Edith Wharton

Photos: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE At Arena Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 8, 2025

Check out photos of Arena Stage's new production of The Age of Innocence, running through March 30, 2025, directed by Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif. 

Review: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Arena Stage
by Mary Lincer - Mar 7, 2025

Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence was published about a week before she was able to vote for the first time in 1920.  The following year, she became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize.  Now, playwright Karen Zacarías has adapted Wharton's complex tragedy of manners into Arena's elegant, 3 hour production ably directed by Hana S. Sharif.  Set mostly in New York in the 1870s, Wharton, Zacarías, and Sharif recognize the ways in which the old fashioned social constructs of a still-young country could entrap individuals and crush their inner lives in contrast to the apparent success and prosperity of their day to day.  Wharton's title, ironic a century ago, remains that way today.  If this sounds dour, be reassured that it's often lightened by SNL-worthy Staten Island barbs and hoot-inducing stabs at Washington, DC, where a character briefly resides to avoid a husband in Europe and a clan in New York.

Arena Stage To Host THE AGE OF INNOCENCE Inspired Tea Party
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 1, 2025

Steeped in Success: Ladies Tea Party, inspired by The Age of Innocence, on Saturday, March 15, 2025. The Age of Innocence, will run February 28 – March 30, 2025, on Arena Stage's Fichandler Stage)

KUNENE AND THE KING & More Lead Washington, DC's February 2025 Top Theatre Shows
by Team BWW - Feb 5, 2025

Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. February 2025 top picks include Kunene and the King, Schmigadoon, & more!

Cast and Creative Team Set for THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Arena Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 30, 2025

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for The Age of Innocence. See who is starring in the production and learn how to purchase tickets.

Westport Country Playhouse To Present Script In Hand Reading Of TRUE ART In December
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 27, 2024

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of “True Art,” a sharp and funny tale of ambition, deception, and self-discovery in the high stakes and cutthroat art world, on Monday, December 2, at 7 p.m. 

Leighton Meester Joins Season Two of Apple TV+ Series THE BUCCANEERS
by Josh Sharpe - Oct 1, 2024

Apple TV+ revealed via Instagram that Leighton Meester (“Single Parents,” “River Wild”) is set to join the season two cast of “The Buccaneers,” the acclaimed drama from The Forge, a Banijay UK company, inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel of the same name.  

WE, Featuring Shadow Puppetry and Multimedia, to Have World Premiere at The Mark O'Donnell Theater Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 28, 2024

KEVIN RAY | WORKS will present eleven performances of “WE”, a theatrical adaptation of the banned dystopian novel by Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin at The Mark O'Donnell Theater, 160 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, from October 11 to 20, 2024.

Photos: First Look At DARK LADIES Off-Broadway 
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 27, 2024

Be Bold! Production of Dark Ladies: Ghostly Tales by Gothic Ladies is continuing its Off-Broadway run at the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village after opening this past weekend. The play runs through November 3, 2024. See photos from the production.

Adaptation Of Banned Dystopian Novel WE To Have World Premiere At The Mark O'Donnell Theater In October
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 19, 2024

KEVIN RAY | WORKS will present eleven performances of 'WE', a theatrical adaptation of the banned dystopian novel by Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin at The Mark O'Donnell Theater.

Cast Set for DARK LADIES at the Players Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 16, 2024

Be Bold! Productions will present the Off-Broadway cast for Dark Ladies, featuring works by Edith Wharton, Emily Brontë, and Mary Howitt. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Interview: Chatting With Germaine Shames, Dramatists Guild Foundation National Fellow
by Jeanie Bishop - Aug 15, 2024

Germaine Shames, a Dramatists Guild Foundation National Fellow, Kilroys List playwright, and recipient of her state’s Literary Fellowship in Fiction. Read our interview!

Tony-Nominee Jayne Atkinson Leads Dorset Theatre Festival World Premiere Of True Art
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 12, 2024

Dorset Theatre Festival has announced that Jayne Atkinson, best known for her Tony Award–nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April, will lead the World Premiere of True Art by Jessica Provenz, directed by Michelle Joyner, playing August 21 through September 7, 2024 at the Dorset Playhouse.

DARK LADIES To Premiere Off-Broadway At Players Theatre This Fall 
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 16, 2024

DARK LADIES: GHOSTLY TALES BY GOTHIC LADIES will land Off-Broadway at The Players Theatre. Experience chilling vignettes inspired by female authors like Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte. Learn how to purchase tickets.

A Celebration of Literature Comes to Ancram Center for the Arts
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2024

Finished your Netflix queue and unsure what to watch next? Uninspired by the offerings at the local movie theater? Here’s an antidote to the summer screen blahs: live readings of electrifying fiction over two days at Ancram Center for the Arts. 

Week Three Winner Of Players Theatre Short Play Festival - NYC 2024 Revealed
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 2, 2024

Audiences enjoyed four original short plays about life in New York during Week 3 of the Players Theatre NYC Short Play Festival. Learn more about the winner!

Cast and Creative Team Announced for WAM Theatre's FRAGMENTS OF OUTSIDE
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 30, 2024

WAM Theatre has announced the ensemble of performers and designers who are collaborating to create the site-specific performance fragments of Outside. This special, one-time-only performance, conceived and directed by new Artistic Director Genée Coreno, is a celebration of WAM's 15th Anniversary.

WAM Theatre Announces Cast And Creative Team Of FRAGMENTS OF OUT SIDE
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 25, 2024

WAM Theatre has announced an incredible ensemble of performers and designers who are collaborating to create the site-specific performance fragments of Outside.

WAM Theatre Will Host 15th Anniversary Benefit in August
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2024

Join WAM Theatre at The Mount (Edith Wharton’s Home) on August 18, 2024 for a special 15th Anniversary Celebration featuring a one-night-only performance of Fragments of Outside,created and directed by WAM’s new Artistic Director Genée Coreno.

JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING and More Set For Arena Stage's 2024/25 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2024

Arena Stage has announced its 74th season, including a blend of new works and reimagined classics. Learn more about the full season lineup here!