SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT Begins Performances on Monday at Soho Playhouse
by Kelsey Denette - March 22, 2013 Southern Discomfort, the newest addition to the SoHo Playhouse's (15 Vandam Street, NYC) eclectic Off-Broadway lineup, will begin performances on Monday, March 25. Written in the Southern Gothic tradition of Flannery O'Connor and Carson McCullers, Elisabeth Gray's Southern Discomfort is a comedic ex...
OC-CENTRIC New Play Festival to Return, 8/17 - 26
by Caryn Robbins - June 29, 2012 OC-centric: Orange County's New Play Festival returns in August with a delicious feast of new work from Orange County playwrights....
Trustus Theatre Presents THIRD FINGER, LEFT HAND, Opens 9/14
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2011 'Third Finger, Left Hand,' a southern gothic one-act by playwright and Irmo native Randall David Cook, opens the 2011-12 Black Box Late Night Series at Trustus Theatre on September 14th, at 7:30pm....
Azuka Theatre Closes Season With THE TERRIBLE GIRLS 3/17-4/3
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2011 Azuka Theatre will conclude its 11th season with the World Premiere of Jacqueline Goldfinger's the terrible girls, running March 17-April 3 at The Latvian Society, 531 N. 7th Street. ...
STABILIZED NOT CONTROLLED Continues at Stage Left Studio Through May and June
by Kelsey Denette - May 03, 2012 A sold out crowd greeted the first performance of STABILIZED NOT CONTROLLED at Stage Left Studio, 214 W 30th Street, this past Sunday. Weekly shows continue Sundays at 5:00 pm through May and June....
SONGS OF VISCERA Cabaret Event Premieres at Stage Left Studio Tonight
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2012 Cabaret event SONGS OF VISCERA will premiere at Stage Left Studio, 214 W 30th Street, 7:30 pm. The one-night event is the brainchild of Emmy-nominated composer Garth Koren, Drama Desk-nominated character actor Frank Blocker, and the producer Cheryl King, and is (not unconsciously) scheduled for the ...
OC-CENTRIC New Play Festival Returns, Now thru 8/26
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2012 OC-centric: Orange County's New Play Festival returns this month, August 2012, with a delicious feast of new work from Orange County playwrights....
Boston Playwrights' Sets 2011/2012 Season, Begins With MORTAL TERROR
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 23, 2011 Boston Playwrights' Theatre continues its 30th Anniversary season by presenting, in collaboration with Suffolk University, Robert Brustein's Mortal Terror at the newly re-opened Modern Theatre at Suffolk University....
Pete Zias and Chris Farah Present FANCY! At Cavern Club Theater Tonight, 7/10 & 17
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2012 Two hilarious comedy shows, Fancy! A Southern Gothic Camp Parable and The Teddy Teddy Show premiere together at the Cavern Club Celebrity Theater for two performances only tonight, July 10th and July 17th at 8 p.m....
Stephen King, John Mellencamp et al. Talk New GHOST BROTHERS Musical
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2012 Atlanta's Alliance Theatre launches its world premiere of Stephen King and John Mellencamp's new blues and rock ghost musical tonight, April 11. The show plays now through May 13. King, Mellencamp, director Susan V. Booth and producer T Bone Burnett recently spoke at a press conference about the pro...
Playwright Beth Henley Set for Talkback After ABUNDANCE at Hartford Stage, 4/5
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2013 Join playwright Beth Henley and Hartford Stage Senior Dramaturg & Director of New Play Development Elizabeth Williamson as they discuss Henley's play, Abundance, immediately following the 8 p.m. performance on Friday, April 5. Henley will only be in Connecticut for this one performance....
South Camden Theatre Company Announces 2013-14 Season
by Kelsey Denette - March 11, 2013 The South Camden Theatre Company, a nonprofit professional theatre organization located in Camden, New Jersey announces its ninth season titled "Everything's Relative" featuring works written by Tennessee Williams, Sam Sheppard, Joseph M. Paprzycki and Albert Innaurato....
BWW Reviews: THE WHIPPING MAN - Why Is This Night Different?
by Jena Tesse Fox - March 29, 2011 Matthew Lopez's gripping new play is running at Manhattan Theater Club....
Stage Left Studio's STABILIZED NOT CONTROLLED Returns, Now thru 12/16
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2012 STABILIZED NOT CONTROLLED, Frank Blocker's very-New York, tour-de-force comedy will perform tonight, October 14, through December 16, 2012, at Stage Left Studio, 214 W 30th Street....
Monique Vukovic, Brenda Withers and More Set for Hartford Stage's ABUNDANCE, Opening Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2013 Hartford Stage presents Abundance by Beth Henley, directed by Jenn Thompson, on stage, now through April 28. Opening night is at 8 p.m. tonight, April 12....
SOUTHERN GOTHIC NOVEL Makes Los Angeles Premiere, 1/18-3/30
by Kelsey Denette - January 10, 2013 The Visceral Company will present the Los Angeles premiere of SOUTHERN GOTHIC NOVEL: The Aberdeen, Mississippi Sex-Slave Incident, a hilarious recounting of a series of awful events that beset a small southern town....
Bay Area Playwrights Festival Showcases Seven Vanguard Playwrights, 7/22-31
by Kelsey Denette - June 23, 2011 The Playwrights Foundation's 34th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), a festival celebrating the development of new work which is performed script in hand, is taking place July 22-31 at Thick House in San Francisco....
BWW Reviews: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Boiler Room Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - July 04, 2011 Directed with confidence by Corbin Green (who telegraphs his focused vision for the piece throughout the production) and acted with grace, style and alacrity by a superb ensemble of actors, Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, now onstage at Boiler Room Theatre, may well be the most satisfy...
Penobscot Theatre to Open THE SUGAR BEAN SISTERS, 1/30
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2013 The historic stage at the Bangor Opera House once again transforms - this time into a ramshackle Florida swamp dwelling for the Maine premiere production of The Sugar Bean Sisters....
Stage Left Studio Celebrates “Best of” in January with New '99 Club'
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 03, 2012 Stage Left Studio is a boutique theatre located just one block south of Penn Station. This month, owner/operator Cheryl King is celebrating this success by scheduling January 2012 as The Best of Stage Left Studio, offering special discounts, and welcoming new solo play Speak Up, Connie featuring A.C...
Pete Zias and Chris Farah Present FANCY! At Cavern Club Theater, 7/10 & 17
by Laura Meltzer - June 25, 2012 Two hilarious comedy shows, Fancy! A Southern Gothic Camp Parable and The Teddy Teddy Show premiere together at the Cavern Club Celebrity Theater for two performances only on July 10th and July 17th at 8 p.m....
FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY: 12-STEP WALK UP to Play at the Stage Left Studio 11/20
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2011 FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY: 12-STEP WALK UP, a New York City-based solo comedy play featuring 24 characters living through change in a changing world. Conceived and performed by Frank Blocker....
FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY Receives Second Extension At Stage Left
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 08, 2011 FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY: 12-step Walk Up, starring Drama Desk Award-nominee and celebrated monologist Frank Blocker, has received a second extension thanks to audience response and positive reviews from theatre professionals....
FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY: 12-STEP WALK UP to Play at the Stage Left Studio 11/20
by Sally Henry Fuller - November 18, 2011 FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY: 12-STEP WALK UP, a New York City-based solo comedy play featuring 24 characters living through change in a changing world. Conceived and performed by Frank Blocker....
Photo Flash: Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA's HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
by Kelsey Denette - April 12, 2011 House of the Rising Son - Tennessee Williams meets Anne Rice in a subversive, Southern Gothic romance. Populated with ghosts and parasites, Jacobson's play mixes the supernatural with science to illuminate hot button issues of gay marriage and equality in a whole new way. It's at once a ghost story,... |