Nikos Kazantzakis

Photos: First Look at New York Euripides Summer Festival's BACCHAE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 27, 2023

Get a first look at photos of New York Euripides Summer Festival's BACCHAE.

BACCHAE to be Presented at New York Euripides Summer Festival This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 13, 2023

Aiming to produce all of Euripides' extant plays chronologically, New York Euripides Summer Festival will present what many consider to be Euripides' magnum opus, BACCHAE beginning June 26 at three different Manhattan venues.

BWW Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Golden Gate Theatre
by Steve Murray - Oct 15, 2021

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic rock opera celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a spectacular re-staging of the 2017 Olivier Award-winning Best Musical Revival production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Re-imagined through the eyes of director Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You, Into the Woods) and choreographer Drew McOnie (King Kong, Strictly Ballroom) this JCS dazzled with religiously frenetic choreography and wonderful supporting performances.

Theatre Guild's Next Musical is ZORBA
by Stephi Wild - Oct 18, 2018

Musical Theatre Guild, the winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in the theatre, will continue their 23rd Anniversary season with Kander and Ebb's haunting musical ZORBA. The one-night-only concert will take place at Glendale's historic Alex Theatre on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 7:00 PM.

VIDEO: ZORBA THE BALLET Heads to the Panathenaic Stadium this September
by Rachel Katz - Aug 8, 2018

Zorba the Ballet, performed by the Sofia Opera and Ballet, comes to Athens for one night only September 15, 2018!

Casting Announced For Paul Claudel's BREAK OF NOON
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2018

During 2018, the Finborough Theatre celebrates 150 years of the Finborough Theatre's building - and its birthday also coincides with the 150th anniversary of the birth of French symbolist playwright Paul Claudel. As part of the #Finborough150 celebrations, the London premiere in English of Paul Claudel's Break of Noon (Partage de Midi) plays for six Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from Sunday, 27 May 2018 (Press Night: Monday, 28 May 2018 at 7.30pm).

Musical Theatre Guild Sets 23rd Season
by Julie Musbach - May 7, 2018

Musical Theatre Guild, the winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in the theatre, has announced an exciting quartet of shows for their 23rd season of Broadway in Concert musicals.  The MTG 2018-2019 season includes: MAME, ZORBA, MINNIE'S BOYS and SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. 

Q44 Will Present First Development Piece NK: A KAZANTZAKIAN MONTAGE
by Julie Musbach - Oct 15, 2017

On the 60th anniversary of his death, Q44 Theatre in agreement with the Kazantzakian Estate Athens, presents the world premiere of NK: A Kazantzakian Montage, an exploration of the life and work of Crete's most famous writer Nikos Kazantzakis.

Photo Flash: New Line Theatre presents ZORBA
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 16, 2017

It's 1924, on the Greek island of Crete, and you're about to go on a wild, whirlwind tour of the lusty passions of the human heart.

New Line Sets Full 26th Season; Casting Announced
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 30, 2016

New Line Theatre, 'the bad boy of musical theatre,' announces its 26th season of adult, alternative musical theatre, including the world premiere of a new revised version of the wild, 1969 adult jazz-rock musical CELEBRATION, by the creators of The Fantasticks, running Sept. 29-Oct. 22, 2016; followed by Kander & Ebb's rarely produced gem ZORBA, running March 2-25, 2017; then the regional premiere of the pitch-black 2002 jazz-rock musical THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, based on the famous novel and film, running June 1-24, 2017; and the world premiere of the third installment of New Line's own creation, the new revue OUT ON BROADWAY: THE THIRD COMING, running August 3-19, 2017. All New Line's mainstage shows will be in the company's new home, the Marcelle Theater, the new blackbox theatre in Grand Center, St. Louis' arts district.

Kent State's Musical Theater Program Joins Musical Theater Project for ZORBA!
by Roy Berko - Nov 12, 2015

'I believe in grabbing at life.' 'Every minute is a new minute.' Thus states Zorba, the lead character in ZORBA!, a musical that 'captures of the spirit of Greece and celebrates a people who embrace love, life and death with equal passion.'

Stephen Thompson's SPINCYCLE Comes to Theatre N16
by Reilly Hickey - Nov 9, 2015

Steve Thompson (writer of Doctor Who, Silk, Sherlock, Upstairs Downstairs and Jericho), began his working life as an intern in an advertising agency. Spincycle takes you in to the world where anything and anyone can be repositioned and rebranded. Giving an insider glimpse at the mechanisms used to manipulate consumers, public opinion and the electorate.

BWW Reviews: Kander, Ebb & Stein's Underappreciated ZORBA! Gets a Robust Encores! Production
by Michael Dale - May 8, 2015

John Turturro and Zoe Wanamaker are terrific in a concert mounting that incorporates some past revisions and, thankfully, dismisses others.

Photo Flash: First Look at John Turturro, Santino Fontana, Marin Mazzie & More in Encores! ZORBA!
by Tyler Peterson - May 6, 2015

John Turturro stars in the title role of Zorba, joined by Adam Chanler-Berat, Robert Cuccioli, Elizabeth A. Davis, Santino Fontana, Marin Mazzie, Robert Montano, Carlos Valdes and Zoe Wanamaker in Zorba!, running for seven performances, today, May 6, through May 10, 2015.