Tracy Letts Adapts Chekhov's THREE SISTERS for Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Begins Previews Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2012 Steppenwolf Theatre Company closes the 2011/12 season with Three Sisters, Anton Chekhov's humorous and affecting tale of longing for a better life, adapted by Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning ensemble member Tracy Letts, directed by Tony Award-winning ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro....
Steppenwolf Theatre Presents Time Stands Still, Opens 1/19
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 15, 2011 Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 2011/12 season with Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies, directed by ensemble member Austin Pendleton, playing January 19 - May 13, 2012 in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St....
David Hyde Pierce, S. Epatha Merkerson to Co-Host 2011 OBIES
by Nicole Rosky - April 22, 2011 David Hyde Pierce and S. Epatha Merkerson are set to co-host the 56th annual Obie Awards. The ceremony will be held at Webster Hall May 16. Additionally, Nina Arianda, Alec Baldwin, Margaret Colin, Mamie Gummer, Rose Hemingway, John Larroquette, Robert Sean Leonard, Patina Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda...
Steppenwolf Presents THE MARCH, Previewing 4/5
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2012 Tony Award-winning ensemble member Frank Galati returns to the helm at Steppenwolf Theatre Company with his stage adaptation of The March, Pulitzer Prize-finalist E.L. Doctorow's novel about General William Tecumseh Sherman's Civil War march through Georgia. ...
terraNOVA Collective Presents GroundWorks New Play Series
by Kelsey Denette - March 16, 2012 terraNOVA Collective kicks off the first annual GROUNDWORKS New Play Series at The New Ohio Theatre featuring the new plays generated by the 2012 Groundbreakers Playwrights Group and terraNOVA's other new play development projects. GROUNDWORKS is terraNOVA's new initiative to not only showcase its n...
Steppenwolf Theatre Co’s Clybourne Park Announces One-Week Extension
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2011 Due to popular demand, Steppenwolf Theatre Company is adding one additional week of performances to its critically-acclaimed production of Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park directed by ensemble member Amy Morton...
Kennedy Center Presents the 10th Annual Page-to-Stage New Play Fest
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 24, 2011 The Kennedy Center hosts its 10th annual Page-to-Stage new play festival from Saturday, September 3, 2011 to Monday, September 5, 2011, featuring more than 40 theaters from the D.C. metropolitan area, all with a mission to produce and support new work....
Steppenwolf Theatre Presents Time Stands Still, Opens 1/19
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2012 Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 2011/12 season with Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies, directed by ensemble member Austin Pendleton, playing January 19 - May 13, 2012 in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St....
Photo Flash: Steppenwolf Presents THE MARCH
by Harmony Wheeler - April 13, 2012 Tony Award-winning ensemble member Frank Galati returns to the helm at Steppenwolf Theatre Company with his stage adaptation of The March, Pulitzer Prize-finalist E.L. Doctorow's novel about General William Tecumseh Sherman's Civil War march through Georgia. This marks Galati's Second Stage producti...
SHOW BIZ: Weekend Movie Box Office Estimates: May 27-29, 2011
by Lauren Wolman - May 29, 2011 Weekend movie box office estimates: May 27-29, 2011. ...
Steppenwolf Announces Companies for 3rd Annual GARAGE REP
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 28, 2011 Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce the three Chicago companies selected for its third annual GARAGE REP: The Inconvenience, LiveWire Chicago and Theatre Zarko. ...
THE WEDDING FEAST WAR - The Final Tragedy of the Xhosa People Now Available
by Robert Diamond - September 11, 2012 There are few published works which deal with the last of the South African frontier wars, fought in 1877-78, and none which covers it in detail. The lack of a published comprehensive study of this important war is all the more surprising because it set the final seal on the relegation of the majori...
Community Matters Series Kicks Off at People's Light, 2/27
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2012 People's Light & Theatre will feature staged readings of four plays this year as part of its pilot program Community Matters. The readings include Dispatches from (A)mended America on Monday, February 27th at 7pm; Eclipsed on Monday, March 26th at 7pm; Beautiful Boy on Monday, May 14th at 7pm; and ...
HOLD THESE TRUTHS and More Featured in Epic Theatre Ensemble's Fall Season
by Nicole Rosky - September 19, 2012 The Award winning Epic Theatre Ensemble, now in their 11th year, will present two Off Broadway shows in repertory for their Fall Season. Dispatches From (A)mended America, directed by Ron Russell previews October 10th through 17th and opens on Thursday, October 18th. Hold These Truths, directed by L...
Mint Theater Extends LOVE GOES TO PRESS Through 7/29
by Caryn Robbins - June 27, 2012 Mint Theater (Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director) will extend the acclaimed revival of LOVE GOES TO PRESS by Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles....
Mint Theater Begins Performances of LOVE GOES TO PRESS, 5/26
by Kelsey Denette - May 26, 2012 Mint Theater (Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director) will begin performances Saturday, May 26th, for the first-ever revival of Love Goes To Press by Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles. The Mint production will run from through July 22 at their home (311 West 43rd Street). Opening Night is set for Monday...
Steppenwolf Theatre Presents Penelope 12/1-2/5/2012
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2011 Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 2011/12 season with Penelope by Enda Walsh, directed by ensemble member Amy Morton, playing December 1, 2011 - February 5, 2012 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St. Penelope features ensemble members Ian Barford, John Mahoney and Yasen Pe...
Steppenwolf Theatre Hosts Conversation with Frank Rich and Martha Lavey, 5/7
by Kelsey Denette - April 11, 2012 Steppenwolf Theatre Company hosts an evening of conversation on Monday, May 7 between two exceptional students of American theater: renowned journalist and former New York Times drama critic Frank Rich and Steppenwolf Artistic Director Martha Lavey. Inspired by Steppenwolf's season theme, "Dispatche...
Sports Show with Norm Macdonald Premieres On Comedy Central
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 05, 2011 The culmination of March Madness. Opening Day. A new champion being fitted for a green jacket. There is, perhaps, no more important or more eagerly anticipated month on the sports calendar than April....
Tracy Letts Adapts Chekhov's THREE SISTERS for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Set for 6/28-8/26
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2012 Steppenwolf Theatre Company closes the 2011/12 season with Three Sisters, Anton Chekhov's humorous and affecting tale of longing for a better life, adapted by Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning ensemble member Tracy Letts, directed by Tony Award-winning ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro....
Loncq, Protheroe et al. Join BROKEN GLASS at Tricycle/Vaudeville Theatres
by Lauren Wolman - July 08, 2011 Caroline Loncq (Margaret Hyman), Brian Protheroe (Stanton Case), Suzan Sylvester (Harriet) and Stanley Townsend (Dr Harry Hyman) join previously announced Antony Sher (Phillip Gellburg) and Tara Fitzgerald (Sylvia Gellburg) to complete the cast for Arthur Miller's Olivier Award winning Broken Glass....
Steppenwolf Theatre Presents Penelope 12/1-2/5/2012
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2012 Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 2011/12 season with Penelope by Enda Walsh, directed by ensemble member Amy Morton, playing December 1, 2011 - February 5, 2012 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St. Penelope features ensemble members Ian Barford, John Mahoney and Yasen Pe...
Producer Chuck Lorre Signs Simon & Schuster Book Deal
by Caryn Robbins - August 01, 2012 Blockbuster comedy writer/producer Chuck Lorre is expanding into publishing, signing a deal with Simon & Schuster for the release of What Doesn't Kill Us, Makes Us Bitter, the first-ever print collection of Lorre's irreverent and often controversial end-of-show vanity cards....
Steppenwolf Theatre Presents Time Stands Still, Opens 1/19
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2012 Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 2011/12 season with Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies, directed by ensemble member Austin Pendleton, playing January 19 - May 13, 2012 in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St....
Teddy's Bar & Grill Hosts Desert Stars 'Boys I Like' Video Premiere Party Tonight, 8/21
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2012 Brooklyn band Desert Stars will debut their first ever music video for the single, 'Boys I Like', at Teddy's Bar & Grill tonight, August 21st at 9:00 PM.... |