Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 1/29/2011

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is pleased to (finally) announce its third production in the season. Aliens with Extraordinary Skills by Saviana Stanescu will open January 29 and play through February 26, 2011 and will be directed by Know Theatre's producing artistic director, Eric Vosmeier.

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is pleased to (finally) announce its third production in the season. Aliens with Extraordinary Skills by Saviana Stanescu will open January 29 and play through February 26, 2011 and will be directed by Know Theatre's producing artistic director, Eric Vosmeier.

La Rosa Spanish Dance Theatre presents Celebración Flamenca, directed by Carolyn Holden

PushPush Presents Borderline, a world premiere play by Murray Mednick.

Different Stages continues its 2010 - 2011 season with the Austin premier of Charlotte Jones' Humble Boy, winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, the Critics' Circle Best New Play Award and the People's Choice Best New Play Award.

The Redtwist season of fear continues with a terrifying tale where the demons are within, featuring Redtwist company member, and four-time Jeff-nominee, BrIan Parry.

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is pleased to (finally) announce its third production in the season. Aliens with Extraordinary Skills by Saviana Stanescu will open January 29 and play through February 26, 2011 and will be directed by Know Theatre's producing artistic director, Eric Vosmeier.

Eric C. Bailey, Alex Bond, Christopher Borg, Ron Bopst, J.Stephen Brantley, Marc Castle, Johnathan Cedano, Desmond Dutcher, Rick Hinkson, Oliver Houser, Robert Locke, Nick Mathews, Jim Nugent, Aaron Tone, Chris Weikel, and Elizabeth Whitney are set for a pay-what-you-can benefit reading of Doric Wilson's THE WEST STREET GANG at ART/NY.

Continuing her long-term exploration of the architectural interior as a genre of photographic investigation, artist Wijnanda Deroo has scoured New York's five boroughs documenting the full spectrum of the city's culinary institutions

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is pleased to (finally) announce its third production in the season. Aliens with Extraordinary Skills by Saviana Stanescu will open January 29 and play through February 26, 2011 and will be directed by Know Theatre's producing artistic director, Eric Vosmeier.

BLACK ANGELS OVER TUSKEGEE, Layon Gray’s acclaimed play, will celebrate its one-year anniversary Saturday, January 29th at the Actors Temple Theater (339 West 47th Street), where the production transferred after its sold-out engagement at St. Luke’s Theatre. In attendance at this special 5pm performance will be surviving members of the original Tuskegee Airmen.

Stage and screen star Matthew Morrison is set to give a concert at the Grove in Los Angeles where he will give fans a sneak peek of his upcoming debut solo album. The concert will take place on January 29 at 3PM. The event will be sponsored by Oscar Mayer and will feature an online stream on the company's Facebook page. All that fans need to do to watch the exclusive concert is click 'like' on Oscar Mayer's Facebook page.

On a lazy summer’s afternoon Alice whiles away her time on the river bank. Little does she know that a great adventure is about to begin… Join her as she encounters the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat and the Queen of Hearts in an extraordinary fantasy world.

Unearthed Drama Makes Posthumous Premiere NIGHTSONG FOR THE BOATMAN January 6 - 30 at Barrow Group Theatre

TIME STANDS STILL, Broadway's best reviewed new play, will end its acclaimed run when stars Laura Linney, Brian D'Arcy James, Eric Bogosian, and Christina Ricci depart the production, as scheduled, on Sunday, January 30 at the Cort Theatre (137 West 48th Street). The play, by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, recently announced the lauded cast had extended their run at the Cort, through January 30. When it closes on that date, the production will have played 16 preview performances and 126 regular performances.

Celebration Theatre is thrilled to announce that the critically-acclaimed (LA Weekly GO!, Backstage CRITIC’S PICK!) second show in its 2010-2011 Season of Shows, the Tony Award-winning play, TAKE ME OUT, written by Richard Greenberg and directed by Michael Matthews and produced for Celebration Theatre by Nicholas Caprio, Michael C. Kricfalusi, Todd Milliner and Christopher Sepulveda, is a grand-slam, home-run.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 2010-2011 Target FamilyFun series with Theatreworks USA's production of Seussical on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 2pm.

Burning Coal Theatre Company, a small professional theatre based in Raleigh, North Carolina announces its upcoming production of the world premiere of Blue, by Raleigh playwright Kelly Doyle, directed by Mark Sutch.

Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) continues its 23rd Season with the first major revival of Tony Award-winning playwright Brian Friel's MOLLY SWEENEY – the story of a blind woman who undergoes an operation to try to restore her sight – set to begin previews on the company's Francis J. Greenburger mainstage on January 19, prior to its official press opening January 30.

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & UPRIGHT CABARET are thrilled to announce the remaining performers for its second show of their season, SWEET SOUL MUSIC, which will include Tony Award-nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Broadway: The Color Purple, The Scottsboro Boys), & Leslie Odom, Jr. (Broadway: Rent, Jersey Boys, Regional: Leap of Faith opposite Brooke Shields), with the previously announced American Idol star Frenchie Davis, performing the music of Ray Charles, MARVIN GAYE and Gladys Knight, and their own selections, under the musical direction of Todd Schroeder, in a one night only concert - SWEET SOUL MUSIC. SWEET SOUL MUSIC will perform on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 7:30PM at the NEW Cabaret Lounge at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada.

An all-star roster of celebrated CHICAGO alumni will celebrate CHICAGO's "Facebook Fan Day," a one-of-a-kind performance marking the first time in Broadway history that a production has given away its entire house to Facebook fans for FREE. Participants include Tony Award winner Chita Rivera (Broadway's original Velma Kelly), Vincent Pastore (Amos Hart), Tony Award winner Lillias White (Matron "Mama" Morton), Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba (Roxie Hart), Brent Barrett (Billy Flynn), Rob Bartlett (Amos Hart), Amra-Faye Wright (Velma Kelly), Carol Woods (Matron "Mama" Morton) and many more, plus current CHICAGO stars Bianca Marroquin (Roxie Hart), Leigh Zimmerman (Velma Kelly), Colman Domingo (Billy Flynn), Robert Creighton (Amos Hart) and LaVon Fisher-Wilson (Matron "Mama" Morton), joined by producer Barry Weissler, special guest hosts Julie James and Seth Rudetsky of SiriusXM Radio's "On Broadway" channel, and over 1,000 of CHICAGO's top fans, all of whom are attending this very special performance for FREE!!

Red Bull Theater (Jesse Berger, Artistic Director) will present The Witch of Edmonton, adapted and directed by Mr. Berger, for a limited engagement beginning January 25th at Theater at St. Clement’s (423 West 46th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues).

Actor(R) nominees Amy Adams, Annette Bening, Helena Bonham Carter, Jesse Eisenberg, Colin Firth, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Geoffrey Rush, Justin Timberlake and Mark Wahlberg will introduce their nominated films at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(R), Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today.

The WorkShop Theater Company’s Classical Theatre Wing, Charles E. Gerber, Director, Scott C. Sickles, Artistic Director and David M. Mead, Managing Director are please to announce it production of a Moliere’s TARTUFFE, in a new translation by Paul Weidner, former Artistic Director of Hartford Stage, directed by Charles E. Gerber and featuring Bill Tatum, Ellen Dolan (As The World Turns), Gerrianne Raphael (Man of La Mancha) and television veteran Noah Keen (Twilight Zone and Mission Impossible ) and Charles E. Gerber as Tartuffe.

Jarrod Spector, who currently stars as Frankie Valli in the Tony, Olivier & Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, JERSEY BOYS, will take his own concert entitled MINOR FALL, MAJOR LIFT to Feinstein's at Loews Regency (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street) on Monday, January 10, Monday, January 31 & Monday, February 7 with all performances at 8:30 p.m.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce the New York premiere of Matthew Lopez's THE WHIPPING MAN, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (The Royal Family, Doubt). The limited engagement will begin previews at MTC's New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street) on Thursday, January 13, 2011 in preparation for a Tuesday, February 1, 2011 opening night.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce complete casting for Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming New York premiere of Matthew Lopez's critically acclaimed play THE WHIPPING MAN directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes. The complete cast for this new production will feature two-time Emmy Award winner Andre Braugher ("Men of a Certain Age," "Homicide"), Andre Holland (Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Brother/Sister Plays), and Jay Wilkison (upcoming film version of Rabbit Hole).

Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced that full casting is complete for the new musical DANGEROUS BEAUTY by Jeannine Dominy (book), Amanda McBroom (lyrics) and Michele Brourman (music).

The producers of the critically acclaimed AMERICAN IDIOT announced today that OSCAR® and GRAMMY® Award winning rock star Melissa Etheridge will play the role of "St. Jimmy" for a one-week engagement, February 1 - 6, 2011. Ms. Etheridge is one of the most iconic recording artists in the music industry. For the rest of the month, Green Day frontman and the musical's composer and co-author Billie Joe Armstrong will return to the role of "St. Jimmy" and complete his 50 performance, limited engagement from February 10-27, 2011 at the St. James Theatre, 246 West 44 Street.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will begin previews Tuesday, February 1 for the world premiere production of Rinne Groff's COMPULSION, directed by Oskar Eustis. The cast features Hannah Cabell, Matte Osian, and Mandy Patinkin, with puppet design and puppetry supervision by Matt Acheson. COMPULSION runs through Sunday, March 13 at The Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street) with an official press opening on Thursday, February 17. Tickets are on sale now.

Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced principal casting for the new musical DANGEROUS BEAUTY by Jeannine Dominy (book), Amanda McBroom (lyrics) and Michele Brourman (music). Joining the principal cast, with previously announced lead actress Jenny Powers (Broadway's Grease) as Veronica Franco, are James Snyder (Drama League Award-nominee for Broadway's Crybaby) as Marco, Bryce Ryness (Drama Desk Award-nominee for Broadway's Tony Award-winning revival of Hair) as Maffio, Laila Robins (Broadway's Heartbreak House) as Paola, Michael Rupert (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Sweet Charity) as Domenico, Megan McGinnis (Ovation Award-nominee for the Rubicon Theatre's Daddy Long Legs) as Beatrice, John Antony (Broadway's Passion) as Pietro and Morgan Weed (Second Stage Theatre's Next to Normal) as Giulia. Tony Award-nominee Sheryl Kaller directs the world premiere, which begins performances on February 1, 2011 with the official press opening on February 13, 2011 at Pasadena Playhouse (39 S. El Molino Avenue).

Telechage.com is now listing Arcadia, a revival of Tom Stoppard's play, will return to New York this spring for a limited engagement in an acclaimed new production directed by five-time Tony Award nominee David Leveaux.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, which explores the best of the golden age of musical standards through to the best in current songwriting, will bring to the stage some of today's most gifted interpreters of song. Week Three is a Grammy Awards fest, as three of the four acts are current and past nominees. On February 2nd one can experience life in the Piedmont hills of the Carolinas via the vibrant sound of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. This three-piece string band plays old-time roots music with virtuoso playing of the banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, jug and more. Next up is the crown princess of bossa nova, Bebel Gilberto. Gilberto has taken classic bossa nova rhythms and mixed them with modern pop - for a sound that is up for a Grammy this year. On February 4th perennial Grammy nominee Joan Osborne will perform an emotionally-charged work she has written with Jack Petruzzelli: Love and Hate - A Song Cycle. On February 5th, actress/singer Anika Noni Rose, a Tony winner for Caroline, Or Change, will make her eagerly-anticipated solo concert debut.

On Wednesday, February 2, 2011, the company of the hit Off-Broadway comedy MISS ABIGAIL'S GUIDE TO DATING, MATING AND MARRIAGE is pleased to welcome Mauricio Perez to the cast.

As The Prince of Homburg opens at the Donmar, Michael Grandage, the company's Artistic Director announces a major expansion to the run of his forthcoming production of King Lear, which will see the company tour nationally, and will be broadcast to over 22 countries worldwide in collaboration with National Theatre Live.

The world-premiere adaptation of LYSISTRATA by the renowned puppet artist, writer and director Theodora Skipitares - which mixes Aristophanes' ancient comic tale about a group of Greek women who withhold sex from their husbands and lovers with video and newsreel footage of actual modern-day international sex strikes -- will be presented by La MaMa ETC in association with Skysaver Productions, with previews starting February 3 prior to an official press opening February 6 at the Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 E. 4 St.) in Manhattan.

American Theater Company (ATC) continues its 26th season with the World Premiere of The Big Meal, written by New York Times 2010 Outstanding Playwright Award-winner Dan LeFranc and directed by Dexter Bullard.

One Arm Red, under the artistic direction of Adam Adams will present the New York premiere of Lake Simons’ & Chad Lynch’s new comedy, ETIQUETTE UNRAVELED on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at One Arm Red’s ‘Red-Space’ (10 Jay Street – 9th Floor in Brooklyn).

Because just 17% of America's main stage productions are written by women Wide Eyed Productions attempts to tip the scales and expose eager audiences to more fantastic theatre.

National Theatre Live continues its season with the Derek Jacobi's hugely acclaimed performance as Shakespeare's KING LEAR, directed by Michael Grandage at the Donmar Warehouse. National Theatre Live is an initiative by the UK's National Theatre to broadcast live performances onto cinema screens around the world. KING LEAR marks National Theatre Live's second collaboration with another British theatre company, following the highly successful broadcast of Complicite's A Disappearing Number last year.

Summation Dance Company presents the World Premiere of its first evening-length work KEEP YOUR FEATHERS DRY at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 W. 37th Street, at 7:30 pm on February 4-5, 2011. Tickets are $20 ($12 for students) and are available at SmartTix, 212-868-4444 or www.smarttix.com.

Flux Theatre Ensemble will present the New York premiere of Liz Duffy Adams’ (Or, at The Women’s Project) post-apocalyptic comedy, DOG ACT, February 4-20 at the Flamboyan Theater at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center (107 Suffolk Street at Rivington).

The Flea Theater (www.theflea.org) will present the World Premiere of Creation Production Company's "A WORLD APART" by Susan Mosakowski, with performances beginning on Friday, February 4th and the official opening set for Sunday, February 6th at 3:00 p.m. Jean Randich will direct the production, which will be performed at The Flea Theater, 41 White Street (between Broadway and Church Street).

The Polish Cultural Institute, in partnership with East River Commedia, present the New York premiere of Dorota Maslowska's play, A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians. The play opens Wednesday, February 4th prior to an official press opening on February 10 and runs through February 26th, 2011, 8:00 PM at Abrons Arts Center. Abrons Arts Center is located at 466 Grand Street, NYC, Tickets: $20. For tickets call 212.352.3101 or www.abronsartscenter.org.

Stone Soup Theatre presents Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive beginning February 4, 2011, through February 27, 2011.

Tony Award-winning producer Andy Sandberg (Hair, The Last Smoker in America) has announced the full cast for the world premiere of the provocative new play, A Perfect Future, by David Hay (The Maddening Truth) with direction by Tony Award-nominee Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore).

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