2013 Tony Nominations - Who Was Snubbed!by BWW Special Coverage - Apr 30, 2013The Tony Award Nominations were just announced and we've got the complete list. Always an equally hot topic -- we've also got the complete list of who was overlooked this year. (more...)
Zoe Perry, Luke Robertson and More to Headline Atlantic Theatre Company's GOOD TELEVISIONby BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013Atlantic Theater Company has just announced casting for the world premiere of Rod McLachlan's new play GOOD TELEVISION, directed by Bob Krakower. The cast will feature Talia Balsam, Jessica Cummings, John Magaro, Kelly McAndrew, Zoe Perry, Luke Robertson, Andrew Stewart-Jones, and Ned Van Zandt. (more...)
Now Playing Onstage in Austin - Week of 4/28/2013by BWW - Apr 28, 2013Upcoming Shows - Week of 4/28/2013 for Austin (more...)
Liars & Believers to Debut ICARUS at the Cambridge YMCA, 5/17-18by BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2013Greek mythology meets burlesque, puppetry, and a modern Americana score in the latest original piece from acclaimed ensemble Liars & Believers, creators of last year's gritty hit, 28 Seeds. Minnie's Menagerie, a peculiar Depression-era sideshow, is raking it in with the help of Daedalus's whimsical technology. But when Daedalus's son falls in love with Minnie's daughter, the star attraction, their passion and plans to escape threaten to bring it all crashing down. (more...)
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Dead Writers' TEA WITH EDIE AND FITZ, Beginning Tonightby BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2013Dead Writers Theatre Collective has announced the Chicago premiere of Adam Pasen's Tea with Edie and Fitz, directed by Jim Schneider, tonight, April 26 - June 9, at the Greenhouse Theater Complex, 2257 North Lincoln Ave. Tea with Edie and Fitz chronicles the tempestuous meeting of literary icons Edith Wharton (Judith Hoppe) and F. Scott Fitzgerald (Madison Niederhauser) at her estate for tea in the 1920s. Meet the cast of characters in the photos below! (more...)
Lyric Stage Company of Boston to Stage BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK, 3/29-4/27by BWW
News Desk - Apr 26, 2013The Lyric Stage Company of Boston presents BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK by Lynn Nottage, March 29 - April 27, 2013. (more...)
Kathleen Turner to Appear with New York Choral Society at Carnegie Hall, Todayby BWW News Desk - Apr 25, 2013The New York Choral Society (NYCS) announced today that award-winning stage and screen star Kathleen Turner will introduce Ralph Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony at Carnegie Hall on April 25 with a reading of the moving and evocative text written by the American poet Walt Whitman. (more...)
Dead Writers to Debut TEA WITH EDIE AND FITZ at the Greenhouse, 4/26-6/9by BWW
News Desk - Apr 25, 2013Dead Writers Theatre Collective has announced the Chicago premiere of Adam Pasen's Tea with Edie and Fitz, directed by Jim Schneider, April 26 - June 9, at the Greenhouse Theater Complex, 2257 North Lincoln Ave. Preview performances are April 26 - April 28. Opening/press night is Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a reception. (more...)
Scarlett Johansson to Lead Luc Besson's Upcoming Action Film LUCYby Movies News Desk - Apr 25, 2013The Hollywood Reporter has announced that the stage and screen actress is in final negotiations to star in Besson's upcoming action film, titled LUCY, which he wrote and is set to direct for Universal. Johansson will take on the titular role. (more...)
2013 Drama League Nominations Announced -- KINKY BOOTS, PIPPIN & More Lead with 3!by BWW Special Coverage - Apr 23, 2013The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) has announced the 2013 Drama League Awards Nominees for Distinguished Play, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Musical, Distinguished Revival of a Musical, and Distinguished Performance Award. The nominations were announced at a ceremony hosted by Patina Miller and Michael Urie this morning at Sardi's Restaurant which were streamed live online at www.BroadwayWorld.com. (more...)
Austin Pendleton to Helm Mississipi Mud's THE BLONDE BOMBSHELL PROJECTby BWW News Desk - Apr 23, 2013Mississippi Mud Productions will present The Blonde Bombshell Project, a new solo play written and starring Jen Danby and directed by Tony Nominee and Obie-Winning Director Austin Pendleton. Fresh from their collaboration as Catharine Holly and Dr. Sugar in Suddenly, Last Summer with Mississippi Mud, this new solo work is about about legendary Hollywood 'Blonde Bombshell' Marilyn Monroe in her final summer of 1962. ?? (more...)
Matt Bogart and Jessica Burrows Star in American Theater Group's HIMSELF AND NORA, Now thru 5/12by BWW News Desk - Apr 23, 2013Tonight, April 24, American Theater Group, New Jersey's newest professional theater company, will present, direct from its success at the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival, Jonathan Brielle's new musical Himself and Nora at its new home, Hamilton Stage in Rahway, New Jersey. (more...)
Tom Hanks, Cyndi Lauper and More Appear for 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition Todayby BWW News Desk - Apr 22, 2013The stars will align for the 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition when Tom Hanks, Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin, Nathan Lane and more than 200 of Broadway and Off-Broadway's most talented performers join together for the annual event, presented by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This year's Easter Bonnet Competition will be held today, April 22 and Tuesday, April 23 at the Minskoff Theatre, 200 West 45th Street. (more...)
ROMEO & JULIET Opens 4/26 at The Secret Theatreby BWW News Desk - Apr 22, 2013TITAN Theatre Company continues to build its reputation for creating stripped down, muscular, and visceral productions of the Bard's works. Anticipating that Romeo & Juliet will be no different, this unique 'Two Hours Traffic' perspective will have audiences on the edge of their seats waiting to see how this well-known story ends. (more...)
Dead Writers to Debut TEA WITH EDIE AND FITZ at the Greenhouse, 4/26-6/9by BWW News Desk - Apr 22, 2013Dead Writers Theatre Collective has announced the Chicago premiere of Adam Pasen's Tea with Edie and Fitz, directed by Jim Schneider, April 26 - June 9, at the Greenhouse Theater Complex, 2257 North Lincoln Ave. Preview performances are April 26 - April 28. Opening/press night is Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a reception. (more...)
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Stephen Yoakam in Rehearsals for Guthrie's AN ILIADby BWW News Desk - Apr 22, 2013Rehearsals continue at the Guthrie for An Iliad, the single-actor storytelling adaptation of Homer's Greek classic about the siege of Troy, featuring Stephen Yoakam as The Poet and directed by Benjamin McGovern (The Edge of Our Bodies, Circle Mirror Transformation). An Iliad is written by Lisa Peterson (director of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Guthrie in 2012, as well as the upcoming production of Clybourne Park opening in June) and Denis O'Hare from a translation of Homer by Robert Fagles. Check out the rehearsal photos below! (more...)
Shakespeare Guild to Welcome Authors Paul Dickson, Thomas Keith and Susannah Carson, Spring 2013by BWW
News Desk - Apr 21, 2013After memorable conversations with such fascinating guests as the New Yorker's JOHN LAHR (September 17), Hunter College's IRENE DASH (October 22), the McCarter Theatre's NAGLE JACKSON (November 19), Columbia University's JAMES SHAPIRO (December 17), and The Lion King's JULIE TAYMOR (January 28), The Shakespeare Guild now looks forward to evenings in Manhattan's National Arts Club that will focus on three engaging authors: PAUL DICKSON, THOMAS KEITH, and SUSANNAH CARSON. These events will be followed in May by a fourth gathering that will take us to another venerable institution, The Players, and place the spotlight on EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER, a celebrity portrait painter who has been compared to the legendary John Singer Sargent. (more...)
Tom Hanks, Cyndi Lauper and More Set to Appear for the 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition; Performances Announced!by BWW News Desk - Apr 18, 2013The stars will align for the 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition when Tom Hanks, Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin, Nathan Lane and more than 200 of Broadway and Off-Broadway's most talented performers join together for the annual event, presented by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This year's Easter Bonnet Competition will be held Monday, April 22 and Tuesday, April 23 at the Minskoff Theatre, 200 West 45th Street. (more...)
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival Opens A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, 4/20by BWW News Desk - Apr 18, 2013The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, A Streetcar Named Desire, at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. This production is directed by Christopher Liam Moore, who, along with many of the same collaborators, designed and staged the extremely popular Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 2010. (more...)
Dallas Theater Center to Present THE ODD COUPLE, 3/15-4/14by BWW
News Desk - Apr 13, 2013Dallas 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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