First Folio Theatre Announces Its 2013-2014 Season and The World Premiere of CYMBELINE in Juneby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83), known for bringing stellar performances of Shakespeare and other classics to the Chicagoland stage, announces its 2013-2014 season. The season begins with the poignant dramaTHE RAINMAKER, previewing July 31, opening August 3 and running through September 1, 2013. The whimsical comedy ROUGH CROSSING previews January 30, opens February 1 and runs through March 3, 2014; the world premiere of SALVAGE previews March 26, opens March 29 and runs through April 27, 2014; and Shakespeare's effervescent tale THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR previewsJuly 7, opens July 10, and runs through August 10, 2014. (more...)
LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE Set for Philadelphia Theatre Company This Summer With Aisha de Haas, Kate Flannery and Moreby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Philadelphia Theatre Company announces that Mary Birdsong, Aisha de Haas, Kate Flannery, Ashley Austin Morris, andJoyce Van Patten will appear in the Philadelphia cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore on June 25-July 7 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. This intimate collection of stories by sisters Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron and directed by Karen Carpenter is based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman. Like the popular book, the show uses clothing, accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny and often poignant stories to which all women can relate. This production is presented by special arrangement with producer Daryl Roth. (more...)
BWW Awards Update 5/22 - 8 Days to Go and Currently 4(!) Ties!by BWW Special Coverage - May 22, 2013Voting opened on May 2, 2013 and runs through May 31, 2013 for the 11th Annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards! Here are the current standings as of 5/22 with just 8 days to go in voting! (more...)
Photo Flash: Elvis Costello and Diana Krall Visit NEWSIESby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Elvis Costello and Diana Krall seized the day on Sunday, May 20, at the hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, NEWSIES. Following the performance, the couple visited with the cast backstage. Check out a photo below! (more...)
Door County to Host 2013 Midsummer's Music Festival, 6/7-17by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Located on the shores of Lake Michigan and the Green Bay waters is one of the most beautiful communities in the Midwest - Door County, Wisconsin. The Door Peninsula is a place with picturesque views overlooking the second largest of the Great Lakes. Offering over 300 miles of scenic shoreline, it is a haven for boating, camping, and enjoying the rich tapestry of colorful foliage. (more...)
Photo Flash: First Look - History/Lifetime's BONNIE & CLYDE Miniseriesby TV News Desk - May 22, 2013To coincide with the 79th anniversary of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow's death on May 23, 1934 -- HISTORY, Lifetime and A&E networks have released three photos from its highly anticipated, two-night event, BONNIE & CLYDE, slated to simulcast on all three networks later this year. Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) and Holliday Grainger (The Borgias) star as the legendary 1930s couple whose crime sprees enraptured the American public. (more...)
South Camden Theatre Announces 2013 Summer Staged Reading Seriesby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013South Camden Theatre Company, a nonprofit professional theatre organization located in Camden, New Jersey will host a free staged reading series on Monday evenings this summer that features new works by Laura Toffentti, Joseph M. Paprzycki and Kevin Kautzman. WITHOUTH A PARACHUTE written by Laura Toffenetti and directed by Susan Paschkes will be staged June 24 at 7p.m. PERRENIALS by Joseph M. Paprzycki directed by Sean Close will be staged July 29 at 7p.m. and DREAM OF PERFECT SLEEP written by Kevin Kautzman and directed by Craig Hutchings will be staged August 19 at 7p.m. (more...)
Marvell Rep's ANTIGONE and MOMMALOGUES Begin Performances Todayby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Performances begin today (Wednesday, May 22nd) for Marvell Repertory Theatre's production of ANTIGONE directed by Marvell Rep Artistic Director Lenny Leibowitz in repertory with the world premiere of MOMMALOGUES by Sharon Lee Glassman and Gretchen Klinedinst Furst and directed by William Sanders at the TBG Theatre (312 West 36th street, 3rd Floor) in Manhattan. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 5/22- Laurence Olivierby Stage Tube - May 22, 2013Happy Birthday, Laurence Olivier! Born in 1907, Olivier remains one of the most revered actors of the 20th century. He was the first artistic director of the National Theatre of Great Britain and its main stage is named in his honour. Olivier's career as a stage and film actor spanned more than six decades and included a wide variety of roles, from the title role in Shakespeare's Othello and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night to the sadistic Nazi dentist Christian Szell in Marathon Man and the kindly but determined Nazi-hunter in The Boys from Brazil. Olivier played more than 120 stage roles: Richard III, Macbeth, Romeo, Hamlet, Othello, Uncle Vanya, and Archie Rice in The Entertainer. He appeared in nearly sixty films, including William Wyler's Wuthering Heights, Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca, Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus, Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake Is Missing, Richard Attenborough's Oh! What a Lovely War, and A Bridge Too Far, Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Sleuth, John Schlesinger's Marathon Man, Daniel Petrie's The Betsy, Desmond Davis' Clash of the Titans, and his own Henry V, Hamlet, and Richard III. (more...)
BHP Billiton supports Bangarra's 2013 Community Outreach Programby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Bangarra Dance Theatre will take to the Sydney Opera House stage next month with Blak , an exciting new, physically dynamic work by Artistic Director Stephen Page and choreographer/dancer Daniel Riley McKinley. (more...)
Snowlion Rep to Debut THE FREAKS CLUB, June 13by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013A girl with fish-scale skin, a boy who cannot touch, a friend who sees only shadows...The Freaks Club is the funny, touching new musical where 'fish' turns to 'dish,' dreams become nightmares, and what is lost is the key to finding what really matters. (more...)
Spring 2013 SpotLight Program Honorees Announced by Hennepin Theatre Trustby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Hennepin Theatre Trust today announced the new spring 2013 honorees from Minnesota high schools recognizing musical theatre accomplishments by school and category for the 2012-13 SpotLight Musical Theatre Program. Now in its eighth successful year, SpotLight is Hennepin Theatre Trust's flagship educational initiative which honors and supports Minnesota high school musical theatre students and programs. This year, 56 schools, including nine from greater Minnesota, are presenting musicals made possible by the collaboration of almost 5,000 students and annually seen by an estimated 105,000 audience members. (more...)
Tommy Rapley Joins DEATH AND HARRY HOUDINI, Beginning 6/21 at House Theatreby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013The House Theatre of Chicago's 2012 hit production, Death and Harry Houdini, returns in four weeks to The Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.). Previews begin June 21, and Press Opening is Sunday June 30th at 7:30pm. (more...)
Scoop: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES on THE CW - Thursday, June 13, 2013by TV Scoop - May 22, 2013Get all the scoop on THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, airing on THE CW on Thursday, June 13, 2013! (more...)
CST and Piccolo Teatro di Milano to Present INNER VOICES, 6/25-29by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) joins the Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago to commemorate the Year of Italian Culture in America with the World's Stage presentation of Inner Voices, a co-production with Italy's first and best-established theater Piccolo Teatro di Milano, June 25-29, 2013 in CST's Courtyard Theater. (more...)
VIDEO: First Trailer for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's DON JONby Movies News Desk - May 22, 2013The first trailer for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, DON JON, has just been released - check it out below! (more...)
Exclusive: Laura Michelle Kelly, Ben Davis, Loretta Ables Sayre & Josh Young to Lead SOUTH PACIFIC at the MUNY; Runs 7/8-14by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013The Muny announced principal casting for the fourth show of its fantastic 95th Season, South Pacific, directed by Rob Ruggiero and choreographed by Ralph Perkins. South Pacific is sponsored by Emerson. (more...)
American Stage Theatre Company's 'After Hours' Series Continues in Juneby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013American Stage Theatre Company's "After Hours" Series continue with three events, Hawk and Wayne's News of the Weird: LIVE, The Vagina Monologues and Blown by the Wind in June. (more...)
TampaWorks Lineup Announcedby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013TampaWorks is an evening of short plays set in Tampa Bay area locations. The first edition took place in June, 2012. It was a production of the Stagewrights playwriting group and its sponsoring organization, Stageworks Theatre. (more...)
Photo Coverage: Go Behind the Scenes at the New Dramatists 64th Annual Spring Luncheon - Tom Hanks, Patina Miller and More!by Walter McBride - May 21, 2013New Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, honored entertainment lawyer and New Dramatists Chairman of the Board Seth Gelblum with their 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 64th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, held today, May 21 at the New York Marriott Marquis. (more...)
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