THE OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE (OPC) is kicking off its 14th annual Summer New Works Festival of playwrights, readings and special performances with two special performance events called 'Intersections'-- the first will feature a special theatrical presentation by Gangland priest Greg Boyle of his national best-selling book of urban parables, Tattoos On The Heart on Tuesday, August 9 at 7:30 pm; the second will feature a reading of a new musical - Black Sun, a collaboration between Stephen Belber and the Counting Crows front-man Adam Duritz - on Thursday, August 11 at 7:30 pm. Both will be held at Matilija Auditorium in Ojai.
by Gabrielle Sierra -
At Play presents the U.S. premiere of HERMAN KLINE'S MIDLIFE CRISIS - a new play by Josh Koenigsberg, whose play 'Al's Business Cards' was called 'a zippy new comedy' when it debuted in 2009 -- with previews starting August 7th prior to its official press opening on August 14th at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan. HERMAN KLINE'S MIDLIFE CRISIS is produced by Kelcie Beene and Anthony Francavilla.
by Nicole Rosky -
Producers Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson announced today that Katherine Borowitz, Jason Kravits, Richard Libertini, Mark Linn-Baker, Patricia O'Connell have joined the ensemble cast of the world premiere of RELATIVELY SPEAKING, three one-act comedies by the prolific writing trio of Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen. They join the previously-announced cast of Caroline Aaron, Bill Army, Lisa Emery, Ari Graynor, Steve Guttenberg, Danny Hoch, Julie Kavner, Fred Melamed, Grant Shaud, Marlo Thomas.
by Nicole Rosky -
Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the complete cast and creative team for the West Coast Premiere of John Morogiello's comedy Engaging Shaw. Directed by Henry Wishcamper, Engaging Shaw will run July 29 - Sept. 4 in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of The Old Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Preview performances run July 29 - Aug. 3. Opening night is Thursday, Aug. 4 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
by Nicole Rosky -
Atlantic Theater Company has just announced that Michael Countryman, Charlotte Parry, and John Sharian will join Olivier Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Simon Russell Beale, Tobias Segal, Kate Blumberg, Mary McCann, and Todd Weeks in the U.S. premiere of Simon Stephen's play BLUEBIRD, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch.
by Gabrielle Sierra -
LCT3 will open its 2011-2012 season with the world premiere of ALL-AMERICAN a new play by Julia Brownell, to be directed be Evan Cabnet, Monday, October 24 through Saturday, November 19 at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street® project (229 West 42 Street).
by Nicole Rosky -
LCT3 will open its 2011-2012 season with the world premiere of ALL-AMERICAN a new play by Julia Brownell, to be directed be Evan Cabnet, Monday, October 24 through Saturday, November 19 at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street® project (229 West 42 Street). Opening night is Monday, November 7.
by Nicole Rosky -
At Play presents the U.S. premiere of HERMAN KLINE'S MIDLIFE CRISIS - a new play by Josh Koenigsberg, whose play 'Al's Business Cards' was called 'a zippy new comedy' when it debuted in 2009 -- with previews starting August 7th prior to its official press opening on August 14th at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan. HERMAN KLINE'S MIDLIFE CRISIS is produced by Kelcie Beene and Anthony Francavilla.
by Kelsey Denette -
Chautauqua Theater Company Artistic Directors Vivienne Benesch and Ethan McSweeny announce the first production of CTC's 28th season: Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, translated by Paul Schmidt.
by BWW News Desk -
Mad Dog Theatre Company concludes its exciting inaugural season with the world premiere of THIS IS NOT THE PLAY, a commission by 2011 Dramatists Guild Fellow Chisa Hutchinson. Directed by Joel Waage and designed by Richard T. Chamblin III, THIS IS NOT THE PLAY ends performances on July 3 at the Theaterlab, located at 137 West 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues).
by Gabrielle Sierra -
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) today announced the recipients of grants made through The Andrew W. Mellon New York Theater Program.
by Gabrielle Sierra -
THE OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE (OPC) is thrilled to announce its 2011 Season - 14th Annual program of playwrights, readings and special performances featuring some of the most talented, established and up-and-coming playwrights writing today.
by Robert Diamond -
Producers Jeffrey Finn and Jill Furman announced today that two-time Tony Award nominee, Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Alan Rickman (Private Lives, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the Harry Potter franchise) will make his eagerly-anticipated return to Broadway starring in the World Premiere of SEMINAR, a new play by Theresa Rebeck (Mauritius, The Understudy, Omnium Gatherum, The Family of Mann, Spike Heels, NBC's upcoming 'Smash'). Directed by acclaimed Obie Award winner Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation, The Aliens, Tigers Be Still, Kin, The Coward) in his Broadway debut, the production will open at a Shubert Theatre to be announced this Fall 2011.
by Jessica Lewis -
Producers Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson have announced that Caroline Aaron, Bill Army, Lisa Emery, Ari Graynor, Steve Guttenberg, Danny Hoch, Julie Kavner, Fred Melamed, Grant Shaud and Marlo Thomas will star in the ensemble cast of the world premiere production of RELATIVELY SPEAKING, three one-act comedies by the prolific writing trio of Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, and directed by John Turturro.
by BWW News Desk -
Mad Dog Theatre Company concludes its exciting inaugural season with the world premiere of THIS IS NOT THE PLAY, a commission by 2011 Dramatists Guild Fellow Chisa Hutchinson. Directed by Joel Waage and designed by Richard T. Chamblin III, THIS IS NOT THE PLAY begins performances on Wednesday, June 22 at the Theaterlab, located at 137 West 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues).
by BWW News Desk -
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) kicks off this summer's Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series with the world premiere of Sex Lives of Our Parents, written by Michael Mitnick. Directed by Davis McCallum, Sex Lives of Our Parents will feature Teddy Bergmann (Peter and the Starcatcher), Lisa Emery (Far East), Daniel Jenkins (Mary Poppins), Virginia Kull (Dividing the Estate), Ben Rappaport (NBC's 'Outsourced') and Mark Zeisler (Second Stage Theatre's Eurydice). Previews begin on June 7th and opening night is Wednesday, June 22
by Kelsey Denette -
'Your numbers are lower than Gandhi's cholesterol; and, after the election, we'll see you at Swap Meets signing autographs. You LOSER.' It's not easy to be a president running for re-election, clearly, in David Mamet's scathingly hilarious November, beginning its area premiere at Stage West on Thursday, June 23.
by Kelsey Denette -
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) concludes its 25th Anniversary season with a celebration of its history with 10x25, an all-commissioned, one-act festival of ten-minute plays by twenty-five of the extraordinary playwrights who have been produced there since 1985.
by Gabrielle Sierra -
Stage Left Theatre (SLT) is pleased to announce the programming for its 30th season.
by Kelsey Denette -
Mad Dog Theatre Company concludes its exciting inaugural season with the world premiere of THIS IS NOT THE PLAY, a commission by 2011 Dramatists Guild Fellow Chisa Hutchinson. Directed by Joel Waage and designed by Richard T. Chamblin III, THIS IS NOT THE PLAY begins performances on Wednesday, June 22 at the Theaterlab, located at 137 West 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues).
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