French Stewart and Sandra Tsing Loh to Star in TESLA Radio Play Reading at Pasadena Playhouse, 5/4
by BWW News Desk - Apr 19, 2013
The Pasadena Playhouse and The Experimental Performance Laboratory at Caltech announced that a special one-night-only staged reading of the new play TESLA, A Radio Play for the Stage by Dan Duling, directed by Michael Arabian (The Mark Taper Forum's award-winning Waiting for Godot), with live sound effects by SFX artist Tony Palermo, will be performed on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. (more...)
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BREAKING BAD's Bryan Cranston to Star in A.R.T.'s ALL THE WAY; Full Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Apr 19, 2013
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University has announced that three-time Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston will play the lead role of Lyndon Baines Johnson in Robert Schenkkan's new play All The Way opening the A.R.T.'s 2013-14 Season at the Loeb Drama Center. The production, directed by Bill Rauch, will begin performances on September 13, 2013. (more...)
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STAGE TUBE: Director Phylicia Rashad Discusses JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE
by Stage Tube - Apr 19, 2013
Casting has been announced for 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone,' which begins previews April 24 at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum at the Los Angeles Music Center. Opening night is May 8 and performances run through June 9, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a video of Director, Phylicia Rashad, discussing the show. Check it out below! (more...)
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Jason Robert Brown to Write New Piece Based on HAMLET for Guthrie Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Apr 19, 2013
The Guthrie today announced that it has commissioned Tony Award and Drama Desk Award-winning Broadway songwriter and composer Jason Robert Brown to create an original music piece for its 50th-anniversary gala performance BEHOLD. Brown's composition will be based on text excerpts from Shakespeare's Hamlet. (more...)
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Stephen Sondheim & Wynton Marsalis to Collaborate on A BED AND A CHAIR Concert at New York City Center, Nov. 13-17
by BWW News Desk - Apr 18, 2013
Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis will collaborate on A BED AND A CHAIR: A New York Love Story, a new musical event featuring Sondheim's music arranged and performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, announced Arlene Shuler, President & CEO of New York City Center. This Encores! Special Event, directed by frequent Sondheim collaborator John Doyle, and conceived by Peter Gethers, Jack Viertel and John Doyle, will run for seven performances, November 13 - 17 at City Center. City Center's annual Gala Benefit will take place on Thursday, November 14 and will include a post-performance dinner at the Plaza Hotel. (more...)
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3-D Theatricals to Present PARADE, 5/10-26
by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2013
3-D Theatricals presents PARADE, May 10 - 26, 2013 at Plummer Auditorium, 201 East Chapman Ave, Fullerton, Calif., directed by T.J. Dawson, choreographed by Dana Solimando and musically directed by David Lamoureux. (more...)
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Shirley Jo Finney Will Helm The Fountain Theatre's HEART SONG
by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2013
Three friends embark on a joyous journey of sisterhood, discovering their inner 'duende' through a flamenco class for middle-aged women. Heart Song, the newest comedy/drama from Stephen Sachs (Bakersfield Mist, Cyrano), opens at The Fountain Theatre on May 25 with Shirley Jo Finney (In the Red and Brown Water) directing and choreography by internationally renowned flamenco dancer Maria "Cha Cha" Bermudez. (more...)
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John Guare to Make Off-Broadway Debut in THREE KINDS OF EXILE; Full Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2013
Atlantic Theater Company has announced that Olivier and two time Tony Award winning playwright John Guare will make his Off Broadway acting debut in the world premiere production of his new play 3 KINDS OF EXILE, directed by Atlantic artistic director Neil Pepe, featuring Atlantic ensemble members Peter Maloney and David Pittu and guest artists Alison Cimmet, Jeffrey Kuhn, Jacquelyn Landgraf, Martin Moran, Kate Rigg, Omar Sangare and Timothy Splain. (more...)
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Epic Theatre Ensemble Stages RICHARD III: BORN WITH TEETH Off-Broadway, Now thru 5/4
by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2013
The Award-Winning Epic Theatre Ensemble, now in their 12th year presents William Shakespeare's RICHARD III: Born With Teeth, part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The production, directed by Ron Russell, begins previews Off-Broadway tonight, Tuesday, April 16th and opens Saturday, April 20th at 8:00 PM at the Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street). The play will run through May 4th. (more...)
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MY MOTHER'S KEEPER to Play the Electric Lodge, May 10-June 16
by BWW News Desk - Apr 15, 2013
My Mother's Keeper, written by Jane Press and directed by Robin McKee, will perform at the Electric Lodge Fridays - Sundays, May 10 through Sunday, June 16, 2013 with a benefit performance on Thursday May 9. Part of the proceeds from the May 9 performance will benefit 50/50 Leadership with the money being earmarked for a documentary on the book 'Beauty Bites Beast' by Ellen Snortland. (more...)
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A PARALLELOGRAM to Begin at CTG's Mark Taper Forum, 7/10
by BWW News Desk - Apr 15, 2013
'A Parallelogram' by Bruce Norris will be directed by Anna D. Shapiro at Center Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum. The show begins previews on July 10, with an opening slated for July 21. 'A Parallelogram runs through August 18, 2013. (more...)
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Enter to Win Tickets to See FELA! Starring Michelle Williams at the Ahmanson!
by Contests - Apr 15, 2013
FELA! is both rave and theatrical wonder. Thanks to Fela's captivating music and the visionary direction and choreography of Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones, this tale of courage, passion and love will shake you: body and soul. BroadwayWorld is giving one lucky reader a chance to win 2 tickets to FELA! on April 28 (1pm performance). Scroll to enter! (more...)
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Dallas Theater Center to Present THE ODD COUPLE, 3/15-4/14
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 13, 2013
Dallas Theater Center announced today the upcoming production of Neil Simon's classic American comedy, The Odd Couple, directed by DTC Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty. When two men with struggling relationships, neat and particular Felix Ungar and disheveled and rough-edged Oscar Madison, decide to live together, the results are funny and poignant. The Odd Couple opens with previews on Friday, March 15 and runs through Today, April 14 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts Center. (more...)
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Category 7 Presents STAND-UP TRAGEDY at Nativity Church, Now thru 5/4
by BWW News Desk - Apr 12, 2013
Category 7 in association with La Salle Academy and Nativity Mission announces the cast and creative team for Stand-Up Tragedy, Bill Cain's searing 1991 play about a Lower East Side middle school, where an idealistic young teacher sets out to save one of his students from an abusive family and the streets. Directed by Nicholas Minas, performances begin at Nativity Church (44 2nd Avenue - between 2nd & 3rd Streets) tonight, April 12, 2013 and will continue through May 4. (more...)
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Red Bull Theater Presents THE DANCE OF DEATH American Premiere at Lucille Lortel Theatre, Now thru 5/4
by BWW News Desk - Apr 10, 2013
Red Bull Theater will present the American Premiere of a new adaptation of August Strindberg's The Dance of Death by Mike Poulton (Tony Award Nominee for Best Play for Fortune's Fool), directed by Joseph Hardy (Tony Award winner for Best Director for Child's Play), for a strictly limited engagement beginning tonight, April 10th and continuing through May 4th only, at the Lucille Lortel Theater (121 Christopher Street, between Bleecker and Hudson Streets). Opening Night is set for Thursday April 18th. (more...)
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DUST STORM and SPIRIT & SWORDED TREKS to Launch TEA's First Season at Vintage Theater, 5/30
by BWW News Desk - Apr 09, 2013
In the summer of 2012, while celebrating the success of Vintage Theater's production of 'The Joy Luck Club,' cast mates Tria Xiong and Maria Cheng sparked an idea for a new venture. After a glass of wine [or two], they realized with utter certainty, the need for an Asian American company in Colorado's theater climate, and thus, like all great wine-induced ideas, Theatre Esprit Asia (TEA) was born. (more...)
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