2012 Innovative Theater Award Nominees Announced
On Monday, July 23, 2012, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2012 nominees at its annual sold-out event at the Carmine Street Recreation Center located at 25 Carmine Street.
F*It Club Presents MY BEST/WORST DATE EVER: 6 BRAND NEW PLAYS, Now thru 6/13
F*It Club, in association with IRT's 3B Development Series, presents My Best/Worst Date Ever: 6 Brand New Plays. The New York Innovative Theatre-nominated collection of world-premiere plays returns to IRT with a fresh new selection. Come watch our award-winning playwrights riff on the theme of "My Best/Worst Date Ever" with surprising, thoughtful, and hilarious results.
Review - Around The World In 80 Days: Racing With The Clock
First things first; there is no hot air ballooning in Mark Brown's stage adaptation of Jules Verne's Around The World In 80 Days, just in case your only familiarity with the plot comes from Michael Todd's not exactly faithful 1956 movie version. (For that matter, there aren't any martial arts fight scenes either, in case you only saw the Jackie Chan remake.) But if Verne's hero did dabble in a bit of ballooning, I'm sure Brown and director Michael Evan Haney would have found some clever way to depict it in this lively and entertaining little production that's landed at the Irish Repertory Theatre in association with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
Domingo, 'RIVER' Among Connecticut Critics Circle Award Winners
Goodspeed Musicals' production of 'Big River' and its director Rob Ruggiero are big winners of the 19th annual Connecticut Critics Circle awards, announced June 15. The show received nods for best musical, for Russell Joel Brown who played Big Jim as best actor in a musical, for Michael Schweikardt's sets, and for Ruggiero's direction.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 Days Opens At Westport Playhouse 4/21
Westport Country Playhouse will open its 79th season with a wild adventure for adults and children alike, 'Around the World in 80 Days,' adapted from the book by Jules Verne, written by Mark Brown and directed by Michael Evan Haney, April 21 through May 9.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 Days Opens At Westport Playhouse 4/21
Westport Country Playhouse will open its 79th season with a wild adventure for adults and children alike, 'Around the World in 80 Days,' adapted from the book by Jules Verne, written by Mark Brown and directed by Michael Evan Haney, April 21 through May 9.
Irish Rep Presents 'Around the World in 80 Days'
The Irish Repertory Theatre in association with The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will present AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. This high-spirited, fast-moving and highly imaginative show, by Mark Brown from the novel by Jules Verne, begins previews July 11th, opens July 20th and continues through September 7th at the Irish Repertory Theatre.
