Anthony Roberts News

The Riant Theatre presents the premiere of  Lovers, Strangers & What Some People Call Family, a group of nine plays in three acts that explore intimate and mysterious relationships,  during the 28th Strawberry One-Act Festival on August 13, August 18 and August 23 at 8:30pm  at the Tato Laviera Theatre, 240 East 123rd Street.

Casting and full tour dates are announced today for Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's critically acclaimed production of William Golding's Lord of the Flies, which will return following its 2011 sell-out premiere for a limited run from Thursday 3 to Saturday 12 September 2015 prior to a major UK tour.

The Riant Theatre gives audiences a look at plays presented at the August  2015 Strawberry One-Act Festival with an evening of nine excerpts of love themed plays from the anthology The Best Plays From The Strawberry One-Act Festival (iUniverse) tonight, July 15th at 6:30pm at 440 Studios, 440 Lafayette Street, 4th Floor, Black Box Theatre.

The Riant Theatre gives audiences a look at plays presented at the August  2015 Strawberry One-Act Festival with an evening of nine excerpts of love themed plays from the anthology The Best Plays From The Strawberry One-Act Festival (iUniverse) on Wednesday, July 15th at 6:30pm at 440 Studios, 440 Lafayette Street, 4th Floor, Black Box Theatre.

The Riant Theatre presents a special reading of playwright Joseph Lizardi's new play Running Through the Night tonight, July 8 at 6:30pm at 440 Studios, located in the Black Box Theatre at 440 Lafayette Street. Tickets are $10 and include a glass of wine.

The Riant Theatre presents a special reading of playwright Joseph Lizardi's new play Running Through the Night on July 8 at 6:30pm at 440 Studios, located in the Black Box Theatre at 440 Lafayette Street. Tickets are $10 and include a glass of wine.

Chicago's original anti-Valentine's Day cabaret, Letters/X, opens an all-new production at the Apollo Studio in Lincoln Park tonight, February 6.

Chicago's original anti-Valentine's Day cabaret, Letters/X, opens an all-new production at the Apollo Studio in Lincoln Park on February 6. Now in its eleventh year, Letters/X is based entirely on actual letters, emails, text messages, Facebook posts, and other ephemera submitted by the public. Chicago playwright and musician Anthony Roberts adapts the submissions into a script and writes original songs based on the material. The 2014 score includes seven brand new songs.

Style Sizzles in August with All-New Episodes and Mid-Season Finales of Hit Series "Tia & Tamera," "Empire Girls: Julissa & Adrienne" and "Chicagolicious".

North America's oldest and most programmatically diverse music festival, Ravinia, has named renowned pianist, music administrator and educator Kevin Murphy director of the festival's summer music conservatory, the Steans Music Institute.

According to published reports, Woody Allen will get his own 'American Masters' documentary on PBS. The two-part program will air this fall.

Kritzerland who just re-released the Original Cast Album of PROMISES, PROMISES as a new double-CD featuring both the original LP mix and a newly remixed pitch-corrected version are now presenting the Original London Cast Recording of Promises, Promises, starring Anthony Roberts, Betty Buckley, and Jack Kruschen (reprising the role he created in the film on which Promises is based - The Apartment - for which Kruschen received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor). The London production opened in 1969 and ran a very healthy 560 performances and was loved by both audiences and critics, just as the Broadway production was.

Broadway's Lost Treasures III, which will premiere on PBS on August 7th, will offer up a treasure trove of Tony Awards rarities from the past