Photo Flash: MUD PEOPLE Tells A Story Of Hope & Faith At Angel Island, Previews 6/2June 4, 2009Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. is proud to present the Midwest premiere of Mud People at Angel Island, 735 W. Sheridan. It will open Thursday June 4th at 8 p.m. and run Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. Tickets are $18 on Thursday and Sunday, $20 on Friday, and $22 on Saturday. There will be $5 previews on Tuesday June 2 and Wednesday June 3rd at 8 p.m. We will close on Sunday, July 12th. There will be no show on Saturday, July 4th. There is limited parking available in the Mobil Gas Station across from the theater at a fee determined by Mobil Gas. For more information and reservations call (773) 871-0442.
Gift Theatre Presents Chicago Premiere of THE RUBY SUNRISE 6/25-8/9June 4, 2009The Gift Theatre is conveniently located at 4802 N. Milwaukee in Chicago?s Jefferson Park neighborhood?two storefronts north of Lawrence, on the west side of Milwaukee?and is easily accessible by the Kennedy Expressway, the Lawrence and Milwaukee buses, and the CTA Blue Line.
Axis Presents 10th Annual Cult Hit Serial HOSPITAL, Begins 6/11June 4, 2009Axis Company (1 Sheridan Square, just off 7th Avenue) invites you to the 10th installment of its annual downtown cult favorite Hospital serial. This episodic multimedia play examines the interior life of a man in a terminal coma. Entering this state in a different way every year, the audience travels with him as he roams the vast, dark interiors of his own brain. Although Hospital is a serial play, each evening can be viewed separately as a self-contained, short play. The serial runs June 11 - July 25 at Axis Theater.
Walden Theatre Announces Summer Academy June And August Performances Of An Original PlayJune 4, 2009Walden Theatre's three-week Summer Academy-6 different casts of twenty-six students each, ages 8-14-will present this original play June through August! The students have worked together with Walden instructors to produce a full-length production, complete with sets and costumes. Written by Hank Willenbrink, Grimm Tales is an original work based on the stories of the famous brothers-when a summer storm sends kids playing in Cherokee Park for cover, they decide to pass the time by telling stories from the Brother's Grimm. What they don't realize is that one of the kids
has a real ghost story of their own pulled straight from Louisville Folklore. All performances will be held at Walden Theatre, 1123 Payne Street.
Richard Skipper Stars In CAROL CHANNING: A CELEBRATION At Tim McLoone's Supper Club 7/5June 4, 2009Bob Egan Entertainment in association with Elegant Diamond Productions presents Carol Channing: A Celebration Starring Richard Skipper! Musical Direction by Jon Webber, with a five piece band and back-up singers. In this intimate evening with one of Broadway s greatest treasures, Skipper takes his audience back to a time of clean wholesome entertainment, featuring highlights from two of Channing's greatest hits, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Hello Dolly! One performance only, July 5th, 2008 at 8:00 pm. Tim McLoone's Supper Club, 1200 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ. Reservations: (732) 774-1155.
Marriott Theatre Presents THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA From 7/22 - 9/20June 3, 2009Celebrating 35 years of producing award-winning musical theater in Chicagoland, The Marriott Theatre is thrilled to present the stunningly beautiful new musical The Light in the Piazza, previewing July 22nd, opening July 29th, and running through September 20th.
Katharine Hepburn Theater Exhibition Opens 6/10 at The New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsJune 3, 2009The personal theatrical papers of Katharine Hepburn, which were acquired by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in 2007, will be on view for the first time in the new library exhibition, Katharine Hepburn: In Her Own Files, opening Wednesday, June 10. Her long and rich theater career is documented through typescripts (some, like the script for Coco, annotated in Hepburn?s hand), hundreds of photographs (publicity shots and formal portraits, as well as informal snapshots and rehearsal candids), scrapbooks, promotional ephemera, and sixty years of correspondence (fan mail, congratulatory notes, and general letters from such notable friends and admirers as Judy Garland, Richard Burton, John Ford, Vivien Leigh, Peter O?Toole, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, and Jeremy Irons, among scores of others. She saved telegrams from her friends and from stage crews and even the cards that come with flower bouquets, including many signed ?Pot,? Hepburn?s pet name for long-time companion Spencer Tracy). The exhibition continues through Saturday, October 10, 2009 in the Vincent Astor Gallery of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, located on the Lincoln Center campus at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza. Admission is free. For exhibition information, call 212.870.1630 or visit the Library?s website at www.nypl.org/lpa. In conjunction with this exhibition, a series of Hepburn films based on stage plays will be screened on Saturday afternoons in July and August at the Library.
Block, Cavenaugh, Lazar, Powers, & Spector Set For RFTC Cabaret, 6/14June 3, 2009The Red Fern Theatre Company presents its 2nd Annual Cabaret and Silent Auction Fundraiser, ?Up Close and Personal with Broadway?s Best,? on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 8pm at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater located at 5 West 64th Street.
Seattle Center Movies At The Mural Returns This Summer On 8/1, 8/15, 8/22, 8/28, And 8/29June 3, 2009Seattle Center Movies at the Mural returns this summer with a line-up of five outstanding films shown outdoors on a 45-foot screen at Mural Amphitheater at Seattle Center, Saturday evenings, Aug. 1, 15, 22, 29; and Friday, Aug. 28.
Theatre Puget Sound's Fifth Annual Live Theatre Week Festival To Be Held 10/12-18June 3, 2009Theatre Puget Sound announces the fifth annual Live Theatre Week festival will be October 12-18, 2009. New in 2009, the Kick-Off Fair, (to be held on October 4th at Fisher Pavillion from 12-3pm) will expand beyond theatre to include participation from all Puget Sound arts organizations. Joining the actors and theater staff on October 4th will be an eclectic mix of visual and performance artists as well as musicians, dancers and more. Now, for the first time, all Puget Sound Arts Organizations will celebrate Live Theatre Week together as well as entertain and assist in the Free Night of Theater pre-registration process.
Summer Solos Series Launches 6/18 At Soho PlayhouseJune 3, 2009Producers Scott Morfee and Darren Lee Cole have announced the debut of the new Summer Solos Series, a celebration of the best in solo performance and shows by acclaimed playwrights and performers. The one-night-only performance series begins June 18, 2009, continuing through August 4, 2009 at Soho Playhouse (15 Vandam Street). A special benefit performance of
Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell is scheduled for July 16, 2009 with proceeds going to the Spalding Gray Scholarship Fund. All performances begin at 8:00 p.m. Immediately following each
performance there will be a brief reception with the artist in the Huron Club, located inside the Soho Playhouse.
Albert Schultz Recognized With Honorary Doctorate From Bishop's UniversityJune 3, 2009In recognition of his contribution to Canadian theatre, Soulpepper Founding Artistic Director Albert Schultz received an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree from Bishop?s University on Saturday, May 30, 2009. Bishop?s University annually celebrates the achievements of individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Canadian society on a national or international scale.
NYC's Smooth Cruises Sets Sail Wednesdays 7/1-9/2June 3, 2009Like everything else, travel and live jazz have suffered the economic downturn in New York and beyond. Fortunately, this summer New Yorkers don?t have to go any farther than their own harbor every Wednesday night for great jazz and beautiful city views. For the 10th year in a row, The Smooth Cruises are back and setting sail along the scenic Hudson River.
New Harmony Theatre Opens 2009 Season With A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREJune 3, 2009New Harmony Theatre, the Tri-State?s only professional Equity theatre, opens its 2009 season with Tennessee Williams? Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, ?A Streetcar Named Desire.? The production, directed by Lenny Leibowitz, runs June 12 ? 28, 2009, at New Harmony?s Murphy Auditorium.