Liz Lerman News

This March, Berkeley Repertory Theatre proudly presents Ruined, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. A powerful new play about the harrowing lives of women in Africa, Ruined is written by Lynn Nottage and directed by Liesl Tommy.

This March, Berkeley Repertory Theatre proudly presents Ruined, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. A powerful new play about the harrowing lives of women in Africa, Ruined is written by Lynn Nottage and directed by Liesl Tommy.

Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre has announced the artistic team behind the upcoming world premiere of the musical comedy And the Curtain Rises (formerly known as Wheatley's Folly), which begins performances on Thursday, March 17, 2011. And the Curtain Rises marks the third production presented as part of Signature's groundbreaking American Musical Voices Project, the largest commissioning program for new musicals in the country, following Michael John LaChiusa's Giant in 2009 and Ricky Ian Gordon's Sycamore Trees last year.

The Joyce Theater proudly announces that it will continue to support the dance community with the selection of ten choreographers to participate in two residency initiatives which will take place during a two-year period, with additional artists to be selected to participate in 2011.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in Southwest D.C. officially opens to the public Saturday, October 23 with the Homecoming Grand Opening Celebration.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in Southwest D.C. officially opens to the public Saturday, October 23 with the Homecoming Grand Opening Celebration.

In commemoration of the fifth anniversary of hurricane Katrina and in awareness of a world in which natural and man-made disasters have become regular occurrences and a necessary part of the human dialogue, we are proud to present the world premiere of BLOOD DAZZLER.

In commemoration of the fifth anniversary of hurricane Katrina and in awareness of a world in which natural and man-made disasters have become regular occurrences and a necessary part of the human dialogue, we are proud to present the world premiere of BLOOD DAZZLER.

In commemoration of the fifth anniversary of hurricane Katrina and in awareness of a world in which natural and man-made disasters have become regular occurrences and a necessary part of the human dialogue, we are proud to present the world premiere of BLOOD DAZZLER.

In commemoration of the fifth anniversary of hurricane Katrina and in awareness of a world in which natural and man-made disasters have become regular occurrences and a necessary part of the human dialogue, we are proud to present the world premiere of BLOOD DAZZLER.

Pittsburgh CLO is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the world premiere of ‘S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, which runs June 17 through September 5 at the CLO Cabaret. Tickets are available at CLOCabaret.com or by calling 412-456-6666.

Peak Performances @ Montclair is gearing up for an all-premiere season highlighted by the American debut of Robyn Orlin's City Theatre & Dance Group from Johannesburg, South Africa, the first American performances by Carolyn Carlson after five years, a tri-state premiere by the Washington, DC-based Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and a U.S. premiere by the Frankfurt-based Kidd Pivot.

Pittsburgh CLO is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the world premiere of ‘S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, which runs June 17 through September 5 at the CLO Cabaret. Tickets are available at CLOCabaret.com or by calling 412-456-6666.

Previews will begin today at Virginia's Signature Theatre for the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees written by Ricky Ian Gordon, the award-winning composer of the opera The Grapes of Wrath and the musicals Dream True and My Life with Albertine. A starry Broadway cast portrays Gordon's own family story - complete with a tough Bronx-born father and former 'Borscht Belt' singer/comedian mother - in a tale of two generations' struggles and triumphs in the decades from World War II through the 1990s.

Signature Theatre, the current recipient of the Tony Award® for Regional Theatre, presents the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees by Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of the acclaimed opera The Grapes of Wrath and the OBIE Award-winning Orpheus and Euridice, as well as the musicals My Life with Albertine and Dream True.

Pittsburgh CLO is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the world premiere of ‘S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, which runs June 17 through September 5 at the CLO Cabaret. Tickets are available at CLOCabaret.com or by calling 412-456-6666.

In May REDCAT culminates its 2009-2010 Sharon Disney Lund Dance Series with the Los Angeles premiere of There Is An Elephant In This Dance. After well received performances in New York and Washington DC, Los Angeles dance artist Lionel Popkin brings his latest work to REDCAT, featuring the original ensemble of Carolyn Hall, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Peggy Piacenza, Popkin, and a trio of musicians including composer Robert Een. Performances of There Is An Elephant In This Dance will take place at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater on Thursday, May 20, 2010 and run through Sunday, May 23, 2010.

Previews will begin today at Virginia's Signature Theatre for the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees written by Ricky Ian Gordon, the award-winning composer of the opera The Grapes of Wrath and the musicals Dream True and My Life with Albertine. A starry Broadway cast portrays Gordon's own family story - complete with a tough Bronx-born father and former 'Borscht Belt' singer/comedian mother - in a tale of two generations' struggles and triumphs in the decades from World War II through the 1990s.

Signature Theatre, the current recipient of the Tony Award® for Regional Theatre, presents the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees by Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of the acclaimed opera The Grapes of Wrath and the OBIE Award-winning Orpheus and Euridice, as well as the musicals My Life with Albertine and Dream True.

Northrop Dance at the University of Minnesota presents Nora Chipaumire as she begins her first major tour in the United States with her 'love letter to Zimbabwe,' lions will roar, swans will fly, angels will wrestle heaven, rains will break: gukurahundi. The 'Bessie' Performer Award recipient is known for her towering, incandescent presence and for raising the bar to celestial heights in her full-tilt performances.