STAGE TUBE: First Look at Joyce DiDonato and More in MARIA STUARDA
by Stage Tube - Jan 2, 2013
The Metropolitan Opera presents MARIA STUARDA, now running through January 26, 2013. Approximate running time 2 hrs. 46 min. Mary Stuart (Joyce DiDonato) faces off with Elizabeth I (Elza van den Heever) in this clip from Donizetti's MARIA STUARDA, opening New Year's Eve! Check it out below!
Arts Theatre's SHAKESPEARE'S QUEENS And THE MADNESS OF KING LEAR To Close on Nov 3
by Patrick Nugent - Oct 26, 2012
There's just one week left to catch SHAKESPEARE'S QUEENS And THE MADNESS OF KING LEAR, the audacious Shakespeare adaptations from Australia at London's Arts Theatre. These two plays fascinated audiences at this year's Edinburgh Festival and are now together in London's West End as the two halves of Double Bill: SHAKESPEARE'S QUEENS and THE MADNESS OF KING LEAR.
The CW to Develop Mary Queen of Scots Teen Drama REIGN
by Caryn Robbins - Oct 24, 2012
Deadline reports that The CW is developing a new teen drama based on the life of Mary Queen of Scots. The historical British monarch will be featured in the new pilot, REIGN, which the network is pitching as 'Game of Thrones meets Marie Antoinette'.
Jesse Eisenberg and Vanessa Redgrave Star in Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's THE REVISIONIST, Feb 6-March 31
by BWW News Desk - Sep 20, 2012
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long have announced that Jesse Eisenberg and Vanessa Redgrave will star in the world premiere of Eisenberg's The Revisionist, directed by Kip Fagan, which begins its limited run on Wednesday, February 6 and opens Thursday, February 21 at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street. The Revisionist is scheduled to run through March 31, 2013.
Susan Frye Gives Wooden O Symposium Keynote Speech, 8/7
by BWW News Desk - Aug 6, 2012
The Wooden O Symposium is a cross-disciplinary conference exploring Medieval through Early Modern Studies, through the text and performance of William Shakespeare's plays. Scholars from all disciplines are encouraged to submit papers that offer insights and new ideas springing from the era of Shakespeare. His plays are replete with the language, thoughts and arts of the Renaissance and Western culture and represent an inexhaustible source for creative ideas and research.
Eileen Atkins Appears at Theatre on the Fly, August 1-2
by Kelsey Denette - Jul 19, 2012
Award-winning actress and screenwriter Eileen Atkins will recreate the persona of the most famous British actress of the 19th century to deliver two timeless speeches on Shakespeare's Women at Theatre on the Fly in Chichester.
David Harrower's A SLOW AIR Tours New York and London, April-June
by James T Harding - Apr 16, 2012
Following a sell out run at the Traverse Theatre during the 2011 Fringe, A Slow Air, written and directed by David Harrower, will tour to 59E59 Theatres, New York (4-28 April) before arriving at the Tricycle Theatre for a limited run from 7 May to 2 June, with opening night on 10 May. A Slow Air is being produced by Tron Theatre Company.
David Harrower's A SLOW AIR to Play at London's Tricycle Theatre, May 7-June 2
by BWW News Desk - Apr 14, 2012
Following a sell out run at the Traverse Theatre during the 2011 Fringe, A Slow Air, written and directed by David Harrower, will tour to 59E59 Theatres, New York (4-28 April) before arriving at the Tricycle Theatre for a limited run from May 7 to June 2. A Slow Air is being produced by Tron Theatre Company.
The Met Announces 2012-13 Season, Features Seven New Productions
by Harmony Wheeler - Feb 23, 2012
An abundance of Verdi and Wagner, in celebration of their 200th birthdays, will be featured in the Metropolitan Opera's 2012-13 season, which will showcase the world's greatest singers, conductors, and directors in seven new productions-two of them Met premieres-and 21 revivals, including three complete Ring cycles. Twelve of the season's Saturday matinees will be transmitted worldwide as part of the Met's increasingly popular, award-winning Live in HD series.
BWW Reviews: Kaite Welsh's Review of the Year
by Carrie Dunn - Dec 30, 2011
It's that time of year again - when critics and bloggers alike put forward their highlights and low points of the year's theatre. As I can't pass a bandwagon without jumping on it, here is my best - and worst - of 2011.
A Contemporary Theatre Announces Spetember Events And Classes
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 17, 2011
This September, ACT - A Contemporary Theatre brings power, passion, and politics to the Mainstage in Peter Oswald's astonishingly relevant and thrilling adaption of Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller, while The Central Heating Lab welcomes Collektor with Sam Shepard's haunting and timeless drama A Lie of the Mind and the return of Short Stories Live at Town Hall.
DRIVING MISS DAISY Closes with Redgrave, Gaines & Jones 4/9
by Lauren Wolman - Apr 9, 2011
Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, DRIVING MISS DAISY will end its extended Broadway premiere engagement April 9 at the John Golden Theatre with its three original stars: Tony Award winners James Earl Jones, Vanessa Redgrave and Boyd Gaines.
