Private Lives opened at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rogers Theatre), where it ran for 92 performances. Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in neighbouring rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other. Its second act love scene was nearly censored in Britain as too risqué. Coward wrote one of his most popular songs, "Some Day I'll Find You", for the play.
South Coast Repertory starts off the New Year with the World Premiere of You, Nero, a comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Freed. Commissioned by SCR, You, Nero imagines a meeting during the declining years of the Roman Empire between Scribonius, a put-upon playwright, and Emperor Nero, the all-powerful, narcissistic arbiter of art. The Roman romp stars Danny Scheie as Nero and John Vickery as Scribonius. Produced in association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre and directed by Sharon Ott,You, Nero will run from Jan. 4 through Jan. 25, 2009 on the Julianne Argyros Stage. Low-priced previews are available from Jan. 4 through Jan. 8. Opening night is Jan. 9. Press night is Saturday, Jan. 10 at 7:45 p.m. Tickets to You, Nero may be purchased online at www.scr.org, by phone at (714) 708-5555 or in person at the SCR box office.
Consistently included among the Midwest's top-tier holiday events, Goodman Theatre's annual production of A Christmas Carol returns for its 31st season. Guided by sixteen years of experience with the production, Chicago actor/director William Brown returns to direct Tom Creamer's adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella for his third consecutive year.
The 2009 season at the Almeida Theatre will include five premieres, two major revivals and a Shakespeare.
Following a successful try-out engagement in Seattle, SHREK THE MUSICAL will begin preview performances in New York at the Broadway Theatre on Saturday, November 8, with the official opening on Sunday, December 14.
South Coast Repertory will present the Southern California premiere of Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl's fantastical new play about a woman who answers a dead man's cell phone and finds her life turned upside down. Directed by Bart DeLorenzo, Dead Man's Cell Phone runs Sept. 21 - Oct. 12 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.
Pittsburgh CLO is proud to announce the cast and creative team for the Pittsburgh premiere of the acclaimed Off-Broadway musical I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, which runs Oct. 9, 2008, through Feb. 1, 2009, at the CLO Cabaret. This group comprised of almost entirely Pittsburghers is ready to provide its hip, funny and sexy interpretation of the second longest-running musical in Off-Broadway history.
South Coast Repertory will present the Southern California premiere of Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl's fantastical new play about a woman who answers a dead man's cell phone and finds her life turned upside down. Directed by Bart DeLorenzo, Dead Man's Cell Phone runs Sept. 21 - Oct. 12 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.
memoraBEALEia : A Private Scrapbook about Edie Beale of Grey Gardens , a new book by Walter Newkirk, celebrates and pays tribute to Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale.
Walter Newkirk will be signing 'memoraBEALEia : A Private Scrapbook about Edie Beale of Grey Gardens' at The Gallery in Sag Harbor on June 14th
Walter Newkirk will be signing 'memoraBEALEia : A Private Scrapbook about Edie Beale of Grey Gardens' at The Gallery in Sag Harbor on June 14th
Due to unprecedented popular demand, The Flea Theater has announced a 3-week extension of their World Premiere production of THE BREAK-UP AND THE HAPPY SAD. Directed by Sherri Kronfeld, this evening-length
work features two thematically related one act plays by Tommy Smith and Ken Urban.
memoraBEALEia : A Private Scrapbook about Edie Beale of Grey Gardens , a new book by Walter Newkirk, celebrates and pays tribute to Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale.
The Committee Theatre will present the world premiere of The Private Lives Of Eskimos, a new play by Ken Urban, directed by Dylan McCullough, opening Monday September 10 through October 1, at The Linhart Theater at 440 Studios.
The Committee Theatre will present the world premiere of The Private Lives Of Eskimos, a new play by Ken Urban, directed by Dylan McCullough. Performances will begin September 8th, and continue through October 1st
Thea Sharrock will direct Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine, previewing at the Almeida from October 25 with press night on October 31, running until December 8.
The two-time Laurence Olivier Award-winning actress Lindsay Duncan is to star in Polly Stenham's That Face at the Royal Court, showing at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.
Elaine Stritch will star in a new Noel Coward compilation show, which will open in London in December and then move to Broadway
Gabriel Barre directs a cast of Seattle's best actors in Noel Coward Classic Private Lives, starting March 2nd...
On Monday, March 7, the 92nd Street Y presents The Rage of Achilles-the world premiere of Kathryn Walker's adaptation for the stage of Robert Fagles' translation of The Iliad.
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