Theatre Kavanah, a Burlington-based company devoted to exploring the intricacies of the Jewish experience, will bring a staged reading of Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok's The Chosen to Town Hall Theater on Thursday, March 7th.
Comedian Doug Stanhope, winner of the 20th San Francisco Comedy Competition, will kick-off his "Big Stink" spring tour this Tues., Feb. 19, at Punchline in Sacramento, and Wed.-Thurs., Feb. 20-21 at Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco. Tickets are $25 plus tax and fees at http://punchlinesac.com for Feb. 19, and http://cobbscomedyclub.com for Feb. 20 and 21.
Comedian Doug Stanhope, winner of the 20th San Francisco Comedy Competition, will kick-off his “Big Stink” spring tour this Tues., Feb. 19, at Punchline in Sacramento. Tickets are $25 plus tax and fees at: http://www.dougstanhope.com/.
Dialogue with Three Chords presents 'The Rough and Sweet Quartet' from playwright Stephen Gracia to launch their 2013 season of independent theatre. 'The Rough and Sweet Quartet' includes four new plays from Gracia, all directed by Michael LoPorto. The plays are 'about love, lust, transformation, drinks with the devil, and the stories we tell each other' says Gracia. The performance is on February 28 at 8pm downstairs at Mr. Dennehy's pub on 63 Carmine Street in Manhattan. Admission is free with $3 suggested donation.
The temperature is low, the days are short and the snow is grey, but Middlebury's Town Hall Theater is all a-giggle. On February 28 at 7:00 pm, audiences can beat the winter doldrums with an evening of comedy in the cozy THT Cabaret.
Town Hall Theater Cabaret presents an evening of comedy featuring Nathan Hartswick, Seven Days' 'Best Vermont Stand-up Comedian' of 2012; actor and comedienne Natalie Miller; and Addison County's Jim Inglis.
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On ZERO HOUR's upcoming episode, titled 'Face,' an explosive start to Hank's search for his wife, Laila, brings him and 'Beck' to a near-death confrontation with White Vincent, who slips away in the Canadian Tundra.
WaterTower Theatre's 2013 Spotlight Gala will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the Addison Conference Center. The fundraising Gala is chaired by Barbara Daseke. The theme for this year's Gala is Blues in the Night and will feature entertaining blues and jazz music by Denise Lee, Cedric Neal, the Tu-Tones and the Briefcase Blues.
WaterTower Theatre today announced the cast for The Grapes of Wrath, running April 5 - 28, 2013 at the Addison Theatre Centre. The cast includes Cameron Cobb as Tom Joad; Steven Pounders as Jim Casy; Arvin Combs as Pa Joad; Stephanie Dunnam as Ma Joad; Carolyn Wickwire as Granma Joad; Dennis West as Grampa Joad; Jason Johnson-Spinos as Noah Joad; Hannah Plemons as Ruthie; Miles Shickman/Liam M. Taylor as Winfield; Stan Graner as Uncle John; Mikaela Krantz as Rose of Sharon; Austin Tindle as Connie Rivers and Conner Wedgeworth as Al Joad.
The Wagner/Cuban Company's Magnolia Pictures announced today that they've acquired North American rights to BEST MAN DOWN, a warmly funny new comedy from writer/director Ted Koland, starring Justin Long, Jess Weixler, Tyler Labine, Addison Timlin and Frances O'Connor.
The comedy runs February 7 - February 23, 2013 and will be presented at the Stone Cottage Theatre, 15650 Addison Road, Addison TX, 75001. Tickets and more information can be found at www.MBSProductions.net.
The York Theatre Company will continue its winter NEO Reading Series with the new pop-rock musical, Jasper in Deadland with Book, Lyrics, & Music by Ryan Scott Oliver.
Few plays have stood the test of time in the way that The Importance of Being Earnest has. Written in 1895, this 'Serious Comedy for Trivial People,' as playwright Oscar Wilde termed it, offers situations and comedy that remain timeless and fresh. The characters are memorable, from the careless and self-centered Jack to the innocent and impressionable Cecily. Wilde skewers Victorian society in a manner that leaves audiences laughing from start to finish.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has announced a limited engagement of George Gershwin Alone, a play with music that invites audiences to enjoy an evening with a great composer. This celebrated production plays two weeks only - June 8 through June 23 - on the intimate Thrust Stage. Tickets for these 18 performances go on sale today to Berkeley Rep's subscribers; the public can access seats beginning on Sunday, February 10. This special presentation features music by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin with a book by Hershey Felder. Starring Hershey Felder as George Gershwin, it has been staged by acclaimed director Joel Zwick.
What is the great evil we are failing to face up to today? Award-winning Bay Area auteur Mark Jackson (Salomania, Metamorphosis, Salome, Miss Julie) returns to Aurora Theatre Company to direct British playwright Alistair Beaton's elegant new translation of THE ARSONISTS, Max Frisch's classic comic parable about appeasement (sometimes known as Beidermann and the Firebugs or Fire Raisers), featuring Dan Hiatt, Tim Kniffin, and Michael Ray Wisely, along with Kevin Clarke, Tristan Cunningham, Gwen Loeb, Dina Percia, and Michael Uy Kelly.
The Outside the Box season finale finds Adrian Zmed (Children of Eden, Grease 2, Grease on Broadway, T.J. Hooker) asked to do a new musical. What's the new musical? Will he accept the role? Tune in and find out. The episode also features Lisa Livesay, Clent Bowers, Addison Chandler, Sarah Staitman and Marshall Harvey.
The comedy runs February 7 - February 23, 2013 and will be presented at the Stone Cottage Theatre, 15650 Addison Road, Addison TX, 75001. Tickets and more information can be found at www.MBSProductions.net. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM. There will be a Saturday matinee on February 16th at 2PM. Ticket prices $18-$27. On Valentine's Day join us for our annual Chocolate & Roses fundraiser show: All audience members receive a rose, a box of chocolates and a free ticket to an upcoming MBS Productions show.
WaterTower Theatre's 2013 Spotlight Gala will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the Addison Conference Center. The fundraising Gala is chaired by Barbara Daseke. The theme for this year's Gala is Blues in the Night and will feature entertaining blues and jazz music by Denise Lee, Cedric Neal, the Tu-Tones and the Briefcase Blues.