July
23rd
2018
Young Jean Lee's 'STRAIGHT WHITE MEN' opens at the Hayes Theater
This marks the first time an Asian-American female playwright has been produced on broadway. More info
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May
9th
2018
Second Stage Theater Announces 40th Anniversary Season
Celebrating 40 Years Bold with two world premieres, a new musical, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist! More info
April
30th
2018
'LOBBY HERO' is nominated for three 2018 Tony Awards
Nominated for Best Revival of a Play, Best Featured Actor Michael Cera, and Best Featured Actor Brian Tyree Henry! More info
March
24th
2018
The Hayes Theater
NY1 goes behind the scenes of The Hayes Theater with our Artistic Director Carole Rothman. More info
February
20th
2018
‘Torch Song’ Set to Return to Its Original Broadway Home
More than 30 years after it closed on Broadway, “Torch Song” will return this fall to the theater where it made its big-stage debut. More info
February
12th
2018
We've officially turned on the lights!
Get a sneak peek at our new home on Broadway. More info
February
5th
2018
Broadway’s Smallest Theater Is Reopening, This Time as a Nonprofit
Once named the Little Theater, the playhouse now known as the Helen Hayes is about to be reincarnated again. More info
April
20th
2017
SECOND STAGE THEATER ANNOUNCES BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS AND COMMISSIONED PLAYWRIGHTS FOR STAGE-2-STAGE PROGRAM WITH CTG
Second Stage Theater has announced productions for its inaugural Broadway season at the historic Hayes Theater on Broadway. “Opening our new home on Broadway has been years in the making and I am beyond thrilled to begin this next phase in Second Stage’s life,” said Second Stage Founder and Artistic Director Carole Rothman. "The Hayes will be dedicated to living American playwrights: no British imports, no Chekhov translations, no classics – just contemporary works that provoke, stimulate and challenge from the finest playwrights our country has to offer." More info
June
25th
2016
2ST ANNOUNCES 3 NEW YORK PREMIERES FOR ITS UPCOMING 2016-17 SEASON
The season will kick off in October 2016 with the New York Premiere of NOTES FROM THE FIELD: DOING TIME IN EDUCATION, the latest work created, written and performed by groundbreaking theater artist Anna Deavere Smith and directed by Leonard Foglia. The season will continue in winter 2017 with the New York Premiere of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Tracy Lett’s 2003 play, MAN FROM NEBRASKA, directed by David Cromer. Summer 2017 will see the New York Premiere of Bruce Norris’ A PARALLELOGRAM, directed by Michael Greif.
April
17th
2015
SECOND STAGE BUYS HELEN HAYES THEATER
[Second Stage Theater] on Friday purchased one of the last independently owned Broadway houses, promising to bring more plays by living American playwrights to an industry dominated by musicals, movie adaptations and British imports. More info
January
6th
2015
AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO BOOST AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS
If you’re a theater lover with a little change leftover from the ever more expensively festive holiday season, you might consider tossing a few coins in the direction of Second Stage Theater, which is amassing a big pile — that $58 million, to be precise — to embark on its ambitious plan to join the small ranks of nonprofit theaters with a Broadway berth. This would be money well spent. Broadway has become a rather straitened marketplace, artistically speaking. More info
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