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Opened: December 2, 1979
Closing: June 28, 1980

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Photo Flash: BENT Touches on Timely Themes at Beck Center
by A.A. Cristi - May 31, 2018


Beck Center for the Arts proudly presents Bent June 1 through July 1, 2018 in the intimate Studio Theater. Show times are 8 p.m.Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are now on sale. Buy early and save with promo code: TRIANGLE to receive $5 off each adult/senior ticket purchased by May 31. Bent contains adult content.

BENT Touches on Timely Themes at Beck Center
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2018


Beck Center for the Arts proudly presents Bent June 1 through July 1, 2018 in the intimate Studio Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are now on sale. Buy early and save with promo code: TRIANGLE to receive $5 off each adult/senior ticket purchased by May 31. Bent contains adult content.

TENNESSEE WHISKEY THE MUSICAL To Launch National Talent Search to Find the Next George Strait
by Julie Musbach - May 22, 2018


The producers of Tennessee Whiskey the Musical, are opening up a national talent search to cast the role of the King of Country, George Strait for their upcoming production of Tennessee Whiskey the Musical, the story of Dean Dillon. To kick-off the search, they are launching a virtual audition process where interested performers can post a video singing and playing a George Strait/Dean Dillon song. These videos will be seen by the show's casting team and it could earn them a chance for a callback at one of the show's National auditions taking place in New York, Nashville and Las Vegas in the summer of 2018.*

BENT Touches on Timely Themes at Beck Center
by Julie Musbach - May 17, 2018


Beck Center for the Arts proudly presents Bent June 1 through July 1, 2018 in the intimate Studio Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are now on sale. Buy early and save with promo code: TRIANGLE to receive $5 off each adult/senior ticket purchased by May 31. Bent contains adult content.

Country Music Hall Of Fame's Dean Dillon Gives Exclusive Times Square Concert
by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2018


Country Music Hall of Fame' s Dean Dillon will give an exclusive, invite-only concert at Times Square's Opry City Stage New York City (1604 Broadway, between 48 & 49 Street) on Saturday, May 12 at 7pm (Doors open at 6:30pm). This concert will celebrate the launch of the new musical Tennessee Whiskey The Musical written by Dewey Moss and featuring the songs of Dean Dillon. Tickets are FREE with limited seats being offered to the public. For more information about the exclusive concert and the musical, please visit TennesseeWhiskeytheMusical.com.

Country Music Hall of Fame's Dean Dillon to Perform at an Exclusive Invite-Only Times Square Concert
by Macon Prickett - Apr 17, 2018


Country Music Hall of Fame' s Dean Dillon will give an exclusive, invite-only concert at Times Square's Opry City Stage New York City (1604 Broadway, between 48 & 49 Street) on Saturday, May 12 at 7pm (Doors open at 6:30pm). This concert will celebrate the launch of the new musical Tennessee WhiskeyThe Musical written by Dewey Moss and featuring the songs of Dean Dillon. Tickets are FREE with limited seats being offered to the public. For more information about the exclusive concert and the musical, please visitTennesseeWhiskeytheMusical.com.

Breaking: Martyna Majok's COST OF LIVING Wins 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama!
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 16, 2018


It was just announced by Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy that Martyna Majok's COST OF LIVING has officially won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Chicago Symphony's John Bruce Yeh Headlines Album Of Clarinet Works
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 13, 2018


John Bruce Yeh, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's long-serving assistant principal clarinet and solo E-flat clarinet, takes center stage on Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Works of James M Stephenson, a new album of clarinet showpieces for orchestra, chamber ensemble, and clarinet-piano duo by the prolific, award-winning American composer (Cedille Records CDR 90000 176).

Starz Acquires Seven Exclusive First-Run Documentaries
by Tori Hartshorn - Mar 8, 2018


Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), today announced the acquisition of seven exclusive, first-run documentaries including The Rape of Recy Taylor, a film that exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals Rosa Parks' intimate role in Recy Taylor's story.

TENNESSEE WHISKEY, THE MUSICAL Tells the Story of Country Legend Dean Dillon
by Julie Musbach - Feb 23, 2018


LA based The Launchpad Group partners with writer/producer Dewey Moss of DMoss Productions andWildcatters Network to bring the story of Dean Dillon and his music to the stage in the new jukebox musical, Tennessee Whiskey The Musical. Dates, theatre and cast TBA.

SAINTS AND SINNERS LGBT Literary Festival Lineup Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 4, 2018


Saints and Sinners, an annual LGBTQ literary conference, will run concurrently with the The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, March 23-25, 2018.

ICA Miami Opens New Permanent Home Tomorrow!
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 30, 2017


The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) opens the doors to its new permanent home in the Miami Design District on December 1, 2017. Marking the first U.S. project designed by Spanish firm Aranguren + Gallegos Arquitectos, the new 37,500-square-foot building launches with a bold inaugural program that reflects the museum's mission of championing new narratives in contemporary art and providing a platform for the exchange of art and ideas. With more than double the gallery space and a new outdoor sculpture garden, ICA Miami's new home enables the museum to present ambitious thematic surveys for the first time in its history, as well as to expand its commitment to mounting monographic presentations of emerging talent, commissioning site-specific and boundary-pushing works of art, and fostering new scholarship.

Cedar Crest Group To Stage SWEENEY TODD In Concert
by BWW News Desk - Nov 18, 2017


A concert production of Stephen Sondheim's dark musical masterpiece 'Sweeney Todd' will be presented at 2 and 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at Cedar Crest College's Samuels Theatre in Allentown, PA.

BWW Review: August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN Gets Exquisite New Staging at South Coast Repertory
by Michael Quintos - Nov 6, 2017


Riding the wave of renewed interest in August Wilson's 10 play, American Century Cycle, South Coast Repertory has one particular Wilson drama on their sonar at the moment: GEM OF THE OCEAN, the riveting, epic-sized 2003 drama now continuing at the Costa Mesa theater through November 11. An exquisitely rendered, mesmerizing production superbly directed by Kent Gash and featuring a truly impressive, excellent ensemble cast, SCR's new regional production of GEM OF THE OCEAN combines a bountiful interweaving of historical references, personal and emotionally-tinged character confessionals, and mystical, magical elements to fashion one of the most fascinating and engaging works of drama I have experienced in this Tony Award-winning regional theater.

Cedar Crest Group To Stage SWEENEY TODD In Concert
by BWW News Desk - Oct 30, 2017


A concert production of Stephen Sondheim's dark musical masterpiece 'Sweeney Todd' will be presented at 2 and 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at Cedar Crest College's Samuels Theatre in Allentown, PA.

Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn Backs New Song from Graeae's REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
by BWW News Desk - Oct 12, 2017


Pioneering disabled-led theatre company Graeae has been a proud standard-bearer for protest and disability rights for many years. In conjunction with the final tour of their smash hit musical Reasons to be Cheerful, set in 1979 Thatcher's Britain, Blockheads Chaz Jankel, Derek Hussey and cast member John Kelly have written a protest song for 2017, 'If It Can't Be Right Then It Must Be Wrong'.

Atlantic Theater Kicks Off 2017-18 Amplified Reading Series Today
by BWW News Desk - Oct 3, 2017


Atlantic Theater Company recently announced its 2017-2018 Amplified Reading Series selections, presenting six bold new plays throughout Atlantic's season with an expanded rehearsal process for more meaningful engagement with the material and the playwright.

Atlantic Theater Slates 2017-18 Amplified Reading Series, Launch Writers & Tow Resident
by BWW News Desk - Sep 20, 2017


Atlantic Theater Company has announced its 2017-2018 Amplified Reading Series selections, presenting six bold new plays throughout Atlantic's season with an expanded rehearsal process for more meaningful engagement with the material and the playwright.

BWW Review: Readers Theatre Series: BENT at The 5 & Dime
by Heather Vollman - Jul 19, 2017


BENT doesn't request the audience's permission to turn your heart upside down. It forcefully attacks your places of comfort in exchange for a meaningful conversation, for provoking consideration, for basic human empathy.

George Mackay, Simon Russell Beale & More Announced For BENT At National Theatre
by Marianka Swain - Jul 4, 2017


The National Theatre will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging its first Queer Theatre event series from 6 - 10 July 2017. 

National Theatre Unveils Queer Theatre Event Series
by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2017


The National Theatre will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging its first Queer Theatre event series from 6th - 10th July 2017.

Who Will Win the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama? Tune In to the Live Stream at 3pm!
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 10, 2017


Today's the day! The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners and Nominated Finalists will be announced in just minutes- April 10 at 3pm eastern daylight time via live-stream on pulitzer.org.

Breaking News: Lynn Nottage's SWEAT Wins 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama!
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 10, 2017


It was just announced by Pulitzer Prize administrator Mike Pride that Lynn Nottage's SWEAT has officially won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 

TOSOS Presents Free Reading of BENT
by Julie Musbach - Mar 26, 2017


The Robert Chesley/Jane Chambers Playwrights Project (TOSOS) Kathleen Warnock - curator presents a reading of BENT by Martin Sherman.

National New Play Network to Premiere 4 Plays at 15 Theaters This Year
by BWW News Desk - Feb 23, 2017


National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces four Rolling World Premieres: Halftime with Don by Ken Weitzman, Doublewide by Stephen Spotswood, The Arsonists by Jacqueline Goldfinger, and Building the Wall by Robert Schenkkan. The four plays will receive a total of 15 NNPN RWP productions, with each play seeing at least three distinct productions in a discrete 12-month period.

Bent FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Bent have there been?
Bent has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 1979.
What Tony Awards has Bent been nominated for?
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What awards has Bent been nominated for?
Bent has been nominated for several awards. It received a nomination for Outstanding Sound Design in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Stanley Silverman. Additionally, Richard Gere was nominated for Performance at the Theatre World Awards.
What awards has Bent won?
Bent has won the Outstanding Sound Design in a Play award at the Drama Desk Awards for Stanley Silverman. Additionally, Richard Gere received the Performance award at the Theatre World Awards.

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