AMERICAN BUFFALO Comes To TheatreWorks 9/11-10/18
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 25, 2009
In the raw, urgent, riotous 'American Buffalo', three small-time crooks plot to steal a priceless coin collection. Strategizing from the confines of a pathetic Chicago junk shop, the would-be masterminds each try to control the logistics of their ill-fated scheme.
A 'Double Shot' of Shakespeare Opens Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre's 25th Season
by Eddie Varley - Aug 21, 2009
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is pleased to launch its 25th Anniversary Season (2009-2010) with an exhilarating pairing of Shakespearean classics: The Bard's uproarious comedy Much Ado About Nothing and his beautifully devastating tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Regular runs of both plays, performed by a talented company of Gamm resident artists and newcomers, culminate in Shakespeare in Rep! - two exciting weeks of repertory performances during which audiences can see each play on alternating days or both on a single day.
Murray and Pankow Set For Atlantic's KEEP YOUR PANTHEON And SCHOOL, Full Casting Announced
by Eddie Varley - Aug 17, 2009
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for the New York and world premieres of a double bill of one-act plays from Atlantic's founder. TWO UNRELATED PLAYS BY DAVID MAMET: KEEP YOUR PANTHEON AND SCHOOL, directed by Neil Pepe, will feature the ensemble cast of Jeffrey Addiss, Michael Cassidy, Steven Hawley, J.J. Johnston, Jordan Lage, Brian Murray, Rod McLachlan, John Pankow, Jonathan Rossetti, Jack Wallace and Todd Weeks.
HENRY VII Opens Oregon Shakespeare Festival Summer Season 6/12
by BWW News Desk - Jun 12, 2009
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open its summer season with one of Shakespeare's rarely produced history plays, Henry VIII. Last produced at OSF in 1984, the play will be staged with all the spectacle of the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Some tickets remain available for previews and openings. To purchase tickets go to www.osfashland.org or call the Box Office at (541) 482-4331.
NorthEast Shakespeare Combines Classics During Their New Double BIll Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 19, 2009
For its sixth season, the NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble will present Shakespeare's highly popular play, Comedy of Errors, in repertory with Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, at the Lebanon Opera House from June 18 through July 4. With its first 'double bill' season, NESE fulfills a long-standing artistic goal to bring Shakespeare and the best of the classics to our region each summer.
HENRY VII Opens Oregon Shakespeare Festival Summer Season 6/12
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 13, 2009
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open its summer season with one of Shakespeare's rarely produced history plays, Henry VIII. Last produced at OSF in 1984, the play will be staged with all the spectacle of the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Some tickets remain available for previews and openings. To purchase tickets go to www.osfashland.org or call the Box Office at (541) 482-4331.
Banes, Garrison and Jennings Join MTC's ACCENT ON YOUTH
by BWW News Desk - Apr 7, 2009
Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce that Lisa Banes, Mary Catherine Garrison and Byron Jennings will join the previously announced David Hyde Pierce and Charles Kimbrough in its upcoming Broadway production of Samson Raphaelson's Accent on Youth.
Photo Coverage: MTC's HUMOR ABUSE Opening Night
by Peter James Zielinski - Mar 11, 2009
The Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) production of HUMOR ABUSE, the new one-man-show created by Lorenzo Pisoni (Equus, Last Dance) and Erica Schmidt (Debbie Does Dallas), opened last night, Tuesday, March 10th and BroadwayWorld's cameras joined the opening night excitement.
Gamm Theatre Announces 25th Anniversary Season of Plays
by Robert Diamond - Mar 10, 2009
Tony Estrella, artistic director of
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm), today announced the
theater?s 25th Anniversary Season (2009-2010), featuring 5 plays
representative of its quarter-century history of staging a broad
spectrum of entertaining, evocative plays of distinction, as well as
social and political relevance.
Pisoni's HUMOR ABUSE Opens At MTC Tonight, 3/10
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 10, 2009
The Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) production of HUMOR ABUSE, the new one-man-show created by Lorenzo Pisoni (Equus, Last Dance) and Erica Schmidt (Debbie Does Dallas), will open tonight, Tuesday, March 10. HUMOR ABUSE stars Pisoni with direction by Schmidt. The world premiere limited engagement began previews on Thursday, February 19.
Irons and Allen Headlined IMPRESSIONISM Starts Previews 2/28
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2009
Tony Award winners Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons return to Broadway to star together in the world premiere of Impressionism, a new American play by Michael Jacobs. The production, which is directed by Tony Award-winner Jack O'Brien, will plays the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
BLITHE SPIRIT to Play at Shubert Starting 2/26
by BWW News Desk - Feb 26, 2009
The producers of Blithe Spirit are pleased to announce the show will play The Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street). Rehearsals are scheduled to begin Monday, January 26, 2009 with the first performance on Thursday, February 26, 2009.
Anderson, Fuller, Nottage Participate In I'VE KNOWN RIVERS
by BWW News Desk - Feb 23, 2009
On Monday Evening, February 23 at 7:00 PM, six New York theater institutions will participate in a special panel discussion featuring five current and upcoming Off-Broadway shows. Harlem Stage (150 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street) will host producing companies Classical Theatre of Harlem, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater and Signature Theatre Company in an evening titled I'VE KNOWN RIVERS: A Conversation with Christina Anderson, Charles Fuller, Lynn Nottage & Liesl Tommy.
The event marks a unique collaborative effort between six New York theater institutions: a panel discussion in which five gifted African-American theater artists - all of whom have projects happening almost simultaneously at five of New York's most respected non-profit theaters - will discuss their lives, work, and current projects.
Moderated by actress Sabrina LeBeauf (Three Sisters, Classical Theatre of Harlem in partnership with Harlem Stage, February/March), the evening's four panelists will be Christina Anderson (author, Inked Baby, Playwrights Horizons, March/April), Charles Fuller (author, Zooman and the Sign, Signature Theatre Company, March/April), Lynn Nottage (author, Ruined, Manhattan Theater Club, January-March) and Liesl Tommy (director, The Good Negro, The Public Theater, March/April).
The event title comes from a poem by Langston Hughes, 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers.'
6 NYC Theaters Collaborate on Free Event I'VE KNOWN RIVERS 2/23
by BWW News Desk - Feb 23, 2009
On Monday Evening, February 23 at 7:00 PM, six New York theater institutions will participate in a special panel discussion featuring five current and upcoming Off-Broadway shows. Harlem Stage (150 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street) will host producing companies Classical Theatre of Harlem, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater and Signature Theatre Company in an evening titled I'VE KNOWN RIVERS: A Conversation with Christina Anderson, Charles Fuller, Lynn Nottage & Liesl Tommy.
Photo Flash: ROOMS: A Rock Romance
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 10, 2009
Van Hill Entertainment is proud to announce that the Off-Broadway premiere of ROOMS a rock romance, starring Leslie Kritzer and Doug Kreeger, will begin performances on Friday February 27th at New World Stages/Stage 2 (340 West 50th Street). Opening Night is set for Monday March 16th (7 PM).
ROOMS a rock romance has music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman (Bright Lights Big City) and book by Goodman and Miriam Gordon, and will be directed by Scott Schwartz (Golda's Balcony, Bat Boy: The Musical, tick, tick... BOOM!, Jane Eyre).
HUMOR ABUSE Begins Rehearsals Today 2/3 At MTC
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 3, 2009
The Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) production of HUMOR ABUSE, the new one-man-show created by Lorenzo Pisoni (Equus, Last Dance) and Erica Schmidt (Debbie Does Dallas), begins rehearsals today. HUMOR ABUSE stars Pisoni with direction by Schmidt.
This world premiere production will begin previews on Thursday, February 19 and open on Tuesday, March 10 in a limited engagement at MTC at New York City Center - Stage II (131 West 55th Street).
Anderson, Fuller, Nottage Participate In I'VE KNOWN RIVERS
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 27, 2009
On Monday Evening, February 23 at 7:00 PM, six New York theater institutions will participate in a special panel discussion featuring five current and upcoming Off-Broadway shows. Harlem Stage (150 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street) will host producing companies Classical Theatre of Harlem, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater and Signature Theatre Company in an evening titled I'VE KNOWN RIVERS: A Conversation with Christina Anderson, Charles Fuller, Lynn Nottage & Liesl Tommy.
The event marks a unique collaborative effort between six New York theater institutions: a panel discussion in which five gifted African-American theater artists - all of whom have projects happening almost simultaneously at five of New York's most respected non-profit theaters - will discuss their lives, work, and current projects.
Moderated by actress Sabrina LeBeauf (Three Sisters, Classical Theatre of Harlem in partnership with Harlem Stage, February/March), the evening's four panelists will be Christina Anderson (author, Inked Baby, Playwrights Horizons, March/April), Charles Fuller (author, Zooman and the Sign, Signature Theatre Company, March/April), Lynn Nottage (author, Ruined, Manhattan Theater Club, January-March) and Liesl Tommy (director, The Good Negro, The Public Theater, March/April).
The event title comes from a poem by Langston Hughes, 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers.'
6 NYC Theaters Collaborate on Free Event I'VE KNOWN RIVERS 2/23
by Robert Diamond - Jan 27, 2009
On Monday Evening, February 23 at 7:00 PM, six New York theater institutions will participate in a special panel discussion featuring five current and upcoming Off-Broadway shows. Harlem Stage (150 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street) will host producing companies Classical Theatre of Harlem, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater and Signature Theatre Company in an evening titled I'VE KNOWN RIVERS: A Conversation with Christina Anderson, Charles Fuller, Lynn Nottage & Liesl Tommy.
Primary Stages Announces Full Casting For 'SHIPWRECKED'
by BWW News Desk - Jan 27, 2009
Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for the New York premiere of Shipwrecked!
Leslie Kritzer and Doug Kreeger to Star in 'ROOMS, a rock romance' at New World Stages
by Robert Diamond - Jan 25, 2009
Van Hill Entertainment is proud to announce that the Off-Broadway premiere of ROOMS a rock romance, starring Leslie Kritzer and Doug Kreeger, will begin performances on Friday February 27th at New World Stages/Stage 2 (340 West 50th Street). Opening Night is set for Monday March 16th (7 PM).
ROOMS a rock romance has music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman (Bright Lights Big City) and book by Goodman and Miriam Gordon, and will be directed by Scott Schwartz (Golda's Balcony, Bat Boy: The Musical, tick, tick... BOOM!, Jane Eyre).
DTC Announces Resident Acting Company For 2009-10 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 8, 2009
After much anticipation, DTC artistic director Kevin Moriarty announced today the members of the inaugural resident acting company of his tenure for the 2009-10 season. Although the acting company is slated for the 09-10 season, the full nine-member company will be seen in DTC's upcoming production of In the Beginning, a dramatic exploration of the book of Genesis, Jan. 21-Feb. 22.