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“The director Arin Arbus and her excellent players in the Theatre for a New Audience present a bold, bifurcated version of the Shakespeare comedy. Before intermission, the show, stuffed as it is with nonstop banter and wordplay, is wonderfully airy and nimble. But in the second half, the mood is palpably altered, as the consequences…Read More »

“Sigh no more, ladies (and gents), sigh no more. Instead, you should rejoice—and then nip out tobuy tickets from Theatre for a New Audience. In a masterstroke, Arin Arbus’s frequently charming production of Much Ado About Nothing has cast Jonathan Cake as Benedick, and his agile, gleeful performance drives out any possibility—any thought at all—of woe. Deceptions…Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — William Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” benefits from a lighthearted approach and an evenly-matched pair of verbal jousters to conduct a battle of the sexes. An accomplished, zestful production by Theatre for a New Audience that opened Sunday at The Duke on 42nd Street contains all that and more. Directed…Read More »

“There are occasions when the title of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” seems all too apposite. Such is the unhappy case with theTheater for a New Audience production that opened on Sunday night at the Duke on 42nd Street, spreading mirth only sporadically, thanks primarily to a stylish performance by the British actor Jonathan Cake as…Read More »

In January, Julie Taymor announced that she will direct A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the inaugural production in our first Brooklyn home.  She was recently featured in the New York Times, as well as the Guardian. To read either article, please click the links below: The New York Times The Guardian  

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  Maggie Siff, celebrated actress known for her work in Mad Men and Sons of Anarchy as well as for her prestigious career in the theatre, returns to the Theatre for a New Audience stage this season.  Siff, who last year performed the role Kate in the Theatre’s production of The Taming of the Shrew…Read More »

“‘Much Ado About Nothing’ (previews start on Saturday; opens on Feb. 17) Fans of no-frills, shrewdly conceived, elegantly presented Shakespeare have learned to circle their calendars for Arin Arbus’s annual Theater for a New Audience productions. This one, her fifth in as many years, features a love-hate relationship not unlike that in last year’s “Taming of…Read More »

On November 27, 2012, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced that Theatre for a New Audience was one of the 832 organizations nationwide chosen for an award this year out of more than 1,500 applications.  Applications were reviewed by panels of outside experts convened by NEA staff and each project was judged on…Read More »

Jonathan Kalb — acclaimed author, theater critic, and Theatre for a New Audience Literary Advisor and often dramaturg —  was chosen as the 2012 recipient of The George Freedley Award for his latest book Great Lengths: Seven Works of Marathon Theater (University of Michigan Press).  This award is given by the Theatre Library Association to…Read More »