Off-Broadway Theatre Newsroom

Theaterlab has announced a new production of Talking with Angels: Budapest, 1943, a powerful one-woman show that has earned critical acclaim and heartfelt admiration from audiences across the U.S. and internationally.

The cinematic audio drama, The Big Lie, with a new installment titled The Big Fix: A Jack Bergin Mystery. The new season debuts exclusively from Audible on Thursday, April 24.

Red Bull Theater has announced that submissions are now open for Red Bull's ANNUAL SHORT NEW PLAY FESTIVAL. Featuring six brand new 10-minute plays of heightened language and classic themes inspired by this year's theme, “Defiance,”

The American Theatre of Actors will present two classic works by Anton Chekhov: CHEKHOV @ ATA, January 29 -- February 2. Learn more about the shows and see how to purchase tickets.

The Off-Broadway production of A Guide for the Homesick by Ken Urban will present a special series of post-show talkbacks during its extended run this January. Learn how to purchase tickets.

THE LONGER MY MOTHER IS DEAD THE MORE I LIKE HER by Deborah Unger and SUGARCOATED by Jen Ponton, will take center stage at The Pete at The Flea. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Following a sold-out run in October 2024, the Loose Change Production of The Mulberry Tree, written by Hanna Eady and Edward Mast and directed by Alexandra Aron, will return to   La MaMa ETC. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Billy Strings and Jesca Hoop will appear as special guest artists this Saturday, January 11 to kick off season two performances of The Energy Curfew Music Hour. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present Purpose by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Phylicia Rashad. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Henry IV will open at Theatre For a New Audience this month. Learn more about the show and the full cast for the production and find out how to get tickets here!

Still by Lia Romeo and directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, will star Melissa Gilbert and Mark Moses. The 8-week return engagement begins performances January 28, 2025 at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture's Loreto Theater.

NAATCO, the National Asian American Theatre Co., will present the all-femme, all-Asian American cast for the World Premiere of Andrea Thome's modern verse translation of Cymbeline.

MODERN FARMING, a new play by Ina Chadwick & Brett Ricci will have an invitation-only industry reading on Friday, January 10th. The two-hander features Allison Briner (Bright Star, Mamma Mia!), and David Edwards (The Producers, The Fantasticks).

The American Theatre of Actors will open its 49th season with Black & White City Blues A young junkie, heroin, Brooklyn, 1971. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Performances will begin tomorrow for THE ESSENCE: A YIDDISH THEATRE DIM SUM, a fast-paced comedy which has been playing to sellout crowds for over a decade throughout the Northeast and Europe as well as at the NY International Fringe Festival.

Sleep No More, the site-specific, immersive experience, has closed following the matinee performance on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at the McKittrick Hotel.

BASHEVIS'S DEMONS, which debuted in Stockholm in December 2023, made its official Off-Broadway bow at Theatre 154 running December 18 through Sunday, January 5.

As part of its rotating cast, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Nia Vardalos & Gail Winar have stepped into the roles of Bernie and Mags in the Off-Broadway production of Pen Pals. See photos!

Vinny DePonto's MINDPLAY has launched a digital rush ticket policy for the show's Off-Broadway premiere, now in previews at Greenwich House Theatre.  

The North American Indigenous Center of New York, in collaboration with The Eagle Project, has announced the upcoming production of 'Please Do Not Touch the Indians'.

The New York City premiere of René Marqués' play, 'Los Soles Truncos,' will take place at the renowned Repertorio stage. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

A.I. vs HUMAN ROAST BATTLE: A.I. JESUS EDITION will take place at The PIT. A human rapper, Anthony Yong Brophy take on a machine-learning A.I. (in this case it will be A.I. Jesus) in a comedy roast battle. Learn more!

SoHo Playhouse's 2025 International Fringe Encore Theater Series is now open and runs Off-Broadway through March 2, 2025! Learn more about the series here!

Due to popular demand, Luna Stage's New York premiere of Jenny Lyn Bader's Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library, directed by Ari Laura Kreith, will extend its run again at WP Theater.

LIKEWISE: a new play written, performed, and produced by Kiera Moran is making its NY debut at the New York Theater Festival. Directed by Bannon Brody. Watch the video!