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Park Bench is a new kind of "talking show" straight from the mind of born and bred New Yorker and host, Steve Buscemi. Featuring a mix of surprise celebrity appearances and spontaneous interviews with people on the street, Park Bench will convey Steve



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Theatre Royal Windsor's Summer Season will Feature Sir Ian McKellen and Roger Allam Photo Theatre Royal Windsor's Summer Season will Feature Sir Ian McKellen and Roger Allam
by Stephi Wild - March 16, 2023

The season will comprise of two world premieres Frank and Percy by Ben Weatherill starring Ian McKellen and Roger Allam (Theatre Royal Windsor Friday 9 June – Saturday 22 July 2023 and Theatre Royal Bath Tuesday 25 July – Saturday 5 August 2023) and Alone Together by Simon Williams, with casting to ...


Screenwriter Rob Edwards to Adapt 'Brown Sugar Fairies' as Animated Film Photo Screenwriter Rob Edwards to Adapt 'Brown Sugar Fairies' as Animated Film
by Josh Sharpe - December 05, 2024

Writer/Director Rob Edwards has signed on to write, direct, and produce the animated film version of “Brown Sugar Fairies: Saroja’s Quest.” The celebrated children’s book was written and created by Aiysha Sinclair, with art by Joyceline Furniss and published by Stranger Comics....


Broadway Buying Guide: May 20, 2024- Broadway Classics Top the Week Photo Broadway Buying Guide: May 20, 2024- Broadway Classics Top the Week
by Team BWW - May 20, 2024

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, May 20, 2024....


Great Barrington Public Theater Premieres Dan Lauria's New Play JUST ANOTHER DAY Photo Great Barrington Public Theater Premieres Dan Lauria's New Play JUST ANOTHER DAY
by Blair Ingenthron - July 16, 2023

Dan Lauria's heart-moving, love-affirming new play Just Another Day will premiere July 27 at Great Barrington Public Theater. He co-stars with recent Emmy award-winner Jodi Long, with Mark St. Germain directing....


Photos: First Look at Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in FRANK AND PERCY World Premiere Photo Photos: First Look at Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in FRANK AND PERCY World Premiere
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 13, 2023

Get a first look at photos of Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in the world premiere of Frank and Percy!...


Broadway Buying Guide: June 24, 2024- CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL Pounces to the Top Photo Broadway Buying Guide: June 24, 2024- CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL Pounces to the Top
by Team BWW - June 24, 2024

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, June 24, 2024....


A VICIOUS CIRCLE Will Have an Industry Reading Next Week Photo A VICIOUS CIRCLE Will Have an Industry Reading Next Week
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2022

A new play about the decades-long, tempestuous friendship between Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley will receive an industry reading on Wednesday, May 18, 2022....


Durango PlayFest Announces Plays For 2022 Festival Photo Durango PlayFest Announces Plays For 2022 Festival
by A.A. Cristi - May 19, 2022

Durango PlayFest today announced the three plays that will headline its play development festival, August 4-7, 2022, as well as a community event that rounds out this year's schedule. PlayFest's mission is to bring well-known and emerging playwrights, directors and actors to Durango to incubate new ...


Sean Foley Will Step Down as Birmingham Rep's Artistic Director Photo Sean Foley Will Step Down as Birmingham Rep's Artistic Director
by Stephi Wild - April 18, 2024

Birmingham Rep announced that Sean Foley will step down as Artistic Director this summer following his forthcoming production of Withnail and I....


New York Based Director and Palmetto High Alumni Will Premiere at Miami Film Festival Photo New York Based Director and Palmetto High Alumni Will Premiere at Miami Film Festival
by Stephi Wild - April 01, 2024

Adios Abuelita, Director Anthony Romaguera’s second short film, follows a young Cuban-American man coming to terms with the fact that he is the broken link in a cultural chain while sending his Abuela's ashes out to sea in Miami Beach. ...


Dialogue With Three Chords Opens Fall 2024 Season With OUR FICTIONS WILL OUTLIVE US Photo Dialogue With Three Chords Opens Fall 2024 Season With OUR FICTIONS WILL OUTLIVE US
by Stephi Wild - September 17, 2024

Dialogue with Three Chords will begin their Fall 2024 season with 'Our Fictions Will Outlive Us' at Brooklyn's Industry City. Written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, the performance includes three original short plays and a burlesque performance by Audrey Three....


IN THE CONTINUUM Opens at Shadowland Stages This Week Photo IN THE CONTINUUM Opens at Shadowland Stages This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 21, 2022

SHADOWLAND STAGES is celebrating the opening of IN THE CONTINUUM, featuring talented fresh new faces in an intimate tour-de-force drama stretching across two continents. Striking Drama IN THE CONTINUUM plays limited engagement September 23rd - October 2nd....


Interview: Darrin Ingram of SAGE at Conejo Players Photo Interview: Darrin Ingram of SAGE at Conejo Players
by Cary Ginell - August 05, 2023

On July 30, Ingram premiered his play, Sage, a deeply personal slice of life about an old man on a park bench and the various characters that he encounters, either in passing or who come to sit beside him on the bench....


Broadway Buying Guide: June 17, 2024- Get Tickets to Tony-Winning Shows Photo Broadway Buying Guide: June 17, 2024- Get Tickets to Tony-Winning Shows
by Team BWW - June 17, 2024

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, June 17, 2024....


Tickets From £31 for FRANK & PERCY in the West End Photo Tickets From £31 for FRANK & PERCY in the West End
by Aliya Al-Hassan - August 15, 2023

Bill Kenwright presents Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in the comedy hit of the Summer, Ben Weatherill’s Frank and Percy, under the Directorship of Sean Mathias....


Review: The Festival d'Avignon Presents FUTUR PROCHE By Jan Martens Photo Review: The Festival d'Avignon Presents FUTUR PROCHE By Jan Martens
by Wesley Doucette - July 21, 2022

Seated in the middle of a meters long bench in Avignon's Cour d'Honneur, Goska Isphording whirls through compositions on the harpsichord in front of her. Through deep concentration she executes rhythmic repetition with tongue twister like variations. It is understandable that Jan Martens has given h...


THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH World Premiere & More Set for Berkeley Repertory Theatre 24 Photo THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH World Premiere & More Set for Berkeley Repertory Theatre 24/25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 16, 2024

Berkeley Repertory Theatre has revealed the seven productions that will make up the organization’s 2024/25 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....


THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH World Premiere & More Set for Berkeley Repertory Theatre 24 Photo THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH World Premiere & More Set for Berkeley Repertory Theatre 24/25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 16, 2024

Berkeley Repertory Theatre has revealed the seven productions that will make up the organization’s 2024/25 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....


Amanda Plummer Joins The Cast of JUST ANOTHER DAY at Shadowland Stages Photo Amanda Plummer Joins The Cast of JUST ANOTHER DAY at Shadowland Stages
by Stephi Wild - May 23, 2023

SHADOWLAND STAGES is gearing up for the world premiere of Dan Lauria's funny and poignant new play, JUST ANOTHER DAY, on the MainStage at SHADOWLAND STAGES from June 2nd to June 18th....


THE ZOO STORY Plays The Saturni Theatre Next Month Photo THE ZOO STORY Plays The Saturni Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2023

Brand new fringe theatre company, the Saturni Theatre Troupe, debuts with their inaugural production of The Zoo Story, by Edward Albee. Isolated and marginalized for his homosexuality, Jerry violently strains against the conventional world to make a connection with Peter, a mild-mannered bookworm. A...


Broadway Buying Guide: June 3, 2024- Ben Platt is Back Photo Broadway Buying Guide: June 3, 2024- Ben Platt is Back
by Team BWW - June 03, 2024

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, June 3, 2024....


Dan Lauria and Patty McCormack Will Lead the Off Broadway Premiere of JUST ANOTHER DA Photo Dan Lauria and Patty McCormack Will Lead the Off Broadway Premiere of JUST ANOTHER DAY at Theater555
by Stephi Wild - April 15, 2024

Coming next month is the off-Broadway premiere of Just Another Day, a play by Dan Lauria about wonderful old friends who may not even know each other, but who relive and celebrate a life together…maybe. A limited engagement (through June 30), previews begin on Friday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m. with an offi...


Photos: First Look At Curtain Players' I'M NOT RAPPAPORT Photo Photos: First Look At Curtain Players' I'M NOT RAPPAPORT
by Jerri Shafer - April 20, 2023

The sharp-edged but charming play takes place on and around a park bench in Central Park where two elderly men - one black and one white - with nothing in common but their spirited resistance to having others decide for them when they no longer count. Together, but each, in his own unique way, they ...


TALE FROM THE PARK Comes to South Perth Photo TALE FROM THE PARK Comes to South Perth
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2024

Six snack-sized bites of theatre with a variety of drama and comedy are being served up in Tales From The Park this June. Learn more here!...


ONLY HUMAN: STORIES OF CONNECTION to be Presented at Vivid Stage This Month Photo ONLY HUMAN: STORIES OF CONNECTION to be Presented at Vivid Stage This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 20, 2023

Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center, will present Only Human: Stories of Connection from February 23 through March 5. ...






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