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Steve Martin's THE UNDERPANTS to Open at MainStage Irving-Las Colinas in July

MainStage Irving-Las Colinas has announced the cast, creative team, and performance dates for their upcoming production of the riotously funny farce The Underpants.

BWW REVIEW: THE UNDERPANTS Is A Fabulously Funny Farce Centred On Events Following The Failing Of Foundation Garments

Anthony Gooley (Director) delivers a delightfully entertaining expression of Steve Martin's play THE UNDERPANTS.

Steve Martin's THE UNDERPANTS Comes to Seymour Centre

In October and November this year, the Seymour Centre will present The Underpants by Oscar-winning comedy legend, Steve Martin. Adapted from Carl Sternheim's play, this is a wild satire that will have audiences laughing out loud.

BWW Review: THE UNDERPANTS at The Old Globe

THE UNDERPANTS, now playing at The Old Globe through September 8th, based on the 1911 comedy from Carl Sternheim, and then adapted by Steve Martin in 2008 shows how far comedy has come and how far we still have to go. 

Photo Flash: First Look At THE UNDERPANTS At The San Diego Old Globe

The Old Globe presents The Underpants, by the Globe's second-most-popular playwright-in-residence, Steve Martin.

Cast and Creatives Announced For ROMEO AND JULIET at The Old Globe

As The Old Globe's 2019 Summer Shakespeare Festival continues, the theatre today announced the cast and creative team of the love-filled tragedy Romeo and Juliet. The Globe's Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein returns to direct the greatest love story of all time, after helming a smash-hit production of Othello and a sales-record-breaking production of Hamlet. Performances will run August 11 - September 15 outdoors under the stars in the Globe's Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Tickets start at $30.00 and are on sale to the general public now. Previews run August 11-16, with opening night on Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.

Cast And Creatives Of Steve Martin's THE UNDERPANTS Announced At The Old Globe

The Old Globe today announced the cast and creative team of a sparkling comedy in our summer season, The Underpants, by the Globe's second-most-popular playwright-in-residence, Steve Martin. Directed by multiple-award winner Walter Bobbie (Globe and Broadway's Bright Star, Broadway's Venus in Fur, Chicago) and adapted from Die Hose by Carl Sternheim, the play was originally commissioned by Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein when he ran New York's Classic Stage Company. This is the fourth Martin work in recent seasons at the Globe, from 2014's world premiere musical Bright Star, which went on to Broadway and five Tony Award nominations, to 2016's twice-extended, world-premiere comedy Meteor Shower, to 2017's smash-hit revival of Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Steve Martin's THE UNDERPANTS Closes Out Theatre's 40th Anniversary Season

An innocent bloomer blunder brings domestic chaos in Steve Martin's The Underpants, Perseverance Theatre's 40th anniversary season finale, running May 17-June 16.

Barry Edelstein Reprises His Popular THINKING SHAKESPEARE LIVE

The Old Globe regards William Shakespeare as our premiere resident playwright, whose universal themes continue to resonate more than 400 years after his plays were written. For many San Diegans, their ability to understand and appreciate the wonders of the Bard during our Summer Shakespeare Festival has increased exponentially since they joined us for Thinking Shakespeare Live! Part of The Old Globe's ongoing commitment to serve the public good by hosting programs that make theatre matter to more people, Thinking Shakespeare Live! is consistently one of our most popular offerings, a 90-minute exploration of the language of Shakespeare led by the Globe's Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and assisted by three professional classical actors. 

BWW Review: THE PANTIES, THE PARTNER AND THE PROFIT at Shakespeare Theatre Company

For his fifth and final work with Shakespeare Theatre Company director Michael Khan, the playwright David Ives has not returned to rhyming couplet adaptations of French classics, as he did in 'The Liar,' 'The Heir Apparent,' 'The Metromaniacs' and 'the School for Lies.'

The Old Globe 2019 Summer Season Announced!

The Old Globe today announced the 2019 Summer Shakespeare Festival lineup, which will include two of Shakespeare's best-loved plays: the romantic comedy As You Like It, directed by Jessica Stone, will run June 16 - July 21, and love-filled tragedy Romeo and Juliet, directed by the Globe's Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, August 11 - September 15. Both will play outdoors under the stars in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.

BWW Review: THE UNDERPANTS at Connecticut Cabaret Theatre

A hilarious farce, adapted by Steve Martin, comes to life on the stage of the Connecticut Cabaret Theatre! This first-rate production will have you laughing from start to finish. An excellent cast brings the characters to life and draws the audience in to this amazing show!

Connecticut Cabaret Theatre Presents THE UNDERPANTS

Theo Maske has an unusual problem, his wife's underpants won't stay on. One Sunday morning they fall to her ankles right in the middle of town--a public scandal! Mortified, Theo swears to keep her at home until she can find some less unruly undies. Amid this chaos, two infatuated men, a dapper poet and a whiny hypochondriac want to rent the spare room in the Markes' home. Oblivious of their amorous objectives, Theo splits the room between them. In which the prospective lodgers now have some underlying surprises of their own.   Don't get caught with your pants down. Especially not your underpants.

TV's Teddy Coluca To Lead New Jersey's The Company Theatre Group's Production Of Steve Martin's Comedy - THE UNDERPANTS

Fair Lawn resident Teddy Coluca who plays Mr. Brimley on NBC's The Blacklist  will lead the ensemble in The Company Theatre Group's (Lou Scarpati, Managing Artistic Director)  production of The Underpants, written by Steve Martin, co- directed by Lou Scarpati and Teddy Coluca.

Announcing Perseverance Theatre's 40th Season!

Perseverance Theatre is pleased to announce its 40th season, filled with classics, comedies, a classic musical, and exciting new work by and for Alaskans. This season brings characters from a wide range of backgrounds and places. Journey with us from the arctic in Whale Song to New York City in Guys and Dolls, to New England in Our Town, and London in A Christmas Carol (Anchorage), with stops in a contemporary high school in Teenage Dick, a research expedition into the Northwest Passage in Franklin, and 19th century Germany in Steve Martin's hilarious adaptation, The Underpants (Juneau). Subscriptions are now available to the full season at ptalaska.org.

Shakespeare Theatre Company Announces 2018-2019 Season

Michael Kahn today announces Shakespeare Theatre Company's 2018-2019 Season. With two world premieres from celebrated playwrights, a multiple Tony Award-winning presentation, a dynamic adaptation of a classic novel, two Shakespeare plays and a group of acclaimed directors and artists, it is an ambitious grand finale for STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn, who will retire from the company at the end of the Season.

Theatre and Dance at Wayne presents A Whimsical Fairy Tale by Shakespeare

Enter a comically enchanted forest as Theatre and Dance at Wayne presents Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream DETROIT The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University invites audiences into the madcap adventures of Shakespeare's romantic, A Midsummer Night's Dream . Opening on Thursday, October 12th at 7 p.m., all are welcome to this telling of the unforgettable story of chaos and mayhem over the course of one night in an enchanted forest.

THE UNDERPANTS Comes to Theatre and Dance at Wayne

Theatre and Dance at Wayne is excited to welcome audiences as it embarks on its 55th season. On Friday, September 29th, the season officially opens with Steve Martin's uproarious comedy The Underpants, adapted from the classic German farce by Carl Sternheim. Everyone in the Metropolitan Detroit area is invited to enjoy a raucous evening of chaotic fun, as they watch the tale of an embarrassing public mishap, and the zany chaos that follows.

Theatre And Dance at Wayne Opens its 55th Season with THE UNDERPANTS

Theatre and Dance at Wayne is excited to welcome audiences as it embarks on its 55th season. On Friday, September 29th, the season officially opens with Steve Martin's uproarious comedy The Underpants, adapted from the classic German farce by Carl Sternheim. 

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