Review: The Ever-Elusive SHERLOCK HOLMES at Portland Stage
For its second offering of the season Portland Stage regales its audience with Steven Dietz’s adaptation of William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original play, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure. The play, a re-imagined period piece, offers a low-key, witty take on the familiar characters and material with enough twists and turns to satisfy Conan Doyle fans.
DAVID LOUD: FACING THE MUSIC Comes to 92Y as Part of Lyrics & Lyricists
Lyrics and Lyricists 50th anniversary season opens with David Loud: Facing the Music on March 19, 20 and 21, celebrating the career of the renowned Broadway music director. Filled with astonishing stories, collected during his 34 years of working on Broadway, his perspective on musical theater, which includes both the view from the orchestra pit and from the stage, is wry, compassionate, and funny.
Alabama Shakespeare Festival to Present MACBETH
Benjamin Bonenfant joins ASF as the ambitious Macbeth, who commits regicide and usurps the throne of Scotland after three witches lead him to believe he is invincible. As with many of The Bard's stories, bloody battles and tragedy ensue.
A New Reading Series Begins On Monday Night At MTC
Music Theatre of Connecticut award-winning theatre company begins a brand new reading series entitled, New Voices. Featuring five new plays by contemporary playwrights, this series will begin on October 11th at 7pm with the play i by Jeff Talbott. All following plays will also occur on select Monday nights at 7pm.
BWW Review: SONGWRITER TRIBUTES Glow Affectionately at 92nd Street Y
Two prolific writers who put the a?oeGreata?? in a?oeThe Great American Songbooka?? were celebrated and explored in the same week at Manhattan's 92nd Street Y. In different presentations, there were embraces of the legacies of lyricist E.Y. (a?oeYipa??) Harburg and composer/lyricist Cole Porter.
Complete Casting Announced For Bespoke Plays MEET CUTE
BESPOKE PLAYS - a new play reading series - announces LAURA DARRELL (DIETLAND, Frozen) will lead the first New York public readings of MEET CUTE by CHRISTINE BOYLAN (THE PUNISHER, CLOAK AND DAGGER), on November 3rd and 4th at 7pm at Manhattan Theatre Club Studios. Reservations for these industry presentations may be made by emailing BespokePlays@gmail.com.
BWW Review: Deconstructing a Marriage in Song: Portland Stage Presents THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Jason Robert Brown's THE LAST FIVE YEARS is a touching, edgy, through-composed gem of a work which handles the huge subject of a failed marriage and all its psychological fallout in minimalist terms. The two-character, completely sung book uses a lovely string trio to underscore the introspective monologues of the husband and wife, as they travel in non-linear time through the memories of their marriage.
Portland Stage Presents THE LAST FIVE YEARS By Jason Robert Brown
Portland Stage presents The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown April 30 through May 19. This hit musical by Tony Award-winning lyricist Jason Robert Brown deconstructs a love affair and marriage between an aspiring novelist and a struggling actress over five years. Told almost entirely through song, this piece moves backward and forward through time weaving the beginning and end of a love affair.
July's AT THIS PERFORMANCE... To Include Understudies from DEAR EVAN HANSEN, SUMMER, CAROUSEL And More!
Stephen DeAngelis continues his ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates with its next edition of AT THIS PERFORMANCE… to be held on Monday, July 16th at The Green Room 42, Green Fig, Fourth Floor, Yotel NYC, 570 Tenth Avenue (at 42nd Street), New York, NY 10036 at 7 PM.
A Summertime Soiree Heads to The Green Room 42
Eric Michael Sweeney and Matthew A. Stephens present Songs and Stories: A Summertime Soiree, an intimate summer evening of storytelling and music making by five rising stars of Broadway. Singers share stories from their lives and the songs which have inspired them along the way. Whether it is a song from the first Broadway show they saw, a song from their childhood, or a song from their dream role, this outstanding cast weaves together their personal histories with the soundtracks of their lives. Songs and Stories: A Summertime Soiree allows audiences a sneak peek behind the curtain and into the real lives of Broadway's rising stars!