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Sat 9/18/2021 5:00 PM NYCPlaywrights

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*** FREE THEATER IN NYC ***

 

General Mischief Dance Theatre presents "Vamos / Let's Go" 

Plaza de Las Americas

651 West 175th Street 

New York, NY 10033

Saturday, September 25, 2021 - 1:00pm

 

The one-hour show includes brand new works and adaptations of Mischief favorites, and even a pop quiz for the performers! Featured collaborators include the Venezuelan-inspired VNote Ensemble, choreographer Karen Gayle, the contemporary Armenian folk trio YY Sisters, and Los Angeles-based TAIKOPROJECT.

 

*ASL interpretation is provided on 9/18

This is a wheelchair accessible event

Please email Trouble@GeneralMischief.com to reserve accessible seating.

 

CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT (FOR FREE!)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vamoslets-go-free-outdoor-performances-tickets-170534154246

 

 

*** DISCOUNT TICKETS: SHOWSTOPPERS! ***

 

Showstoppers! Spectacular Costumes from Stage & Screen, a new Exhibition in the heart of Times Square, gets you up close and personal with more than 100 costumes from Broadway, Dance, Opera, Film, Television and Special Events. SPECIAL OFFER: $26 tickets

 

More at the NYCPlaywrights: https://www.nycplaywrights.org/2021/09/discount-tickets-showstoppers.html

 

 

*** OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYWRIGHTS ***

 

The Sauk, Hillsdale County's Community Theatre, located in Jonesville, Michigan is seeking entries to consider for our eighth annual Plays-In-Development in 2022. We are seeking unproduced plays. These can be any style (comedy, drama, young audience and/or musical) and any length (one-act or full-length). It is understood (and expected) that changes will be made to the script between initial submission and performance.

 

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The Furious Gazelle’s 2021 Halloween writing contest

Send us your Halloween-themed poetry, fiction, short plays, and creative non-fiction. Each writer can submit either one short story (max 4,000 words) or up to three shorter pieces (any combination of flash pieces / poems is ok as long as they don’t exceed 3 submissions).

 

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365 Women A Year: a playwriting project

We are entering our eighth year of writing pieces about 365 historical women a year! We would love to have you write with us! All of the information on how to participate is below. Because there was so much out of our control in 2020, you are able to write about any women you want, even if we’ve already covered them.

 

*** FOR MORE INFORMATION about these and other opportunities see the web site at https://www.nycplaywrights.org ***

 

 

*** BROADWAY IS BACK ***

 

Something’s coming. Something good.

 

While the show that spawned that lyrical couplet won’t be back, the rest of Broadway is opening up, and it’s about time. (It’s from West Side Story, in case you’re unfamiliar - and the recent revival proved too polarizing to risk reopening after allegations of workplace abuse).

 

Here’s the rundown: Broadway shuttered in March of 2020, and the closure punched a $15 billion hole in New York’s economy, not to mention nearly 100,000 jobs put into limbo or wiped out altogether. 18 months later, marquees are lighting up again. Over three dozen shows have already announced their return over the next six months, including ten brand new plays, seven of which are by Black authors. That’s record for the industry, and the direct result of a year-long examination and excoriation of Broadway’s power structures, in which every theater owner and artistic director is as white as the eponymous Great Way.

 

More...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/leeseymour/2021/09/15/broadway-is-back-heres-every-show-currently-running-as-new-york-reopens/?sh=1f32a41a6ed5

 

 

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The curtains have been closed and the lights dimmed on Broadway since March 12, 2020. But New York City is slowly reopening amid the ongoing pandemic and that includes The Great White Way -- with some notable changes.

 

Bonnie Comley, a three-time Tony award-winning producer and President of the Board of The Drama League, spoke to CNN about new Covid safety protocols being implemented by Broadway theaters and productions as shows resume.

 

"It's really exciting to get back into the theater. The producers and the theater owners have made the commitment to open it this time and the shows are going on," Comley said.

That commitment means audience members will need to show proof of vaccination and will be required to wear masks. There will no longer be intermissions or autograph opportunities at stage doors. Many show times are being condensed to run about 90 minutes.

 

More...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/02/entertainment/broadway-returns-new-york/index.html

 

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After a year away, Broadway's lights are back on. Some of the biggest productions have returned for vaccinated and masked audiences. From "Wicked" to "Chicago" to "Hamilton," theaters in New York are open at 100 percent capacity.

 

NPR's Morning Edition has been following three industry veterans as they get ready to return.

 

11-minute listen

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/17/1038283720/to-the-stage-after-a-year-away-broadway-is-back