Cate Blanchett to Lead THE MAIDS at Sydney Theatre Companyby BWW News Desk - Sep 6, 2012Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett tonight announced their final season as Co Artistic Directors of Sydney Theatre Company which will include exceptional onstage partnerships directed by internationally lauded directors. Cate Blanchett and legendary French actor Isabelle Huppert will play murderous sisters directed by Benedict Andrews in a fresh exploration of Genet's The Maids by Andrew Upton and Benedict Andrews. Richard Roxburgh and Hugo Weaving are reunited with Uncle Vanya director Tamas Ascher to give their all for a cornerstone of 20th century theatre, Beckett's Waiting for Godot; and Tim Minchin and Toby Schmitz take on another of theatre's great double acts directed by Simon Phillips in Stoppard's comic masterpiece Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. (more...)
BWW Student Center's School in the Spotlight: Ouachita Baptist Universityby BWW Special Coverage - Sep 28, 2012The BroadwayWorld Student Center is a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the country making it easier for prospective students by showcasing programs searchable by schools, location, degrees and concentrations. Each week, we feature high-school and college programs in our School in the Spotlight Series. Today, we're excited to spotlight the students and faculty of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas! (more...)
BWW Student Center's School in the Spotlight: Meredith Collegeby BWW Special Coverage - Oct 5, 2012The BroadwayWorld Student Center is a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the country making it easier for prospective students by showcasing programs searchable by schools, location, degrees and concentrations. Each week, we feature high-school and college programs in our School in the Spotlight Series. This week we spotlight the Theatre department at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina! (more...)
A.R.T. Adds PIRATES OF PENZANCE to Seasonby BWW News Desk - Oct 5, 2012American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), in association with the Loeb Drama Center, is pleased to announce that the runaway hit of the 2012 Emerging America Festival, Pirates of Penzance, has been added to close the 2012-13 Season. Performances begin on May 10, 2013 and run through June 2, 2013. (more...)
Now Playing Onstage in Little Rock - Week of 10/28/2012by BWW - Oct 28, 2012Upcoming Shows - Week of 10/28/2012 for Little Rock (more...)
David Hyde Pierce, Sigourney Weaver and More Lead Lincoln Center's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, Beginning 10/25by BWW News Desk - Oct 25, 2012Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, Billy Magnussen, Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver will be featured in the New York premiere of Lincoln Center Theater's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, a new play by Christopher Durang, to be directed by Nicholas Martin, beginning performances tonight, October 25 and opening Monday, November 12 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. (more...)
Now Playing Onstage in Little Rock - Week of 10/21/2012by BWW - Oct 21, 2012Upcoming Shows - Week of 10/21/2012 for Little Rock (more...)
Victory Gardens Theater Presents EQUIVOCATION, 9/14-10/14by BWW
News Desk - Oct 13, 2012Victory Gardens opens its 2012-13 season with the Chicago Premiere of Equivocation, written by Bill Cain and directed by Sean Graney. The production runs September 14 - October 14, 2012 at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park. The Press Opening is Monday, September 24, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
Fiona Shaw and Daniel Hay-Gordon to Perform THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER at the Old Vic Tunnels from Jan 4by BWW News Desk - Nov 29, 2012According to the Daily Mail, Fiona Shaw and dancer Daniel Hay-Gordon are set to perform Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' at the Old Vic Tunnels from Jan. 4. (more...)
Vassar Drama Department Presents LYSISTRATA, 12/6-8by BWW News Desk - Nov 21, 2012The Vassar Drama department will present three performances of Aristophanes' comedic satire about war and sex, Lysistrata, directed by guest artist Ianthe Demos, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 6, 7, and 8, at 8:00pm, in the Martel Theater of the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film. Demos, a 2000 Vassar graduate, co-founded the critically acclaimed One Year Lease theater company (OYL) in 2001 and their work has been widely praised by the New York Times and New York magazine among other outlets. Reservations are required for these free public performances, and can be made by calling the Drama department box office at (845) 437-5599 or emailing boxoffice@vassar.edu. A seating chart for the Martel Theater can be viewed online at http://www.tix.com/Images/MARTEL1.gif. (more...)
David Hyde Pierce, Sigourney Weaver and More Lead Lincoln Center's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, Opening Tonight, 11/12by BWW News Desk - Nov 12, 2012Lincoln Center Theater welcomes Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, Billy Magnussen, Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver in the New York premiere of VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, a new play by Christopher Durang, to be directed by Nicholas Martin, which began performances Thursday, October 25 and opens tonight, November 12 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. (more...)
Brown University and Trinity Rep MFA Programs Present MACHINAL, 12/4-16by BWW News Desk - Nov 12, 2012The Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Programs present Sophie Treadwell's groundbreaking expressionistic drama Machinal, directed by Aubrey Snowden (Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs '13). Powerful, and gripping, the play traces the plight of a woman fighting the rules of society - and ultimately paying the highest price. Performances are December 4 through December 16 in the Citizens Bank Theater, Pell Chafee Performance Center, 87 Empire Street, Providence. (more...)
David Hyde Pierce, Sigourney Weaver et al. Lead Lincoln Center's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE this Fallby BWW News Desk - Jun 29, 2012Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, Billy Magnussen, Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver will be featured in the New York premiere of VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, a new play by Christopher Durang, to be directed by Nicholas Martin, beginning performances Thursday, October 25 and opening Monday, November 12 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. (more...)
Timeline Theatre Announces New Company Membersby BWW News Desk - Jun 29, 2012TimeLine Theatre Company, named one of the nation's top 10 emerging professional theatres by the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards®, is thrilled to announce that Mildred Marie Langford, Mechelle Moe and Maren Robinson have been named Company Members at the theater, effective immediately. (more...)
Photo Flash: First Look at Alston Brown, Jaime Rosenstein and More in Trinity Rep's MACHINALby BWW News Desk - Dec 5, 2012The Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Programs presents Sophie Treadwell's groundbreaking expressionistic drama Machinal, directed by Aubrey Snowden (Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs '13). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
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Brown University and Trinity Rep MFA Programs Present MACHINAL, Now thru 12/16by BWW News Desk - Dec 4, 2012The Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Programs present Sophie Treadwell's groundbreaking expressionistic drama Machinal, directed by Aubrey Snowden (Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs '13). Powerful, and gripping, the play traces the plight of a woman fighting the rules of society - and ultimately paying the highest price. Performances are tonight, December 4 through December 16 in the Citizens Bank Theater, Pell Chafee Performance Center, 87 Empire Street, Providence. (more...)
GIANT Original Cast Album Coming in Spring 2013!by BWW News Desk - Dec 14, 2012The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today that the cast of the acclaimed epic musical GIANT will enter the recording studio in January to create an original cast album, which will be released by Ghostlight Records in spring 2013. GIANT officially opened at The Public on November 15 and features a book by Sybille Pearson, music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, and direction by Michael Greif. The show will end its limited run at The Public Theater at Astor Place on Sunday, December 16 following a final two-week extension. (more...)
Christopher McDonald, Peter Gerety, Peter Scolari and More Join Tom Hanks in LUCKY GUYby BWW News Desk - Dec 12, 2012Additional casting has been announced for LUCKY GUY on Broadway. The production stars two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, in a new play by three-time Academy Award-nominee Nora Ephron and directed by two-time Tony Award-winner George C. Wolfe. (more...)
Victory Gardens Theater Presents EQUIVOCATION, 9/14-10/14by BWW News Desk - Aug 22, 2012Victory Gardens opens its 2012-13 season with the Chicago Premiere of Equivocation, written by Bill Cain and directed by Sean Graney. The production runs September 14 - October 14, 2012 at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park. The Press Opening is Monday, September 24, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory Presents THE SECRET OF ASTERACEAE, 8/17-24by BWW News Desk - Aug 2, 2012American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Young Conservatory (YC) Director Craig Slaight is proud to present The Secret of Asteraceae, a play that explores the issues of bullying, tolerance, and self-acceptance, performingAugust 17-24, 2012, at Hastings Studio Theater (77 Geary Street, Sixth Floor, San Francisco). Tickets are $15 and are available bycalling the A.C.T. Box Office at 415.749.2228 or online at www.act-sf.org. (more...)
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