Review - Othello & Is Life Worth Living?
by Kristin Salaky
- Sep 28, 2009
In his lengthy notes discussing the thought process behind his LAByrinth Theater Company/Public Theater mounting of Othello, director Peter Sellars explains how our view of Shakespeare's drama of an outsider Moor put into a position of power in an otherwise white society, must change in an era where Barack Obama can become President of the United States. His is an interracial Othello, with Latino John Ortiz (LAByrinth Theater co-founder) as the Moor, white actor (and longtime LAByrinth associate) Philip Seymour Hoffman as the underling Iago who tries to bring him down and an assortment of white, black and Latinos rounding out the company.
InViolet Repertory Theater Presents World Premiere of KISS ME ON THE MOUTH, 11/3
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Oct 15, 2009
InViolet Repertory Theater will present the World Premiere of KISS ME ON THE MOUTH by Melanie Angelina Maras. This new romantic tragicomedy will be directed by Stephen Adly Guirgis at Center Stage (where several of Guirgis' plays were originally staged by LAByrinth Theater
Company). Performances of this limited engagement begin previews on November 3rd with opening night slated for Thursday, November 5th.
Bellamy, White, Curtin and More Join Johnston and Chlumsky in SO HELP ME GOD!, Opens 11/18
by Jessica Lewis
- Oct 14, 2009
As previously reported, My Girl's Anna Chlumsky and Kristen Johnston are set to headline the Mint Theater Company's SO HELP ME GOD! The Off-Broadway run, which will begin previews November 18th, opens officially at the Lucile Lortel Theatre Dec. 7 and runs through Dec. 20. Today, the full cast and creative team have been announced.
Photo Flash: Goodman Theatre's HIGH HOLIDAYS Rehearsals
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Oct 12, 2009
Goodman Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of Alan Gross's High Holidays directed by Steven Robman, October 31 - November 29, 2009 in the Goodman's 400-seat flexible Owen Bruner Theatre.
Mike Nichols to Receive AFI Life Achievement Award
by Robert Diamond
- Oct 11, 2009
It was announced this weekend by the American Film Institute's Board of Trustees Chair, Sir Howard Stringer, that Nichols will receive the 38th AFI Life Achievement Award at a gala tribute to be held in Los Angeles next summer.
Goodman Theatre Announces STOOP STORIES In Place Of JOAN D'ARC 9/11-10/11
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 11, 2009
Today Goodman Theatre announced a change in its upcoming 2009/2010 season lineup. Artistic Director Robert Falls has canceled the previously scheduled Joan D'Arc, directed by Aida Karic, and in its place selected Stoop Stories, an explosive solo piece by Dael Orlandersmith. A Chicago premiere, Stoop Stories will run September 11 - October 11 in the Goodman's 400-seat flexible Owen Bruner Theatre.
Goodman Theatre to Present World Premiere of HIGH HOLIDAYS, 10/31
by Jessica Lewis
- Oct 9, 2009
Native Chicago playwright Alan Gross teams up with director Steven Robman to bring his newest work, High Holidays, to Goodman Theatre. At the center of this four-character drama-inspired by Gross' own life and family experience-is young Billy Roman (Max Zuppa) and the anxiety-riddled preparations for his Bar Mitzvah in 1963 north suburban Chicago.
InViolet Repertory Theater Presents World Premiere of KISS ME ON THE MOUTH, 11/3
by Jessica Lewis
- Oct 8, 2009
InViolet Repertory Theater will present the World Premiere of KISS ME ON THE MOUTH by Melanie Angelina Maras. This new romantic tragicomedy will be directed by Stephen Adly Guirgis at Center Stage (where several of Guirgis' plays were originally staged by LAByrinth Theater
Company). Performances of this limited engagement begin previews on November 3rd with opening night slated for Thursday, November 5th.
Orange County's Chance Theater presents West Coast Premiere adaptation of Chekov's THE SEAGULL
by Michael L. Quintos
- Sep 30, 2009
Orange County's Chance Theater presents the West Coast Premiere of Richard Nelson's adaptation of THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekov, which continues through October 25. The production is directed by Tony Vezner, Assistant Professor of Theatre at Irvine's Concordia University and director of the Chance's 2008 critically-acclaimed production of Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol. As one of the great works in the history of the theatre, THE SEAGULL is one of the most prolifically-produced plays in the world. From the original, famed production at Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre in 1898 to the recent landmark revival in New York's Central Park, THE SEAGULL has enchanted and engaged audiences from across the world for the last 100 years.
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