MTC's TALES FROM RED VIENNA with Nina Arianda Begins Rehearsals Today
by Tyler Peterson - January 28, 2014 Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of TALES FROM RED VIENNA, the new play by David Grimm (Measure for Pleasure), directed by Kate Whoriskey (Ruined at MTC) begins rehearsals today starring Tony Award winner Nina Arianda (Venus in Fur), Lucille Lortel nominee Tina Benko (Jackie, 'Brotherhood'), ...
ALADDIN AND OTHER ENCHANTING TALES Plays the Wharton Center Today
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2014 When a Persian Sultan discovers that his wife has been unfaithful, he immediately rules that all women in his kingdom be punished, assuming they are just as deceitful. Due to his power as Sultan, the entire kingdom complies, except for one young woman named Scheherazade. She goes to the Sultan and b...
Theater at Monmouth to Present TALES FROM THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK, Begin. 6/28
by Tyler Peterson - June 09, 2014 Theater at Monmouth's Family Show opens June 28 at 7 p.m. with a world premiere production Tales from the Blue Fairy Book based on Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book. Adapted by Dawn McAndrews, Tales from the Blue Fairy Book bursts with classic tales from around the globe, including East of the Sun, West...
Squeaky Bicycle Productions Presents TALES OF LOVE & LASERS, Now thru 5/21
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2014 Tickets to the world-premiere production of Tales of Love & Lasers are on sale to the general public. Following the critical success of 2013's Alligator Summer, Squeaky Bicycle Productions presents an evening of innovative comedic adventures by W.M. Akers. The stories in Tales of Love & Lasers explo...
Douglas Morrisson Theatre Announces Series TELLING TALES for the 2014 - 2015 Season
by Sally Henry Fuller - September 14, 2014 The Douglas Morrisson Theatre (DMT) announces the first night of its new storytelling series Telling Tales on Monday, October 6, 2014, at 8:00pm, at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third St. in Hayward, CA. Tickets are $5 (open seating), and are available through the Box Office at (510) 881-...
Philip Pullman's GRIMM TALES to Play Bargehouse
by Tyler Peterson - October 08, 2014 This autumn, Philip Pullman's compelling GRIMM TALES return in a brand-new immersive story-telling experience that will plunge adults and children alike into the subversive world of the Brothers Grimm. This exciting production will take over the sprawling Bargehouse on London's South Bank, November ...
The Psychology of Fairy Tales
by Roundabout Theatre Company - March 20, 2015 James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim created Into the Woods, a story in which the lives of famous Brothers Grimm fairy-tale characters collide and intertwine. Read more about fairy tales and their characteristics below....
BWW Review: TALES OF WOO AND WOE, A Graceful, Intelligent interpretation of Shakespeare
by Maggie Yates - February 12, 2015 Shakespeare's work is a good fit for DramaDogs, a theatre company whose performance style is characterized by precise, representative movement that unites the intellectual, emotional, and physical aspects of their productions....
RiverCenter for the Performing Arts to Present ALADDIN AND OTHER ENCHANTING TALES, 2/25
by Diana Heisroth - February 10, 2014 Join us for an evening of enchantment as we journey to the wondrous world of Aladdin and Other Enchanting Tales! Set to the music of Rimsky-Korsakov, with stunning costumes, masks, puppets, illusion and mime, this Enchantment Theatre production is sure to soften your heart through the great tale...
INSTANT FAIRY TALES: THE LONGEST WINTER to Debut 1/25-26 at Espace DbD
by BWW News Desk - December 30, 2013 The Rachel Rosenthal Company (RRC) presents Instant Fairy Tales, a brand new quarterly series of original fairy tales for the 21st century at Espace DbD in Los Angeles. Instant Fairy Tales: The Longest Winter, the series' inaugural offering, which features an allegorical tale about learning to care ...
BWW Reviews: TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING at Main St. Theatre is Super Fudgy Awesomeness
by Bryan-Keyth Wilson - April 24, 2015 What do you get when you have a cerebral 4th grader, spoiled little brother and a turtle named Dribble? It's the popular Judy Blume book TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING on stage adapted by Bruce Mason. The Main St. Theatre's TYA performance introduced a room full of inquisitive kids and adults to th...
New Book Series Gives Aid to Children Coping with Life Threatening Illness, Delays and Setbacks
by Matt Smith - June 16, 2014 The Tales of Reese, a new book series by author Sparkly Ray, is designed to help kids and their parents deal with the emotion and pain of illnesses, such as Leukemia, Autism, Cancer, Spina Bifida, brain tumors and other life threatening illnesses. The series is to help parents, sick children, classm...
ELTC to Close 25th Season With TALES OF THE VICTORIANS, 10/11
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2014 The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's popular 'Tales of the Victorians' presents its final performance on Saturday, October 11 at 4:00 p.m. The location is The First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes St., in Cape May, where the company's main stage performances take place....
New Book 'Psyche's Stories' Gives Psychological Insight into Fairy Tales and Disney's INTO THE WOODS
by Caryn Robbins - December 18, 2014 Chiron Publications is offering an in-depth look at fairy tales and how they enrich and inform our lives. What do these tales have to offer us as grown-ups?...
Fairy Tales' End to Play Commandry Hall Theatre, 11/16-25
by Tyler Peterson - November 04, 2013 Join the ensemble of Fairy Tales' End as they stir up magic in the historic Commandry Hall Theatre November 16-25....
California Author Releases 'Tales From The Loon Town Café'
by Christina Mancuso - May 02, 2014 It's the go-go 1980s when journalist Wally Pearson gets mugged in Times Square. It's a jolt that prompts him to throw away his career and open a cafe in his small hometown. Little does he know that in doing so he's about to get entrapped in the collision of fame, fortune, ambition and love in the no...
GOLDILOCKS, Grey Seal's A TANGLE OF TALES & More Set for Great AZ Puppet Theater Next Month
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2015 The Great Arizona Puppet Theater has announced its upcoming productions in February 2015. Details below!...
Vacant Lot Theatre Presents BORN OF A FAIRYTALE at Triskelion Arts Zoo, Now thru 4/20
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2014 Williamsburg's conversion from affordable artists' enclave to destination for luxury condominiums is the stuff of twisted fairy tales, making it a fitting backdrop for the New York debut of Vacant Lot Theatre Company's Born of A Fairytale, a modern mashup of classic tales penned by Eli Sibley. Havi...
New Book 'Psyche's Stories' Gives Psychological Insight into Fairy Tales and Disney's INTO THE WOODS
by Caryn Robbins - December 18, 2014 Chiron Publications is offering an in-depth look at fairy tales and how they enrich and inform our lives. What do these tales have to offer us as grown-ups?...
The CW Orders TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE Remake, CORDON, DEAD PEOPLE Pilots
by TV News Desk - February 02, 2015 Deadline writes that The CW has ordered its first pilots for the season. Among them is a new version of the '80s horror/fantasy series TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, originally created by George A. Romero, alongside CORDON, a drama from THE VAMPIRE DIARIES' Julie Plec and director David Nutter....
Squeaky Bicycle Productions to Present TALES OF LOVE & LASERS, 5/6-21
by Diana Heisroth - April 24, 2014 Tickets to the world-premiere production of Tales of Love & Lasers are on sale to the general public. Following the critical success of 2013's Alligator Summer, Squeaky Bicycle Productions presents an evening of innovative comedic adventures by W.M. Akers. The stories in Tales of Love & Lasers explo...
Philip Pullman's GRIMM TALES Returns To The South Bank From November 2014
by Carrie Dunn - September 29, 2014 This autumn, Philip Pullman's compelling GRIMM TALES return in a brand-new immersive theatre experience that will plunge adults and children alike into the subversive world of the Brothers Grimm. This exciting production will take over the sprawling Bargehouse on London's South Bank, November 21 201...
SPT'S Youth Program to Present BLUEBEARD'S WIFE, 3/14-16
by Tyler Peterson - February 26, 2014 Seattle Public Theater's (SPT) Youth Program presents a treasure trove of classic fairy tales cast into a modern context with Bluebeard's Wife: Dark Fairy Tales Re-Imagined for Our Time, directed by SPT Artistic Associate, Kelly Kitchens.... |