Leslie Kincaid Burby News

Heather Massie's  solo play, 'HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr,'  will now be free for students at all performances in its October 25 to 29 run at Morningside Players Theater Company. Find out how to get tickets here!

Heather Massie will perform her solo play, 'HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr,' at Morningside Players Theater Company, 100 La Salle Street, Manhattan, for general audiences October 25 to 29. Learn more about the show and how to get tickets here!

Daniel Damiano’s timely solo show One With the Current opened last night to a sold-out house at the 36th Street Studio Theatre in Manhattan. See photos below!

A fishing trip during Covid alters the course of one man's life in Daniel Damiano's timely solo show One With the Current which opens on Wednesday, September 13 at the 36th Street Studio Theatre in Manhattan. The play sheds a rarely-seen light on a good man with good intentions, and explores with unusual nuance how one who purely has a desire to provide for his family and serve his community can be misled to partake in the unfathomable.

The Workshop Theater has, once again, dedicated a session of their Spring 2023 Workshop Intensive to HONOR ROLL!, an advocacy group for women+ playwrights over 40. The participants for this cycle are Diane Davis, Donna Hoke, Hortense Gerardo and Serena Norr with facilitators Leslie Kincaid Burby and Stephanie Kane.

After its acclaimed World Premiere in September in the 2022 Dream Up Festival, Daniel Damiano's timely solo play, One With the Current, will receive a special performance on Sunday, Jan 8th at NY Society for Ethical Culture's Adler Hall.

Coming off the success of his previous solo piece, AMERICAN TRANQUILITY, acclaimed Actor/Playwright Daniel Damiano (Day of the Dog, The Woman in the Sun Hat) will return to the NYC stage in a stunning World Premiere production of his latest solo work, presented by fandango 4 Art House, as part of Theater for the New City's 2022 Dream Up Festival.

Northern Manhattan's UP Theater Company presents a very different kind of animal farm in the acclaimed world premiere of Lizzie Donahue's 'A Barn Play,' which continues its run from May 11 - May 21, 2022 at Inwood's Fort Washington Collegiate Church.

The Workshop Theater has dedicated a session of their Winter 2022 Workshop Intensive to HONOR ROLL!, an advocacy group for women+ playwrights over 40. The participants for this inaugural cycle are Kimberly Fraher, Mildred Inez Lewis, Dana Schwartz, and Jane Denitz Smith with facilitators Leslie Kincaid Burby and Stephanie Kane.

Planet Connections' starts out 2020 with 'DARK PLANET: Not Your Mother's Valentine's Day,' short plays unapologetically looking at life through a clever a?" albeit caustic a?" lens. Frank, Funny, Engaging, Engrossing, and Enlightening, Performing Thursdays & Fridays, February 6 a?" 21, at the Theater at the 14th Street Y, 344 E 14th St, NYC. This event a?" celebrating the diversity of the performing arts & artists of NYC a?" will be accompanied by an opening night party and special Valentine's Day event.

HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr explores the life, inventions and person of Hedy Lamarr, Viennese-born Hollywood film star of the 1930s-1950s. Known as The Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Hedy Lamarr stored away knowledge of munitions while married to Austrian arms dealer, Fritz Mandl. She employed this knowledge to support the US Navy's war effort during WWII by inventing The Secret Communication System with composer George Antheil, to make torpedoes more accurate. Also referred to as Frequency Hopping or Spread Spectrum Technology, her invention is used today in cell phones, WiFi, CDMA, GPS, Bluetooth and a myriad of other wireless systems.

THE CHEKHOV DREAMS, a dark romantic comedy by John McKinney, will conclude its highly acclaimed limited run tonight (Saturday) at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42 Street.

THE CHEKHOV DREAMS, the critically acclaimed dark romantic comedy, will host a very special post-performance discussion tonight entitled 'A Conversation on Women in Leadership Roles in Theater and the Arts' at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42 Street).

THE CHEKHOV DREAMS, a dark romantic comedy by John McKinney, will conclude its highly acclaimed limited run this Saturday evening, February 17th at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42 Street.

THE CHEKHOV DREAMS, a dark romantic comedy by John McKinney, is set to officially open tomorrow evening, February 3rd at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row,410 West 42 Street.

THE CHEKHOV DREAMS, a dark romantic comedy, is currently in previews with Opening Night set for this Saturday, February 3rd at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42 Street. Playwright John McKinney will be this week's special guest on the popular WPKN Radio (89.5 FM) program 'State of the Arts" Friday at 12:25 pm. The show can be heard online at www.wpkn.org.

THE CHEKHOV DREAMS, a dark romantic comedy now in previews Off-Broadway, will host a very special post-performance discussion tonight entitled "Diving Deeper into Chekhov and THE CHEKHOV DREAMS" at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42 Street).

THE CHEKHOV DREAMS, a dark romantic comedy by John McKinney, is set to officially open this Saturday evening, February 3rd at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42 Street.

THE CHEKHOV DREAMS, a dark romantic comedy by John McKinney, will begin performances tomorrow (Friday), with Opening Night set for February 3rd at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42 Street.