Berkeley Playhouse continues its fifth season with the Tony Award-winning GUYS AND DOLLS. Jon Tracy (Berkeley Playhouse, Aurora Theatre Company, Shotgun Players, San Francisco Playhouse, Magic Theatre) helms this musical from the Golden Age of Broadway, featuring a cast of 22, and choreography by Chris Black (Berkeley Playhouse, Aurora Theatre Company). GUYS AND DOLLS plays March 21 through April 28 (Press opening: March 23) at the Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley. For tickets ($17-60) and more information, the public may visit berkeleyplayhouse.org or call 510-845-8542x351.
Russia's profound and far-reaching impact on 20th-century culture will be explored at the 2013 annual Bard SummerScape festival, which once again offers an extraordinary summer of music, opera, theater, dance, film, and cabaret, keyed to the theme of the 24th annual Bard Music Festival, Stravinsky and His World. Presented in the striking Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts and other venues on Bard College's bucolic Hudson River campus, the seven-week festival opens on July 6 with the first of two performances of A Rite (2013) by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and SITI Company, and closes on August 18 with a party in Bard's beloved Spiegeltent, which returns for the full seven weeks. Complementing the Bard Music Festival's exploration of “Stravinsky and His World,” some of the great Russian-born composer's most captivating compatriots provide key SummerScape highlights. These include the first fully-staged American production of Sergey Taneyev's opera Oresteia; the world premiere of an original stage adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's seminal novel The Master and Margarita; and a film festival titled “Between Traditions: Stravinsky's Legacy and Russian Emigré Cinema.” Together, SummerScape's offerings will continue Bard's yearlong tenth-anniversary celebrations for the Frank Gehry-designed Fisher Center, which commence with a month of special performances in April.
The 18th edition of RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films' celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinematek, February 28 - March 10.
Casting is complete for John Howard Lawson's Success Story, which opens March 6. Starring as the torn lovers are Leah Wagner and Allie Mulholland, roles originated by brother and sister acting legends Stella & Luther Adler. James Aronson steps into the love triangle in the role of Raymond Merritt, further complicated by Adrienne LaValley as his kept girl.
Eighty-Eight Entertainment presents the Chicago Premiere of Hershey Felder's riveting new production, AN AMERICAN STORY for ACTOR AND ORCHESTRA, which tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's last day, in a limited engagement at The Royal George Theatre, 1641 North Halsted, previewing Friday, March 8, 2013 and opening Sunday, March 10 at 3 p.m. The Chicago Premiere follows successful tryout productions in Los Angeles and San Diego.
The epic story of King Henry V's battle with the French during the Hundred Years' War comes alive for the first time at the Folger Theatre, in William Shakespeare's historical drama Henry V. The production, directed by Robert Richmond (Othello and Henry VIII at the Folger), stars Zach Appelman (War Horse on Broadway) in his Folger Theatre debut as Henry V, and will run from tonight, January 22 - March 3, 2013.
Happy New Year, all! To kick off this brand new year, BroadwayWorld looks ahead at all the upcoming productions slated to take the Broadway stage in 2013!
The epic story of King Henry V's battle with the French during the Hundred Years' War comes alive for the first time at the Folger Theatre, in William Shakespeare's historical drama Henry V. The production, directed by Robert Richmond (Othello and Henry VIII at the Folger), stars Zach Appelman (War Horse on Broadway) in his Folger Theatre debut as Henry V, and will run from January 22 - March 3, 2013.
Beginning this month, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) will celebrate the iconic work and enduring legacy of composer Kurt Weill with an unprecedented series of events. Opening on Friday, Oct. 19, and running through Tuesday, March 12, CCM's Kurt Weill Festival will incorporate the renowned theatre composer into a broad range of both public performances and classroom exercises.
On the occasion of the Group Theatre's 80th anniversary, the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center (Frank Hentschker, Executive Director) presents a day of readings, panels, rarely-heard recordings and screenings of unseen footage all dedicated to understanding "The Group Theatre and How it Changed American Culture." All events are free, first-come-first-served, and take place in the Elebash Recital Hall at the Graduate Center, CUNY, at 34th Street and 5th Avenue.
Lorinda Lisitza may be one of the best-kept secrets in the New York musical theater community, but with her standout cabaret show, Triumphant Baby (running for six shows this month at the Metropolitan Room), this terrific actor, singer, comedian--and inveterate poker--player may finally be dealt a winning hand.
April 27 through May 13, Pontine Theatre premieres its original stage adaptation of stories by George Savary Wasson at its West End Studio Theatre located in Portsmouth NH.
April 27 through May 13, Pontine Theatre premieres its original stage adaptation of stories by George Savary Wasson at its West End Studio Theatre located in Portsmouth NH.
A pair of the musicians join the North Carolina Symphony next month for a colorful concert program, "Firebird." Led by guest conductor Joana Carneiro and featuring soloist Johannes Moser on cello, the orchestra performs the 1945 version of Stravinsky's legendary Firebird Suite, alongside wartime music by English composers Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar.
A pair of the musicians join the North Carolina Symphony next month for a colorful concert program, "Firebird." Led by guest conductor Joana Carneiro and featuring soloist Johannes Moser on cello, the orchestra performs the 1945 version of Stravinsky's legendary Firebird Suite, alongside wartime music by English composers Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar.
A pair of the musicians join the North Carolina Symphony next month for a colorful concert program, "Firebird." Led by guest conductor Joana Carneiro and featuring soloist Johannes Moser on cello, the orchestra performs the 1945 version of Stravinsky's legendary Firebird Suite, alongside wartime music by English composers Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar.
North Carolina Symphony Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks takes Triangle concertgoers straight into the intersection of neighboring cultures with '¡España!,' a fresh look at how Spanish flavors inspired French music and vice versa.
North Carolina Symphony Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks takes Triangle concertgoers straight into the intersection of neighboring cultures with '¡España!,' a fresh look at how Spanish flavors inspired French music and vice versa.
Mint Theater's productin of Temporal Powers will close on October 2nd at the Mint's home in the heart of the theater district, 311 West 43rd Street. Ben Brantley, in The New York Times Arts & Leisure (August 21st) hailed the Mint as the 'resurrectionist extraordinaire of forgotten plays.'
Mint Theater today announced that Temporal Powers will extend one more week, through October 9th at the Mint's home in the heart of the theater district, 311 West 43rd Street.
The North Carolina Symphony brings a musical tour-de-force to Raleigh and Southern Pines when two internationally renowned guest artists, conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya and violin Augustin Hadelich, join forces with the orchestra for a pair of powerhouse masterworks: Sibelius's Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.
The Drama Desk and OBIE Award-winning Mint Theater Company re-introduced Teresa Deevy to the world in the summer of 2010 with the production of her brilliant play Wife To James Whelan. Mint's Deevy Project continues with Temporal Powers, opening August 29th and continuing through September 25th at the Mint's home in the heart of the theater district, 311 West 43rd Street.
Mint Theater today announced that Temporal Powers will extend through October 2nd at the Mint's home in the heart of the theater district, 311 West 43rd Street.
The Drama Desk and OBIE Award-winning Mint Theater Company re-introduced Teresa Deevy to the world in the summer of 2010 with the production of her brilliant play Wife To James Whelan. Mint's Deevy Project continues with Temporal Powers, beginning August 3rd and continuing through September 25th at the Mint's home in the heart of the theater district, 311 West 43rd Street. Opening Night will be Monday August 29th.
The second annual race for the Celebrity Bowling Hall of Fame has 'pinned' pop icons Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus against each other as the front-runners in a battle to be enshrined in bowling history.
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