Edith Wharton News

Tennessee Shakespeare Company, the Mid-South's professional classical theatre, continues its Second Stage Season this spring with a unique production of William Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar playing March 23 - April 11 in Germantown for nine public performances only.

Lookingglass Theatre Company proudly announces its 2010-2011 season, featuring three new productions by Ensemble Members Laura Eason and David Kersnar and Northwestern University's Amanda Dehnert. Lookingglass' 23rd season features PETER PAN, ETHAN FROME, and THE LAST ACT OF LILKA KADISON.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company, the Mid-South's professional classical theatre, continues its Second Stage Season this spring with a unique production of William Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar playing March 23 - April 11 in Germantown for nine public performances only.

ONE LAST CHANCE (unexpectedly) to see Coal Creek Our already record-breaking production of Walter Thinnes' Coal Creek will not perform this evening (Saturday, Jan. 30) due to the ice storm, BUT we've added a 3 p.m. matinee tomorrow (Sunday, Jan. 31). If you have tickets for tonight, don't worry. Your tickets are good for tomorrow's show. If you don't have tickets for tonight, this is your chance to get some for tomorrow!

More than 7,500 strikers walked out of nearly 100 coal mines in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields of West Virginia during the bloody 1912-1914 labor war. Coal Creek is the story of one family's turmoil, caught in the cross hairs of that struggle.

More than 7,500 strikers walked out of nearly 100 coal mines in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields of West Virginia during the bloody 1912-1914 labor war. Coal Creek is the story of one family's turmoil, caught in the cross hairs of that struggle.

Robert Demeger and Peter Bramhill are set to star in the upcoming UK tour of THE WOMAN IN BLACK, written by Stephen Mallatratt. Demeger will play Arthur Kipps and Bramhill will play Young Actor. The tour will open January 12th at the Richmond Theatre and will play there until January 16th.

More than 7,500 strikers walked out of nearly 100 coal mines in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields of West Virginia during the bloody 1912-1914 labor war. Coal Creek is the story of one family's turmoil, caught in the cross hairs of that struggle.

Robert Demeger and Peter Bramhill are set to star in the upcoming UK tour of THE WOMAN IN BLACK, written by Stephen Mallatratt. Demeger will play Arthur Kipps and Bramhill will play Young Actor. The tour will open January 12th at the Richmond Theatre and will play there until January 16th.

Centre Stage presents Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory, paired each evening with another Capote classic, The Thanksgiving Visitor, as well as carols of the season and complimentary hot apple cider! Don't miss this warm, immersive and delicately directed feast for the heart and the senses featuring Amy Stryker Mathena, whose screen credits include starring roles opposite such notables as Carol Burnette, Hume Cronyn, Meg Tilly and Tim Matheson. Rounding out director Benjamin P. Robinson's cast are Christopher M. Evans, JeanE Bartlett and Mary Sparks Gray.

Award winning actress and Broadway vet Christine Pedi will bring her cabaret show 'Holly Jolly Christmas Folly' will play the Laurie Beechman Theatre every Monday beginning November 30th and running through December 21st, with a final run of the show from December 26th through December 30th. The show features Pedi's Broadway imitations around a holiday-centered theme.

Centre Stage presents Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory, paired each evening with another Capote classic, The Thanksgiving Visitor, as well as carols of the season and complimentary hot apple cider! Don't miss this warm, immersive and delicately directed feast for the heart and the senses featuring Amy Stryker Mathena, whose screen credits include starring roles opposite such notables as Carol Burnette, Hume Cronyn, Meg Tilly and Tim Matheson. Rounding out director Benjamin P. Robinson's cast are Christopher M. Evans, JeanE Bartlett and Mary Sparks Gray.

Runs through November 8, 2009-THE WOMAN IN BLACK Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt, From the novel by Susan Hill Following the tradition of the classic ghost story popularized by Charles Dickens and M.R James, Henry James and Edith Wharton, The Woman in Black relies on atmosphere, a vivid sense of place, hints, glimpses and suggestions, to chill the blood and send shivers down the spine.

Tampa's Gorilla Theatre presents The Woman in Black, an old-fashioned, scary ghost story. Following the tradition of the classic ghost story popularized by Charles Dickens and M.R James, Henry James and Edith Wharton, The Woman in Black relies on atmosphere, a vivid sense of place, hints, glimpses and suggestions, to chill the blood and send shivers down the spine. The show stars Christopher Rutherford and Glenn Gover.

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in association with the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, is pleased to present an evening of poetry, theater and reminiscences in honor of the induction of Tennessee Williams into the Cathedral's Poets' Corner. On Thursday, November 5th at 7:00pm, theatre luminaries, friends of Mr. Williams and people who were inspired by his life work, will take part in the historic celebration. Participants include Eli Wallach & Anne Jackson, Vanessa Redgrave, Marian Seldes, John Guare, Olympia Dukakis, John Patrick Shanley, Gregory Mosher, Sylvia Miles, William Jay Smith, Lenya Rideout, Jeremy Lawrence, Wyatt Prunty, David Kaplan, Thomas Keith, Mitch Douglas, and current Cathedral Poet-in-Residence Charles F. Martin. It is expected that additional friends and colleagues of Mr. Williams will also be taking part in the evening.

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in association with the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, is pleased to present an evening of poetry, theater and reminiscences in honor of the induction of Tennessee Williams into the Cathedral's Poets' Corner.

Award winning actress and Broadway vet Christine Pedi will bring her cabaret show 'Holly Jolly Christmas Folly' will play the Laurie Beechman Theatre every Monday beginning November 30th and running through December 21st, with a final run of the show from December 26th through December 30th. The show features Pedi's Broadway imitations around a holiday-centered theme.

Runs through November 8, 2009-THE WOMAN IN BLACK Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt, From the novel by Susan Hill Following the tradition of the classic ghost story popularized by Charles Dickens and M.R James, Henry James and Edith Wharton, The Woman in Black relies on atmosphere, a vivid sense of place, hints, glimpses and suggestions, to chill the blood and send shivers down the spine.

Tampa's Gorilla Theatre presents The Woman in Black, an old-fashioned, scary ghost story. Following the tradition of the classic ghost story popularized by Charles Dickens and M.R James, Henry James and Edith Wharton, The Woman in Black relies on atmosphere, a vivid sense of place, hints, glimpses and suggestions, to chill the blood and send shivers down the spine. The show stars Christopher Rutherford and Glenn Gover.

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) announces casting for The Age of Innocence and Play it Cool, the next offerings in its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series.