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Broadway Bares

May 12, 2024
Jeremy Blocker Joins Audible Theater

Audible Inc. has announced Jeremy Blocker will be joining the company as head of live creative producing this summer. In this role, Blocker will drive all live programming and production at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre. His responsibilities will also include advancing the mission and footprint of Audible Theater, evaluating the catalogue of Audible Original IP for live adaptation, and developing and producing this content.

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Little Island Announces Summer-Long Season

Little Island has announced that an annual, four-month-long summer season of World Premieres, kicking off June 1, will feature a total of nine newly commissioned pieces. Little Island’s new arts program moves towards the future with a commitment to a multi-year roster of original work, all commissioned by and developed at Little Island.

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Clubbed Thumb Announces Initial Casting & Creative Teams for SUMMERWORKS

Clubbed Thumb (Maria Striar, Artistic Dir; Michael Bulger, Producing Dir) has announced the complete line-up for the 27th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays. "Summerworks" will run May 16 – June 29 at the wild project (195 East 3rd St) and will premiere three new plays.

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Out of the Box Theatrics announces A Night With an Indigo Girl benefit performance

Out of the Box Theatrics (Liz Flemming, Founding Artistic Dir) has announced A Night with An Indigo Girl, a one-night-only, pre-Pride benefit performance, featuring Emily Saliers of The Indigo Girls, Beth Malone, Elizabeth Stanley, Claybourne Elder. The benefit will take place on Fri May 24 at the company’s new home at 154 Christopher Street (formerly the New Ohio Theatre).

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"Follies" One Night Only at Carnegie Hall

Transport Group has announced that FOLLIES, featuring an all-star cast will be the tenth presentation in the company’s Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series—for one night only—on Thurs June 20 at Carnegie Hall (881 Seventh Ave.) "Follies" will be directed by Transport Group Artistic Director Jack Cummings III with musical direction by Joey Chancey.

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Bernadette Peters to Host Shubert Foundation's 10th Anniversary High School Theatre Festival

The 2024 Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival for NYC Public Schools will feature over 100 young NYC public school theatre artists making their Broadway debuts. Hosted by Bernadette Peters, the event will showcase six outstanding high school student productions from the 2023-24 school year.

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Onward & Upward

Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) and the Amas Musical Theatre Lab, will present developmental lab readings of ONWARD & UPWARD, a new musical based on the play “Up (The Man in the Flying Chair)”, with Music...

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Banned Together

The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund (DLDF) has announced the second edition of Banned Together: An Anti-Censorship Theatre Podcast. This year’s edition will feature two episodes available to stream until November 30 by visiting...

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Fred Ebb Award

The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell S. Bernard, Trustee) in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, President/CEO, in memoriam; Scott Ellis, Interim Artistic Director) will present the nineteenth annual...

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Manhattan Theatre Club

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director and Chris Jennings, Executive Director) has announced that Manhattan Theatre Club will present its 2023 Fall Benefit on Mon Nov 13. The evening will begin at MTC's...

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The Code

Jim Kierstead will present two private industry readings (by invitation only) of THE CODE, a new play by Michael McKeever. Directed by Christopher Renshaw, the readings will be held on Fri Nov 10 at 11:00 AM and 2:00PM...

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Monte Cristo Award

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center will present the 22nd Monte Cristo Award to award-winning playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage. The celebratory evening will feature special performances by Quincy Tyler Bernstein...

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Second Stage Theater

Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, President & Artistic Director; Lisa Lawer Post, Executive Director) has announced its first ever NEXT STAGE FESTIVAL, consisting of four distinct programs dedicated to supporting early career playwrights...

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The Wanderer

Producers Jill Menza and Charles Messina have announced today that THE WANDERER, the musical about the life and music of Dion DiMucci, will have an invitation-only industry presentation on Nov 10 at Carroll Music Studios...

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Red Bull Theater

Red Bull Theater (Jesse Berger, Founder and Artistic Director; Martin Giannini, Executive Director) and Art Lab Productions have announced the first major New York presentation the new musical, THE COUNTRY WIFE, with a cast led by...

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Forbidden Sondheim

Gerard, Alessandrini, creator of Forbidden Broadway, will brings his new special edition: FORBIDDEN SONDHEIM: Merrily We Stole a Song, a spoof and tribute the late Stephen Sondheim beginning Friday, Oct 27th. This edition...

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