Jennifer Mudge To Star In The World Premiere Of OOHRAH! At ATC; Runs Through 9/27September 16, 2009Jennifer Mudge stars in the world premiere of Bekah Brunstetter?s play Oohrah!, presented by the Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director). Directed by Evan Cabnet, OOHRAH! also features Cassie Beck, Sami Gayle, Darren Goldstein, J.R. Horne, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Maximilian Osinski.
Oohrah! began previews Tuesday, September 1 and opened Thursday, September 10 for a limited engagement through Sunday, September 27, 2009 Off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16 Street).
TCG Announces 9th Round Of New Generations Program RecipientsSeptember 15, 2009Thirteen theatres (13) theatres and ten (10) individuals have been selected to participate in the ninth round of the New Generations Program, a grant initiative cooperatively designed by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Theatre Communications Group (TCG). In nine rounds of the program, over $12.5 million in grants have been awarded to over 200 theatres in support of three grant objectives.
Photo Flash: COTTON PATCH GOSPEL Opened The Provision Theater Company's 2009/10 Season On 9/10September 15, 2009Provision Theater Company will open their 2009-10 season with a bigger and bolder version of their 2004 hit production of Harry Chapin?s Cotton Patch Gospel. The season will be the first produced in their brand new home, located at 1001 W. Roosevelt Road in Chicago. To celebrate the space, the theater company will host a gala reception, highlighted with a champagne toast, on Saturday, September 12; a date that also marks the official opening of the production which previews September 10 and runs through November 8. Lou Contey will direct the production.
Photo Flash: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Hits The Beck Center 9/19-10/18September 15, 2009Beck Center for the Arts presents Fiddler on the Roof September 19 ? October 18, 2009 at the Mackey Main Stage. Fiddler on the Roof's book is by Joseph Stein, music is by Jerry Bock, and lyrics is by Sheldon Harnick. The production has direction by Paul Gurgol and features George Roth* as Tevye.
Harlem Stage's New Music Series Uptown Nights At Harlem Stage Debuts 9/26September 14, 2009Harlem Stage?s new music series Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage, which debuts Sept. 26, reaches back to the time when uptown was the place to seek out the next big thing in music, and to hear top artists of the time play in settings where socializing, and community building, was paramount.
PTC Announces Auditions for OUR TOWN To Be Held 10/2September 14, 2009Auditions for Pioneer Theatre Company's production of Our Town will be held on Friday, October 2nd, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The time slots from 1 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. are reserved for AEA (Equity) members only, but AEA members may sign up for any time slot. Callbacks will be the morning of Saturday, October 3rd, 2009; the time will be announced. Auditions will be held in Room 245 at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. Auditioners will be required to read selected sides from the script.
Beginning 9/19 KPCC 89.3 FM To Air L.A. Theatre Works' THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST September 14, 2009This weekend, beginning Saturday, September 19 from 10 pm - midnight on 89.3 KPCC, L.A. Theatre Works will air The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, starring Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf and Sarah Zimmerman. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.