HEART OF DARKNESS By Joseph Conrad Will Tour the UK
by Stephi Wild - August 29, 2018 imitating the dog, one of the UK's most original and innovative performance theatre companies are set to bring their unique theatrical vision to the stage this autumn when they premiere a bold retelling of Joseph Conrad's extraordinarily influential and timely novel - Heart of Darkness....
Alley Theatre to Stage North American Premiere of THE RIDICULOUS DARKNESS
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2017 Alley Theatre, in partnership with Neworld Theatre, will present the large-scale stage adaptation and North American premiere of The Ridiculous Darkness from Saturday, November 11 to Sunday, November 19 at the ANNEX....
It's Loverly! Meet the Cast of MY FAIR LADY- Now in Previews!
by Julie Musbach - March 15, 2018 Lincoln Center Theater's upcoming production of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady is officially in previews! Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances!...
40th Anniversary BAY AREA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL to be presented 7/13 – 23
by A.A. Cristi - May 08, 2017 Playwrights Foundation, one of the West Coast's premiere launchpads for exceptional emerging playwrights, is thrilled to announce the lineup for the 40th Anniversary Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), featuring playwrights Hilary Bettis, Clarence Coo, Bennett Fisher, Lauren Gunderson, Nilan Johns...
BWW Review: THE WEDDING SINGER at Acting Against Cancer
by Keith Waits - August 15, 2017 I am not the biggest fan of Adam Sandler, or at least the movies he manufactures for himself and his buddies, but I have always liked The Wedding Singer, one of his first, most endearing films. The story of Robbie Hart (Remy Sisk), a cheesy but sincere front man for a wedding band in the late 1980's...
Full Cast Announced for Lyric Hammersmith's Christmas Panto JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2017 The Lyric Hammersmith announces the full casting for its Christmas panto, Jack and the Beanstalk, co-directed by Artistic Director, Sean Holmes and Jude Christian, an Artistic Associate of the Lyric....
Photo Flash: Cavalry Theatre presents The World Première of SOMEWHERE A GUNNER FIRES
by A.A. Cristi - February 01, 2018 Cavalry Theatre's today announce full casting for the world premiere of Tom Stuchfield's play Somewhere a Gunner Fires. The play marks the 100th anniversary of the ceasefire of the First World War in 1918 and is set in its final months. Tom Stuchfield directs Chris Born (Volker) Guy Clark (Dixon), O...
BWW Previews: GREAT AMERICAN READ Series Premiere TONIGHT On PBS!
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - May 22, 2018 PBS recently unveiled a list of America's 100 best-loved novels, chosen in support of THE GREAT AMERICAN READ, a new PBS series and multi-platform initiative that celebrates the joy of reading and the books we love. THE GREAT AMERICAN READ, hosted by television personality and journalist Meredith Vi...
Zayas, Calderon And Deblinger Star In DIVINE HORSEMEN Beginning January 10
by Stephi Wild - December 05, 2017 Primitive Grace Theater Ensemble will present the World Premiere of DIVINE HORSEMEN written and directed by Obie Award winner and SAG Award nominee Paul Calderon (The Bad Lieutenant, Boardwalk Empire). Co-starring David Zayas (Dexter) and David Deblinger (Lucky Penny), previews begin January 10th at...
Rose Theatre Kingston Announces 2018 Christmas Show HANSEL & GRETEL
by Stephi Wild - March 27, 2018 Rose Theatre Kingston today announces its 2018 Christmas show, a festive new version with original music of the Brothers' Grimm classic Hansel & Gretel written by Ciaran McConville, who returns to the theatre following last year's successful adaptation of Alice in Winterland. Rosie Jones will direct...
Fantastic Fest's Second Wave Lineup Features the Premiere of Jamie Lee Curtis' HALLOWEEN
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 22, 2018 Blasting off the festival in its 14th year will be the U.S. Premiere of David Gordon Green's razor-sharp new contribution to the HALLOWEEN canon with legendary actor Jamie Lee Curtis—along with HALLOWEEN producers Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block in attendance! Curtis returns to her iconic rol...
59E59 Theaters Announces 2017 East to Edinburgh Festival Lineup
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2017 59E59 Theaters announces the 2017 line up for the annual EAST TO EDINBURGH festival. EAST TO EDINBURGH begins on Tuesday, July 11 for a limited engagement through Sunday, July 30....
59E59 Theaters Announces 2017 East to Edinburgh Festival Lineup
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2017 59E59 Theaters announces the 2017 line up for the annual EAST TO EDINBURGH festival. EAST TO EDINBURGH begins today, July 11 for a limited engagement through Sunday, July 30....
Son of Semele Ensemble Wraps Up Season with RIDICULOUS DARKNESS
by Julie Musbach - September 23, 2017 Award-winning Son of Semele Ensemble announces the final production of its 2017 season, The Ridiculous Darkness, adapted from a radio play by Wolfram Lotz. The U.S. premiere of this internationally acclaimed satire will be presented at the Son of Semele Theater, 3301 Beverly Boulevard, from October ...
Premieres of Two Operas and Broadcast of Peter Rosen Documentary Announced, 10/19-21
by A.A. Cristi - September 07, 2017 The New York premieres and world premiere production of Gordon Getty's "Scare Pair," a double-bill by the San Francisco-based composer, pairs his two one act-operas -- Usher House and The Canterville Ghost -- together for the first time on October 19 and 21 (7:30pm) at The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Play...
Resident Ensemble of Professional Opera Singers Selected for AOP Training Program
by A.A. Cristi - July 12, 2017 AOP (American Opera Projects) announces the six singers who will become its Resident Ensemble for the upcoming ninth season of its Composers & the Voice training program. Comprised of one each of the basic operatic/vocal categories, the singers for the 2017-18 season will be Coloratura Soprano Tooka...
Jermyn Street To Stage Revival of A.A. Milne's THE DOVER ROAD
by Marianka Swain - August 10, 2016 In the 60th anniversary year of A.A Milne's death and the 90th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh's publication, Close Quarter Productions, in association with Jermyn Street Theatre, today announces a new production of Milne's play THE DOVER ROAD. Nichola McAuliffe directs Stefan Berdnarczyk, Tom Durant...
America Opera Projects to Present COMPOSERS & THE VOICE: SIX SCENES, 9/30
by Christina Mancuso - August 17, 2016 This fall, contemporary opera producer AMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS (AOP) will present COMPOSERS & THE VOICE: SIX SCENES 2016, a concert of opera scenes from ten artists emerging in the world of contemporary opera. Audiences will get a first look at six wildly different new works that range from imaginin...
Composer/Librettist Fellowships Awarded for Two-Year Opera Training
by A.A. Cristi - July 20, 2017 AOP (American Opera Projects) and Composers & the Voice Artistic Director Steven Osgood have selected six composers and three librettists to receive fellowships for its upcoming ninth season of Composers & the Voice. The 2017-2019 season will train, and present new works from, composers Matthew Brow...
Allan Corduner To Teach A Master Class For United Solo
by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2018 United Solo Offers a New Master Class With Internationally Acclaimed Actor Allan Corduner, Currently Starring in "My Fair Lady" on Broadway This class with Allan Corduner, taking place on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 5:30pm, will provide an opportunity to explore voice technique for stage, screen, and ...
Premieres of Two Operas and Broadcast of Peter Rosen Documentary, 10/19-21
by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2017 The New York premieres and world premiere production of Gordon Getty's "Scare Pair," a double-bill by the San Francisco-based composer, pairs his two one act-operas -- Usher House and The Canterville Ghost -- together for the first time on October 19 and 21 (7:30pm) at The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Play...
Donmar Warehouse Announces Full Casting For MEASURE FOR MEASURE
by Stephi Wild - July 27, 2018 The Donmar announces full casting for Artistic Director Josie Rourke's production of Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare. Joining the previously announced Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden are Ben Allen, Matt Bardock, Nicholas Burns, Jackie Clune, Rachel Denning, Molly Harris, Adam McNamara, Raad...
Nat Towsen's Downtown Variety Hour to Return to UCB Theatre East Village
by Stephi Wild - November 30, 2017 Nat Towsen's Downtown Variety Hour is back at UCB Theatre East Village on Monday, December 4 at 7:30 PM with a holiday comedy lineup! Host Nat Towsen (VICE, Nickelodeon) combines the disappearing, eclectic lower Manhattan culture in which he grew up (around the corner from the theatre, in fact) wit...
BWW Review: KING LEAR at University Of Louisville - Budding Among The Ruins
by Keith Waits - November 14, 2016 As a character, King Lear is the great aging lion, one of what Charlton Heston called the 'man killers' of Shakespeare, and a play that examines the hubris and arrogance in power held too long. In an unusual collaboration, Commonwealth Theatre Center (CTC) and University of Louisville Theatre Arts...
Tom Epperson to Release New Novel
by Christina Mancuso - March 20, 2017 Meerkat Press is excited to announce the acquisition of worldwide English rights to Tom Epperson's new novel, Roberto to the Dark Tower Came, from Matt Bialer at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, for publication in May 2018. The novel is about a young left-wing South American journalist who receive... |