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IN-PERSON FESTIVAL NOW RUNNING THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2022 The Drama League’s DirectorFest Â 2022, a festival spotlighting the art of contemporary stage directing by an exciting new generation of talent, featuring brand new productions led by its current Directing Fellows. The first two productions of The Drama League’s DirectorFest Â â€™â€ which is running Â now through February 28, 2022 at Â A.R.T./NEW…

A PLAY TO MAKE YOU KVELL AND KVETCH Crazy Meshugga Hurricane Earthquake by Amy Coleman is a play about parallels. Parallel religious practices. Parallel childhoods. Parallel abuses. Parallel fathers. Parallel lives. And Ms. Coleman’s attempt to bring all these parallel situations together is both the strength and weakness of her play. While Ms. Coleman has…

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD GOES ON HIATUS Aaron Sorkin’s To  Kill  a  Mockingbird, the best play I’ve seen on Broadway in years — and the most successful American play in Broadway history — will conclude the current leg of its incredible run at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre this Sunday, but it will reopen one block east  at the Belasco Theatre…

A MUST-SEE MARVEL OF MAGIC Harry Potter, named “The Boy Who Lived” by the wizarding world, is alive and well and back on Broadway at the Lyric after having been shuttered by the evil world of COVID. But behind the scenes, someone’s wand has been reworking the epic two-part play (which had required separate admissions)…

AIN’T TOO PROUD CLOSES THIS WEEK Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations will play its final Broadway performance this Sunday, January 16, 2022, at the Imperial Theatre said producers  Ira Pittelman  and  Tom Hulce. The musical, with a book by Dominique Morisseau, choreography by Sergio Trujillo, and direction by Des McAnuff, will have…

NAATCO AND THE PUBLIC THEATER ANNOUNCE CASTING FOR WORLD PREMIERE OF OUT OF TIME Complete Cast Includes Mia Katigbak, Glenn Kubota,Page Leong, Natsuko Ohama, and Rita Wolf NAATCO (The National Asian American Theatre Company) and The Public Theater have cast the upcoming world premiere of OUT OF TIME, a collection of five brand-new monologues by…

After 34 years serving as the Creative Director and then Senior Vice President of  Jujamcyn Theaters,  Jack Viertel  has announced his retirement as of the end of 2021. Mr. Viertel came to the company in 1987 and was involved in the production of many award-winning plays and musicals, including six of August Wilson’s legendary ten–play “Century Cycle”, beginning…

2022 GALA: “Paint the Town!” Sara Bareilles (Waitress)  will join Roundabout Theatre Company‘s 2022 Gala evening celebrating Tony Award winner, RTC alumna and friend Chita Rivera  with The Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre. The 2022 Gala “Paint the Town!” is confirmed for  Monday, March 7  at 7pm at the Ziegfeld Ballroom (141 West 54th Street) in New…

FINAL THREE WEEKS Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations  will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th  Street), it was announced by the show’s producers  Ira Pittelman  and  Tom Hulce. The musical, with a book by Tony Award nominee  Dominique Morisseau, choreography by Tony Award winner  Sergio…

The Obie Award-winning company HERE is co-presenting with PROTOTYPE, The Hang,  featuring book and lyrics by  Taylor Mac,  music by  Matt Ray  and  directed by  Niegel Smith. Performances begin on January 20, 2022 on the HERE Mainstage  (145 Sixth Avenue, NY, NY 10013)  for a run through Sunday February 20, 2022. The Hang  is a ritual celebration of queerness, questions, and the eternity of the…

Pal Joey, the  Rodgers and Hart-John O’Hara  classic musical, has been revised in a brand-new production that will be heading to Broadway in the 2022-2023 season.  The creative team for this reimagined  Pal Joey  includes  Richard LaGravenese  (new book), co-directors  Tony Goldwyn  and  Savion Glover, choreographer  Savion Glover, set designer  Derek McLane, costume designer  Emilio Sosa, lighting designer  Natasha Katz  and orchestrator/arranger/music supervisor  Daryl Waters.Adapting O’Hara’s book so that the primary…

IT’S SHOWTIME, FOLKS! BEETLEJUICE, “The Ghost with the Most”, makes his Broadway return in this edgy and irreverent musical comedy based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film.  BEETLEJUICE  tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a demon with a thing for…

Dion. One name set the standard of cool for a generation. He was one of the most popular American Rock n’ Roll performers of his time. The songwriting icon incorporated elements of Doo-Wop, Rock, and R&B throughout his’¯career, both as lead singer of Dion and the Belmonts and then as a solo artist. He had…

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, in a new production by Ruth Stage, has announced that the upcoming off-Broadway engagement, scheduled to begin on January 14 at  The Theater at St. Clements, has been postponed until Summer, 2022 due to the current health situation. Directed by  Joe Rosario  (Flowers for Algernon), this is the first production of the…

New York City Center’s 2022 Encores! season has been announced and — starting at $35 — tickets are now on sale. You can purchase online at NYCityCenter, by calling 212.581.1212, or at the City Center Box Office. New York City Center is located at 131 W 55th St between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The next…