Berger News

CLASSICAL ACTING WEEKEND INTENSIVE held for Two Days Only: May 14-15

Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables welcomes J. Mark McVey to the role of Jean Valjean beginning in Tempe, AZ, at ASU Gammage June 7-12, 2011. The all new production of Les Misérables features glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo.

Orlando Shakespeare Theater's Artistic Director, Jim Helsinger, announced the final two plays of the Signature Series 2011-2012 Season. The regional premiere of God Of Carnage, Yasmina Reza's 2009 Tony Award-Winning comedy of grownups behaving badly will run from October 12 - November 13, 2011 in the Goldman Theater. While the Orlando premiere of Red, John Logan's electrifying new drama about artist Mark Rothko that won six 2010 Tony Awards including Best Play, will conclude the series.

The Araca Group announces the return of AracaWorks, a week-long series of play readings celebrating new work for the theatre.

In 1958, the young French-Algerian couturier Yves Saint Laurent met and fell in love with the industrialist and patron Pierre Bergé, forging a relationship that would endure fifty years of extraordinary success, emotional turbulence and lingering devotion.

Después de 6 meses en cartel, Hair terminó el pasado 1 de mayo su estancia en Barcelona. Con más de 70.000 espectadores desde su estreno en la ciudad condal, el musical HAIR Love & Rock Musical dirigido por Daniel Anglès, inicia funciones en el Teatro Olympia de Valencia a partir de hoy para realizar una temporada estrictamente limitada, hasta el 12 de junio.

Before Dr. Phil, before Oprah, before Dan Savage, there was Ann Landers. In this engaging, witty one-woman play praised from New York to L.A.. we are delighted as Ms. Landers (aka Eppie Lederer) revisits some of her favorite columns, dispenses advice, and shares tidbits of her own life choices and heartaches.

Max and Louie Productions presents THE LADY WITH ALL THE ANSWERS by David Rambo, drawn from the life and letters of Ann Landers with the cooperation of Margo Howard. This production stars Stellie Siteman as Ann Landers and is directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga. The play opens on Thursday, May 12th at the COCA Black Box Theater.

Before Dr. Phil, before Oprah, before Dan Savage, there was Ann Landers. In this engaging, witty one-woman play praised from New York to L.A.. we are delighted as Ms. Landers (aka Eppie Lederer) revisits some of her favorite columns, dispenses advice, and shares tidbits of her own life choices and heartaches.

Singles beware! MTV's blind date comedy 'Disaster Date' is returning for a fourth season with 20 brand new episodes featuring several celebrity guest appearances from the 'Jersey Shore' cast and an all-star lineup of improvisational actors, beginning Monday, May 16 at 6:30pm ET/PT.

The Drama League Directors Project (Roger T. Danforth, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce its 'Class of 2011,' a group of nine distinguished individuals who have been selected as this year's Drama League Directing Fellows. Now in its 27th year, The Directors Project features six distinct programs designed to address the needs of directors at various stages of their careers.

Hair, playing at the Durham Performing Arts Center through Sunday, is a wonderfully trippy tribute to the heyday of the hippie movement. Of course, to call Hair a tribute might diminish the power of this musical's position in the pantheon of the American musicals.

Housed in an old Victorian shop and dwelling, this doll-house sized Windsor Castle of camp kitsch and good times has to be experienced to be believed.

East West Players (EWP), the nation's largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work and the longest-running professional theatre of color in the country, announces its 46th Anniversary Season of three new works and a seminal musical classic.

The Araca Group announces the return of AracaWorks, a week-long series of play readings celebrating new work for the theatre.

MEMORY IS A CULINARY AFFAIR explores the impact of the 1970s dictatorship in Argentina through the eyes of Carina, who was a small child at the time.

In what can be labeled a 'First,' the New Jewish Theatre is proud to boast that the director for the upcoming production of Clifford Odet's 1935 classic AWAKE AND SING! is Steve Woolf, Artistic Director of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. While Woolf does direct outside of the Rep, he does not direct for other theatres in the St. Louis area. So this is a genuine First for both Woolf and the New Jewish Theatre. Most recently outside of the Rep, Mr. Woolf directed THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (and then went on to direct the Rep's production of the same show). But the upcoming production at NJT was a show that he could not resist. Its realism and grittiness and the strength of the characters appealed to him.

Jesse Berger, Artistic Director and the Board of Directors of Red Bull Theater are please to invite you to the third annual RUNNING OF THE RED BULLS BENEFIT honoring Richard Easton, Katherine Hoold and Lily Rabe, with THE MATADOR AWARDS for excellence in classical theater.

Yellow Face, the nationally-acclaimed play by Tony Award winning playwright David Henry Hwang, makes its Chicago debut at Silk Road Theatre Project (SRTP), produced in association with the Goodman Theatre. Yellow Face, directed by Steve Scott, runs June 14 - July 17, 2011, in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington St, Chicag

The Araca Group announces the return of AracaWorks, a week-long series of play readings celebrating new work for the theatre.