Tom Stoppard News

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is pleased to present an exciting series of educational and cultural events for the community celebrating the theater's upcoming production of Tom Stoppard's epic play Rock 'n' Roll. Inspired by Stoppard's 2006 masterpiece and focusing on the fall of communist dictatorships in Eastern Europe -- specifically 1989's 'Velvet Revolution' in what is now the Czech Republic -- The Gamm will engage scholars and audiences in an ambitious series of lectures, panel discussions and talk-backs exploring the role of art, music, and theater in political transformation.

Main Street Theatre announces its upcoming shows.

Main Street Theater closes its 34th season with Tom Stoppard's magnum opus Arcadia. With previews May 8, 9 and 12, Arcadia opens May 13 and runs through June 6 at Main Street Theater - Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd.

Impetuous Theater Group & The Brick Theater, Inc. present THE VIGIL or THE GUIDED CRADLE: A play about torture. Written by Crystal Skillman. Directed by John Hurley.

They're funny, they're Southern, they're dysfunctional-and they're bound for the South Coast Repertory stage this spring.

Main Street Theatre announces its upcoming shows.

Tom Stoppard's drama Rock 'n' Roll, now playing at Pawtucket's Gamm Theatre, is about two of the most exciting developments post-WWII: The generation-defining influence of Rock music and the fall of Communism.

Edward Bond's 'Saved' plays at the New Stage through May 6, 2010.

Cast members have been announced for the City Theatre of Independence's spring production of Tom Stoppard's 'Arcadia.'

The Vineyard Theatre's world-premiere production of THE METAL CHILDREN, written and directed by Adam Rapp, begins previews on May 5. The play has an official opening on May 19 at the Vineyard (108 E. 15 St.) in Manhattan.

Inspired by the U.S. Premiere of Leaving, by Václav Havel, The Wilma Theater will conduct two symposium sessions exploring Havel's legacy and the historical and dramatic background of Leaving, his first new play in over 20 years.

The Tony Award-winning actor BILLY CRUDUP will star in the world-premiere of Adam Rapp's play THE METAL CHILDREN, which begins previews May 4 prior to opening May 19, 2010 at the Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.), it has been announced by Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director of the Vineyard. Directed by Adam Rapp, additional casting for the play is to be announced.

The American Repertory Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston have joined forces for the first time to create Emerging America - an annual festival devoted to supporting and launching new voices in American theater.

Johns Hopkins University Theatre will end their run of ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD on May 2.

Following sellout performances at Tristan Bates and the Tara Studion, One Mind Theatre Company closes their production of 'Eight' by Ella Hickson, directed by Nick Ewans and Renu Arora on 2 May.

A cast of performing arts luminaries will join Gala Chair and Host Liza Minnelli at the 18th annual Kennedy Center Spring Gala, Sunday, May 2 at 8:30 pm in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.

Rep Stage, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), will end its production of Eric Overmyer's 'On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning' on May 2nd. Mel Gussow, in his New York Times review of 'On the Verge...' wrote, 'Blending Tom Stoppard's limber linguistics with the historic overview of a Thornton Wilder, Mr. Overmyer takes his audience on a mirthful safari that leads from darkest Africa to Terra Incognita, spinning into time travel.'

When young Stefan's tranquil life on the island of Malta is shattered by his fiancée's slutty revelation, he goes off to the US in search of a new life. There he finds an exciting group of friends in an industry that takes some getting used to.

Impetuous Theater Group & The Brick Theater, Inc. present THE VIGIL or THE GUIDED CRADLE: A play about torture. Written by Crystal Skillman. Directed by John Hurley.

The Court Theatre presents THE SEAGULL, opening Saturday, May 15 and running thru Saturday, June 12. Written by Anton Chekhov, THE SEAGULL follows a successful actress on holiday at her brother's country estate with her son, an aspiring writer, lover and her friends. Chekhov follows their lives as passions and dreams entwine in a world of beauty, cruelty and humanity.