Strawdog Theatre Company kicks off their 21st season with Karel Čapek's science fiction drama 'R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots),' directed by Strawdog Artistic Associate Shade Murray. Set in the 1920s at the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots, 'R.U.R.' follows a team of scientists who have created the model to factory-produce the world's first robotic workforce.
New Repertory Theatre is pleased to announce that in 2008-2009 it will be celebrating its 25th Season. New Rep will kick-off the celebration with a special ticket offer. For one day only, on August 25th, New Rep will offer $25.00 tickets to any Mainstage Shows on the 2008-2009 season.
ZOMBIE JOE'S UNDERGROUND THEATRE GROUP will make it's NYC debut on August 27th with Edgar Allan Poe's 'MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH & THE TELL-TALE HEART & THE BELLS' at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street (west of 8th Avenue).
With 60 shows in seven different venues (all within a block or so walking distance of each other) the Ninth Avenue Midtown International Theatre Festival is shaping up to be our most successful and enthusiastically received offering to date.
The Publick Theatre offers a fascinating play fit for a riparian setting. Flock to it!
'On The Rocks', which stars Ed Stoppard and Tracy-Ann Oberman as DH Lawrence and his wife Freida, has extended its limited run by one week at the Hampstead. 'On The Rocks' will now close on 2 August. Tickets for the added performances are already available.
Artistic Director David Esbjornson announces today the finalized list of titles for Seattle Repertory Theatre's upcoming 2008-09 season - a mix of classics and new works delving into subjects as diverse as war, immigration, apocalypse, Craigslist and body image. According to Esbjornson, 'Our goal is to provide the most eclectic, imaginative and provocative programming for this community - plays that reflect the entire spectrum of what defines our amazing city'
Now that the July 4th celebrations have finished, it's time to get back to enjoying all the theatre New York City has to offer, and what better way to do so than with the Ninth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival, running from July 14 through August 10th, and presenting approximately 50 shows (you could say one for each state) in seven different venues, all within walking distance of one another.
When the lease on its Tribeca home expires on July 31, 2008, Collective: Unconscious will close its doors for good. This decision comes on the heels of a massive plumbing problem that has rendered its lower level 'lobby' and backstage storage area unusable and has forced much of its previously announced UNDERGROUNDZERO FESTIVAL to seek new venues.
When the lease on its Tribeca home expires on July 31, 2008, Collective: Unconscious will close its doors for good. This decision comes on the heels of a massive plumbing problem that has rendered its lower level 'lobby' and backstage storage area unusable and has forced much of its previously announced UNDERGROUNDZERO FESTIVAL to seek new venues.
Kristin Scott Thomas will star on Broadway in her Olivier Award-winning role of Arkadina in the critically acclaimed Royal Court Theatre production of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL.
Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, has announced details for their upcoming 2008-09 season.
The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced casting for its productions of Three Sisters and Broke-ology
The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced casting for its productions of Three Sisters and Broke-ology
Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will open its 2008-09 season with Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin starring in William Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST, to be directed by Kulick. Performances begin Wednesday, September 3. The official press opening is Thursday, September 18.
Michael Frayn is an English playwright and novelist. He began as a reporter for The Guardian and The Observer after graduating college in 1957. His first novel, The Tin Men, was published in 1965 winning him his first of many accolades. His other award winning novels include Headlong, The Russian Interpreter and Spies. Considered to be Britain's finest translator of Anton Chekhov, he adapted four major plays along with several smaller plays for an evening called The Sneeze in London in 1988. Theatrically, Frayn is the playwright for such well received plays including Noises Off, Copenhagen, and Democracy, which won the Tony Award in 2000.
Tom Stoppard's 1976 Tony Award-winner launches inaugural Main Stage Series
'Benefactors' was first staged in London in 1984 winning the Olivier Award for Best New Play before its Broadway premiere in 1985. The original Broadway cast included Glenn Close, Mary Beth Hurt, Simon Jones and Sam Waterston and was nominated for two Tony Awards.
New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, announces the 2008-2009 season.
The nominations were just released for the 2008 Olivier Awards and Haispray is leading the pack with 11 nominations.
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