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Date of Death: December 07, 1975 (78)

Birth Place: Madison, WI, USA

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Theater For A New Audience Presents Fiasco's Cymbeline, Previews 8/27
by BWW News Desk - Aug 27, 2011


Cymbeline is back! Two sold-out weeks last January for Fiasco Theater's production of Cymbeline wasn't nearly long enough to satisfy the demands of a theatre-going public hungry for, as Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote, 'the comedy, poignancy and unlikely magic of Cymbeline.'

Japan Society Announces 2011-12 Performing Arts Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 25, 2011


Japan Society's Fall 2011/Spring 2012 Performing Arts Season kicks off in September with the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) production of Medea and continues with two not-to-be-missed music events: J-Music Ride featuring Cibo Matto & Yu Sakai (October), and Turntable Duo: Otomo Yoshihide + Christian Marclay (November) which is part of Performa 11.

WONDER WOMAN: A HOW TO GUIDE FOR LITTLE JEWISH GIRLS Plays Stage Left
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 24, 2011


Two-time FringeNYC award-winning writer/performer Cyndi Freeman's latest solo show, which premiered at the 2011 FRIGID New York Festival, traces her journey from a little suburban Jewish girl obsessed with Wonder Woman to a fabulous burlesque queen in NYC.

Gemini CollisionWorks Presents THE COLLISIONWORKS 2011: At The Ends
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 24, 2011


The Brick announces the final weekend for THE COLLISIONWORKS 2011: At The Ends 3 Plays in Repertory

NCR Kicks Off 30th Anniversary Season with LEND ME A TENOR
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 23, 2011


North Coast Repertory Theatre Presents The Premiere Show of NCR's Thirtieth Anniversary Season LEND ME A TENOR by Ken Ludwig and directed by Matthew Wiener

Boulevard Theatre Presents CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION Thru 9/4
by Lauren Wolman - Aug 21, 2011


The Boulevard Theatre, 2252 South Kinnickinnic, opens its 26th season with the Wisconsin premiere of playwright Annie Baker's charming, quirky comedy ' CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION' (running Wednesday, August 17 through Sunday, September 4, 2011).

Chesapeake Shakespeare Co Presents OUR TOWN, Tix On Sale 9/1
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 19, 2011


This fall, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Maryland's leading professional classic theatre company, will present Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pulitzer Prize winning play, Our Town, at the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park. This timeless classic will be performed as a moveable production weekends in October.

ClassicsFest 2011 Announces Week Six Lineup 8/17-21
by BWW News Desk - Aug 17, 2011


ClassicsFest 2011 - The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s classical theater ensemble, presents its 7th 'summer splash' of actor-initiated workshops, readings, and special events. Audiences can choose from a veritable smorgasbord of the classics. This week: The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kauffman and Moss Hart, and a Wild Card audience favorite from the Festival.

Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend
by - Aug 14, 2011


Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, August 14, 2011 - Sunday, August 14, 2011.

Playwright Edward Albee Receives MacDowell Medal 8/14
by Lauren Wolman - Aug 14, 2011


The MacDowell Colony, one of the nation's leading artist residency programs, will present its 52nd Edward MacDowell Medal to renowned playwright Edward Albee on Sunday, August 14th. Since 1960, The MacDowell Medal has been awarded annually to an individual artist who has made an outstanding contribution to his/her field. The award is rotated among the seven artistic disciplines practiced at MacDowell; this will be the third time the Medal has been awarded to a playwright. Albee joins an impressive list of past Medal recipients, including playwrights Thornton Wilder (1960) and Lillian Hellman (1976), visual artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1972), composer Leonard Bernstein (1987), architect I.M. Pei (1998), filmmaker Stan Brakhage (1989), interdisciplinary artist Merce Cunningham (2003), and writer Alice Munro (2006).

Ojai Art Center Theater Presents HELLO DOLLY Thru 8/14
by BWW News Desk - Aug 14, 2011


Ojai Art Center Theater's production of the Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart musical, 'Hello Dolly' will be onstage through Aug. 14 at the Ojai Art Center Theater. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays.

ClassicsFest 2011 Announces Week Six Lineup 8/17-21
by Kelsey Denette - Aug 8, 2011


ClassicsFest 2011 - The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s classical theater ensemble, presents its 7th 'summer splash' of actor-initiated workshops, readings, and special events. Audiences can choose from a veritable smorgasbord of the classics. This week: The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kauffman and Moss Hart, and a Wild Card audience favorite from the Festival.

Transport Group Presents I LOVED LUCY 8/8
by BWW News Desk - Aug 8, 2011


Transport Group, the Drama Desk and OBIE award-winning theatre company has announced that I Loved Lucy, written by Lee Tannen, based on his best-selling memoir about the author's friendship with Lucille Ball during the last years of her life, will play a special one-night-only performance of the Laguna Playhouse production on Monday, August 8 at 8pm at at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street® project, 229 West 42 Street.

OUR TOWN, et al. Set to Play Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in 2011-2012
by Meghan Schuler - Aug 5, 2011


Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Maryland's leading professional classic theatre company, announces its 2011-2012 season with productions of Our Town, The Merchant of Venice, Pride and Prejudice, and Romeo and Juliet.

Fall 2011/Spring 2012 Performing Arts Announced At Japan Society
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 4, 2011


Japan Society has announced its Fall 2011/Spring 2012 Performing Arts Season, presenting works by visionary artists in the disciplines of theater, music and dance.

Photo Flash: First Production Photos From the Old Globe's ENGAGING SHAW!
by Kelsey Denette - Aug 2, 2011


The cast of Engaging Shaw features Rod Brogan (George Bernard Shaw), Natalie Gold (Beatrice Webb), Angela Pierce (Charlotte Payne-Townshend) and Michael Warner (Sidney Webb).

Ojai Art Center Theater Presents HELLO DOLLY Thru 8/14
by Caryn Robbins - Aug 2, 2011


Ojai Art Center Theater's production of the Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart musical, 'Hello Dolly' will be onstage through Aug. 14 at the Ojai Art Center Theater. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays.

Mike Nichols to Speak at 2011 MacDowell Medal Ceremony, 8/14
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 29, 2011


The MacDowell Colony, one of the nation's leading artist residency programs, will present its 52nd Edward MacDowell Medal to renowned playwright Edward Albee on Sunday, August 14th. Since 1960, The MacDowell Medal has been awarded annually to an individual artist who has made an outstanding contribution to his/her field. The award is rotated among the seven artistic disciplines practiced at MacDowell; this will be the third time the Medal has been awarded to a playwright. Albee joins an impressive list of past Medal recipients, including playwrights Thornton Wilder (1960) and Lillian Hellman (1976), visual artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1972), composer Leonard Bernstein (1987), architect I.M. Pei (1998), filmmaker Stan Brakhage (1989), interdisciplinary artist Merce Cunningham (2003), and writer Alice Munro (2006).

Transport Group Presents I LOVED LUCY 8/8
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 25, 2011


Transport Group, the Drama Desk and OBIE award-winning theatre company has announced that I Loved Lucy, written by Lee Tannen, based on his best-selling memoir about the author's friendship with Lucille Ball during the last years of her life, will play a special one-night-only performance of the Laguna Playhouse production on Monday, August 8 at 8pm at at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street® project, 229 West 42 Street.

Theater For A New Audience Presents Fiasco's Cymbeline, Previews 8/27
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 18, 2011


Cymbeline is back! Two sold-out weeks last January for Fiasco Theater's production of Cymbeline wasn't nearly long enough to satisfy the demands of a theatre-going public hungry for, as Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote, 'the comedy, poignancy and unlikely magic of Cymbeline.'

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