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IRT Theater, New Ohio Theatre Launches Residency Program

The New Ohio Theatre, in collaboration with the IRT Theater, will launch the Archive Alliance Residency program on October 8.

Read for Pasadena Playhouse

The Pasadena Playhouse is accepting submissions for roles in its upcoming Hothouse staged readings series.

'It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman' Soars in Concert at Encores!

Encores! concert version of “It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman,” featuring an irresistible Strouse and Adams score, is one of the company’s most entertaining shows to date.

'Pocahontas, and/or America' Eventually Wears Out Its Welcome

“Pocahontas, and/or America,” at the Bushwick Starr, is a charming mess of a show that relies upon a homespun aesthetic to examine the role of Native Americans in popular culture.

'The Grapes of Wrath' Is a Hell of a Ride

A Noise Within’s production of Frank Galati’s Tony Award–winning adaptation of Nobel laureate John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize–winning 1939 novel “The Grapes of Wrath” is a stunner.

Tupac Musical 'Holler if Ya Hear Me' Begins Casting, Aims for Broadway

Casting begins this week in New York for a new musical based on the life and music of Tupac Shakur, directed by Kenny Leon.

Dreamgirls

Dion Millington provides a fresh take on Effie White, but director-choreographer Keith Lee Grant can’t do the same for Harlem Repertory Theatre’s production of “Dreamgirls.”

Even Without the Gore, 'Motherboard' Would be a Memorable Evening at the Theater

Adam Scott Mazer’s dynamic, but overly gory post-apocalyptic thriller seems to achieve its goal of being an R-rated “action” play with a few gestures toward big ideas about human nature.

'Modern Terrorism' Is a Comic Misfire at Second Stage

Jon Kern’s depressingly shallow comedy “Modern Terrorism,” at Second Stage Theatre, never escapes its sitcom setup but unaccountably won the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award for playwriting.