Bertolt Brecht News

Acclaimed actors Martin Sheen and Olympia Dukakis, legendary rock musician Ray Manzarek of The Doors, and poets Michael McClure and Anne Waldman are set to join Judith Malina and other artists for a one-night-only gala to benefit The Living Theatre on Friday, December 18, beginning with cocktails and dinner at 6pm, followed by a program of music and performance at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan.

Strawdog Theatre Company continues their 22nd Anniversary Season with Curt Columbus' translation of Anton Chekhov's classic Uncle Vanya.

Philippine Daily Inquirer writer and theater critic Gibbs Cadiz cites local productions of Friedrich von Schiller's 'Mary Stuart' and Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's 'The Threepenny Opera' as best plays of 2009 in his annual 'Bravo! Best of Theater' roundup.

Stifters Dinge, created by the innovative German composer/director Heiner Goebbels, is the latest of his works to stretch the boundaries of live performance. The 70-minute-long sonic performance landscape was inspired by the writings of 19th-century Austrian romantic novelist Adalbert Stifter extended and minutely-detailed descriptions of nature. The title translates as 'Stifters Things.'

Philippine Daily Inquirer writer and theater critic Gibbs Cadiz has recently cited local productions of Friedrich von Schiller's 'Mary Stuart' and Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's 'The Threepenny Opera' as best plays of 2009 in his annual 'Bravo! Best of Theater' roundup.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Bertolt Brecht's Galileo, December 3 - 12 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the Storrs campus. CRT is also sponsoring a free series of lectures and discussions as part of its "Uncommon Sense" Series. For tickets to Galileo, call 860-486-4226.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Bertolt Brecht's Galileo, December 3 - 12 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the Storrs campus. CRT is also sponsoring a free lectures and discussions as part of its "Uncommon Sense" Series.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company continues Season 30, the 2009-10 Season, with a four-week run of The Last Cargo Cult, the newest monologue created and performed by acclaimed monologist Mike Daisey (If You See Something Say Something, How Theater Failed America), directed by Jean-Michele Gregory. (The Last Cargo Cult recently opened at The Public Theater in New York and plays there through December 13).

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Bertolt Brecht's Galileo, December 3 - 12 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the Storrs campus. CRT is also sponsoring a free series of lectures and discussions as part of its "Uncommon Sense" Series. For tickets to Galileo, call 860-486-4226.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Bertolt Brecht's Galileo, December 3 - 12 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the Storrs campus. CRT is also sponsoring a free lectures and discussions as part of its "Uncommon Sense" Series.

The National Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for its upcoming production of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. The show will play the Olivier, running September 9 through December 8.

Acclaimed actors Martin Sheen and Olympia Dukakis, legendary rock musician Ray Manzarek of The Doors, and poets Michael McClure and Anne Waldman are set to join Judith Malina and other artists for a one-night-only gala to benefit The Living Theatre on Friday, December 18, beginning with cocktails and dinner at 6pm, followed by a program of music and performance at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan.

The Living Theatre, the oldest experimental theatre group still producing in the United States, continues its 2009-10 season with world-premiere of Anne Waldman's RED NOIR. Directed by Judith Malina

The Living Theatre, the oldest experimental theatre group still producing in the United States, continues its 2009-10 season with world-premiere of Anne Waldman's RED NOIR. Directed by Judith Malina

Performer Lián Amaris goes in search of renowned monologist Spalding Gray's 'perfect moment' in SWIMMING TO SPALDING. Co-produced by East Coast Artists and Colorado College, it is directed by Richard Schechner (formerly of The Performance Group). Previews begin December 3 at HERE with opening night slated for December 6.

Performer Lián Amaris goes in search of renowned monologist Spalding Gray's 'perfect moment' in SWIMMING TO SPALDING. Co-produced by East Coast Artists and Colorado College, it is directed by Richard Schechner (formerly of The Performance Group). Previews begin December 3 at HERE with opening night slated for December 6.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Bertolt Brecht's Galileo, December 3 - 12 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the Storrs campus. CRT is also sponsoring a free series of lectures and discussions as part of its "Uncommon Sense" Series. For tickets to Galileo, call 860-486-4226.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Bertolt Brecht's Galileo, December 3 - 12 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the Storrs campus. CRT is also sponsoring a free lectures and discussions as part of its "Uncommon Sense" Series.

Performer Lián Amaris goes in search of renowned monologist Spalding Gray's 'perfect moment' in SWIMMING TO SPALDING. Co-produced by East Coast Artists and Colorado College, it is directed by Richard Schechner (formerly of The Performance Group). Previews begin December 3 at HERE with opening night slated for December 6.

Performer Lián Amaris goes in search of renowned monologist Spalding Gray's 'perfect moment' in SWIMMING TO SPALDING. Co-produced by East Coast Artists and Colorado College, it is directed by Richard Schechner (formerly of The Performance Group). Previews begin December 3 at HERE with opening night slated for December 6.