Addison News

Imagination Theatre has announces Upcoming Shows

Tom Aldredge, Len Cariou, Nathan Lane, Alexander Hanson and Michele Pawk have joined other stars who have shone in Stephen Sondheim musicals, including Michael Cerveris, Barbara Cook, Raúl Esparza, Sutton Foster, Victor Garber, Joanna Gleason, Patti LuPone, Donna Murphy and Bernadette Peters in a gala celebration of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Stephen Sondheim on the occasion of his 80th birthday on Monday, April 26. The gala, directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle, will highlight numbers from shows for which Mr. Sondheim has written both music and lyrics, and will feature a full orchestra conducted by Encores! Music Director Rob Berman. The benefit will help fund New York City Center's artistic and education programs. In addition, a portion of the evening's proceeds will go to Young Playwrights Inc, a charity of great importance to Mr. Sondheim.

The Ballad of Emmett Till - Part history, part mystery and part ghost story, IfaBayeza's lyrical integration of past, present, fact and legend turns the story of the 1955 murder of 14-year old Emmett Till, whose shocking death helped spark the nascent civil rights movement, into a soaring work of music, poetic language and riveting theatricality.

Stage Left Theatre announces the upcoming World Premiere of Here Where It's Safe written by ensemble playwright M.E.H. Lewis and directed by ensemble member Scott Bishop. Here Where It's Safe opens Tuesday, February 23rd at 7:30 PM, and runs through April 3rd.

Stage Left Theatre announces the upcoming World Premiere of Here Where It's Safe written by ensemble playwright M.E.H. Lewis and directed by ensemble member Scott Bishop. Here Where It's Safe opens Tuesday, February 23rd at 7:30 PM, and runs through April 3rd.

This spring, at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, romance unfolds in a new musical wound around the love songs of the landmark album Girlfriend.

The Fountain Theatre opens its 20th Anniversary Season with the West Coast premiere of Ifa Bayeza's daring, folk and gospel-infused The Ballad of Emmett Till in celebration of Black History Month. Shirley Jo Finney (Yellowman) directs Bernard K. Addison, Rico E. Anderson, Lorenz Arnell, Adenrele Ojo and Karen Malina White in the five-week run, February 20 through March 20, with low-priced previews beginning February 11.

'24 hrs of Love' by Alejandro de la Costa and Joaquin and Serafin Alvarez Quintero will play its final show at the Stone Cottage Theatre on February 20, 2010.

The Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre is thrilled to set off Fireworks, a new festival of colorful and explosive performances that takes off this summer

You can see his stuff every week - stunning photographs of Addison County that demonstrate an artist's eye and a mastery of the camera. Trent Campbell does more than shoot photos for the Addison County Independent, however. His body of work is large and varied, and has been featured in galleries and exhibits.

Humor, pathos, romance and suspense fill the rarified Syrian air as Northern Stage presents the first-ever U.S. production of the award-winning Damascus by David Greig, from February 17 through March 7 at the Briggs Opera House in downtown White River Junction, VT, directed by Northern Stage Artistic Director Brooke Ciardelli, featuring Broadway Tony nominee John Herrera.

In recent weeks, generous audiences at Berkeley Repertory Theatre have donated $7,835 to help people in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The funds - which were collected by volunteer ushers following performances of Athol Fugard's Coming Home - have been given to Doctors Without Borders, the international nonprofit organization that was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for its ongoing efforts to provide aid in nearly 60 nations to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.

The Ballad of Emmett Till - Part history, part mystery and part ghost story, IfaBayeza's lyrical integration of past, present, fact and legend turns the story of the 1955 murder of 14-year old Emmett Till, whose shocking death helped spark the nascent civil rights movement, into a soaring work of music, poetic language and riveting theatricality. The Fountain Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of this daring new work in celebration of Black History Month.

The Fountain Theatre opens its 20th Anniversary Season with the West Coast premiere of Ifa Bayeza's daring, folk and gospel-infused The Ballad of Emmett Till in celebration of Black History Month. Shirley Jo Finney (Yellowman) directs Bernard K. Addison, Rico E. Anderson, Lorenz Arnell, Adenrele Ojo and Karen Malina White in the five-week run, February 20 through March 20, with low-priced previews beginning February 11.

Whether you're a die-hard Shakespeare lover or you've never understood a word he's written, you'll have a rollicking good time at I Hate Hamlet, the hilarious, action-packed comedy by Paul Rudnick at Northern Stage. The show will play its final performance on February 7.

WaterTower Theatre (WTT)' Laughter on the 23rd Floor will play its last show on February 7, 2010.

Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key administration posts

WaterTower Theatre (WTT) is pleased to announce the exhibition of Gregory Story's collection of clay and ceramics beginning March 3.

Holla, Hola, Heeey (Oy Vey!) brings the very best in (and almost entirety of) Chicago's gay, Latina, Black and Jewish comedy communities together for one massive Obama-esque post-racial night of colorblind humor. The feel-good event of the century takes place -ONE NIGHT ONLY- at iO's Cabaret Theater on Friday February 5TH at 8:00 PM .

MBS Productions' 24 hrs. of Love opens on February 4th and will run through February 20th at the Stone Cottage Theatre in Addison, Texas. Tickets and more information can be obtained at http://www.mbsproductions.net/ or by calling 214-477-4942.