Composer/Lyricist Dory Previn Dies at 86
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 14, 2012
Dory Previn Shannon died on Tuesday morning, February 14, at her home in Massachusetts, according to her husband, artist Joby Baker. She was 86 years old.
Kim Cattrall, KISS ME KATE, et al. Set for Chichester Festival Theatre in 2012
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 6, 2012
Chichester Festival Theatre celebrates its 50th birthday with an anniversary season that echoes and acknowledges the past while also looking to the future. Uncle Vanya was part of Chichester's very first season in 1962 and became a key part of its history and is revisited during Festival 2012. The Way of the World in 1984 has also become an emblematic production; the play will feature again this year.
Bard SummerScape Announces Their 2012 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 2, 2012
Culture at the crossroads in Belle Époque France will be explored at the ninth annual Bard SummerScape festival, which once again features a sumptuous tapestry of music, opera, theater, dance, film, and cabaret, keyed to the theme of the 23rd annual Bard Music Festival.
CSO Honors the Gershwins’ Artistic Legacy in Here to Stay
by BWW
News Desk - Jan 28, 2012
Created by members of the Gershwin family and their Tony/Grammy Award-winning team, the all-new multimedia symphony show, Here to Stay, features a number of newly arranged charts for orchestra plus rarely seen visual and audio elements from the Gershwin archives.
CSO Honors the Gershwins’ Artistic Legacy in Here to Stay
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 5, 2012
Created by members of the Gershwin family and their Tony/Grammy Award-winning team, the all-new multimedia symphony show, Here to Stay, features a number of newly arranged charts for orchestra plus rarely seen visual and audio elements from the Gershwin archives.
SYLVIA Comes To The Alumnae Theatre
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 26, 2011
The ceiling beams, exposed brick and paladin windows of Alumnae Theatre's third floor Studio set the stage and add an architectural charm to this production of A.R. Gurney's spry comedy Sylvia, in which the eternal triangle gets a new twist: 'the other woman' turns out to be a dog!
Innovative Theater Productions Presents The WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 19, 2011
Lincoln Center's upcoming White Light Festival (October 20-November 19, 2011), in its second season, will include two outstanding theater productions among the range of works of music, film, dance, art and discussion to be presented.
Bill Irwin Performs One Night Only at Joe's Pub
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 17, 2011
The Public Theater will present Bill Irwin and Doug Skinner in Late Night Foolin' at Joe's Pub on Thursday, November 17 at 11:30 p.m. for one night only. King Lear company members Kelli O'Hara and Michael McKean are expected to take the stage for some brief musical moments, and the evening will also include a roast of Sam Waterston.
SYLVIA Comes To The Alumnae Theatre
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 11, 2011
The ceiling beams, exposed brick and paladin windows of Alumnae Theatre's third floor Studio set the stage and add an architectural charm to this production of A.R. Gurney's spry comedy Sylvia, in which the eternal triangle gets a new twist: 'the other woman' turns out to be a dog!
Bill Irwin Performs One Night Only at Joe's Pub
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 10, 2011
The Public Theater will present Bill Irwin and Doug Skinner in Late Night Foolin' at Joe's Pub on Thursday, November 17 at 11:30 p.m. for one night only. King Lear company members Kelli O'Hara and Michael McKean are expected to take the stage for some brief musical moments, and the evening will also include a roast of Sam Waterston.
SYLVIA Comes To The Alumnae Theatre
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 25, 2011
The ceiling beams, exposed brick and paladin windows of Alumnae Theatre's third floor Studio set the stage and add an architectural charm to this production of A.R. Gurney's spry comedy Sylvia, in which the eternal triangle gets a new twist: 'the other woman' turns out to be a dog!
Act II Playhouse Kicks Off its 2011/12 Season with Sylvia
by BWW
News Desk - Oct 12, 2011
Act II Playhouse Kicks Off its 2011/12 Season with Sylvia by A. R. Gurney, directed by Act II Associate Artistic Director Harriet Power. This romantic comedy tells the story of a love triangle between a man, his wife - and his dog! Performances are Sept. 6-Oct. 2.
Innovative Theater Productions Presents The WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 11, 2011
Lincoln Center's upcoming White Light Festival (October 20-November 19, 2011), in its second season, will include two outstanding theater productions among the range of works of music, film, dance, art and discussion to be presented.
John Glover, Max Casella et al. Join Ellen Burstyn in Labyrinth's ATMOSPHERE OF MEMORY
by Jessica Lewis - Sep 14, 2011
Labyrinth Theater Company has announced final casting for the World Premiere Production of The Atmosphere of Memory by David Bar Katz. Performances begin Saturday, October 15th with Opening Night scheduled for October 30th at Labyrinth's new home, the Bank Street Theater for a limited engagement through Sunday, November 13th.
Frank Wood, Kristen Connolly, & Bill Irwin Join Kelli O'Hara et al. in Public's KING LEAR; Cast Complete
by Jessica Lewis - Sep 12, 2011
The Public Theater announced complete casting today for KING LEAR, directed by James Macdonald, beginning preview performances on Tuesday, October 18. Kristen Connolly (Cordelia), Bill Irwin (The Fool), and Frank Wood (Cornwall) will join the company that includes the previously announced Che Ayende (Duke of Burgundy/Knight/Servant), Craig Bockhorn (Doctor), Michael Crane (Oswald), Herb Foster (Old Man/Knight), Seth Gilliam (Edmund), Enid Graham (Goneril), Michael Izquierdo (King of France), Michael McKean (Gloucester), Arian Moayed (Edgar), Kelli O'Hara (Regan), John Douglas Thompson (Kent), Richard Topol (Albany), and Sam Waterston (Lear).
Rachel York, Michael Hayden Set for GHOSTLIGHT at NYMF
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 1, 2011
Tony Award Nominee Michael Hayden (Carousel, Judgment at Nuremburg, 'Murder One') and Drama Desk Award winner Rachel York (Victor/Victoria, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) will star in the new musical Ghostlight, which will open on September 26th as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. According to press notes 'Ghostlight excavates the true story of Olive Thomas, a small-town girl who rises to headline alongside Fanny Brice in the Ziegfeld Follies. Seduced by the decadent world of the theatre, Olive stumbles into a secret affair, an unfulfilling Hollywood marriage, and a downward spiral into drugs and alcohol. An homage to Broadway's Golden Age, Ghostlight captures the glamorous and tragic lives of those who changed the face of the American musical forever.' Hayden will play legendary showman Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. with York as Billie Burke, his scorned wife, who was most famous for portraying Glinda in The Wizard of Oz.
Act II Playhouse Kicks Off its 2011/12 Season with Sylvia
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 10, 2011
Act II Playhouse Kicks Off its 2011/12 Season with Sylvia by A. R. Gurney, directed by Act II Associate Artistic Director Harriet Power. This romantic comedy tells the story of a love triangle between a man, his wife - and his dog! Performances are Sept. 6-Oct. 2.
Cynthia Nixon Returns to Broadway in WIT at MTC, Jan. 2012; THE COLUMNIST Delayed
by Jessica Lewis - Jul 20, 2011
Manhattan Theatre Club has just announced that Tony and Emmy Award winner Cynthia Nixon will return to MTC to star in the Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play WIT by Margaret Edson, directed by MTC's award-winning Artistic Director Lynne Meadow. The limited engagement of WIT will begin previews Thursday, January 5, 2012 and open Thursday, January 26, 2012 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.