Orson Welles News

American Blues Theater (ABT), Chicago's second oldest Equity ensemble, proudly kicks off its 2011-2012 season honoring the American worker with Clifford Odets' classic one-act play 'Waiting for Lefty' directed by Kimberly Senior Sept. 2 - Oct. 2.

Beowulf Alley Theatre's Old Time Radio Theatre Company will present classic productions and reproductions from the golden days of radio at the theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue (Downtown between Broadway and Congress). Performances in October will be Tuesdays at 7 p.m. on October 4, and October 18, 2011. Tickets purchased online at www.beowulfalley.org at least the day before a performance are $8.00. Tickets by phone or at the door are $10. Children 12 years and under are free. The box office phone number is (520) 882-0555.

The fun continues this fall at Bay Street Theatre with The Picture Show presentation of CITIZEN KANE tonight at 8 pm. The Orson Welles classic is celebrating its 70th Anniversary. Tickets are $5 at the door. For the $25 dinner and a movie package for this film, please contact The American Hotel at 631-725-3535 for reservations.

The fun continues this fall at Bay Street Theatre with The Picture Show presentation of CITIZEN KANE on Saturday, October 1 at 8 pm. The Orson Welles classic is celebrating its 70th Anniversary. Tickets are $5 at the door. For the $25 dinner and a movie package for this film, please contact The American Hotel at 631-725-3535 for reservations.

Norwich's Spirit of Broadway presents Stephen Dolginoff's musical riff on Orson Welles' infamous 'War of the Worlds' broadcast.

Jonathan Church's new production of Singin' in the Rain is to transfer to the Palace Theatre following its critically acclaimed, sell-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre.

Based on true events, ORSON'S SHADOW is an ingenious tale of two Hollywood giants-Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier. The time is 1960; the place is a West End theatre. Legendary critic Kenneth Tynan has made a startling proposal: Welles should direct Olivier and the young Joan Plowright in Rhinoceros, Ionesco's absurdist masterpiece. But it is the rehearsal process that brims with absurdity as titanic personalities, including Vivien Leigh, wrestle the muse in this witty and incisive depiction of the drama of theatre.

Aurora Theatre's 16th Sensational Season continues with a great new comedy about Civil War re-enactors called Gray Area by John Ahlin, running October 6 - 30, 2011.

MAX MAVEN THINKING IN PERSON: AN EVENING OF KNOWING AND NOT KNOWING is not exactly a one-man show, because it involves hundreds of minds... including yours.

Norwich's Spirit of Broadway presents Stephen Dolginoff's musical riff on Orson Welles' infamous 'War of the Worlds' broadcast.

Capital Stage, a professional nonprofit theatre in Sacramento, CA plans to open its doors to the public at a new location this October. In August of 2010, the company announced plans to move to a new home in midtown Sacramento.

Jonathan Church's new production of Singin' in the Rain is to transfer to the Palace Theatre following its critically acclaimed, sell-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre. Church's production of Singin' in the Rain, with choreography by Andrew Wright, is based on the classic 1952 MGM film and produced in the West End by Stage Entertainment UK and Chichester Festival Theatre, and is booking at the Palace Theatre from 4 February 2012, initially through to 29 September 2012. The production will open on TUESDAY 15 FEBRUARY, with tickets on public sale from MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2011.

The Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.) will award illusionist David Copperfield their highest honor today, 'Magician of the Century', and name him the ‘King of Magic,' an award which has never before been given by the association. S.A.M., the oldest and most prestigious magic organization in the world founded in 1902 and lead by past president Harry Houdini himself, is recognizing Copperfield for his efforts to preserve, promote and enhance the art of magic throughout his legendary career.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles® (BAFTA Los Angeles) will honor BAFTA and Academy Award winner Warren Beatty with the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at the 2011 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards on Wednesday, November 30 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

American Blues Theater (ABT), Chicago's second oldest Equity ensemble, proudly kicks off its 2011-2012 season honoring the American worker with Clifford Odets' classic one-act play 'Waiting for Lefty' directed by Kimberly Senior Sept. 2 - Oct. 2.

Beowulf Alley Theatre's Old Time Radio Theatre Company will present classic productions and reproductions from the golden days of radio at the theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue (Downtown between Broadway and Congress). Performances in September will be Tuesdays at 7 p.m. on September 6 and September 20. Tickets purchased online at www.beowulfalley.org at least the day before a performance are $8.00. On the day of performance, tickets by phone or at the door are $10. Children 12 years and under are free. The box office phone number is (520) 882-0555.

The Carol Tambor Theatrical Foundation has announced the winner of this year's The Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, the highest honor at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

What! You've never heard of Judith Tuvim, the Jewish girl from Brooklyn with the IQ of 172, who took Broadway and Hollywood by storm in the 1950's. Perhaps that's because you've always known her as the actress, Judy Holliday, whose meteoric rise and fall is the subject of a new play by Bob Sloan.