CINDERELLA, MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, and CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Set for African-American Shakespeare Company 2012-13 Seasonby BWW News Desk - May 9, 2012San Francisco’s African-American Shakespeare Company has announced the lineup for its 18th season. The season marks African-American Shakespeare Company’s third season under the artistic leadership of acclaimed actor and director L. Peter Callender. The season opens in December with an enchanting holiday production of CINDERELLA; this new take on the timeless fairytale has become a seasonal favorite for families and children of all ages. The season continues in March with William Shakespeare’s quintessential comedy MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Closing the season in April is Tennessee Williams’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Cat on A Hot Tin Roof. Productions will be staged at the Buriel Clay Theater at the African American Art & Culture Complex in San Francisco. Subscriptions for the 2012-13 season go on sale May 12. (more...)
Photo Blast From The Past: The 2012 Tony Nominees - The Menby Walter McBride - May 8, 2012Awards season is in full swing and to celebrate all of the 2011-2012 nominees, we've dug deep into our archives to bring you vintage photos of all of the talent during special moments in their careers. Check out the 2011-2012 Tony-nominated men below!
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Raven Theatre's 2012/2013 Season to Include THE BIG KNIFE, BOY GETS GIRL and Moreby BWW News Desk - May 7, 2012Producing Artistic Director Michael Menendian and Co-Artistic Director JoAnn Montemurro announce Raven Theatre’s 30th anniversary 2012/2013 season, which includes The Big Knife by Clifford Odets, Boy Gets Girl, by Chicago playwright, Rebecca Gilman; A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller and Brighton Beach Memoirs (rights pending) by Neil Simon. (more...)
Erika Sheffer to Receive Vineyard's Paula Vogel Playwriting Awardby BWW News Desk - May 7, 2012Vineyard Theatre will present its 5th annual Paula Vogel Playwriting Award to emerging playwright Erika Sheffer, author of the play RUSSIAN TRANSPORT, it has been announced by Vineyard Theatre's Artistic Director Douglas Aibel and Co-Artistic Director Sarah Stern. (more...)
Everyman Theatre Opens YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, 5/16by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012Meet the Sycamores – the delightfully eccentric family at the center of the action in the madcap comedy classic, You Can’t Take It With You. They revel in day-to-day occurrences such as collecting snakes, making fireworks in the basement, and practicing ballet steps in the parlor. When their daughter Alice, decides to invite her conservative boyfriend’s family to dinner, they promise to be on their best behavior. However...! Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and adapted into an Academy Award winning film, this beloved comedy has been a perennial favorite to theatre-goers for more than 70 years. (more...)
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Plays Toronto Centre for the Arts, 7/10-29by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley together. The place was Sun Records' storefront studio in Memphis. The man who made it happen was Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll," who discovered them all. The four young musicians united for the only time in their careers for an impromptu recording that has come to be known as one of the greatest rock 'n' roll jam sessions of all time. (more...)
Photo Flash: Scarlett Johansson Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fameby BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012Star of stage and screen Scarlett Johansson was honored in Hollywood yesterday with the 2,470th star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. Johansson was presented with the award by the Honorable Mayor Eric Garcetti. (more...)
Casting Announced for THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI in Chichester, Beg. June 29by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Keith Baxter, Michael Feast, William Gaunt, Joe McGann and Lizzie McInnerny are among those confirmed to appear alongside Henry Goodman in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, during Festival 2012. (more...)
Lindy and Greg Pendzick Star in World War II-era Themed SEE ROCK CITY, Opening 5/31by Jeffrey Ellis - May 22, 2012Real-life acting spouses Lindy and Greg Pendzick play a fictional romantic couple in Arlene Hutton’s See Rock City, described as “a tender, moving play” that opens at Crossville’s Cumberland County Playhouse on Thursday, May31. (more...)
BUZZER, CLYBOURNE PARK, et al. Set for Guthrie Theatre's 2012-13 Seasonby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012Following on the April 16, 2012, announcement of the Guthrie’s 2012-13 season, Director Joe Dowling today announced dates for productions in the upcoming season in the Dowling Studio, as well as further details of directing and casting. (more...)
Scarlett Johansson 'Exhilarated and Terrified' to Return to Broadway in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOFby BWW News Desk - May 2, 2012As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this month, Scarlett Johansson has plans to return to Broadway. The actress made her Broadway debut in 2010's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, for which she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, and is eyeing a revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on A Hot Tin Roof. (more...)
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Extends Through the Summer; Now to End Run August 19by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012The acclaimed Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Emily Man will extend its run through August 19, 2012. Streetcar began performances on April 3 and opened on April 22 and was originally set to end its limited run on July 22 at the Broadhurst. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - Steven Pasquale Chats NBC's DO NO HARMby Stage Tube - May 14, 2012NBC has released a clip from its new medical drama, DO NOT HARM which will star stage veterans Steven Pasquale, Phylicia Rashad and Michael Esper. View a sneak peek of the new series as well as an interview with Pasquale below! (more...)
Magic Theatre Presents World Premiere of Luis Alfaro's BRUJA, May 24 - June 24by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012Magic Theatre is proud to welcome back award-winning playwright Luis Alfaro with the world premiere of Bruja, a reimagining of Euripides’ Medea, running from May 24 - June 24. From the critically acclaimed writer of Oedipus el Rey, comes a contemporary story so haunting and sensual, it explodes one of the ancient myths most firmly embedded in our culture. (more...)
ALLEGIANCE - A NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL Starring Lea Salonga & More Set for The Old Globe 2012-13 Season - Full Season Announcement, San Diegoby BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2012The Old Globe’s 2012-13 Season will feature the World Premieres of two new musicals: Allegiance – A New American Musical by Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Thione and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak. The season also includes George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion in celebration of the classic play’s 100th anniversary and the World Premiere of a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House by Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey and Kirsten Brandt. Two recent Broadway hits will make their San Diego debuts at the Globe: David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People and Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities. Rounding out the season are the West Coast Premiere of Bekah Brunstetter’s Be a Good Little Widow and the Southern California Premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brothers Size. (more...)
Rebecca Frecknall to Direct SUMMER AND SMOKE at Southwark Playhouse, 13-30 Juneby BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2012Folie à Deux Productions in association with seeitinyourhead will present SUMMER AND SMOKE by Tennessee Williams, directed by Rebecca Frecknall at The Vault, Southwark Playhouse, on the 13 – 30th of June, 2012. (more...)
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE to Offer $29.50 Student Rush Ticketsby BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2012A Streetcar Named Desire today announced that it will offer a limited number of student rush tickets for $29.50. Tickets will be available at the box office on the day of the performance, and each current student ID is eligible for two tickets. Streetcar began performances on Tuesday, April 3, and will open on Sunday, April 22, 2012. (more...)
Stephanie Rothenberg, Edward Watts to Lead Guthrie Theatre's ROMAN HOLIDAY Musical; Opens 6/9by BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2012The Guthrie Theater today announced complete casting for the sparkling new musical Roman Holiday. This song-filled delight—based on the iconic 1953 Paramount Pictures film starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck—includes timeless music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Paul Blake. The production will play from June 9 – August 19 on the McGuire Proscenium Stage and features soul-stirring Porter standards like “Easy to Love,” “Just One of Those Things” and “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye.” Guthrie Associate Artistic Director John Miller-Stephany (1776, God of Carnage and A Streetcar Named Desire) will direct. (more...)
Review Roundup: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - All the Reviews!by Review Roundups - Apr 22, 2012A Streetcar Named Desire starring Blair Underwood as Stanley, Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Stella and Wood Harris as Mitch opened tonight on Broadway for a limited run (through July 22, 2012).
Let's see what the critics had to say... (more...)
Shaw Festival's MISALLIANCE Previews Tonight at the Royal George Theatreby BWW News Desk - Apr 19, 2012Misalliance, Bernard Shaw’s cheeky social examination of Darwin’s idea of Natural Selection and familial affiliations, previews today at the Royal George Theatre. (more...)
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