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Orbach and Blocker Join Cast Of La MaMa's POST MODERN LIVING, Opening 4/18
by BWW News Desk - Apr 18, 2010


Casting has been set for playwright/performer Richard Sheinmel's World Premiere of POST MODERN LIVING at La MaMa. The production marks the latest installment in Sheinmel's Modern Living play cycle, which began in 2006 at La MaMa.

La MaMa's POST MODERN LIVING Previews 4/16
by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2010


La MaMa invites you to the World Premiere of playwright/performer Richard Sheinmel's POST MODERN LIVING. The production marks the latest installment in Sheinmel's Modern Living play cycle, which began in 2006.

Richard Sheinmel Premieres POST MODERN LIVING at La MaMa, Begins 4/16
by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2010


Playwright/performer Richard Sheinmel premieres POST MODERN LIVING at La MaMa beginning April 16. The production marks the latest installment of Sheinmel's Modern Living play cycle, which began in 2006 at La MaMa.

La MaMa's POST MODERN LIVING Previews 4/16
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 25, 2010


La MaMa invites you to the World Premiere of playwright/performer Richard Sheinmel's POST MODERN LIVING. The production marks the latest installment in Sheinmel's Modern Living play cycle, which began in 2006.

Orbach and Blocker Join Cast Of La MaMa's POST MODERN LIVING, Previews 4/16
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 18, 2010


Casting has been set for playwright/performer Richard Sheinmel's World Premiere of POST MODERN LIVING at La MaMa. The production marks the latest installment in Sheinmel's Modern Living play cycle, which began in 2006 at La MaMa.

Richard Sheinmel Premieres POST MODERN LIVING at La MaMa, Begins 4/16
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 24, 2010


Playwright/performer Richard Sheinmel premieres POST MODERN LIVING at La MaMa beginning April 16. The production marks the latest installment of Sheinmel's Modern Living play cycle, which began in 2006 at La MaMa.

Whore Works Presents The ABSOLUT GAY THEATRE FESTIVAL DUBLIN
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 18, 2010


WHORING IS HARD WORK. And now the competition is about to get stiffer with the influx of the newly jobless. Whore Works takes a sharp, witty, balls-out look at a black male hooker's day-to-night struggle with hating and sometimes loving men who are paying him to, well.........you know.

CATCO Presents THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL, 6/2-6/27
by Lauren Wolman - Feb 9, 2010


The Contemporary American Theatre Company (CATCO) in Columbus, Ohio will present Charles Ludlam's THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL from June 2 thru June 27, 2010 at the Riffe Center Studio Two Theatre.

Lloyd Webber, Redgrave, McMartin, Schwartz, Dale and More Inducted to Theatre Hall of Fame, 1/25
by Jeff Dennhardt - Jan 25, 2010


The 39th Annual Theatre Hall of Fame ceremony will take place January 25th at the Gershwin Theatre in the North Rotunda. The list of inductees include Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lynn Redgrave, John McMartin, Stephen Schwartz, Jim Dale and more. The evening will be hosted by Pia Lindstrom.

Guare, Dunlop, Hardy, Quinton, Libin et al. Slated to Present at 2009 Theatre Hall of Fame Ceremony
by BWW News Desk - Jan 14, 2010


The list of presenters at the 2009 Theatre Hall of Fame ceremony includes such notables as directors Frank Dunlop, Joseph Hardy, and Michael Montel; actor Everett Quinton; playwright John Guare, and producers Paul Libin, David Stone, Marc Platt and Nick Scandalios.

Sean Graney Directs THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP At The Court Theater, 11/12-12/13
by BWW News Desk - Dec 13, 2009


Court Theatre continues its 55th season with Charles Ludlam's The Mystery of Irma Vep directed by Sean Graney. The production will run November 12 - December 13, 2009 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. The press opening is Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

Shane Bertram Baker Returns To The Stage In BIG BUPKIS, Previews 11/7 At The Workmen's Circle
by BWW News Desk - Dec 5, 2009


Shane Bertram Baker, unquestionably the biggest star in Yiddish vaudeville today, returns in his mega-hit sensation, 'The Big Bupkis! A Complete Gentile's Guide to Yiddish Vaudeville' for the first open-run of a Yiddish-related show in twenty years.

Sean Graney Directs THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP At The Court Theater, 11/12-12/13
by BWW News Desk - Nov 12, 2009


Court Theatre continues its 55th season with Charles Ludlam's The Mystery of Irma Vep directed by Sean Graney. The production will run November 12 - December 13, 2009 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. The press opening is Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

Shane Bertram Baker Returns To The Stage In BIG BUPKIS, Previews 11/7 At The Workmen's Circle
by BWW News Desk - Nov 7, 2009


Shane Bertram Baker, unquestionably the biggest star in Yiddish vaudeville today, returns in his mega-hit sensation, 'The Big Bupkis! A Complete Gentile's Guide to Yiddish Vaudeville' for the first open-run of a Yiddish-related show in twenty years.

Review - Prince Trevor Amongst The Elephants: Respect For Ridiculousness
by Kristin Salaky - Jul 19, 2008


The word 'ridiculous' carries a certain reverence in theatre circles and when Duncan Pflaster calls his new play, Prince Trevor Amongst The Elephants, 'a big epic naked ridiculous Shakespearean fairy tale play for adults,' those in the know catch it as a bow to the late, great Charles Ludlum. For twenty years, until his AIDS-related death in 1987, playwright/actor Ludlum was the major force in a theatre movement that had Brendan Gill of The New Yorker pronounce, 'This isn't farce. This isn't absurd. This is absolutely ridiculous!'

Sean Graney Directs THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP At The Court Theater, 11/12-12/13
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 19, 2009


Court Theatre continues its 55th season with Charles Ludlam's The Mystery of Irma Vep directed by Sean Graney. The production will run November 12 - December 13, 2009 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. The press opening is Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

Shane Bertram Baker Returns To The Stage In BIG BUPKIS, Opens Tonight at The Workmen's Circle, 12/5
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 15, 2009


Shane Bertram Baker, unquestionably the biggest star in Yiddish vaudeville today, returns in his mega-hit sensation, 'The Big Bupkis! A Complete Gentile's Guide to Yiddish Vaudeville' for the first open-run of a Yiddish-related show in twenty years.

2009 Theatre Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
by Jessica Lewis - Oct 9, 2009


The 2009 Theatre Hall of Fame inductees have been revealed and include such icons as actors Jim Dale, John McMartin and Lynn Redgrave; producers Roger Berlind and Ted Mann; composers Stephen Schwartz and Andrew Lloyd Webber; and, posthumously, the late playwright/actor Charles Ludlum. The Annual Theatre Hall of Fame ceremony, now in its 39th year, will be held Jan. 25, 2010, in the Gershwin Theatre's North Rotunda. Terry Hodge Taylor is producing the event.

Everett Quinton, Michael Winther, & Marlon Sherman to Star in MAX UNDERSTOOD at NYMF 9/28-10/7
by BWW News Desk - Oct 7, 2009


Drama Desk Award-winner Everett Quinton (Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Company), Michael Winther (33 Variations, Damn Yankees, 1776, and Mamma Mia! on Broadway), and Marlon Sherman (Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast on Broadway) are set to star in Max Understood, running at the 45th Street Theatre in the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Marlon Sherman will be playing the title role of Max.

Everett Quinton, Michael Winther, & Marlon Sherman to Star in MAX UNDERSTOOD at NYMF 9/28-10/7
by BWW News Desk - Sep 28, 2009


Drama Desk Award-winner Everett Quinton (Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Company), Michael Winther (33 Variations, Damn Yankees, 1776, and Mamma Mia! on Broadway), and Marlon Sherman (Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast on Broadway) are set to star in Max Understood, running at the 45th Street Theatre in the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Marlon Sherman will be playing the title role of Max.

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