Guest Speakers Announced for New CLYBOURNE PARK Series
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 7, 2011
As Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park racks up "Top Ten of 2010" nods from publications around the country (Entertainment Weekly, the New Yorker, the New York Times, Time Out New York, and the Washington Post), American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) has added Experts Talk Back, a new postshow discussion series, to the regularly scheduled InterACT events that will take place in conjunction with the play's West Coast premiere.
Goodman Theatre And Playwrights Horizons Partner For FAR FROM HEAVEN Musical?
by Charlie Piane - Jan 4, 2011
Playwrights Horizons announced in December that it had commissioned FAR FROM HEAVEN, a new musical with book by Tony Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain), music by Tony Award nominee Scott Frankel (Grey Gardens) and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Michael Korie (Grey Gardens, The Grapes of Wrath).
Honors Roll In For CLYBOURNE PARK In SF
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 21, 2010
Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park, which will make its West Coast premiere at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in January, won the prestigious London Evening Standard Award for Best New Play last week and continues to receive critical acclaim in the United States: It has been named on the "Top Ten of 2010" lists of Entertainment Weekly, the New Yorker, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.
Washington Post Picks Best Shows of 2010
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 20, 2010
2010 is almost over, and Washington Post writer Peter Marks has looked back at the last 12 months in theatre and picked out ten very deserving shows to represent the 'Best of 2010.' Marks writes, 'Whether they featured a man alone at a desk, or a chorus dancing in formation, the best theater of 2010 in Washington shared a gratifying characteristic: the dazzle factor.'
'Clybourne Park' Southeast Premiere Of Award Winning Comedy
by Beau Higgins - Dec 20, 2010
The new comedy acts as a precursor to the events of A Raisin in the Sun to tell an unforgettable new story about race and real estate in America. Act I opens in 1959, as a white couple sells their home to an African American family (the same home and same African American family as the subject matter for Loraine Hansberry's groundbreaking drama), causing uproar in their middle-class Chicago neighborhood. Act II transports us to the same house in 2009, when the stakes are different, but the debate is strikingly familiar. Amid lightning-quick repartee, the characters scramble for control of the situation, revealing how possibly the language has changed, but the conversation has remained eerily the same.
SCOTTSBORO, LA CAGE Chosen as EW's Best of 2010
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 17, 2010
Every year Entertainment Weekly devotes an entire issue to 'The Best and Worst' of the past twelve months. This year, the magazine has taken a look at 2010 and chosen ten worth candidates for the best in theatre, in addition to picking out Broadway's breakout stars. The list of 'Best in Theatre' is as follows:
Royal Court Theatre Announces New Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 16, 2010
The Royal Court Theatre announces its new season today, including two new plays by renowned playwrights and an international season of work in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.
GATZ, MERCHANT, et al. Included in NY Times' Best of 2010
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 16, 2010
It's that time of year for New York Times theatre critic Ben Brantley to pick the theatrical highlights of 2010. Though he admits that the past 12 months were a time of 'creative drought,' Brantley was still able to muster up some highly deserving candidates for the best of 2010.
CLYBOURNE PARK Makes West Coast Premiere at A.C.T.
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 9, 2010
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its 2010-11 season with the West Coast premiere of adamant provocateur Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park, winner of the prestigious London Evening Standard Award for Best New Play in 2010.
Juilliard Features Fourth Year Actors in THE SEAGULL, 12/9
by BWW News Desk - Dec 9, 2010
Juilliard's Drama Division announced the complete schedule for its 2010-2011 season of fully-staged productions featuring students in their fourth and final year of acting training at Juilliard. This season's plays include Lorraine Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN, directed by Jade King Carroll, October 20-24; David Auburn's PROOF, directed by Harris Yulin, November 11-15; and Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, directed by Richard Feldman, December 9-13.
PASSION, CLYBOURNE PARK Win London Evening Standard Awards
by Lauren Wolman - Nov 28, 2010
According to the BBC, PASSION was named the Best Musical at the 56th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards while Bruce Norris's CLYBOURNEY PARK won the Best Play Award on Nov. 28 in a ceremony at London's Savoy Hotel. Sir Peter Hall was also honored with the Moscow Art Theatre's Golden Seagull Award for his contribution to world theatre while Sir Michael Gambon was awarded the Lebedev Special Award for his contribution to British theatre.
Royal Court Receives 11 Evening Standard Award Nominations, 11/28
by Erica Anker - Nov 24, 2010
London's Royal Court Theatre dominated the nominations for the 2010 Evening Standard Awards, receiving 11 nominations, the most of any London theatre. The Royal Court further cemented its reputation as the writers' theatre, claiming every nomination in both the Best Play and Most Promising Playwright categories. The nominations were spread between six different Royal Court productions.
MARCUS at A.C.T. Completes THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS Trilogy 10/29-11/21
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 21, 2010
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its 2010-11 season with the West Coast premiere of Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet, directed by A.C.T. Associate Artistic Director Mark Rucker (A.C.T.'s The Rainmaker and the award-winning film Die, Mommy, Die!).
