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Set amid the sexual revolution and the rise of second-wave feminism, American Woman follows Bonnie, an unconventional mother struggling to raise her two daughters after leaving her husband. She and her two best friends, Kathleen and Diana, each will discover their own brand of independence in a world reluctant to give it.

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Paragon Theatre's Trench Play Development Series Presents RACE RELATIONS 5/18
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2009

Four college students struggle to define their identities against a backdrop of racial tension in this staged reading of an award-winning play presented by Paragon Theatre's 'The Trench: A New Play Development Series.'...


DM Playhouse Holds Auditions for DROWSY CHAPERONE, 7/11
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 06, 2010

Auditions for the 'The Drowsy Chaperone' will be held at The Des Moines Community Playhouse at 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 18. All auditions are open to the public; no one is pre-cast. Those auditioning must bring a prepared solo; an accompanist will be provided....


The Color Purple Triumphs in Durham
by Shane Hudson - May 30, 2010

The Color Purple made a triumphant return to the Durham Performing Arts Center this week. The musical, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the Steven Spielberg film of the same name, is a massively popular, Tony-Award winning epic. ...


Sojourner and First Lady of Philadelphia Plays Hedgerow Theatre, Closes 2/6
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2011

Sojourner and First Lady of Philadelphia: Deborah Franklin, are the historical shows onstage at Hedgerow Theatre this January, Sojourner, closing Feb. 6, written by Philadelphia playwright Richard LaMonte Pierce, introduces audiences to Sojourner Truth, the former slave who rose to become the first ...


Northlight Presents DADDY LONG LEGS, 9/16-10/24
by Nicolas Coburn - July 02, 2010

Northlight Theatre opens its 2010-2011 Season with Daddy Long Legs by John Caird and Paul Gordon, based on the novel by Jean Webster. The production, directed by John Caird, runs September 16 - October 24, 2010 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie....


Greentree Productions Presents YELLOWMAN, Runs 9/15-10/9
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 20, 2011

Greenetree Productions' Artistic Director J. Israel Greene announces the theater company's first production of their 2011-2012 season. ...


DM Playhouse Holds Auditions for DROWSY CHAPERONE, 7/18
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2010

Auditions for the 'The Drowsy Chaperone' will be held at The Des Moines Community Playhouse at 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 18. All auditions are open to the public; no one is pre-cast. Those auditioning must bring a prepared solo; an accompanist will be provided....


Santa Rosa's 6th Street Playhouse Presents Intimate Apparel 2/11-27
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 19, 2011

The 6th Street Playhouse presents INTIMATE APPAREL by Lynn Nottage...


'Picasso in the Met' and 'American Woman' to Close 8/15
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2010

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be closing two popular exhibits, 'Picasso in the Met' and 'American Woman' on August 15. The immensly popular Picasso exhibit is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on the remarkable array of works by Pablo Picasso in the Metropolitan's collection. Featuring...


The Theatre School Showcase: Contemporary Plays and Classics Presents A RAISIN IN THE SUN
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2010

The Theatre School Showcase: Contemporary Plays and Classics Presents: A RAISIN IN THE SUN directed by Phyllis E. Griffin From February 1959 to February 2010 - A Chicago Story on Stage Where it Debuted...


'Picasso in the Met' and 'American Woman' to Close 8/15
by Nicole Rosky - August 10, 2010

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be closing two popular exhibits, 'Picasso in the Met' and 'American Woman' on August 15. The immensly popular Picasso exhibit is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on the remarkable array of works by Pablo Picasso in the Metropolitan's collection. Featuring...


National Black Touring Circut Presents SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, 2/18-20
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2011

National Black Touring Circuit, Woodie King Jr., Producer/Director, in association with the Castillo Theatre (Dan Friedman, artistic director, Diane Stiles, managing director) will be presenting Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change by Ajene Washington, directed by Imani on February 18, 19, & 20th ,...


Northlight Presents DADDY LONG LEGS, 9/16-10/24
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2010

Northlight Theatre opens its 2010-2011 Season with Daddy Long Legs by John Caird and Paul Gordon, based on the novel by Jean Webster. The production, directed by John Caird, runs September 16 - October 24, 2010 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie....


DM Playhouse Holds Auditions for DROWSY CHAPERONE, 7/11
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2010

Auditions for the 'The Drowsy Chaperone' will be held at The Des Moines Community Playhouse at 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 18. All auditions are open to the public; no one is pre-cast. Those auditioning must bring a prepared solo; an accompanist will be provided....


Heller Theatre Seeks Props and Actors for THE EXONERATED And RABBIT HOLE
by Yosi Merves - September 03, 2009

Heller Theatre is having a second open audition at its new location for THE EXONERATED by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen....


INTIMATE APPAREL, OPUS et al. Set for Two River's Upcoming Season
by Lauren Wolman - April 08, 2010

The Two River Theater Company recently announced its 2010-2011 season, which will begin on September 21 with Lynn Nottage's INTIMATE APPAREL which will run through October 10. ...


DM Playhouse Holds Auditions for DROWSY CHAPERONE, 7/18
by Nicolas Coburn - July 02, 2010

Auditions for the 'The Drowsy Chaperone' will be held at The Des Moines Community Playhouse at 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 18. All auditions are open to the public; no one is pre-cast. Those auditioning must bring a prepared solo; an accompanist will be provided....


Costume Institute's 'American Woman' to Open 5/5
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 21, 2010

'American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity' at Metropolitan Museum to Open May 5, 2010; First Costume Institute Exhibition Based on Renowned Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection Gala Benefit May 3, 2010, with Co-Chairs Oprah Winfrey, Patrick Robinson, and Anna Wintour...


Robinson Co-Chairs Costume Institute Gala Benefit With Winfrey & Wintour 5/3
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2010

Furthering its commitment to the arts, Gap is helping support The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Spring 2010 Costume Institute exhibition: American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity (on view May 5 - August 15). As part of the iconic brand's sponsorship, Gap Executive Vice President of Global Desig...


Jubilee Theatre Continues Season With Drama 'THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA', 2/5-2/28
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2010

Jubilee Theatre continues their twenty-ninth season with the powerful and moving drama by Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland, From the Mississippi Delta. Professor Holland, a noted scholar and dramatist, wrote a memoir of the same name in 1997. This powerful story chronicles her journey from poverty and pr...


IN THE BLOOD Plays The Finborough Theatre August 15-30
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 09, 2010

Lambert Maher Productions and Boomerang Theatre Productions in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre present The European Premiere IN THE BLOOD by Suzan-Lori Parks....


DM Playhouse Holds Auditions for DROWSY CHAPERONE, 7/11
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 06, 2010

Auditions for the 'The Drowsy Chaperone' will be held at The Des Moines Community Playhouse at 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 18. All auditions are open to the public; no one is pre-cast. Those auditioning must bring a prepared solo; an accompanist will be provided....


Greentree Productions Presents YELLOWMAN, Runs 9/15-10/9
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2011

Greenetree Productions' Artistic Director J. Israel Greene announces the theater company's first production of their 2011-2012 season. ...


MITF Presents THREE AMERICAN WOMEN: A TRILOGY, Opens 7/13
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2010

A hard-charging lawyer from New England struggles with demands made by her Indian heritage while forever fighting the perception that all dark-skinned people with foreign accents are terrorists; a late forty-something African-American woman just wants to go home to the South, but instead gets caught...


Met Museum Celebrates Independence Day Weekend With 7/5 Met Holiday Monday
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 28, 2010

'Met Holiday Mondays' are special days that the Museum opens to the public beyond its regular schedule, and selected exhibitions, galleries, and shops are open. (The Museum is usually closed on Mondays.)...






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