Beth Miller News

The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces its 35th Rolling World Premiere: Steve Yockey's Pluto will receive three productions through the Network's Continued Life of New Plays Fund in the 2013/14 season. Pluto will begin its Rolling World Premiere at Actor's Express (Atlanta, GA, November 16 - December 8, 2013), followed by performances at Forum Theatre (Washington, DC, February 20 - March 15, 2014) and Orlando Shakespeare Theatre (Orlando, FL, February 27 - March 23, 2014).

"Behind the Ballot: Makeup and Hair" is now live at www.oscar.com and on the official Oscars app for iPhone, iPad, Android and Kindle Fire devices. In the second of this six-part video series, Entertainment Weekly's Anthony Breznican sits down with Academy members Mike Elizalde ("Men in Black," "Fantastic Four," "Hellboy II"), Beth Miller ("Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "Dances with Wolves," "Nutty Professor"), Cydney Cornell ("The Artist," "American Beauty," "The Aviator") and Christien Tinsley ("No Country for Old Men," "Ocean's Eleven," "The Passion of the Christ" ) to share the true meaning of makeup & hair design, what to look for, and how characters are altered to suit the story.

For Oscar fans who just can't seem to win their Oscar ballot pool because of that one craft category, Oscar.com today launched BEHIND THE BALLOT, a six-part video series exploring how Academy members view and ultimately determine who'll win Oscars for Production Design, Cinematography, Makeup & Hairstyling, Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Costume Design.

Due to popular demand, Slightly Altered States Theater Company announces the additional performance of World Premiere of THE CHESS LESSON, an absurdist comedy by Sari Caine, a chess champion and teacher. The added performance will take place on Sunday, January 27 at 9pm at IRT Theater.

Slightly Altered States Theater Company presents the World Premiere of THE CHESS LESSON, an absurdist comedy by Sari Caine, a chess champion and teacher. Directed by ElizaBeth Miller, previews began January 4 at IRT Theater. Opening is slated for tonight, January 11. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!

Slightly Altered States Theater Company presents the World Premiere of THE CHESS LESSON, an absurdist comedy by Sari Caine, a chess champion and teacher. Directed by Elizabeth Miller, previews began January 4 at IRT Theater. Opening is slated for January 11. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!

Slightly Altered States Theater Company presents the World Premiere of THE CHESS LESSON, an absurdist comedy by Sari Caine, a chess champion and teacher. Directed by Elizabeth Miller, previews begin January 4 at IRT Theater. Opening is slated for January 11.

Today, Nov. 14, Wagner College Theatre opens its Main Stage production of "Legally Blonde: The Musical," with book by Heather Hach and music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin. The musical is based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the 2001 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon. The show runs tonight, Nov. 14-17, takes a break for Thanksgiving week, and has its concluding run Nov. 28 through Dec. 2.

On Wednesday, Nov. 14, Wagner College Theatre opens its Main Stage production of "Legally Blonde: The Musical," with book by Heather Hach and music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin. The musical is based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the 2001 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon. The show runs Nov. 14-17, takes a break for Thanksgiving week, and has its concluding run Nov. 28 through Dec. 2.

The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, will produce six American and two Australian new plays in staged reading format at its National Showcase of New Plays, hosted November 29 - December 2 in Washington, DC by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

The Once Upon A Time Players (under the artistic direction of Brendan Stackhouse) kicks off its sixth season this summer with Avenue Q playing three performances June 8-10 at Washington's Crossing Open Air Theatre (355 Washington's Crossing - Pennington Rd) in Titusville.

Prologue Theatre Co. presents the final production of its 2011 - 2012 Season, Take Her to See the Maco Lights, by Bekah Brunstetter and directed by Prologue Theatre Artistic Director Margo Gray. Take Her to See the Maco Lights runs tonight, May 10 - June 2 at Luna Central (formerly Live Bait Theater), 3914 N. Clark St. Opening night is Saturday, May 12 at 8 p.m. Previews are tonight, May 10 and Friday, May 11 at 8:00 p.m. Performances are Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Prologue Theatre Co. presents the final production of its 2011 - 2012 Season, Take Her to See the Maco Lights, by Bekah Brunstetter and directed by Prologue Theatre Artistic Director Margo Gray. Take Her to See the Maco Lights runs May 10 - June 2 at Luna Central (formerly Live Bait Theater), 3914 N. Clark St. Opening night is Saturday, May 12 at 8 p.m. Previews are Thursday, May 10 and Friday, May 11 at 8:00 p.m. Performances are Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m.

The Ambassador Theatre Group's Lyceum Theatre in London hosted a special drinks reception to mark the Centenary Year of Bram Stoker's death on Friday, April 20. Celebrated Dracula historian Elizabeth Miller and members of the Stoker family flew in from the US for the event, where members of the Dracula Society, in conjunction with The Lyceum Theatre, raised a toast to the celebrated writer in the venue where he wrote the infamous Dracula. See photos from the event below!

The Nightborn, a new theater company will debut with the world premiere of Spark by Angela Santillo.

Florida Grand Opera (FGO) is kicking off the new year with two of the most beloved Italian composers of all time. It begins on January 21, 2012, with the opening of the company's first production of Puccini's La rondine, and continues with Verdi's widely popular tragedy, Rigoletto.

The Nightborn, a new theater company has announced its debut with the world premiere of Spark by Angela Santillo.