PlayPenn, Philadelphia's professional new play development organization, will hold its fifth annual New Play Development Conference on July 10-July 26 at the Adrienne Theater (2030 Sansom Street) in Philadelphia. The Conference will feature two weeks of intensive work on six works-in-progress by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig (410 [Gone]); Mary Hamilton (We Three); Michael Hollinger (Ghost-Writer); Arden Kass (Appetite); John Orlock (The Specificity of Paradise); and J.T. Rogers (Blood and Gifts).
Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans are proud to announce the 2009-2010 Northlight Season, which includes Roger Bean?s pop musical, The Marvelous Wonderettes; Stephen Temperley?s comedic musical tribute, Souvenir; Clifford Odets? Depression-era classic Awake & Sing! directed by Amy Morton and featuring Rondi Reed and Mike Nussbaum; Hugh Leonard?s Irish drama, A Life directed by BJ Jones, starring John Mahoney; and the world premier Low Down Dirty Blues, by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman.
Northlight Theatre opens its 35th Season with the hit musical, The Marvelous Wonderettes. The production runs September 17-October 25, 2009 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie.
SHIPWRECKED! AN ENTERTAINMENT! The Amazing Adventures of Louis De Rougemont (As Told By Himself) by Donald Margulies May 22 - June 28, directed by Joel Sass
The play season at The Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick officially opens Wednesday, June 24 with Our Town. Thornton Wilder's Our Town takes place in a small town in New Hampshire. Wilder takes the audience through the cycle of life with experiences with which they can relate. In the play, Wilder has the Stage Manager speak directly to the audience making the audience feel like they are a part of the story.
A cappella group Tuckermans at 9 returns to Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School Street, (Route 9) Berwick, Maine, on Saturday, June 20. The group performs many long-time audience favorites as well as recently added tunes. Tuckermans at 9's original, high-octane arrangement of the Temptations' classic Motown anthem, 'I Can't Get Next to You', received praise from judges at the recent 2009 Harmony Sweeps a cappella competition at Tufts University in Massachusetts.
The play season at The Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick officially opens Wednesday, June 24 with Our Town. Thornton Wilder's Our Town takes place in a small town in New Hampshire. Wilder takes the audience through the cycle of life with experiences with which they can relate. In the play, Wilder has the Stage Manager speak directly to the audience making the audience feel like they are a part of the story.
A cappella group Tuckermans at 9 returns to Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School Street, (Route 9) Berwick, Maine, on Saturday, June 20. The group performs many long-time audience favorites as well as recently added tunes. Tuckermans at 9's original, high-octane arrangement of the Temptations' classic Motown anthem, 'I Can't Get Next to You', received praise from judges at the recent 2009 Harmony Sweeps a cappella competition at Tufts University in Massachusetts.
PlayPenn, Philadelphia's professional new play development organization, will hold its fifth annual New Play Development Conference on July 10-July 26 at the Adrienne Theater (2030 Sansom Street) in Philadelphia. The Conference will feature two weeks of intensive work on six works-in-progress by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig (410 [Gone]); Mary Hamilton (We Three); Michael Hollinger (Ghost-Writer); Arden Kass (Appetite); John Orlock (The Specificity of Paradise); and J.T. Rogers (Blood and Gifts).
Grin like a fool and feel like a kid all over again when 'Birdhouse Factory' comes to Midland Center for the Arts on Friday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the MATRIX:MIDLAND Festival. Join in the madcap fun as 12 acrobats of Cirque Mechanics transform the stage into a wondrous birdhouse factory, complete with uniformed unicyclists and acrobatic assembly lines in this enchanting story of laughter, love, flight - and the quest to build the perfect birdhouse!
As the Hackmatack Playhouse of Berwick comes back to life for the 37th summer season, so do the questions. What?s with the different color theater seats? Why is the playhouse called ?Hackmatack?? What?s playing this year?
SHIPWRECKED! AN ENTERTAINMENT! The Amazing Adventures of Louis De Rougemont (As Told By Himself) by Donald Margulies May 22 - June 28, directed by Joel Sass
Shipwrecked! is directed by Joel sass and will run from May 22 - June 28. It features Michael Booth, Emily Gunyou-Halaas, Stephen Cartmell, and Edwin Strout.
South Pacific movie star and Golden Globe-nominee Mitzi Gaynor; current Broadway cast member and Tony Award-nominee Loretta Ables Sayre; original Broadway cast membersBarbara Luna, Michael DeLeon and Noel DeLeon; Broadway historian and author of The South Pacific Companion, Laurence Maslon; and President of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Ted Chapin all came together to celebrate theSouth Pacific 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition Blu-ray Disc release at the Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble in New York City.
Shipwrecked! is directed by Joel sass and will run from May 22 - June 28. It features Michael Booth, Emily Gunyou-Halaas, Stephen Cartmell, and Edwin Strout.
To mark two decades at the creative helm of McCarter Theatre Center, Artistic Director Emily Mann has announced the 2009-2010 Theater Season, which will include the revival of an audience favorite, an eighteenth-century comic masterpiece, a knockout world premiere drama, a contemporary American classic, and a soaring new musical.
Original and current South Pacific stars joined together to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the original, Tony Award winning Broadway production; the 50th anniversary of the Academy Award winning movie adaptation; and the 1st year anniversary of Lincoln Center Theater's Tony Award winning Broadway revival.
Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans are proud to announce the 2009-2010 Northlight Season, which includes Roger Bean's pop musical, The Marvelous Wonderettes; Stephen Temperley's comedic musical tribute, Souvenir directed by David Bell; Clifford Odets' Depression-era classic Awake and Sing directed by Amy Morton and featuring Rondi Reed and Mike Nussbaum; Hugh Leonard's Irish drama, A Life directed by BJ Jones, starring John Mahoney; and another production to be announced.
DLOC?s (Diablo Light Opera Company?s) 50th anniversary season continues in high gear February 13 with the East Bay premiere of ? The Producers,? the Mel Brooks zany Broadway mega-hit musical that won the most Tony Awards ever.
Departing Dad's Garage Artistic Director Kate Warner is absolutely thrilled that the last play she'll direct in her position is the world premiere of The B-Team, a comedy about an inept group of terrorists written by Weeds contributor, David Holstein. Opening on the Dad's Garage Mainstage Friday, March 13 at 8pm, Kate says, 'The B-Team is a great satire of the American dream that skewers all of our modern fears in a way that is shockingly funny. Just like Dad's Garage, this play is profoundly original, daring, and probably offensive. '
The season will start with the Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret and will include Shakespeare, Neil Simon and a new play by Sarah Ruhl, Dead Man's Cell Phone.
THE CHRIS BETZ SHOW is celebrating St. Patrick?s Day with ERIN GO BETZ, an all-new holiday themed ?episode,? for three nights only: Thursday, March 12 through Saturday, March 14, 2009 at the Sage Theatre (711 7th Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets). Reveling in all things Irish, Chris O?Betz and co-host Lauren O?Hunter will lead a cast of 6 in their signature combination of hilarious interviews and flashy song & dance numbers.
Trinity Rep is proud to announce that its 2009-2010 season will start with a bang: Cabaret will kick off what promises to be a lively year of love and levity at Trinity Rep. The scintillating musical written by Joe Masteroff with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb will be followed by the touching romantic comedy Shooting Star by Steven Dietz (October-November); the classic hijinks of William Shakespeare?s Twelfth Night (will also be the focus of Project Discovery Plus educational slot) (January-February); MacArthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl?s quirky look at modern connections, Dead Man?s Cell Phone (February-March); Neil Simon?s inimitable touchstone of American comedy, The Odd Couple (April-May); and Pamela Gien?s lyrical and haunting drama, The Syringa Tree (April-May).
The unified curtain time of 7:30 PM for all evening performances will continue in addition to 2 PM matinees. A Christmas Carol will follow this schedule with the exception of Sundays, when performances will occur at noon and 5 PM.
THE CHRIS BETZ SHOW is celebrating St. Patrick?s Day with ERIN GO BETZ, an all-new holiday themed ?episode,? for three nights only: Thursday, March 12 through Saturday, March 14, 2009 at the Sage Theatre (711 7th Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets). Reveling in all things Irish, Chris O?Betz and co-host Lauren O?Hunter will lead a cast of 6 in their signature combination of hilarious interviews and flashy song & dance numbers.
Departing Dad's Garage Artistic Director Kate Warner is absolutely thrilled that the last play she'll direct in her position is the world premiere of The B-Team, a comedy about an inept group of terrorists written by Weeds contributor, David Holstein. Opening on the Dad's Garage Mainstage Friday, March 13 at 8pm, Kate says, 'The B-Team is a great satire of the American dream that skewers all of our modern fears in a way that is shockingly funny. Just like Dad's Garage, this play is profoundly original, daring, and probably offensive. '
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