Bram Stoker News

The world's most beloved nanny and the world's most notorious vampire join a fine crew of stoners, gamblers and talking mice in the FAC's exciting 2014-15 theatre season lineup.

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This is not one of those dreadful parodies, or ridiculously camp exaggerations. This production plays it dead straight.

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts presents the world premiere of THE TEMPEST, produced by the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at The Smith Center in Las Vegas today, April 5-13, 2014. The Smith Center's first ever co-production, THE TEMPEST is adapted and directed by Aaron Posner and Teller from the play by William Shakespeare, with magic by Teller, music by Tom Waits and movement by Matt Kent of Pilobolus. THE TEMPEST will perform at The Smith Center's Donald W. Reynolds Symphony Park in a 500-seat climate controlled tent before moving to Cambridge, MA to begin performances at A.R.T.

Paul Tyrer and Jamie Clark for The Booking Office in association with Belgrade Theatre, Coventry present the world premiere of THE MUMMY based (very loosely indeed) on Bram Stoker's Jewel of the Seven Stars.

East West Players (EWP), the nation's premier Asian American theatre, celebrates the achievements of individuals who have raised the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through their craft at the 48th Anniversary Visionary Awards Dinner & Silent Auction. The fundraising event will take place on Monday April 28, 2014 at the Universal Hilton. Proceeds from the gala will benefit East West Players' educational and artistic programs.

The Mummy, a comedy-horror loosely based on Bram Stoker's Jewel of the Seven Stars, receives its world premiere on the Belgrade's Main Stage on Friday 21 March and runs until Saturday 29 March.

International publisher Samhain Publishing today announced that author Jonathan Moore has been named to the final ballot for the 2013 Bram Stoker Awards in the category of Superior Achievement in a First Novel, with his novel Redheads.

Anyone who could not feel the sense of macabre sensuality on the stage of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts should join the members of the undead in Dracula. The Kansas City Ballet production of Michael Pink's Dracula opened on Friday February 21 with the Kansas City Symphony performing the musical score.

Today, in the midst of preparations for one of the nation's most influential festivals of new work, the Humana Festival of New American Plays, Artistic Director Les Waters and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein proudly announce Actors Theatre of Louisville's 2014-2015 Season. The 51st Season lineup will include a world-premiere reimagining of Love's Labour's Lost, the musical The Last Five Years, a production of Nina Raine's emotionally-charged drama Tribes, award-winning playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brothers Size, and the return of Naomi Iizuka's At the Vanishing Point-a beautifully-observed portrait of Butchertown with an original score by Ben Sollee. From the exhilaration of infatuation to the heart-wrenching tale of lost love, from one person's fight to find a voice to the dreams and voices of an entire community, the lineup features powerful stories and some of the most exciting artists working in theatre today.

Kansas City Ballet's 56th season continues with the highly anticipated evening-length Kansas City Premiere of Michael Pink's Dracula.

The Drama League (Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director; Roger T. Danforth, Artistic Director) has announced the ten artists and theater ensembles chosen to develop new plays and musicals as part of the 2014 Artist Residency Program. The development of these works, which include two 2014 Artists In Residence, Rachel Dickstein/Ripe Time and Jeremy Bloom/Rady&Bloom, will be held at The Drama League Theater Center (32 Avenue of the Americas) in Tribeca from March-July 2014.

Colorado Ballet Artistic Director Gil Boggs announced the 2014-2015 season, which will feature technically-challenging classical ballet and innovative contemporary pieces.

Paul Tyrer and Jamie Clark for The Booking Office in association with Belgrade Theatre, Coventry present the world premiere of THE MUMMY based (very loosely indeed) on Bram Stoker's Jewel of the Seven Stars.

FremantleMedia North America has finalized a deal for the rights to Neil Gaiman's acclaimed urban fantasy novel American Gods, it was announced today by Thom Beers, CEO, FremantleMedia North America.

'Shadow Lord' Book 1 of the Second Species A new type of vampire in an old world... Men call them vampires. They call themselves aventurieri. For generations, they hide in the mists of the Carpathians away from their human foes. In 1793, everything changes... Their Prince's assassin is murdered. His son demands revenge. Marek Strigoi's quest for justice will take him from his Transylvanian homeland to the Hellfire clubs of Vienna and the boudoir of a Parisian Marquise, and a love surviving the centuries but he can't give up his quest. When both the hunter and the hunted are vampires, not even Hell will stand in the way. Review quotes: 'Shadow Lord will draw you into a world where love, vengeance and honor intermingle. It will change the way you think about vampires.' Tony Eldridge, author of The Samson Effect 'The language is powerful yet lush.... a must read and a keeper to read again and again.'-Amazon review 'Tony-Paul de Vissage once again delivers the type of work I have come to expect from him... He brings to the reader a unique twist to the vampire that is far from the usual fare.'-Vampire Romance Books Voted one of the Top Ten in Horror, 2013 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll Winner Maryland Romance Writers 'Reveal Your Inner Vixen' contest, Horror category. Double Dragon Publishing ASIN: B00GH0YJP4 ISBN: 1-77115-135-8 Full-length novel, Kindle/ebook $5.99. Also in print. Available from Amazon and from the Publisher. Tony-Paul de Vissage is a Southerner strongly influenced by the writings of Bram Stoker and Anne Rice. Currently, he has eight published novels in the horror genre. Shadow Lord is his first novel under the Double Dragon Publishing imprint. Opening its doors in 2000, Double Dragon Publishing is a Canadian company with 14-plus years experience in the book industry. It was called 'one of the best, perhaps THE best, of the electronic publishers' by Piers Anthony in his October 2004 newletter. Double Dragon Publishing specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror, and now has over 1400 titles in its inventory.

Ulster Theatre Company presents JONATHAN HARKER AND DRACULA, a brand new adaptation of Bram Stoker's iconic masterpiece on vampirism.

Kansas City Ballet's 56th season continues with the highly anticipated evening-length Kansas City Premiere of Michael Pink's Dracula.

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts presents the world premiere of THE TEMPEST, produced by the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at The Smith Center in Las Vegas April 5-13, 2014. The Smith Center's first ever co-production, THE TEMPEST is adapted and directed by Aaron Posner and Teller from the play by William Shakespeare, with magic by Teller, music by Tom Waits and movement by Matt Kent of Pilobolus. THE TEMPEST will perform at The Smith Center's Donald W. Reynolds Symphony Park in a 500-seat climate controlled tent before moving to Cambridge, MA to begin performances at A.R.T. Tickets start at $35.00 and go on sale Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 at The Smith Center box office, online at www.TheSmithCenter.com or by phone at (702) 749-2000.