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SHOW BOAT Will Come to NYU Skirball in 2025
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2023


The Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater and NYU Skirball will present a new production of the groundbreaking musical Show Boat in the Spring of 2025. Directed by Target Margin Theater’s Founding Artistic Director David Herskovits, the revival uses the original 1927 book and score by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II.

Opera San Jose Announces Free Live Stream Of Mozart April 18-May 18
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 6, 2020


While it will not be opening The Magic Flute in April due to COVID-19 restrictions, Opera San José has announced something all opera patrons can enjoy at home instead: the FREE live stream viewing of its breathtaking 2011 production of Mozart's first dramatic masterpiece, the rarely produced Idomeneo: ré di Creta.

The 101 Greatest Showtunes from 1920-2020
by Peter Nason - Mar 19, 2020


How do we make a list of the 101 greatest show tunes from the past 100 years? Well, we did the near-impossible task.  Check out our full list here! 

Fun Facts About All 41 Broadway Theatres
by Nicole Rosky - May 11, 2019


What makes a Broadway theatre? Technically any venue with 500 seats or more, located along Broadway in New York City's Theatre District is a Broadway theatre, and the art that is produced in these special places is widely considered the highest form of theatrical entertainment in the world. Today, forty-one theatres are technically Broadway houses, each with their own rich history. Below, we're giving you the scoop on the life of every one of them!

Target Margin Theater Announces 2018 Company Artists And Programs In Brooklyn
by Stephi Wild - Jan 9, 2018


Following the opening of the Company's first permanent home, Target Margin Theater has announced that 13 diverse artists, via three distinct programs, will be supported in 2018. The Company's new home, located in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn, enables Target Margin Theater to deepen their support of the next generation of theater makers through its annual incubator LAB festival, it's five-year-old fellowship program, and its new artist-in-residency program.

Single Tickets for San Francisco Opera's 2017 Fall Season On Sale Monday, 6/26
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 21, 2017


Single (non-subscription) tickets for San Francisco Opera's 2017 Fall Season at the War Memorial Opera House go on sale Monday, June 26, 2017, at 10 a.m. Tickets may be purchased online at sfopera.com; in-person at the San Francisco Opera Box Office, located at 301 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco and open Mondays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and by phone at (415) 864-3330 during Box Office hours. Full and Half Series subscription packages are also available. Tickets for the three cycles of Wagner's Ring during the summer of 2018 are available as complete, four-opera cycles only.

AMERICAN REALNESS Festival Kicks Off Abrons Arts Center's Spring 2017 Season
by BWW News Desk - Jan 5, 2017


Abrons Arts Center recently announced its Spring 2017 season, featuring a lineup of boundary-pushing theatre, dance and performance.

OpenICE, THE TERRIFYING, REAL TALK and More Set for Abrons Arts Center's Spring 2017 Season
by BWW News Desk - Dec 22, 2016


Aprons Arts Center has announced its Spring 2017 season, featuring a lineup of boundary-pushing theatre, dance and performance.

The Life of Studio 54
by Roundabout Theatre Company - Jul 8, 2014


Studio 54 was known for two things before Roundabout purchased this historic theatre: being a famous club and being a cursed theatre, with shows sometimes opening and closing in the same night. However, Roundabout turned Studio 54's luck around with successful productions likeSunday in the Park with George, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and, of course, Cabaret.

Photo Flash: Meet the Full Cast of Roundabout's MACHINAL
by Meet the Cast - Jan 11, 2014


Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Machinal, starring Rebecca Hall, written by Sophie Treadwell and directed by Lyndsey Turner, began previews on December 20, 2013 ahead of an official opening on January 16, 2014 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway. Machinal is a limited engagement through March 2. Scroll down to learn more about the cast!

Pittsburgh Public Theater Presents OUR TOWN, Now thru 10/27
by BWW News Desk - Sep 26, 2013


Pittsburgh Public Theater's MASTERPIECE SEASON is set to begin with Our Town, the beloved American classic by Thornton Wilder, featuring an all-Pittsburgh cast. Directed by Ted Pappas, Our Town runs tonight, Sept. 26 - Oct. 27 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District. Our Town is presented by PNC. The engagement of Tom Atkins in the role of the Stage Manager in Our Town has been generously supported by Richard W. Moriarty, M.D. The engagements of Patrick Cannon and Erin Lindsey Krom in the roles of George Gibbs and Emily Webb have been generously supported by Jim and Electra Agras.

Pittsburgh Public Theater Presents OUR TOWN, 9/26 - 10/27
by Rosie Hertzman - Sep 11, 2013


Pittsburgh Public Theater's MASTERPIECE SEASON begins with Our Town, the beloved American classic by Thornton Wilder, featuring an all-Pittsburgh cast. Directed by Ted Pappas, Our Town runs Sept. 26 - Oct. 27 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District. Our Town is presented by PNC.

PPT's 'Masterpiece Season' Begins with OUR TOWN, 9/26-10/27
by Alexandra Strycula - Sep 10, 2013


Pittsburgh Public Theater's 'Masterpiece Season' begins with OUR TOWN, the beloved American classic by Thornton Wilder, featuring an all-Pittsburgh cast. Directed by Ted Pappas, OUR TOWN runs Sept. 26 - Oct. 27 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District.

Northrop Dance Presents Clytemnestra by Martha Graham Dance Company 11/21
by BWW News Desk - Nov 21, 2009


Northrop Dance at the University of Minnesota brings the 50th anniversary production of Clytemnestra from the Martha Graham Dance Company. Demonstrating Graham's pioneering approach to time and space on stage, the psychodrama is deemed a masterpiece of 20th Century American modernism.

Northrop Dance Presents Clytemnestra by Martha Graham Dance Company 11/21
by BWW News Desk - Nov 21, 2009


Northrop Dance at the University of Minnesota brings the 50th anniversary production of Clytemnestra from the Martha Graham Dance Company. Demonstrating Graham's pioneering approach to time and space on stage, the psychodrama is deemed a masterpiece of 20th Century American modernism.

Northrop Dance Presents Clytemnestra by Martha Graham Dance Company 11/21
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 2, 2009


Northrop Dance at the University of Minnesota brings the 50th anniversary production of Clytemnestra from the Martha Graham Dance Company. Demonstrating Graham's pioneering approach to time and space on stage, the psychodrama is deemed a masterpiece of 20th Century American modernism.

Northrop Dance Presents Clytemnestra by Martha Graham Dance Company 11/21
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 22, 2009


Northrop Dance at the University of Minnesota brings the 50th anniversary production of Clytemnestra from the Martha Graham Dance Company. Demonstrating Graham's pioneering approach to time and space on stage, the psychodrama is deemed a masterpiece of 20th Century American modernism.

Full Casting For Roundabout's 'The Constant Wife' Completed
by BWW News Desk - Apr 14, 2005


Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents Kate Burton as 'Constance Middleton', Michael Cumpsty as 'John Middleton', John Dossett as 'Bernard Kersal' and Lynn Redgrave as 'Mrs. Culver' in the new Broadway production of W. Somerset Maugham social comedy The Constant Wife, directed by Mark Brokaw at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street).

Electra FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Electra have there been?
Electra has had 8 productions including Broadway which opened in 1908, Broadway which opened in 1918, Broadway which opened in 1927, Broadway which opened in 1930, Broadway which opened in 1932, Broadway which opened in 1952, Broadway which opened in 1998 and Broadway which opened in 1998.

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