A.R.T.'s OBERON Slates November/December 2017 Lineup
OBERON, the American Repertory Theater's (A.R.T.) second stage and club-theater venue on the fringe of Harvard Square, announces events to be presented at OBERON during November and December including Live @ OBERON, OBERON Presents, the Glowberon Series, and Usual Suspects.
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Andy Mientus Join Laura Michelle Kelly, Brandon Victor Dixon & More in RAGTIME on Ellis Island
Ragtime On Ellis Island just announced that Tony Award winner and Original Broadway cast member Brian Stokes Mitchell (Shuffle Along, Man of La Mancha) and acclaimed stage and television star Andy Mientus (Spring Awakening, Les Miserables) have joined the lineup of the highly anticipated site-specific developmental concert on Monday, August 8. The all-star cast, directed by Sammi Cannold (Violet on a moving bus at A.R.T; Assistant Director for Diane Paulus & Rachel Chavkin), will perform a selection of songs from the Tony Award-winning musical that features music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and a book by Terrence McNally. The concert is being presented by Suzanne Friedman with an eye towards an immersive, full production of the acclaimed American musical on Ellis Island in 2017.
Premiere Stages to Launch 11th Season at Kean University with GREAT KILLS, 6/19-21
Premiere Stages at Kean University will launch its much-anticipated 2015 Season with a free staged reading of Kate Cortesi's provocative new play, Great Kills, June 19 - 21 in Kean's Murphy Dunn Theatre. Selected from over 440 submissions, Great Kills is the first of two scripts scheduled for expanded development as part of the 2015 Premiere Stages Play Festival.
SOMETHING WICKED Set for FRIGID New York Festival, 2/20-3/8
Something Wicked, a new devised work utilizing the text of Shakespeare's Macbeth will play five performances at The Kraine Theater as part of the FRIGID New York Festival. Directed and adapted by Ana?s Koivisto, the evening features a cast that includes Sam Bruce, Kathryn Connors, Laura Epperson, Paul Gregg, Zachary Libresco, Lila Newman, Samuel Platizky, Ali Stoner, and Jay William Thomas. Katherine Sommer produces and Jamie Wylie serves as dramaturg.