The company of Good Time Charlie at The Public Theater. Photo by Joan Marcus
Off-Broadway News

First look at Ryan J. Haddad’s Good Time Charlie at The Public

The Public Theater has released the first production photographs of Good Time Charlie, the new play by Ryan J. Haddad, now in previews in Martinson Hall ahead of its official opening on Friday, October 9.

Spiderwoman Theater in performance, an archival production photograph
Off-Off-Broadway News

La MaMa's Global Indigenous Theatre Festival marks 50 years of Spiderwoman Theater

Nine days, two stages, five events. La MaMa's Global Indigenous Theatre Festival runs October 30 to November 7 and brings companies from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Minneapolis to the East Village for Spiderwoman…

CELEBBRATION: the Fred Ebb Award concert at Symphony Space
Upcoming and New Shows

Santino Fontana and Taylor Iman Jones join CELEBBRATION, the Fred Ebb Award concert at Symphony Space

Ten years of Fred Ebb Award winners get one night on one stage. Prospect Musicals presents CELEBBRATION at Symphony Space on Thursday, October 8, at 7 p.m., with Santino Fontana, Taylor Iman Jones and 21 more performers…

Key art for It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play on Broadway
Broadway News

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play brings Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty and Tituss Burgess to the Broadhurst

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play will have its Broadway premiere at the Broadhurst Theatre this holiday season, with Andrew Rannells as George Bailey and Megan Hilty as Mary, in a strictly limited nine-week…

Classic Stage Company cast graphic for Waiting for Lefty: headshots of Tala Ashe, Raffi Barsoumian, Austin Durant, Greg Hildreth, Adam Kantor, Doireann Mac Mahon, Zach McNally, Sahar Milani, Cameron Scoggins and Henry Stram
Off-Broadway News

Waiting for Lefty company meets the press before Classic Stage Company previews

Ten actors, one union hall. The company of Classic Stage Company's Waiting for Lefty has met the press, two weeks before Steven Pasquale's staging of the Clifford Odets play starts previews on October 15.

A scene from creation stories and all the important importants at LCT3’s Claire Tow Theater
Reviews & Roundups

Review Roundup: CREATION STORIES AND ALL THE IMPORTANT IMPORTANTS at the Claire Tow Theater

The first notices are in for creation stories and all the important importants, Mfoniso Udofia’s world premiere for LCT3, which opened at Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire Tow Theater on Thursday, October 1.

The first Helen Gurley Brown Theater Lab writers at Lincoln Center Theater. Top row: Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear and Avery Deutsch. Bottom row: James Ijames, Martyna Majok and Ro Reddick. Photos of Majok by Zachary Maxwell Stertz and of Reddick by Dash Kolos
Off-Broadway News

Lincoln Center Theater launches the Helen Gurley Brown Theater Lab with a $4.25M gift

Lincoln Center Theater has given new writing a home of its own: the Helen Gurley Brown Theater Lab, funded by a $4.25M gift from The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation over five years.

Adrian Galante at the piano with Hilary Kole, Meecah and John Pagano in Going Bacharach. Photo by Russ Rowland
Off-Broadway News

Going Bacharach returns Off-Broadway at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater through November 29

A grand piano, a five-piece band in black tie and three singers out front: Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon is back Off-Broadway for an encore run at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, through November 29.

Stella Cole at the piano. Photo by Laurel Hinton
Broadway News

Stella Cole steps in as Gil Brentley in Maybe Happy Ending from October 20

The jazz singer Stella Cole will make her Broadway debut on Tuesday, October 20, stepping into the role of Gil Brentley in Maybe Happy Ending at the Belasco Theatre for a four-week engagement while Dez Duron takes a…