The Old Globe is delighted to welcome one of the true geniuses of the American theatre, Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman, who makes her long-awaited San Diego directing debut with an enchanting theatrical spectacle with live music and sumptuous visuals, The White Snake, continuing the Globe's 80th Anniversary festivities as part of the Balboa Park Centennial Celebration. The Southern California Premiere of The White Snake, written and directed by Zimmerman, will run March 21 through April 26 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Preview performances run March 21 through 25. Opening night is Thursday, March 26 at 8:00 p.m.
Women's Project Theater, under the leadership of newly-appointed Producing Artistic Director Lisa McNulty, is pleased to present the World Premiere of BRIGHT HALF LIFE - a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Tanya Barfield and directed by Tony Award nominee Leigh Silverman - in a five-week limited engagement at New York City Center Stage II (131 W. 55th Street) through March 22, 2015. Opening night is set for tonight, February 25.
The Hypocrites are thrilled to launch their 2015-16 season this fall with the Chicago premiere of the smash Broadway musical AMERICAN IDIOT, featuring music by Grammy Award-winning punk rock band Green Day.
Columbia University and Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith announced Monday that Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan Lori Parks' epic Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) is the 2015 winner of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.
Mr and Mrs Twit are not very nice. In fact they're extremely nasty. They're nasty to each other, and they're VILE to everyone else. They hold a family of monkeys hostage in a cage and force them to stand on their heads. ALL THE TIME. We told you they weren't very nice. Can the monkeys find a way to show those vicious Twits what for?
The Toronto production of the Tony Award-winning 'Best Musical' Once plays performances through May 31, 2015. Performances for Once began on February 10 at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto. Press night for Once is today, February 22 at 2PM.
The Voices of WNY Artist Internet Broadcast is off to a great start with two broadcasts featuring regional personalities in various creative mediums in the Western New York area. Sponsored by Think Twice Radio and American Repertory Theater of WNY, the Voices Broadcast in available for download by visiting the Think Twice Radio website at http://thinktwiceradio.com/matt-lachiusa/matt-lachiusa.html.
New Repertory Theatre announces THE KING OF SECOND AVENUE, now playing through March 8, 2015 in the Charles Mosesian Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA. Tickets are $30-$60 and may be purchased by calling the New Rep Box Office at 617-923-8487 or visiting newrep.org. Student, senior, and group discounts are available. Added performances include: Friday, March 6, 8pm; Saturday, March 7, 3pm; Saturday, March 7, 8pm; and Sunday, March 8, 2pm.
The Hypocrites are pleased to continue their 2014-15 season with Samuel Beckett's comic masterpiece ENDGAME, directed by Artistic Director Halena Kays*, playing tonight, February 20 - April 4, 2015 at their new home, The Den Theatre Mainstage, 1329-1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood.
Click below to watch Timothy Patrick McCarthy in conversation with Eve Ensler, Tony Award-winning playwright of The Vagina Monologues and O.P.C. in 'Politically Incorrect: Feminism and the Future of the Planet,' presented by American Repertory Theater this fall!
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, under the leadership of Artistic Director Diane Paulus, presents Suzan-Lori Parks' epic Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), directed by Jo Bonney, in a co-production with The Public Theater in New York. Performances run now through March 1 at the Loeb Drama Center. Click below to see what audiences think of the show!
American Repertory Theater of WNY will be presenting the third show of the 2014-15 season with Steve Martin's PICASSO AT LAPIN AGILE, March 5th and runs to March 28th at ART in the Box, 16 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo NY.
ONCE, winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will play the San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts (255 Almaden Blvd.) for a limited engagement from April 21-26, 2015. Tickets for ONCE range in price from $33-$83 are available now by visiting ?www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-982-ARTS (2787).
Following a record-breaking 2014/15 season, Broadway San Jose, a Nederlander Presentation, announced last night the six productions that will comprise the lineup for the 2015/16 season.
National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) and Chairman James S. Turley will lead a celebration to support American theatre at the annual Chairman's Awards Gala on Monday, April 13th at The Pierre New York (2 East 61st Street at Fifth Avenue) at 6:30pm. The Chairman's Awards Gala supports the creation of theatrical works and arts education at theatres across America.
The Toronto production of the Tony Award-winning 'Best Musical' ONCE recently extended performances through May 31, 2015. Performances for ONCE begin tonight, February 10 at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto. Press night for ONCE is Sunday February 22 at 2PM
Writers Theatre presents The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman and directed by Kimberly Senior. The show runs February 24 - June 28, 2015 at Books on Vernon, 664 Vernon Avenue, Glencoe. The Press Openings are Wednesday, March 4, and Thursday, March 5, 2015.
With the third and fourth shows of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's current season underway, Artistic Director Michael Kahn announced today the Company's 2015-2016 Season. Kahn has put together a season of contrasts and striking new voices, with international directors and adaptors bringing provocative approaches to the classics to Washington, D.C.
Experience the thrilling 2013 Tony Award-winning musical PIPPIN. PIPPIN comes to Omaha's Orpheum Theater Tuesday, March 3, through Sunday, March 8, 2015 as part of Omaha Performing Arts' Broadway Series.
