Cast Announced for Promethean's THE LION IN WINTER
Full casting has been announced for Promethean Theatre Ensemble's production of James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, according to Brian Pastor, director of this production and artistic director of the company. Leading the cast as King Henry II of England and his wife Eleanor of Acquitaine, the roles immortalized by Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn in the 1968 film version, will be Brian Parry and Elaine Carlson. Parry, a Jeff award winner for supporting actor in Redtwist's Shining City, is a four-time Jeff Award nominee and recently earned raves for his portrayal of George in Redtwist's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf along with his roles in Redtwist's Red and the currently playing The Drawer Boy. Parry has previously appeared with Promethean in The Lark. Carlson was a Jeff winner for Famous Door's Salt of the Earth and was seen recently in Eclipse's A Perfect Ganesh. She has performed previously with Promethean in Tiger at the Gates and A Study in Scarlet.
NCTC to Present World Premiere of SAGITTARIUS PONDEROSA
In January, NCTC is proud to present the world premiere of a whimsical and powerful new play, Sagittarius Ponderosa by MJ Kaufman, directed by Ben Randle. Winner of the 2014 Global Age Project at Aurora Theatre Company and featured on The 2015 Kilroy List of the most recommended new plays by female and trans* writers, the play introduces us to Archer (still Angela to his family), who makes the journey back home to the forests of Eastern Oregon. His journey back proves to be just the beginning when he meets a handsome stranger at night under the oldest Ponderosa Pine. What follows illuminates the transitions of life and death, the comings and goings of love, and the mysteries of the human heart.
EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO Kicks Off 8th Annual Cinema Diverse In Palm Springs
Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival, opens its Eighth Edition on Thursday, September 17th and runs through Sunday, September 20th at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs. This year the festival is a third larger than ever before, and includes a New Media Spotlight on Saturday, September 19th.?? 'We are very excited to have been able to continue to grow the festival, and to increase our total number of screenings again this year,' said Michael C. Green, Festival Director. ' We're thrilled to be growing and, in many cases, exceeding our own expectations for the festival.'??
NCTC to Stage World Premiere of SALOME, DANCE FOR ME
Heads will roll this summer when New Conservatory Theatre Center proudly presents the world premiere of Salome, Dance for Me, a savagely beautiful new glam rock re-imagining of the infamous Biblical tale, starring San Francisco's most erotically-charged and campily hilarious rock chanteuse, trixxie carr.
Spoon Productions' Revival of Nicky Silver's THE FOOD CHAIN Continues thru 3/7 at The Treehouse Theater
Spoon Productions, NYC is pleased to announce its first full-length production of The Food Chain by Nicky Silver. The play, which had an acclaimed run in 1995 Off-Broadway and at the Woolly Mammoth Theater in Washington, D.C., will be mounted at The Treehouse Theater (154 W. 29th St., 2nd Floor) for eight weekend performances: Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM, February 13th -March 7th. The performance will run approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.
Sundance 2015 Announces 'Spotlight', 'Park City at Midnight' and 'New Frontier' Selections
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the 2015 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight and Park City at Midnight, as well as the films and installations to be featured in the New Frontier program. The Festival, which takes place January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah, is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.
New Conservatory Theatre Center to Stage Shakespeare's 'R&J'
Twelve years ago it stole the hearts of audiences in San Francisco, and now New Conservatory Theatre Center reimagines Shakespeare's R&J by Joe Calarco, in a powerful, all-new production directed by NCTC's first Artistic Associate Ben Randle. Shakespeare comes alive when four Catholic school teens, break the rules and secretly reenact Romeo and Juliet - the timeless story of dangerous forbidden love. Randle raises the stakes on this "electrifying" (Entertainment Weekly) and "vibrant, hot-blooded adaptation" (The New York Times), as it returns to our stage now set in a Jesuit school in Cairo, Egypt, where revealing who you are can still be a crime.
Lucy Maunder Kicks Off Morning Melodies Season 2 at the Maj Today, July 25
The second season of Morning Melodies on the main stage of His Majesty's Theatre begins today, 25 July and features music theatre star Lucy Maunder, who recently appeared as Lara in Dr Zhivago opposite Anthony Warlow. Come to the Honky Tonk Palace of broken dreams and melodic memories as Lucy sings a selection of the Irving Berlin songbook.
Lucy Maunder Kicks Off Morning Melodies Season 2 at the Maj, July 25
The second season of Morning Melodies on the main stage of His Majesty's Theatre begins next month on Wednesday 25 July and features music theatre star Lucy Maunder, who recently appeared as Lara in Dr Zhivago opposite Anthony Warlow. Come to the Honky Tonk Palace of broken dreams and melodic memories as Lucy sings a selection of the Irving Berlin songbook.
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