Eugene Ionesco News

Casting has been announced for Rhinoceros, the first play in the Politics of the Absurd reading series presented by Christopher Maring/ CM Stage Productions. Joining the reading will be Blake DeLong (Illyria; Othello; Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812), Larry Owens (Gigantic, FAT CAMP, Grease at the MUNY), Colby Minife (Six Degrees of Separation, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Jessica Jones ) Daniel K. Isaac ( Billions , Search Party , Underland), Brian D. Coats (Jitney, Boardwalk Empire , The Merry Wives of Windsor), Deirdre Madigan (Sweat, Daredevil , Exit Strategy), and Natalie Walker (Puffs, Search Party , Clockwork). Rhinoceros, written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Srda Vesiljevic (Dust Can't Kill Me, When I Started Dating Men), will take place at the Baruch Performing Arts Center on February 5, 6, and 7.

59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) is thrilled to launch the 2018 Subscription Series with BALLS, written by Kevin Armento and Bryony Lavery and directed by Ianthe Demos and Nick Flint with movement direction byNatalie Lomonte. Produced by One Year Lease Theater Company and Stages Repertory Theatre,BALLS begins performances on Tuesday, January 16 for a limited engagement through Sunday, February 25. Press Opening is Wednesday, January 24 at 7 PM. The performance schedule isTuesday Friday at 7 PM; Saturday at 2 PM & 7 PM; and Sunday at 2 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison). Single tickets are $25 - $70 ($25 - $49 for 59E59 Members). Tickets are available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online atwww.59e59.org.

Regarded as one of the landmark plays of the 20th century, RHINOCEROS is a modern masterpiece that comments on the plight of the human condition, made tolerable only by self-delusion.

RHINOCEROS was written by Eug ne Ionesco in 1959 and staged for the first time in 1960. Considered by many scholars as one of the best examples of The Theatre of the Absurd, this label was, in later years, rejected as too interpretatively narrow. Over the course of three acts, the inhabitants of a small town in France turn into rhinoceroses. Only one human resists this mass metamorphosis and that is the central character, B renger, portrayed in this production by Blake Browning. He is an everyman figure who is criticized first for his drinking, lateness, and unkempt appearance and later for his paranoid obsession with the rhinoceroses. The play is widely considered a criticism of the spread of Fascism and Nazism in Europe preceding World War II. It examines such themes as conformity, mass political movements, mob mentality, logic and morality.

The Yiddish world premiere of Eugene Ionesco's RHINOCEROS will conclude its acclaimed limited run today (Sunday) at 2 pm at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42 Street (between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.) The production opened on September 14th to ecstatic reviews led by Theater Pizzazz which praised New Yiddish Rep's Exquisite masterpiece!

The Yiddish world premiere of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros will conclude its acclaimed limited run this Sunday, October 8th at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42 Street(between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.)

Acclaimed filmmaker and MoMA artist Andrew Repasky McElhinney was recently commissioned by New Yiddish Rep to create a new screen adaptation of Sholem Asch's 1907 drama GOD OF VENGEANCE. An invitational reading of the new screenplay is set for this evening (Sunday) at 6PM at the Workmen's Circle (247 W. 37 St.) The reading will feature the entire cast of New Yiddish Rep's recent hit revival of the controversial Yiddish play, which scored a New York Times Critics' Pick.

Acclaimed filmmaker and MoMA artist Andrew Repasky McElhinney has been commissioned by New Yiddish Rep to create a new screen adaptation of Sholem Asch's 1907 drama GOD OF VENGEANCE.

Actors' Shakespeare Project opens its 14th season, The Downfall of Despots, with a comedy about a narcissistic despot who is having difficulty accepting his mortality. Director Dmitry Troyanovsky has the good fortune to work with a stellar ensemble, lead by the inimitable Richard Snee, and Sarah Newhouse and Jesse Hinson as his two dissimilar wives. Rounding out the cast are Dayenne Walters, Rachel Belleman, and Gunnar Manchester.

A theatrical triptych, LIFE x 3 offers three variations on the same event: a dinner party gone awry. Unforeseen circumstances combine with unexpected comic and not so comic responses. The repetition and changes in each episode reflect on individual personality with consequential choices inevitable in life decision-making.

Luzer Twersky, currently appearing in the Yiddish world premiere of Eugene Ionesco's RHINOCEROS, is the subject of the new film documentary ONE OF US.

For its first production of the 2017-18 season, New Yiddish Rep presents the Yiddish world premiere of Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco.

A friendly reminder! The Yiddish world premiere of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros is set to open tomorrow night (Thursday) at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42 Street (between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.) New Yiddish Rep, which produced last season's smash hit GOD OF VENGEANCE, is presenting Rhinoceros in association with the Castillo Theatre.

The Yiddish world premiere of Eugene Ionesco's RHINOCEROS began performances September 7th and the official Opening is set for this Thursday, September 14th at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42 Street (between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.)

The Yiddish world premiere of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros begins performances tonight at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42 Street (between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.) New Yiddish Rep, which produced last season's smash hit GOD OF VENGEANCE, is presenting Rhinoceros in association with the Castillo Theatre. Rhinoceros is performed in Yiddish with English supertitles. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Distinguished Israeli actor, Gera Sandler, stars in the Yiddish world premiere of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros in the role of Dudard. Performances are set to begin tonight, September 7th, with the Opening on Thursday, September 14th at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42 Street (between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.) New Yiddish Rep's rare revival of Rhinoceros will be performed in Yiddish with English supertitles.

A friendly reminder! The Yiddish world premiere of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros is set to begin performances tomorrow (Thursday) at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42 Street (between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.)

In a new video, Rhinoceros director Moshe Yassur reflects on Yiddish Theatre and explains how this production hopes to make an impact on its future. Check it out below!

744628RHINOCEROS opened Monday night to a sold-out audience at the Lincoln Loft. This absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco and translated by Derek Prouse is helmed by Aaron Henrickson and is the inaugural production from his company, THEatre HEIST in collaboration with Eclectic Full Contact Theatre. The show runs through September 16th.

Bootleg Theater presents the world premiere of Daedalus' Daughter, by Carol Katz, in association with Rosanna Gamson/World Wide, an original movement theatre piece for five performers.