Though Teresa Deevy was arguably the world's most famous female playwright in 1942, the year she completed her class-conscious romance Wife To James Whelan, the new management of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, which had already produced six of her plays, turned it down. The once-prolific career of the dr...
'I didn't do anything.'...
It would certainly be an interesting experience for modern playgoers to travel back in time and see how The Merchant of Venice was first received by Shakespeare's audiences. Those only familiar with the play's famous, 'Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affectio...
Welcome to DrekFest: Worstament 2010, Stage Left's annual, national search for America's worst ten-minute play. The first contest of its kind (as far as we know!), DrekFest is on a mission to expose bad writing for what it really is: damn funny. DrekFest is also on a mission to expose the new-play d...
Emily Post would be horrified at the goings-on at this dining table, but you'll find it hilarious and ask for a second helping...
Welcome to DrekFest: Worstament 2010, Stage Left's annual, national search for America's worst ten-minute play. The first contest of its kind (as far as we know!), DrekFest is on a mission to expose bad writing for what it really is: damn funny. DrekFest is also on a mission to expose the new-play d...
In David Harrower's BLACKBIRD, now at The Everyman Theatre in downtown Baltimore, we find a bit of 'Extremities,' some 'Doubt,' and, of all things, a love story....
BBC AMERICA's Ashes to Ashes, the critically acclaimed sequel to UK hit Life on Mars, continues by fast forwarding a year to 1982, where leg warmers are cool and fluorescent is the color of choice. While Thatcher is in her element at No. 10 Downing St, bullish Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt (Ph...
Today, we are continuing where we left off last week in our complete overview of Stephen Sondheim's career in honor of his 80th birthday, as well as the opening of his new musical SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM, by taking a listen to all the Sondheim-related soundtracks available on CD and MP3... ...
The Museum of Arts and Design will open its galleries five days early to give visitors a behind-the-scenes preview of Dead or Alive, an exhibition showcasing the work of more than 30 international artists who use organic and once-living materials-such as insects, feathers, shells, bones, silkworm co...
BBC AMERICA's Ashes to Ashes, the critically acclaimed sequel to UK hit Life on Mars, continues by fast forwarding a year to 1982, where leg warmers are cool and fluorescent is the color of choice. While Thatcher is in her element at No. 10 Downing St, bullish Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt (Ph...
The Museum of Arts and Design will open its galleries five days early to give visitors a behind-the-scenes preview of Dead or Alive, an exhibition showcasing the work of more than 30 international artists who use organic and once-living materials-such as insects, feathers, shells, bones, silkworm co...
The Guthrie Theater continues its exciting 2009-10 season with Kneehigh Theatre's groundbreaking production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, adapted for the stage by Kneehigh Artistic Director Emma Rice....
The Guthrie Theater continues its exciting 2009-10 season with Kneehigh Theatre's groundbreaking production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, adapted for the stage by Kneehigh Artistic Director Emma Rice....
Altar Boyz has been extended one more week at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. Show now closes October 18. (Ruthless will open there the following week.) ...
Directed by Tennessee Rep's singularly accomplished producing artistic director Rene Dunshee Copeland, this fine production is so much more than a mere revival of the company's 1989 production, although it once again stars Mary Jane Harvill in the role of M'Lynn. This staging is perhaps most newswor...
The Looking Glass Theatre proudly announces that it will present the world premiere of ASK SOMEONE ELSE, GOD, a surreal comedy about the prophet Jonah written by Kenneth Nowell and directed by Shari Johnson, as part of its exciting Fall 2009 lineup. Ask Someone Else, God is slated to open at The Loo...
A nonfiction author, columnist, television personality and former psychotherapist, Meri Wallace's past works include the full-length plays Yom Kippur and Secrets Women Share (both at the MITF.) Among her short plays are: At the Bank (Queens' Players); Saving Carmella and The Match (Where Eagles Dare...
A nonfiction author, columnist, television personality and former psychotherapist, Meri Wallace's past works include the full-length plays Yom Kippur and Secrets Women Share (both at the MITF.) Among her short plays are: At the Bank (Queens' Players); Saving Carmella and The Match (Where Eagles Dare...
The Looking Glass Theatre proudly announces that it will present the world premiere of ASK SOMEONE ELSE, GOD, a surreal comedy about the prophet Jonah written by Kenneth Nowell and directed by Shari Johnson, as part of its exciting Fall 2009 lineup. Ask Someone Else, God is slated to open at The Loo...
Wreckio Ensemble presents 'Rooftops', a fascinating new play by Karly Maurer, set in a dystopic future where debtors are forced into sexual slavery....
The Publick Theatre concludes the 38th season on a high note with three masterful performances articulately directed by Nora Hussey ...
REVIEW: George Bernard Shaw's 'controversial' play about a well-to-do madam and her unsuspecting daughter starts a month-long run at Rep Stage....
WHO: Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre at CCBC Essex WHAT: High Society WHEN: Through July 1. Fri and Sat at 8PM, Sun at 3PM HOW MUCH: $18 Adult; $16 Seniors and Alumni; $12 Children www.ccbcmd.edu/cockpit...
It seems that The Gamm got their money's worth when they made their first-ever commission of a play...
