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FROM OKRA TO GREEN Comes To Temple Theaters
by Stephi Wild - Jan 4, 2024

Shange's work returns to the Temple Theater stage with FROM OKRA TO GREENS, a 'choreopoem' set to the beat of contemporary African-inspired music. The work features the poetic stylings of Shange, designed to propel audiences across time and space and into the true heart of love.

Interview: Fred Barton of THE ELENA BENNETT AND FRED BARTON SONG SALON at Pangea
by Michael Walters - Apr 8, 2023

Fred Barton and Elena Bennett bring their Song Salon back to Pangea!

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE Producer Si Litvinoff Passes Away at 93
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 7, 2023

Si Litvinoff, the visionary producer whose foresight in cinema art led to perennial classics such as Stanley Kubrick's “A Clockwork Orange,” Nicolas Roeg's “Walkabout”, 'The Man Who Fell to Earth,' starring David Bowie, and more passed away peacefully on Monday, December 26, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. He was 93.    

Review: IN CIRCLES Brings the Free-Spirited 1968 Off-Broadway Scene to the Odyssey Theatre
by Shari Barrett - Sep 28, 2019

IN CIRCLES is a feast for the eyes, even if Gertrude Stein's texts as lyrics seem nonsensical at times. Just go with the flow and let the atmosphere of the avant-garde 1968 theatre scene set your mind free! If only Stein's lover Alice B. Toklas was there to hand out her special recipe brownies to enhance the 80-minute experience!

Photo Flash: First Look at Odyssey's IN CIRCLES
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2019

“Papa Dozes, Mama Blows Her Noses.” That's just one of the delightfully quirky musical numbers from In Circles, the Obie award-winning musical romp adapted by composer Al Carmines from A Circular Play by Gertrude Stein. Odyssey Theatre Ensemble is reviving the 1968 off-Broadway hit as part of its 50th Anniversary “Circa '69” Season of significant and adventurous plays that premiered around the time of the company's 1969 inception. The run commences on Sept. 14, with renowned director David Schweizer, musical director Kenneth J. Grimes and choreographer Kate Coleman at the helm. Performances will continue through Nov. 10 at the Odyssey Theatre in West L.A.

Odyssey Revives Gertrude Stein Musical IN CIRCLES
by Julie Musbach - Aug 20, 2019

a?oePapa Dozes, Mama Blows Her Noses.a?? That's just one of the delightfully quirky musical numbers from In Circles, the Obie award-winning musical romp adapted by composer Al Carmines from A Circular Play by Gertrude Stein.

Lillias White Stars in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, Directed by Phylicia Rashad, Beginning Tonight in Los Angeles
by BWW News Desk - Aug 31, 2016

Center Theatre Group presents August Wilson's 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' which begins previews tonight, August 31, opens September 11 and continues through October 16, 2016, at the Mark Taper Forum.

Lillias White to Star in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, Directed by Phylicia Rashad in Los Angeles
by BWW News Desk - Jul 21, 2016

Center Theatre Group has announced the casting for August Wilson's 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' which begins previews August 31, opens September 11 and continues through October 16, 2016, at the Mark Taper Forum.

Former Jethro Tull Keyboardist Dee Palmer's 'The Orchestral Sgt Pepper' Reissued
by Caryn Robbins - Apr 28, 2016

Gonzo Multimedia has reissued Dee Palmer's “The Orchestral Sgt Pepper”! From 1968 until 1980 she was arranger and, subsequently, keyboardist with the globally prestigious, seminal English rock group, Jethro Tull.

Theatre Critic Scott Brown Wins 2012-13 George Jean Nathan Award
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 6, 2014

The George Jean Nathan Award Committee has chosen theater critic Scott Brown as the recipient of the 2012-13 prize for the year's best work in dramatic criticism.

Anna Deveare Smith Comes to The Broad Stage, Final Performance 7/31
by BWW News Desk - Jul 31, 2011

Anna Deveare Smith, who received a MacArthur Genius Award for her unique 'blend of theatrical art, social commentary, journalism, and intimate reverie,' is bringing her latest one-woman show Let Me Down Easy to The Broad Stage. There will be Previews on July 20 and Opening Night is July 22.

Anna Deveare Smith Comes to The Broad Stage, 7/20-31
by BWW News Desk - Jul 20, 2011

Anna Deveare Smith, who received a MacArthur Genius Award for her unique 'blend of theatrical art, social commentary, journalism, and intimate reverie,' is bringing her latest one-woman show Let Me Down Easy to The Broad Stage. There will be Previews on July 20 and Opening Night is July 22.

Anna Deveare Smith Comes to The Broad Stage, 7/20-31
by Kelsey Denette - Jun 14, 2011

Anna Deveare Smith, who received a MacArthur Genius Award for her unique 'blend of theatrical art, social commentary, journalism, and intimate reverie,' is bringing her latest one-woman show Let Me Down Easy to The Broad Stage. There will be Previews on July 20 and Opening Night is July 22.

Lanford Wilson's BURN THIS Plays Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main, Closes 5/1
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 1, 2011

The theatrical legacy of playwright Lanford Wilson will be commemorated at Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main theater with the company's production of Burn This, closing May 1.

Lanford Wilson's BURN THIS Plays Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main, 4/14 - 5/1
by BWW News Desk - Apr 14, 2011

The theatrical legacy of playwright Lanford Wilson will commemorated at Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main with the company's production of Burn This, running April 14-May 1, with shows Thursdays-Sundays at 7:30 p.m.

Lanford Wilson's BURN THIS Plays Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main, 4/14 - 5/1
by Jeffrey Ellis - Apr 6, 2011

The theatrical legacy of playwright Lanford Wilson will commemorated at Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main with the company's production of Burn This, running April 14-May 1, with shows Thursdays-Sundays at 7:30 p.m.

New Line Theatre Opens TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA 3/3
by Chris Gibson - Mar 4, 2011

New Line Theatre, 'The Bad Boy of Musical Theatre,' continues its Twentieth Anniversary Season of provocative, adult, alternative musical theatre with the rock and roll, Shakespearean sex comedy TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, running March 3-26, 2011, at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (formerly CBC High School), 6501 Clayton Road, just east of Big Bend.

Arena Stage Presents Second Stage Theatre's Let Me Down Easy, Ends 2/13
by BWW News Desk - Feb 13, 2011

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce that it will launch the national tour of Second Stage Theatre's production Let Me Down Easy. This one-woman production, which is conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith (Nurse Jackie, Fires in the Mirror) and directed by Leonard Foglia (Broadway's Thurgood) and was named one of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 of 2009, is 'a continually engaging and engrossing collection of testimonials' (The New York Times) that explores the fragility of the body and the resilience of the spirit. Let Me Down Easy closes February 13, 2011 in the Kreeger Theater.

Arena Stage Presents Second Stage Theatre's Let Me Down Easy 12/31-2/13
by BWW News Desk - Dec 31, 2010

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce that it will launch the national tour of Second Stage Theatre's production Let Me Down Easy.

Arena Stage Presents Second Stage Theatre's Let Me Down Easy 12/31-2/13
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 3, 2010

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce that it will launch the national tour of Second Stage Theatre's production Let Me Down Easy.