Even as it debuts another world premiere tonight and eagerly awaits previews for its latest Broadway outing, Berkeley Repertory Theatre proudly announces a slate of eight new shows. The Tony Award-winning nonprofit - known for developing exhilarating new plays - introduces a series of stunning scripts and stellar performers for the coming year.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced its 2010-2011 theater programming. The season will feature: a Center-produced revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies; ON THE FRINGE: Eye on Edinburgh featuring new work by artists emerging from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 11 and 12, directed by Peter Brook; Chekhov International Theatre Festival's Three Sisters and Twelfth Night; DRUID's The Cripple of Inishmaan; and Penumbra Theatre Company's new production I Wish You Love, as part of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays. Barbara Cook's Spotlight will bring six theater cabaret performers in its fourth season, and audiences will delight in touring productions of Hair, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, Wicked, and Next to Normal. The 2010-2011 season is as follows:
In 2010, internationally acclaimed Galleon Theatre Company celebrates its second decade of presenting exceptional theatre; whilst the Greenwich Playhouse enjoys the 15th anniversary of its inception; and it is 150 years since the birthday of Anton Chekhov. To mark this triple celebration, Galleon is delighted to present Chekhov's last play - The Cherry Orchard.
The New York Times is reporting that the Classic Stage Company's critically-acclaimed production of VENUS IN FUR, a new play by David Ives and directed by Walter Bobbie, may be headed to the Great White Way. Featuring Nina Arianda and Wes Bentley, the production has received two extension off-Broadway and will now run through Sunday, March 28. VENUS IN FUR has now become the longest-running production in CSC's 42 year history.
SiNNERMAN Ensemble presents the world premiere 'Days of Late,' written and directed by Braden LuBell. The show plays the Viaduct Theatre from April 15 to May 22, 2010.
Capital Stage continues its fifth season with Frank McGuinness' gripping Someone Who'll Watch Over Me. Winner of the 1993 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play.
Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will present two-time Academy Award-winner Dianne Wiest in THE FOREST, by Alexander Ostrovosky, translated by Kathleen Tolan, and directed by Brian Kulick, beginning performances Friday, April 23 at CSC (136 East 13th Street) with an official press opening Thursday, May 6 at 7pm.
Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will present two-time Academy Award-winner Dianne Wiest in THE FOREST, by Alexander Ostrovosky, translated by Kathleen Tolan, and directed by Brian Kulick, beginning performances Friday, April 23 at CSC with an official press opening Thursday, May 6 at 7pm. THE FOREST will also star Obie Award-winning actor John Douglas Thompson, who earned great acclaim last year for his title role performance in Othello at Theatre for a New Audience. THE FOREST will play a limited engagement through Sunday May 30 only.
London's Finborough Theatre will present THREE SEAGULLS, three staged readings complementing the London premiere production of The Notebook of Trigorin. The three works scheduled for readings are THE SEAGULL, HIS GREATNESS, and PIETA.
T. Schreiber Studio (Terry Schreiber, Artistic Director) will present Julie Garfield in Carol Rocamora's adaptation of The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. Directed by Terry Schreiber, The Cherry Orchard begins previews February 25, 2010 prior to an official press opening of March 5, 2010 at The Gloria Maddox Theater at T. Schreiber Studio (151 West 26th Street).
Pulse Ensemble Theatre will present Edward Percy and Reginald Denham's rarely-produced gothic mystery 'LADIES IN RETIREMENT' at Theatre 3, 311 West 43rd Street, 3rd Floor, opening March 8 and continuing its limited engagement through April 3.
Strawdog Theatre Company continues their 22nd Anniversary Season with Curt Columbus' translation of Anton Chekhov's classic Uncle Vanya.
Central Works opens its 20th anniversary season with a new play adapted from the Chekhov novella, An Anonymous Story.
Following their hugely successful show the entirely improvised Hard Hearted Hannah and Other Stories (Lyric Spring 08) Cartoon de Salvo are back in Hammersmith with their new site-specific show Pub Rock.
Classic Stage Company (Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen) announced today that their critically-acclaimed production of VENUS IN FUR, a new play by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie, featuring Nina Arianda and Wes Bentley, will extend its limited engagement yet again, this time by an additional three weeks through Sunday, March 28 at CSC (136 East 13th Street).
Profiles Theatre announces the extension of its hit production Killer Joe by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts, directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder. All cast members are continuing in their roles, including Profiles ensemble members Darrell W. Cox and Somer Benson along with Kevin Bigley, Howie Johnson and Claire Wellin. The critically-acclaimed production has been extended for an additional six weeks, through April 11, 2010, at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway..
The Boomerang Theatre Company (Tim Errickson, Artistic Director; Sue Abbott, Managing Director) will include new productions of plays by Anton Chekhov, Shakespeare, Christopher Fry, as well as a world premiere production and new play development in their 2010 season. The season begins with the FIRST FLIGHT new play festival, followed by an outdoor production of THE TEMPEST in June and July, and concludes with the company's annual three play rotating rep series in September.
Central Works opens its 20th anniversary season with a new play adapted from the Chekhov novella, An Anonymous Story.
The multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre continues its 30th anniversary year with our most ambitious season to date - 37 plays in three months, with 35 of them never seen in London before.
Following its critically acclaimed production of THE SEAGULL earlier this season, the National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO), in collaboration with Theater Mitu, presents the World-Premiere of A PLAY ON WAR, by Jenny Connell and Rubén Polendo
