Elliot Norton News

The annual party known as the Elliot Norton Awards was held at the Paramount Center, bringing the Boston theater community together to celebrate achievements of a lifetime, as well as of the past year. Individuals singled out for recognition included song-and-dance man extraordinaire Tommy Tune, Broadway producer Spring Sirkin, and Kate Snodgrass, Artistic Director of Boston PlaywrightsÂ’ Theatre and Co-Founder of the Boston Theater Marathon. (more...)

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), Huntington Theatre Company, and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston today announced additional events and offerings as part of the third Emerging America— an annual festival featuring groundbreaking performance by American artists. (more...)

The American Repertory Theater production Woody Sez, a musical tapestry of the American folk hero’s life and songs, is to be simulcast live — the first live outdoor simulcast of a theater production outside of New York. The simulcast will be presented in collaboration with Harvard University and the American Repertory at The Plaza next to the Science Center on the Harvard campus, on Thursday, May 17th. (more...)

Judith Light, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for Other Desert Cities "I'm really excited, and I'm really honored and thrilled! I got a text first from our company manager from Lombardi, and my manager at got up at 4 this morning in California and called me right away. I spoke to both first! Today I'm going to a memorial service for Ted Mann- one of the founders of Circle in the Square who passed a way a little while ago. We were very close. I know he would be very happy right now. I'm happy I get to honor him today. I'm so thrilled that we got so many nominations- Jon Robin Baitz, and sets and lighting and Stockard! It's so extraordinary! It's the second year in a row for me and to be welcomed back is really special. It's all about the honor." (more...)

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), under the Artistic Direction of Diane Paulus, today announced the 2012/13 subscription season, which includes the previously announced world premiere of Marie Antoinette and a bold new staging of Pippin. (more...)

New Repertory Theatre announces the encore staging of THREE VIEWINGS by Jeffrey Hatcher at Lane-Comley Studio 210, Boston University Theatre Complex, May 18 through June 3, 2012. (more...)

North Shore Music Theatre has just announced that this year's season will include Lorna Luft and Gary Beach (as Dolly Levi and Horace Vandergelder) in the classic musical HELLO, DOLLY! Additionally, ALL SHOOK UP will feature Joyce DeWitt as Mayor Matilda Hyde, and 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL will star George Dvorsky as Franklin Hart, Jr. (more...)

Atlantic Theater Company today announced the world premiere of Fernanda Coppel’s new play CHIMICHANGAS AND ZOLOFT featuring Teddy Cañez, Zabryna Guevara, Alfredo Narcisco, Xochitl Romero, and Carmen Zilles, directed by Jaime Castañeda. (more...)

The Boston Theater Critics Association has announced its nominations for the 30h Anniversary Elliot Norton Awards. The awards, which recognize excellence in Greater Boston theater, will be presented on Monday, May 21, at 7 p.m. at the Paramount Mainstage, 559 Washington Street, Boston. (more...)

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and the School of Theatre at Boston University today announced a new Master of Fine Arts Degree in Playwriting. This collaboration—the only one of its kind in universities and colleges across the nation—combines resources from both these award-winning programs for the first time. (more...)

Will Pomerantz, director of The Blue Flower at Prospect Theater Company and Second Stage and Dai at the Culture Project, will direct Prospect Theater CompanyÂ’s upcoming production of Cole PorterÂ’s 1933 musical Nymph Errant. Performances will begin July 7 at the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row. (more...)

Varla Jean Merman aka Jeffery Roberson will play the title role in Menotti’s THE MEDIUM at The Art House directed by Donna Drake. Produced by Provincetown Counter Productions in association with Mark Cortale this production will run from May 18th – June 3rd. Elizabeth Hastings who has conducted for both New York City Opera and College Light Opera on Cape Cod will music direct. The cast also includes Stefanie Izzo as Monica, Edmund Bagnell as Toby, Shannon Carson as Mrs. Gobineau, Peter Kendall Clark as Mr. Gobineau and Maria Elena Armijo as Mrs. Nolan. This production is slated to transfer to the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre in NY for a limited engagement in the fall. For Art House tickets please visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 508-487-9222. (more...)

Tony Award-winning actress Alice Ripley and Boston artist Paula Plum will be honored at SpeakEasy Stage CompanyÂ’s 21st Annual Benefit Gala and Silent Auction to be held Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel. (more...)

The Bay Area premiere of San Jose Rep’s God of Carnage begins previews tonight. This winner of the 2009 Tony Award® for Best Play was written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton. The production runs from March 22 to April 15, 2012, with Opening Night on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:30 pm. (more...)

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Patrick Willingham) announced today that it would extend GATZ, the critically lauded theatrical adaptation of F. Scott FitzgeraldÂ’s The Great Gatsby, a final week through Sunday, May 13. Created and performed by Elevator Repair Service, this award-winning theatrical event, directed by John Collins, was originally scheduled to close on Sunday, May 6. Single tickets, beginning at $160, are on sale now. (more...)

The Tony Award®-winning Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Darko Tresnjak, Artistic Director, and Michael Stotts, Managing Director, is pleased to present John van Druten’s bewitching romantic comedy Bell, Book and Candle, directed by Darko Tresnjak, playing April 5 through 29, 2012. (more...)

The Tony Award®-winning Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Darko Tresnjak, Artistic Director, and Michael Stotts, Managing Director, proudly announces the lineup of programming for the theater’s 2012-13 season, the first chosen under Darko Tresnjak’s artistic leadership. (more...)

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) begins performances of the world premiere production FUTURITY: A MUSICAL BY THE LISPS, with music and lyrics by César Alvarez with The Lisps; book by Molly Rice and César Alvarez; directed by Sarah Benson.Performances run from Friday, March 16 through Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the A.R.T.’s second space, OBERON, at 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge. (more...)

The Boston Theater Critics Association today announced that legendary song and dance man Tommy Tune will be the recipient of The 30th Anniversary Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Award. (more...)

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Patrick Willingham) will present the return of GATZ, the theatrical adaptation of F. Scott FitzgeraldÂ’s The Great Gatsby, this spring for a limited seven-week engagement. (more...)