Peter Brook News

Seattle Rep Board President Becky Lenaburg announced today that Managing Director Benjamin Moore has decided to step down from his position in June 2014 after 28 years of distinguished service to the Theatre. Lenaburg and Board Chair Shauna Woods have formed a search committee for Mr. Moore's successor, aided by consulting firm Management Consultants for the Arts, Inc.

A lineup of top entertainers including, Julie Andrews, Lucie Arnaz, Tony Bennett, Tim Conway, Tina Fey, Rashida Jones, Vicki Lawrence, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Rosemary Watson and others will salute Carol Burnett at the 16th Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. The evening will pay tribute the humor and accomplishments of Carol Burnett, and will be taped by WETA Washington, D.C. as Carol Burnett: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize. The program will air on PBS stations nationwide November 24, 2013 (check local listings). Artists are subject to change.

Now in its fifth consecutive year, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre - the coalface of British Theatre - presents Vibrant 2013 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, its annual explosion of new writing, running between 6-25 October 2013

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is pleased to offer an open captioned performance ofTony Award-winning director Frank Galati's triumphant new staging of the musical 1776 on Thursday, October 3 at 8 p.m., at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater (415 Geary Street, San Francisco). Special seats have been reserved for hearing-impaired audience members who would like an optimal view of the digital screen. These tickets (located in the Orchestra section) are $40 per person and available by visiting at act-sf.org/1776 (select the "caption" tab) or by calling A.C.T. at 415.749.2228.

Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND starring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley, directed by Sean Mathias, opens this Sunday, August 11 at 7pm at Berkeley Rep. This brief engagement will play through August 31.

The award-winning free theatre season returns with The?Thebans directed by Phil Willmott, two fully staged productions inspired by the ancient Greek city of Thebes. Performance dates for this year are 7 August - 1 September, with shows on Wednesdays - Sundays.Press night is Thursday 15 August at 6.00pm. Check out photos of the cast in action below!

SuzAnna Rosenthal for London's Free Open-Air Theatre Season presents THE THEBANS SEASON, directed by Phil Willmott. The Thebans Season will feature two fully staged productions inspired by the ancient Greek city of Thebes. Performance dates for this year are today, 7 August - 1 September, with shows on Wednesdays - Sundays. Press night is Thursday 15 August at 6.00pm.

Tickets are now on sale for the 2013-14 UMS season. Check out the video below announcing the complete season!

Tony Taccone informed the guests that legendary actors Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will perform at Berkeley Rep in a pre-Broadway engagement of No Man's Land. Award-winning director Sean Mathias stages Harold Pinter's masterwork in the Roda Theatre for an exclusive and strictly limited run in August.

Founded in 1979 by its Artistic Director, Jeffrey Horowitz, Theatre for a New Audience's next act is about to begin with the opening of its Center for Shakespeare and Classical Drama in Brooklyn. The inaugural production is Julie Taymor's staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare with original music by Elliot Goldenthal. Previews begin October 19 for an opening on November 2.

Theater for a New Audience has announced its 2013-2014 inaugural season, featuring A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, directed by Julie Taymor, KING LEAR, featuring Michael Pennington, and THE KILLER, starring Michael Shannon. Details below!

In association with the Wagner Society of the Upper Midwest, Minnesota Concert Opera (MCO) announces its all-star lineup for a concert version of David Seaman's abbreviated Ring Cycle, which reduces the four-opera, 16-hour cycle to one four-hour performance.

Tickets to the limited season repertoire of Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND and Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT, starring Ian McKellen,Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley directed by Sean Mathias are now on sale to the general public through Telecharge atwww.telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200.

The Prince Theater announces its 2013-2014 season.

Finucane & Smith has announced that Glory Box Paradise - in its full unexpurgated wildness - will headline this year at the Buenos Aires International Theatre Festival becoming the first ever Australian work to be presented in Latin America's most prestigious theatre festival, Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires (FIBA).

Tickets to the limited season repertoire of Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, starring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley, and directed by Sean Mathias are now on sale, beginning today, Monday, July 15 through Sunday, July 21 through Audience Rewards. Tickets will go on sale to the general public starting next Monday, July 22 through Telecharge at www.telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200.

This week at Joe's Pub at the Public (July 8-14) will feature The Black Lillies, Mima, Rabbit Rabbit, Samia Najimy Finnerty, and more. Details below!

Suzanna Rosenthal for London's Free Open-Air Theatre Season presents THE THEBANS SEASON, directed by Phil Willmott. The Thebans Season will feature two fully staged productions inspired by the ancient Greek city of Thebes. Performance dates for this year are 7 August - 1 September, with shows on Wednesdays - Sundays. Press night is Thursday 15 August at 6.00pm.

On July 4, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, a National Historic Landmark, home to America's longest-running dance festival, and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, will offer an international fusion of events for the whole family.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) kicks off its 2013-14 season with passionate (and patriotic) fireworks with the West Coast premiere of Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati's triumphant new staging of the musical 1776. A.C.T.'s production of 1776 runs September 11-October 6, 2013, at The Geary Theater (415 Geary Street, San Francisco). Tickets starting at $20, and are on sale now and may be purchased online at act-sf.org or by calling 415.749.2228.