The infamous, mind-numbing lines at the post office belie the drama in the lives of customers and clerks alike in this new musical, directed by Mark Brokaw. Post Office looks at parenthood, love, legacy and responsibility in an unpredictable and winning way.
AGM Concerts Inc. proudly present Salute to Vienna, for one performance only, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave. The performance combines the brilliant talents of The Strauss Symphony of America with stellar European maestros, tenors, sopranos and dancers to perform and celebrate the glorious, uplifting music of Vienna's 'Waltz King' Johann Strauss Jr. and his contemporaries.
We are busy decking the halls and getting ready for the Holiday Season. Opening November 19th our Maintage Holiday production Greetings opens and runs through January 2nd.
Arena Stage presents Stick Fly, a thought-provoking comedy that explores the role of race and privilege in the African-American social aristocracy.
Arden Theatre Company will extend the run of Peter Pan through Sunday, January 31, 2010 due to popular demand.
The New York FRIGID Festival is an open and uncensored theater festival presented by Horse Trade Theater Group in association with San Francisco's Exit Theatre.
As a Christmas treat, Nathan Lane and Rich Elice have sounded off in Michael Riedel's NY Post column today about his critiques and gossip about the Chicago tryout of THE ADDAMS FAMILY.
Michael Riedel is reporting in today's New York Post that Brian Dennehy might be headed back to Broadway in a double bill of Eugene O'Neill's Hughie and Krapp's Last Tape, which is set to run at the Goodman's Albert Theatre in Chicago from January 16 - February 21, 2010.
Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce the extension of the second production of the 2009/10 Season, Oh Coward!, words and music by Noël Coward, devised by Roderick Cook.
American Theater Company (ATC) continues its 25th anniversary season with the Chicago premiere of Distracted, written by Lisa Loomer. The production is directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli and will run January 28 - February 28, 2010 at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron Street, Chicago. Press Opening is to be determined.
Mayor Michael Nutter announced today that Bill Cosby, Ed.D.-comedian and educator-will be the next recipient of the Marian Anderson Award. Mr. Cosby will accept the Award at a Gala Concert produced in partnership with The Philadelphia Orchestra, which will take place on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
Kathleen Battle, one of the greatest coloratura sopranos of our time, will perform in recital at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium, Perelman Stage) on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8 p.m. Presented by Columbia Artists Management, Ms. Battle will be joined by Olga Kern, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist.
Goodman Theatre is proud to announce the Krapp's Last Tape Artists Talk as part of the new 2010 Series connecting theater audiences with the artists who bring productions to life at the Goodman.
Celebrate the beginning of a new year and the end of the world as we know it - as SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE presents boom.
Who better to offer audiences a magical evening of entertainment than Barbara Eden, who will host the highly anticipated production of Ballroom with a Twist. A brilliant new dance production that rings in the New Year at the DuPont Theatre January 19-24, 2010.
Playwrights Theatre is pleased to present the East Coast Premiere of Two Jews Walk Into A War... by Seth Rozin. In a co-production with New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, NJ,
Two Jews Walk Into A War... will preview on January 21 and run for three weeks through February 7, 2010 (Press Opening: Friday, January 22 at 8:00pm).
Starting January 26, 2010, Jacksonville couples are sure to be roaring with laughter, sharing knowing glances, and asking 'Could comedy give couples therapy a run for its money?' With hilarious insight on contemporary feminism, masculine sensitivity and the erogenous zones, Defending the Caveman mines the common themes in relationships that go straight to the funny bone while warming the heart.
Arena Stage presents Stick Fly, a thought-provoking comedy that explores the role of race and privilege in the African-American social aristocracy.
The little show that could just keeps chugging along. MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING was to have ended its record-breaking engagement at the Panasonic Theatre on January 3, 2010, but audiences can't seem to get enough of this 'heartwarming', 'charming' and 'infectious' new musical comedy.
Estranged lovers and clashing cultures create the passion and thrills of Theatre Under The Stars' MISS SAIGON, at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts from February 9 - 21, 2010. This epic pop-opera transports you halfway around the world to a steamy place of dreams and desperation. 'The Heat is On in Saigon!'
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.
TimeLine Theatre Company continues its 13th season with Athol Fugard's ‘Master Harold' ... and the Boys, directed by Jonathan Wilson, running January 23 through March 21, 2010 (previews January 20 through January 22) at TimeLine Theatre, 615 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago.
Celebrate the beginning of a new year and the end of the world as we know it - as SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE presents boom.
The Theatre and Interpretation Center (TIC) at Northwestern University will continue its 2009-10 season this January with a story of the fight for civil rights and an exploration of war, survival and human connection.
Arena Stage presents Stick Fly, a thought-provoking comedy that explores the role of race and privilege in the African-American social aristocracy.
Court Theatre continues its 55th season with the Chicago Premiere of The Year of Magical Thinking written by Joan Didion and directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell. The production will run January 14 - February 14, 2010 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. Press opening is Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 8:00 PM.
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