Here are the shows scheduled to open Off-Broadway (or, in some cases, Off Off-Broadway), listed chronologically by date of the first performance.
Information as of June 12, 1997. Schedule subject to change.
Performances now. MY NIGHT WITH REG: a new play starring Maxwell Caufield. Opens June 12. Intar Theatre, 420 West 42nd Street: (212) 279-4200
Performances now. HOMEWORK: an urban coming-of-age story. Opens June 12. HERE, 145 Sixth Avenue: (212) 647-0202
Performances now. ROMEO AND JULIET: by William Shakespeare. Opens June 12. Through June 29. Theatre at West Park Church, 165 West 86th Street: (212) 946-5321 Performances now. CHURCH OF BILLY: a comedy by Bill Talen. Opens June 12. Through June 28. Theatre at St. Clement’s Church, 423 West 46th Street: (212) 245-2708
BENT: a revival of the play by Martin Sherman. Opens June 13. Through June 29. New Voices Theatre Ensemble in Synchronicity Space, 55 Mercer Street: (212) 539-4525
Performances now. A FLOWER OF WATER: a new play by Yuko Hamada and Yukihiro Saji. Opens June 15. Theatre Row Theatre, 424 West 42nd Street: (212) 262-0234
Performances now. JEST A SECOND: James Sherman's sequel to Beau Jest. Opens June 15. Limited engagement through June 29, 1997. Jewish Repertory Theatre at Playhouse 91, 316 East 91st Street: (212) 831-2000
Performances now. AS BEES DROWN IN HONEY: a new play by Douglas Carter Beane. Opens June 19. Greenwich House, 27 Barrow Street: (212) 629-4656
Performances now. SOMETHING BLUE: a comedy written and performed by Michaela Murphy. Opens June 22. Second Stage Theatre, 2162 Broadway at 76th Street: (212) 873-6103
Performances now. QUEENS BLVD.: a new comedy. Opens June 23. Players Theatre, 115 Macdougal Street: (212) 239-6200
Performances now. ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE: a musical based on the life of the late singer. Opens June 24. Variety Arts Theatre, 110 Third Avenue: (212) 239-6200
Perfs. Begin June 12. FAUST IN VITRO: a darkly-comedic dance-drama. Through June 22. La MaMa E.T.C., 74A East 4th Street: (212) 475-7710
Perfs. Begin June 13. UNITY FEST ‘97: a presentation of eleven plays over two evenings. Playwrights include Edwin Sanchez, Linda Eisenstein, Bob Johnson, Peter Elliot Weiss, Craig Lucas, Kate Duffus, Sam Hancock and Michael Schrutter. Through July 6. The 4th Unity, 212 West 29th Street: (212) 539-6560
Perfs. Begin June 13. HENRY VIII: by William Shakespeare. Opens June 26. New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Central Park West at 81st Street: (212) 861 PAPP
Perfs. Begin June 18. THE SEAGULL: an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic by Alexa Kelly. Pulse Ensemble Theatre on Theatre Row, 432 West 42nd Street: (212) 695-1596
Perfs. Begin June 18. RACHEL: a new comedy by Carl Stillitano. Opens June 21. J.E.T. Theatre, 134 West 26th Street: (212) 647-8949
Perfs. Begin June 19. THREE NIGHTS IN BROOKLYN, Grand Guignol in New York: an evening of one acts exploring horror effects on the live stage. Through June 22. La MaMa E.T.C., 74A East 4th Street: (212) 475-7710
Perfs. Begin June 26. THE SEVEN BEGGARS: an alegorical play performed in Hebrew. Through June 29. La MaMa E.T.C., 74A East 4th Street: (212) 475-7710
Perfs. Begin July 7. THOSE LEFT BEHIND: a new play by Ben Bettenbender. Theatre Three, 311 West 43rd Street: (212) 246-5877
