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THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN Adds Two More Weeks at Governors Island (Jun 10, 2025)
THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN Extends For Two More Weeks on Governors Island (May 20, 2025)
THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN to Present 3-Week Extension Through End of May (Apr 30, 2025)
THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN Adds Two More Weeks at Governors Island (Jun 10, 2025)
THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN Extends For Two More Weeks on Governors Island (May 20, 2025)
THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN to Present 3-Week Extension Through End of May (Apr 30, 2025)
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THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN Adds Two More Weeks at Governors Island
by Stephi Wild - Jun 10, 2025
The Death of Rasputin will welcome potential followers into their world for an additional two weeks. Created by Artemis is Burning, The Death of Rasputin began performances at LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island in April.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 10, 2025
The Death of Rasputin will welcome potential followers into their world for an additional two weeks. Created by Artemis is Burning, The Death of Rasputin began performances at LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island in April.
THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN Extends For Two More Weeks on Governors Island
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 20, 2025
The Death of Rasputin will welcome potential followers into their world for an additional two weeks. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 20, 2025
The Death of Rasputin will welcome potential followers into their world for an additional two weeks. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets here!
THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN to Present 3-Week Extension Through End of May
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 30, 2025
The Death of Rasputin will welcome potential followers into their world for an additional three weeks. Learn more about the production running on Governors Island and see how to attend!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 30, 2025
The Death of Rasputin will welcome potential followers into their world for an additional three weeks. Learn more about the production running on Governors Island and see how to attend!
THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN at Governors Island Releases Second Block of Tickets
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 14, 2025
A second block of tickets are now available for The Death of Rasputin at LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island. Learn more about the production beginning performances in April and see how to attend.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 14, 2025
A second block of tickets are now available for The Death of Rasputin at LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island. Learn more about the production beginning performances in April and see how to attend.
BWW Feature: NIEUW SOORT THEATER ZET VOET OP NEDERLANDSE BODEM!
by Chantal Kunst - Apr 14, 2022
Vanavond gaat de theatervoorstelling Hotel Wonderland in première, de eerste grootschalige immersive theatervoorstelling van Nederland, ook wel 'onderdompeltheater' genoemd. Deze vorm van theater kent al succesvolle producties in New York (Sleep no More) en Londen en wordt gekenmerkt doordat er geen onderscheid is tussen zaal en podium. Bezoekers lopen rond door het decor en ontdekken zo de verschillende karakters en verhalen.
by Chantal Kunst - Apr 14, 2022
Vanavond gaat de theatervoorstelling Hotel Wonderland in première, de eerste grootschalige immersive theatervoorstelling van Nederland, ook wel 'onderdompeltheater' genoemd. Deze vorm van theater kent al succesvolle producties in New York (Sleep no More) en Londen en wordt gekenmerkt doordat er geen onderscheid is tussen zaal en podium. Bezoekers lopen rond door het decor en ontdekken zo de verschillende karakters en verhalen.
ASF Launches Virtual Shakespeare Monologue Series
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 8, 2020
With audiences and artists alike separated from live performing arts by the global COVID-19 pandemic, actors who have appeared on stage at Alabama Shakespeare Festival are sharing their favorite Shakespeare monologues online.
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 8, 2020
With audiences and artists alike separated from live performing arts by the global COVID-19 pandemic, actors who have appeared on stage at Alabama Shakespeare Festival are sharing their favorite Shakespeare monologues online.
Photo Flash: Check Out Photos From Peter Shaffer's AMADEUS at Folger Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 6, 2019
Genius and jealousy collide in Folger Theatre's production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Richard Clifford (Mary Stuart and The School for Scandal at Folger Theatre), directs the Tony Award-winning “Best Play” set against the backdrop of the opulent salons and opera houses of 18th-century Vienna, examining the rivalry between court composer Antonio Salieri and the boorish but brilliant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The production features Helen Hayes Award-winner Ian Merrill Peakes (Folger Theatre's Macbeth and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) as the tortured composer Salieri, who finds himself living in the shadow of his musical rival Mozart (Samuel Adams).
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 6, 2019
Genius and jealousy collide in Folger Theatre's production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Richard Clifford (Mary Stuart and The School for Scandal at Folger Theatre), directs the Tony Award-winning “Best Play” set against the backdrop of the opulent salons and opera houses of 18th-century Vienna, examining the rivalry between court composer Antonio Salieri and the boorish but brilliant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The production features Helen Hayes Award-winner Ian Merrill Peakes (Folger Theatre's Macbeth and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) as the tortured composer Salieri, who finds himself living in the shadow of his musical rival Mozart (Samuel Adams).
Theatre For Humanity Announces Inaugural Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 26, 2019
Theatre for Humanity, a new, non-union, not-for-profit NYC-based theatre company announces its inception and inaugural season. The season opens with a fall production (due to rights restrictions, the title cannot be included in this press release), followed by a winter staged reading of the world premier of The Far Horizon, a play by Alfred Litwak, and concluded by a spring production: a musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, adaptation by Louis Butelli, Chas LiBretto, Nathan Winkelstein and Robert Richmond.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 26, 2019
Theatre for Humanity, a new, non-union, not-for-profit NYC-based theatre company announces its inception and inaugural season. The season opens with a fall production (due to rights restrictions, the title cannot be included in this press release), followed by a winter staged reading of the world premier of The Far Horizon, a play by Alfred Litwak, and concluded by a spring production: a musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, adaptation by Louis Butelli, Chas LiBretto, Nathan Winkelstein and Robert Richmond.
AMADEUS Set for Run at the Folger
by Julie Musbach - Oct 8, 2019
Genius and jealousy collide in Folger Theatre's production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Richard Clifford (Mary Stuart and The School for Scandal at Folger Theatre), directs the Tony Award-winning a?oeBest Playa?? set against the backdrop of the opulent salons and opera houses of 18th-century Vienna, examining the rivalry between court composer Antonio Salieri and the boorish but brilliant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
by Julie Musbach - Oct 8, 2019
Genius and jealousy collide in Folger Theatre's production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Richard Clifford (Mary Stuart and The School for Scandal at Folger Theatre), directs the Tony Award-winning a?oeBest Playa?? set against the backdrop of the opulent salons and opera houses of 18th-century Vienna, examining the rivalry between court composer Antonio Salieri and the boorish but brilliant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Photo Flash: First Look at LEAR: THAT OLD MAN I USED TO KNOW at A.R.T/New York Theatres
by Stephi Wild - Sep 7, 2019
Lear: That Old Man I Used To Know, a new play based on Shakespeare's King Lear, is currently in performances at A.R.T/New York Theatres - Gural Theatre - 3rd Floor (502 W. 53rd Street, between 10th and 11th) for a limited engagement through September 22. The opening is Sunday, September 8. Lear: That Old Man I Used To Know is adapted and directed by Beth Ann Hopkins (Enemy; The Tempest) with musical direction and arrangements by Elliot Roth (Our Sinatra; resident composer- Jeff Davis Dance), and is produced by Smith Street Stage.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 7, 2019
Lear: That Old Man I Used To Know, a new play based on Shakespeare's King Lear, is currently in performances at A.R.T/New York Theatres - Gural Theatre - 3rd Floor (502 W. 53rd Street, between 10th and 11th) for a limited engagement through September 22. The opening is Sunday, September 8. Lear: That Old Man I Used To Know is adapted and directed by Beth Ann Hopkins (Enemy; The Tempest) with musical direction and arrangements by Elliot Roth (Our Sinatra; resident composer- Jeff Davis Dance), and is produced by Smith Street Stage.
LEAR: THAT OLD MAN I USED TO KNOW Will Play A.R.T/New York Theatres
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 7, 2019
Lear: That Old Man I Used To Know, a new play based on Shakespeare's King Lear, will play A.R.T/New York Theatres (502 W. 53rd Street, between 10th and 11th) beginning September 5 for a limited engagement through September 22, it was announced today.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 7, 2019
Lear: That Old Man I Used To Know, a new play based on Shakespeare's King Lear, will play A.R.T/New York Theatres (502 W. 53rd Street, between 10th and 11th) beginning September 5 for a limited engagement through September 22, it was announced today.
Smith Street Stage Brings New Adaptation of KING LEAR Off-Broadway
by Julie Musbach - Jul 26, 2019
Smith Street Stage will present its first full-length off-Broadway show in September with Lear's Shadow, an original adaptation by Ms. Hopkins of Shakespeare's King Lear. Directed by Beth Ann Hopkins with original music by Elliot Roth, Lear's Shadow will perform September 5th through 22nd at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theater at the A.R.T./New York Theatres on West 53rd St.
by Julie Musbach - Jul 26, 2019
Smith Street Stage will present its first full-length off-Broadway show in September with Lear's Shadow, an original adaptation by Ms. Hopkins of Shakespeare's King Lear. Directed by Beth Ann Hopkins with original music by Elliot Roth, Lear's Shadow will perform September 5th through 22nd at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theater at the A.R.T./New York Theatres on West 53rd St.
BWW Review: Folger Theatre's LOVE's LABOR'S LOST at the Folger Shakespeare Library
by Hannah Wing - May 7, 2019
Folger Theatre's Love's Labor's Lost, directed by Vivienne Benesch, compliments the uniqueness of this comedy through a delightfully funny cast and production set during the 1930's.
by Hannah Wing - May 7, 2019
Folger Theatre's Love's Labor's Lost, directed by Vivienne Benesch, compliments the uniqueness of this comedy through a delightfully funny cast and production set during the 1930's.
LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST Ends Folger's 2019/20 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 28, 2019
Mind vs. Matter. Game on. Folger Theatre concludes its 2018/19 season of characters that "shake the world" with Love's Labor's Lost, Shakespeare's quick-witted comedy filled with oaths, trickery, and confessions of love. Vivienne Benesch, the 2017 winner of the annual Zelda Fichandler Award, makes her Folger directorial debut.
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 28, 2019
Mind vs. Matter. Game on. Folger Theatre concludes its 2018/19 season of characters that "shake the world" with Love's Labor's Lost, Shakespeare's quick-witted comedy filled with oaths, trickery, and confessions of love. Vivienne Benesch, the 2017 winner of the annual Zelda Fichandler Award, makes her Folger directorial debut.
THE UNBRUNCH, A New Immersive Brunch From Sleep No More Alumni Opens January 5
by BWW News Desk - Jan 19, 2019
Journey down the rabbit hole and discover ever-growing spaces, all-knowing strangers, and never-ending feasts. Rest your hunger and feed your head before space and time run out. Who knows? Your watch may be ticking already two days too late.
by BWW News Desk - Jan 19, 2019
Journey down the rabbit hole and discover ever-growing spaces, all-knowing strangers, and never-ending feasts. Rest your hunger and feed your head before space and time run out. Who knows? Your watch may be ticking already two days too late.
THE UNBRUNCH, A New Immersive Brunch From Sleep No More Alumni Opens January 5
by BWW News Desk - Jan 5, 2019
Journey down the rabbit hole and discover ever-growing spaces, all-knowing strangers, and never-ending feasts. Rest your hunger and feed your head before space and time run out. Who knows? Your watch may be ticking already two days too late.
by BWW News Desk - Jan 5, 2019
Journey down the rabbit hole and discover ever-growing spaces, all-knowing strangers, and never-ending feasts. Rest your hunger and feed your head before space and time run out. Who knows? Your watch may be ticking already two days too late.
THE UNBRUNCH, A New Immersive Brunch From Sleep No More Alumni Opens January 5
by Stephi Wild - Dec 23, 2018
Journey down the rabbit hole and discover ever-growing spaces, all-knowing strangers, and never-ending feasts. Rest your hunger and feed your head before space and time run out. Who knows? Your watch may be ticking already two days too late.
by Stephi Wild - Dec 23, 2018
Journey down the rabbit hole and discover ever-growing spaces, all-knowing strangers, and never-ending feasts. Rest your hunger and feed your head before space and time run out. Who knows? Your watch may be ticking already two days too late.
Immersive Play By Kate Douglas Premieres In Secret Midtown Manhattan Office
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2018
Kate Douglas (SLEEP NO MORE) directs her new dance theatre work EXTINCT, running November 29th - December 15th. From a creative team of immersive theater veterans comes a surreal office experience that explores our culture of routine over reflection and what we are killing to make a killing.
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2018
Kate Douglas (SLEEP NO MORE) directs her new dance theatre work EXTINCT, running November 29th - December 15th. From a creative team of immersive theater veterans comes a surreal office experience that explores our culture of routine over reflection and what we are killing to make a killing.
A New Perspective on HAMLET Comes to Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
by Julie Musbach - Sep 17, 2018
An interactive retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet comes to Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater in Gravedigger's Tale, October 19-28. Performances are 7:30 pm Friday & Saturday, and 2 pm Sunday.
by Julie Musbach - Sep 17, 2018
An interactive retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet comes to Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater in Gravedigger's Tale, October 19-28. Performances are 7:30 pm Friday & Saturday, and 2 pm Sunday.
Photo Flash: Inside the Toil and Trouble of Folger's Restoration-Era MACBETH
by Julie Musbach - Sep 5, 2018
Rampant ambition and minds unhinged. Shrieking owls and prophesies foretold. Folger Theatre begins its 2018/19 season with Macbeth, Shakespeare's murderous tragedy seen anew and here, set in London's famous Bedlam asylum for a groundbreaking production integrating period music into a famous variation of the play.
by Julie Musbach - Sep 5, 2018
Rampant ambition and minds unhinged. Shrieking owls and prophesies foretold. Folger Theatre begins its 2018/19 season with Macbeth, Shakespeare's murderous tragedy seen anew and here, set in London's famous Bedlam asylum for a groundbreaking production integrating period music into a famous variation of the play.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What awards has Louis Butelli been nominated for?
and The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play (Helen Hayes Awards) for Henry VIII.
What awards has Louis Butelli won?
Louis Butelli won the James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Resident Play at the Helen Hayes Awards for his performance in Henry VIII.
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