BWW 2012 Seattle Critic's Choice Awards (Jay's Picks)
by Jay Irwin - December 26, 2012 It's been a helluva year for theater in the Seattle area. From the triumphant return of the Intiman with their summer festival to the hugely popular run of "Spring Awakening" from Balagan Theatre Seattle audiences were treated with some amazing shows and performances this past year. And so, allow ...
Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. Presents SUPERIOR DONUTS Thru 3/25
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2012 Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. presents Superior Donuts by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts. Performances are Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM through March 25. Tickets are $18 on Thursdays and Sundays, $20 on Fridays and $22 on Saturdays. ...
THE MEANING OF ALMOST EVERYTHING Begins Previews at The Purple Rose, Jan 10
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2012 The Purple Rose Theatre Company has announced the world premiere production of a new comedy by Jeff Daniels. The Meaning of Almost Everything will enjoy a nine-week engagement from Thursday, January 10 - Saturday, March 9, 2013....
Capital Stage Opens TRUE WEST, 3/24
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2012 Capital Stage continues its successful first season in midtown with a Sam Shepard revival. True West will mark the second Shepard play the company has presented following a 2009 staging of Fool For Love. Performances for True West will run March 21 - April 22, 2012 and will feature company co-fou...
GEOGRAPHY BY A HORSE DREAMER and More Set for Mary-Arrchie's 27th Season
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2012 Mary-Arrchie is not taking a vacation this summer. The group finishes its 26th Season with a new partnership with Illinois State University when it presents an energetic staging of Electra in a new adaptation by Sonja Moser in July. And Mary-Arrchie will be performing a special two-week extension of...
Warner Studio Theatre Presents SUPERIOR DONUTS, 6/1-10
by Kelsey Denette - May 09, 2012 The only thing more run down than the Uptown Chicago donut shop is its owner. Despondent, disengaged, and out of touch, Arthur doesn't even register the vandalism of his store. Even the colorful array of characters in the neighborhood can't bring him out of his shell - the local bag lady, the Russ...
Tracy Letts and Kelly Reilly Join LOVE IS STRANGE Indie Film
by Movies News Desk - February 15, 2013 According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts will join Ira Sachs's indie film LOVE IS STRANGE from Parts & Labor, alongside Kelly Reilly, Michael Gambon and Alfred Molina. Production is slated to begin in New York City this summer....
South Bend Civic Theatre Announces New Interim Executive Director
by Kelsey Denette - August 16, 2012 Gene Bruce, President of the South Bend Civic Theatre Board of Directors, has released the following statement....
Des Moines Fall 2012 Theater Season Kicks Off - Highlights!
by Brooke Bridenstine - September 03, 2012 Though the heat is still stifling in the Des Moines area, several area theater companies will be ringing in the fall theater season and kicking off their 2012-2013 season this month....
Theatrical Outfit Presents THE ADVENTURES OF HIGH JOHN THE CONQUEROR, 7/25-8/12
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2012 Theatrical Outfit has announced The Adventures of High John the Conqueror, an evening of stories written and directed by Rob Cleveland. The show runs July 25 - August 12, 2012 at the Balzer Theater at Herren's and stars Rob Cleveland and Eric J. Little....
WAFFLE PALACE Encore Moves Into Final Weeks
by Matthew Allen - February 26, 2013 After a sold-out world premiere production last summer, Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee's 'The Waffle Palace: Smothered, Covered and Scattered 24/7/365' returned to Horizon Theatre for an encore run starting in January; the triumphant return closes on March 17. ArtsATL praised the initial run as 'an...
Richard Cotovsky to Receive 2013 Special Award at Jeff Awards Non-Equity Ceremony
by Kelsey Denette - May 07, 2013 The Jeff Awards Committee has announced that Mary Arrchie Theatre's Richard Cotovsky will receive a Special Award at the 40th Annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards Ceremony on Monday, June 3, 2013. He will be honored for his cutting edge contributions to Non-Equity Theatre over the past four decades, durin...
Jonathan Rhys Williams, Cole Alexander Smith Lead Capital Stage's TRUE WEST
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2012 Sam Shepard's signature 1980 play True West features two highly dysfunctional brothers, Austin and Lee. ...
TV: First Look at Ron Eldard, Freddy Rodriguez and More in AMERICAN BUFFALO at Geffen Playhouse
by BroadwayWorld TV - April 08, 2013 Ron Eldard (Justified, ER), Freddy Rodriguez (Rico in Six Feet Under) and Bill Smitrovich (Drew Thatcher in Life Goes On) are set to appear in American Buffalo, a revival of David Mamet's American classic. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production highlights below....
Matt Dellapina Hosts ON THIS ISLAND at Ars Nova, 4/9
by Kelsey Denette - April 08, 2013 Slant Theatre Project, the team that presented the critically acclaimed play THE STEADFAST earlier this season, will present the sixth episode in their popular story-telling series ON THIS ISLAND on Tuesday, April 9 at 8:00pm at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street) in Manhattan. Matt Dellapina will host....
Updated: Michael McKean in Stable Condition Following Car Accident
by Caryn Robbins - May 23, 2012 In today's The Washington Post, McKean's rep, Harriet Sternberg, reports that the actor is in stable condition and is recovering from a broken leg....
TV: Sneak Peek of AMERICAN BUFFALO at Geffen Playhouse
by Nicole Rosky - April 08, 2013 Ron Eldard (Justified, ER), Freddy Rodriguez (Rico in Six Feet Under) and Bill Smitrovich (Drew Thatcher in Life Goes On) are set to appear in American Buffalo, a revival of David Mamet's American classic. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights below....
South Bend Civic Theatre Opens AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2013 South Bend Civic Theatre presents the acclaimed drama August: Osage County by Tracy Letts tonight, May 10-19 in the Wilson Mainstage Auditorium. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony award for Best Play, this blistering portrait of a family in crisis has been hailed as the greatest American play...
Theo Ubique Leads 2012 Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominations; Full List Announced!
by Misha Davenport - April 25, 2012 Nominations for the Chicago-based Non-Equity Jeff Awards were announced today; Theo Ubique leads with 14 nominations...
STAGE TUBE: Kate Buddeke and More in a Preview of Alliance Theatre's GOOD PEOPLE
by Stage Tube - January 17, 2013 Atlanta's nationally acclaimed ALLIANCE THEATRE stages GOOD PEOPLE - the award winning play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire. The ALLIANCE THEATRE production will be directed by Jennings Hertz Artistic Director Susan V. Booth is currently playing on the Alliance Stage through February 1...
LES MISERABLES and More Play Des Moines in October 2012
by Brooke Bridenstine - October 01, 2012 With summer officially over, we can be grateful that theater season has officially begun. Nearly all of the Des Moines area venues and theater companies have something to offer this October....
It's the BroadwayWorld Chicago Award Winners! KINKY BOOTS, Porter, REEFER MADNESS, PIAZZA, ICEMAN, Dennehy, SUNDAY, Danieley, Diane Lane, Team StarKid and more!
by Paul W. Thompson - December 20, 2012 BroadwayWorld Chicago is proud today to announce the winners of the third annual BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, the only comprehensive theater award in the Chicago area voted on by fans, and the only one to honor productions in both Equity and non-Equity categories simultaneously. And you, the fans, ...
Jonathan Rhys Williams Ends Run in Capital Stage's TRUE WEST Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2012 Sam Shepard's signature 1980 play True West features two highly dysfunctional brothers, Austin and Lee. ...
Geva Season Continues With SUPERIOR DONUTS, 4/3-29
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2012 Geva Theatre Center's 2011-2012 Season continues with Tracy Letts' play, Superior Donuts, which begins performances on April 3 and runs in the Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage through April 29....
THE LYONS Box Office Opens March 22
by Harmony Wheeler - March 19, 2012 The box office for the Cort Theatre (138 W. 48 St.) -- where Nicky Silver's comedy THE LYONS begins its Broadway run with a cast starring Tony winners Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa -- opens for window sales on Thursday, March 22 starting at 10 a.m. ... |