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The musical based on Sarah Silverman’s 2010 memoir The Bedwetter will have its Off Broadway world premiere next May, the Atlantic Theater Company announced today. Silverman herself announced the musical during the recent Tribeca Film Festival, but the premiere date had not been disclosed. The Bedwetter, with book by…

The Secret Life of Bees, a new musical based on the best-selling novel and with music by Dunan Sheik, will make its world premiere next May at the Atlantic Theater Off-Broadway. The production will be directed by Tony winner Sam Gold (Fun Home). The musical, with a book by Lynn Nottage and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead…

The Band’s Visit, a quietly powerful one-act musical that opened off-Broadway last December and became one of the most acclaimed shows of the season, will re-open on Broadway this fall. Previews are set to begin October 7  at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, with the official opening November 9. David Cromer will reprise…

If the question of whether a woman can have it all makes your eyes glaze over, you’re probably a man. One theatergoer’s fallow field can be another’s fertile ground. In the case of Penelope Skinner’s Linda – which opened Tuesday at the Manhattan Theatre Club in a sleek production directed by MTC a.d. Lynne Meadow – a…

You’ve probably never heard of Paola Lázaro, but that will change. Currently playwright in residence at the David Mamet- and William H. Macy-founded Atlantic Theater Company, Lázaro is a spinner of vivid tales possessed of a sharp ear for language and a keen eye for the humane comic detail. Tell Hector I Miss Him…

Caryl Churchill’s early masterpiece Cloud Nine was mind-blowing when it opened  in 1981 and it’s no less mind-blowing today, as revived at David Mamet’s off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company in a delicious revival staged by James Macdonald. British playwright Churchill would go on to write more masterpieces — Mad Fores…

The Oscar-nominated Gangs Of New York and You Can Count On Me author will open his new play Hold On To Me Darling as the final entry in the celebrated off-Broadway company’s 30th season. Lonergan’s freshman play This Is Our Youth had a Broadway revival last season, starring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi…

The all-time Tony-wining champ (21) will direct The Band’s Visit for off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company next spring. It’s based on Eran Kolirin’s award-winning 2007 film about an Egyptian police band stranded in a remote Israeli desert village before a concert meant to inaugurate an Arab arts center. With no bus…