Paul Lazar News

Dramatic music plays, people talk in short sentences expressing their deepest feelings, video mimics what is happening on stage - or the stage action depicts what already has happened - in an atmosphere that feels depressing and foreign. We have stepped into the world premiere of Man in a Case starring former ballet-sensation-turned-actor Mikhail Baryshnikov at Hartford Stage.

Collaboration Town in partnership with Sister Scars will present the World Premiere production of ALL GIRLS, written by Anna Greenfield (Norma and Claude Get Married at the Lee Strasberg Institute) and directed by Lee Sunday Evans (The Play About My Dad at 59E59). The production will feature Zoe Costello, Anna Greenfield, and Anna Ryan Konkle.

Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts, presents the world premiere stage adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Man in a Case, featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov, on stage February 21 through March 24.

Mikhail Baryshnikov, founder and artistic director of the Baryshnikov Arts Center, critically acclaimed film, television and theater actor and one of the world's greatest ballet dancers, will receive an honorary degree and deliver the main address at Northwestern University's 155th commencement.

BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange has announced the WORKS IN PROGRESS SERIES, featuring BAX Artists-In-Residence (AIR), and running today, January 24-27, 2013.

Perfect Disgrace Theater presents the world-premiere of Brian Bauman's A CRUCIBLE - a new play influenced by the diaries of Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol, as well as the writings of Arthur Miller and John Huston's film 'The Misfits' - directed by Kate Gagnon (TECHNODOULIA DOT COM) with previews beginning tonight, January 10 prior to an official press opening of January 13 at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street) in Manhattan.

BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange has announced the WORKS IN PROGRESS SERIES, featuring BAX Artists-In-Residence (AIR), and running January 24-27, 2013.

Perfect Disgrace Theater presents the world-premiere of Brian Bauman's A CRUCIBLE - a new play influenced by the diaries of Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol, as well as the writings of Arthur Miller and John Huston's film "The Misfits" - directed by Kate Gagnon (TECHNODOULIA DOT COM) with previews beginning January 10 prior to an official press opening of January 13 at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street) in Manhattan.

Perfect Disgrace Theater presents the world-premiere of Brian Bauman's A CRUCIBLE - a new play influenced by the diaries of Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol, as well as the writings of Arthur Miller and John Huston's film 'The Misfits' - directed by Kate Gagnon (TECHNODOULIA DOT COM) with previews beginning January 10 prior to an official press opening of January 13 at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street) in Manhattan.

Perfect Disgrace Theater presents the world-premiere of Brian Bauman's A CRUCIBLE - a new play influenced by the diaries of Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol, as well as the writings of Arthur Miller and John Huston's film "The Misfits" - directed by Kate Gagnon (TECHNODOULIA DOT COM) with previews beginning January 10 prior to an official press opening of January 13 at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street) in Manhattan.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, will present its popular Books On Stage Reading Series, this season featuring stage adaptations of works by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Beginning today, November 12 at CSC (136 East 13th Street) at 7 pm, the company presents Crime and Punishment, featuring F. Murray Abraham, Michael Stuhlbarg and Joanne Tucker, directed by Anna Brenner.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, will present its popular Books On Stage Reading Series, this season featuring stage adaptations of works by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Beginning Monday, November 12 at CSC (136 East 13th Street) at 7 pm, the company presents Crime and Punishment, featuring F. Murray Abraham, Michael Stuhlbarg and Joanne Tucker, directed by Anna Brenner.

Performance Space 122 and The Chocolate Factory present the world premiere of ICH, KÜRBISGEIST from Big Dance Theater and playwright Sibyl Kempson. Blending performance, text, dances and visual design, Big Dance Theater installs Kempson's play into The Chocolate Factory's crypt-like basement for an audience of just 30 per show.