Now Playing: New This Week
June 29 - July 5
WHAT'S HERE: This page lists New York plays, musicals, and other shows that begin their runs this week. Click on show titles to find out more about that show, including performance dates & times, ticket prices & ordering information, and cast & other credits. Starred shows are considered to be noteworthy or of special interest by NYTE's editor. Want your show listed on nytheatre.com? Visit the Theatre Company Resource Center to learn how.
A Bicycle Country: The New York premiere of a play by Nilo Cruz about three Cuban refugees on a raft. Presented by east 3rd productions.
Behind the Bullseye: A new theatre piece by Sponsored by Nobody that fuses elements of theatre, film, journalism, and installation art to examine the shopping habits of Brooklyn residents.
Daydream: An adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream specifically for young children. Performances are free and outdoors.
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead: A revival of Bert V. Royal's play, which is an unauthorized look at what happens to the Peanuts characters when they grow up.
Erotic Broadway: A variety show featuring Broadway performers doing dance, slinky love songs, risque standup comedy, and steamy storytelling.
Life is Wonderful: A new cabaret show starring Hector Coris that explores the "musicality of mortality."
Seth's Talent Showcase: Weekly showcases of new musical theater performers, emceed and accompanied (and produced) by composer/lyricist Seth Bisen-Hersh.
Suspicious Package: Rx: A unique interactive show in which audience members play all the roles in a suspense thriller that takes them to the streets of Williamsburg, guided by an iPod.
Thank You, But Our Princess Is In Another Castle: Utilizing World of Warcraft, Halo 3, and Grand Theft Auto 4, Machinima theater auteur Eddie Kim presents four classical theater texts, as performed by online video game characters manipulated by gamers live on stage.
The Boychick Affair--The Bar Mitzvah of Harry Boychick: A new interactive comedy by the creator of Grandma Sylvia's Funeral. At Times Square Arts Center.
The Europeans: The U.S. premiere of a play by Howard Barker which takes place in war-ravaged Vienna after the Turkish invasion of the late 1600s, during which Christianity and Islam brutally collided. Presented by Potomac Theatre Project
The First 2nd Annual U.S-ification of America Conference: A collection of short plays with one Agenda: poking fun of America's past and present... "issues."
Therese Raquin: A revival of Neal Bell's dramatization of the famous novel by Emile Zola; presented by Potomac Theatre Project.
Vanities: A new musical based on Jack Heifner's play about the friendship of three women over three turbulent decades.
Waking Up With Strangers: A play by Paul David Young about an American scholar who is obsessed with 19th century German dramatist Heinrich von Kleist.
