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Interview: Alex Lyras, Writer & Director of Aristotle/Alexander at the Getty Villa Th Photo Interview: Alex Lyras, Writer & Director of Aristotle/Alexander at the Getty Villa Theater Lab
by Shari Barrett - April 03, 2024

For over a decade, The Getty has hosted its Villa Theater Lab series, an exciting forum for reinterpreting classical theater. These workshops feature new translations of Greek and Roman plays and contemporary works inspired by ancient literature. Their latest offering, Aristotle/Alexander, explores ...
Apollo's Fire Brings Monteverdi's L'Orfeo To Ann Arbor, Berkeley And Sonoma In April Photo Apollo's Fire Brings Monteverdi's L'Orfeo To Ann Arbor, Berkeley And Sonoma In April 2018
by A.A. Cristi - April 02, 2018

After a critically acclaimed East Coast Tour last month which included a Carnegie Hall debut on March 22, Apollo's Fire launches a new production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (Orpheus in the Underworld) starting on April 13 in Cleveland. Conducted by founding artistic director Jeannette Sorrell and direc...
Undermain Theatre Announces Its 40th Season Photo Undermain Theatre Announces Its 40th Season
by A.A. Cristi - April 06, 2023

Celebrating 40 years of light underground with a landmark anniversary season, Undermain Theatre will present its 40th season of cutting edge performance in September. Our season, from the fall of 2023 to the summer of 2024, will be a season of unlimited boundaries and will find us working both with ...
Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center For The Performing Arts Announces 2018/19 Season Photo Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center For The Performing Arts Announces 2018/19 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 01, 2018

Continuing the momentum created with the current season launch of its Music Knows No Borders series, Executive Director Thor Steingraber unveils the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts' 2018-19 Season, which features four world premieres, two American premieres, several of the ...
Odyssey Opera Ends Season With LA BELLE HELENE Photo Odyssey Opera Ends Season With LA BELLE HELENE
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2019

One of the nation's most adventurous opera companies, Odyssey Opera, presents the fully staged production of La belle Hélène (The Beautiful Helen) by Jacques Offenbach with libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. This final performance of Odyssey Opera's sixth season is the last of three works...
Hidden Realms Presents ASCEND At The Hollywood Fringe Festival Photo Hidden Realms Presents ASCEND At The Hollywood Fringe Festival
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2019

This June, Hidden Realms, a new immersive experience company based in Los Angeles, presents Ascend: When Myths Fall, Heroes Rise at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Ascend is a fully immersive and interactive experience that aims to make the audience the heroes of their own story....
BWW Review: THE TROJAN WAR at Prague Shakespeare Company Photo BWW Review: THE TROJAN WAR at Prague Shakespeare Company
by Robert Sennett - May 01, 2018

The Trojan War: Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, Modern English verse translation by Lillian Groag; The Trojan Women by Euripides, new English translation by Guy Roberts and Rebecca Greene Udden. Directed by Guy Roberts and Rebecca Green Udden....
Check Out How Smithsonian Channel Is Celebrating Women's History Month With New Premi Photo Check Out How Smithsonian Channel Is Celebrating Women's History Month With New Premieres
by Tori Hartshorn - February 09, 2018

Check Out How Smithsonian Channel Is Celebrating Women's History Month With New Premieres...
Sunday Morning Michael Dale: Getting Scatological at POTUS and Unique Looks at Histor Photo Sunday Morning Michael Dale: Getting Scatological at POTUS and Unique Looks at History in H*tler's Tasters and The Trojan Women: A Native American Adaptation
by Michael Dale - May 08, 2022

This week I saw a Broadway farce, an Off-Broadway history play and an Off-Off Broadway adaptation all written and directed by women....
Ars Lyrica Returns Home To The Hobby Center Photo Ars Lyrica Returns Home To The Hobby Center
by A.A. Cristi - August 10, 2021

Featuring contrasting interpretations of the Herculean myth by both Bach and Handel, the concert marks the homecoming for the ensemble to the Hobby Center on Friday, September 24, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. Headlining the program is a pantheon of remarkable singers including countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen...
Cleveland Play House Announces 2018 2019 Season Photo Cleveland Play House Announces 2018 2019 Season
by Stephi Wild - March 10, 2018

Cleveland Play House (CPH) Artistic Director Laura Kepley announced the 2018-2019 Season today to a standing-room-only gathering in the Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square. "This season will inspire and invigorate our loyal patron base and introduce new audiences to what CPH does best -- tell stories ...
Traveling Players Stage World Premiere Production of HERACLES! Featuring Local DC Kid Photo Traveling Players Stage World Premiere Production of HERACLES! Featuring Local DC Kids
by Marissa Tomeo - May 14, 2022

Parents of young aspiring thespians know that a really good children’s play – especially one written to be performed by young actors – is rare.  Most of the plays written for children to perform are aimed at much younger audiences than the actors performing them, with language and stories that hit b...
BWW Previews: Cover and Summary Reveal: Rick Riordan Presents: ARU SHAH AND THE END O Photo BWW Previews: Cover and Summary Reveal: Rick Riordan Presents: ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME by Roshani Chokshi
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - October 05, 2017

Earlier this year, Disney Hyperion announced a new line of middle-grade mythology novels entitled Rick Riordan Presents, to debut in 2018. Today, BroadwayWorld has a full synopsis for the first book in the imprint, ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME, as well as a cover reveal!...
Sunday Morning Michael Dale: Getting Scatological at POTUS and Unique Looks at Histor Photo Sunday Morning Michael Dale: Getting Scatological at POTUS and Unique Looks at History in H*tler's Tasters and The Trojan Women: A Native American Adaptation
by Michael Dale - May 08, 2022

This week I saw a Broadway farce, an Off-Broadway history play and an Off-Off Broadway adaptation all written and directed by women....
NY Philharmonic Presents THE ART OF ANDRIESSEN This October Photo NY Philharmonic Presents THE ART OF ANDRIESSEN This October
by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2018

The New York Philharmonic will present The Art of Andriessen, October 4-14, 2018, celebrating Music Director Jaap van Zweden's Dutch compatriot Louis Andriessen, the third recipient of The Marie-Josee Kravis Prize for New Music at the New York Philharmonic. ...
Ars Lyrica Returns Home To The Hobby Center Photo Ars Lyrica Returns Home To The Hobby Center
by A.A. Cristi - August 10, 2021

Featuring contrasting interpretations of the Herculean myth by both Bach and Handel, the concert marks the homecoming for the ensemble to the Hobby Center on Friday, September 24, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. Headlining the program is a pantheon of remarkable singers including countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen...
BWW Review: Public Works' Adaptation of Disney's HERCULES Celebrates New Yorkers Via Photo BWW Review: Public Works' Adaptation of Disney's HERCULES Celebrates New Yorkers Via Greek Mythology
by Michael Dale - September 03, 2019

While the name Walt Disney will certainly be familiar to all those arriving at the Delacorte for Public Works' stage adaptation of the 1997 animated musical feature Hercules, hopefully a good deal of them will leave Central Park remembering the name Lear deBessonet....
The HISTORY Channel Launches HISTORY Travel Program Photo The HISTORY Channel Launches HISTORY Travel Program
by Michael Major - May 12, 2022

With a robust domestic and international slate, HISTORY Travel’s first trip kicks off in colorful jazz epicenter New Orleans in November 2022, followed by Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in December.  Additional destinations include England, Greece, Italy, France, Gettysburg & Antietam and Yellowstone National...
NY Philharmonic Presents THE ART OF ANDRIESSEN This October Photo NY Philharmonic Presents THE ART OF ANDRIESSEN This October
by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2018

The New York Philharmonic will present The Art of Andriessen, October 4-14, 2018, celebrating Music Director Jaap van Zweden's Dutch compatriot Louis Andriessen, the third recipient of The Marie-Josee Kravis Prize for New Music at the New York Philharmonic. ...
Guthrie Theater Presents SITI Company's Spellbinding Production Of THE BACCHAE Photo Guthrie Theater Presents SITI Company's Spellbinding Production Of THE BACCHAE
by A.A. Cristi - February 05, 2020

The Guthrie Theater (Joseph Haj, artistic director) today announced SITI Company's cast and creative team for the riveting ancient tale The Bacchae, written by Euripides, translated by Aaron Poochigian and directed by celebrated SITI Company co-founder Anne Bogart. The globally renowned acting compa...
STAR Students Of Perseverance Theatre To Perform Musical BLOODY BLACKBEARD and PERICL Photo STAR Students Of Perseverance Theatre To Perform Musical BLOODY BLACKBEARD and PERICLES
by Stephi Wild - July 09, 2019

Legendary heroes and villains conquer the seas and cross the galaxy in a pair of epic adventures performing July 19-21 at Perseverance Theatre, by the students of STAR: the swashbuckling new musical Bloody Blackbeard, written by Preston Lane with songs by Laurelyn Dossett, directed by Julie York Cop...
BWW Review: Public Works' Adaptation of Disney's HERCULES Celebrates New Yorkers Via Photo BWW Review: Public Works' Adaptation of Disney's HERCULES Celebrates New Yorkers Via Greek Mythology
by Michael Dale - September 03, 2019

While the name Walt Disney will certainly be familiar to all those arriving at the Delacorte for Public Works' stage adaptation of the 1997 animated musical feature Hercules, hopefully a good deal of them will leave Central Park remembering the name Lear deBessonet....
Travel Channel to Premiere LEGENDS OF THE LOST WITH MEGAN FOX Photo Travel Channel to Premiere LEGENDS OF THE LOST WITH MEGAN FOX
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 07, 2018

A self-described “seeker,” actress Megan Fox has an intrinsic thirst for knowledge and an insatiable curiosity for ancient mysteries and cultures. Now, she's taking an extraordinary journey across the globe to re-examine some of the world's most enduring legends and lore in Travel Channel's new seri...
Geoff Logan Announces the Release of 'Friedrichstrasse Central' Photo Geoff Logan Announces the Release of 'Friedrichstrasse Central'
by Robert Diamond - July 24, 2018

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THE POINT Comes to NYC For Climate Week 2018 Photo THE POINT Comes to NYC For Climate Week 2018
by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2018

Comics Uniting Nations, Greenpoint Innovations, Hypokrit Theatre Company, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and UNICEF are collaborating to present THE POINT: a Climate Week NYC (CWNYC) 2018 affiliate event - a series of artistic activations that will use a unique blend of the arts to inspire and inf...




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