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The Attic Theater Company Presents THE TUTORS, Opening 5/22
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012
The Attic Theater Company will present a limited run of Erica Lipezs (story editor for Suits on USA) play The Tutors. The production will be directed by Drama League Directors Project Alumnus Laura Braza, and performances are May 18th-26thh at The Access Theater. ( more...)
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THE SLUTS OF SUTTON DRIVE Are Set for The Finborough Theatre, London, 24 June to 9 July
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012
As part of the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre's Summer Season, acclaimed US playwright Joshua Conkel makes his UK debut with the world premiere of the darkly comic The Sluts of Sutton Drive, opening at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited run of six Sunday and Monday performances from Sunday, 24 June 2012 to the 9th of July. ( more...)
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FOOD AND FADWA Begins Previews at New York Theatre Workshop Tonight, 5/18
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012
New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo and Noor Theatre Artistic Director Lameece Isaaq, Executive Director Maha Chehlaoui, and Producing Director Nancy Vitale have announced that the world premiere of Food and Fadwa, written by Lameece Issaq and Jacob Kader, and directed by Shana Gold, begins performances tonight, Friday, May 18, 2012, at NYTW, 79 East 4 Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue. The opening night is scheduled for Thursday, June 7. Food and Fadwa is a co-production with Noor Theatre, a company-in-residence at New York Theatre Workshop. ( more...)
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Breaking News: Brooke Shields & Richard Chamberlain to Star in Premiere of THE EXORCIST at Geffen Playhouse; Full Cast Announced!
by BWW - May 17, 2012
Stage and screen stars Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain will take on the iconic roles of Chris MacNeil and Father Merrin in playwright John Pielmeiers world premiere of The Exorcist at the Geffen Playhouse. Helmed by acclaimed director John Doyle, who won a Tony Award for his striking reimagining of Sweeney Todd, this stage adaptation of William Peter Blattys famous 1971 novel transforms the unsettling battles of good versus evil, faith versus fact and ego versus ethos into a uniquely theatrical experience as sophisticated as it is suspenseful.
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HE'S NOT HIMSELF TO PLAY PTC Performance Space, 7/9-15
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Aron Lewis Productions present Hes Not Himself a new musical comedy by Marc Silverberg. Michael Pantone directs a cast of five including Keith Panzarella, Marc Silverberg, Taylor Sorice, Dexter Thomas-Payne, and Carly Voight. Performances for Hes Not Himself will be held at the PTC Performance Space, 555 West 42nd Street (bet. 10th & 11th Avenues) in NYC for six performances from Monday, July 9 through Monday, July 16, 2012. ( more...)
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STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes with Australia's A CHORUS LINE in Singapore
by Stage Tube - May 13, 2012
The all-new Australian production of one the most successful American Broadway musicals of all time, A CHORUS LINE is currently playing in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands, and will play at Sydneys Capitol Theatre for 21 performances only beginning 20 July, 2012. Having played to full houses in Adelaide and Melbourne, this iconic smash hit musical is directed and re-staged by Baayork Lee, one of the original cast members and inspirations from the Tony Award® winning 1975 production. See below for a behind-the-scenes video of A CHORUS LINE's cast and creative team. ( more...)
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Central Park's INTO THE WOODS Eyeing Broadway?
by Rialto Chatter - May 11, 2012
Rumours that The Public Theatre's production of INTO THE WOODS will transfer to Broadway have been fueled once more by The New York Post, which reports that extentions to Donna Murphy, Amy Adams and the rest of the cast's contracts are being negotiated. ( more...)
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Photo Flash: A CHORUS LINE Comes to Sydney's Capitol Theatre This July
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012
The all-new Australian production of one the most successful American Broadway musicals of all time, A CHORUS LINE will play at Sydneys Capitol Theatre for 21 performances only from 20 July, 2012. Having played to full houses in Adelaide and Melbourne, this iconic smash hit musical is directed and re-staged by Baayork Lee, one of the original cast members and inspirations from the Tony Award® winning 1975 production. See photos from the show below! ( more...)
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FEBRUARY HOUSE's Gabriel Kahane Kacie Sheik & Julian Fleisher to Perform Joe's Pub Solo Shows, 6/4 & 6/11
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2012
The Public Theater is presenting the world premiere of February House, with music and lyrics by Gabriel Kahane and book by Seth Bockley, beginning today, May 8th in The Publics Martinson Theater, and running through June 10th. Three stars of the show composer and lyricist Gabriel Kahane, actress Kacie Sheik, and actor Julian Fleisher have all been tapped by Joes Pub at The Public Theater for solo performances this June. ( more...)
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The Loons Play The Public in ON GOLDEN POND
by Michael Tobin - May 08, 2012
The loons have begun their pre-summer song at The Public Theatre in Lewiston, Maine as Ernest Thompson's dramedy, On Golden Pond, takes the stage starring theatre, film and TV actors (and real life couple), Mike Genovese and Ellen Crawford. ( more...)
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Full Cast Announced for THE NORMAL HEART Tour!
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2012
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater produces the 2011 Tony Award-winning production of Larry Kramers The Normal Heart, directed by George C. Wolfe. Wolfe, who directed the shows sold-out Broadway engagement last season, mounts the professional D.C.-area premiere of this production, which features returning Broadway cast members Patrick Breen and Luke MacFarlane, among others. Presented by special arrangement with Daryl Roth, The Normal Heart runs June 8-July 29, 2012 in the Kreeger Theater. ( more...)
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World Premiere of BEAUTIFIED by Tony Abatemarco Set for May 25
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2012
Katselas Theatre Company will presents the world premiere of BEAUTIFIED by multi-award-winner Tony Abatemarco, opening Friday, May 25, 2012 with reception to follow and then 8pm Friday and Saturdays, 2pm Sundays through July 1, 2012 at the Skylight Theatre 1816 N. Vermont, LA 90027. ( more...)
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The Attic Theater Company Presents THE TUTORS, 5/18-26
by BWW News Desk - Apr 30, 2012
The Attic Theater Company will present a limited run of Erica Lipezs play The Tutors. The production will be directed by Drama League Directors Project Alumnus Laura Braza, and performances are May 18th-26th at The Access Theater. ( more...)
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BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Sets Spring Smoker for 4/26
by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2012
The BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop announces its Spring Smoker, a semi-annual showcase for new songs from Workshop writers. The event will be held in the 30th Floor Media Room of BMIs New York office at 7 World Trade Center/250 Greenwich Street on Thursday, April 26, at 5:30PM and is open to members of the entertainment industry as well as Workshop members. Reservations are a must: Ssantana@bmi.com or 212 220-3177. Running time is 70 minutes. ( more...)
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Ruskin Group Theatre Opens Rex Pickett's SIDEWAYS THE PLAY World Premiere, 5/18
by BWW News Desk - Apr 21, 2012
Sideways The Play, adapted by Rex Pickett from his own novel, will play in its world premiere by the Ruskin Group Theatre in Los Angeles, May 18 through July 22, Fridays-Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. It is the story of two friends - Miles and Jack and their journey across the Santa Ynez wine country, on one last blowout trip before Jack gets married. Miles and Jack must face their uncertain futures
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Katselas Theatre Company Presents TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992, 4/20-29
by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2012
Twenty years after the devastating turmoil that followed a failed conviction of the officers in the Rodney King trial, Anna Deavere Smiths Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 explores the shades of that loss. Commissioned by the Mark Taper Forum and originally brought to life on stage by the playwright, twenty-five multi-ethnic actors from Katselas Theatre Company now recreate those characters at the Skylight Theatre. ( more...)
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Atlantic Theater Company Opens CHIMICHANGAS AND ZOLOFT, 6/3
by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2012
Atlantic Theater Company today announced the world premiere of Fernanda Coppels new play CHIMICHANGAS AND ZOLOFT featuring Teddy Cañez, Zabryna Guevara, Alfredo Narcisco, Xochitl Romero, and Carmen Zilles, directed by Jaime Castañeda.
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