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Dominion Entertainment To Bring 'Hattitude' This Summer With Production Of CROWNS
by BWW News Desk - Jun 1, 2018


Dominion Entertainment Group has announced 'Crowns' as its next production to hit the stage. From May 30 - June 10, the gospel musical by Golden Globe winning playwright Regina Taylor, will run at the Fulton County Southwest Arts Center Performance Theater & Gallery.

Dominion Entertainment To Bring 'Hattitude' This Summer With Production Of CROWNS
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2018


Dominion Entertainment Group has announced 'Crowns' as its next production to hit the stage. From May 30 - June 10, the gospel musical by Golden Globe winning playwright Regina Taylor, will run at the Fulton County Southwest Arts Center Performance Theater & Gallery.

Portland Playhouse Season 11 With Special Guests Profile Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2018


Portland Playhouse is thrilled to announce that Profile Theatre will present two plays in rep in its newly renovated North Portland theatre during the 2018-19 Season. The Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theatre will also take up a one week residency in the space during the spring of 2019.

Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival to Host Live And Silent Art Auction, 6/2
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2018


The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival will host an auction of locally donated artworks and other items as part of its Annual Dinner celebration on Saturday, June 2, 2018.

CROWNS to Inspire at Cape Fear Regional Theatre Beginning Today
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2018


CROWNS, a gospel musical, will run at the Cape Fear Regional Theatre from May 17 to June 3. This production is adapted by Regina Taylor from the book of the same name by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry.

Cape Fear Regional Theatre To Host Ground-Breaking Playwright Regina Taylor
by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2018


The Gospel musical Crowns is one of the country's most produced musicals about women with courage, faith, and hats filled with joyful gospel music. Crowns is based on the beloved book by North Carolinians Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry, which Regina Taylor adapted into the stage production.

Actor Amanda Plummer Is Guest Of Honor at Provincetown Gala
by A.A. Cristi - May 1, 2018


The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival is pleased to announce acclaimed stage and screen actor Amanda Plummer as the recipient of the Festival's second annual TENN Award.

BWW Review: CROWNS at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - Apr 30, 2018


Does anyone still wear a hat? sang Elaine Stritch in Company. The answer is a definite yes in Regina Taylor's Crowns, the final production of Long Wharf Theatre's 2017-2018 regular season.

CROWNS to Inspire at Cape Fear Regional Theatre Beginning 5/17
by Alan Henry - Apr 26, 2018


CROWNS, a gospel musical, will run at the Cape Fear Regional Theatre from May 17 to June 3. This production is adapted by Regina Taylor from the book of the same name by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry.

Photo Flash: Long Wharf Theatre Presents Regina King's CROWNS
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 25, 2018


Long Wharf Theatre, in association with the McCarter Theater Center, presents the 15TH anniversary production of Crowns, written and directed by Regina Taylor.

Netflix Returns to 28 Barbary Lane with ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S TALES OF THE CITY
by Tori Hartshorn - Apr 24, 2018


Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City is a 10-part Netflix original limited series, expected to start production later this year and debut in 2019.

Dominion Entertainment To Bring 'Hattitude' This Summer With Production Of CROWNS
by Stephi Wild - Apr 22, 2018


Dominion Entertainment Group has announced 'Crowns' as its next production to hit the stage. From May 30 - June 10, the gospel musical by Golden Globe winning playwright Regina Taylor, will run at the Fulton County Southwest Arts Center Performance Theater & Gallery.

BWW Review: Gospel, Storytelling, and Fabulous Hats with Taproot Theatre's Musical CROWNS
by Amelia Reynolds - Apr 8, 2018


“Crowns” is a feel-good musical about hats. But it's also so much more than hats, in the way “The Vagina Monologues” is about more than just the female anatomy. Now performing at the Taproot Theatre, “Crowns” delights in this colorful production about history, experience, and culture.

VIDEO: Long Wharf Theatre Presents 15th Anniversary Production of CROWNS
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 3, 2018


Long Wharf Theatre, in association with the McCarter Theater Center, presents the 15TH anniversary production of Crowns, written and directed by Regina Taylor.

VIDEO: First Look At Long Wharf Theatre's CROWNS
by Alan Henry - Mar 27, 2018


Long Wharf Theatre, in association with the McCarter Theater Center, presents the 15TH anniversary production of Crowns, written and directed by Regina Taylor. Performances take place April 18 through May 13, 2018 on the Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Mainstage. Tickets start at $30.

Long Wharf Theatre, In Association With The McCarter Theater Center, Presents CROWNS
by Stephi Wild - Mar 19, 2018


Long Wharf Theatre, in association with the McCarter Theater Center, presents the 15TH anniversary production of Crowns, written and directed by Regina Taylor. Performances take place April 18 through May 13, 2018 on the Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Mainstage. Tickets start at $30.

Photo Flash: Mccarter Presents The 15th Anniversary Production Of Regina Taylor's CROWNS
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 17, 2018


Fifteen years after its world premiere at McCarter Theatre Center, Crowns is returning. When Yolanda's brother is killed on the streets of Chicago, the shaken teenager is sent to live with her grandmother in South Carolina, where she embarks on a journey toward discovering her place in the world, and in her family. Produced in association with Long Wharf Theatre, Crowns runs March 13 - April 1 in McCarter's Matthews Theatre.

Hip Hop And Gospel Unite As McCarter Presents Regina Taylor's CROWNS
by Stephi Wild - Feb 13, 2018


Fifteen years after its world premiere at McCarter Theatre Center, Crowns is returning. When Yolanda's brother is killed on the streets of Chicago, the shaken teenager is sent to live with her grandmother in South Carolina, where she embarks on a journey toward discovering her place in the world, and in her family. Produced in association with Long Wharf Theatre, Crowns runs March 13 - April 1 in McCarter's Matthews Theatre.

BWW Review: Hats Off to Lyric Theatre's Stellar Production of CROWNS
by Robert Barossi - Feb 9, 2018


Some musicals or plays can be a little bit difficult to pin down or describe and Regina Taylor's Crowns, now playing at Lyric Theatre's Plaza stage is in that category. The program's Director's Notes say, in part, that the musical is "presented as a jukebox musical," which it is in that it uses previously recorded songs woven into a plot, but that doesn't tell the whole story. To say that it's a "show about hats," would be a huge oversimplification and a disservice to a show that is so much more than that.

Mosaic Theater Company Launches National Tour Of Renowned Voices From Changing Middle East Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 16, 2018


Mosaic Theater Company of DCtakes its acclaimedVoices From a Changing Middle East Festival on tour this winter, bringing several of its seminal Festival productions (I SHALL NOT HATE, VIA DOLOROSA, and the recent film adaptation of WRESTLING JERUSALEM) to the University of Oklahoma, Grinnell College, and Eastern Mennonite University for presentations of each project, and culminating in a special evening at the University of Chicago's Logan Center for the Arts where excerpts from all three works will be shared in a single evening. The tour reflects different dimensions of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the efforts to achieve reckoning and reconciliation through live performance and discussion, in works performed in English, Arabic, and Hebrew (with translated surtitles).

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