THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD Comes to the Shaw Festival
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2023
Jackie Maxwell returns to the Shaw Festival to direct The Playboy of the Western World – the play that stoked the fires of Irish nationalism and sparked the infamous Dublin “Playboy Riots” of 1907. Previews of J.M. Synge's funny and enthralling masterwork of the Irish Literary Renaissance begins May 25 in the theatre named after The Shaw's former A.D. – the Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre.
City Lit Re-Announces Four-Show Season, to Begin in January 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 25, 2021
City Lit Theater has re-announced programming for its 41st year of production, according to Producer and Artistic Director Terry McCabe. The 2021-22 subscription season will open with a world premiere adaptation – THE VIRGINIAN: A HORSEMAN OF THE PLAINS.
Dublin Theatre Festival 2019 Announces Its Programme
by Stephi Wild - Aug 5, 2019
This year's Dublin Theatre Festival programme reflects with many contemporary topics - but also reaches beyond, to a poetic enquiry about the times we live in. Over three weeks performances include 10 World Premieres, reimagined classic texts, inspiring international projects from Australia, Belgium Estonia, Portugal, Sweden, the UK and the USA, and an expanded season of Theatre for Children.
Independent Theatre Presents Young New HAMLET, Begin. Today
by BWW News Desk - Apr 8, 2016
In 1999, Independent Theatre produced HAMLET with the talented Nick Opolski as a brilliant central character. Fifteen years on, director Rob Croser is revisiting this most famous of plays - this time with a very young Hamlet.
Independent Theatre to Produce Young New HAMLET This April
by Louisa Brady - Mar 19, 2016
In 1999, Independent Theatre produced HAMLET with the talented Nick Opolski as a brilliant central character. Fifteen years on, director Rob Croser is revisiting this most famous of plays - this time with a very young Hamlet.
THE WANDERER Continues BAM's Next Wave Festival, Beginning. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Dec 3, 2014
BAM Fisher performances as part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival culminate in December with an elaborate story ballet and a critically-acclaimed one-man show. Designed as an intimate and flexible performance space for both emerging and established artists, the BAM Fisher became part of the BAM campus in the fall of 2012. All tickets are $20.
THE WANDERER and HOWIE THE ROOKIE to Continue BAM's Next Wave Festival This December
by BWW News Desk - Oct 23, 2014
BAM Fisher performances as part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival culminate in December with an elaborate story ballet and a critically-acclaimed one-man show. Designed as an intimate and flexible performance space for both emerging and established artists, the BAM Fisher became part of the BAM campus in the fall of 2012. All tickets are $20.
PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD Coming to Ware Center
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 15, 2014
Four-time RTE All Ireland Drama winners Kilmeen Drama Group will take their multi-award winning production of The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge to the United States, in October. RTE is our national TV & Radio broadcaster in Ireland. It stands for Radio Teilifis Eireann which is Gaelic for Radio, Television, Ireland. They sponsor and promote the All Ireland Drama finals annually. Co-presented by Millersville University and Tellus 360, The Playboy of the Western World comes to the Ware Center off Broadway in NYC. The Ware Center is located at 42 N. Prince Street, Lancaster.