Allison Moore News

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Silverwolf, LLC present Man of Rock. Performances will take place from Monday, September 26 through Wednesday, October 5 at TBG Theater (312 W. 36th Street).

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents Slasher by Allison Moore. The hilarious hit of 2009's Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theater of Louisville.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Silverwolf, LLC present Man of Rock. Performances will take place from Monday, September 26 through Wednesday, October 5 at TBG Theater (312 W. 36th Street).

Aurora Theatre Company proudly opens its 20th anniversary season with renowned American playwright Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning brutal comedy of manners A DELICATE BALANCE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross helms a remarkable cast for A DELICATE BALANCE, including Aurora co-founder Ken Grantham and the company's first leading lady (Candida), Kimberly King.

If there's one thing that irritates me more than anything else it's someone else's therapy on stage. If it's wrapped up in an engaging story then I'm willing to overlook a lot but when it's just an author working out their issues for all to see, then don't waste my time. And while Annex Theatre's current show "The Strange Misadventures of Patty, Patty's Dad, Patty's Friend Jen, and a Whole Bunch of Other People" isn't completely camped out on the psychologists couch and has some really wonderful performances and moments, at times it felt a little forced and self indulgent.

If there's one thing that irritates me more than anything else it's someone else's therapy on stage. If it's wrapped up in an engaging story then I'm willing to overlook a lot but when it's just an author working out their issues for all to see, then don't waste my time. And while Annex Theatre's current show "The Strange Misadventures of Patty, Patty's Dad, Patty's Friend Jen, and a Whole Bunch of Other People" isn't completely camped out on the psychologists couch and has some really wonderful performances and moments, at times it felt a little forced and self indulgent.

Three-time Grammy Award winner Steve Earle returns to Columbus in support of the April 2011 release of I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive, the 14th studio album of his celebrated career.

Aurora Theatre Company proudly opens its 20th anniversary season with renowned American playwright Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning brutal comedy of manners A DELICATE BALANCE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross helms a remarkable cast for A DELICATE BALANCE, including Aurora co-founder Ken Grantham and the company's first leading lady (Candida), Kimberly King.

Three-time Grammy Award winner Steve Earle returns to Columbus in support of the April 2011 release of I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive, the 14th studio album of his celebrated career.

In his newest show inventive musician and monologuist Joseph Keckler (New Museum, Joe's Pub, HUMAN JUKEBOX) joins forces with Drama Desk Award-winning director Josh Hecht, and violinist Dan Bartfield to take the audience on a ride through the underworld -- the underworld of low-level jobs the performer has held in the New York art world.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company is proud to announce a call for submissions for its seventh season of the Global Age Project (GAP) festival of new works. The company will choose four new plays to be presented as staged readings with professional directors and actors during the GAP festival in February of 2012.

The Englert Theatre is excited to announce the first batch of shows for the Fall Season. The schedule includes Grammy award winning folk artist Janis Ian, An Evening with Judy Collins, Steve Earle and the Dukes (and Duchesses) featuring Allison Moorer, The Miles Davis Experience 1949 - 1959, and the Alloy Orchestra performing a live score to Fritz Lang's Metropolis.

In his newest show inventive musician and monologuist Joseph Keckler (New Museum, Joe's Pub, HUMAN JUKEBOX) joins forces with Drama Desk Award-winning director Josh Hecht, and violinist Dan Bartfield to take the audience on a ride through the underworld -- the underworld of low-level jobs the performer has held in the New York art world.

F*It Club Presents THE SPRING FLING: 8 Brand New Plays by Berman, Brunstetter, Halfnight, Keller, McGraw, Oliver, Schultz, & Ziegler

John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders returns to NYC's City Winery for two more dates.

F*It Club Presents THE SPRING FLING: 8 Brand New Plays by Berman, Brunstetter, Halfnight, Keller, McGraw, Oliver, Schultz, & Ziegler

COLLAPSE closes March 6 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.

Aurora Theatre Company continues its 19th season with Minneapolis-based playwright Allison Moore's COLLAPSE. This surprising comedy, which originated as one of Aurora Theatre Company's Global Age Project (GAP) finalists last season, is the second main stage production to develop from the GAP; it will receive its main stage debut as a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, a collaboration with Aurora Theatre Company (lead theater), Curious Theatre in Denver, and Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas. In COLLAPSE, Hannah tries desperately to hold the façade of her perfect life together, even as her husband, David, mysteriously calls in sick to work day after day, they struggle with infertility, and Hannah herself is on the verge of being laid off. When Hannah's sister appears on their doorstep, she brings with her a feisty, renegade attitude and an illicit package that sends David and Hannah on a 12-hour odyssey into some quirky corners of Minneapolis, and into the heart of their deepest fears.

Aurora Theatre Company continues its 19th season with Minneapolis-based playwright Allison Moore's COLLAPSE. This surprising comedy, which originated as one of Aurora Theatre Company's Global Age Project (GAP) finalists last season, is the second main stage production to develop from the GAP; it will receive its main stage debut as a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, a collaboration with Aurora Theatre Company (lead theater), Curious Theatre in Denver, and Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company jazzes up the holidays with NAUGHTY & NICE: A MEG AND BILLY CHRISTMAS. Bay Area husband and wife cabaret duo Meg Mackay and Billy Philadelphia, whose seasonal sensation A Little Cole in Your Stocking was a hit for Aurora in 2005 and 2006, return with a witty, memorable musical showcase that is sure to spice up the holidays for cabaret fans old and new. NAUGHTY & NICE plays for eight performances only December 17-30 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. Tickets ($23 and $25) may be purchased directly from the Aurora Theatre Company box office by calling (510) 843-4822, or online at auroratheatre.org.