Arts on the Waterfront Hosts Musicians, Visual Arts, ROMEO AND JULIET and More, 6/15-7/1by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2012Mickey Rowe and Laurie Roberts, Arts on the Waterfront coordinators, hope to revitalize and reinvent this event to include both theater and visual art as well as of course the live music that made the series such a staple of the Seattle scene years ago. Arts on the Waterfront will be located next door to the Seattle Aquarium and blocks west of the Seattle Art Museum. Buy local produce at the Pike Place Market and enjoy it next door to the Aquarium while watching free public theater followed by live music and moonlit dancing. There will be performances by local bands SolBird, The Horse Thieves, Country Lips, Fortune Dwellers and more. The event will run June 15-July 1. (more...)
TAPA's Dora Mavor Moore Awards Set for 6/25; Thom Allison to Hostby BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) today announced that the 33rd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, celebrating extraordinary Toronto talent in the performing arts, will take place on Monday, June 25 at 8pm at the St.Lawrence Centre for the Arts in the Bluma Appel Theatre. (more...)
Fault Line Theatre to Present FROM WHITE PLAINS, 5/31-6/10by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012After a shocking announcement on international television, 30 year old Ethan Rice finds himself finally having to confront who he was and what he did as a teenager. (more...)
Raul Esparza, Jesse L. Martin and More Join Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep in The Public's ROMEO AND JULIET Reading, 6/18by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Patrick Willingham) announced today that Shakespeare in the Park alumni Raul Esparza, Jesse L. Martin, Jerry Stiller, Christopher Walken, Sam Waterston and Jeffrey Wright will join Kevin Kline as Romeo and Meryl Streep as Juliet in a one-night-only benefit reading of Romeo and Juliet on Monday, June 18-- the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. (more...)
Judi Dench on the Importance of Shakespeare in Schoolsby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012In a recent interview with BBC, Dame Judi Dench chatted about the importance of teaching Shakespeare in schools. Dench commented: " I would like to be doing a Shakespeare play every single night, and I do try to say a sonnet every day... Either it gives you goosebumps or it doesn't, and I heard this morning that some schools have stopped doing Shakespeare on the school curriculum." (more...)
BAFTA Los Angeles to Stage Second Annual Inner City Shakespeare Production, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, 6/9 & 10by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012BAFTA LA, as part of its commitment to professional and community education, is once again bringing the Bard to Ladera Heights, reteaming with Washington Preparatory High School for a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on June 9 and 10 at 3:30 pm at Ladera Height’s Park located at 6027 Ladera Heights Boulevard in Los Angeles. Last year BAFTA LA’s Education and Outreach Program partnered with Washington Preparatory High School to stage Shakespeare’s classic, Romeo and Juliet. (more...)
Cortland Rep Announces Pavilion Award Nominations for High-School Theaterby BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Cortland Repertory Theatre has announced the nominees for their tenth annual “Pavilion Awards” which recognize Outstanding Achievement in local high school theatre. For the sixth year, First Niagara Bank serves as the Corporate Sponsor for this program, which allows for many categories within the musical and non-musical genres. Musicals in consideration were held at the Cortland, Dryden, Groton, Homer, McGraw and Tully High Schools. Non-musical plays were also presented at Cortland, Homer and Tully. (more...)
Hailee Steinfeld to Star in WHY WE BROKE UPby BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012As first reported on Deadline.com Hailee Steinfeld is currently in negotiations to star in the upcoming comedy WHY WE BROKE UP from Fox 2000. (more...)
Chicago's Northlight Theatre Brings THE OUTGOING TIDE to Galway Arts Festival, July 17-21by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces that the company’s acclaimed World Premiere production of The Outgoing Tide, by Bruce Graham and directed by BJ Jones, will be presented in association with Galway Arts Festival in Galway, Ireland, July 17 – 21, 2012. Cast members John Mahoney, Rondi Reed and Thomas J. Cox, are set to reprise the roles they originated in the Northlight production. (more...)
FREUD'S LAST SESSION to Hold Post-Show Talkback Tomorrowby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012FREUD’S LAST SESSION, the play by Mark St. Germain, will host a special post-performance discussion at tomorrow’s matinee, May 23rd led by one of the show’s producers, Jack Thomas, and the production’s stars, Mark H. Dold (C. S. Lewis) and Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud). They will also conduct a Q&A session with the audience. (more...)
THE SLUTS OF SUTTON DRIVE Are Set for The Finborough Theatre, London, 24 June to 9 Julyby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012As part of the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre's Summer Season, acclaimed US playwright Joshua Conkel makes his UK debut with the world premiere of the darkly comic The Sluts of Sutton Drive, opening at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited run of six Sunday and Monday performances from Sunday, 24 June 2012 to the 9th of July. (more...)
Review - Chlamydia Dell'Arte: A Sex Ed Burlesque & The Broadway Musicals of 1975by Michael Dale - May 21, 2012 (more...)
NEA Grant Supports Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival's ROMEO AND JULIETby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman announced that the NEA will award $20,000 to the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF) to support their production of Romeo and Juliet during the 2012 season. The production which runs in repertory with Love’s Labour’s Lost and The 39 Steps is being directed by Associate Artistic Director Christopher V. Edwards. The 2012 season begins on Tuesday, June 12 and the first performance of Romeo and Juliet is on Wednesday, June 13 at 7pm. (more...)
RIALTO CHATTER: Roundabout Theatre Company to Revive CYRANO DE BERGERAC on Broadway; Previews Begin Sept. 14by Rialto Chatter - May 21, 2012According to an Equity casting notice posted today, it seems the Roundabout Theatre Company will be presenting a revival of Cyrano de Bergerac at the American Airlines Theatre this fall. Previews are listed as begining Sepember 14, 2012 in anticipation of a limited run ending December 9, 2012. Rehearsals will begin August 14, 2012. (more...)
Dance Theatre Piece POOR LIZA Comes to New York and Boston in Juneby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012One of Russia’s most famous actressses, Chulpan Khamatova, along with Bolshoi Theater soloist Andrei Merkuriev, will play for audiences in New York and Boston with POOR LIZA, based on the novel by Nikolay Karamzin. This envelope-pushing choreographed theatrical performance was dreamt up by lauded choreographer Alla Sigalova and composer Leonid Desyatnikov, and produced by Russia’s Theatre of Nations. Maestro Artist Management will present the performances in the US. (more...)
Brooklyn Film Festival Announces DECOY Lineupby BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) today announced the film line up for its 2012 festival, themed DECOY. The competitive event will run from June 1st through 10th at indieScreen and Brooklyn Heights Cinema. (more...)
FREUD'S LAST SESSION Celebrates 7000 Performances Today, 5/18by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012FREUD’S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 700th New York performance tonight, May 18th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). (more...)
Photo Flash: Nicole Parker Joins National Tour of WICKED as 'Elphie' in Denver Tonight, 5/18by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012The company of the first North American tour of WICKED welcomes PJ Benjamin as The Wizard on Tuesday, May 8 and Nicole Parker as Elphaba on Friday, May 18 in Denver, CO. (more...)
Stacy Keach Champions Michigan Shakespeare Festivalby BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012The Michigan Shakespeare Festival, the official Shakespeare Festival of the State of Michigan, has announced that award winning actor Stacy Keach, regarded as perhaps America's greatest interpreter of the Bard's greatest roles, has given his support to the MSF mission and 2012 season. Currently starring on Broadway in John Robin Baitz’s Tony-nominated “Other Desert Cities,” the well known TV, stage, and film actor is excited to lend his voice to the Michigan Shakespeare Festival’s renewed outreach both in Michigan and the Midwest. (more...)
Emily Rohm, William Travis Taylor et al. to Lead Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at CST, 6/28-8/26by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2012Enchanting audiences of all generations worldwide, Disney's Beauty and the Beast casts its spell in Chicago Shakespeare's Courtyard Theater on Navy Pier June 28 to August 26, 2012. Tickets are $18–$25 with special discounts available for groups of 10 or more. All patrons receive a 40 percent parking discount at Navy Pier garages. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Box Office at 312.595.5600 or visit the Theater's website at www.chicagoshakes.com. (more...)
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