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WIT Makes its Broadway Debut

Staring Cynthia Nixon, Pulitzer Prize winning WIT appears at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Gypsy Of The Year Breaks Record

Raises Record-Breaking Amount For Broadway Cares

Hassidic Girl + Latino Boy = Dancing in the Streets?

Riki Colon creates what will be a unique and convivial preview production

Struck with Complete Amazement

Vassar and New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater present Rob Handel’s A Maze

Broadway Musical Will Rock New Venue

The Tony Award winning production of Million Dollar Quartet will finish its season with a run at New World Stages.

F2M

Patricia Wettig’s New Play Explores Identity, Parenting

Witness Catch .45

The CATCH Crew Heads to Abrons Arts Center

Soho’s Think Tank

Ice Factory’s Artistically Daring Theatre Festival

Manipulated

Manipulation, a new play written by Victoria Calderon

Streep Tease

Only At Joe’s Pub

PS 122 Old School Benefit

Artists of The Past, Present, and Future Unite

A Story Old As Time

Sam Waterson and Brian Murray Present The Old Masters at The Met

Tyne Daly’s Master Class

Revival of Terrence McNally’s Award-Winning Play

Harvard’s Secret Court

Unnatural Acts Opens At CSC

A Knockout Drama That Pulls No Punches

The New Group and Tectonic Theater’s One Arm

Cradle and All

Daniel Goldfarb’s New Parenthood Play at MTC

Through A Glass Darkly

Atlantic Theatre Presents Adaption of Bergman’s Academy Award Winning Film

Death Takes a Holiday

Roundabout Theatre Presents New Musical

The Only Sequel Better than the Original

Meredith Monk’s Education of the Girlchild Revisited

Without a Wire

Man On Wire’s Philippe Petit Presents Wireless

Jump Out of Your Seats

New World Stages Presents Comedic, High-flying, Martial Arts, Performance

Strange Snow

East 3rd Productions Presents Stephen Metcalfe’s 1982 Play

One Arm

The New Group and Tectonic Theater Project Present An Unproduced Play by Tennessee Williams.

Be A Good Little Widow

Ars Nova Presents The New Bekah Brunstetter Play

Loath and Marriage

Theater review of Marie and Bruce

Epona’s Labyrinth

HERE presents South Wing’s Theatre Co’s new play

Solid as a Crumbling Rock

The New Group’s Blood From A Stone

Where’s Charlie?

NY City Center present Encores! final production

Molly Sweeney

Irish Rep presents Brian Friel’s play

Greed is Good

BAM presents Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman, starring Alan Rickman, Lindsay Duncan, Fiona Shaw.

Catch the Momentum at New Victory

The New Victory Theatre presents Mayumana’s Momentum

SpongeBob Looks at Santa

The Flea presents Steven Bank’s Looking At Christmas

Pass the Blutwurst, Bitte

La MaMa presents the revival of John Kelly’s Pass the Blutwurst, Bitte.

LAByrinth’s Freebie

LAByrinth’s Barn Series kicks off with Sam Rockwell, David Strathairn, Israel Horovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman to name a few.

Your Clear For Take Off Pam Ann

Pam Ann Crash Lands at Joe’s Pub.

The Coward

Playwright: Bob Glaudini

An Incredible Body of Work

Basil Twist

No Strings Attached

Vassar’s Stage Door

Where women are men and men are women

The Marriage of Maria Braun

BAM presents the US Premiere of Fassbinder’s screenplay

The Fortune Teller

HERE’s encore presentation of Phantom Limb’s The Fortune Teller

The Play Isn’t Everything, It’s the Only Thing

Five Years of Jersey Boys

Featuring Mr. Valli himself

Rent Is Back

The groundbreaking musical will return to NYC in 2011

Who Lost America?

Part two of the Public Theater’s Public Forum series

Heaven Is a Truck Project

An actual play in an actual rented moving truck

Interview: Amanda Peet

The Break of Noon actress talks to us about playing two characters in the same play, Neil LaBute and Jerry Seinfeld

Anika Noni Rose Joins Celebration for Lynn Nottage

Ceremonies to be held on November 8

Welcome to Middletown

Will Eno’s new play begins today at the Vineyard Theatre

The Career Highs of Brendan Fraser

The star of Elling still doesn’t get the respect he deserves

Performers Set for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

See what Broadway shows will be represented

Patina Miller Cast in Sister Act

She’ll reprise her starring role as Deloris Van Cartier

It Gets Better: Broadway Supports the Trevor Project

A one night only performance tonight at 6 p.m.

Ives’ All In the Timing at Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Every Monday night in November

Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore”

Quoth the Encore, “Go see Nevermore at New Victory Theater”

Nico Muhly’s New Opera

It’s called Dark Sisters, and it opens Nov. 2011

The Tragic Story of Doctor Frankenstein

A play told exclusively from the doctor’s perspective

Ten Things We Liked About Last Night’s Rocky Horror Episode of Glee

And one thing we didn’t (hint: it’s a certain Spanish teacher)

24 Hour Plays

Featuring Elijah Wood, Claire Danes, Julia Stiles and more

Gay Zombie: A Glam Rock Zombie Musical

For one night only, tonight at the Ace of Clubs Theater

Free Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Find out where to see the cast for free today

Broadway Close Up Turns Ten

Interviews with singer Liz Callaway and Kaufman Center Theater Wing director Sean Hartley

Shakespeare On the Go

The Public Theater’s new way of showcasing the Bard’s work

A Perfect Future

Politics and wine make for an awkward dinner party

The Memphis Apprentice

And our suggested reality show/Broadway mash up

The Osmonds on Broadway!

Donnie and Marie bring their Christmas special to the stage

Michael Shannon To Star in Mistakes Were Made

But casting him wasn’t one of them

Primary Stages Honors Samuel “Biff” Liff

Legendary manager, producer and agent receives award, gala

LAByrinth Theater Company and L.A.’s Elephant Theatre Company Announce Bi-Coastal Partnership

We’ve come a long way since 2Pac and Biggie

Richard Dreyfuss Returns to Broadway

For Imagining Heschel, also starring Rinde Eckert

In a Memphis Mood

One year anniversary, one big prize

Cecily von Ziegesar and Anne Hathaway Join Public Forum Series

For an evening dedicated to F. Scott Fitzgerald

Are You (un)afraid?

The New York Neo-Futurists hope so

Comparison: Rocky Horror/Glee

A look at the differences between the movie and Glee episode

Glenn Close Joins Normal Heart Cast

An amazing cast gets even more amazing’er

It’s David Mamet’s New York

And we’re just living in it

Haunted Homes, Vol. 1

NYC Halloween Haunted House

Women on the Verge of a Broadway Opening

The musical begins in previews today

What We’ve Missed

Carrie, Sister Act, Devil Boys from Beyond and more

Interview: Michael Kostroff

The great character actor talks about his TV and theater career

The Boys at Baryshnikov

Rendition of Brothers Karamazov begins Oct. 6

The Times, They Are a-Changin’

Menopause: The Musical at SOPAC

Catch It (If You Can) at the Neil Simon Theatre

Previews begin March 2011

Philip Seymour Hoffman: The Salesman?

The actor is rumored to play Willy Loman in Mike Nichols’ revival

Public Forum Series Begins Oct. 18

With discussions based on In the Wake, Gatz and more

Fyvush Finkel Live!

The great Yiddish comedian returns to the stage

2010-11 Season of Target Margin Theater Announced

Including works by Shakespeare, Mozart and more

Angels in Springfield

Last night’s Simpsons episode features some of theater’s finest

NY Musical Theatre Festival, Day One

From Sept. 27-Oct. 17, the best of NY’s newest musicals

When He Comes Around…to Broadway

Billie Joe Armstrong to appear in American Idiot this week

Theater Arts in a New Light

The New York Theater Network

Broadway Flea Market

NYC’s finest theater actors give back

Busy Day for Broadway

And a good one for theater lovers

How to Make Newsies on Broadway Awesome

The world will know what to keep and what to cut

Elf and the City

Star of the upcoming musical Elf will give away prizes on Sat.

Jack McBrayer Joins Cast of The Normal Heart

No word on whether we should expect an appearance from Tracy Jordan

The Great Gatz

Play based on Fitzgerald’s novel begins Sept. 26

Get Some Bloody, Bloody Good Seats

Limited number of lottery tickets available for Andrew Jackson

Catch Me If You Can to Begin Performances in March 2011

Next up: Jurassic Park the Musical?

Broadway Up Close

Taking you behind the scenes for a decade

Promises, Promises to Close on January 2, 2011

The hit musical will end after 291 performances

Bloody Bloody Jimmy Fallon

The cast of everyone’s favorite Andrew Jackson musical performs on Late Night tonight

West Side Story to Close in 2011

The musical will end its run after 748 performances

Interview: Josh Luxenberg

The co-founder of Sinking Ship Productions talks about Puppet Playlist and the theatricality of the Beatles

Let There Be Lights

Stephen Sondheim Theatre’s marquee goes on for first time today, with the composer/lyricist present

Talking Puppet Heads

Puppet Playlist performs the songs of the Talking Heads, in felt form

Be In Billy Elliot

The hit musical is looking for ballet girls, hosts an open call on Sat.

Interview: Sheila Callaghan

The playwright talks to us about her new play, Roadkill Confidential

We Have Our Buddy

Sebastian Arcelus and Amy Spanger will play the lead roles in Elf: The Musical

“I Just Want My High School to Be a Nicer Place”

Songs from Heathers: The Musical will be performed tonight and tomorrow at Joe’s Pub

You Know You’re Interested

Tickets for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark go on-sale tomorrow

Tracee Chimo and John Earl Jelks Join Cast of The Break of Noon

They will join the previously announced David Duchovny and Amanda Peet in Neil LaBute’s play

Initial Cast Announced for The Normal Heart

The 25th anniversary performance is one night only

On This Bed

Axis Theatre Company’s Down There examines the murder of Sylvia Likens

Move Over, Little Orphan Annie, There’s a New Freckled Musical in Town

Freckleface Strawberry comes to Off-Broadway

What Does a Serial Killer Think?

That’s the question Owen O’Neill asks in Absolution

Molly Shannon to Join the Cast of Promises, Promises

The former-SNL’er will take over for Katie Finneran

Head Down to The Rabbit Hole

Galapagos turns into an interactive Wonderland for two nights only

Full Cast Announced for The Tenth Floor

Fans of The Wire should definitely read (and see) this

Matt Parker and Trey Stone, Musical Geniuses

The creators of South Park make a room full of investors double over in laughter, and their five greatest songs

A New Maria in West Side Story

Broadway newbie Sarah Amengual takes over for Josefina Scaglione

Casting Announced for The Pee-wee Herman Show

Including three cast members from the original production

Lynn Nottage and Will Eno Win Inaugural Horton Foote Prizes

She for Ruined, he for Middletown, both for excellence.

Tickets On-Sale for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

The musical opens in previews in October

Kelsey Grammer to Host Broadway on Broadway

Free performances by 19 different Broadway shows

Never Enough Sondheim for Bernadette Peters

She will appear in the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts production of Follies

Katie Finneran to Depart Promises, Promises

The actress is expecting a child this winter

National Tour of West Side Story Announces Casting

Jets and Sharks will fight across America beginning Sept. 30

Justin Guarini to Make Broadway Debut in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

And the post-American Idol theater careers of other contestants

Extra Four Weeks for The Pee-wee Herman Show

The Broadway performance will now run until 2011

A New Mrs. Wilkinson

Theater-vet Emily Skinner joins the Broadway cast of Billy Elliot

Broadway Invades the Emmys

Award presenters with a theater past

Jerry Lee Lewis to Perform with Million Dollar Quartet Cast

The rock legend will join the cast for a one-night-only concert on September 10

Paul Dano to Star in A Free Man of Color

With Mos Def and Jeffrey Wright

The Break of Noon

Amanda Peet joins the cast of upcoming play with David Duchovny

New York International Fringe Festival

Nearly 200 performances over 16 days

The Capeman Returns

And five other musicals written by musicians

Daniel Radcliffe and His Love of Broadway

The actor talks to Out about the theater community

Final “Broadway in Bryant Park” Today

Free performances from the casts of Mamma Mia!, West Side Story and more

Elf: The Musical

Partial casting announced for the Broadway show

Turn On the Lights

The Spider-Man musical gets a premiere date

Angels in America

At the Peter Norton Space from September 14-January 30