Tennessee Williams News

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company presents Camino Real at Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse Nov. 19-21 and Dec. 2-12.

Goodman Theatre's perennial holiday classic A Christmas Carol, consistently included among the Midwest's top-tier holiday events, returns for the 33rd season.

Can't You Hear Me Knockin? opened the Hollywood Fringe Festival in June 2010 to packed houses. The one-woman show written and performed by Kerri Randles is coming to NYC for a limited engagement in November.

Bad Habit Productions, one of Boston's Top Small Theatres according to WBZ, presents an evening of Christopher Durang comedies in the hilarious theatrical mash-up DURANG/DURANG December 2 through 12 (Press performance on December 3 at 8pm.) The New York Times raved that 'these works have so many good lines that quoting them could enliven a week's worth of dull dinner parties.' Eccentric characters travel through wild situations in this night of short plays by the 'prodigiously gifted playwright' (The New York Times)

Westport Country Playhouse, in partnership with Norwalk's Triangle Community Center, will present a "LGBT Night Out at the Playhouse," for members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities and allies, on Saturday, December 18.

Actor, Producer, Writer and Author, ROBERT WAGNER, will appear as the Guest Speaker at the Westside Center for Independent Living's Associates' (WCIL's) Annual Literary Tea on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at a private home in Beverly Hills, CA, at which time Wagner will talk about and sign copies of his New York Times bestselling autobiography, Pieces of My Heart - A Life.

Aurora Theatre Company announced today its plans for a workshop production of Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat (A Soldier's Tale). Through an innovative collaboration between Artistic Director Tom Ross and former San Francisco Ballet dancer Muriel Maffre, Aurora will develop a re-imagined production of L'Histoire du Soldat, based on a new translation of the libretto and new adaptation of the score. The project will feature four musicians (piano, violin, clarinet and percussion), three actors, two dancers/puppeteers, puppets (one life-size and one small), and video elements. Maffre, who performed a concert version of the work with the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival in Seattle, will serve as choreographer, dancer, and co-director of the workshop. Artistic Director Tom Ross will co-direct with Maffre, and Berkeley Opera's Jonathan Khuner will serve as musical director.

BAM presents Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz's 'The Marriage of Maria Braun,' November 17.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce that Tigers Be Still, a new play by Kim Rosenstock directed by Sam Gold, has completely sold out its extended limited run through Sunday, November 28th!

Luis Bravo's sizzling Tony® Award nominated dance spectacular FOREVER TANGO dazzles Philadelphia audiences for seven performances, November 16-20, 2010. Performances of FOREVER TANGO are part of the 2010/11 Dance Celebration season presented by Dance Affiliates and the Annenberg Center. For tickets or for more information, please visit AnnenbergCenter.org or call 215.898.3900. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Annenberg Center Box Office located at 3680 Walnut Street.

Kathleen Turner and Matthew Rhys will reprise the roles they created in the original West End production when L.A. Theatre Works records Terry Johnson's hit stage adaptation of The Graduate for radio.

Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant will join previously announced Kieran Campion, Mia Dillon and Edward Herrmann for a reading of Noel Coward's bittersweet comedy, "A Song at Twilight," part of Westport Country Playhouse's popular Script in Hand Series, on Monday, November 15, 7 p.m.

Since the Festival began 25 years ago, we have made it a priority to recognize and encourage up-and-coming writers and dramatists.

Can't You Hear Me Knockin? opened the Hollywood Fringe Festival in June 2010 to packed houses. The one-woman show written and performed by Kerri Randles is coming to NYC for a limited engagement in November.

Cat Miller stars as sensuous 'Maggie the Cat' in the Actors' NET of Bucks County production of Tennessee Williams' Cat On a Hot Tin Roof.

When Larry Klein of San Geronimo first came to the Bay Area in 1969, he met a Mill Valley family coping with a family member's suicide. It inspired Klein to write a play that examines the complex, family dynamics that take hold when tragedy strikes.

Tony Award nominated actress Debbie Allen will direct the new musical TWIST at the Alliance Theatre from September 1 through October 3 as a part of the 2010-2011 season.

Raven Theatre announces a three-week extension of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the opener of Raven's 28th season, directed by Michael Menendian.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full company of The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, by Tennessee Williams, directed by Michael Wilson. The cast will include Curtis Billings (Giulio), Elisa Bocanegra (Simonetta), Olympia Dukakis (Flora Goforth), Edward Hibbert (Witch of Capri), Maggie Lacey (Frances Black), Darren Pettie (Christopher Flanders).

Westport Country Playhouse announced today an opportunity on its Facebook page to win two five-play preview subscriptions to its 2011 Season.