Charles Schoonmaker News
THE MAKING OF A GREAT MOMENT Begins Tonight at Urban Stages
Award-winning Off-Broadway theater Urban Stages will produce Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's play The Making of a Great Moment, directed by James Barry, Chester Theater Company's Co-Producing Artistic Director.
Chester Theatre Company Reveals Casting For 2023 Season
Recently appointed Co-Producing Artistic Directors James Barry and Tara Franklin have announced the full casting for Chester Theatre Company’s 2023 season, the first under their direction.
Photos: First Look at the World Premiere of HOW TO LIVE at LABA
Mindy Pfeffer’s new play HOW TO LIVE opened on January 25 at the 14th Street Y in the East Village.
HOW TO LIVE To Have World Premiere At The 14th Street Y in January
Mindy Pfeffer's thought provoking new play HOW TO LIVE is slated to have its World Premiere at the 14th Street Y in the East Village in January 2023.
Chester Theatre Company Presents TO THE MOON AND BACK Beginning This Week
CTC’s 2022 season will close with the World Premiere of To the Moon and Back, written by Darcy Parker Bruce, and starring Tara Franklin (Tiny Beautiful Things, On the Exhale, Sister Play) and Raye Birk (Curve of Departure) as a daughter and father with history as murky as the dark side of th
Chester Theatre Company Announces Casting For The 2022 Season
After two seasons away, Chester Theatre Company (CTC), under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Daniel Elihu Kramer, will return to the Town Hall Theatre, its beloved home in Chester, MA.
BWW Review: THE INHERITANCE at SpeakEasy Stage is a Six and a Half Hour Look at How Our Lives Make a Lasting Impact
'He has a story to tell- it is banging around inside him, aching to come out.
SpeakEasy Stage Company to Present Regional Premiere of THE INHERITANCE
From April 22 – June 11, 2022, SpeakEasy Stage Company will proudly present the US Regional Theatre premiere of Matthew López’s epic two-part drama THE INHERITANCE, winner of the 2020 Tony Award for Best Play.
TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS Will Be Performed by Chester Theatre Company This Month
The original production, co-conceived by Marshall Heyman, Thomas Kail, and Vardalos, premiered in 2016 at The Public Theater and starred Vardalos in the leading role.
THE NICETIES Will Be Performed By Chester Theatre Company Beginning Next Week
The play is inspired, in part, by a 2015 controversy at Yale, where a professor’s email set off a debate and subsequent protests about the role white supremacy can play on campus, contributing to a hostile environment for students of color.
TITLE AND DEED Will Be Performed by Chester Theatre Company Next Week
A man has traveled to where we live, from somewhere undisclosed.
38th Annual Elliot Norton Award Nominations Announced - MOBY-DICK, Billy Porter's THE PURISTS, and More!
Two dozen nominations of outstanding actors, directors, designers and ensembles were announced today by The Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA) for the 38th Annual Elliot Norton Awards.
BWW Review: ADMISSIONS: Biting Comedy Asks You to Check Your Privilege
It's probably just a coincidence, but two fine plays currently running at two award-winning regional theaters share an unusual commonality.
ADMISSIONS Comes to SpeakEasy Stage
From October 25 to November 30, 2019, SpeakEasy Stage Company will present the New England premiere of ADMISSIONS, the winner of the 2018 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play.
Chester Theatre Company Stages ON THE EXHALE
Chester Theatre Company (CTC) presents Martín Zimmerman's On the Exhale July 25-August 4.
FUN HOME Returns To SpeakEasy Stage
Due to popular demand, SpeakEasy Stage will proudly remount its acclaimed production of the Tony Award-winning musical FUN HOME for four weeks, June 8-30, 2019.
BWW Review: Israeli Stage Bows Out With N.E. Premiere of THE RETURN
Even as Artistic Director and Founder Guy Ben-Aharon rings down the curtain on Israeli Stage after nine seasons, his final offering draws back the curtain to give us a peek at the human collateral damage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Chester Theatre Company Announces 2019 Season Casting
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