Theater Wit Presents THE SANTALAND DIARIES 11/25-12/31by BWW News Desk - Sep 7, 2011Theater Wit’s annual holiday classic The Santaland Diaries, based on David Sedaris’s true, hilarious holiday tale, returns for its eighth consecutive outing in 2011 featuring a newly-enhanced set and once again starring Mitchell Fain who always plays to rave reviews and sold out houses. (more...)
Polarity Ensemble Presents PEER GYNT at DCA Storefront Theater 11/15-12/18by BWW News Desk - Oct 19, 2011Polarity Ensemble Theatre, in association with the DCA Theater, presents the Chicago premiere of Peer Gynt, a zany, high-energy translation by prolific poet Robert Bly of this rarely-produced Henrik Ibsen classic. (more...)
SOUND OFF Special Edition: A Ken Russell Retrospectiveby Pat Cerasaro - Nov 28, 2011Champagne. Soap bubbles. Baked beans. Melted bon-bons. Four images - all part and parcel of perhaps the most famous scene he ever committed to celluloid (which, in this instance, is definitely saying something grand) - that seemingly conjure up so much of the universe of peerless British stage and film director Ken Russell. With or without Ann-Margret in a white leather cat-suit, Russell’s TOMMY is one of the most unique and enduring movie musicals of the later half of the twentieth century and his other music-based films provide a plethora of information and insight (not all of it factual and much of it often quite admittedly wrongheaded) - so, for those alone, Russell is due much praise as far as theatre fans are concerned. Yet, with WOMEN IN LOVE, Russell mastered a quite different milieu - that of Victorian sexual politics - and brought the leading lady of that picture to both an Oscar nomination (which Ann-Margret also received for TOMMY) and a win; Glenda Jackson - a frequent Russell collaborator - taking top honors for her work. Look no further than Russell’s adaptation of SALOME - or even Jackson’s cameo in THE BOY FRIEND - for more of their palpable, playful, endlessly enjoyable onscreen rapport. So, too, did Russell give Kathleen Turner and Theresa Russell the roles of their careers with CRIMES OF PASSION and WHORE, respectively, and that’s to say nothing of his long-standing and loving actor-director relationship with Oliver Reed, whose best work resides in Russell’s still-banned Catholicism and exorcism consideration, THE DEVILS. Both an actor’s director and a director’s director, Russell was always passionately committed to his vision for the potential property and that was both a gift and a curse. The eccentricities and excesses may be overwhelming for some, but over the course of his fifty-year career, Ken Russell broke down barriers and created films that we may enjoy, analyze, debate and cherish for many decades to come. (more...)
Theater Wit's THE SANTALAND DIARIES Opens Todayby BWW News Desk - Nov 25, 2011Theater Wit’s annual holiday classic The Santaland Diaries, based on David Sedaris’s true, hilarious holiday tale, returns for its eighth consecutive outing in 2011 featuring a newly-enhanced set and once again starring Mitchell Fain who always plays to rave reviews and sold out houses. (more...)
Polarity Ensemble Presents PEER GYNT at DCA Storefront Theater 11/15-12/18by BWW
News Desk - Nov 15, 2011Polarity Ensemble Theatre, in association with the DCA Theater, presents the Chicago premiere of Peer Gynt, a zany, high-energy translation by prolific poet Robert Bly of this rarely-produced Henrik Ibsen classic. (more...)
Candice Bergen, Angela Lansbury, John Larroquette, Michael McKean Join Broadway Revival of THE BEST MANby BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2011Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner CANDICE BERGEN, five-time Tony Award winner ANGELA LANSBURY, Tony and Emmy Award winner JOHN LARROQUETTE and Drama Desk Award winner and Academy Award nominee MICHAEL McKEAN will join the previously announced JAMES EARL JONES in the Spring 2012 Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN. (more...)
Polarity Ensemble Presents PEER GYNT at DCA Storefront Theater 11/15-12/18by BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2011Polarity Ensemble Theatre, in association with the DCA Theater, presents the Chicago premiere of Peer Gynt, a zany, high-energy translation by prolific poet Robert Bly of this rarely-produced Henrik Ibsen classic. (more...)
British Production of THE SECRET OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Set for Hollywood Fringeby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012This June, three British talents bring one of the world’s most beloved duos to Hollywood. Renowned Brit actors JOHN MAWSON and MARIO VERNAZZA, team up with the directing talents of one of London’s most beloved theatre practitioners, AMIR KORANGY, head of acting at the prestigious Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London for 14 years, to present THE SECRET OF SHERLOCK HOLMES on Sat June 9th, 4:00pm (Preview), Thu June 14th 10:00pm, Sat June 16th 4:00pm, Thu June 21st 7:00pm, Sat June 23rd 7:00pm and Sun June 24th 2:30pm at Theatre Asylum, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles 90038. (more...)
MACBETH, A TASTE OF HONEY, DC Moore's STRAIGHT & More Set for Sheffield Theatres' New Season Sept-Janby BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012A season of high drama and razor-sharp comedy takes to the stage this autumn as Sheffield Theatres unveils its new season from September 2012 – January 2013. The season opens with Sheffield Theatres’ Artistic Director Daniel Evans directing a new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, followed by the regional première of Penelope Skinner’s The Village Bike and a major revival of Shelagh Delaney’s seminal work, A Taste of Honey. Other highlights include the world première of DC Moore’s latest play Straight, and a major revival of the classic musical My Fair Lady at Christmas. (more...)
Theater Wit Presents TIGERS BE STILL, 4/24-6/3by BWW News Desk - Mar 4, 2012Tigers Be Still, rising star Kim Rosenstock's savagely funny dark comedy about a young woman who stops being a total disaster and gets her life back on track, is ready to take a bite out of Chicago's theater scene. (more...)
Common Ground Theatre Announces April/May Productionsby BWW News Desk - Mar 25, 2012Common Ground Theatre (www.cgtheatre.com) is a performance and teaching space located in west Durham, offering performing arts and educational groups a flexible, well-equipped alternative space. The Theatre provides a convenient venue for Triangle audiences to experience the diversity of our area’s arts and educational offerings. All events listed will be held at Common Ground Theatre. The Theatre is hosting the following events in April, 2012: (more...)
The Private Theatre Announces 2011 Summer Scene Study Intensive with John Gould Rubinby BWW News Desk - Jun 9, 2011The Private Theatre's Summer Scene Intensive consists of 6 rigorous weeks of class. It is designed to work through three genres of scene study: Classical (Shakespeare, 15th Century drama, etc.), 19th & 20th Century (Chekhov, Ibsen, Shaw, etc.), and Contemporary scenes. Everyone will work during every class and it is expected that everyone rehearse outside of class. The final class will be open to the public. (more...)
Angela Lansbury Says Lady Gaga Perfect for MAME on Broadwayby BWW News Desk - Jun 6, 2011As reported by Showbiz Tonight, "Lady Gaga has just gotten a major shoutout from an acting legend. 85-year-old Angela Lansbury has just revealed to Showbiz Tonight, she wants Gaga to bring it to Broadway and play Mame, one of the stage's most over-the-top eccentrics. Lansbury, who won a Tony for originating the role in 1966, tells us Gaga could pull it off, more or less." Lansbury herself went on to say that: "She could sure wear the clothes, that's for sure...everything's possible." (more...)
Angela Lansbury Named TCM's 'Star of the Month'by BWW News Desk - Jan 2, 2012Turner Classic Movies has named Angela Lansbury its Star of the Month. Wednesdays throughout January will be devoted to the star, featuring some of her many film roles during primetime and into the early morning hours. (more...)
Sell a Door Theatre Presents Their Touring Production Of LORD OF THE FLIESby BWW News Desk - Jan 19, 2012Sell a Door Theatre Company has announced their 2012 London and touring production of William Golding's classic Lord of the Flies, adapted by Nigel Williams. (more...)
BWW Reviews: Virago's A TASTE OF HONEY is Bold and Compelling - Playing Now Thru Feb. 25by Linda Hodges - Feb 9, 2012Virago Theatre Company’s A Taste of Honey, playing now through Feb. 25, pays homage to playwright Shelagh Delaney’s unflinching honesty with this bold and compelling production that offers a starkly realistic look into the social issues of 1960’s England. (more...)
Sell a Door Theatre Presents Their Touring Production Of LORD OF THE FLIESby BWW
News Desk - Feb 3, 2012Sell a Door Theatre Company has announced their 2012 London and touring production of William Golding's classic Lord of the Flies, adapted by Nigel Williams. (more...)
Angela Lansbury to Host CTD's JUMP FOR JOY 10/5by BWW News Desk - Feb 27, 2012Angela Lansbury will host JUMP FOR JOY A Dance Variety Spectacular - Career Transition For Dancers’ 27th Anniversary Jubilee on Monday, November 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street (btwn. 6th and 7th Ave) NYC. The show is produced and directed by Ann Marie DeAngelo, presented by Rolex, and will be followed by a supper at The Grand Ballroom at The Hilton New York. (more...)
Theater Wit Presents THE SANTALAND DIARIES 11/25-12/31by BWW
News Desk - Dec 31, 2011Theater Wit’s annual holiday classic The Santaland Diaries, based on David Sedaris’s true, hilarious holiday tale, returns for its eighth consecutive outing in 2011 featuring a newly-enhanced set and once again starring Mitchell Fain who always plays to rave reviews and sold out houses. (more...)
Photo Flash: Kim Rosenstock's TIGERS BE STILL in Midwest Premiere at Theater Witby BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2012Tigers Be Still, Kim Rosenstock's savagely funny dark comedy about a young woman who stops being a total disaster and gets her life back on track, received its Midwest premiere on Chicago's theater scene at Theater Wit and runs now through June 3. See photos from the production below! (more...)
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