of Trigorin, directed by Laura Braza. Williams's adaptation of Anton Chekov's The Seagull, The Notebook of Trigorin will be performed at The Flea (41 White Street -between Broadway & Church Streets) now through Saturday, May 18th, 2013.

Sprat Theatre to Premiere ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF HENRI SHNUFFLE, 5/16

(5/7/2013) - Sprat Theatre Company will present the world premiere of One Day in the Life of Henri Shnuffle at Henri Shnuffle's Apartment at the Loomstate/Rogan Showroom on Bond Street. Performances begin May 16, 2013.

Yara Arts Group to Bring FIRE. WATER. NIGHT. to La MaMa, 6/7-16

(5/7/2013) - 'Fire. Water. Night' by Yara Arts Group adapts spring and summer rituals into a World Music Theater piece that moves throughout the lobby, risers and playing areas of La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, reveling in the imagery of the spring thaw, of awakening forests and of midsummer fire rituals. The work, conceived and directed by Virlana Tkacz, interweaves performances in English and Ukrainian, including fragments of Lesya Ukrainka's verse drama, 'Forest Song,' poetry from Native American, Canadian and American authors, dance and song. It features a score by electronic music composer Alla Zagaykevych, traditional ritual songs from Ukraine and raucous dance music by Toronto's Lemon Bucket Orkestra. La MaMa E.T.C. will present the work June 7 to 16. The experience is highly visual and musical and is completely accessible to all audiences.

Rescue Agreement and CAP21 to Present IF [OR WHEN] THE ROOF FALLS IN, 6/3-29

(5/7/2013) - Award winning theatre companies Rescue Agreement and CAP21 are proud to announce their Co-Production, If [or When] the Roof Falls In, premiering this June at CAP21 in New York City. This 1.5 hour theatrical experience uses cutting edge technology and explores the delicate balance between holding on to your past and shaping your future. Set in 'The Library' at CAP21's intimate 78-seat black box, If [or When] the Roof Falls In plays June 3 - 29, 2013 at 8pm on Mondays and Wednesdays-Saturdays.

THAT POOR DREAM, I LAND and More Set for 2013 Ice Factory Festival at New Ohio Theatre, 6/26-8/3

(5/7/2013) - Artistic Director Robert Lyons presents the 20th annual Obie Award-winning Ice Factory Festival. Ice Factory 2013 takes place at the New Ohio Theatre, located at 154 Christopher Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets in New York City. Ice Factory 2013 will celebrate its 20th Anniversary with six new works over six weeks, running from June 26 - August 3, 2013.

soloNOVA Presents Two Solo Stars at the SoloNOVA Arts Festival, 5/22-6/11

(5/7/2013) - TerraNOVA COLLECTIVE and Producing Artistic Director, Jennifer Conley Darling, are pleased to announce two special headliner events as part of the 10TH Annual soloNOVA Arts Festival, the award-winning and longest-running solo performance festival in New York City. Acclaimed mime, Bill Bowers' BEYOND WORDS, and Jeanne Sakata's HOLD THESE TRUTHS performed by the 2013 Drama Desk Award nominee Joel De La Fuente, will be presented in celebration of the art of solo storytelling.

Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at What Dreams May Co Theatre's HAMLET

(5/6/2013) - From the producers of last season's smash hit Othello, What Dreams May Co. Theatre Company explodes into the 2013 Season with a dark and gritty modern reimagining of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Get a sneak peek of the cast below!

Jillian Sweeney and Jeffrey Cranor's VULTURE WALLY to Play Incubator Arts, 5/31-6/9

(5/6/2013) - Jillian Sweeney's VULTURE-WALLY, with choreography and concept by Jillian Sweeney and direction by Jeffrey Cranor, will run at Incubator Arts Project, May 31 - June 9. The performance will feature: Siobhan Burke, Lydia Chrisman, Tara Willis and Jillian Sweeney.

Horse Trade Announces June Events at UNDER St. Marks

(5/6/2013) - Horse Trade has announced the following upcoming events.

SATContemporary Presents Reading Series: THEN SILENCE by Arne Lygre

(5/6/2013) - This thought-provoking drama exposes the downfalls of the human race through 10 scenes. We see behind the terrible lies in a break-up; the torture in an interrogation; and a battle of life and death, man versus man, while the ocean is rising

GIRL BE HEARD Debuts Tonight at 9mm America

(5/6/2013) - Girl Be Heard (www.girlbeheard.org) is proud to announce the premiere of 9mm America, written and performed by ten girls (ages 14 to 23) who live in NYC neighborhoods where gun violence is a daily threat at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. Celebrity talk backs will be led by Nigel Barker, Lynn Nottage, Kathy Najimy, Abby Disneyand others to be announced.

The Wild Project Theatre Presents THE LOVE SONG OF SIDNEY J. STEIN, 7/12-14

(5/6/2013) - A former male prostitute tries to guide a troubled young streetwalker in The Love Song of Sidney J. Stein, a comedy/drama about trust, honesty, and second chances. Written and directed by Brian C. Petti, The Love Song of Sidney J. Stein will begin performances on July 12th at the The Wild Project, located at 195 East 3rd Street on the Lower East Side, as part of the Fresh Fruit Festival. Members of the press are invited to review any performance. Tickets are $18.00 and will be sold online via OvationTix.com.

BWW Reviews: HONEY FIST: You've Got to Have Friends

(5/5/2013) - Flux Theatre Ensemble presents August Schulenberg's 'Honey Fist', a thoughtful and comic play about old friends and their secrets.

humRumbleROAR Presents ALONDRA WAS HERE World Premiere at The Wild Project, Now thru 5/18

(5/4/2013) - humRumbleROAR Productions has announced the world premiere production of Chisa Hutchinson's ALONDRA WAS HERE, directed by Jade King Carroll. ALONDRA WAS HERE will play a limited engagement at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street, NYC). Performances begin tonight, May 4 and continue through Saturday, May 18. Opening Night is Wednesday, May 8 (7 p.m.).

THAT PLAY: A SOLO MACBETH and SOUTHERN GOTHIC NOVEL Set for Stage Left Studio, May 2013

(5/3/2013) - Stage Left Studio, 214 W. 30th Street, is celebrating its third Drama Desk nominated show, Tom Gualtieri and Heather Hill's That Play: A Solo Macbeth, with added performances May 2, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16 & 25 at 7:30pm. Nominated this year for 'Unique Theatrical Experience' THAT PLAY has enjoyed a long run in New York City and continued rave reviews from both critics and audience.

Photo Flash: First Look at CHEMISTRY OF LOVE Premiere at La MaMa

(5/3/2013) - La MaMa presents the World Premiere of Chemistry of Love, written by Jill Campbell and directed by George Ferencz. Chemistry of Love runs now through May 19, 2013 in a limited engagement at La MaMa's First Floor Theatre, located at 74A East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue & the Bowery in New York City. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Salgado Productions to Present VALENCIA at Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, 5/6

(5/3/2013) - Salgado Productions is excited to be supporting latino writer Carlos Mendoza in the developing stages of 'Valencia' a new full-length musical.

DIG INFINITY! Gets Staged Reading as Part of Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, 6/13

(5/3/2013) - Apocalypso Theatre Collective offers a new generation a chance to rediscover the man at a staged reading of Dig Infinity! at the Gene Frankel Theatre, located at 24 Bond Street, on Thursday, June 13th at 11am as part of the 5th Annual Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. The Festivity will take place from May 29th - June 23rd at the Gene Frankel and Robert Moss Theatres.