Anna Deveare Smith Comes to The Broad Stage, 7/20-31
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 20, 2011
Anna Deveare Smith, who received a MacArthur Genius Award for her unique 'blend of theatrical art, social commentary, journalism, and intimate reverie,' is bringing her latest one-woman show Let Me Down Easy to The Broad Stage. There will be Previews on July 20 and Opening Night is July 22.
Chip Zien to Host BROADWAY IN THE BERKSHIRES, 8/15
by Nicole Rosky
- Jul 19, 2011
Shakespeare & Company Artistic Director Tony Simotes proudly announces the benefit performance of Broadway in the Berkshires Monday, August 15th at 6:00pm, Founders' Theatre, 70 Kemble Street , Lenox , MA . Proceeds will go to Shakespeare & Company's internationally-acclaimed Education and Training Programs. Producer and Company member, Deborah Grausman (actor and founder of Berkshire Musical Theater Workshop) has assembled an all-star cast and first-rate creative team for this spectacular, not to be missed, one-night event. Broadway's Chip Zien (Into the Woods-the original Baker, Les Miserables, The Country Girl, People in The Picture, Falsettos, Grand Hotel, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Boys from Syracuse, etc.) will host. Director Sam Scalamoni (Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Lestat) and Music Director Paul Staroba (A Little Night Music, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens) will head up the creative team.
Lily Rabe to Star in New Group's AN EARLY HISTORY OF FIRE
by Nicole Rosky
- Jul 19, 2011
According to the Boston Globe, Tony nominee Lily Rabe will star in the New Group premiere of her father, David Rabe's new play- An Early History of Fire. The off-Broadway production will be directed by Jo Bonney and will run in thir 2011-12 season.
La Jolla Playhouse Presents SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES July 19- Aug 21
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 19, 2011
La Jolla Playhouse presents a new adaptation of Sleeping Beauty Wakes, book by Tony Award-winning librettist Rachel Sheinkin (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), with a score by composer Brendan Milburn and lyricist Valerie Vigoda, both of the acclaimed trio GrooveLily (Striking 12, Long Story Short), and directed by Rebecca Taichman, who will also direct the Playhouse's 2011/12 world premiere of Milk Like Sugar.
Women's Project Announces 2011-2012 Season; Begins With Milk Like Sugar
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jun 30, 2011
Women's Project, the 34-year-old non-profit theater dedicated to producing plays written and directed by women, will present its 2011-12 season of new American plays featuring 20 women theater artists, Julie Crosby, Producing Artistic Director announced.
Anna Deveare Smith Comes to The Broad Stage, 7/20-31
by Kelsey Denette
- Jun 13, 2011
Anna Deveare Smith, who received a MacArthur Genius Award for her unique 'blend of theatrical art, social commentary, journalism, and intimate reverie,' is bringing her latest one-woman show Let Me Down Easy to The Broad Stage. There will be Previews on July 20 and Opening Night is July 22.
La Jolla Playhouse Presents SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES July 19- Aug 21
by Gabrielle Sierra
- May 31, 2011
La Jolla Playhouse presents a new adaptation of Sleeping Beauty Wakes, book by Tony Award-winning librettist Rachel Sheinkin (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), with a score by composer Brendan Milburn and lyricist Valerie Vigoda, both of the acclaimed trio GrooveLily (Striking 12, Long Story Short), and directed by Rebecca Taichman, who will also direct the Playhouse's 2011/12 world premiere of Milk Like Sugar.
Justin Bartha, David Wilson Barnes, et al. Set for ALL NEW PEOPLE at Second Stage, 7/25
by Nicole Rosky
- May 26, 2011
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that DAVID WILSON BARNES (Second Stage's hit Becky Shaw), JUSTIN BARTHA (The Hangover, Broadway's Lend Me a Tenor), ANNA CAMP (Second Stage's The Scene, 'True Blood'), and KRYSTEN RITTER (Confessions of a Shopaholic, Second Stage's All This Intimacy) will appear in the world premiere comedy, ALL NEW PEOPLE, written by ZACH BRAFF and directed by PETER DuBOIS. ALL NEW PEOPLE will begin previews on Tuesday, June 28 and officially open on Monday, July 25 at 7:00pm at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theatre (305 West 43rd street). For tickets or more information, please visit www.2ST.com.
Playwrights Foundation Announces the Winners for the 34th Annual BAPF
by Gabrielle Sierra
- May 25, 2011
The Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast's preeminent play development center, which is recognized as one of the country's top sources of new play development, today announced the 34th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF) will take place July 22 through July 31, 2011.
Berkeley Rep Adds Dates To LET ME DOWN EASY
by Gabrielle Sierra
- May 20, 2011
In 1994, Anna Deavere Smith set the Bay Area ablaze with her solo show Fires in the Mirror, the first production in Berkeley Repertory Theatre's history to sell every ticket before it opened.
SmartTalk Connected Conversations To Present Anna Deavere Smith May 24
by Gabrielle Sierra
- May 16, 2011
Anna Deavere Smith, known for her brilliant solo performance pieces (including Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities) and her work on television and film, will appear at New Brunswick's State Theatre on Tuesday, May 24 at 7:30 pm, as part of the SmartTalk Connected Conversations series.
2011 United Solo Nominees Have Been Unveiled
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Apr 12, 2011
United Solo, the world's largest solo theatre festival, is proud to announce the nominees for the annual special uAward, which honors outstanding solo performers.
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