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National Theatre Live Will Broadcast PEOPLE Beginning March 21
by BWW News Desk - Mar 15, 2013
Alan Bennett is one of Britain's most celebrated playwrights, and the much anticipated People is the sixth of his plays to have its premiere at the National Theatre. Following its original run at the National Theatre, The History Boys transferred to Broadway, winning the Tony Award for Best Play in 2006, and toured internationally before being turned into a film, again directed by Nicholas Hytner and with a cast including Frances de la Tour. (more...)
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Photo Flash: Nathan Lane and More Honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at Guild Hall Gala
by BWW News Desk - Mar 08, 2013
Guild Hall, the visual and performing arts center on eastern Long Island, recently honored the recipients of the 28th Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards: John Alexander for Visual Arts; Walter Isaacson for Literary Arts; Nathan Lane for Performing Arts and Mickey Straus, who received the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy. Marshall Brickman was the Master of Ceremonies with special guest presenters: Ken Auletta, Alec Baldwin, Jack O'Brien and Lorne Michaels. The awards were presented during a benefit dinner on Monday, March 4 at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. BroadwayWorld has photos from the starry gathering below! (more...)
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Provenance Author, Laney Salisbury, Featured Speaker at Bridge to Caring 2013, A Pathways Hospice Benefit
by BWW News Desk - Feb 13, 2013
Laney Salisbury, the national best-selling author of Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art, is the featured speaker at Bridge to Caring 2013. A benefit for Pathways Hospice, Bridge to Caring 2013 will be held on March 12, 2013 at the Metropolitan Club, 640 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. (more...)
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National Theatre Live's THE MAGISTRATE, Starring John Lithgow, Opens 1/17 in Theaters
by BWW News Desk - Jan 08, 2013
Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner John Lithgow takes the title role in The Magistrate, an uproarious Victorian farce directed by Olivier Award winner Timothy Sheader, also featuring Olivier Award winner Nancy Carroll. In a similar vein to the National Theatre's classic comedies She Stoops to Conquer and London Assurance, The Magistrate is sure to have audiences around the world doubled up with laughter. (more...)
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Media At Large Brings IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL Revival to New World Stages, 10/13-28
by BWW
News Desk - Oct 27, 2012
Media At Large Productions has announced that it will present a unique revival of Tennessee Williams' IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL. The play will run off-Broadway at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) with previews beginning on Saturday, October 13th and continue until Today, October 28th. The production will have it's official opening on Wednesday, October 17th at 8PM. This distinctive revival, co-directed by Shashi Balooja and Maria Torres will be the first to incorporate live streaming video and dance. Maria Torres will also choreograph. (more...)
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Media At Large Brings IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL Revival to New World Stages, Now thru 10/28
by BWW News Desk - Oct 13, 2012
Media At Large Productions has announced that it will present a unique revival of Tennessee Williams' IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL. The play will run off-Broadway at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) with previews beginning tonight, October 13th and continue until Sunday, October 28th. The production will have it's official opening on Wednesday, October 17th at 8PM. This distinctive revival, co-directed by Shashi Balooja and Maria Torres will be the first to incorporate live streaming video and dance. Maria Torres will also choreograph. (more...)
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Media At Large Brings IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL Revival to New World Stages, 10/13-28
by BWW News Desk - Sep 25, 2012
Media At Large Productions has announced that it will present a unique revival of Tennessee Williams' IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL. The play will run off-Broadway at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) with previews beginning on Saturday, October 13th and continue until Sunday, October 28th. The production will have it's official opening on Wednesday, October 17th at 8PM. This distinctive revival, co-directed by Shashi Balooja and Maria Torres will be the first to incorporate live streaming video and dance. Maria Torres will also choreograph. (more...)
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THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: August 25 - 31
by BWW Special Coverage - Aug 31, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK: A first look at CHAPLIN: THE MUSICAL, the return of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, Signature Theatre's World Premiere of HEARTLESS and so much more! (more...)
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Photo Coverage: In Rehearsal with Michelle Clunie for US!
by Jennifer Broski - Aug 29, 2012
Celebrated actress, advocate and playwright Michelle Clunie, will premiere her new play US, beginning September 5 at Theatre Row's Lion Theatre (410 West 42 Street). This production will be directed by Jennifer Gelfer and will run through September 29, 2012. Tickets will be $40 and can be purchased by visiting Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200. (more...)
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Long Beach Opera Presents THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT, 6/16-24
by BWW
News Desk - Jun 23, 2012
Professional singer and music professor Dr. P tries to shake hands with a parking meter and describes a rose as'a convoluted red form with a linear green attachment.' A man who sees, but does not see, Dr. P suffers from visual agnosia. Unable to recognize objects and faces (including his wife's), he finds a way to make sense of his world through music. LBO goes site-specific again with four performances of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat between June 16 and June 24, 2012 at the EXPO Warehouse in Long Beach, CA. (more...)
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