Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, announces the recipients of the second round of the 2019 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards, totaling $583,000, allow 15 productions extra time for the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, hoping to extend the life of the world premiere play after its first run.
Adam Gillen is utterly compelling in Al Smith's tender tale of astronomy, discovery and space travel. Holding our attention for 85 minutes, he speaks with delicacy and is a delight to watch. Josh Roche directs with expert precision and the pieces simplicity is its greatest strength. This really is storytelling at its finest.
When I was a kid, my dad used to hand my brother and me a pair of binoculars and take us out into the garden at night-time to look at the Moon. He had this stash of lunar maps that he'd brought back from America and he'd point at different bits of the Moon and show us where Apollo 11 landed, Apollo 12, Apollo 14 and so on. I felt bad for the lunar landers they'd left on the surface. I felt they must be so terribly lonely, preserved up there forever next to their abandoned flags.
Williamstown Theatre Festival announces additional casting and full creative teams for productions
Now in its eleventh consecutive year, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre presents Vibrant 2019 A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, its annual explosion of new writing, running between 16 June-4 July 2019.
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT opens at Artisan Center Theater on Friday, May 24, 2019 and runs through Saturday, June 29, 2019. The 196 seat theater-in-the-round is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst.
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts today announced that tickets go on sale today for a major comic addition to its upcoming performance schedule:
The Royal Court Theatre announces A Year Of Work September 2019 - August 2020.
Audible, the world's leading producer and provider of spoken-word entertainment, today deepens its commitment to UK theatre announcing a new London production of Radio written by Al Smith. Josh Roche directs Adam Gillen as Charlie Fairbanks in a one-man play about memory, love and spaceships. The production opens at Arcola Theatre on 24 June, with previews from 19 June and runs until 13 July. To coincide with the opening of the stage show, a studio recording of Radio will also release exclusively on Audible this summer, available for members to download worldwide.
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@ArshtCenter) is proud to present JIM GAFFIGAN (@JimGaffigan) on December 28, 2019 as part of its 2019-2020 Live at Knight series. A true comedic triple threat, having achieved major milestones in stand-up, acting, and writing, JIM GAFFIGAN's clever and quiet style has earned him a spot as one of the most successful touring comedians in the country today.
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts today announced a major comic addition to its upcoming performance schedule:
The National Youth Theatre today announces its 2019 Summer and Autumn Season which will feature an extended 7th annual REP season of three plays in London, brand new commissions staged in five cities across the UK and festival appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe, Latitude and Bradford Literature Festival. This is the first time the majority of NYT's summer / autumn season productions will be staged outside of London. Three NYT members have also been appointed as paid Centre Stage Creatives and have also been commissioned to build local NYT networks and create new work in towns around the UK.
Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce the complete casting for the world premiere of Continuity, the new play by Lortel and Drama Desk Award nominee Bess Wohl (Small Mouth Sounds, American Hero) and directed by Tony Award nominee Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812). The production will feature Max Baker (1984, The Explorers Club), Jasmine Batchelor (The River), Rosal Colon ('Orange is the New Black,' Between Riverside and Crazy), Curran Connor (Pidgeon, A Picture of Autumn), Garcia ('Tales of the City'), Darren Goldstein (Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes, The Madrid), Alex Hurt (Cardinal, The Whirligig) and Megan Ketch (The Big Wedding, 'American Gothic').
Arcola Theatre has announced its Studio 2 Summer Season with three new plays being performed in the theatre's 100 seat studio.
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN opens at Artisan Center Theater on Friday, February 22, 2019 and runs through Saturday, March 30, 2019. The 196 seat theater-in-the-round is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst
Theatre 29!'s current production, the Broadway perennial favorite, ANNIE, presents an impressive array of adult and child cast members with comedic and vocal ability, all of whose enthusiasm is catching. The show is a great deal of fun.
Artisan Children's Theater proudly presents FANCY NANCY SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS at its 148 seat Second Stage facility. The theater is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst.
CATS opens at Artisan Center Theater on Friday, October 12, 2018 and runs through Saturday, November 3, 2018. The 196 seat theater-in-the-round is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst.
This fall, The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture offers an exciting lineup of panel discussion and talk events with a wide range of topics including civility on America's college campuses, an examination of faith in wartime, a celebration of excellence in today's African American Literature, and a return exploration of morality and spirituality for Star Warsfans.
Now in its tenth consecutive year, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre presents Vibrant 2018 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, its annual explosion of new writing, running between 7-25 October 2018.
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