O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN: WHITMAN'S LINCOLN Premieres at Walnut's Independance Studio 1/20
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2009 The Walnut Street Theatre's 2008-2009 Independence Studio on 3 season continues with O Captain, My Captain: Whitman's Lincoln, the story of two great men with one grand vision for America. Directed by Barrymore Award winner Bruce Lumpkin and featuring Bill Van Horn as Walt Whitman, O Captain, My Cap...
Central Works Presents BLASTOSPHERE!, A New Comedy By Aaron Loeb & Geetha Reddy, 10/24 - 11/22
by Reynard Loki - September 23, 2009 Central Works presents Blastosphere!, a new comedy about the biological imperative written by Aaron Loeb and Geetha Reddy and directed by Molly Aaronson-Gelb. The show runs from October 24 ? November 22. It is a Central Works Method Play developed in collaboration with Molly Aaronson-Gelb, Gary Grav...
Pied Piper Presents CHASING GEORGE WASHINGTON 1/24
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2010 Village Theatre Pied Piper presents the Chasing George Washington: A White House Adventure, co-produced and co-commissioned by the Kennedy Center and the White House Historical Association on Sunday, January 24 at 2:00 PM...
Photo Preview: ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BIG GAY DANCE PARTY
by Gabrielle Sierra - October 28, 2009 Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Aaron Loeb's Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party, October 29 - November 8 in the Studio Theatre on the Storrs campus. For tickets and information, call 860-486-4226 or visit www.crt.uconn.edu....
Theatre Jacksonville Presents OUR LEADING LADY, 3/5-3/20
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2010 Theatre Jacksonville presents OUR LEADING LADY by Charles Busch, directed by Michael Lipp. The show will run from March 5 to 20, 2010....
Ford's Theatre Society Hosts Invitation-Only Museum Unveiling & Buffet 7/14
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 26, 2009 Ford's Theatre Society will host a museum unveiling on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at Ford's Theatre (511 10th Street NW). The invitation-only evening will include an exclusive premiere of the reimagined Ford's Theatre Museum and a cocktail buffet on the historic stage from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The Ford's ...
Dr. Jonathan Earle Comes To Carnegie Arts Center 10/24, Discusses John Brown's Raid On Harper's Ferry
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2009 Dr. Jonathan Earle will be at the Carnegie Arts Center on Saturday, October 24, at 4:00 pm to speak about John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and the raid's role in the election of Abraham Lincoln....
Ford's Theatre Announces History on Foot Tours for Fall 2009
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 24, 2009 Ford's Theatre Society announced the fall 2009 schedule for its popular History on Foot walking tours, which are guided by actors playing characters from Civil War Washington. The tours begin outside of the historic Ford's Theatre and continue through downtown Washington, D.C. In May 2009, the Ford'...
Ford's Theatre Society Hosts 2 Open Houses 2/12 And 2/16
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2009 The National Park Service and Ford's Theatre Society will host two open houses in the newly renovated Ford's Theatre (511 10th Street NW) on February 12, 2009, and February 16, 2009. The theatre will be open to the general public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free tickets will be available at the Ford's The...
Theatre Jacksonville Presents OUR LEADING LADY, 3/5-3/20
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2010 Theatre Jacksonville presents OUR LEADING LADY by Charles Busch, directed by Michael Lipp. The show will run from March 5 to 20, 2010....
O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN: WHITMAN'S LINCOLN Premieres at Walnut's Independance Studio 1/20
by Reynard Loki - December 23, 2008 The Walnut Street Theatre's 2008-2009 Independence Studio on 3 season continues with O Captain, My Captain: Whitman's Lincoln, the story of two great men with one grand vision for America. Directed by Barrymore Award winner Bruce Lumpkin and featuring Bill Van Horn as Walt Whitman, O Captain, My Cap...
Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company to Play Joyce Theater, 11/10 - 11/14
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2009 The Joyce Theater will present the Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company for a one-week engagement from November 10 - 14. Appearing on The Joyce stage for the first time since 1996, the company will present the New York premiere of the critically acclaimed Serenade / The Proposition, one of three...
Ravinia's Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration Features World Premiere Of Dance-Theater Work By Choreographer Bill T. Jones
by Charlie Piane - August 28, 2009 Three-years in the making, Ravinia Festival's Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial celebration culminates with the world premiere of the much-anticipated Ravinia-commissioned full-evening dance theater work by choreographer Bill T. Jones, Fondly Do We Hope . . . Fervently Do We Pray, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, ...
The Ford's Theatre Museum Set To Reopen To The Public On 7/15
by BWW News Desk - July 15, 2009 Ford's Theatre Society and the National Park Service announced that the Ford's Theatre Museum will reopen to the public on July 15, 2009. Located below the newly restored Ford?s Theatre (511 10th Street NW), the Museum uses 21st-century technology to transport visitors to 19th-century Washington. Th...
Carnegie Arts Center Hosts Special Lincoln Exhibition Thru October
by Aimee Savoth - October 13, 2009 The Carnegie Arts Center in Leavenworth, Kansas, is hosting a Lincoln exhibition in the Stacks Gallery for the month of October, with the next event being a lecture by Dr. Jonathan Earle with the University of Kansas that will take place on October 24, at 4:00 pm....
Butcher Block Productions Announces Casting Call for THE AMERICA PLAY, 2/8
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2010 Butcher Block Productions is proud to announce auditions for 'The America Play' by Suzan-Lori Parks. Auditions will be held Monday, February 8, 2010....
East Lynne Theater Company Presents PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND THE SAWYERS OF CAPE MAY
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 29, 2009 East Lynne Theater Company's 'President Lincoln and the Sawyers of Cape May' was selected as one of twenty-eight events in the state to be part of New Jersey Council for the Humanities' (NJCH) 'Lincoln's Legacy' series, created to honor the two hundredth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth and Na...
Ford's Theater Announces Grand Reopening For February 2009
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2009 Wayne R. Reynolds, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Ford's Theatre Society, Paul R. Tetreault, Director of Ford's Theatre Society, and Kym Elder, Superintendent of Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, announced today that Ford's Theatre will reopen in February 2009 after an 18-month renovatio...
Central Works Presents BLASTOSPHERE!, A New Comedy By Aaron Loeb & Geetha Reddy, 10/24 - 11/22
by BWW News Desk - November 22, 2009 Central Works presents Blastosphere!, a new comedy about the biological imperative written by Aaron Loeb and Geetha Reddy and directed by Molly Aaronson-Gelb. The show runs from October 24 ? November 22. It is a Central Works Method Play developed in collaboration with Molly Aaronson-Gelb, Gary Grav...
Ford's Theatre Society Announces Their October Programming Including ONE DESTINY And More
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 29, 2009 The Ford's Theatre Society announced that the daytime programming schedule for October 2009 will include performances of the one-act play 'One Destiny' by Richard Hellesen. 'One Destiny' was commissioned by the Ford's Theatre Society to bring the drama and emotion of the American Civil War to life t...
Fords Theatre Presents THE RIVALRY 1/22-2/14/2010
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2010 The Ford's Theatre 2009-2010 season continues with 'The Rivalry' by Norman Corwin, January 22 to February 14, 2010....
Irih Rep Theatre Extends Corwin's THE RIVALRY Through 7/19
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2009 The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) has announced that it will extend Norman Corwin's THE RIVALRY, which brings to life the great Lincoln/Douglas debates of 1858 and the private drama behind the scenes - until July 19, 2009. Vincent Dowling directs....
Ford's Theater Society Commemorates Lincoln's Assassination 4/14
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 10, 2009 The National Park Service and Ford's Theatre Society will commemorate the assassination date of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 2009, with a 9:00 a.m. wreath-laying and special programming throughout the day, including a discussion and book-signing with Anthony Pitch, (author of 'They Have Killed Papa ...
Ford's Theatre Society Hosts 2 Open Houses 2/12 And 2/16
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2009 The National Park Service and Ford's Theatre Society will host two open houses in the newly renovated Ford's Theatre (511 10th Street NW) on February 12, 2009, and February 16, 2009. The theatre will be open to the general public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free tickets will be available at the Ford's The...
Due to Forecasted Snow, Ford's Offers Tix Exchanges for Weekend Shows of THE RIVALRY
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2010 In anticipation of the forecasted snow, the Ford's Theatre Society offers patrons the option to exchange previously purchased tickets to this weekend's performances of The Rivalry (February 5, at 7:30 p.m.; February 6, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and February 7, at 2:30 p.m.) for performances later ... |