Louis Butelli

BWW Feature: NIEUW SOORT THEATER ZET VOET OP NEDERLANDSE BODEM!

Vanavond gaat de theatervoorstelling Hotel Wonderland in première, de eerste grootschalige immersive theatervoorstelling van Nederland, ook wel 'onderdompeltheater' genoemd. Deze vorm van theater kent al succesvolle producties in New York (Sleep no More) en Londen en wordt gekenmerkt doordat er geen onderscheid is tussen zaal en podium. Bezoekers lopen rond door het decor en ontdekken zo de verschillende karakters en verhalen.

ASF Launches Virtual Shakespeare Monologue Series

With audiences and artists alike separated from live performing arts by the global COVID-19 pandemic, actors who have appeared on stage at Alabama Shakespeare Festival are sharing their favorite Shakespeare monologues online.

Photo Flash: Check Out Photos From Peter Shaffer's AMADEUS at Folger Theatre

Genius and jealousy collide in Folger Theatre's production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Richard Clifford (Mary Stuart and The School for Scandal at Folger Theatre), directs the Tony Award-winning “Best Play” set against the backdrop of the opulent salons and opera houses of 18th-century Vienna, examining the rivalry between court composer Antonio Salieri and the boorish but brilliant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The production features Helen Hayes Award-winner Ian Merrill Peakes (Folger Theatre's Macbeth and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) as the tortured composer Salieri, who finds himself living in the shadow of his musical rival Mozart (Samuel Adams).

Theatre For Humanity Announces Inaugural Season

Theatre for Humanity, a new, non-union, not-for-profit NYC-based theatre company announces its inception and inaugural season. The season opens with a fall production (due to rights restrictions, the title cannot be included in this press release), followed by a winter staged reading of the world premier of The Far Horizon, a play by Alfred Litwak, and concluded by a spring production: a musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, adaptation by Louis Butelli, Chas LiBretto, Nathan Winkelstein and Robert Richmond.

AMADEUS Set for Run at the Folger

Genius and jealousy collide in Folger Theatre's production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Richard Clifford (Mary Stuart and The School for Scandal at Folger Theatre), directs the Tony Award-winning a?oeBest Playa?? set against the backdrop of the opulent salons and opera houses of 18th-century Vienna, examining the rivalry between court composer Antonio Salieri and the boorish but brilliant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Photo Flash: First Look at LEAR: THAT OLD MAN I USED TO KNOW at A.R.T/New York Theatres

Lear: That Old Man I Used To Know, a new play based on Shakespeare's King Lear, is currently in performances at A.R.T/New York Theatres - Gural Theatre - 3rd Floor (502 W. 53rd Street, between 10th and 11th) for a limited engagement through September 22. The opening is Sunday, September 8. Lear: That Old Man I Used To Know is adapted and directed by Beth Ann Hopkins (Enemy; The Tempest) with musical direction and arrangements by Elliot Roth (Our Sinatra; resident composer- Jeff Davis Dance), and is produced by Smith Street Stage.

LEAR: THAT OLD MAN I USED TO KNOW Will Play A.R.T/New York Theatres

Lear: That Old Man I Used To Know, a new play based on Shakespeare's King Lear, will play A.R.T/New York Theatres (502 W. 53rd Street, between 10th and 11th) beginning September 5 for a limited engagement through September 22, it was announced today.

Smith Street Stage Brings New Adaptation of KING LEAR Off-Broadway

Smith Street Stage will present its first full-length off-Broadway show in September with Lear's Shadow, an original adaptation by Ms. Hopkins of Shakespeare's King Lear. Directed by Beth Ann Hopkins with original music by Elliot Roth, Lear's Shadow will perform September 5th through 22nd at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theater at the A.R.T./New York Theatres on West 53rd St.

BWW Review: Folger Theatre's LOVE's LABOR'S LOST at the Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Theatre's Love's Labor's Lost, directed by Vivienne Benesch, compliments the uniqueness of this comedy through a delightfully funny cast and production set during the 1930's.

LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST Ends Folger's 2019/20 Season

Mind vs. Matter. Game on. Folger Theatre concludes its 2018/19 season of characters that "shake the world" with Love's Labor's Lost, Shakespeare's quick-witted comedy filled with oaths, trickery, and confessions of love. Vivienne Benesch, the 2017 winner of the annual Zelda Fichandler Award, makes her Folger directorial debut.

THE UNBRUNCH, A New Immersive Brunch From Sleep No More Alumni Opens January 5

Journey down the rabbit hole and discover ever-growing spaces, all-knowing strangers, and never-ending feasts. Rest your hunger and feed your head before space and time run out. Who knows? Your watch may be ticking already two days too late.

THE UNBRUNCH, A New Immersive Brunch From Sleep No More Alumni Opens January 5

Journey down the rabbit hole and discover ever-growing spaces, all-knowing strangers, and never-ending feasts. Rest your hunger and feed your head before space and time run out. Who knows? Your watch may be ticking already two days too late.

THE UNBRUNCH, A New Immersive Brunch From Sleep No More Alumni Opens January 5

Journey down the rabbit hole and discover ever-growing spaces, all-knowing strangers, and never-ending feasts. Rest your hunger and feed your head before space and time run out. Who knows? Your watch may be ticking already two days too late.

Immersive Play By Kate Douglas Premieres In Secret Midtown Manhattan Office

Kate Douglas (SLEEP NO MORE) directs her new dance theatre work EXTINCT, running November 29th - December 15th. From a creative team of immersive theater veterans comes a surreal office experience that explores our culture of routine over reflection and what we are killing to make a killing.

A New Perspective on HAMLET Comes to Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

An interactive retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet comes to Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater in Gravedigger's Tale, October 19-28. Performances are 7:30 pm Friday & Saturday, and 2 pm Sunday.

Photo Flash: Inside the Toil and Trouble of Folger's Restoration-Era MACBETH

Rampant ambition and minds unhinged. Shrieking owls and prophesies foretold. Folger Theatre begins its 2018/19 season with Macbeth, Shakespeare's murderous tragedy seen anew and here, set in London's famous Bedlam asylum for a groundbreaking production integrating period music into a famous variation of the play.

Folger Theatre Will Present a Rare Restoration MACBETH

Rampant ambition and minds unhinged. Shrieking owls and prophesies foretold. Folger Theatre begins its 2018/19 season with Macbeth, Shakespeare's murderous tragedy seen anew and here, set in London's famous Bedlam asylum for a groundbreaking production integrating period music into a famous variation of the play. The Restoration-era adaptation by Sir William Davenant, which mesmerized audiences from the re-opening of London theaters in the 1660's until well into the 18th century, blends music performed by Folger Consort and the seminal tragedy of the Scottish king.

Folger Theatre Will Present a Rare Restoration MACBETH

Rampant ambition and minds unhinged. Shrieking owls and prophesies foretold. Folger Theatre begins its 2018/19 season with Macbeth, Shakespeare's murderous tragedy seen anew and here, set in London's famous Bedlam asylum for a groundbreaking production integrating period music into a famous variation of the play. The Restoration-era adaptation by Sir William Davenant, which mesmerized audiences from the re-opening of London theaters in the 1660's until well into the 18th century, blends music performed by Folger Consort and the seminal tragedy of the Scottish king.

BWW Previews: MIDLANDS THEATRE DIGEST in Columbia, SC

Theatre South Carolina and Trustus turn the page, NiA entertains the entire family, and the FAC of Kershaw County gets creepy and kooky!

BWW Previews: WEEKENDER in Columbia, SC

It's a packed weekend with openings from the NiA Company, Theatre South Carolina, and Trustus and closings at Chapin and Town!