Now Playing: New This Week
May 5 - May 11
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.
{Extinguish.}: A solo show written and performed by Ezra LeBank, described as a physically exhilarating ride in which a French clown, Irish Nationalist, slam poet, et al, grapple with the edges of life.
13th Street Rep Quickies!: An evening of seven short plays.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: A new production of Shakespeare's famous play, presented by Lightbulb Theatre Company outdoors at 6B Community Garden. Performances are free.
Appearance--A Suspense in Being: An original performance work by the Actors Research Group, featuring a technique that's described as "jazz acting." At Theaterlab.
Arcadia: Phare Play Productions presents a revival of Tom Stoppard's play about two generations of a British family, two centuries apart.
Ariadne Unhinged: Gotham Chamber Opera presents a one-woman "songdance" inspired by the myth of Ariadne of Naxos, choreographed by Karole Armitage and with music by Monteverdi, Haydn, and Schoenberg.
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb: A song cycle by the Israeli jazz composer/vocalist; this is part of the Best of the Boroughs festival.
be: A one-woman improvised comedy show by Adrianne Frost; at the Magnet Theatre.
Ben- A Very Personal Account of Benjamin Franklin: Ryan Repertory Company presents a monodrama written by Bernard Myers about the life and works of Benjamin Franklin. At the Harry Warren Theatre in Brooklyn.
Colorful World: A new play by James Comtois that envisions a world radically changed by the arrival of an invincible man, and not necessarily for the better. Presented by Nosedive Productions.
Come Again: A free staged reading of Rich Orloff's comedy, which he describes as "Plaza Suite with a libido."
Cooperative Village: A new play written and performed by Frances Madeson about the events that happen after a woman finds a dead body in her laundry room.
Damascus: A new comedy by David Greig about an English language textbook salesman on assignment to the oldest continuously inhabited city on earth. This is part of the Brits Off Broadway festival.
Don't Worry, Be Jewish: A musical about children learning what it means to be Jewish; presented by Children's Talent Development Fund, Inc., at the Promise Theater.
Eleanor Reissa Sings English: A cabaret show starring actress/director Eleanor Reissa, singing a variety of American popular music.
Elections & Erections: A new one-man show by South African actor/activist/satirist Pieter Dirk Uys. Presented by La MaMa and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Everyman: A new production of the famous medieval morality play.
Giant Place Detail: A performance piece by the Shua Group that will reveal daily life in the Winter Garden from the perspective of cleaners, clerks, bankers, brokers, reporters, etc who actually inhabit the Winter Garden. This is part of the World Financial Center's 20th anniversary celebration.
Keen Teens: A program of short plays performed by 28 New York City teens; presented by Keen Company and Playscripts, Inc.
Legends, Myths, and Hieroglyphs: A new play by Demetrius Wren about a young boy in Mississippi who is trying to make sense of the world around him without the guidance of a father. Presented by Mainspring Collective.
Marathon 2008: The 30th annual festival of one-act plays, featuring work by Frank D. Gilroy, Neil LaBute, Taylor Mac, Jose Rivera, and many others.
Mill Fire: A revival of the play by Sally Nemeth about a woman who goes up against the company that dominates her town.
No, No, Nanette: Encores! presents a concert-style revival of the 1925 musical comedy that gave us "Tea for Two"; Rosie O'Donnell and Sandy Duncan head the cast.
Occupant: A portrait of acclaimed sculptor Louise Nevelson and a quest to capture a charismatic and complex artist and persona. This is a new work by Edward Albee, starring Mercedes Ruehl.
Old Comedy from Aristophanes' Frogs: A new adaptation of Aristophanes's famous satire, written by David Greenspan. Presented by Target Margin Theater.
Past Half Remembered: New Victory Theatre presents this show by New International Encounter Visual Theatre, about a woman who survived a hundred years of turmoil in Russia.
Reason without Meaning: A new dance work by Luis Lara Malvacías that uses contrasting moments of physical and psychological isolation and proximity to create a fleeting narrative about power, struggle, and the raw emotional intensity of anger, frustration, and cruelty.
Retrograde: All Balls Out Ensemble presents a theatre work that interprets the astronomical phenomenon of "retrograde motion" via human interaction on the stage.
Saved: A new musical by Michael Friedman, John Dempsey, and Rinne Groff, based on the motion picture of the same name.
Street Dreams: Amas Musical Theatre’s Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Academy presents a revival of this musical about life on a city block.
The Actor's Nightmare & The Real Inspector Hound: T. Schreiber Studio presents a double bill of these meta-theatrical comedies by Christopher Durang and Tom Stoppard.
The Ghost Dancers: Stone Soup Theatre presents a new play by Adam Hunault about the Lakota Sioux and a "standoff for the earth at Wounded Knee."
The Judgment of Paris: The world premiere of an erotically-charged fusion of theatre, dance, and music, directed and choreographed by Austin McCormick.
The Small of Her Back: A new play by Russell Leigh Sharman about a shut-in who spends lots of time in chat rooms, who is visited by someone who may not be who he claims. Presented by Jaradoa Theater at the 411 Theater.
The Wild, Wild Women of Wakky-Nunu!: A new comedy by Frank Cwiklik set in an island paradise inhabited by a tribe of beautiful Amazons.
Turning Point: A program of original short plays, presented by OneHeart Productions.
Two Rooms: A revival of Lee Blessing's play about hostage-taking in the Middle East, presented by Roust Theatre Company.
Van Driver: A 1960s style happening exploring life-altering experiences and the bohemian counter-culture.
White Widow: A musical by Paul Dick, based on the play Mafia by Mario Fratti.
Women Who Steal: A comedy by Carter W. Lewis about love, marriage, adultery, and the strange friendships you pick up along the highway of life.
