Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art examines the stormy relationship between Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden, imagining a meeting between the former friends, 25 years after they last saw each other, in which they are "observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station."
With over 30 new productions opening on DC area stages, 4 large festivals, and 2 world premiere musicals, it may still be chilly outside, but DC area stages are sizzling and bursting with great theatre. So come visit the Nation's Capital and visit our vibrant theatre scene.
Get your tickets now to see this entertaining musical based on the singing group 'The Four Seasons' which Ends Feb. 27, 2011.
Smuggler Films partners, John N. Hart & Patrick Milling Smith and film and theatre producers, Fred Zollo and Barbara Broccoli & Michael G Wilson have announced the creative team for upcoming stage adaptation of the 2007 Academy Award-winning film ONCE, coming to Broadway in Fall 2011. The musical will feature the Academy Award-winning music and lyrics of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, a book by award-winning Irish playwright & screenwriter, Enda Walsh (Penelope, Hunger, The New Electric Ballroom), direction by the acclaimed Scottish director of Black Watch, John Tiffany, design by five time Tony Award winner Bob Crowley (The Coast of Utopia, Mary Poppins). Steven Hoggett (American Idiot, Black Watch) will provide musical staging and Martin Lowe (Mamma Mia!) is the music director.
Aicon Gallery is proud to present Habits of Being, our first solo exhibition by renowned artist, Anwar Saeed. The artist paints nocturnal scenes where mostly always male figures, alone, in pairs or in larger groups, seem involved in private acts, rituals and configurations.
Aicon Gallery is proud to present Habits of Being, our first solo exhibition by renowned artist, Anwar Saeed. The artist paints nocturnal scenes where mostly always male figures, alone, in pairs or in larger groups, seem involved in private acts, rituals and configurations.
The Brick Theater, Inc., announces the performance schedule and lineup for the upcoming 2010 New York Clown Theatre Festival, performing September 3-26 at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This year's festival will feature diverse clown theatre artists from around the world and across the United States. Cabarets, special events, and clown workshops to be announced shortly.
The Brick Theater, Inc., announces the performance schedule and lineup for the upcoming 2010 New York Clown Theatre Festival, performing September 3-26 at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This year's festival will feature diverse clown theatre artists from around the world and across the United States. Cabarets, special events, and clown workshops to be announced shortly.
For the second summer in a row, we will bring the SBCC Theatre Group back to life in the cozy Interim Theatre on SBCC's West Campus. This year we will present Alan Ayckbourn's dark comedy, Time of My Life, July 7-24.
For the second summer in a row, we will bring the SBCC Theatre Group back to life in the cozy Interim Theatre on SBCC's West Campus. This year we will present Alan Ayckbourn's dark comedy, Time of My Life, July 7-24.
For the second summer in a row, we will bring the SBCC Theatre Group back to life in the cozy Interim Theatre on SBCC's West Campus. This year we will present Alan Ayckbourn's dark comedy, Time of My Life, July 7-24.
The American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 13, 2010 and broadcast on the CBS Television Network. For more information visit tonyawards.com.
Catalina Bar & Grill will present a performance of a new critically acclaimed CD of romantic ballads, 'CORKY HALE...AND FRIENDS - I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU,' featuring Corky Hale, the world renowned Jazz pianist, harpist and singer with her friends, singers Sally Kellerman, Freda Payne, Ariana Savalas, Tricia Tahara and Brenna Whitaker for One Night Only!!!
Urban Culture Project presents COMMUNITY & LONELINESS Paragraph / 23 East 12th Street KCMO 64105
Urban Culture Project presents COMMUNITY & LONELINESS Paragraph / 23 East 12th Street KCMO 64105
Catalina Bar & Grill will present a performance of a new critically acclaimed CD of romantic ballads, 'CORKY HALE...AND FRIENDS - I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU,' featuring Corky Hale, the world renowned Jazz pianist, harpist and singer with her friends, singers Sally Kellerman, Freda Payne, Ariana Savalas, Tricia Tahara and Brenna Whitaker for One Night Only!!!
Urban Culture Project presents COMMUNITY & LONELINESS Paragraph / 23 East 12th Street KCMO 64105
Acorn Productions, a non-profit art presented located in the Dana Warp Mill, announces plans for the 2010 Maine Playwrights Festival (MPF), the ninth annual spotlight on brand new plays by local writers, which will take place from April 15 to May 1 at the St.
It was announced today that the Donmar Warehouse production of A Streetcar Named Desire won the Theatre Award at the final South Bank Show Awards. The production ran from August to October 2009 with a cast including Jack Ashton, Elliot Cowan, Charles Daish, Judy Hepburn, Barnaby Kay, Gary Milner, Daniela Nardini, Luke Rutherford, Rachel Weisz, and Ruth Wilson.
The nominees for the final South Bank Show Awards for 2010 have been announced, and include An Education and The Seagull stage star Carey Mulligan, and Enron playwright Lucy Prebble. Enron will be making its Broadway premiere this spring. Both are up for The Times Breakthrough Award, which will be presented by Sir Ian McKellen.
The UK Daily Mail is reporting that Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art is hoping to move to Broadway in the Spring of 2011. The production began playing at the National Theatre's Lyttleton Theater in November 5, 2009 and will be broadcast in April 2010 live to cinema screens worldwide. It's expected that the leads, Richard Griffiths, Alex Jennings and Frances de la Tour would accompany the production as well.
The New York Times has named its standout newcomers to the London theatre scene in 2009. London is well-known for its excellent revivals that often make their way to Broadway. This year, however, several notable new productions made a splash on the London theatre circuit. The list includes Jez Butterworth 'Jerusalem,' Polly Stenham's 'Tusk Tusk,' Alia Bano's 'Shades,' Alan Bennett's 'The Habit of Art,' and more.
NATIONAL THEATRE: JANUARY - MARCH 2010 Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw lead the cast of Boucicault's LONDON ASSURANCE, directed by Nicholas Hytner in the Olivier
Long Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Ray Cullom, will present the beloved musical The Fantasticks, directed by Amanda Dehnert, from October 7 through November 1, 2009, on the Mainstage.
Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Thursday, October 29, 2009.
Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances:
F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm
SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm
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