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Opened: August 7, 2007
Closing: September 01, 2007

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Richard Sheinmel Premieres POST MODERN LIVING at La MaMa, Begins 4/16
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 24, 2010


Playwright/performer Richard Sheinmel premieres POST MODERN LIVING at La MaMa beginning April 16. The production marks the latest installment of Sheinmel's Modern Living play cycle, which began in 2006 at La MaMa.

3LD Art & Technology Center Presents THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL Starting 3/15
by Samantha Jacobsen - Feb 19, 2010


Aaron Louis (Producing Director, 3LD Art & Technology Center) in association with New Georges and The Essentials, will present the world premiere of THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, written by Marielle Heller, adapted from the hit graphic novel of the same name by Phoebe Gloeckner, and directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde and Rachel Eckerling in a multi-media production. Performances will begin on Sunday, March 15 at 8:00 p.m. at 3LD Art & Technology Center, 80 Greenwich Street (just south of Rector Street). The official opening night will be Sunday, March 28 at 8:00 p.m. (Performances will run through Monday, April 12.)

BWW Reviews: SWEENEY TODD is Bloody Good at Signature Theatre
by Charles Shubow - Feb 18, 2010


Sondheim classic musical is given a rousing production under Signature Theatre's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer

City Contemporary Dance Company Present MODERN DANCE: HerSTORY
by BWW News Desk - Feb 12, 2010


City Contemporary Dance Company Present MODERN DANCE: HerSTORY on March 4 and 5, 2010.

Signature Theatre Presents SWEENEY TODD, 2/9-4/4
by BWW News Desk - Feb 9, 2010


The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, nationally known for its interpretation of Stephen Sondheim musicals, celebrates its 20th anniversary season by presenting Sondheim's most popular musical SWEENEY TODD, directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The new production runs in the 276-seat MAX Theater, February 9 through April 4, 2010.

San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Announces 2009 Awards
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 27, 2010


Frank Wildhorn's new musical 'Bonnie & Clyde' earned top honors Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, at the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle's 2009 Craig Noel Awards for Theatrical Excellence.

The Barns At Wolf Trap Announces Upcoming Events
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 20, 2010


The Barns at Wolf Trap Presents One of the Most Recognizable Names in Music, a Fusion-guitar Wizard, the Season's Second Discovery Series Performance, and D.C.'s Premiere Interpreter of the American Popular Song

Signature Theatre Presents SWEENEY TODD, 2/9-4/4
by BWW News Desk - Jan 17, 2010


The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, nationally known for its interpretation of Stephen Sondheim musicals, celebrates its 20th anniversary season by presenting Sondheim's most popular musical SWEENEY TODD, directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The new production runs in the 276-seat MAX Theater, February 9 through April 4, 2010.

COMPOSER SONATA Bids Farewell to Drury Lane Water Tower Place, 12/31
by BWW News Desk - Dec 31, 2009


Eighty-Eight Entertainment, Samantha F. Voxakis and Lee Kaufman present Hershey Felder's COMPOSER SONATA at Drury Lane Water Tower Place from November 13th through December 31st in a strictly limited engagement culminating in a special New Year's Eve Presentation of Hershey Felder's The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long. These tour-de-force presentations, Beethoven, As I Knew Him; Monsieur Chopin and George Gershwin Alone; as well as The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long, are written and performed by Hershey Felder and directed by Joel Zwick.

REDCAT Announces Their Winter/Spring 2010 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 15, 2009


Performing arts projects from Chile, Brazil, and Japan are among dozens of new events added to the 2010 schedule at REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater), which also announced today that the cast for the touring production North Atlantic, by New York's famed The Wooster Group, will feature Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand and Emmy-nominated ER Alum Maura Tierney.

Cirque De Solei Brings SALTIMBANCO to Dublin
by Jessica Lewis - Dec 10, 2009


Between whirlwind and lull, prowess and poetry, Saltimbanco takes spectators on an allegorical and acrobatic journey into the heart of the city. Following the critically acclaimed UK tour of Quidam , Cirque Du Soleil, is to return to the UK with an arena tour of its vibrant signature production SALTIMBANCO, created by Franco Dragone. This timeless Cirque opus hits the UK Arenas for the first time with a series of exclusive shows in Dublin. Tickets for the tour go on sale from Friday 11th December 2009 via the Live Nation website www.livenation.co.uk. Saltimbanco is Cirque du Soleil's longest running major touring show which has toured the world since 1992 to wide-spread acclaim and has enjoyed sell-out success across the world in Europe, North and South America, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand performing to over 11 million fans.

The Harris Theater in Millennium Park Presents The Winter/Spring 2010 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 9, 2009


Continuing the momentum and building on the critical success of its fall 2009 season, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park will present a winter/spring 2010 season of impressive and diverse performances by the city's most acclaimed music and dance institutions as well as world-renowned national and international artists and ensembles through its Harris Theater Presents series.

Cirque De Solei Brings SALTIMBANCO to U.K.
by BWW News Desk - Dec 9, 2009


Between whirlwind and lull, prowess and poetry, Saltimbanco takes spectators on an allegorical and acrobatic journey into the heart of the city.

Cirque De Solei Brings SALTIMBANCO to U.K.
by Jessica Lewis - Dec 7, 2009


Between whirlwind and lull, prowess and poetry, Saltimbanco takes spectators on an allegorical and acrobatic journey into the heart of the city.

COMPOSER SONATA Comes To Drury Lane Water Tower Place From 11/13-12/31
by BWW News Desk - Nov 13, 2009


Eighty-Eight Entertainment, Samantha F. Voxakis and Lee Kaufman present Hershey Felder's COMPOSER SONATA at Drury Lane Water Tower Place from November 13th through December 31st in a strictly limited engagement culminating in a special New Year's Eve Presentation of Hershey Felder's The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long. These tour-de-force presentations, Beethoven, As I Knew Him; Monsieur Chopin and George Gershwin Alone; as well as The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long, are written and performed by Hershey Felder and directed by Joel Zwick.

Queens Theatre in the Park Announces 2009-2010 Dance Series
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 14, 2009


Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) announces its 2009/2010 dance series at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are available at www.queenstheatre.org or by phone at 718-760-0064.

The Joyce Theater Welcomes Back Lucinda Childs' Dance In DANCE 10/6-11
by BWW News Desk - Oct 11, 2009


The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.

The Joyce Theater Welcomes Back Lucinda Childs' Dance In DANCE 10/6-11
by BWW News Desk - Oct 11, 2009


The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.

The Joyce Theater Welcomes Back Lucinda Childs' Dance In DANCE 10/6-11
by BWW News Desk - Oct 6, 2009


The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.

The Joyce Theater Welcomes Back Lucinda Childs' Dance In DANCE 10/6-11
by BWW News Desk - Oct 6, 2009


The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.

The Joyce Theater Welcomes Back Lucinda Childs' Dance In DANCE 10/6-11
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 23, 2009


The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.

Steven Carpenter to Direct Bruce Nelson and Jeff Baker in HYSTERIA
by Jessica Lewis - Sep 18, 2009


Rep Stage, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), continues its 17th season with ?Hysteria,? a farcical re-imagining of an actual 1938 meeting between Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dali ? a year before Freud?s death. Steven Carpenter (?Mrs. Farnsworth,? ?Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted?) returns to Rep Stage to direct two-time Helen Hayes Award-winner Bruce Nelson as Salvador Dali and Jeff Baker as Sigmund Freud. Also featured in the cast are Conrad Feininger and Marni Penning. ?Hysteria? opens October 7 and runs through November 1, 2009 in the Studio Theatre of the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center (HVPA) on the campus of HCC.

Queens Theatre in the Park Announces 2009-2010 Season
by Jessica Lewis - Sep 17, 2009


Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) announces its 2009/2010 season of dance, theatre, classical music, film, and family programming - more than 40 events, including the world premiere of Against the Rising Sea, featuring Tony Award-winning actress Elizabeth Franz; the development of a new musical, Opa! The Musical; and the return of international superstar Eva Ayllón.

Southern Rep Kicks-Off Challenge Grant Campaign
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 15, 2009


Aimée Hayes, Artistic Director of Southern Rep, joins Board of Directors President Dr. Bernard Jaffe in announcing the official kick-off of the region's premiere professional theatre's 'Innovation SRT Challenge' to take place Saturday, September 18 at 8 p.m. at Southern Rep.

Michael Mayer Talks AMERICAN IDIOT
by Jessica Lewis - Sep 15, 2009


Michael Meyer tells the LA Times that the most fundamental challenge he faced in the development of AN AMERICAN IDIOT, the Iraq War-themed new musical opening on Wednesday at Berkeley Rep, was creating a story from the 20 song Green Day album of the same title without adding a stitch of dialogue.

Opus FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Opus have there been?
Opus has had 1 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 2007.
What awards has Opus been nominated for?
Opus has been nominated for several awards. These include the John Gassner Playwriting Award at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Michael Hollinger, Outstanding Play at The Lortels for Primary Stages, Outstanding Sound Design at The Lortels for Jorge Cousineau, and Outstanding Sound Design at the Drama Desk Awards for Jorge Cousineau.
What awards has Opus won?
Opus has won several awards, including the John Gassner Playwriting Award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Michael Hollinger. The show also received the Outstanding Play award from The Lortels for Primary Stages. In addition, Opus won the Outstanding Sound Design award from The Lortels and the Drama Desk Awards for Jorge Cousineau.

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