James Stephens III Headlines Improv at Harrah's This WeekOctober 3, 2011Budd Friedman and Mark Lonow's world-famous Improv Comedy Club at Harrah's Las Vegas showcases a different marquee of acts each week. James Stephens III takes the stage tomorrow through Sunday, with Quinn Dahle and Brett Walkow.
Victory Gardens Presents MeTube, 11/12 & 13October 3, 2011Victory Gardens will present beatbox harmonica virtuoso Yuri Lane in MeTube, written and directed by Rachel Havrelock, with live visuals by Sharif Ezzat. MeTube is presented in partnership with the Chicago Humanities Festival and is part of Victory Gardens Fresh Squeezed Series 2011-12 season. MeTube will run Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 7:30PM in the Zacek-McVay Theater at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park.
Joe Sib Returns to New York City With CALIFORNIA CALLING, 10/13October 3, 2011Joe Sib is excited to return to New York City and The Bowery Electric (327 Bowery) on October 13th, 2011 for this intimate, one-night-only performance of California Calling. The one-man show is based on Sib's story of growing up in the early 1980's when the counterculture of skateboarding and punk rock hit the suburbs of California. Sib animates his verbal autobiography with 70+ photographs and limitless enthusiasm. It's a universal and classic story about how music has the power to shape and define lives.
Production Commences on ANNA KARENINA FilmOctober 3, 2011Working Title Films has commenced production on Joe Wright's epic love story Anna Karenina, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's classic novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love). The film will shoot in the U.K. and Russia. Focus Features will distribute the movie domestically, and Universal Pictures International (UPI) will distribute the movie internationally.
Arena Stage's YOU, NERO Cast AnnouncedOctober 3, 2011Arena Stage announces casting for You, Nero by American Voices New Play Institute resident playwright and Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Freed. Making his Arena Stage debut is director Nicholas Martin (Broadway's Present Laughter, Butley). You, Nero runs November 25, 2011-January 1, 2012 in the Fichandler Stage.
HELLA FRESH FISH 3.0 TEN MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL Opens 10/7October 3, 2011B. Someday Productions, the edgy, scrappy resident theatre company of New Kensington, and Hella Fresh, the new theatre company of West Kensington, team together to bring 12 new 10-minute plays, HELLA FRESH FISH 3.0 TEN MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL brings 10 different playwrights, 30 actors, 9 directors and lots of short attention span shows to both the Walking Fish Theatre and the Papermill Theater.
Roxy Regional Theatre Announces 29th SeasonOctober 3, 2011With the musical hit Beehive: The '60s Musical Sensation bringing down the house nightly through October 15, the Roxy Regional Theatre, Clarksville, has opened its 29th season of classics, musicals, regional premieres and world premieres.
Strand Theater and the Maryland Humanities Council Partner for Monster Mash-UpOctober 3, 2011The Strand Theater and the Maryland Humanities Council host Free Fall Monster Mash-up! The Monster Mash-Up includes costume making, monster mash dancing, and free refreshments! Participants will learn the origins of their favorite monsters from Erik Kjeldgaard, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
NAATCO Presents THE DUMB WAITER, 10/6-11/6October 3, 2011The OBIE Award-winning NAATCO, The National Asian American Theater Company, presents Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, which will kick off their 22nd season.
South Camden Theatre Company Opens SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER 10/21October 3, 2011The South Camden Theatre Company, a nonprofit professional theatre organization located in Camden, New Jersey opens its seventh season titled 'Tenn X Ten' featuring works written by and inspired by Tennessee Williams in celebration of the centennial of his birth. A three-week production of 'Suddenly Last Summer' written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Connie Norwood begins the 2011-2012 season opening Friday October 21, 2011 at 8 p.m.
13 CLOCKS Opens 10/16 at Lifeline TheatreOctober 3, 2011Lifeline Theatre's KidSeries presents a world premiere stage adaptation of The 13 Clocks, based on the irreverent fairy tale by James Thurber. The production is adapted by Lifeline Theatre ensemble member Robert Kauzlaric (two-time Non-Equity Jeff Award-winning adaptor), and directed by Serendipity Theatre Collective Artistic Director Amanda Delheimer. On a faraway island, a wicked Duke has locked his niece in a high tower.
Stage 773 Grand Opening Set for 10/16October 3, 2011Stage 773 Artistic Director Brian Posen announced plans to showcase the newly renovated Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave., at a grand opening celebration, showcasing the 4 newly renovated theaters, a new façade, lobby area and much more, Sunday, October 16 at 7 p.m.
Plays for Living Presents STILL GROWING, 10/6October 3, 2011Plays for Living is proud to announce an engaging one night performance of 'Still Growing'. This VERY SPECIAL event will take place, Thursday, October 6, 2011, 6-8pm, Atria West 86 - Media Room, 333 West 86th Street, New York, New York. Refreshments will be served and seating is limited.