Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Photo Flash: First Rehearsals For CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

The cast began rehearsals this week for the Novello production, opening November 21. (more...)

Disney's THE LION KING, San Diego's eagerly awaited stage production, will leap onto the Civic Theatre stage from Tuesday, October 13 to Sunday, November 8. Opening night is Thursday, October 15 at 7:30PM. This engagement is currently one of seven productions running worldwide along with New York, London, Hamburg, Tokyo, Paris and Las Vegas. (more...)

Photo Flash: Mazzie And Innvar Star In Barrington Stage's 'STREETCAR'

Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Producing Director Richard M. Parison, Jr., presents Tennessee Williams' masterwork, A Streetcar Named Desire, as part of the theater's 15th Anniversary Season. Directed by Julianne Boyd, Streetcar stars three-time Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie as Blanche DuBois and Christopher Innvar as Stanley Kowalski, and will play on the Mainstage through August 29th, 2009, with a Press Opening which took place Sunday, August 9 at 5pm. (more...)

Photo Flash: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE At Donmar Warehouse

The Donmar Warehouse presents A Streetcar Named Desire By Tennessee Williams Cast: Jack Ashton, Elliot Cowan, Charles Daish, Judy Hepburn, Barnaby Kay, Gary Milner, Daniela Nardini, Luke Rutherford, Rachel Weisz, Ruth Wilson (more...)

Photo Flash: West End's 'CAT,' Featuring Rashad, Jones, Lathan and Lester

Richard Blackwood, Derek Griffiths and Nina Sosanya join the previously announced Sanaa Lathan, Adrian Lester, Phylicia Rashad and James Earl Jones in Debbie Allen's sell-out Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. Produced by Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones for Front Row Productions, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof will run at the Novello Theatre from 21 November to 10 April 2010, with press night on 1 December. Set designs are by Morgan Large with costume designs by Fay Fullerton, lighting by David Holmes, sound by Richard Brooker and original music by Andrew "Tex" Allen. (more...)

Photo Flash: BELL BOOK & CANDLE Bewitches At Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theatre 6/2-28

"How much are you willing to change for the one you love?" is the premise of Bay Street's first Main Stage production of the 2009 Summer Season, the betwitching romantic comedy Bell, Book and Candle. Written by John Van Druten, the play served as the inspiration for the hit television series Betwitched and was also a 1958 film starring Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart. (more...)

Photo Flash: DOUBT, A Parable At Canadian Stage Company

The Canadian Stage Company wraps its 2008.2009 season with Doubt, a parable, the award-winning play that's taken North America by storm. The production stars Canadian theatre icons Seana McKenna (Canadian Stage's The Clean House, Wit) and David Storch (Canadian Stage's Frost/Nixon and director of Palace of the End), and is helmed by renowned director Marti Maraden (Canadian Stage's Trying). The production runs from through May 30, 2009 (media night: May 7) at the Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front Street East. For tickets and information, contact 416-368-3110 or canstage.com. (more...)

Photo Flash: Mauritius At The Alley Theater, TX

Theresa Rebeck (creator of the Alley's success The Scene and Bad Dates) returns to the Alley with Mauritius. The title, Mauritius, refers to an island off the coast of Africa from which a now highly collectible stamp, described as "the crown jewel of philately," was issued in the age of Victoria. Like the Maltese Falcon, the Mauritius stamp is the fraught object of desire for an assortment of shady characters with different and mysterious backgrounds and motives, who move through the twists of the plot's crosses and double-crosses. Recommended for mature audiences. (more...)

Photo Coverage: ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN Opening Night

Signature Theatre Company celebrated the Opening Night performance of Charles Fuller's ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN on Tuesday March 24th, the play is the final production of Signature Theatre Company's (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) 2008-2009 season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company (NEC). BroadwayWorld's cameras were there to celebrate to opening of the production! (more...)

Phylicia Rashad Joins Broadway Cast of August: Osage County in May

Phylicia Rashad has been announced to step into the role of Violet Weston in the Broadway production of August: Osage County. Rashad will follow Deanna Dunagan and Estelle Parsons in the part and will join the show on May 26. (more...)

Photo Flash: Signature Theater's ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN

Signature Theatre Company's (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) production of ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN, written by Charles Fuller and directed by Stephen McKinley Henderson, will begin previews tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3. ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN is the final production of Signature's 2008-2009 Season, celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company (NEC). (more...)

A Smoldering 'Cat' Prowls the Lyric Stage

You can feel the heat in this crackling production of Tennessee Williams' classic exploration of tenacity, power, liars and lies - and the pain that fuels a family's desperation and denial (more...)

Photo Flash: THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) continues its 2008/2009 Season with the New York premiere of THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, a new play by Evan Smith (Psych and The Uneasy Chair at Playwrights Horizons, Remedial English for the Young Playwrights Festival at Playwrights Horizons, Servicemen at The New Group). This will be Mr. Smith's fourth collaboration with the theater company. Directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie (Chicago, New Jerusalem), in his Playwrights Horizons debut, the production will began previews on Friday, February 6, 2009 with an Opening Night set for Tuesday, March 3 at 7PM. The limited engagement will run through Sunday, March 15 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street). (more...)

Photo Coverage: Elizabeth Ashley Joins AUGUST:OSAGE COUNTY

February 3rd, 2009 was a very special day at the Music Box Theatre because August: Osage County celebrated its 500th performance (that's a lot of drugs, fights, fish and smashed plates!), BroadwayWorld sent in the cameras to capture all the "family fun"! Original cast members Kimberly Guerrero, Sally Murphy, Troy West and Mariann Mayberry returned to their roles direct from their recent smash-hit limited engagement in London. And, to top things off, Tony winner Elizabeth Ashley joined the cast in the role of "Mattie Fae". (more...)

Review - Hedda Gabler: Art Isn't Easy

I don't know if Carol Burnett ever spoofed Hedda Gabler on her celebrated television variety show, but if she did I'm sure her reaction to a major plot twist late in Ibsen's 1890 drama would have been somewhat similar to Mary-Louise Parker's bug-eyed, open-mouthed, head-shaking, hands on cheeks shtick that drew appreciative howls from the audience at the press performance I attended. I suppose such an acting choice is consistent with a production that frequently has Michael Cerveris, as her bland academic husband, Jorgen Tesman, flashing goofy grins at his new bride while Paul Sparks, as her ex-lover, Eljert Lovborg, emotionlessly barks out his words of passion. Meanwhile, Peter Stormare, as the manipulative Judge Brack, appears to be playing "Where's Waldo" with his sing-songy accent. (I lost count, but I believe this production has more accents than characters.) (more...)

Magical Thinking Makes Way for Maggie the Cat

The Lyric Stage continues its exciting 2008-2009 season as 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' follows the just closed Boston premiere of 'The Year of Magical Thinking' (more...)

Elizabeth Ashley Joins AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY 2/3

August: Osage County, winner of five 2008 Tony Awards as well as the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, is proud to welcome Tony Award winner, ELIZABETH ASHLEY who joins the cast beginning Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 7:00 pm. ASHLEY, celebrating her fifth decade on Broadway, will play the role of "Mattie Fae Aiken." (more...)

Photo Coverage: 'Talkback Tuesdays' at CHICAGO with Barry Weissler

Designed to provide theatergoers with an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of CHICAGO, "Talkback Tuesdays" Continued its series on Tuesday, December 9, 2008. The event featured a post-show conversation with five-time Tony Award-winning producer Barry Weissler. (more...)

DIVIDING THE ESTATE Opens Tonight 11/20

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer), by arrangement with Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder and Executive Producer, Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director, Elliot Fox, Managing Director),presents Horton Foote's critically acclaimed new play, DIVIDING THE ESTATE, directed by Michael Wilson at The Booth Theatre (222 West 45 Street). The production began preview performances Thursday, October 23 opens tonight, Thursday, November 20 for a limited engagement. (more...)

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 11/11/2008

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 11/11/2008. (more...)

Photo Flash: BACK BACK BACK at Manhattan Theatre Club

Itamar Moses' BACK BACK BACK, the opens at MTC at New York City Center - Stage II (131 West 55th Street) on Tuesday, November 18 (more...)

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 11/4/2008

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 11/4/2008. (more...)