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BBC Writersroom and Popcorn Group Reveal Edinburgh Longlist for Popcorn Writing Award 2023
by Stephi Wild - August 04, 2023
Popcorn Group, a film, television, and theatre production company founded by filmmaker Charlotte Colbert, has again partnered up with the BBC Writersroom and eight renowned Edinburgh theatre venues to shortlist the best of new writing coming to this year’s Fringe Festival....
Eclipse Theatre and Summerhall Reveal Eclipse Award Winners Performing At Edinburgh Fringe
by Stephi Wild - July 05, 2023
Eclipse Theatre and Summerhall have announced the recipients of the third annual Eclipse Award - Faizal Abdullah, Subira Joy, Lula Mebrahtu, Mwansa Phiri, Blink Dance Theatre and Jian Yi. ...
Review: INCIDENT AT OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP at Penguin Rep
by Bruce Apar - June 29, 2023
In 'Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help,' playwright Katie Forgette mixes nostalgia with timeless lessons about the folly and disservice of parental stereotypes, and the abuse of power by the powers that be, a role that, in this case, is portrayed by organized religion....
Sharon Lawrence to Star in THE SHOT at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 19, 2023
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts will welcome to its Main Stage the award-winning actress Sharon Lawrence in a production of The Shot....
Whole Hog Theatre In Association With Park Theatre Presents THE GARDEN OF WORDS World Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - May 31, 2023
The Garden of Words is an adaptation of the stereotype-defying Anime and novel by world-renowned Japanese filmmaker, Makoto Shinkai. The stage adaptation will have its world premiere at Park Theatre 10 August – 9 September, and the show's November run in Tokyo....
Tom Stoppard and Richard Bean Feature in Hampstead Theatre's New Season
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 18, 2023
Hampstead Theatre has announced a full season of eight new productions beginning on 7 September 2023 and running until 16 March 2024....
A NIGHT OF ART, SONG AND DANCE To Play Chelsea Table + Stage April 23rd
by Stephen Mosher - April 12, 2023
International Justice Mission (IJM) and the Broadway community are bringing their voices together for an evening of justice, hope and freedom....
Desi Moreno-Penson's EL BACALAO: THE CATFISH MAN to Recieve Two Staged Readings at The Flea
by Blair Ingenthron - April 08, 2023
There will be two workshop readings for EL BACALAO: The Catfish Man, a new, full-length play written by Latina playwright Desi Moreno-Penson. The readings will be directed by SDC Director KM Jones and will feature the acting talents of Jose Febus, Michael Tyler Jennings, Laura E. Johnston (Stage Dir...
Review: GONE TOO FAR!, Theatre Royal Stratford East
by Cindy Marcolina - March 29, 2023
Set on a housing estate in South London, the piece sees two brothers being sent out to the shops by their mother. Yemi was born and raised in England while Ikudayisi has just moved from Nigeria. ...
The Utah Opera Presents Verdi's RIGOLETTO
by Stephi Wild - March 02, 2023
Revenge and tragedy strike onstage with Verdi's Rigoletto. Dark and brooding, this opera classic brings dramatic storytelling front and center at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre....
ArtsEmerson Presents COINTELSHOW: A PATRIOT ACT, L.M. Bogad's Biting Political Satire
by A.A. Cristi - February 17, 2023
ArtsEmerson, Boston's leading presenter of contemporary world theater and film and the professional presenting and producing organization of Emerson College, announced that Cointelshow: A Patriot Act will be available as a live virtual experience from March 8 – 12....
Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of APPROPRIATE
by Blair Ingenthron - February 04, 2023
The centerpiece of SCR's 2022-23 season, 'Voices of America,' runs through Feb. 26 on the Segerstrom Stage. It encompasses two plays: Lillian Helman's The Little Foxes and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate. Each play will take the stage four times a week, alternating performances. Check out the ph...
Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
by Blair Ingenthron - February 04, 2023
The centerpiece of SCR's 2022-23 season, 'Voices of America,' runs through Feb. 26 on the Segerstrom Stage. It encompasses two plays: Lillian Helman's The Little Foxes and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate. Each play will take the stage four times a week, alternating performances. Check out photos...
New Jersey Repertory Company Presents THE SHOT in April
by Stephi Wild - January 26, 2023
New Jersey Repertory Company “NJRep,” located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch, will present Robin Gerber's new play THE SHOT, April 6 – 23, 2023 in its Studio Theatre. THE SHOT will star Emmy nominee and Broadway alum Sharon Lawrence (Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof)....
Tim Crouch's TRUTH'S A DOG MUST TO KENNEL Comes to Battersea Arts Centre
by Stephi Wild - January 25, 2023
Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel is a daringly unaccommodated piece of theatre that switches between scathingly funny stand-up and an audacious act of collective imagining. It is an adult take on the atomised world we live in now. King Lear meets stand-up meets the metaverse....
South Coast Repertory Presents VOICES OF AMERICA This Month
by Stephi Wild - January 03, 2023
The centerpiece of SCR's 2022-23 season, 'Voices of America,' runs Jan. 28-Feb. 26 on the Segerstrom Stage. It encompasses both plays. Each play will take the stage four times a week, alternating performances. On Saturdays and Sundays, both plays will run-one in the afternoon, the other in the eveni...
South Coast Repertory Presents The Theatrical Event Of The Season: VOICES OF AMERICA
by A.A. Cristi - December 20, 2022
South Coast Repertory Artistic Director David Ivers described “Voices of America” as “an experience nobody's ever had before.” Managing Director Paula Tomei called it “adventurous theatre.” And the rotating repertory of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes and Appropriate by Branden Jacobs...
TRUTH'S A DOG MUST TO KENNEL To Run At SoHo Playhouse December 28 - January 7
by A.A. Cristi - December 19, 2022
Following an Award winning engagement at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotsman Fringe First Award Winner, 2022), Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel, written and performed by Tim Crouch, will play SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) as part of the Fringe Encore Series. ...
US Premiere of TRUTH'S A DOG MUST TO KENNEL to Open at SoHo Playhouse This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 08, 2022
Following an Award winning engagement at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Truth’s A Dog Must to Kennel, written and performed by Tim Crouch, will play SoHo Playhouse as part of the Fringe Encore Series....
Ensemble Theatre Presents A BROADCAST COUP Next Month
by Stephi Wild - December 08, 2022
Ensemble Theatre will stage the long-awaited world premiere of writer and broadcaster, Melanie Tait’s (The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race) thought-provoking, sharp comedy, A BROADCAST COUP, from 26th January to 4th March 2023....
Review: THE GOLDEN RAGE, Oran Mor, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - October 17, 2022
Gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons had a readership of 75 million during the Golden Age of Hollywood. They wielded power over the careers of Grace Kelly, Orson Welles, and Charlie Chaplin. Though they could create stars, they were never afraid to break them…...
THE LISTENERS is Now Playing at Den Norske Opera
by Stephi Wild - October 05, 2022
People around the world hear a low-pitched and unexplainable sound. When they band together, they are dismissed as crazy. Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek's brand new opera is a thriller about social rejection, the abuse of power and echo chambers. Based on an original story by Jordan Tannahill and in...
Public Art in Downtown Brooklyn Memorializes Victims of Police Brutality
by Stephi Wild - October 04, 2022
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) and Dumbo Improvement District (Dumbo) today announced that Witnessing (2022), a new public art installation created by artist Bradley McCallum and presented by Conjunction Arts, the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA), and the Burchfield Penney...
Teatro Círculo to Present FUENTE OVEJUNA At Chain Theatre During Hispanic Heritage Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 27, 2022
Fuente Ovejuna, a Spanish Golden Age Theater classic known for its stirring depiction and critique of the abuse of power, will be presented from October 7th to the 23rd in a Teatro Circulo's production at the Chain Theatre, directed by Award-winning Spanish director Mariano de Paco Serrano....
Teatro Círculo Brings FUENTE OVEJUNA At Chain Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2022
Teatro Círculo, one of the main bilingual Latino theatre companies in New York City, has announced its 2022-2023 season, to take place at the Chain Theatre (312 W 36th St, 3rd floor) in Manhattan while the company's East Village homebase façade is being renovated to better accommodate its growing ...
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