Jimmy Davis, Lucy Owen and More Set for Long Wharf Theatre's CLYBOURNE PARK, Beg. Tonightby BWW News Desk - May 8, 2013Long Wharf Theatre concludes its 2012-13 season with Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris, and directed by Associate Artistic Director Eric Ting. The play will take place on The Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Mainstage from tonight, May 8, 2013 through June 2, 2013. (more...)
Cirque du Soleil Brings QUIDAM to Brooklyn This Summerby BWW News Desk - May 6, 2013Cirque du Soleil has announced that the critically-acclaimed production Quidam will be presented in Brooklyn from July 24th to 28th, 2013 at Barclays Center for seven performances only. Quidam will mark the very first time Cirque du Soleil has come to Brooklyn. (more...)
La Clique, THE GRADUATE, Meadowlands and More Set for Brighton Fringe 2013, Now thru June 2by BWW News Desk - May 4, 2013Brighton Fringe has launched its 2013 programme online, offering a huge variety of 685 shows (and counting) with 3275 performances and 210 premieres in 178 venues with 38 international acts and 220 home-grown Brighton shows which makes it the richest and largest yet. Not only this but this year England's biggest arts festival lasts longer, running an extra week from tonight, 4 May to 2 June to incorporate both spring bank holidays and half term. (more...)
Atlanta Botanical Garden's 2013 Garden of Eden Ball: CIRCUS! Set for 9/28by BWW News Desk - May 2, 2013Ladies and gentlemen! Announcing the one, the only, 2013 Garden of Eden Ball: Circus! In town for one spectacular night only on Saturday, September 28. (more...)
BWW Reviews: CAVALIA - This Year's Must-See Show!by Emma Cambey - May 19, 2013Cavalia opened in Sydney under the White Big Top at Moore Park this past Wednesday night to a full house ready to be entertained. If the standing ovation and the rapturous applause is anything to go by, I was not alone in feeling entertained and in awe of this spectacular show. (more...)
The Wilmette Theatre Announces Summer Children's Concert Seriesby BWW News Desk - May 17, 2013The Wilmette Theatre,1122 Central Ave., announces an exciting Spring/Summer 2013 Children's Theater and Concert Series including whimsical concerts by kid-friendly artists Future Hits, The Dreamtree Shakers, Mindy Hester & The Time Outs, and Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies. (more...)
Soho Rep Extends WE ARE PROUD… thru Dec 16; Tickets on Sale for LIFE AND TIMES; 'WALT DISNEY' to Run 4/30-5/26by BWW
News Desk - Apr 29, 2013Soho Rep has again extended the New York premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury's We Are Proud to Present a Presentation …, directed by Eric Ting, this time to December 16. Tickets to the American premiere of Nature Theater of Oklahoma's epic serial Life and Times: Episodes 1-4-a Soho Rep production presented by The Public Theater as a special engagement of the Under the Radar Festival 2013-are now on sale. And Soho Rep announces the production that will conclude its 2012-13 season: the world premiere of Lucas Hnath's A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney, directed by Soho Rep Artistic Director Sarah Benson (April 30 - May 26, 2013). (more...)
Now Playing Onstage in Oklahoma - Week of 4/28/2013by BWW - Apr 28, 2013Upcoming Shows - Week of 4/28/2013 for Oklahoma (more...)
BARNUM to Bring Big Top to Lake Worth Playhouse, 4/11-28by BWW
News Desk - Apr 27, 2013Want to run away and join the circus? Now is your chance! Barnum arrives at the Lake Worth Playhouse April 11th - 28th. Directed by actor and former drama teacher Hal Johnstone, Barnum is a musical based on the life of showman P. T. Barnum, the Prince of Humbug! The production combines elements of musical theater with the spectacle of a circus. (more...)
About Face Theatre Celebrates 17th Year with Tonight's Circus Galaby BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2013About Face Theatre celebrates its 17th year with a three-ring party of colossal entertainment at WONKA BALL 2013: CIRCUS MAXIMUS tonight, April 26, 2013 at 8-11p.m. (Ringmaster's VIP Cocktail Party at 7 pm). Hosted by About Face board members, Benjamin Sprunger and Billy Lullo, WONKA BALL 2013: CIRCUS MAXIMUS offers a night of performances, revelry and dancing, dining and drink and a silent auction. (more...)
Review Roundup: PIPPIN Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!by BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2013Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin opens tonight, April 25, 2013, at Broadway's Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). This all-new production is directed by Diane Paulus featuring choreography by Chet Walker in the style of Bob Fosse and circus creation by Gypsy Snider of the Montreal-based circus company Les 7 doigts de la main (also known as 7 Fingers). Let's see what the critics had to say... (more...)
CAVALIA Extends Through June 2 in Sydneyby BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2013Due to strong ticket sales to Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Human and Horse, the producers of the equestrian extravaganza are delighted to announce an additional week of performances in Sydney. The internationally acclaimed theatrical production set to open May 15, 2013, under its signature White Big Top, on The Showring at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park, will now run until June 2, 2013. Tickets are on sale online at www.cavalia.com.au or by calling 1800-765-955.
Touted by TODAY`s Richard Wilkins as "the most brilliant production imaginable", Cavalia is currently wowing audiences and critics alike in Brisbane. Starting next month, the second Australian leg for the multi-disciplinary spectacular created by Normand Latourelle - one of the co-founders of Cirque du Soleil - will kick off in the state capital of New South Wales. Following Sydney, the Canadian-based troupe will travel to Melbourne, where opening night is scheduled for August 7, 2013, under the gleaming White Big Top at The Docklands. (more...)
Spoleto Festival USA Announces 2013 Theater Programby BWW News Desk - Apr 25, 2013Internationally recognized for its adventurous programming, Spoleto Festival USA offers a robust lineup of theater for its 37th season. In addition to the American premieres of Bristol Old Vic/Handspring Puppet Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Steven Berkoff's modern adaptation of Oedipus, the theater program also includes the
French circus company, Compagnie XY, with their physical theater production Le Grand C. Two one-man shows bookend the 17-day Festival: Mayday Mayday featuring Tristan Sturrock, last seen in the 2006 Festival presentation of Kneehigh Theatre's Tristan & Yseult, and Rob Drummond's interactive magic show Bullet Catch. Rounding out the theater program is the live-action graphic novel The Intergalactic Nemesis, complete with original illustrations, a Foley artist, and three actors performing a full cast of characters. (more...)
Cirque du Soleil's AMALUNA Opens January 2014by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2013Cirque du Soleil returns to the Bay Area with its latest Big Top production Amaluna which premieres on November 15, 2013 under the blue-and-yellow Big Top at AT&T before heading to San Jose on January 22, 2014 for a limited engagement at Taylor Street Bridge (E lot). Directed by the renowned Tony Award winning Diane Paulus, Amaluna had its world-premiere in Montreal in April 2012 and is currently on tour in North America. (more...)
Pasadena Playhouse to Launch CIRQUE AT THE PLAYHOUSE Summer Programs, 7/15by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2013The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Elizabeth Doran, Executive Director) announced that it will debut CIRQUE AT THE PLAYHOUSE this summer featuring two-week programs for youth, teens and adults; and will conclude with an intensive session and showcase for professionals interested in pursuing a career in the circus arts. The summer program will launch on July 15, with a showcase and festival finale planned for August 17, 2013. (more...)
BWW Reviews: BIG FISH an Epic Whale of a Taleby Misha Davenport - Apr 23, 2013'Big Fish' offers visual sights and sounds to capture the audience hook, line and sinker. (more...)
Stephen Mo Hanan Stars in THE MEGILE OF ITZIK MANGER at National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene, Now thru 5/12by BWW News Desk - Apr 21, 2013Tony nominee Stephen Mo Hanan stars in the circus-inspired reinvention of 'The Megile of Itzik Manger,' the Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene's spring mainstage production at the Baruch Performing Arts Center. Playing Off-Broadway for a four-week limited engagement from tonight, April 21 to May 12, the eye-popping purimshpiel carnival musical is directed by Motl Didner, with music direction by Zalmen Mlotek. The opening, sponsored by the Boston Beer Company, is set for Thursday April 25 at 7:30pm. (more...)
BWW Reviews: The Alley's THE ELEPHANT MAN is Powerfully Evocative and Emotionally Stirringby David Clarke - Apr 18, 2013Last night, The Alley Theatre hosted the press opening night of Bernard Pomerance's well-known 1977 tragic drama THE ELEPHANT MAN. The nearly 100-minute one act production is a fascinating look at the life of Joseph 'John' Carey Merrick, who began developing severe bone and skin abnormalities by age two. The play takes place from 1884 to 1890, focusing primarily on the parts of Joseph Merrick's life when he was acquainted with and studied by Dr. Frederick Treves, a surgeon in London. Throughout Joseph Merrick's life these abnormalities worsened, significantly increasing the physical strain these deformities subjected his body to. Joseph Merrick passed on April 11, 1890, at the age of 27. The official cause of death is asphyxia. (more...)
BARNUM Brings Big Top to Lake Worth Playhouse, Now thru 4/28by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2013Want to run away and join the circus? Now is your chance! Barnum arrives at the Lake Worth Playhouse tonight, April 11th - 28th. Directed by actor and former drama teacher Hal Johnstone, Barnum is a musical based on the life of showman P. T. Barnum, the Prince of Humbug! The production combines elements of musical theater with the spectacle of a circus. (more...)
Jimmy Davis, Lucy Owen and More Set for Long Wharf Theatre's CLYBOURNE PARK; Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2013Long Wharf Theatre concludes its 2012-13 season with Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris, and directed by Associate Artistic Director Eric Ting. The play will take place on The Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Mainstage from May 8, 2013 through June 2, 2013. (more...)
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