James Armstrong, Playwright

In past Decembers, I have come up with a list of the best shows I saw that opened in New York City that year. Well, for 2020, that list wou...

Tomorrow (Monday) my one-act play The Love Songs of Brooklynites  will have a staged reading as a part of Emerging Artists Theatre's New...

My one-act play The Love Songs of Brooklynites  will have a staged reading next week on Monday, October 8th, at 7:00 pm. The reading is ...

Congratulations to the Astoria Performing Arts Center , whose production of Follies cleaned up at the New York Innovative Theatre Awards th...

My one-act play The Love Songs of Brooklynites  will be having a staged reading next month as a part of Emerging Artists Theatre 's New ...

Yesterday, I attended Astoria Performing Arts Center's production of Follies , a musical that takes place in a theatre about to be torn ...

The 1974 Tony Award for Best Musical went to Raisin , an adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun . Never seen it? Well no...

Tomorrow, January 15th, is the staged reading of my new play I Hate You: A Love Story  at 7:00 at IATI Theater, 64 E. 4th Street. Hope you c...

Thanks to all who came out to see The January Plays  at Urban Stages! It was loverly to work with director Ilanna Satzman and actors Heather...

Today's announcement has been in the works for a long time, but I am pleased to say that my play I Hate You: A Love Story  will have its...

Mark your calendars! On September 17th and 18th, my short play The Rainbow  will be performed by 21st Ward Theater Company in Philadelphia. ...

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee  is one of those delightful shows that you just can't see too many times, which is why when I...

When Merrily We Roll Along  opened on Broadway in 1981, audiences didn't know what to make of it. The play's structure, moving backw...

Now that Keep On Walkin'  has completed its run at the University of New Hampshire, I want to announce some very big news: Wellfleet Har...

Tomorrow, June 1, my adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick  will be done as a reader's theatre presentation as a part of the Abi...

I am happy to officially announce the cast of Fireboat Productions' reader's theater presentation of my adaptation of Moby-Dick . ...

It's official! My stage adaptation of Moby-Dick  will be coming back, this time for a Reader's Theatre Presentation as part of the A...

I had a great time at this year's Comparative Drama Conference in Baltimore. This was my first year attending, and I was honored to be a...

I just received news that my short play The Rainbow will be included in The Best American Short Plays: 2012-2013 , published by Applause. T...

I generally don't follow the New York Innovative Theatre Awards, off-off-Broadway's way-smaller version of the Tonys, but this year ...