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Signature Theatre’s PACIFIC OVERTURES Kicks Off Previews Tonight; Opening Night is Set for March 14

Signature Theatre is presenting Pacific Overtures with music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman. The production will feature direction and musical staging by Signature Theatre Associate Artistic Director Ethan Heard (Signature’s Which Way to the Stage) and will be the second of three Sondheim productions featured in Signature’s 2022/23 season. Performances run March 7 – April 9, 2023 in Signature’s MAX … Continue reading Signature Theatre’s PACIFIC OVERTURES Kicks Off Previews Tonight; Opening Night is Set for March 14

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Kate Baldwin, Ellie Biron, Emily Borromeo, Kennedy Caughell, Tyler Hardwick, Bre Jackson, Gizel Jimenez, Andy Kelso, Claire Kwon, Abby Mueller, Bryonha Marie Parham, Nicholas Rodriguez, Zoe Sarnak, Blake Stadnik, Katie Thompson, Alysha Umphress and More Set for Maestra Music’s Amplify 2023 Concert at Chelsea Music Hall

Maestra Music, the Obie Award winning not-for-profit organization founded by Georgia Stitt and supporting the women and nonbinary musicians in the musical theater industry, is presenting Amplify 2023, its third annual concert and community event on Monday, March 27, 2023 at 8 pm. Gathering a global audience, Amplify 2023 will take place both in-person at Chelsea Music Hall (407 W. 15th Street), and through a … Continue reading Kate Baldwin, Ellie Biron, Emily Borromeo, Kennedy Caughell, Tyler Hardwick, Bre Jackson, Gizel Jimenez, Andy Kelso, Claire Kwon, Abby Mueller, Bryonha Marie Parham, Nicholas Rodriguez, Zoe Sarnak, Blake Stadnik, Katie Thompson, Alysha Umphress and More Set for Maestra Music’s Amplify 2023 Concert at Chelsea Music Hall

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May 1: George Takei, Georgia Stitt, Michael McElroy and Jim Hoare to Receive 2023 Prospect Muse Awards at Prospect Theater Company Spring Gala

Prospect Theater Company’s annual Spring Gala will honor four extraordinary members of the theatre community with the second annual Muse Awards: legendary actor and activist George Takei; educator and Tony & Grammy Award nominee Michael McElroy, Founder of Broadway Inspirational Voices; theater education leader Jim Hoare, Executive Vice President of Theatrical Rights Worldwide; and composer, lyricist, music producer, and activist Georgia Stitt. Prospect’s Spring Gala … Continue reading May 1: George Takei, Georgia Stitt, Michael McElroy and Jim Hoare to Receive 2023 Prospect Muse Awards at Prospect Theater Company Spring Gala

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Mar. 2: Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Tina Fey and Vinod Kumar Shukla to Receive Career Achievement Honors at Pen America Literary Awards Ceremony

(NEW YORK)—PEN America today announced recipients of two monumental career achievement honors to be presented live at the 59th Annual PEN Literary Awards, March 2 at The Town Hall. Short story writer, novelist, poet, and essayist Vinod Kumar Shukla (A Window Lived in the Wall, A Silent Place), considered one of the greatest contemporary writers in the Hindi language, will be celebrated with the 2023 … Continue reading Mar. 2: Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Tina Fey and Vinod Kumar Shukla to Receive Career Achievement Honors at Pen America Literary Awards Ceremony

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Stephen McKinley Henderson, Ntozake Shange & A.R.T./New York to be Honored at 38th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards on May 7

The 38th Annual Lortel Awards will take place Sunday, May 7, 2023, at 7:00PM at NYU Skirball Center. The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and the Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF. In addition to the regular awards, including non-gendered performance awards and the ensemble award – both added last year – special awards will be presented in … Continue reading Stephen McKinley Henderson, Ntozake Shange & A.R.T./New York to be Honored at 38th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards on May 7

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Lea Salonga Joins the Cast and Producing Team of HERE LIES LOVE on Broadway

The producers of Here Lies Love, the groundbreaking musical from the minds of Grammy®, Oscar®, and Tony Award® winner David Byrne (concept, music and lyrics) and Grammy Award® winner Fatboy Slim (music), announced today that Tony and Olivier Award winner Lea Salonga, a global Filipina legend, will join the show’s Broadway cast for a special guest engagement this summer. Salonga, who is also joining the … Continue reading Lea Salonga Joins the Cast and Producing Team of HERE LIES LOVE on Broadway

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Mar. 29 – Apr. 16: THEATER MU Presents World Premiere of Katie Ka Vang and Melissa Li’s AGAIN Featuring Dexieng “Dae” Yang, Melody Herr, Pagnia Xiong, and Aaron Komo at Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis

Theater Mu is presenting the world premiere of Hmong American playwright and theater artist Katie Ka Vang and Melissa Li’s musical, Again. Weaving together unlikely friendships, complex family dynamics, and original songs, Again runs Mar 31-Apr 16 at Mixed Blood Theatre, 1501 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN 55454 (previews Mar 29 & 30). Nana Dakin, who directed Again’s public reading in 2022, will also be helming … Continue reading Mar. 29 – Apr. 16: THEATER MU Presents World Premiere of Katie Ka Vang and Melissa Li’s AGAIN Featuring Dexieng “Dae” Yang, Melody Herr, Pagnia Xiong, and Aaron Komo at Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis

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Up Close and Personal with POOR YELLA REDNECKS’ Star Hyunmin Rhee; Performances are March 30 – May 7 at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is presenting Qui Nguyen’s Poor Yella Rednecks, March 30 – May 7. After the rollicking success of Vietgone in 2018, Nguyen returns to A.C.T. with the second chapter in his kickass, hip-hop trilogy about a Vietnamese family who swap war-torn Saigon for rural 1970’s Arkansas. The lovers from part one, Tong and Quang, are now married…that’s the good news. The bad … Continue reading Up Close and Personal with POOR YELLA REDNECKS’ Star Hyunmin Rhee; Performances are March 30 – May 7 at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater

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Feb. 28: Kate Rigg and Olivia Oguma’s DisOrientalism PART 3: Michelle Yeoh VS Godzilla at Joe’s Pub

In the spiritual jet stream of Hollywood superstar Michelle Yeoh, (the odds-on favorite to be the first Asian Woman to win a best actress), an entire cohort of killer NuyorAsian Artists — New York’s premier American Asian performers — are firing up the stage with their Broadway voices, Stand Up Comedy, Dance, Rock and the sound of Nerdcore on Tuesday, February 8 at Joe’s Pub … Continue reading Feb. 28: Kate Rigg and Olivia Oguma’s DisOrientalism PART 3: Michelle Yeoh VS Godzilla at Joe’s Pub

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First Look: Darren Lee, Helen George, Dean John-Wilson, Marienella Phillips, Cezarah Bonner, Kok-Hwa Lie, Caleb Lagayan and More in the THE KING AND I UK and Ireland Tour

The Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I currently on a major UK and Ireland Tour stars Broadway star and film actor Darren Lee (Hackers/Sisters/Chicago/Guys and Dolls) in the title role of The King of Siam opposite Helen George, known to millions for the past decade as Trixie in the hit BBC One series “Call The Midwife,” as Anna Leonowens. Tony Award-winning … Continue reading First Look: Darren Lee, Helen George, Dean John-Wilson, Marienella Phillips, Cezarah Bonner, Kok-Hwa Lie, Caleb Lagayan and More in the THE KING AND I UK and Ireland Tour

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