THE BATTLE OF SPANKTOWN Premieres at FringeNYC 8/14
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2010 The Potluck presents THE BATTLE OF SPANKTOWN by Jeffrey Pfeiffer as part of the 14th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC. Heidi Handelsman, who helmed MARY BRIGIT POPPLETON IS WRITING A MEMOIR in the 2007 FringeNYC and Encore Series, directs....
Guthrie Theatre's GOD OF CARNAGE Opens 5/28
by Lauren Wolman - May 28, 2011 Jennifer Blagen, Chris Carlson, Tracey Maloney and Bill McCallum will duke it out this summer in God of Carnage, opening May 28 2011, on the McGuire Proscenium Stage. Yasmina Reza's 2009 Tony Award-winning play, under the direction of Guthrie Associate Artistic Director John Miller-Stephany, pits tw...
Greg Kinnear, Maura Tierney, et al. to Lead Powerhouse Theater's THE POWER OF DUFF
by Kelsey Denette - June 13, 2012 New York Stage and Film and Vassar College's Powerhouse Theater have announced the casting for Stephen Belber's The Power of Duff for their 2012 Powerhouse Season....
David Schwimmer & Zoe Buckman Wed
by Jessica Lewis - October 12, 2010 David Schwimmer has proposed to his photographer girlfriend, Zoe Buckman, according to EW.com. The website reports that the couple met in 2007 while Schwimmer was there directing the comedy Run Fatboy Run....
THE BATTLE OF SPANKTOWN Premieres at FringeNYC 8/14
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 13, 2010 The Potluck presents THE BATTLE OF SPANKTOWN by Jeffrey Pfeiffer as part of the 14th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC. Heidi Handelsman, who helmed MARY BRIGIT POPPLETON IS WRITING A MEMOIR in the 2007 FringeNYC and Encore Series, directs....
Evan Cabnet to Direct OUTSIDE PEOPLE at the Vineyard
by Nicole Rosky - June 22, 2011 Vineyard Theatre and Naked Angels will co-produce the world-premiere of Zayd Dohrn's play OUTSIDE PEOPLE, directed by Evan Cabnet at The Vineyard (108 East 15th Street), which will begin performances in December, 2011 and open in January 2012, it has been announced by Douglas Aibel, Artistic Directo...
Stephen Belber’s Play, TAPE, To Receive NYC Revival 9/9-24
by BWW News Desk - September 09, 2011 Knife Edge Productions, in association with Swinestars Productions, will present a revival of Stephen Belber's acclaimed play, Tape, directed by Sam Helfrich. ...
The Blue Note Presents Madeleine Peyroux 4/27-5/2
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2010 Vocalist Madeleine Peyroux returns to the Blue Note for a special series of concerts with her band featuring guitarist Jon Herington, keyboardist Gary Versace, bassist Barak Mori, and drummer Darren Beckett....
Stephen Belber’s Play, TAPE, To Receive NYC Revival 9/9-24
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 18, 2011 Knife Edge Productions, in association with Swinestars Productions, will present a revival of Stephen Belber's acclaimed play, Tape, directed by Sam Helfrich. ...
Classical Theatre of Harlem Presents SEED, 9/6-10/9
by Kelsey Denette - September 22, 2011 Burnt-out social worker Anne Colleen Simpson decides to leave the field on a high note, with a book detailing her career, but when Chee-Chee, a gifted twelve-year-old from the ‘projects' collides into her life, she's forced to confront his young mother and the shadows of her past....
Naked Angels & Furious Theatre Company To Present MONDAYS LA
by Charlie Piane - January 24, 2011 Naked Angels is collaborating with the Furious Theatre Company in Pasadena, CA to bring its unique 3-Step Formula for creative development to the West Coast and expand its programming to feature works for film and television in addition to the stage....
OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE Opens With Intersections 8/9
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2011 THE OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE (OPC) is kicking off its 14th annual Summer New Works Festival of playwrights, readings and special performances with two special performance events called 'Intersections'-- the first will feature a special theatrical presentation by Gangland priest Greg Boyle of his ...
NAKED ANGELS Featured on NY-1's On Stage This Weekend
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 18, 2011 On Monday, February 14 NAKED ANGELS celebrated its 25th Anniversary as one of the most innovative theatre companies in New York with a spectacular Gala at Roseland Ballroom, entitled ONE BIG BALL!....
THIS WIDE NIGHT Extends 1 Week, Set To Close 6/27
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 19, 2010 The American premiere of This Wide Night starring two-time Golden Globe and three-time Emmy Award-winner Edie Falco and Tony nominee Alison Pill opened to critical acclaim on Sunday, May 16th and has now extended its limited engagement one week to play its final performance on Sunday, June 27th....
Lookingglass Ends Run of David Schwimmer and Andy Bellin's TRUST, 4/25
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2010 Lookingglass Theatre will close the world premiere of Trust, written by David Schwimmer and Andy Bellin, and directed by Schwimmer and Heidi Stillman on April 25th. Trust is based on the screenplay by Andy Bellin and Rob Festinger. Schwimmer has previously directed a film version of Trust starrin...
Blank Theater Opens Season With DUSK RINGS A BELL
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2011 The Blank Theatre (Daniel Henning, Founding Artistic Director) kicks off its 21st season with the West Coast premiere of Dusk Rings A Bell by Stephen Belber, directed by Daniel Henning,opening tonight at 8:00. The engagement will run through Sunday, November 13....
SEED Comes To The National Black Theatre in Harlem, Previews 9/6
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 16, 2011 The OBIE award-winning Classical Theatre of Harlem (Ty Jones, producing director) in conjunction with Hip-Hop Theater Festival (Clyde Valentín, executive director and Kamilah Forbes, artistic director) will present the world and Off-Broadway premiere of SEED, an award-winning play written by Radha B...
Steep Theatre Joins Naked Angels To Present Earthsiege: Commence
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2011 Steep Theatre Company and the New York-based Naked Angels will be teaming up this fall to workshop a new play by playwright Sarah Burgess titled Earthsiege: Commence....
Rebecca Brooksher, Jeffrey Carlson & More End Run In The Kennedy Center's GOLDEN AGE, 4/4
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2010 The Kennedy Center will end its run of Golden Age, a new play by Terrence McNally, on April 4th. Following its world premiere with the Philadelphia Theatre Company ran in the Kennedy Center Family Theater as part of Terrence McNally's Nights at the Opera, a five-week event featuring three of the pla...
BWW Reviews: SEASON'S GREETINGS, The National Theatre, January 13 2011
by Gary Naylor - January 14, 2011 Gary Naylor admires the craft of a master at work, but wishes it wasn't quite so obvious....
Radha Blank Receives 2011 Helen Merrill Award For Playwrights
by Kelsey Denette - September 27, 2011 Playwright Radha Blank, currently represented Off-Broadway with the Classical Theatre of Harlem/Hip-Hop Theater Festival's production of SEED, was presented with the 2011 Helen Merrill Award in Playwrighting....
Classical Theatre of Harlem Presents SEED, 8/14-8/19
by Molly Hagan - August 09, 2010 On the precipice of closing its doors, The Classical Theatre of Harlem, under new leadership, faced economic & administrative challenges head on, in order to maintain its status as a unique cultural gem in Harlem. The past eight months have been dedicated to reviving the theatre's health & viability...
Review Roundup: Manhattan Theater Club's GOOD PEOPLE
by Kelsey Denette - March 03, 2011 The Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere production of GOOD PEOPLE, a new American play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan opened today, March 3 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). BroadwayWorld brings you selections f...
Boston Teen Acting Troupe to Present Teen GOD OF CARNAGE This May
by Kelsey Denette - April 20, 2012 The first ever teen production of Yasmina Raza's Tony Award winning comedy, God of Carnage is being produced by The Boston Teen Acting Troupe this May. This will be the first time in the show's history that God of Carnage will be acted, directed, produced, designed and run completely by teens....
Park Square Theatre Presents TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD & NAKED DARROW
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2011 Park Square Theatre's mid-season highlight is a new, ambitious staging of Harper Lee's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, directed by David Mann (Sherlock Holmes & the Case of the Jersey Lily; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde) and presented in repertory (during the week of April 11) with Naked Darrow, Park Square's commis... |