Rubicon Presents 'WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?' 1/31

Rubicon Theatre Company continues its 'Brave New World' Season with Edward Albee's most intoxicated and haunting play, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? The play will begin previews Thursday, January 29, open on Saturday, January 31 at 7pm and run through Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main Street in Ventura. (more...)

SPRING AWAKENING Comes To Cleveland For 18 Performances

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award-winner in years is coming to Cleveland. Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award? winning Broadway musical, will open at PlayhouseSquare's PalaceTheatre and play for 16 performances, March 3-15. Spring Awakening is part of the KeyBank Broadway Series at PlayhouseSquare. Spring Awakening swept the 2007 Tony Awards? winning eight out of its eleven nominations, including Best Musical, Best Director (Michael Mayer), Best Book (Steven Sater), Best Choreography (Bill T. Jones), Best Orchestrations (Duncan Sheik), Best Lighting Design (Kevin Adams), Best Featured Actor (John Gallagher Jr.). (more...)

ONE Brings Long-lost Lovers Together At Spoon Theater

Long-lost Love Letters form a possible lifeline to three individuals in crisis in Joseph McDonough haunting and lyrical drama ONE. The inaugural theatrical presentation by World Players, Inc., and directed by Joshua Paul Johnson, the production will be performed at the Spoon Theatre, located at 38 West 38th Street for three performances only, beginning February 13th. (more...)

'BLANCHE SURVIVES KATRINA' Opens At SoHo Playhouse 1/25

Award winning show Blanche Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer Named Desire gets legit Off - Broadway run at SoHo Playhouse. Blanche Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer Named Desire is written and performed by Mark Sam Rosenthal, directed by Todd Parmley will begin performances on Thursday, January 15 and will open on Sunday, January 25 at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street). Tickets are $30 ($20) for previews through 1/25) and can be purchased by calling 212-691-1555 or visit www.sohoplayhouse.com. (more...)

Tickets are Now on Sale for LCT's HAPPINESS Starring Gleason, Foster & More

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Fred Applegate. Sebastian Arcelus, Miguel Cervantes, Hunter Foster, Joanna Gleason, Ken Page, Robert Petkoff, Jenny Powers, Phyllis Somerville and Pearl Sun will be featured in its upcoming production of the new musical HAPPINESS. (more...)

Village Players Announces Limited 6 Show Run Of SYLVIA

The Village Players Performing Arts Center announces a special limited run of A.R. Gurney's hilarious comedy SYLVIA. Real life couple Dan and Jeanne Scurek play middle aged city dwellers Greg and Kate whose world is turned upside down when Greg's mid-life crisis results in his bringing home a stray female dog named Sylvia (played by Jeny Wasiliewski) and the three way power struggle that ensues between husband, wife and 'man's best friend' is one of the funniest and most touching Love Letters to the powerful bond between people and animals ever to hit the Broadway stage! Directed by Michael-Colin Reed, Sylvia plays in the black box theater at the Village Players Performing Arts Center for SIX PERFORMANCES ONLY, February 6-8 and 13-15. Show times are 7:30 Fri & Sat and 2:30 on Sundays. All seats are $20 and tickets are available at the VP website www.village-players.org or by calling 866-764-1010. Village Players Performing Arts Center, 1010 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60130 (more...)

Irondale's Big Box Of Distractions: Kids Day Begins 2/14

The Irondale Project Ensemble is proud to announce the first of an ongoing series: Irondale's Big Box of Distractions: Kids Day at the Theater on Saturday, February 14TH at 1 PM. The event will be held at the Irondale Center (85 S. Oxford Street in Fort Greene). Each event will be between one and two hours long and will cost $10.00 for the first child and $5.00 for each child after that. Adults are admitted FREE with a child. Go to www.irondale.org for more information. This first in the series will have a holiday theme for Valentine's Day. The Irondale Ensemble will sing love songs, both modern and ancient; perform love scenes, serious and silly; and work interactively with the audience to create wacky Love Letters and improvised scenes. All material is appropriate for children as young as six. The afternoon will culminate in a celebratory feast of red velvet cake and a cocktail of ginger ale (or juice), served by the actors. This event will be the first in a series. 'We plan to have at least one family Saturday every month,' said Executive Director Terry Greiss, 'And each one will have a different theme.' On March 28th the ensemble will host a story telling performance/workshop, led by Brooklyn storyteller Tracy Cook-Person. On April 18th musician Walter Thompson will lead participants through an interactive musical workshop called Sound Painting. In May two very different sessions will be offered: a movement and dance workshop, featuring the theater troupe Blue Mouth on May 9, and a restaging of Irondale's famed production Celebrating Dr. Suess on May 30. 'We really want these events to provide kids and parents with opportunities to experience new things-and also to experience joy. Each performance or workshop will end with a shared meal-cake seems appropriate for Valentine's Day, but maybe we'll have callaloo on the Story-telling day. It all depends on what the artist we're working with that day wants, and also with what's cooking in the neighborhood.' (more...)

Darren Lee Cole Theatricals Presents 'KRAPP, 39' Opens 1/21

Darren Lee Cole Theatricals is proud to present the Award Winning Krapp, 39 written and performed my Michael Laurence, directed by George Demas. Krapp, 39 will begin performances on Tuesday January 13, opening on Wednesday, January 21 through March 15 at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street). Tickets are $29-$39 and can be purchased at 212-691-1555 or visit www.sohoplayhouse.com / www.krapp39.com (more...)

13TH ARRONDISSEMENT OF PARIS Runs 2/13 - 3/15 At The Horizon Theatre Company

The 13th Arrondissement of Paris by Mat Smart (directed by Lisa Adler) will be performed at the Horizon Theatre Company from February 13 - March 15, 2009.Three couples in search of their perfect love! In this charming and theatrical romantic comedy, 28-year old Vincent is in love with his girlfriend, Annie. They?re committed and comfortable and Vincent can?t imagine spending his life with anyone else. And yet ... his worry sends him on an impulsive visit to his late grandparents? apartment in the 13th Arrondissement of Paris, carrying only a suitcase of their surprising Love Letters in hopes of discovering something about his own love. Now in its 25th season, Horizon Theatre Company has been bringing exciting area and world premieres of contemporary plays to Atlanta's audiences under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors and Founders Lisa and Jeff Adler since 1983. A professional theatre with a reputation for excellent ensemble acting, Horizon produces outstanding new plays by today's playwrights that reflect and challenge the lives of the diverse people living in the urban Southeast. Horizon has introduced Atlanta audiences to the works of such well-known contemporary playwrights as Rebecca Gilman, Wendy Wasserstein, David Hare, Terrence McNally, and David Ives, as well as plays by talented emerging writers. (more...)

Goteborg Theater In Sweden Offers Two Performances At Yale

The original cast of the Goteborg Theatre in Sweden will offer two performances (in English) of the one-act play Remembering Miss Meitner by Robert Marc Friedman. Lise Meitner (1878 - 1968) was a woman physicist who discovered, in collaboration with Otto Hahn, nuclear fission in 1938, but was overlooked by the Nobel Prize Committee. Otto Hahn received an undivided prize in 1945 for the discovery. Because of her Jewish origin, Meitner fled Germany in July 1938 and settled in Sweden where she worked in the laboratory of Manne Siegbahn, despite the difficulty caused by Siegbahn's prejudice against women in science. (more...)

Village Players Announces Limited 6 Show Run Of SYLVIA

The Village Players Performing Arts Center announces a special limited run of A.R. Gurney's hilarious comedy SYLVIA. Real life couple Dan and Jeanne Scurek play middle aged city dwellers Greg and Kate whose world is turned upside down when Greg's mid-life crisis results in his bringing home a stray female dog named Sylvia (played by Jeny Wasiliewski) and the three way power struggle that ensues between husband, wife and 'man's best friend' is one of the funniest and most touching Love Letters to the powerful bond between people and animals ever to hit the Broadway stage! Directed by Michael-Colin Reed, Sylvia plays in the black box theater at the Village Players Performing Arts Center for SIX PERFORMANCES ONLY, February 6-8 and 13-15. Show times are 7:30 Fri & Sat and 2:30 on Sundays. All seats are $20 and tickets are available at the VP website www.village-players.org or by calling 866-764-1010. Village Players Performing Arts Center, 1010 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60130 (more...)

LOVE LETTERS Comes to Montclair on Valentine's Day

Luna Stage is planning its own special brand of Valentine?s Day magic. Artistic Director, Jane Mandel and her husband, actor Frankie R. Faison, are going to share the stage with each other on Saturday, February 14th. for a one-time only performance ? a staged reading of A.R. Gurney?s Love Letters. (more...)

Cassidy Bro's 'Ruby & the Rockits' Set for ABC Family

The ABC Family is set to air 'Ruby and the Rockits', Shaun Cassidy developed it for his brothers, David & Patrick, with youngest brother, Ryan on sets & props. 'Ruby and The Rockits' is an ABC Studios half-hour comedy series executive-produced by Shaun Cassidy ('Invasion') and Marsh McCall ('Carpoolers'). 'Ruby and The Rockits' follows Patrick Gallagher, a former teen idol who has chosen to lead a quiet life with his wife and two sons. But when his former Rockits band mate and brother, David, shows up unexpectedly with his new-found teenage daughter in tow, the Gallagher family's life becomes anything but normal. David, who refuses to give up his past glory days, comes to Patrick for help raising Ruby while he continues to perform. (more...)

Terry Farrell And Brian Baker Star In LOVE LETTERS 2/19-22

This February, TV celebrities and new Hershey area residents Terry Farrell ('Becker', 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' and 'Back To School') and Brian Baker (best known as 'The SPRINT PCS Guy') will star in the Hershey Area Playhouse production of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters. The production will be the first collaborative project, and Playhouse debut, for this real-life husband and wife. Farrell began her career as an Elite Fashion Model, and was featured on the covers of Elle, Vogue, Mademoiselle, and Self. (more...)

MAGNOLIA Takes Root At Goodman Theater 3/14-4/19

Magnolia, Artistic Associate Regina Taylor's world premiere about possibility in the face of seismic social change, takes root at the Goodman this spring, March 14 - April 19, 2009. Directing for the first time at the Goodman, Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro helms a cast of 12 led by Academy Award nominee Annette O'Toole (Smallville, A Mighty Wind, 48 Hours) and Tony Award nominee John Earl Jelks (August Wilson's Radio Golf and Gem of the Ocean) in the leading roles of Lily and Thomas. Tickets to Magnolia are $25 - $70. A complete performance schedule including dates, times and ticket prices appears at the end of this release. Target is the lead Corporate Sponsor Partner of Magnolia and Lead Diversity Night Sponsor. (more...)

Swing, Swing, Swing! Runs at Rose Theater Through Feb. 22

The Rose Theater salutes the big band era with an exciting, original swing ballet performed by Nebraska's only professional ballet company, The Omaha Theater Ballet. Created by award-winning Chicago choreographer and director Harrison McEldowney, the world premiere of Swing, Swing, Swing! opened on the main stage February 12. (more...)

Irondale's Big Box Of Distractions: Kids Day Begins 2/14

The Irondale Project Ensemble is proud to announce the first of an ongoing series: Irondale's Big Box of Distractions: Kids Day at the Theater on Saturday, February 14TH at 1 PM. The event will be held at the Irondale Center (85 S. Oxford Street in Fort Greene). Each event will be between one and two hours long and will cost $10.00 for the first child and $5.00 for each child after that. Adults are admitted FREE with a child. Go to www.irondale.org for more information. This first in the series will have a holiday theme for Valentine's Day. The Irondale Ensemble will sing love songs, both modern and ancient; perform love scenes, serious and silly; and work interactively with the audience to create wacky Love Letters and improvised scenes. All material is appropriate for children as young as six. The afternoon will culminate in a celebratory feast of red velvet cake and a cocktail of ginger ale (or juice), served by the actors. This event will be the first in a series. 'We plan to have at least one family Saturday every month,' said Executive Director Terry Greiss, 'And each one will have a different theme.' On March 28th the ensemble will host a story telling performance/workshop, led by Brooklyn storyteller Tracy Cook-Person. On April 18th musician Walter Thompson will lead participants through an interactive musical workshop called Sound Painting. In May two very different sessions will be offered: a movement and dance workshop, featuring the theater troupe Blue Mouth on May 9, and a restaging of Irondale's famed production Celebrating Dr. Suess on May 30. 'We really want these events to provide kids and parents with opportunities to experience new things-and also to experience joy. Each performance or workshop will end with a shared meal-cake seems appropriate for Valentine's Day, but maybe we'll have callaloo on the Story-telling day. It all depends on what the artist we're working with that day wants, and also with what's cooking in the neighborhood.' (more...)

13TH ARRONDISSEMENT OF PARIS Runs 2/13 - 3/15 At The Horizon Theatre Company

The 13th Arrondissement of Paris by Mat Smart (directed by Lisa Adler) will be performed at the Horizon Theatre Company from February 13 - March 15, 2009.Three couples in search of their perfect love! In this charming and theatrical romantic comedy, 28-year old Vincent is in love with his girlfriend, Annie. They?re committed and comfortable and Vincent can?t imagine spending his life with anyone else. And yet ... his worry sends him on an impulsive visit to his late grandparents? apartment in the 13th Arrondissement of Paris, carrying only a suitcase of their surprising Love Letters in hopes of discovering something about his own love. Now in its 25th season, Horizon Theatre Company has been bringing exciting area and world premieres of contemporary plays to Atlanta's audiences under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors and Founders Lisa and Jeff Adler since 1983. A professional theatre with a reputation for excellent ensemble acting, Horizon produces outstanding new plays by today's playwrights that reflect and challenge the lives of the diverse people living in the urban Southeast. Horizon has introduced Atlanta audiences to the works of such well-known contemporary playwrights as Rebecca Gilman, Wendy Wasserstein, David Hare, Terrence McNally, and David Ives, as well as plays by talented emerging writers. (more...)

ONE Brings Long-lost Lovers Together At Spoon Theater

Long-lost Love Letters form a possible lifeline to three individuals in crisis in Joseph McDonough haunting and lyrical drama ONE. The inaugural theatrical presentation by World Players, Inc., and directed by Joshua Paul Johnson, the production will be performed at the Spoon Theatre, located at 38 West 38th Street for three performances only, beginning February 13th. (more...)

SPRING AWAKENING Comes To The Fabulous Fox Theater 2/10

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award?-winner in years is coming to the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis. Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award? winning Broadway musical, will play a two-week engagement from February 10-22, 2009. Curtain times for the U.S. Bank Broadway Series presentation are Tuesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 & 8 p.m.; Sunday, February 15 at 2 & 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, February 22 at 2 p.m. There is also a weekday matinee on Thursday, February 19 at 1 p.m. (more...)

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