Joanna Gleason Kicks Off Provincetown's Broadway Series Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 28, 2013
Joanna Gleason won the Tony Award for her leading role of the Baker's Wife in Into The Woods, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. She launches this season's Broadway @ The Art House season in Provincetown tonight, June 28 and the 29th with An Evening with Joanna Gleason. Each performance will combine the East Coast premiere of a the hilarious and moving one act play Bloom, written for her by Emmy and Golden Globe winning writer Michael Patrick King (creator of Sex and The City & Two Broke Girls) with a second act of songs featuring special guests Well-Strung, and hosted by pianist/host Seth Rudetsky.
Joanna Gleason to Kick Off Provincetown's Broadway Series, 6/28-29
by Tyler Peterson
- Jun 10, 2013
Joanna Gleason won the Tony Award for her leading role of the Baker's Wife in Into The Woods, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. She launches this season's Broadway @ The Art House season in Provincetown on June 28 and 29 with An Evening with Joanna Gleason. Each performance will combine the East Coast premiere of a the hilarious and moving one act play Bloom, written for her by Emmy and Golden Globe winning writer Michael Patrick King (creator of Sex and The City & Two Broke Girls) with a second act of songs featuring special guests Well-Strung, and hosted by pianist/host Seth Rudetsky. For tickets, please visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.
Eddie Izzard Plans to Run for Mayor of London in 2019
by Kelsey Denette
- May 14, 2013
Actor and comedian Eddie Izzard plans to run for Mayor of London in 2019, according to a report in The Mirror. 'People say, 'Well, you're a bit woolly' and 'You're really not informed'; 'You're not this' and 'You're not that,' Izzard said, 'But I realise those attacks are going to happen and you have to push through to get to a better place.'
Owen Teale, Samantha Bond, Oliver Cotton and More Join Zoë Wanamaker in PASSION PLAY at Duke of York's Theatre, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- May 1, 2013
Owen Teale, Samantha Bond, Oliver Cotton, Sian Thomas and Annabel Scholey join star Zoe Wanamaker in a new production of Peter Nichols' Passion Play, Peter Nichols' celebrated black comedy about love and infidelity. Directed by David Leveaux, Passion Play opens on 7 May at the Duke of York's Theatre with previews from tonight, 1 May.
BWW Reviews: A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG at ACT Engaging But Dated
by Jay Irwin
- Feb 3, 2013
What would you do if you had a child who couldn't run or play or really even communicate? That's the central question of Peter Nichols' 1968 play “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg” currently playing at ACT from fledgling theater group Thalia's Umbrella. And while I definitely found some moments and performances in the show thoughtful and engaging, the show itself just seems a bit dated and droning.
Thalia's Umbrella and Central Heating Lab at ACT Theatre Present A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG, Now thru 2/17
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 1, 2013
Thalia's Umbrella, a new professional theater company, announces their first production: the dark comedy A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, by Peter Nichols. Named one of the 'most significant' plays of the 20th century by The National Theatre of Great Britain, Joe Egg will be performed now through February 17, 2013, in the Bullitt Cabaret at ACT Theatre, and is produced with support from ACT's Central Heating Lab.
Thalia's Umbrella and Central Heating Lab at ACT Theatre Present A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG, 2/1-17
by Kelsey Denette
- Jan 8, 2013
Thalia's Umbrella, a new professional theater company, announces their first production: the dark comedy A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, by Peter Nichols. Named one of the 'most significant' plays of the 20th century by the National Theatre of Great Britain, Joe Egg will be performed January 31-February 17, 2013, in the Bullitt Cabaret at ACT Theatre, and is produced with support from ACT's Central Heating Lab.
Review Roundup: PRIVATES ON PARADE at the Noel Coward Theatre
by Review Roundups
- Dec 12, 2012
PRIVATES ON PARADE opened at the Noel Coward Theatre on 10 December and is playing through 2 March 2013. Private Steven Flowers is posted to the Song and Dance Unit in South East Asia where serving under the flamboyant Captain Terri Dennis he discovers it takes more than just a uniform to become a man.
BWW Reviews PRIVATES ON PARADE, Noël Coward Theatre, December 10 2012
by Becky Brewis
- Dec 15, 2012
Privates on Parade is the first in a season of five plays at the Noël Coward Theatre, where the newly-formed Michael Grandage company has set up camp. Getting the season off to a cracking start, Simon Russell Beale plays the witty, warm-hearted drag queen, Acting Captain Terri Dennis, in this classic play by Peter Nichols.
Zoë Wanamaker Will Lead PASSION PLAY at Duke of York’s Theatre in Spring 2013
by Kelsey Denette
- Oct 26, 2012
Spring 2013 sees multi Olivier Award-winner Zoe Wanamaker make her return to the West End in Passion Play, Peter Nichols' celebrated black comedy about love and infidelity. Directed by David Leveaux, Passion Play opens on 7 May at the Duke of York's Theatre with previews from 1 May.
Single Tickets for Chicago Opera Theater's THE MAGIC FLUTE Go On Sale 8/10
by Kelsey Denette
- Jul 27, 2012
This September, for the first time in eleven years, Chicago Opera Theater (COT) will present an opera in the fall: a new production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute. This is the first new production of The Magic Flute in Chicago in 17 years, the last being Chicago Opera Theater's production in 1995 at the Athenaeum Theatre. The opera will feature the Chicago premiere of the English translation by Jeremy Sams. The Magic Flute performs at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park on September 15, 19, 21, and 23.
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