Mobtown Players to Present MEDEA, 6/7-19by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2013The production runs June 7 through 19, with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm. There will be a single matinee on Sunday, June 23 at 4.Tickets are $15 general admission and $12 for students and seniors and are available via Brown Paper Tickets and at the door. (more...)
PHOEBE IN WINTER to Begin Previews 6/7 as Part of Clubbed Thumb's SUMMERWORKS Festivalby BWW News Desk - May 28, 2013The second of three world-premieres presented by the 5-time Obie Award-winning Clubbed Thumb in its 18th annual SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays -- PHOEBE IN WINTER by Jen Silverman -- begins previews June 7 prior to its official press opening June 10 at The Wild Project (195 E. 3 St.) in Manhattan. PHOEBE IN WINTER performs daily at 8 p.m. from June 7 to 16. (No performance on June 11.) (more...)
Theatre Rhinoceros to Present DRUNK ENOUGH TO SAY I LOVE YOU?, 5/30-6/16by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2013Theatre Rhinoceros presents... Drunk Enough To Say I Love You? by Caryl Churchill, directed by John Fisher and featuring Sam Cohen, Rudy Guerrero* and Kim Stephenson, May 30 - June 16, 2013. (more...)
Finborough Theatre to Celebrate David Storey's 80th Birthday with EARLY DAYS from June 16by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2013Celebrating the 80th birthday of playwright and novelist David Storey, the first London production in over 30 years - and the first production in London since the original National Theatre production- David Storey's Early Days plays at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of nine Sunday and Monday evening and Tuesday matinee performances from Sunday, 16 June 2013 (Press Night: Monday 17 June 2013 at 7.30pm). (more...)
Teatro Paraguas' SWRTP to Launch 2013 Tour with DEADWOOD DUET and LOVE'S LONELY HIGHWAY, June-July 2013by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2013Teatro Paraguas' Southwest Rural Theatre Project launches its 2013 tour with two world premieres at Santa Fe's Teatro Paraguas: Deadwood Duet and Love's Lonely Highway. (more...)
Long Beach Opera to Stage Ernest Bloch's MACBETH, Beg. 6/15by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2013An overwhelming lust for power, a manipulative wife, and witches' prophecies spur a Scottish general onto a tragic path of betrayal, murder and madness. Long Beach Opera (LBO) closes its 2013 season with Macbeth, Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch's re-discovered powerhouse, sung in English. Performances at the World Cruise Center in San Pedro, CA. begin on June 15, 2013 and continue on June 22 and 23. (more...)
TWAS to Present THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, 6/14-30by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Take Wing And Soar Productions, in partnership with Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group, present TWAS' Tenth Year Anniversary Season main stage production of Oscar Wilde's celebrated comedy, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, directed by Kevin Connell for a limited run at the Poet's Den Theater, from June 14th through 30th, 2013. (more...)
Treasure House Theatre to Stage THE CHERRY ORCHARD at ArcLight, 6/6-23by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Treasure House Theatre Company invites you to Chekhov's 1904 tragicomedy THE CHERRY ORCHARD. Daniel Paul directs Jean-Claude van Itallie's acclaimed 1977 translation (commissioned by the New York Shakespeare Festival and presented at Lincoln Center starring Meryl Streep and Raul Julia). Performances run June 6 - 23 at ArcLight Theatre, 152 West 71st Street between Broadway & Columbus Avenue. (more...)
Fiona Shaw to Star in RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER at BAM's 2013 Next Wave Festival; Full Lineup Announced 5/21by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2013According to The New York Times, the Brooklyn Academy of Music will announce its 2013 Next Wave Festival lineup tomorrow, May 21. The festival will feature 34 productions in dance, music theater and opera and runs September 17-December 22, 2013. Fiona Shaw will star in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, directed by Phyllida Shaw. (more...)
Ben Rimalower's PATTI ISSUES to Play Second Performance at Mary's Attic, 6/14by BWW News Desk - Jun 7, 2013BEN RIMALOWER: "PATTI ISSUES" - the hit Off Broadway solo play hailed as "ecstatically vivid" by The New York Times and praised for its "wit, feeling and conviction" by Time Out New York - has added a second performance for its Chicago premiere due to high ticket demand. In addition to the show on Thursday, June 13, there will be an additional show on Friday, June 14. Both will be at Mary's Attic at 8:00 PM. After rave reviews and a host of awards, the New York production of "PATTI ISSUES" was recently extended for the sixth time and will run through June 29 at The Duplex in the West Village. Other summer tour spots include Fire Island Pines and Provincetown, hot off a recent string of sold-out performances in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Berkeley. Tickets for all shows can be purchased at PattiIssues.com. (more...)
Gregory S. Moss' LA BREA to Debut 6/20 with Clubbed Thumb's SUMMERWORKSby BWW News Desk - Jun 7, 2013The third of three world-premieres presented by the 5-time Obie Award-winning Clubbed Thumb in its 18th annual SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays -- LA BREA by Gregory S. Moss -- begins previews June 20 prior to its official press opening June 23 at The Wild Project (195 E. 3 St.) in Manhattan. LA BREA performs daily at 8 p.m. from June 20 to 29. (No performance on June 24.) (more...)
The Hayworth: Upper Level to Present World Premiere of RESSURECTION OF THE ANTS, Begin. 6/26by BWW News Desk - Jun 6, 2013The World Premiere of playwright Paul Fontana's Resurrection of the Ants, directed by Gary Wolf and produced by Michael Abramson (Jekyll and Hyde), opens Friday June 21st at The Hayworth: Upper Level in Los Angeles (2511 Wilshire Blvd. 90057). Resurrection of the Ants plays Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. through July 28th. The price is $25 on Friday and Saturday, $20 on Sunday. Tickets may be purchased at plays411.com/ants or by calling (323) 960-4443. (more...)
Sandra Delgado to Lead MOJADA at Victory Gardens Theater; Full Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Jun 5, 2013Victory Gardens Theater announces casting for the world premiere of Mojada by VG Associate Artist Luis Alfaro, directed by Artistic Director Chay Yew. Mojada will run July 12-August 11, 2013. (more...)
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Benefit Concert Adds Danny Burstein and John Carian, 6/17by BWW News Desk - Jun 5, 2013Transport Group, the Drama Desk, Outer Critics, and OBIE award-winning theatre company, has announced additional casting for the one-night-only, all-star concert of the acclaimed 1959 Broadway classic musical Once Upon A Mattress on Monday, June 17 at 7pmat the The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre in The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42nd Street. Joining previously announced Jackie Hoffman as Princess Winnifred and John 'Lypsinka' Epperson as Queen Aggravain are Tony nominee Danny Burstein (Follies) as King Sextimus, Tony nominee John Cariani (Fiddler on the Roof) as The Jester, Jill Paice (Curtains) as Lady Larken, Drama Desk nominee Lewis Cleale (The Book of Mormon) as Sir Harry, OBIE winner Jonathan Hammond (The Boys in the Band) as The Wizard, Stanley Bahorek (Queen of the Mist) as The Minstrel, and Drama Desk nominee David Rossmer (Peter and the Starcatcher) as Prince Dauntless. (more...)
David Hyde Pierce, Julia Murney, Paul Anthony Stewart to Lead THE LANDING at the Vineyard Theatre; Opens in October 2013by BWW News Desk - Jun 3, 2013The Vineyard Theatre, Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director, and Sarah Stern, Co-Artistic Director, has just announced the third production of their 2013-2014 season and casting of the world premiere musical THE LANDING. (more...)
BWW Reviews: Oft Brilliant, But Flawed MEDEA, Introduces Mamai Theatreby Roy Berko - Jun 15, 2013Medea, a masterpiece example of classical tragedy, is one of the Western world's greatest plays. It is a daunting undertaking. Some directorial decisions and story interpretation in this staging seem questionable, but the production is blessed with a brilliant performance by Tracee Patterson. It's worth going just to see this amazing actress spin her maniacal magic. (more...)
Summer Stages: Cleveland Area Summer Theatre 2013by Roy Berko - Jun 14, 2013The Cleveland area has a full schedule of summer theatre entertainment. (more...)
Teatro Paraguas to Present LOVE'S LONELY HIGHWAY, 7/5-7by BWW News Desk - Jun 14, 2013Love's Lonely Highway, written by acclaimed Latina Playwright Patricia Crespin and directed by Maggz Gallegos, will play Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie, Friday 7/5 & Saturday 7/6 at 8pm; Sunday 7/7 at 2pm. (more...)
Encore Theatre to Present OEDIPUS THE KING, Begin. 6/28by BWW News Desk - Jun 11, 2013Encore Theatre, Houston Texas' other predominately African American Theatre will be presenting a rare staging of the Greek Tragedy 'Oedipus the King' by Sophocles. (more...)
BLESSING THE BOATS: THE REMIX to Play TPAC, 6/27-30by BWW News Desk - Jun 10, 2013BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, in partnership with Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), presents blessing the boats: the remix, a re-imagining of an original play written and performed by Sekou Sundiata, performing on June 27-29 at 8pm and June 30 at 3pm at TPAC, Theater 2 (199 Chambers Street). (more...)
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