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DANGEROUS LIAISONS Comes to Prague This Week

In 75 letters, the two main protagonists, the cruel Marquise de Merteuil and the cynical Vicomte de Valmont – tough players, rivals and partners – unfurl a dangerous game with the feelings of their victims, abounding in malicious emotional manipulation and brazen seduction within the web of a variable love polygon.

CRUEL INTENTIONS Comes to Stage West Next Month

A group of privileged and hormonal teens from an exclusive prep school on summer vacay--that’s a recipe for all kinds of scheming and trouble, in the cult-fave Cruel Intentions: the ‘90s Musical, which begins a 3-week run at Stage West on Thursday, May 4. The production will continue at Uptown Players starting June 1.

GODSPELL, CLUE, and More Set For Blackfriars 2023/24 Season

Blackfriars Theatre has announced its 2023-2024 Season, commemorating 74 years of locally-produced theatre in downtown Rochester, NY! The 74th Season boasts a powerhouse line-up of entertaining and engaging stories, transporting audiences from pristine 18th century estates of French artistocrats to the seedy underground nightclubs of 1930s Germany.

Review: CRUEL INTENTIONS - THE 90S MUSICAL at The Garden Theatre

It’s a rock musical featuring all of the naughty behavior of the original film and marries it to the “hits of the day” that were hot when it came out. Innuendos about “booty sex” merge with Backstreet Boys hits in a jukebox musical that revels in the absurdity of the original concept.

THE CHEVALIER Brings Life & Music Of 18th Century Black Composer To The Stage February 18-20

In partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts and Concert Theater Works, Music of the Baroque presents the Midwest premiere of “The Chevalier,” a new concert theater work written and directed by Bill Barclay.

CRUEL INTENTIONS Announces Virtual Cast Watch Party with Janel Parrish & More

On-demand streaming access to CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE ‘90S MUSICAL, LIVE IN CONCERT has been extended by three weeks due to popular demand. There will be a virtual cast watch party on Sunday, January 16, at 8PM ET, offering fans the opportunity to interact with the cast and creatives, including star Janel Parrish.

CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE '90S MUSICAL, LIVE IN CONCERT Event Announced

Tony Award-winning producer Eva Price has announced a one-night-only event, CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE ‘90S MUSICAL, LIVE IN CONCERT will be presented on Sunday, December 19, 2021 for a live audience at The Bourbon Room in Los Angeles, and streamed worldwide on Stellar.

Music Of The Baroque Presents The Midwest Premiere Of THE CHEVALIER A Play With Music

In partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts and Concert Theater Works, Music of the Baroque presents the Midwest premiere of “The Chevalier,” a new concert theater work written and directed by Bill Barclay.

American Lyric Theater Presents FROM ERASED TO SELF-EMPOWERED: CELEBRATING BIPOC OPERA COMPOSERS AND LIBRETTISTS

From April 6-10, American Lyric Theater (ALT) presents FROM ERASED TO SELF-EMPOWERED: CELEBRATING BIPOC OPERA COMPOSERS AND LIBRETTISTS, a three-part online seminar and roundtable, culminating in a free virtual concert performance April 10th at 7:30 pm et. The program is open to composers, librettists, educators and the general public. Advance registration is required.

Rochester City Ballet Launches Winter Digital Series

Rochester City Ballet has announced its upcoming lineup of productions as part of its Winter Digital Series. The series kicks off today, Friday, January 15, with “Dangerous Liaisons.”

Broadway Rewind: Watch Full Scenes from LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES with Laura Linney!

Today we rewind to 2008 for the two-month Broadway run of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, starring Laura Linney, Ben Daniels, Kristine Nielsen, Mamie Gummer and Benjamin Walker. Adapted from the 1782 novel of the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, the play focuses on the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, rivals who use sex as a weapon of humiliation and degradation, all the while enjoying their cruel games. Their targets are the virtuous (and married) Madame de Tourvel and Cécile de Volanges, a young girl who has fallen in love with her music tutor, the Chevalier Danceny. In order to gain their trust, Merteuil and Valmont pretend to help the secret lovers so they can use them later in their own treacherous schemes.

Denver Arts & Venues Announces Summer 2019 Next Stage NOW Programs And More

Denver Arts & Venues is pleased to announce 2019 Next Stage NOW summer programming at Denver Performing Arts Complex, including the return of Sunset Cinema, Sterling Vineyards Galleria Bar, Buell Balcony Concert Series, a new immersive show that takes patrons throughout the Arts Complex and a new exhibition at the Next Stage Gallery.

From Footman To Director: Ross Gumbley Revives Classic French Play LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES

32 years after his first involvement with Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Court Theatre's Artistic Director Ross Gumbley is back in the rehearsal room, directing the play that marked his first professional acting debut!

Love Creek And Adam Ziv Present LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES

Hampton's psycho-sexual thriller comes to the Off-Off-Broadway stage this June. Adapted from the 1782 novel, 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' is a tale of seduction set in France among aristocrats before the revolution. The play explores decadent sexuality, morals, and manipulation played as the ultimate game, with tragic results.

BWW Review: Way Off Broadway Productions' Disappointing and Over-Designed LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES

Now would seem the perfect time for a Nashville revival of Christopher Hampton's Les Liasions Dangereuses - an intriguing play about powerful men subjugating women to their sexual domination, private missives between aristocrats made public in order to cause embarrassment, and any perceptibly well-meaning act of charity is undermined by far baser instincts - which is perhaps best known for the movies it has inspired: Dangerous Liaisons and Cruel Intentions.

BWW Interview: Jeffrey Kringer Talks CRUEL INTENTIONS in Advance of DPAC Show

'It's just been the most exciting whirlwind of a ride to get to do this,' says Jeffrey Kringer. And it has been a whirlwind for Kringer who just graduated from Fredonia State University last May. Kringer is playing the role of anti-hero Sebastian Valmont in the musical CRUEL INTENTIONS. It's his first national tour, and he says it feels like the right fit at the right time.

QUEENSLAND BALLET'S DANGEROUS LIASONS Coming to QPAC 3/22 - 4/6!

QUEENSLAND BALLET'S DANGEROUS LIASONS is playing at QPAC in Australia from March 22 to April 6, 2019.

Tickets On Sale Tomorrow For CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE '90s MUSICAL

Broadway In Chicago has announced tickets for CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE '90s MUSICAL will go on sale on Wednesday, January 30. The show will play Broadway In Chicago's Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St) for a limited two week engagement April 2 14, 2019.

CRUEL INTENTIONS: The 90's Musical To Get Cast Album Release This March

ABKCO Records will release Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical Original Cast Album on CD and digital platforms on March 8. 

Actors' Theatre Announces 2019 Season - 'Tainted Love'

Actors' Theatre of Columbus presents its 2019 season, 'Tainted Love.' This season's theme is about all of the mishaps and miseries of love: familial, romantic, human. As Lysander predicted in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, 'The course of true love never did run smooth.'

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