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Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with Steppenwolf Theatre for the Chicago Premiere of YOU GOT OLDER
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 16, 2018


Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere production of the Obie Award-winning play You Got Older, written by Clare Barron and directed by Jonathan Berry. This bawdy, irreverent and touching play features four ensemble members Glenn Davis (Mac), Audrey Francis (Hannah), Francis Guinan (Dad) and Caroline Neff (Mae), along with Emjoy Gavino (Jenny), David Lind(Matthew) and Gabriel Ruiz (Cowboy).

Sam Rockwell to Receive American Riviera Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
by Tori Hartshorn - Jan 16, 2018


Sam Rockwell to Receive American Riviera Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Mile Square Theatre Presents DRIVING MISS DAISY
by Julie Musbach - Jan 10, 2018


Mile Square Theatre, Hudson County's leading professional theatre, kicks off its 2018 season with Alfred Uhry's powerful masterpiece Driving Miss Daisy. Set in the South between the late 40's and early 70's, the play explores an unlikely friendship between an elderly white Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffer, Hoke Colburn.

YOU GOT OLDER, A Quirky Dark Comedy By Clare Barron Begins 1/25
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 8, 2018


Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere production of the Obie Award-winning play You Got Older, written by Clare Barron and directed by Jonathan Berry. This bawdy, irreverent and touching play features four ensemble members Glenn Davis (Mac), Audrey Francis (Hannah), Francis Guinan (Dad) and Caroline Neff (Mae), along with Emjoy Gavino (Jenny), David Lind (Matthew) and Gabriel Ruiz (Cowboy).

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Comes to Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 5, 2018


The premiere play at the Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, One Man, Two Guvnors, tells the story of Frances Henshall, an out - of - work skiffle player who becomes separately employed by two gangsters - Roscoe Crabbe and Stanley Stubber s. Watch Frances juggle jobs and fall in love, but ultimately hope for just one bite to eat. WHEN: January 30, 2018 to March 4, 2018

Obie & Drama Desk Winner Deirdre O'Connell to Star in TERMINUS at Next Door at NYTW
by Julie Musbach - Jan 5, 2018


Monk Parrots announce casting for their New York premiere of Gabriel Jason Dean's (Princeton Hodder Fellow, Dramatist's Guild Fellowship, Broadway Blacklist) critically acclaimed play TERMINUS, directed by Lucie Tiberghien (The Other Thing, Don't Go Gentle, Soldier X, Hoodoo Love, The Pavilion). TERMINUS runs from February 17 - March 10, 2018 in a limited engagement at NEXT DOOR at NYTW, located at 83 East 4th Street between Bowery and 2nd Avenue in New York City. Previews begin February 17 for a February 20 opening.

American Playwriting Foundation Selects Gracie Gardner as Winner of 2017 Relentless Award
by Julie Musbach - Dec 26, 2017


The American Playwriting Foundation (David Bar Katz, Executive Director), established to make annual grants to new American plays, has selected Gracie Gardner for The 2017 Relentless Award, the largest annual cash prize in American theater awarded to a play. Established in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman and his pursuit of truth in the theater, this year's Relentless Award Winner Pussy Sludge is about a young woman who is also an oil well.

Gillian Jacobs to Star in KINGS at The Public Theater; Cast Complete!
by BWW News Desk - Dec 14, 2017


The Public Theater has announced complete casting today for the world premiere of KINGS, written by Sarah Burgess.

Soho Rep. Reopens With Aleshea Harris' IS GOD IS
by Stephi Wild - Dec 14, 2017


Soho Rep. (Sarah Benson, Artistic Director; Cynthia Flowers, Executive Director) reopens its iconic downtown Manhattan theater with the world premiere of Aleshea Harris's Relentless Award-winning Is God Is, directed by Taibi Magar (Ars Nova's Underground Railroad Game), February 6 - March 11, 2018.

Apply for Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2018 Professional Training Programs
by BWW News Desk - Dec 8, 2017


Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced that applications are now being accepted for seasonal staff members and for the prestigious Professional Training Program for the 2018 Season

Zayas, Calderon And Deblinger Star In DIVINE HORSEMEN Beginning January 10
by Stephi Wild - Dec 5, 2017


Primitive Grace Theater Ensemble will present the World Premiere of DIVINE HORSEMEN written and directed by Obie Award winner and SAG Award nominee Paul Calderon (The Bad Lieutenant, Boardwalk Empire). Co-starring David Zayas (Dexter) and David Deblinger (Lucky Penny), previews begin January 10th at Access Theater. Opening is slated for Thursday, January 18th.

Meet the Full Company of THE PARISIAN WOMAN, Getting Political on Broadway Tonight
by Meet the Cast - Nov 30, 2017


The Parisian Woman, the electrifying new play by 'House of Cards' creator Beau Willimon, directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Clybourne Park), starring Academy Award nominee Uma Thurman in her Broadway debut, opens on Broadway tonight, November 30, at Hudson Theatre (141 West 44th Street). Scroll down to learn more about the company, plus check out interviews with the cast below!

Obie-Winning YOU GOT OLDER to Make Chicago Debut at Steppenwolf This Winter
by BWW News Desk - Nov 29, 2017


Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere production of the Obie Award-winning play You Got Older, written by Clare Barron and directed by Jonathan Berry.

HB Studio Presents MARICELA DE LA LUZ LIGHTS THE WORLD
by Julie Musbach - Nov 18, 2017


HB Studio, one of New York's legendary institutions for theater training and practice located in Greenwich Village, will kick off the 2018 BENEFIT SERIES with a special presentation of Academy-award nominated Jos Rivera's whimsical play, MARICELA DE LA LUZ LIGHTS THE WORLD.

JESUS HOPPED THE 'A' TRAIN Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis Set for THEATER TALK Next Week
by BWW News Desk - Nov 8, 2017


Stephen Adly Guirgis, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of the current Signature Theatre revival of Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, is the next guest on THEATER TALK, hosted by Susan Haskins and guest co-host Jason Zinoman of The New York Times.

JACK GOES BOATING Begins Tonight at The Seeing Place Theater
by BWW News Desk - Nov 4, 2017


The Seeing Place Theater, known for intense and intimate ensemble work, presents Bob Glaudini's touching and warmhearted play, JACK GOES BOATING. This play is a part of 'The Empathy Initiative,' The Seeing Place's year-long commitment to addressing oppression through the power of theater.

The Seeing Place Theater to Present JACK GOES BOATING
by BWW News Desk - Oct 24, 2017


The Seeing Place Theater, known for intense and intimate ensemble work, presents Bob Glaudini's touching and warmhearted play, JACK GOES BOATING. This play is a part of 'The Empathy Initiative,' The Seeing Place's year-long commitment to addressing oppression through the power of theater.

Stage Managers for FROZEN, SPONGEBOB & JERSEY BOYS to Headline 2018 Broadway Stage Management Symposium
by BWW News Desk - Oct 23, 2017


The Broadway Stage Management Symposium (BSMS) is back by popular demand for a fourth year of in-depth panels and networking with Broadway's top stage managers.

Brilliant Classic Comedy TARTUFFE at Huntington Theatre Company this November
by Rebecca Russo - Oct 18, 2017


The Huntington Theatre Company presents the brilliant classic comedy Tartuffe by Moli re, directed by Huntington Theatre Company Artistic Director Peter DuBois (Sunday in the Park with George), translated by Ranjit Bolt, and featuring actor and comedianBrett Gelman (Murray Bauman on the upcoming season of Netflix's Stranger Things and Dinner with Brett Gelman specials on Adult Swim) as Tartuffe and Tony Award winner Frank Wood (Side Man and August Osage County on Broadway and HBO's Flight of the Conchords ) as Orgon. Performances run from November 10 through December 10, 2017 at the Avenue of the Arts / Huntington Avenue Theatre.

BWW Morning Brief October 3rd, 2017: MEAN GIRLS Day, Patti LuPone, and More!
by Danielle Ashley - Oct 3, 2017


Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Today's big news: MEAN GIRLS Day, Patti LuPone, and More!

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