Tides Theatre & The Center for Investigative Reporting to Present STORYWORKS, 5/31-6/15by BWW News Desk - May 9, 2013A groundbreaking artistic-journalistic collaboration, which seeks to artistically explore investigative reporting through performances developed in front of live audiences, by Tides Theatre (Jennifer Welch, Producing Artistic Director and Cary Cronholm Rose, Associate Artistic Director), an innovative artistic collective in San Francisco, and The Center for Investigative Reporting (Phil Bronstein, Executive Chair and Robert J. Rosenthal, Executive Director), which believes that journalism that moves people to action is an essential pillar of democracy. (more...)
Broadway Scenic Designer Robert Brill Named La Jolla Playhouse's First Artist-in-Residenceby BWW News Desk - May 7, 2013La Jolla Playhouse announced today that nationally-renowned scenic designer Robert Brill has been named the theatre's inaugural Artist-in-Residence. This new, multi-month residency program, supported in part by a generous donation from Playhouse Director Emeritus Des McAnuff, is designed to give artists the freedom to focus on their ongoing body of work while becoming fully integrated into all aspects of the institution, from the stage to the boardroom to the classroom. In addition to designing the sets for His GirlFriday and Sideways this season, Brill will participate in the Playhouse's artistic planning, education and outreach activities, lead master classes at UC Dan Diego and serve as a community liaison for arts advocacy in San Diego, among other Playhouse activities. (more...)
Richard Cotovsky to Receive 2013 Special Award at Jeff Awards Non-Equity Ceremonyby BWW News Desk - May 7, 2013The Jeff Awards Committee has announced that Mary Arrchie Theatre's Richard Cotovsky will receive a Special Award at the 40th Annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards Ceremony on Monday, June 3, 2013. He will be honored for his cutting edge contributions to Non-Equity Theatre over the past four decades, during which he was dubbed the "Godfather of Storefront Theater" by Nick Digilio of WGN radio. (more...)
SHEPARD & DARK Documentary Gets Cannes Screeningby Pat Cerasaro - May 6, 2013A documentary centering upon famed Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard, titled SHEPARD & DARK, directed by Treva Wurmfeld, will be appearing in a number of film festivals in the coming weeks and months, including an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival later this month. (more...)
Jacqueline Brookes Memorial to be Held at Circle in the Square Theatre, 6/4by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2013A Memorial Tribute to actress Jacqueline Brookes, who died April 26 at the age of 82, will be held on Tuesday, June 4, at 1 p.m., at Circle in the Square Theatre, 50th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue. (more...)
Company of Fools Presents OTHER DESERT CITIES, 7/2-28by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2013Hidden secrets are unearthed and family tensions fly high in Pulitzer Prize nominee Jon Robin Baitz's contemporary family drama Other Desert Cities, hailed by the New York Times as "the best new play on Broadway" in 2011. Richmond Theatre Critics Circle award winner and Company of Fools' founder Rusty Wilson returns to direct the Idaho premiere of the show with a standout cast that features Keith Moore, Denise Simone and Patsy Wygle and guest actors Hanna Cheek and Adrian Rieder. Other Desert Cities runs July 2-27, 2013 at the Liberty Theatre. (more...)
Barrington Stage Names Joshua Bergasse, Gretchen Egolf, Jeff McCarthy and John Rando Associate Artistsby BWW News Desk - May 1, 2013Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Julianne Boyd Artistic Director and Tristan Wilson Managing Director, announces four new Associate Artists, all who are working at Barrington Stage in 2013 - award-winning choreographer Joshua Bergasse, actors Gretchen Egolf and Jeff McCarthy, and award-winning director John Rando. (more...)
Tickets Go on Sale 3/10 for Boston's Pre-Broadway Run of TUCK EVERLASTINGby BWW News Desk - Mar 8, 2013Broadway In Boston and Producers Broadway Across America - Beth Williams; Howard & Janet Kagan; and Barry Brown have announced that tickets for the upcoming Boston engagement of the highly anticipated Pre-Broadway World Premiere of TUCK EVERLASTING will go on sale to the public this Sunday, March 10th beginning at 10am. This limited three week engagement will play the historic Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre July 28-August 18, 2013 and is part of the Lexus Broadway In Boston Series. (more...)
Cast Confirmed For Daniel Evans's New Season At Sheffield Theatres!by BWW News Desk - Mar 8, 2013With his production of The Full Monty on national tour, and The Daughter-in-Law opening earlier this week, Artistic Director Daniel Evans announces the new season for Sheffield Theatres. (more...)
SueAnne Lucius to Star in MCC's PIRATES OF PENZANCE, Beginning Feb 28by BWW
News Desk - Mar 8, 2013After a 28 year hiatus, SueAnne Lucius returns to the stage in MCC's presentation of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance playing February 28 - March 9, 2013 in MCC's newly renovated Theatre Outback. (more...)
San Jose Stage Company to Present RED, 2/6-3/3by BWW
News Desk - Mar 2, 2013The color red conjures up emotions of passion, love, lust, anger, and creativity. The Stage production of John Logan's Red has all that and more. 'What do you see?' is the opening line that lays the philosophical foundation for the evening. (more...)
A KILLER STORY Opens 4/12 in Berkeleyby BWW News Desk - Mar 14, 2013The Marsh Berkeley presents a night of mystery, mayhem, and cold-blooded murder with the World Premiere of A KILLER STORY, written by Dan Harder and directed by Michelle Haner. A KILLER STORY is a fast-paced, entertaining 'noir' tale about a tough, bright sleuth who outsmarts everybody, including himself as he attempts to find a missing scientist who is on the verge of creating the revolutionary/evolutionary 'brain chip.' (more...)
Tickets Go on Sale 3/10 for Boston's Pre-Broadway Run of TUCK EVERLASTINGby BWW
News Desk - Mar 10, 2013Broadway In Boston and Producers Broadway Across America - Beth Williams; Howard & Janet Kagan; and Barry Brown have announced that tickets for the upcoming Boston engagement of the highly anticipated Pre-Broadway World Premiere of TUCK EVERLASTING will go on sale to the public this Today, March 10th beginning at 10am. This limited three week engagement will play the historic Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre July 28-August 18, 2013 and is part of the Lexus Broadway In Boston Series. (more...)
BWW Reviews: Riveting Performances Propel Long Wharf's CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASSby Lauren Yarger - Feb 22, 2013The darker side of the production is offset by riveting performances by Ivey and Tighe - and that really adorable scene-stealing lamb handled by William Berloni. (more...)
A.R.T. and MXAT Institute Present THE FLU SEASON, Opening Todayby BWW News Desk - Feb 22, 2013The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training continues its 2012-13 Season with Will Eno's The Flu Season, directed by Marcus Stern. The production runs tonight, February 22, 23, 27, 28, March 1 and 2 at7:30pm at the Zero Church Street Performance Space, Harvard Square, Cambridge. (more...)
SueAnne Lucius to Star in MCC's PIRATES OF PENZANCE, Beginning Feb 28by BWW News Desk - Feb 20, 2013After a 28 year hiatus, SueAnne Lucius returns to the stage in MCC's presentation of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance playing February 28 - March 9, 2013 in MCC's newly renovated Theatre Outback. (more...)
MODERN TERRORISM, H2O, HEARTLESS, and More Set for CATF's 2013 Season, 7/5-28by BWW News Desk - Apr 9, 2013The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) at Shepherd University has announced the five-play repertory for its 23rd season of producing and developing new American theater. The four-week festival, consisting of 94 performances and other programming, will be held July 5 - 28 on the Shepherd University campus in Shepherdstown,
WV. (more...)
Full Cast Announced For UK Tour Of BEING TOMMY COOPERby BWW News Desk - Apr 8, 2013Joining the previously announced Damian Williams as 'Tommy Cooper' are Morgan Deare as 'Billy Glason', Halcro Johnston as 'Miff Ferrie' and Rebecca Thorn as 'Mary Kay'. (more...)
Now Playing Onstage in New Hampshire - Week of 4/28/2013by BWW - Apr 28, 2013Upcoming Shows - Week of 4/28/2013 for New Hampshire (more...)
BWW Reviews: WHEN THE WORLD WAS GREEN (a Chef's Fable) - a MENU for REVENGEby Jimmy Ferraro - Apr 16, 2013Director Todd Olson, staged the poetic dialogue with a masterful hand. Mr. Olsen's addition of haunting, instumental melodies at the most reverent moments, further enhanced the sensationalism of the scenes. In 'WHEN THE WORLD WAS GREEN (a Chef's Fable)', Todd Olson has once again, created a work of ART. (more...)
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