PFAA Presents SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY, 9/26by BWW News Desk - Sep 9, 2010Prescott Fine Arts Association begins its 2010 - 2011 Season of Readers Theater presentations, in association with the Prescott Public Library, with the American classic, Spoon River Anthology at 2:00 pm on Sunday, September 26th, located at the Prescott Public Library. The play is written by Edgar Lee Masters, adapted by Charles Aidman and directed by Herb Voss. Admission is free though donations are appreciated. A discussion of the play will take place at the conclusion of the reading. (more...)
PFAA Presents SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY, 9/26by BWW
News Desk - Sep 26, 2010Prescott Fine Arts Association begins its 2010 - 2011 Season of Readers Theater presentations, in association with the Prescott Public Library, with the American classic, Spoon River Anthology at 2:00 pm on Sunday, September 26th, located at the Prescott Public Library. The play is written by Edgar Lee Masters, adapted by Charles Aidman and directed by Herb Voss. Admission is free though donations are appreciated. A discussion of the play will take place at the conclusion of the reading. (more...)
Mid/Late November California Central Coast Theatre Offeringsby Curt Miner - Nov 19, 2010As we put the middle of November in our rear view mirror, a number of new shows have just opened, and a few others are getting ready to open here on the California Central Coast - so get your calendars out and make plans to take in some live theatre over the next few weeks!
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Mid/Late November California Central Coast Theatre Offeringsby Curt Miner - Nov 15, 2010As we put the middle of November in our rear view mirror, a number of new shows have just opened, and a few others are getting ready to open here on the California Central Coast - so get your calendars out and make plans to take in some live theatre over the next few weeks!
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Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot: GEORGE W. MANUS JR.by Jeffrey Ellis - May 4, 2012Who's who in Tennessee theater? Sometimes, without a program in your hand, it's difficult to know who's playing whom-hence, our newest feature: Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot...featuring some of the Volunteer State's best-known-or soon-to-be-known all over the freakin' world-thespians. And have you ever wondered who the amazing photographers are who make them look so damn good? We're gonna tell ya...Today's actor/subject/model is the handsome and talented (and multiple BWW Tennessee Award winner) George W. Manus Jr., photographed by Jessica Storvik. (more...)
Green-Wood Cemetery Opens for The Spoon River Project, 6/15by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2011In the quiet calm of the mid-summer night air, visitors to Historic Green-Wood Cemetery will be transported to the fictional town of Spoon River as the Green-Wood Historic Fund and 22Q Entertainment LLC present the New York City theatrical premiere of The Spoon River Project. (more...)
Sheena Metal Joins Ensemble Studio Theatre's Board of Directorsby BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012Sheena Metal, an entertainment icon who has anchored numerous radio shows for over 17 years in Los Angeles, has been named to the Board of Directors of Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, it was announced by Gates McFadden, Artistic Director. (more...)
THE SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY to Play 2 Limited Engagements in NYC With Cast of 100 Performersby BWW News Desk - Mar 6, 2012Edgar Lee Masters’ epic work, The Spoon River Anthology, will receive an all-new production, of unprecedented scale and scope, conceived & directed Jimmy Maize, with music by Eli Zoller, choreography by Jon Cooper & Marine Sialelli, and music direction by Ethan Wagner, and featuring a cast of one-hundred performers, will be presented for two special limited engagements: April 18 – 21 at The Riverside Theatre (91 Claremont Avenue located inside the Riverside Church between 120th and 122nd Streets), in association with Columbia University School of the Arts; and April 24 – 28 at the Invisible Dog Art Center (51 Bergen Street in Brooklyn).
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Gloucester Stage to Present Lee Meriwether in Her Adaptation of THE WOMEN OF SPOON RIVER, 6/2-4by BWW News Desk - Mar 12, 2012Gloucester Stage Company will present Lee Meriwether in her adaptation of THE WOMEN OF SPOON RIVER, June 2-4, 2012. The show is an intimate collection of female literary portraits by Edgar Lee Masters performed by Meriwether set in a small town in Illinois at the turn of the century. (more...)
BWW Interviews: On The LINE with Kathryn Clubb from Keeton's A CHORUS LINEby Jeffrey Ellis - Jun 4, 2011Director Kate Adams-Johnson, aka Nashville's busiest choreographer, is putting yet another cast through its paces in preparation for yet another opening night (this one's fast approaching on Thursday, June 9). Only this time, she's serious. Very serious. The show she's helming for this particular opening night, you see, is every dancer's holy grail: A Chorus Line.In the cast, there's a blend familiar faces from local theater productions and a whole slew of newcomers. During the run-up to the show's June 9 opening night, we've introduced you to members of Kate's cast - and next up is relatively new face (although she's already made her mark on Nashville stages), the bright, lovely and clever Kathryn Clubb... (more...)
Photo Flash: SPOON RIVER PROJECT in Green-Wood Cemeteryby BWW News Desk - Jun 2, 2011In the quiet calm of the mid-summer night air, visitors to Historic Green-Wood Cemetery will be transported to the fictional town of Spoon River as the Green-Wood Historic Fund and 22Q Entertainment LLC present the New York City theatrical premiere of The Spoon River Project. A dramatic new adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters' 1915 poetic masterpiece, "The Spoon River Anthology," The Spoon River Project will be performed from June 15 - 26, 2011 under the moonlight and lit by torches and lanterns. Theatre-goers will travel on Green-Wood's trolley deep into the heart of the Cemetery to the site of the production. (more...)
Green-Wood Cemetery Opens for The Spoon River Project, 6/15by BWW
News Desk - Jun 14, 2011In the quiet calm of the mid-summer night air, visitors to Historic Green-Wood Cemetery will be transported to the fictional town of Spoon River as the Green-Wood Historic Fund and 22Q Entertainment LLC present the New York City theatrical premiere of The Spoon River Project. (more...)
Santa Monica Playhouse Presents The West Coast Premiere of LOCKED AND LOADED, Opens 2/18by BWW
News Desk - Feb 18, 2011Santa Monica Playhouse, currently celebrating its 50th year of innovative, ground-breaking theatre, pushes the edge of the envelope yet again with Locked and Loaded, arguably an entirely new genre of theatre that The New York Time calls "a play that doesn't look or sound like anything you've ever seen before." (more...)
Santa Monica Playhouse Presents The West Coast Premiere of LOCKED AND LOADED, Opens 2/18by BWW News Desk - Feb 13, 2011Santa Monica Playhouse, currently celebrating its 50th year of innovative, ground-breaking theatre, pushes the edge of the envelope yet again with Locked and Loaded, arguably an entirely new genre of theatre that The New York Time calls "a play that doesn't look or sound like anything you've ever seen before." (more...)
Carol Channing Talks Betty Garrettby BWW News Desk - Feb 13, 2011A little know fact is that Carol Channing was Betty's roommate in the early days of their careers, before either of them became successful. About Betty's death, Carol had this to say "No one could have had a dearer sweeter more unselfish roommate than Betty Garrett. To save me after I was fired from the Borstht Circuit (Camp Cataminm), she kept encouraging me. She was gorgeously talented and funny herself. My deep gratitude goes with her." (more...)
Broadway Star Betty Garrett Dies at 91by BWW News Desk - Feb 13, 2011Broadway star Betty Garrett died in Los Angeles at the age of 91. Garrett died Saturday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, most likely from an aortic aneurysm, according to her son Garrett Parks. Garrett was in good health and even taught her musical comedy class at Theater West on Wednesday night. Theater West is a non-profit organization which she helped found. Friday, she checked into the hospital with heart trouble and died the next morning, with her family at her side.
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THE SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY Begins Performances in Brooklyn Tonightby BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2012The Spoon River Anthology travels to Brooklyn where it will receive an all-new production, conceived & directed Jimmy Maize, with music by Eli Zoller, choreography by Jon Cooper & Marine Sialelli, and music direction by Ethan Wagner, and featuring a cast of one-hundred performers, The limited engagement begins performances tonight, April 24 and will continue through this Saturday, April 28 at the Invisible Dog Art Center (51 Bergen Street in Brooklyn). (more...)
The Invisible Dog Announces May Exhibitions, Films and Theater, 4/21-5/27by BWW News Desk - Apr 20, 2012Openings, closings, last chances and first glances - April is ending, May is beginning. T. S. Eliot told us that April is the cruelest month, but at the Invisible Dog it isn't cruel, it's just too short! Films, readings, performances and a brand new ground floor installation will all be happening in the next 4 weeks. (more...)
Photo Flash: Invisible Dog Art Center Presents SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGYby BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2012Edgar Lee Masters' epic work, The Spoon River Anthology, receives an all-new production, of unprecedented scale and scope, conceived & directed Jimmy Maize, with music by Eli Zoller, choreography by Jon Cooper & Marine Sialelli, and music direction by Ethan Wagner, and featuring a cast of one-hundred performers, with two special limited engagements: April 18 - 21 at The Riverside Theatre. (more...)
THE SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY Plays Two Limited Engagements in NY With Cast of 100by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2012Edgar Lee Masters’ epic work, The Spoon River Anthology, receives an all-new production, of unprecedented scale and scope, conceived & directed Jimmy Maize, with music by Eli Zoller, choreography by Jon Cooper & Marine Sialelli, and music direction by Ethan Wagner, and featuring a cast of one-hundred performers, with two special limited engagements: April 18 – 21 at The Riverside Theatre (91 Claremont Avenue located inside the Riverside Church between 120th and 122nd Streets), in association with Columbia University School of the Arts; and April 24 – 28 at the Invisible Dog Art Center (51 Bergen Street in Brooklyn).
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