Previews: THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS at Stageworks Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley
- Jan 22, 2025
On stage, February 7-23, at Stagework Theatre is Natalie Symons's 'The People Downstairs.' Symons, an avid actor since childhood, recalls, 'Even as a kid, I demanded my little friends be actors in my fully staged backyard productions... I was a nightmare.' Despite her early retirement from acting to concentrate on writing, she found playwriting to be a natural evolution of storytelling.
EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING Comes to Rogue Machine
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 22, 2025
Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Arbery confronts humanity’s darkest fears with humor, warmth, and the fortitude of municipal public servants in this play about climate and change.
Review: DANGEROUS LIAISONS at Kanata Theatre
by Courtney Castelino
- Nov 7, 2024
Kanata Theatre opened its 56th season this week with Dangerous Liaisons, a steamy historical play set in pre-Revolutionary France, written by Christopher Hampton and directed here by Sarah Hegger. The play is based upon a novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, entitled Les Liaisons Dangereuses, published in 1782. Some audience members may also recall the 1988 film adaptation, featuring an all-star cast, including Glen Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer. In Hampton’s play, former lovers, La Marquise de Merteuil (Megan LeMarquand) and Le Vicomte de Valmont (Stavros Sakiadis), conspire to conquest, seduce, and even assault individuals they desire or want to use as pawns for revenge against their foes. La Marquise and Le Vicompte treat everyone around them as disposable playthings, without realizing that actions invariably have consequences. With its themes of morality, lust, betrayal, and vengeance, Dangerous Liaisons is unusual in that its primary characters are less sympathetic than its secondary players. The audience feels more compassion for the innocent and naïve Cecile Volanges (Ava Gustine, in her acting debut), the sincerely smitten Presidente de Tourvel (the talented Lindsey Keene), and the foppish Chevalier Danceny (Thomas Jestin) as they are each used, abused, and secretly mocked by their tormentors disguised as concerned friends.
Massey Theatre to Present Kid Koala's NUFONIA MUST FALL in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Sep 19, 2024
Kid Koala will return to Massey Theatre for the only stop in B.C. with Nufonia Must Fall. Enjoy a live, multi-disciplinary, magical stage adaptation of Kid Koala’s graphic novel Nufonia Must Fall. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
John Malkovich Will Direct ARMS AND THE MAN in Bulgaria
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 3, 2024
During the upcoming 2024/2025 season at the Ivan Vazov National Theater in Bulgaria, the world-renowned American actor, director, and producer John Malkovich will stage “Arms and the Man” by Bernard Shaw.
Video: Halle Bailey Shares New Single 'Because I Love You'
by Josh Sharpe
- Aug 30, 2024
Halle has released her new single and video 'Because I Love You,' showcasing her latest musical project. The song was co-penned by the British phenom Raye and the official video was produced by Lottie Abrahams and directed by Allie Avital. Watch the video now!
Top Off-Broadway Shows for July 2024
by Sidney Paterra
- Jul 1, 2024
What's happening off-Broadway? BroadwayWorld is here to guide you through the top picks for theatre in the month of July.
Ben Schwartz Comes to the Orpheum in October
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 18, 2024
Hennepin Theatre Trust has announced that American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer Ben Schwartz will return to Minneapolis by popular demand at the historic Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Ave.) on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 at 8 p.m.
Grand Jury and Audience Award Films Announced at 27th Sonoma International Film Festival
by Blair Ingenthron
- Mar 24, 2024
Luminaries such as Golden Globe®-winner Beau Bridges, actor/director John Cameron Mitchell, actor Scoot McNairy, chef Susan Feniger, musician Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation, and more than 150 filmmakers, distinguished press, and industry guests converged on the award-winning wine country film festival March 20-24.
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