A Midsummer Night's Dream Videos & Multimedia

STAGE TUBE: Meet the Cast of Old Globe's 2013 Shakespeare Festival

The Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team for the 2013 Shakespeare Festival. Festival Artistic Director Adrian Noble returns to San Diego for his fourth and final year of Festival programming. The internationally acclaimed director will helm productions of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Tom Stoppard's classic farce, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Laurence Olivier Award-nominated director Ian Talbot will make his Old Globe debut with the enduring Shakespeare favorite A Midsummer Night's Dream. The 2013 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, runs June 2 - Sept. 29. Subscription tickets from $66 to $270. Single tickets start at $29. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. (more...)

VIDEO: Christian Siriano Launches Spring 2013 Campaign

Christian Siriano launched his Spring 2013 video and print campaign. Shot by Brad Walsh at New York's historic Waldorf-Astoria, both feature the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre dancers Katerina Eng, Isabelle Seiler, and Carolyn Lippert. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Berkeley Rep's FALLACI World Premiere

Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright premieres his new play at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. It is a fictional play about the last days of legendary journalist Oriana Fallaci. Don't miss this sizzling new script, which is directed by Oskar Eustis, stars Concetta Tomei and Marjan Neshat, and features an incredible team of designers. The 65th world premiere presented by Berkeley Rep, Fallaci is currently in previews in the Roda Theatre and opens March 13, running through April 21. Below, check out a sneak peek at FALLACI, Berkeley Rep's new world premiere about one of the first rock stars of modern journalism! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Atlanta's Laura Floyd on Juggling Teaching and Acting

Laura Floyd is well known on the Atlanta stage for her recent portrayal of Bonnie in the premiere of Clyde 'n' Bonnie last year, for which she received a Suzi Bass Award nomination. But in addition to being a stage star, she simultaneously teaches at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Opening Night at First Folio Theatre's JEEVES TAKES A BOW

First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83) presents the witty comedy JEEVES TAKES A BOW, running now through March 3. Directed by Jeff Award nominee Alison C. Vesely (First Folio's A Moon for the Misbegotten), the cast of First Folio's 2009 production Jeeves in Bloom reprise their roles in JEEVES TAKES A BOW, starring Jim McCance as 'Jeeves' and Christian Gray (The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe and Romeo & Juliet at First Folio Theatre, The Glass Menagerie at Oak Park Festival Theatre) as 'Bertie.' Click below to watch opening night interviews with the cast and creative team! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Artistic Director Tony Taccone Introduces FALLACI at Berkeley Rep

Even as his latest book attracts international attention, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright premieres his new play at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. A reporter renowned for his work with The New Yorker - and the bestselling author behind The Looming Tower and Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief - Wright is also the playwright who penned My Trip to al Qaeda and The Human Scale. Now he debuts a fictional play about the last days of legendary journalist Oriana Fallaci. Don't miss this sizzling new script, which is directed by Oskar Eustis, stars Concetta Tomei and Marjan Neshat, and features an incredible team of designers. The 65th world premiere presented by Berkeley Rep, Fallaci begins previews in the Roda Theatre on March 8, opens March 13, and runs through April 21. Below, watch a video of Artistic Director Tony Taccone introducing the play! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: BALANCHINE BALLET Anniversaries - January 17

January 17 marks the anniversary of two famous George Balanchine ballets, Stars and Stripes and A Midsummer Night's Dream. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Promo - Wilmington Theatre's OVERRULED, Coming to Old Red Lion, Jan 2013

Wilmington Theatre Company brings its debut production of OVERRULED to the Old Red Lion Theatre in January 2013. George Bernard Shaw's short comedies HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND, OVERRULED, and VILLAGE WOOING will be directed by Polina Kalinina (Assistant Director, The Seagull, Southwark Playhouse; Dutchman, Orange Tree). Check out a fun promo for the production below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: First Look at Kimiko Glenn, Tom Hewitt and More in YOSHIMI BATTLES PINK ROBOTS - Highlights!

La Jolla Playhouse presents Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a world-premiere musical featuring a story by The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Playhouse Director Emeritus Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys, Jesus Christ Superstar), music and lyrics by The Flaming Lips, and direction by Des McAnuff. The show is currently running through December 16, 2012 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production highlights below. (more...)

VIDEO: MODERN FAMILY's Jesse Tyler Ferguson Ties a Bow Tie for Equality

Jesse Tyler Ferguson of 'Modern Family' will be starting a family of his own with Justin Mikita very soon, as the two became engaged this September. Ferguson revealed his marriage proposal, which Justin accepted, in a video on the Tie the Knot website, a new foundation that supports marriage rights and equality. The couple is working with Tie Bar on a line of bowties to raise money for organizations that support the garnering of civil rights for gay and lesbian marriage, and Tie The Knot's bow ties for equality are now available online at www.tietheknot.org. Don't know how to tie a bow tie? Watch Ferguson's how-to video below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Gets Birthday Surprise!

Stage and screen star Jesse Tyler Ferguson got a birthday serenade from the Boston Gay Men's Chorus courtesy of his ABC 'Modern Family' co-star Eric Stonestreet. Stonestreet asked the Boston Gay Men's Choir to surprise Jesse and sing 'Happy Birthday' at the end of their show on October 22nd at the Wilbur Theatre. Check out the birthday surprise below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Highlights of DCTC's THE GIVER

Lowis Lowry's powerful award-winning novel, THE GIVER, comes to life in a thought provoking production by the Denver Center Theatre Company (DCTC). Dramatized by Eric Coble, THE GIVER plays The Ricketson Theatre now through November 18, 2012. Tickets may be purchased by calling 303.893.4100 or visiting www.denvercenter.org. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: MODERN FAMILY's Jesse Tyler Ferguson Talks Broadway Beginnings

In the video below, comedian Paul F. Tompkins sits down with Jesse Tyler Ferguson to talk about his Broadway beginnings, So You Think You Can Dance, flirting with Bryan Cranston, bow-ties, and his on-set relationship with Eric Stonestreet on the hit TV comedy 'Modern Family'! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Trinity Rep Goes Behind the Scenes of KING LEAR with 'How Did They Do That?'

Learn Trinity Rep's backstage secrets from two scenes in their production of KING LEAR. In these "How Did They Do That?" videos, the team takes you through the art of falling walls and gouged eyes. Click below to watch! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Preview Dotted Line Theatre's THE LONELY ONE, Now Playing Edinburgh Fringe

Following a sell-out and critically acclaimed run at London's Little Angel Theatre and at The 2012 Pulse Festival in Ipswich, Dotted Line Theatre bring their atmospheric one act play to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Lonely One, a delicious tale of fear, runs now through August 26, 2012, the Iron Belly, Underbelly - Cowgate. Check out eerie footage from the production in the video below! (more...)

BWW TV: Entrevista a Mireia Mambo Bokele

Esta actriz de 23 años forma parte de la compañía que actualmente representa Ragtime y A Midsummer Night's Dream en el Open Air Theatre en Regent's Park en Londres, pero sus raíces están en España. Hace 4 años fue Taylor McKessie en la producción española de High School Musical, y desde entonces su carrera le ha llevado hasta Londres donde BroadwayWorld ha podido conocerla más de cerca para que nos cuente cómo ha llegado tan lejos. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Steven Sater, Christopher Ashley and NIGHTINGALE Team Address Color-Blind Casting

Currently playing at the La Jolla Playhouse is The Nightingale, by the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening: Steven Sater (book and lyrics) and Duncan Sheik (music). Directed by Tony Award nominee Moises Kaufman (33 Variations, I Am My Own Wife), the production runs July 10 - August 5, 2012 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre. The theatre recently held an open discussion about the color-blind casting of the show, which has gotten attention amoungst the Asian-American community. Here what they had to say about the subject in the full panel video below. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Serenbe Playhouse's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Teaser

Serenbe Playhouse presents A Midsummer Night's Dream, June 28 - July 15 at the The Flanders-Reid Acreage Stage. Click below to watch a teaser of the production below. (more...)

BWW TV: Ian McDiarmid in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's TIMON OF ATHENS - Show Highlights!

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) is currently presenting, William Shakespeare's rarely produced Timon of Athens, directed by CST Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and featuring Tony Award winner Ian McDiarmid in the title role. Performed in CST's Courtyard Theater from through June 10, 2012, Gaines' production also features Sean Fortunato as Flavius, James Newcomb as Apemantus and Danforth Comins as Alcibiades. Performances began April 24, 2012. Production highlights have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a look below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Rachel Klein's SYMPHONY OF SHADOWS: A TALE FROM THE LAND BEYOND THE VEIL Set for June 8-23

Dixon Place will present the world premiere of Rachel Klein's Symphony of Shadows: A Tale From the Land Beyond the Veil on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from June 8 to at 7:30pm at Dixon Place / 161A Chrystie Street. This movement-based spectacular tells the story of a woman combating a variety of sleep disorders, phantasmagorical night terrors, hypnotic horrors, and other, visually stunning conjurings from the subconscious depths of her own disturbed mind. Symphony of Shadows merges striking elements of circus and aerial arts, dance and movement, burlesque, and operatic productions to vividly illustrate its storyline in a genre defying form, which 'evokes a live-action silent film.' (more...)