Houston Grand Opera Takes First Mariachi Opera Across Atlanticby BWW
News Desk - Sep 22, 2011Having commissioned the world's first Mariachi opera and premiered the work to great acclaim last season, Houston Grand Opera crosses the Atlantic with its pioneering creation for season-opening performances September 23-27 at the illustrious Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. (more...)
Houston Grand Opera Takes First Mariachi Opera Across Atlanticby BWW News Desk - Sep 19, 2011Having commissioned the world's first Mariachi opera and premiered the work to great acclaim last season, Houston Grand Opera crosses the Atlantic with its pioneering creation for season-opening performances September 23-27 at the illustrious Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. (more...)
'The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein' -- Tacky, Tired, Tuneless Transylvaniaby Beau Higgins - Oct 7, 2010Mel Brooks has taken a giant tumble off the mountaintop on which he stood following the success of THE PRODUCERS. To think about it, THE PRODUCERS revealed itself not to be one of the greats as soon as Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick departed. Performers mean an awful lot in a Broadway musical. It seems the Brooks machine is willing to trade gifted star performers (they got to be stars for a reason, you know) for a more immediate return of profit. Seems to be unwise for them, and certainly not a reason for the audience to rejoice. But, on to the show.
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Donna Murphy to Return to Broadway in THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTUREby BWW News Desk - Oct 31, 2010Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director), in association with
Tracy Aron, announced that two time Tony® Award-winner Donna Murphy will star in the new Broadway musical THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, directed by Leonard Foglia. THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE features book & lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart and music by Mike Stoller and Artie Butler.
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HGO Presents First Mariachi Opera TO CROSS THE FACE OF THE MOON 11/13by BWW News Desk - Nov 2, 2010Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present its forty-first world premiere, To Cross the Face of the Moon / Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, commissioned by HGO through its Song of Houston project. Music by José "Pepe" Martinez, music director of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, with libretto by acclaimed Broadway director and author Leonard Foglia, the opera will be performed in concert by a cast that includes mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte, baritone and HGO studio alumnus Octavio Moreno, and Martinez, together with Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, on Saturday, November 13, 2010, at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, Texas. This will be Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán's only Houston performance in 2010. (more...)
HGO Presents First Mariachi Opera TO CROSS THE FACE OF THE MOON 11/13by BWW
News Desk - Nov 13, 2010Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present its forty-first world premiere, To Cross the Face of the Moon / Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, commissioned by HGO through its Song of Houston project. Music by José "Pepe" Martinez, music director of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, with libretto by acclaimed Broadway director and author Leonard Foglia, the opera will be performed in concert by a cast that includes mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte, baritone and HGO studio alumnus Octavio Moreno, and Martinez, together with Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, on Saturday, November 13, 2010, at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, Texas. This will be Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán's only Houston performance in 2010. (more...)
Anna Deavere Smith Returns To Berkeley Rep With LET ME DOWN EASYby BWW
News Desk - May 31, 2011It’s been 15 years since she’s performed on a Bay Area stage – now Anna Deavere Smith is returning. (more...)
BWW Reviews: EMERGENCE Shows Off Artistic Collaboration At Its Very Bestby Jeffrey Ellis - May 19, 2012Let’s face it: You have to give Paul Vasterling, the grand poobah (as both artistic director and CEO of Nashville Ballet, what other title suits him best?) of all things musical/dancical/theatrical in Music City, a whole bunch of credit for the imaginative—heretofore unexperienced—heights he has helped his company achieve and his city to claim as its own. The man has redefined the idea of collaboration while giving human form to the term “synergy” with his continuing efforts to push the creative envelope in a city filled with artistic types and their sometimes conflicting sensibilities. (more...)
Jay Armstrong Johnson Join Resonance's Reading of THE FORGOTTEN WOMANby BWW News Desk - Mar 30, 2011Resonance Ensemble (Eric Parness, Artistic Director; Rachel Reiner, Managing Director; Dori Thompson, Chairman of the Board) will celebrate its 9th season with a benefit reading of Jonathan Tolins’ The Forgotten Woman on Monday, April 4, 2011. (more...)
Barksdale Theatre Presents SCORCHED EARTH, 4/13-5/20 by BWW News Desk - Mar 25, 2012Barksdale Theatre announces the World Premiere of Scorched Earth by best-selling Richmond author, David L. Robbins, and featuring Richmond actors. This theatrical adaptation is based on Robbin’s acclaimed 2002 novel of the same name. The play opens at Barksdale Theatre Willow Lawn, 1601 Willow Lawn Drive, on Friday, April 13 and runs through Sunday, May 20, 2012. Scorched Earth director, Steve Perigard, has over fifty directing credits with Barksdale and Theatre IV including Circle Mirror Transformation, A Thousand Clowns, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Lead actor, Adrian Reider, returns to Barksdale after time in New York with Off-Broadway credits including If Memory Serves, Deathtrap, Paper Doll and television credits of Law and Order, Sex and the City, Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and All My Children. Returning to the Barksdale stage are cast members: David Janeski (Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas at Barksdale Hanover Tavern, Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter at Theatre IV), Ronnie Brown (Top Dog/Underdog at Sycamore Rouge, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at Henley Street Theatre), and David Bridgewater (August: Osage County at Cadence Theatre, Becky’s New Car at Barksdale). The production welcomes McLean Jesse to Richmond in her first appearance at Barksdale Theatre. Set design by Ron Keller, resident scenic designer at Theatre VCU, accommodates thirty-three scenes from courtroom to graveside. (more...)
Herdlicka, Rupert, Urie Lead THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN Readingby BWW News Desk - Mar 23, 2011Resonance Ensemble (Eric Parness, Artistic Director; Rachel Reiner, Managing Director; Dori Thompson, Chairman of the Board) will celebrate its 9th season with a benefit reading of Jonathan Tolins’ The Forgotten Woman on Monday, April 4, 2011. (more...)
Anna Deavere Smith Returns To Berkeley Rep With LET ME DOWN EASYby BWW
News Desk - Jun 25, 2011It’s been 15 years since she’s performed on a Bay Area stage – now Anna Deavere Smith is returning. (more...)
Gemignani, Zien, Parker & More Join Murphy in Roundabout's PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE; Additional Casting Announced!by BWW News Desk - Feb 3, 2011Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director), in association with Tracy Aron, announces additional casting for the new Broadway musical THE PEOPLE IN THE PICUTRE, starring two time Tony® Award-winner Donna Murphy, directed by Leonard Foglia. THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE features book & lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart and music by Mike Stoller and Artie Butler. (more...)
Roundabout Completes Cast for Murphy Led PEOPLE IN THE PICTUREby BWW News Desk - Feb 22, 2011Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Tracy Aron, announces the complete cast for the new Broadway musical THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, starring two time Tony® Award-winner Donna Murphy, directed by Leonard Foglia. THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE features book & lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart and music by Mike Stoller and Artie Butler. (more...)
Arena Stage Presents Second Stage Theatre's Let Me Down Easy, Ends 2/13by BWW News Desk - Feb 13, 2011Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce that it will launch the national tour of Second Stage Theatre's production Let Me Down Easy. This one-woman production, which is conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith (Nurse Jackie, Fires in the Mirror) and directed by Leonard Foglia (Broadway's Thurgood) and was named one of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 of 2009, is "a continually engaging and engrossing collection of testimonials" (The New York Times) that explores the fragility of the body and the resilience of the spirit. Let Me Down Easy closes February 13, 2011 in the Kreeger Theater. (more...)
Anna Deavere Smith Returns To Berkeley Rep With LET ME DOWN EASYby BWW News Desk - Feb 10, 2011It’s been 15 years since she’s performed on a Bay Area stage – now Anna Deavere Smith is returning. (more...)
Arena Stage Presents Second Stage Theatre's Let Me Down Easy 12/31-2/13by BWW News Desk - Dec 31, 2010Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce that it will launch the national tour of Second Stage Theatre’s production Let Me Down Easy. (more...)
Arena Stage Presents Second Stage Theatre's Let Me Down Easy 12/31-2/13by BWW News Desk - Dec 3, 2010Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce that it will launch the national tour of Second Stage Theatre’s production Let Me Down Easy. (more...)
Laurence Fishburne Stars In THURGOOD At The Geffen 6/27-8/8by BWW
News Desk - Aug 8, 2010Tony Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Laurence Fishburne transforms into Thurgood Marshall to tell the triumphant story of how a boy from the backstreets of Baltimore changed history. Written by George Stevens Jr and helmed by Leonard Foglia, Thurgood plays at the Geffen Playhouse from June 27 to August 8, 2010, with an opening night of July 7. (more...)
Herdlicka, Rupert, Urie Lead THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN Readingby BWW
News Desk - Apr 4, 2011Resonance Ensemble (Eric Parness, Artistic Director; Rachel Reiner, Managing Director; Dori Thompson, Chairman of the Board) will celebrate its 9th season with a benefit reading of Jonathan Tolins’ The Forgotten Woman on Monday, April 4, 2011. (more...)
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