Drama Critics' Circle Names MATILDA Best Musical; VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Best Playby BWW News Desk - May 3, 2013Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, written by Christopher Durang, today won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (NYDCC) for Best Play of the 2012-2013 season. Matilda received the award for Best Musical. The selections were made at the 78th annual voting meeting of the organization today at the offices of Time Out New York in Manhattan. (more...)
BAM Announces 34 Events in Opera, Theater, Music and Dance for 2013 Next Wave Festival!by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, today announced programming for the 2013 Next Wave Festival. The festival runs from September 17 through December 22 and comprises opera, theater, music, and dance productions in the institution's three mainstage venues: the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, the BAM Harvey Theater, and the BAM Richard B. Fisher Building. (more...)
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Richard Thomas and Kerry Butler Guest Star in Tomorrow's LAW AND ORDER: SVUby TV News Desk - May 14, 2013Tomorrow's episode of Law and Order: SVU, titled 'Brief Interlude', will feature guest stars Richard Thomas and Kerry Butler. Click below for a sneak peek! (more...)
Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks Spring Soiree Set for 5/13by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2013Clubbed Thumb -- the Obie Award-winning theater company known for SUMMERWORKS, its annual month-long season of new play premieres -- will hold a Spring Soiree benefit on Monday, May 13 at 6 p.m. at a private residence in Brooklyn. Tickets are $100 and can be purchased by calling Clubbed Thumb's offices at 212-260-0153 or online at www.clubbedthumb.org. (more...)
North Coast Rep Extends THE ODD COUPLE Through May 12by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2013North Coast Repertory Theatre presents THE ODD COUPLE by Neil Simon, directed by Andrew Barnicle. The show runs now through May 12, 2013, after a one-week extension! (more...)
North Coast Rep to Present THE ODD COUPLE, 4/10-5/5by BWW News Desk - Mar 26, 2013North Coast Repertory Theatre presents THE ODD COUPLE by Neil Simon, directed by Andrew Barnicle. The show will run in previews April 10 - 12, 2013 and continues April 13 - May 5, 2013. (more...)
CENTERSTAGE Will Premiere BENEATHA'S PLACE, Beginning 5/8by BWW News Desk - Mar 20, 2013This spring, CENTERSTAGE will present the World Premiere production of Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah's Beneatha's Place. The production, slated to begin previews May 8, will play in rotating repertory with Bruce Norris' acclaimed Clybourne Park. (more...)
Facing Page's COMPANY'S MARATHON Invites Public to Perform; André Braugher to Select Play Order, April 2013by BWW News Desk - Mar 19, 2013From 7pm on April 16 to 10am on April 20 at the 4th Street Theatre (83 East 4th Street), Facing Page Productions will present the New York debut of Company's Marathon, the non-stop, back-to-back reading of Shakespeare's canon founded in 1998 by Gordy Hoffman (brother of Philip Seymour Hoffman). Honoring the work of one of our greatest and most celebrated writers, each year, hundreds of actors, theater lovers and Shakespeare aficionados join in making this marathon a reality and special guest performers for the readings will be announced shortly. (more...)
Photo Flash: Almeida Theatre To Present THE TURN OF THE SCREW, 18 January – 16 March 2013, Rehearsal Photos Inside!by BWW
News Desk - Mar 15, 2013Lindsay Posner has returned to the Almeida to direct Rebecca Lenkiewicz' new stage adaptation of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw which runs from 18 January - 16 March 2013, with press night on 24 January. Check out rehearsal photos inside! (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...)
PLAYING WITH GROWNUPS to Make World Premiere at Theatre503, May 14-June 8by BWW News Desk - Apr 7, 2013KPS Productions and HP Productions in association with Pleasance and Theatre503, with the support of the Jersey Arts Trust, present the World Premiere of PLAYING WITH GROWNUPS by Hannah Patterson, directed by Hannah Eidinow, at Theatre503 in London, 14 May - 8 June 2013. (more...)
Alliance Theatre to Open THE WHIPPING MAN, 3/8by BWW
News Desk - Apr 6, 2013The Alliance Theatre will stage the critically acclaimed historical drama THE WHIPPING MAN in its first production for Atlanta audiences. Set in Richmond, VA at the close of the Civil War, Matthew Lopez's suspenseful play was described by the New York Times as 'haunting, striking and powerful.' THE WHIPING MAN will run on the Hertz Stage March 8 - April 7, 2013 (more...)
Erbe, Glover, Cerveris & More Star in Lincoln Center's NIKOLAI AND THE OTHERS, Beg. Tonightby BWW News Desk - Apr 4, 2013Lincoln Center Theater previously announced that Betsy Aidem, Blair Brown, Michael Cerveris, Anthony Cochrane, Lauren Culpepper, Alvin Epstein, Kathryn Erbe, John Glover, Jennifer B. Grace, Katie Kreisler, Stephen Kunken, Haviland Morris, Dale Place, John Procaccino, Gareth Saxe and Alan Schmuckler would be featured in the 18-member cast of its world premiere production of NIKOLAI AND THE OTHERS, a new play by Richard Nelson. The play, which was commissioned by Lincoln Center Theater, will be directed by David Cromer and will begin performances tonight, April 4 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Opening night is Monday, May 6. (more...)
2013 Tony Nominations - Who Was Snubbed!by BWW Special Coverage - Apr 30, 2013The Tony Award Nominations were just announced and we've got the complete list. Always an equally hot topic -- we've also got the complete list of who was overlooked this year. (more...)
BWW Reviews: LOVE THERAPY Opens at the DR2 Theatre, 4/29by Trish Vignola - Apr 29, 2013Wendy Beckett's LOVE THERAPY opens at the DR2 Theatre (101 East 15th Street) on Monday, April 29th. Directed by Evan Bergman, LOVE THERAPY is the fourth in a series of ten of Ms. Beckett's plays scheduled for opening by Peter Walters for Pascal Productions. Tickets are available via Telecharge.com. (more...)
Wendy Beckett's LOVE THERAPY Opens 4/29by BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2013Wendy Beckett's seductive new play, LOVE THERAPY opens at the DR2 Theatre (101 East 15th Street) on Monday, April 29th. Directed by Evan Bergman, LOVE THERAPY is the fourth in a series of ten of Ms. Beckett's plays that will be brought across the Pacific from Australia by Peter Walters for Pascal Productions. For tickets, please visit Telecharge.com or call (212) 239-6200. (more...)
Danielle Skraastad, Susannah Flood and More Join Clubbed Thumb's SUMMERWORKS 2013; Full Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Apr 23, 2013Complete casting is set for SUMMERWORKS 2013 - the annual season of new plays presented by the four-time Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb -- it has been announced by Maria Striar, Clubbed Thumb's Producing Artistic Director. SUMMERWORKS 2013 will be presented May 24 to June 29 at The Wild Project (195 E. 3rd St.) in Manhattan. (more...)
Facing Page's COMPANY'S MARATHON Invites Public to Perform, Beg. Todayby BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2013From 7pm today, April 16 to 10am on April 20 at the 4th Street Theatre (83 East 4th Street), Facing Page Productions will present the New York debut of Company's Marathon, the non-stop, back-to-back reading of Shakespeare's canon founded in 1998 by Gordy Hoffman (brother of Philip Seymour Hoffman). Honoring the work of one of our greatest and most celebrated writers, each year, hundreds of actors, theater lovers and Shakespeare aficionados join in making this marathon a reality. (more...)
John Guare to Make Off-Broadway Debut in THREE KINDS OF EXILE; Full Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2013Atlantic Theater Company has announced that Olivier and two time Tony Award winning playwright John Guare will make his Off Broadway acting debut in the world premiere production of his new play 3 KINDS OF EXILE, directed by Atlantic artistic director Neil Pepe, featuring Atlantic ensemble members Peter Maloney and David Pittu and guest artists Alison Cimmet, Jeffrey Kuhn, Jacquelyn Landgraf, Martin Moran, Kate Rigg, Omar Sangare and Timothy Splain. (more...)
North Coast Rep's THE ODD COUPLE Begins Previews Tonightby BWW News Desk - Apr 10, 2013North Coast Repertory Theatre presents THE ODD COUPLE by Neil Simon, directed by Andrew Barnicle. The show will run in previews tonight, April 10 - 12, 2013 and continues April 13 - May 5, 2013. (more...)
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