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Theater for the New City Street Theater Show Soon

It's time for Street Theater! Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway Delay to the Future LAST WEEKEND Theater for the New City's award-winning Street Theater Company will open its 2023 annual tour Saturday, August 5 with "Life on the Third Rail, or…

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Theater For The New City Premieres The New Comedy The Chesapeake Chicks This October

Karen Lynn Gorney, star of the movie “Saturday Night Fever” and “All My Children” joins the cast as Carrie in The Chesapeake Chicks, a brand-new comedy by Peter Zachari premiering at Theater for the New City. Gorney is joined…

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Theater For The New City Shows This Week - August 7, 2023

It's time for Street Theater! Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway Delay to the Future Theater for the New City's award-winning Street Theater Company will open its 2023 annual tour Saturday, August 5 with "Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway…

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Theater For The New City Shows This Week - July 26, 2023

It's time for Street Theater! Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway Delay to the Future Theater for the New City's award-winning Street Theater Company will open its 2023 annual tour Saturday, August 5 with "Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway Delay…

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Theater For The New City Shows This Week - July 21, 2023

It's time for Street Theater! Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway Delay to the Future Theater for the New City's award-winning Street Theater Company will open its 2023 annual tour Saturday, August 5 with "Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway…

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Theater For The New City Shows This Week - July 10, 2023

It's time for Street Theater! Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway Delay to the Future Theater for the New City's award-winning Street Theater Company will open its 2023 annual tour Saturday, August 5 with "Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway Delay…

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Theater For The New City Shows This Week - May 25, 2023

NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK AT TNC IN OUR FOUR THEATER COMPLEX In the JOHNSON THEATER The 28TH Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts May 26, 27 & 28 Memorial Day Weekend Performances until midnight for FREE With the roster still building,…

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Theater For The New City Shows This Week - May 18-21, 2023

In Our Four Theater Complex In The Johnson Theater Bliss Street “Bliss Street” is a new musical recounting a significant chapter of New York’s iconic 70’s Rock & Roll history. It documents the life and legacy of Paul…

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Theater for the New City Shows This Week - May 8, 2023

“Bliss Street” is a new musical recounting a significant chapter of New York’s iconic 70’s Rock & Roll history. It documents the life and legacy of Paul Sub, who founded and ran a succession of New York music clubs in the…

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Theater for the New City Shows This Week - May 4, 2023

“Bliss Street” is a new musical recounting a significant chapter of New York’s iconic 70’s Rock & Roll history. It documents the life and legacy of Paul Sub, who founded and ran a succession of New York music clubs in the…

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Theater for the New City Shows This Week - April 11, 2023

NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK AT TNC In the COMMUNITY SPACE THEATER Mirror, Mirror Mirror Mirror is a musical set in a single New York City apartment at 7 different times. The mirror in the apartment provides the means of communication for the various…

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Theater for the New City Shows This Week - March 22, 2023

In San Francisco, former school board members Alison Collins and Gabriela López were objects of threats because they sought to replace a scandal ridden test system with what they deemed a fairer Lottery system. The neo-liberal corporate press…

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Theater for the New City Shows This Week - March 9, 2023

New Shows This Week At Tnc In Our Four Theater Complex In The Johnson Theater In San Francisco, former school board members Alison Collins and Gabriela López were objects of threats because they sought to replace a scandal ridden test…

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Theater for the New City Shows This Week - February 9, 2023

The story of an enduring love between people set against a civil rights movement, the passage of time and the rising veil of eternity. Running Time: 1 hour February 9 - February 12, 2023 Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00…

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Theater for the New City Shows This Week - January 16, 2023

NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK AT TNC IN OUR FOUR THEATER COMPLEX In the JOHNSON THEATER CLOSING THIS WEEK Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' Pow-Wow and Dance Concert There will be dances, stories and traditional music from Native Peoples of the…

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Theater for the New City - Save The Date! TNC's Love N' Courage Benefit

Click here to View More Information About Theater for the New City - Save The Date! TNC's Love N' Courage…

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Theater for the New City Shows This Week - December 14, 2022

SHOWS CLOSING THIS WEEK AT TNC IN OUR FOUR THEATER COMPLEX In the JOHNSON THEATER BREAD + PUPPET The following week Bread & Puppet will present The Apocalypse Defiance Circus, a rollicking spectacle of protest and celebration. The…

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Theater for the New City News - December 2, 2022

CRYSTAL FIELD, EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PRESENTS NEW SHOWS AT TNC In the JOHNSON THEATER Melanie Maria Goodreaux’s play returns by popular demand. It addresses the complicated racial distinctions that plague one New Orleans family…

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Theater for the New City : The White Blacks Extended!

Melanie Maria Goodreaux’s THE WHITE BLACKS: In 1970s New Orleans, a Black “Creole” family is torn apart by members who ‘pass for white’ while others build Black Power and the matriarch clings to racial ideals that are…

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