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...)
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...)
Northern Stage Presents M.Butterfly Thru 3/4by BWW News Desk - Mar 4, 2012Based on a true story that shocked the world, the Pulitzer-nominated drama M. Butterfly takes audiences from Paris to Beijing and back again, and the trip is unforgettable. (more...)
Bob Dishy, Zach Grenier, Tonya Pinkins to Star in STOREFRONT CHURCHby BWW News Desk - Mar 30, 2012Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) presents the world premiere of STOREFRONT CHURCH, written and directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner John Patrick Shanley and starring Bob Dishy, Giancarlo Esposito, Zach Grenier, Ron Cephas Jones and Tonya Pinkins.
STOREFRONT CHURCH will begin previews Wednesday, May 16; officially open Monday, June 11; and play a limited engagement through Sunday, June 24 Off-Broadway as the first production to return to Atlantic’s main stage Linda Gross Theater in Chelsea following completion of a historic $8.3M renovation. (more...)
BWW Interviews: Talking Art With RED's Bob Ariby Vicky Croisant - Mar 27, 2012Veteran stage actor Bob Ari stars as painter Mark Rothko. He has appeared on Broadway (FROST/NIXON, THE CONSTANT WIFE, BELLS ARE RINGING and Laughter on the 23rd Floor), Off-Broadway and at regional theatres across the country, as well as landing parts in several television shows and movies. I recently had the opportunity to ask Ari a few questions about his role in RED … (more...)
Northport's THE SUNSHINE BOYS Closesby BWW News Desk - Mar 25, 2012The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport presents the Neil Simon comedy, The Sunshine Boys. (more...)
BrightSide Theatre Presents THE DINNER PARTY, Opens 3/2by BWW
News Desk - Mar 2, 2012BrightSide Theatre continues their inaugural season with, “The Dinner Party” by Neil Simon. (more...)
BrightSide Theatre Presents THE DINNER PARTY, Thru 3/18by BWW News Desk - Mar 18, 2012BrightSide Theatre continues their inaugural season with, “The Dinner Party” by Neil Simon. (more...)
The Finborough Theatre Presents Gilbert and Sullivan's THE GRAND DUKE, by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2012The New Actors Company in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre presents THE GRAND DUKE. The Finborough Theatre's 'Celebrating British Music Theatre' series continues with the first fully staged professional UK production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s final operetta, The Grand Duke, since the original 1896 production. It opens at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited run of six Sundays and Mondays from Sunday, 1 April 2012. (more...)
THE CITY CLUB Announces Cast, Will Star Kristen Martin, Peter Bradbury, Emily Tyra, Moreby BWW News Desk - Mar 12, 2012The casting of the OFF-BROADWAY American Premiere of “THE CITY CLUB,” an original Blues and Jazz Musical about the indisputable intoxication of music, is complete.
The new musical will star KRISTEN MARTIN as Crystal Labelle, ANDREW PANDALEON as Chaz Davenport, ANA HOFFMAN as Maddy, PETER BRADBURY as The Lieutenant and KENNY BRAWNER as Parker Brown with AUTUMN GUZZARDI as Rose, KAITLIN MESH as Lily, PATRICK O’NEILL as Jacobus “Jake” Olsen, EMILY TYRA as Candy and ROBERT J TOWNSEND as Prince Royale. (more...)
Mark Linn-Baker to Participate in CARIS' PEACE Talkback at Rubin Museum Tonightby BWW News Desk - Mar 10, 2012Broadway actor and producer Mark Linn-Baker will discuss the implications of short-term memory loss for an actor after the screening of Gaylen Ross's film Caris' Peace at the Rubin Museum on March 10 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15. Ticket includes: film, post-screening discussion, and admission to the museum's galleries. (more...)
Ron Orbach, Tim Kazurinsky Set For CST's A Midsummer Night's Dreamby BWW
News Desk - Feb 7, 2012Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announced today casting for its 25th Anniversary Season production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by CST Associate Artistic Director Gary Griffin (CST's Follies, Broadway's The Color Purple) and featuring a celebrated company of artists that includes stage and screen actor Ron Orbach as Nick Bottom, former Saturday Night Live funnyman Tim Kazurinsky as Peter Quince, and veteran CST actors Tracy Michelle Arnold as Hippolyta/Titania and Timothy Edward Kane as Theseus/Oberon. Performing the role of Puck is Elizabeth Ledo. (more...)
Maurer Productions OnStage Presents 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor,' 1/27-2/5by BWW
News Desk - Feb 5, 2012Maurer Productions OnStage brings classic laughs to the stage with the Neil Simon comedy “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre. Dates and times for this hilarious salute to the comedy writers of television’s golden age are: Fridays, Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Jan. 28 and Feb. 4 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, Jan. 29 and Feb. 5 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on Mercer’s West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance on Jan. 27. (more...)
Mark Linn-Baker to Participate in CARIS' PEACE Talkback at Rubin Museum, 3/10by BWW News Desk - Feb 23, 2012Broadway actor and producer Mark Linn-Baker will discuss the implications of short-term memory loss for an actor after the screening of Gaylen Ross's film Caris' Peace at the Rubin Museum on March 10 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15. Ticket includes: film, post-screening discussion, and admission to the museum's galleries. (more...)
BWW TV: Sneak Peek of Chicago Shakespeare Theatre's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAMby BroadwayWorld TV - Feb 21, 2012Chicago Shakespeare Theater's (CST) 25th Anniversary Season production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by CST Associate Artistic Director Gary Griffin (CST's Follies, Broadway's The Color Purple) is now playing through April 8, 2012, and features a celebrated company of artists that includes stage and screen actor Ron Orbach as Nick Bottom, former Saturday Night Live funnyman Tim Kazurinsky as Peter Quince, and veteran CST actors Tracy Michelle Arnold as Hippolyta/Titania and Timothy Edward Kane as Theseus/Oberon. Performing the role of Puck is Elizabeth Ledo. (more...)
BWW ReviewsL Little Theatre of Manchester's LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR Emits Chuckles through March 4by Jacques Lamarre - Feb 20, 2012LTM's take on Neil Simon's memory play is not always "Your Show of Shows." (more...)
Northern Stage Presents M.Butterfly 2/15-3/4by BWW
News Desk - Feb 15, 2012Based on a true story that shocked the world, the Pulitzer-nominated drama M. Butterfly takes audiences from Paris to Beijing and back again, and the trip is unforgettable. (more...)
Northern Stage Presents M.Butterfly 2/15-3/4by BWW News Desk - Feb 10, 2012Based on a true story that shocked the world, the Pulitzer-nominated drama M. Butterfly takes audiences from Paris to Beijing and back again, and the trip is unforgettable. (more...)
Raven Theatre Presents BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY, 5/20-6/30by BWW News Desk - Apr 13, 2012Raven Theatre closes the 2011-2012 season with, Bang the Drum Slowly, directed by Michael Menendian. Opening is Sunday, May 20 at 7:00 p.m. at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark, with a reception sponsored by the Fireside Restaurant following in Raven’s lobby. Tickets and information are available at www.raventheatre.com or 773-338-2177. (more...)
MN's Park Square Theatre Presents Neil Simon's LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR, 6/1-7/8by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2012Park Square Theatre offers its first Neil Simon play, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, a semi-autobiographical romp behind the scenes at the fictional 1950s “Max Prince Show,” starting June 1st. The comedy writers work to outshine each other while Max worries about the network executives and the future of his television show. (more...)
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