Masquerade Theatre's OLIVER! Runs Until October 4
by BWW News Desk - Oct 1, 2009
Tony Award winning composer Lionel Bart's vision of the classic Dickens novel Oliver Twist is one we're sure you'll love! When kind, sweet orphan Oliver flees the tyrannical care of a series of ruthless masters, he finds himself pulled into a life of crime by Fagin and his army of young pickpockets. He is only offered rescue by the kindly Mr. Brownlow, whose charity and forgiving nature offer stark contrast to the murderous Bill Sykes, a cold-hearted kidnapper who is hunting Oliver down!
FMPAT To Hold Auditions 6/15 For Adult Roles In RUTHLESS! The Musical
by BWW News Desk - Jun 15, 2009
FMPAT will be holding auditions for the adult roles in Ruthless! The Musical on Monday June 15 at FMPATheatre. Auditions are by appointment only beginning at 7pm. Call backs will be scheduled as needed, tentatively set for Wednesday, June 17th.
Photo Flash: The Farnsworth Invention at Beck Center
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 5, 2009
Who will win the race to invent the greatest innovation of the 20th century - the television? The idealistic scientist or the ruthless media mogul? Beck Center presents the Cleveland premiere of the award-winning play, The Farnsworth Invention, on the Mackey Main Stage, March 13 through April 11, 2009. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.
Pulitzer Winner Tracy Letts Opens KILLER JOE 2/20
by BWW News Desk - Feb 20, 2009
In the Baltimore premiere of Killer Joe by Tracy Letts, the Smith family, mired by economic turmoil, is forced to squeeze into a small trailer on the outskirts of Dallas, TX. Chris Smith, the family's outcast son, needs a quick solution to his mounting debt and ruthless collectors. Chris stumbles upon Killer Joe Cooper, a detective who moonlights as a can't-miss hit-man, and he cooks up a sinister scheme targeting his mother's large life insurance policy.
Tracy Letts, who was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Drama Desk Award and Tony Award for Best Play for his play, August: Osage County, is the son to Best-Selling author Billie Letts and actor Dennis Letts.
Pulitzer Winner Tracy Letts Opens KILLER JOE 2/20
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 9, 2009
In the Baltimore premiere of Killer Joe by Tracy Letts, the Smith family, mired by economic turmoil, is forced to squeeze into a small trailer on the outskirts of Dallas, TX. Chris Smith, the family's outcast son, needs a quick solution to his mounting debt and ruthless collectors. Chris stumbles upon Killer Joe Cooper, a detective who moonlights as a can't-miss hit-man, and he cooks up a sinister scheme targeting his mother's large life insurance policy.
Tracy Letts, who was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Drama Desk Award and Tony Award for Best Play for his play, August: Osage County, is the son to Best-Selling author Billie Letts and actor Dennis Letts.
Photo Coverage: Macbeth Opening Night Arrivals
by Walter McBride - Apr 10, 2008
Kathleen Turner and many other celebrity guests attended the opening night of Macbeth After playing sold-out, critically acclaimed engagements at BAM, The West End's Gielgud Theatre and UK's Chichester Festival Theatre, Patrick Stewart returns to Broadway in the five-time Olivier Award-nominated production of Macbeth. The show officially opened at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre. The Evening Standard Award-winning production will play 64 performances only, officially closing on May 24th.
'In one of Shakespeare's greatest dramas, Patrick Stewart plays Macbeth - a man utterly determined to obtain the royal crown. Aided by his even more ambitious and ruthless wife, Macbeth murders the king and a comrade only to lose everything by the play's end. In his New York debut, Rupert Goold takes inspiration from Stalin's Great Terror and directs this psychological and chilling tragedy in a stark, austere production that places Macbeth in a timeless, nameless, and lawless country,' describe press notes.
Patrick Stewart received the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor and the Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for this production. Rupert Goold received both the Evening Standard and Critics Circle Theatre awards for Best Director. The production also received the What's On Stage Award for Best Shakespearean Production. Macbeth has also been nominated for five Olivier Awards: Best Actor for Patrick Stewart, Best Director for Rupert Goold, Best Revival, Best Lighting Design for Howard Harrison, and Best Set Design for Anthony Ward and Lorna Heavey.
The cast features Michael Feast as Macduff, Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth, and Martin Turner as Banquo, as well as Oliver Birch, Ben Carpenter, Polly Frame, Scott Handy, Sophie Hunter, Hywel John, Christopher Knott, Niamh McGrady, Bill Nash, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Mark Rawlings, and Tim Treloar.
For tickets please visit www.ticketmaster.com
TV: Broadway Beat - Blondes, Bees, Hair Hoppers and More
by Broadway Beat - May 5, 2007
You won't want to miss this Broadway Beat EXCLUSIVE episode featuring Opening Night of Legally Blonde including interviews with cast and creative - complete with a look at Laura Bell Bundy THEN (Ruthless!)and NOW! Also, catch scenes from the new casts of your favorite musicals, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Hairspray and The Fantasticks. All right here, only on BroadwayWorld.com!
