See what’s happening at LAByrnith Theater Co, Keen Company, Theater for the New City, New York Theatre Barn
The Players and spit and vinegar and holiday theater streaming at Broadway On Demand
New Ohio Theatre for Young Minds and Party Claw Productions present Petunia’s Playhouse Live! Petunia’s Big Day – an interactive musical about self-care for family audiences – book by Laura Kay Clarke, music/lyrics Billy Reece, directed by Christina Rose Ashby, Dec. 22 – Jan. 1, 2022 www.newohiotheatre.org
Keen Company presents Hear/Now:LIVE, new works by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen and Deb Margolin, directed by Jonathan Silverstein, Dec 10-19 with Moe Angelos, Jordan Boatman, Randy Danson, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Cesar Rosado, Lance Coadie Williams at Theatre Row, West 42nd Street. www.keencompany.org
Theater for the New City presents Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre in “A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa“ (75 minutes) Dec. 22 – Dec. 31; a toy-puppet theater extravaganza for all ages that stages Dickens’ classic with Old World accents and New World inclusiveness. Adapted, directed and reinvented by Vit Horejs, it features over 30 puppets by Milos Kasal including a quartet of Rockettes in Slovak, Moravian and Ruthenian folk costumes and holiday songs in Czech, English, Hebrew, Slovak, Spanish and Swahili. For specific dates/times www.theaterforthenewcity.net
New York Theatre Barn will present the premiere of Inside the Incubation: Sueños: Our American Musical on December 15th, 2021 at 7PM. Book/Music/Lyrics by Mexican-American writer Jesse J. Sanchez, diected by Maria Torres. Dedicated to the musicals of tomorrow, the anti-racist, non-profit organization has served as a home for original culture shifting musicals during incubation since 2007. To watch a sneak peek of the presentation click here.
LAByrinth Theater Co presents Through the Fire written/performed by Victor Almanzar, directed by Elizabeth Canavan, January 20-February 5, 2022 at 59E. 59 Theaters. www.labtheater.org
Streaming Holiday Theater – Broadway On Demand, the industry-leading and Emmy®Award nominated theater streaming platform, has announced its current and upcoming 2021 Holiday Programming. The lineup includes Jonathan Rockefeller’s Paddington Saves Christmas, The Great Christmas Bake Off, Estella Scrooge and star Tony Award® Winner Danny Burstein, Tony Award Nominee Carolee Carmello, Tony Award Winner James Monroe Iglehart, Telly Leung, Ann Harada and more! www.BroadwayonDemand.com
Tiananmen Square – a new play at The Players Theatre and spit and vinegar March 10-27, 2022. An all Asian cast brings to life a deeply moving tale of a young gay couple trying to survive the Tiananmen Square crackdown and how their daughter – more than a decade later – is attempting to uncover one of her parents’ secret ties to the Chinese military during the massacre. This tragic love story set against the backdrop of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, displays the brutality of this terrible moment in history. The playwright remains anonymous fearing retaliation from the Chinese government.
