The Shakespeare Theatre Opens Season With THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLDby BWW News Desk - May 9, 2013The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will launch its 51st Season with J.M. Synge's classic The Playboy of the Western World. Performances begin May 29th and continue through June 23rd at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Ave. (at Lancaster Road) in Madison. Individual tickets and discount ticket packages are now on sale and can be purchased by calling the box office at 973-408-5600 or by visiting www.ShakespeareNJ.org. Performances are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays at 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Individual tickets range from $35 to $70; student rush tickets are available 30 minutes prior to curtain for $15. (more...)
IF ONLY Premieres at Minerva Theatre, Chichester in Juneby BWW News Desk - May 10, 2013Angus Jackson - director of the 2013 Olivier Award-winning production Goodnight Mister Tom - returns to Chichester with the world premiere of If Only by David Edgar. This political drama is described as a witty and astute exploration of the moral dilemmas at the heart of coalition government. (more...)
Tom Stoppard's ON THE RAZZLE to Open at Newnan Theatre, 5/9by BWW News Desk - Apr 9, 2013'On the razzle' is a British expression meaning a night on the town involving alcohol consumption and raucous fun. NTC's production of 'On the Razzle,' by Tom Stoppard, opens on the Newnan Theatre Company Main Stage on May 9. Audiences won't need adult beverages to have a rollicking good time. (more...)
Theatre Group at SBCC to Present BECKY'S NEW CAR, 4/24-5/11by BWW News Desk - Apr 9, 2013The Theatre Group at SBCC will present the new comedy BECKY'S NEW CAR by Steven Dietz as the final play in the 2012/2013 season. Directed by Katie Laris, Becky's New Car will run April 24-May 11, 2013 in the intimate Jurkowitz Theatre. (more...)
Red Bull Theater's DANCE OF DEATH Begins Tomorrowby BWW News Desk - Apr 9, 2013Red Bull Theater (Jesse Berger, Artistic Director) today announced that Derek Smith would join the cast for the American Premiere of a new adaptation of August Strindberg's The Dance of Death by Mike Poulton (Tony Award Nominee for Best Play for Fortune's Fool), directed by Joseph Hardy (Tony Award winner for Best Director for Child's Play). This strictly limited engagement begins Wednesday April 10th and continues through May 4th only, at the Lucille Lortel Theater (121 Christopher Street, between Bleecker and Hudson Streets). Opening Night is set for Thursday April 18th. Hardy directs a company that features Daniel Davis, Laila Robins, and Derek Smith. (more...)
MACBETH, Starring Alan Cumming, Begins Tonight on Broadwayby BWW News Desk - Apr 7, 2013Broadway's powerful new production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, starring Tony and Olivier Award winner and two-time Emmy Award nominee Alan Cumming (Cabaret, 'The Good Wife'), begins on Broadway tonight, April 7, 2013. Veteran stage actors Jenny Sterlin and Brendan Titley complete the cast. (more...)
Actors Theatre of Louisville to Present O GURU GURU GURU as Part of 2013 Humana Festival, 3/20-4/7by BWW
News Desk - Apr 6, 2013Artistic Director Les Waters and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein have announced O Guru Guru Guru, or why I don't want to go to yoga class with you by Mallery Avidon, directed by former Actors Theatre directing intern Lila Neugebauer. The play will run in the Victor Jory Theatre beginning on March 20, opening March 22 and running through April 7th. The production is part of the 37th Humana Festival of New American Plays, made possible by a generous grant from the Humana Foundation. (more...)
Stephen Campbell Moore, Claudie Blakley and More Lead CHIMERICA - Full Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Apr 5, 2013In an Almeida Theatre and Headlong co-production, Lyndsey Turner will direct the World Premiere of Lucy Kirkwood's Chimerica. The new dates for this production are 20 May - 6 July 2013, with press night on 28 May. Set designs are by Es Devlin with costumes by Christina Cunningham, lighting by Tim Lutkin, sound by Carolyn Downing and video design by Finn Ross. (more...)
Shakespeare by the Sea to Host TEA & SONNETS Party at MaGriffe Galerie, 4/27by BWW News Desk - Apr 3, 2013Shakespeare by the Sea (SBTS) presents its fourth annual garden tea party at MaGriffe Galerie in San Pedro on Saturday, April 27th at 2 p.m. The public is invited to this lovely setting to enjoy a delicious afternoon tea, providing several opportunities to contribute to the touring theatre company's sixteenth season. The event is a fundraiser to support the non-profit organization that provides admission-free, professional Shakespeare in communities from Ventura to Orange County each summer. 40 performances are planned for the upcoming season that will mark the company's 16th year. (more...)
Shakespeare by the Sea Hosts TEA & SONNETS Party at MaGriffe Galerie Todayby BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2013Shakespeare by the Sea (SBTS) presents its fourth annual garden tea party at MaGriffe Galerie in San Pedro today, April 27th at 2 p.m. The public is invited to this lovely setting to enjoy a delicious afternoon tea, providing several opportunities to contribute to the touring theatre company's sixteenth season. The event is a fundraiser to support the non-profit organization that provides admission-free, professional Shakespeare in communities from Ventura to Orange County each summer. 40 performances are planned for the upcoming season that will mark the company's 16th year. (more...)
Washington Theatre Guild to Complete T.S. Eliot Canon with THE ELDER STATESMAN, 4/25-5/19by BWW
News Desk - Apr 25, 2013The Washington Stage Guild completes the T.S. Eliot canon with the area premiere of The Elder Statesman. (more...)
Theatre Group at SBCC Presents BECKY'S NEW CAR, Now thru 5/11by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2013The Theatre Group at SBCC will present the new comedy BECKY'S NEW CAR by Steven Dietz as the final play in the 2012/2013 season. Directed by Katie Laris, Becky's New Car will run tonight, April 24-May 11, 2013 in the intimate Jurkowitz Theatre. (more...)
The Public's OLD-FASHIONED PROSTITUTES Begins 4/30by BWW News Desk - Apr 23, 2013The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) will begin previews for the world premiere of OLD-FASHIONED PROSTITUTES (A TRUE ROMANCE) on Tuesday, April 30. Written, directed, and designed by Richard Foreman, who has been working with The Public Theater for more than 36 years, OLD-FASHIONED PROSTITUTES (A TRUE ROMANCE) and runs through Sunday, June 2, in The Public's Martinson Theater, with an official press opening on Tuesday, May 7. (more...)
Che Ayende, Lea Coco and More Set for Hartford Stage's TWELFTH NIGHT; Full Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Apr 23, 2013Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts, today announced the cast of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare including several members of the critically-acclaimed cast of last season's The Tempest, also directed by Tresnjak, on stage from May 18 through June 16. (more...)
Scholarship Programs Launched at Duke University and Hartt School in Memory of Kevin Grayby BWW News Desk - Apr 22, 2013'The Kevin Gray Musical Theater Award Endowment Fund' at Duke University and 'The Kevin Gray Memorial Scholarship Award' at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford have been created to provide financial support to promising students as they pursue training in musical theater. Any level of contribution will help guarantee that this type of educational experience is made available to students who choose to follow in Kevin's footsteps as they attend one of these two institutions. (more...)
Michael Kahn to Helm Signature Theatre's PRIDE IN THE FALLS OF AUTREY MILL World Premiereby BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2013Signature Theatre has announced the pairing of one of the theatre's most celebrated friends with the upcoming 2013/14 season's newest play. Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn returns to Signature this fall for the first time in nearly twenty years to direct the world premiere of Pride in the Falls of Autrey Mill, the new play by Paul Downs Colaizzo. (more...)
Pushcart Players Bring 'Once Upon a Time' Tales to The Alden, 5/4by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2013Pushcart Player'sproduction of "Red Riding Hood and Other Stories" will be performed at The Alden at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. Tickets are $15, $10 for MCC tax district residents. The theatre is located at 1234 Ingleside Avenue. (more...)
Full Cast Announced for Paul Giamatti-Led HAMLET at Yale Rep, 3/15-4/13by BWW
News Desk - Apr 12, 2013Yale Repertory Theatre presents Paul Giamatti in HAMLET by William Shakespeare, directed by James Bundy, at the University Theatre (222 York Street), March 15-April 13. Opening Night is Thursday, March 21, at 7:30PM. (more...)
Gamut Theatre to Host Improv Comedy Benefit Show, 4/24by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2013Gamut Theatre announced today it will host A Night of Improv - Benefit for Linde Stern featuring their resident troupe, T.M.I., as well as other local improv troupe, No Artificial Sweeteners, on Wednesday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
Washington Theatre Guild to Complete T.S. Eliot Canon with THE ELDER STATESMAN, 4/25-5/19by BWW News Desk - Apr 10, 2013The Washington Stage Guild completes the T.S. Eliot canon with the area premiere of The Elder Statesman. (more...)
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