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Alice Camarota & Thoeger Hansen Present 80th Anniversary Production Of Jean-Paul Sartre's NO EXIT


Celebrate the 80th anniversary of Jean-Paul Sartre's existential classic, NO EXIT, presented by Alice Camarota and Thoeger Hansen at The NuBox of the John DeSotelle Studio.

Staged Reading Of SECONDARY ED to Have NY Debut at NuBox Theatre


SECONDARY ED by Michael Towers will make its New York City debut at the NuBox Theatre.

Cast and Creative Team Set for Holiday Production of AS YOU LIKE IT at Shakespeare Theatre Company


Shakespeare Theatre Company has revealed the cast and creative team for the holiday production of As You Like It, playing in STC's Harman Hall DEC 2 – 31.

World Premiere of DIVING HORSES to Have Limited Engagement at Theatre 68 This Month


Theatre 68 is presenting the World Premiere of Diving Horses, an original full-length play written by Vinnie Nardiello. Produced by Artistic Director Ronnie Marmo, directed by Kerri Murphy and co-directed by Mark Riccadonna, October 27-29 at John Desotelle Studio Nubox Theatre.

Stay True Theatre Company Presents TO LET GO AND FALL By Harrison David Rivers


This weekend at the Nu Box Theatre in Hell's Kitchen, Stay True Theatre company presents 'To Let Go and Fall,' by Harrison David Rivers.

Get Ready To Deep Dive Into The World Of PARASIGHT


Blue Pearl Theatrics presents “PARASIGHT”, a collection of provocative, new plays June 4th and 5th at The NuBox, 754 9th Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC 10019 in the heart of the Theater District.

BWW Review: The Haunted Tune of Nuance Theatre Co's CHAMBER MUSIC


Within the attic of an insane asylum, in a time and place of little importance and for reasons unknown, eight women of history convene to discuss the business of their lives - shells of people who once embodied greatness, now pieced together by moments of nostalgia and hysteria. When all that was has been stripped away, these women are brought together to test their fate in the final act - that of survival. The absurdity of the world in which they live forces them to be as they always were, but spiral further and further down the rabbit hole of insanity - to simultaneously be and not to be.

BWW Review: Righting Expectations in Nuance Theatre Co.'s DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA


Directed by John DeSotelle, Nuance Theatre Co. brings John Patrick Shanley's DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA to the Nubox - an intimate blackbox theater in the heart of Hell's Kitchen where (in my experience) theatrical magic always happens. Presented as an Equity stage production, DeSotelle brings two incredibly talented actors to the stage for a limited two-week run.

Intimacy And Danger Explode On Stage In DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA


A powerful story of two strangers (Roberta and Danny) a?" and their fateful meeting in a cheerless dive bar in the Bronx.  What begins as a distrustful and antagonistic conversation eventually unleashes an unlikely connection, as the two prod and wrangle through their animosity and loneliness as in an a?oeapache dancea?? (a violent dance for two), towards a painfully achieved exoneration, finding absolution in each other and hope of a future beyond hostility, overwhelming guilt and shame.

BWW Review: The Life and Death of Addiction in Pendleton King's COCAINE


Under the brilliant direction of Judith Feingold, with an exclusive three-performance run at the NuBox Theater (at the John DeSotelle Studio) in Hell's Kitchen, Cocaine is such an unexpectedly powerful piece that brings out the reality of addiction amidst the love of two young people, overcome by the life they are forced to live. As part of the John D. Sotelle Studio Series and exposing the beauty of Pendleton's neglected work, Cocaine is as succinct as it is a beautiful representation of what love looks like in the face of struggle.

COCAINE Announced At The NuBox In Hell's Kitchen!


Escape for a night in 1916 New York, and the return of a forgotten masterpiece, brought to life in a Hell's Kitchen location from the play's own era a?" Cocaine by Pendleton King running for three performances November 22, 23 and 24 at The NuBox Theater.   

REACH OUT: A Mental Health Awareness Play Festival Premieres In NYC!


Do you know how many people are affected by mental illness? Could someone you know be coping in silence? 

New Perspectives Theatre Company Announces 2019 Playwriting & Directing Fellows For The Women's Work Short Play Lab


New Perspectives Theatre Company (NPTC) is pleased to announce their 2019 Playwriting and Directing Fellows, for the 11th Annual Women's Work Short Play LAB.

BWW Review: The Lessons of Love and Loss is Nuance Theatre Co's RABBIT HOLE


Rabbit Hole, written by David Lindsay-Abaire, tells the story of a mother and father stricken with unending grief after the accidental death of their four year old son; theirs is a reality that isn't fair or deserved, but must simply be dealt with. With this play,Lindsay-Abaire carefully deconstructs the overall larger picture of 'grief' into smaller moments, bringing to light how each of those involved finds solace in their own way. And as emotional a ride Rabbit Hole brings the audience on, we somehow begin to understand how people cope with something that can never be explained - only accepted until the pain isn't as great as it used to be.

BWW Review: Scaling the Top of the World in Golden Shards' 8000M


Written by David Greig, joined by MFA award-winning director Alice Cash and presented by Golden Shards Productions, 8000M encompasses such a wide range of dramatic feats - not taking into account the play's actual subject matter. From an exceptional script, which combines both characters' personal accounts and plot-driving narrative to tell a riveting story, to actors who bring the experience of climbing the world's fourth largest mountain to an audience with such honed skill, 8000M is so substantial in its quality.

RABBIT HOLE Comes to Hell's Kitchen This June


Nuance Theatre Co. in association with LungTree Productions presents David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize winning drama RABBIT HOLE at The NuBox in Hell's Kitchen. Performances run June 1 - 23, 2019.

Joshua Crone's Dark Drama About A School Shooter Comes To NYC


Film and play maker Joshua Crone returns to New York with a stage/film hybrid that pushes the envelope. WASHED IN THE BLOOD

FROM THE SHADOWS Premieres in NYC


A festival of haunting new plays continues the Halloween tradition by tricking and treating the audience to four new dark and twisted, spine-chilling tales at the NuBox Theatre in Hell's Kitchen November 16 and 17.

Doghouse Ensemble Theatre Presents THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOME


Doghouse Ensemble Theatre presents a developmental reading of the new play THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOME by John Alexander Hatcher. April 15 at 3pm and 7:30pm. Directed by Ashlyn Frank

The Dare Tactic Presents Nkenna Akunna's GOOD FIT


The second workshop in The Dare Tactics 4th Season, Good Fit, by Nkenna Akunna, is a dark, absurdist play that comments on the limits and liberties assigned to particular identities in public space, asking who is allowed to fit into the fabric of society and who has the power to decide.

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