The Hollywood Museum's Dungeon of Doom is Now Open
The museum's dungeon includes a rare and unique history of horror and suspense from Hollywood over the years including the original and complete jail sell set used for filming of “The Silence of the Lambs” and is one of the museum's most popular draws year round, with items that that include original costumes and props used in making of the film.
Austin Film Festival Receives Grant Program Funding from TSLAC
The Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC) recently awarded funding to Austin Film Festival (AFF) and The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University under its TexTreasures Grant program. Starting September of this year, The Wittliff Collections is confirmed to host more of Austin Film Festival's vast audiovisual archive and feature materials preserved from Festivals and Conferences between 1997-2002.
BWW Previews: CAKEWALK at Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival
CAKEWALK is an official selection of the 2017 Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival. With lyrics and a book by Beverly Trader Austin and mucic by Bryan Mercer, the new musical will have its world premiere on July 31 at Out Front Theatre.
BWW Reviews: TERRA NOVA an Elegant Doom at The Vortex
Terra Nova's elegant staging and technical elements created an engrossing poetry of action for the brooding tale of men dying in Antarctica. I can't say I warmed-up to all the choices, but warmth wasn't the point of this play. I'll leave it to my reader to see the show and feel the effect of these choices for themselves-yet my own experience lingers in my chest like a shard of ice:
BWW Interview: Director Mark Hisler Contextualizes TERRA NOVA at The Vortex
The next show in the Vortex Theater will be Terra Nova, by Ted Tally. Opening March 25 and running until April 17, the play covers the last leg of the ill-fated 1912 Terra Nova South Pole expedition, led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Co-directed by Mark Hisler (left, in below image) and Aaron Worley (right), this show is a cunning balance between a thoughtful social commentary and a visceral human trial. Mark Hisler and I met to discuss this balance, and the history behind it.
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of RADIUM GIRLS at Flat Earth Theatre
Helmed by award-winning director Lindsay Eagle (Rocket Man, What Once We Felt), Flat Earth Theatre presents the first all-female professional production of D.W. Gregory's moving play inspired by the true story of the factory workers of the U.S. Radium Corporation. RADIUM GIRLS concludes Flat Earth's 2015 season 'Progress and Peril,' stories of scientific progress and the lives it has ruined, which also featured critically acclaimed productions of Ted Tally's TERRA NOVA in February and Aaron Sorkin's THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION in June. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast!
Inukshuk Production Company and Portland Q Center Present TENNESSEE IN KEY WEST at Fertile Ground 2014, Now thru 2/2
Inukshuk Production Company and the Portland Q Center have announced their joint entry for the 2014 Fertile Ground Festival: Tennessee in Key West, an original play by Robert Lee Gaynor; directed by Marybeth Bielawski-DeLeo. In this fictional piece inspired by the life of Tennessee Williams, a young reporter travels to Key West to interview the illustrious playwright, and soon realizes he is in over his head when the playwright imposes unusual requirements in exchange for answers to questions.
Inukshuk Production Company and Portland Q Center to Present TENNESSEE IN KEY WEST at Fertile Ground 2014, 1/23-2/2
Inukshuk Production Company and the Portland Q Center have announced their joint entry for the 2014 Fertile Ground Festival: Tennessee in Key West, an original play by Robert Lee Gaynor; directed by Marybeth Bielawski-DeLeo. In this fictional piece inspired by the life of Tennessee Williams, a young reporter travels to Key West to interview the illustrious playwright, and soon realizes he is in over his head when the playwright imposes unusual requirements in exchange for answers to questions.
Christine Lahti to Lead Signature Theatre's PRIDE IN THE FALLS OF AUTREY MILL; Limited Engagement Set for 10/15-12/8
Signature Theatre is pleased to announce the casting of award winner Christine Lahti (Running on Empty, Swing Shift,Chicago Hope) in this fall's world-premiere drama Pride in the Falls of Autrey Mill, written by Paul Downs Colaizzo (Really Really). Lahti, whose acclaimed 30-year career in theatre, television and film places her in the highest echelon of American actresses, joins this fall's production under the direction of Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn, who returns to Signature for the first time in nearly twenty years. Casting for the remaining three roles will be announced shortly.
BWW Reviews: Bucks County Playhouse's 46th Annual Student Theatre Festival
This year, 2013, marks the first time that the Student Theatre Festival has been at the Bucks County Playhouse in two years. The Playhouse reopened last summer, the summer of 2012. The festival was held for three consecutive weeks in May, and involved 800 students from twenty-five schools. Students from Pennsylvania and New Jersey preformed a thirty-minute segment from either a play or musical. The students then received critiques on their performance from a panel of adjudicators. The adjudicators was comprised of a select group of people with experience in theatre, some were from the local community and others were well-known screenwriters, actors or musicians. The Newtown Arts Company and the Bucks County Playhouse presented this year's Student Theatre Festival.
June Events Announced for the Black Box Theatre and Black Box Annex
Las Cruces Revue Troupe is a community-based group dedicated to providing quality musical entertainment to the city of Las Cruces. LCRT has performed at downtown rambles and at various senior living/nursing homes throughout the city. We are proud to present our first full-length revue, 20th Century Celebration! LCRT members include Al Galves, Alex Wheeler, Amelia Medina, Amber Ryan, Autumn Gieb, Casey Rede, Carol Ayon, Christopher Hornung, Grady Easterling, Jade Diaz, Juli Stephenson, Nora Petty, Rafael Medina, Rebekah Riley, Robert Senecal, Rudy Rodriguez, and Shaun Hadfield.
The Bucks County Playhouse and Newtown Arts Company's Student Festival Begins 4/22
The Bucks County Playhouse (BCP) and Newtown Arts Company welcome the return of a student theater festival to the newly reopened Playhouse after an absence of two years. The BCP Student Theater Festival, produced by Newtown Arts Company and the Playhouse, will feature high schools and middle schools from the Pennsylvania and New Jersey area. The Bucks County Playhouse is located at 70 South Main Street in New Hope, PA.