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Playwrights Horizons' WIVES to Star Purva Bedi, Adina Verson, and More
by Julie Musbach - Jul 25, 2019


Playwrights Horizons begins its 2019/20 season of works from groundbreaking playwrights pushing their singular styles to new heights with Wives, written by Jaclyn Backhaus and directed by Margot Bordelon

Photo Flash: The Cape Playhouse Opens THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Stephi Wild - Jun 13, 2019


The Cape Playhouse at the Cape Cod Center for The Arts, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Michael Rader and Executive Producer Joe Grandy, opened its 93rd season last night with Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest directed by Matt Lenz.

Cape Playhouse Opens Season With THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Starring Edward Hibbert
by Julie Musbach - Jun 10, 2019


The Cape Playhouse at the Cape Cod Center for The Arts, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Michael Rader and Executive Producer Joe Grandy, announces the opening of the 2019 summer season with The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde and directed by Matt Lenz, from June 12 through June 22.

Photo Flash: Clubbed Thumb's Production Of Zhu Yi's YOU NEVER TOUCHED THE DIRT Opens At The Wild Project
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2019


SUMMERWORKS, Clubbed Thumb's annual series of new plays is presenting YOU NEVER TOUCHED THE DIRT by Zhu Yi at The Wild Project (195 E 3rd Street) in Manhattan for a limited run through June 13. Opening night is tonight at 8:00 p.m.

Sandra Shipley Joins the Cast of Cape Playhouse's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by A.A. Cristi - May 29, 2019


Complete casting has been announced for The Cape Playhouse's starry upcoming production of Oscar Wilde's timeless classic, The Importance of Being Earnest.

BWW Review: SKYLIGHT at Berlind Theater Ends McCarter Season
by Matthew Michaels - May 13, 2019


When is desire not enough? Former lovers are reunited and grapple with this and other questions in a new production of SKYLIGHT. From esteemed playwright David Hare, the play has graced the stages of the West End and Broadway and is now playing in Princeton, New Jersey. SKYLIGHT is the final show of director Emily Mann's penultimate season as artistic director and resident playwright of McCarter. SKYLIGHT opens with Kyra coming home to her dilapidated apartment with groceries. A schoolteacher in her thirties, Kyra lives alone without central heating and works with children who have been deemed by some as a lost cause, a charity case for someone with as much intelligence and talent as Kyra possesses.

VIDEO: First Look At SKYLIGHT At McCarter Theatre Center
by A.A. Cristi - May 8, 2019


On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Mahira Kakkar) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Greg Wood), a successful and charismatic restaurateur. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship with food and wine, only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.

Photo Flash: McCarter Closes 2018-2019 Theatre Series with David Hare's SKYLIGHT
by A.A. Cristi - May 8, 2019


On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Mahira Kakkar) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Greg Wood), a successful and charismatic restaurateur. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship with food and wine, only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.

McCarter Closes 2018-2019 Theater Series With David Hare's SKYLIGHT, Directed By Emily Mann
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 5, 2019


On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Mahira Kakkar) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Greg Wood), a successful and charismatic restaurateur. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship with food and wine, only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.

Photo Flash: THE BAND'S VISIT Co-Stars Katrina Lenk and George Abud Come to Birdland
by Stephi Wild - Mar 6, 2019


The Broadway at Birdland concert series recently welcomed Tony winner Katrina Lenk and her friend and former cast member from The Band's Visit, George Abud in a one-night only concert called 'Swung.' The performance took place on Monday, March 4.

Westport Country Playhouse Hosts Free Playreading On International Women's Day, March 8
by Julie Musbach - Feb 27, 2019


To celebrate International Women's Day on Friday, March 8, at 7 p.m., Westport Country Playhouse will host a free-of-charge reading of "The Revolutionists," an irreverent comedy about four women - a spy, an assassin, a writer, and a royal. 

Review Roundup: Can the Critics Resist Classic Stage's THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI?
by Stephi Wild - Nov 15, 2018


Classic Stage's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, starring Raul Esparza, officially opened last night. Let's see what the critics are saying...

BWW Review: Raul Esparza Is Bertolt Brecht's Symbolic Crime Boss in THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI
by Michael Dale - Nov 15, 2018


No, director/designer John Doyle does not have Raul Esparza wearing a blonde wig when he delivers his climatic oratory at the close of CSC's revival of Bertolt Brecht's 1941 allegorical satire, THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI, but listen closely to the chant of the crowd provided by sound designer Matt Stine and the production's message is ever so clear.

Full Cast Announced For Classic Stage Company's New Production Of THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI, A TIMELESS ALLEGORY ON THE RISE OF FASCISM
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 12, 2018


Classic Stage Company (CSC; Artistic Director, John Doyle) announces the full cast for The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Bertolt Brecht's unsettlingly timeless work, which kicks off CSC's 2018-2019 season on October 30, with rehearsals beginning this week. Directed by John Doyle, this comical yet disturbing play from one of the greatest political satirists of all time follows a Depression-era Chicago mobster, Arturo Ui, who, with the help of his henchmen, manipulates and murders his way to totalitarian rule of the cauliflower trade. Society, of course, fails to act upon his "resistible rise."

CSC Offers Election Night Ticket Discount For THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI Starring Raul Esparza
by Julie Musbach - Oct 25, 2018


Classic Stage Company will offer discounted tickets to the Election Night (November 6) performance of Bertolt Brecht's unsettlingly timeless The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.

CSC Names Longtime Home The Lynn F. Angelson Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 9, 2018


Classic Stage Company (CSC; Artistic Director, John Doyle) today announces that its singular home at 136 East 13th Street will be named the Lynn F. Angelson Theater, for its most devoted supporter and long-standing board chair.

Raul Esparza to Lead Classic Stage Company's THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI
by Julie Musbach - Sep 26, 2018


Classic Stage Company announces the full cast for The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Bertolt Brecht's unsettlingly timeless work, which kicks off CSC's 2018-2019 season on October 30, with rehearsals beginning this week.

Photo Flash: National Asian American Theatre Company Kicks Off 28th Season with HENRY VI
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2018


The OBIE Award-winning NAATCO, National Asian American Theatre Company, kicks off their 28th season with Stephen Brown-Fried's new adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry VI. This Off-Broadway limited engagement at the Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theaters (502 West 53rd Street at Tenth Avenue) opens Tuesday August 21st (Part 1) and Wednesday August 22nd (Part 2).  Performances continue through September 8th only.

Photo Flash: First Look at NAATCO's HENRY VI
by Julie Musbach - Aug 15, 2018


The National Asian American Theatre Company, kicks off their 28th season with Stephen Brown-Fried's new adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry VI. This Off-Broadway limited engagement at the Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theaters (502 West 53rd Street at Tenth Avenue) will open Tuesday August 21st (Part 1) and Wednesday August 22nd (Part 2).  Performances continue through September 8th only.

NAATCO Presents HENRY VI, Shakespeare's Trilogy In Two Parts
by Stephi Wild - Jun 20, 2018


The OBIE Award-winning NAATCO, National Asian American Theatre Company, kicks off their 28th season with Stephen Brown-Fried's new adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry VI.

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