Oscar Wilde News

Fresh from the success of Night of a Thousand Judys, The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre - the acclaimed comedy/variety show - has moved to 54 BELOW for a six-month run. The next show will be on Wednesday, October 30 at 9:30 PM.

La Jolla Playhouse announces a fifth production for its 2013/14 season: the world premiere of The Tallest Tree, a new play with music written and performed by Daniel Beaty (Emergency, Through the Night), directed by Moises Kaufman (I Am My Own Wife, The Laramie Project). A co-production with Kansas City Repertory Theatre, The Tallest Tree will run in The Playhouse's Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre tonight, October 9 - November 3, 2013. The piece is produced in association with Tectonic Theater Project.

Ah, Wilderness!/by Eugene O'Neill/directed by Thom Babbes/Actors Co-op, Crossley Theatre, Hollywood/through October 13

Legendary artist Elton John returns to the stage in a concert that includes his greatest hits as well as songs from his new album, Diving Board. In this clip he performs 'Rocket Man' and 'I'm Still Standing.' Elton John IN CONCERT premieres tonight, October 5 at 8 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). Get a sneak peek below!

Rover Dramawerks has announced their upcoming 14th season - full details are below!

Due to popular demand, Tennessee Repertory Theatre has extended its production of the classic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Performances have been added through Saturday, November 2, with tickets for the added performances going on sale on Monday, October 7 at 10 am. The Importance of Being Earnest runs October 12 - November 2 at TPAC's Johnson Theater (with preview performances October 10 - 11).

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is bringing one of the most acclaimed comedies ever to the stage this fall with a hilarious new production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece of witty wordplay will run every Thursday through Sunday at Maryland Ensemble Theatre from October 18 through November 10.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is bringing one of the most acclaimed comedies ever to the stage this fall with a hilarious new production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece of witty wordplay will run every Thursday through Sunday at Maryland Ensemble Theatre from October 18 through November 10.

Following eight sold-out years of readings at The Players Club in Gramercy Park, Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Artistic Director, David Staller, is proud to announce that its new home for Shaw and his contemporaries will now be at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at 95th St.).

Salomé se presentó durante una breve temporada en el Teatro Helénico de la Ciudad de México, con la dirección y adaptación de Mauricio García Lozano y con una puesta de gran belleza y calidad, a cargo de Ink Teatro y Caballera.

Tennessee Repertory continues its 29th season of live, professional theatre with Oscar Wilde's classic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. The Importance of Being Earnest runs October 12 - 26 at TPAC's Johnson Theater (with preview performances October 10-11).

The starring cast members of Andrew Lloyd Webber's highly anticipated new historical scandal-based West End musical STEPHEN WARD convened to perform songs from the score with the world renown composer himself on hand and four songs from the show are now available to hear in full.

The starring cast members of Andrew Lloyd Webber's highly anticipated new historical scandal-based West End musical STEPHEN WARD convened to perform songs from the score with the world renown composer himself on hand and the first full song has now leaked.

As we continue our behind the scenes look at our much-anticipated production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, we thought we would next take a peek in our costume shop where our Resident Costume Designer, Trish Clark, has been heading the creation of a closet full of Victorian garb.

Though there are challenges, even a less than perfect Synetic show is always a pleasure to behold to see the masterful artistry at work.

Lord Arthur Savile's CRIME will make its World Premiere today, September 28 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm at the Wilton Playshop. Directed by Kirby Ward, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime is a new musical comedy, written by Kirby and Beverly Ward, with music and lyrics by Beverly Ward. Proceeds from these performances will benefit the Wilton Playshop.

For four nights only, the exclusive Los Angeles Athletic Club invites the public to attend a very special Victorian tea party and witness the hilarious courtships and confusions of Oscar Wilde's timeless comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. This innovative experience delivered by director Avital Shira and Pop Up LA Productions sets the glittering world of Victorian gentry against the backdrop of Downtown Los Angeles to explore what it means to be truly 'earnest' in a modern world as obsessed with status, public perception, and double lives as 1890s England ever was.

Take two world renowned playwrights, mix in a theatre that is not afraid of a challenge, and you get the next offering in Cygnet Theatre's 11th season. By producing two great theatre classics in rotating repertory, Cygnet is once again raising the bar for San Diego theaters. The monumental task of directing both The Importance of Being Earnest and Travesties will be handled by Artistic Director Sean Murray. Performances are at the Old Town Theatre, now through October 27. Opening Day for media is September 28. BroadwayWorld has a first look at THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST below!

Synetic Theater kicks off its 2013-2014 season with a new adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Synetic Founder and Artistic Director Paata Tsikurishvili. Synetic's reinvention of this classic tale features dynamic movement and multimedia, and promises to be a unique fusion of visual and verbal poetry that will explore the internal and external dimensions of Wilde's only novel, which many consider his most personal work-a timelessly supernatural story of man's endless conflict with the nature of mortality.

Thrillpeddlers announces their annual Halloween Extravaganza Shocktoberfest 14: Jack the Ripper - An Evening of Horror, Madness, Spanking and Song Commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the Jack The Ripper Murders in London. Thrillpeddlers presents its 4th and final preview performance of Shocktoberfest 14 on Sept. 30, the very date that police received the letter that coined the name 'Jack the Ripper' and the case's double-murder occurred.