Boston Marriage is a wickedly wild ride through a drawing room with infamous American playwright David Mamet's trademark tart dialogue and impeccable plotting, generously spiced with Wildean wit. Here Mamet also enters new territories-setting the play in the Victorian era and featuring an all-female cast.
Performance Space 122 is proud to announce the Spring 2010 schedule of events featuring eleven premiere presentations in theatre, dance, video, and more. Spring also features special events and series: Thursday Night Socials and Late-Nights at PS122.
NEXT FALL, the new American play by Geoffrey Nauffts and directed by Sheryl Kaller, has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for 'Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off-Broadway.'
The Wooster Group Presents the production of 'North Atlantic', text by James Strahs?, directed by Elizabeth LeCompte. Performances will be from February 10 to 21.
14 Companies boasting over 100 artists and collaborators, and spanning theatre, dance, multi-media, gothic storytelling, live art, cinema, glove puppetry, not to mention an interactive self-help focus group will take part in this year's COIL festival at Performance Space 122.
In a journal entry on the Arts Beat blog, New York Times theatre critic Ben Brantley writes of his recent outing to two of the most-talked about shows in the West End at the moment: the revival of 'Sweet Charity' running at the Menier starring Tamzin Outhwaite and 'The Misanthrope' with Kiera Knightley making her West End debut.
Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, Broadway's longest running comedy, will conclude its Tony Award-winning two year run on January 10, 2010, when it will play its final performance at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The production will have played 771 performances - the longest running Broadway play in seven years.
Extant Arts Company (Greg Taubman, Artistic Director) opens its season with a revival of Rebecca Gilman's melancholy romance Blue Surge January 21 through February 7, 2010 at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street).
IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland from February 9 - 21, as part of the KeyBank Broadway Series at PlayhouseSquare.
Sarah Stiles, who starred as Kate Monster and Lucy in AVENUE Q on Broadway, will re-join the cast of the musical now at New World Stages (340 W. 50 St. in Manhattan) starting Friday, January 8, 2010.
14 Companies boasting over 100 artists and collaborators, and spanning theatre, dance, multi-media, gothic storytelling, live art, cinema, glove puppetry, not to mention an interactive self-help focus group will take part in this year's COIL festival at Performance Space 122.
What are THE 39 STEPS? You have only eight performances left to discover the secret before Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS plays its final performance on Broadway.
The Tony Award winning musical Next to Normal set a new box office record at the Booth Theatre (222 W. 45th Street) for the week ending January 3, 2010, grossing $550,409 over nine performances.
The past decade has seen its fair share of sheer celebrity power on the New York stage. Theatre patrons were not only drawn in by the calibre of the productions, but also by the the opportunity to see box-office mega-stars and internationally recognized names such as Julia Roberts, Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig and Jude Law to name but a few.
THE EMPEROR JONES' John Douglas Thompson has a thing or two to say about persistence: it's worth it. After losing his job as a computer salesman in 1994, he shifted gears, got an MFA from Trinity Rep and now, fifteen years after the fact, is a certified star player. A recent profile in New York Magazine recounts Thompson's career achievements and his impact on the acting community in New York City.
Mint Theater Company (Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director) has added one additional performance, Sunday December 20th at 7 pm, to accommodate the demand for their acclaimed production of So Help Me God! by Maurine Dallas Watkins (the author of Chicago, the play upon which the musical is based) at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street).
Sting and Alicia Keys were amongst other well-known music and entertainment personalities to visit the Broadway sensation Fela! during its first week run, and the praise for this dazzling production was unanimous.
Famed New York Times theater critics Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood have revealed their top picks for 2009. The Norman Conquests and the Emperor Jones came out on top, making both lists. See below for their top ten recommendations.
Producers Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter and Will & Jada Pinkett Smith announced today that beginning January 6, the new critically acclaimed Broadway musical Fela! will add Wednesday matinee performances to its weekly schedule and push back Sunday matinee times to 3pm. The new schedule, beginning Tuesday, January 5 will be as follows: Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday at 2pm & 8pm, Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm and Sunday at 3pm (except Sunday, January 10 when curtain is 2pm).
Mint Theater Company (Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director) has added one additional performance, Sunday December 20th at 7 pm, to accommodate the demand for their acclaimed production of So Help Me God! by Maurine Dallas Watkins (the author of Chicago, the play upon which the musical is based) at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street).
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