Mark Twain News

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins starring two-time Tony and Oscar nominee Kathleen Turner is the first production announced as part of the Geffen Playhouse's 2011/2012 season.

Reprise Theatre Company will present 'The Apple Tree' with book music and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, additional book material by Jerome Coopersmith, and based on stories by Mark Twain, Frank R. Stockton, and Jules Feiffer as the third production of its 2011-2012 season, playing April 17 to 29, 2012 at the Freud Playhouse.

Lily Tomlin, one of America's foremost comediennes, is bringing her beloved characters, including six-year-old Edith Ann, telephone operator Ernestine and many others, to Salt Lake City in an all-new show, performing at Kingsbury Hall on Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Despite the challenges of a continuously struggling economy and a sparse downtown population, Sea Tea Improv has had no trouble knocking nineteen monthly shows out of the park. On Sunday, April 3rd, Sea Tea will celebrate the twenty consecutive monthly shows that launched them into the Hartford Arts scene

In just a little over three weeks since taking over the former Champs Shoe Store at the South Street Seaport, the Algonquin Seaport Theater opens for business this April 1st.

According to a report by Variety, stage and screen star Hal Holbrook will be honored with the 2011 Actors Fund's Julie Harris Lifetime Achievement Award. Holbrook will receive the award at the Los Angeles Tony Awards Party in Los Angeles. The event will take place on June 12 at the Skirball Cultural Center.

Park Square Theatre's mid-season highlight is a new, ambitious staging of Harper Lee's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, directed by David Mann (Sherlock Holmes & the Case of the Jersey Lily; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde) and presented in repertory (during the week of April 11) with Naked Darrow, Park Square's commission of a fresh portrayal of Clarence Darrow written and performed by actor/historian Gary Anderson (Search for Justice).

From the Fire, an original new dramatic oratorio about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, with music composed by Tony-nominated Elizabeth Swados and conceived and directed by Cecilia Rubino -- and written by Rubino with poet Paula Finn -- will be performed at a special theatrical five-day run to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

Triangle: From the Fire, an original new dramatic oratorio about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, with music composed by Tony-nominated Elizabeth Swados and conceived and directed by Cecilia Rubino -- and written by Rubino with poet Paula Finn -- will be performed at a special theatrical five-day run to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

Red Mountain Theatre Company's Young Artist Series presents Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on April 7-10, 2011, at the RMTC Cabaret Theatre (301 19th Street North).

Play Dead,the new off-Broadway comic thriller co-written and directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and co-written & performed by Todd Robbins, will mark its 150th performance on Sunday, March 20 at 7pm at Off-Broadway's Players Theater (115 MacDougal Street at Minetta Lane).

A living, breathing American masterpiece, Hal Holbrook's MARK TWAIN TONIGHT!, is returning to the historic Balboa Theatre Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 8PM. The show is, quite simply, one of the most acclaimed and enduring performances in the history of theatre!

Play Dead,the new off-Broadway comic thriller co-written and directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and co-written & performed by Todd Robbins, will mark its 150th performance on Sunday, March 20 at 7pm at Off-Broadway's Players Theater (115 MacDougal Street at Minetta Lane).

Today, literature written for young people often features wizards, demi-gods or vampires; but a century ago, things were a bit simpler. Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote a charming series of novels about Anne Shirley, a clever orphan adopted by a kind older man and his stern sister.

From the Fire, an original new dramatic oratorio about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, with music composed by Tony-nominated Elizabeth Swados and conceived and directed by Cecilia Rubino -- and written by Rubino with poet Paula Finn -- will be performed at a special theatrical five-day run to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

Today, literature written for young people often features wizards, demi-gods or vampires; but a century ago, things were a bit simpler. Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote a charming series of novels about Anne Shirley, a clever orphan adopted by a kind older man and his stern sister.

Performing Arts Fort Worth proudly welcomes Hal Holbrook in 'Mark Twain Tonight' back to Bass Performance Hall on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $33-$55 and are on sale NOW!

SWIMMING AT THE RITZ, a new play by Charles Leipart, begins a 4-stop UK tour on Monday, 14 March, at the Devonshire Park Theatre, in Eastbourne, playing through 16 March.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) is proud to announce its 2011-2012 season of performances on the Mainstage, as well as the three productions to be performed by its Imaginary Theatre Company (ITC).

Lehmann Maupin Gallery announces its second solo exhibition of works by Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival), on view 24 March - 30 April, 2011 at 540 W. 26th Street. The exhibition will continue the artists' extensive practice in challenging notions of art through deep engagement with literary and historical texts.