Breaking News: Deborah Cox to Headline North American Tour of West End Hit THE BODYGUARD; Kicks Off in Fall 2016!
by Tyler Peterson
- May 14, 2015
Michael Harrison, David Ian and Nederlander Presentations, Inc. are delighted to announce the North American tour of the hit musical THE BODYGUARD. Directed by Thea Sharrock, the tour will launch in the fall of 2016.Michael Harrison, David Ian and Nederlander Presentations, Inc. have announced the North American tour of the hit musical THE BODYGUARD. Directed by Thea Sharrock, the tour will launch in the fall of 2016.
American Conservatory Theater Celebrates Strand Theater Grand Opening Today
by BWW News Desk
- May 14, 2015
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Carey Perloff announces The Strand Theater (1127 Market Street, San Francisco), A.C.T.'s brand-new performance venue and education center, will celebrate its grand opening today, May 14, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
STC & Malthouse Theatre to Present LOVE AND INFORMATION
by Tyler Peterson
- May 8, 2015
In Caryl Churchill's Love and Information, eight actors portray a dazzling kaleidoscope of more than 100 characters in a series of tantalising snapshots of contemporary life. For Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre's co-production, Kip Williams directs Marco Chiappi, Harry Greenwood, Glenn Hazeldine, Anita Hegh, Zahra Newman, Anthony Taufa, Alison Whyte and Ursula Yovich, with performances at Wharf 1 from 9 July 2015 (opening night 11 July).
'JANE WENHAM' to Launch UK Tour in September
by Tyler Peterson
- May 5, 2015
Ria Parry will direct the world premiere of Rebecca Lenkiewicz's play Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern for Out of Joint, Watford Palace Theatre and Arcola Theatre. It will tour from September to November 2015, including two weeks of rural touring in association with Eastern Angles, before playing at London's Arcola Theatre in January 2016.
American Conservatory Theater to Celebrate Strand Theater Grand Opening, 5/14
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 29, 2015
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Carey Perloff announced today that The Strand Theater (1127 Market Street, San Francisco), A.C.T.'s brand-new performance venue and education center, will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday, May 14, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
A.C.T. to Close 2014-15 Season with LOVE AND INFORMATION, 6/3-8/9
by Tyler Peterson
- Apr 28, 2015
After critically acclaimed productions in New York City and London, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) will close its 2014-15 season with the West Coast premiere of renowned playwright Caryl Churchill's internationally praised work, Love and Information (June 3-August 9, 2015).
The Wilma Theater to Close 2014-15 Season with ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
by Tyler Peterson
- Apr 23, 2015
In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, which will mark the Wilma's 11th production of a work by Tom Stoppard, minor characters take center stage as they journey on a boat taking Prince Hamlet to England with players from the royal court. As these characters unknowingly sail to a fate Shakespeare has already scripted for them, arguments of free will and determinism abound, all set to the constant travel game of flipping coins. In this battle of wits, Stoppard's characteristic wordplay and case of mistaken identities create a spectacle that's philosophical, clownish, and complete with a pirate-ambush.
Fugard Theatre's A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT to Play BAM This Summer
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 21, 2015
In this taut 2013 theatrical adaptation of Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela's award winning-book, the apartheid regime's most notorious assassin and head of its death squad, Eugene de Kock (played by Matthew Marsh), sits opposite psychologist Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (played Noma Dumezweni) in Pretoria Central Prison in 1997. Gobodo-Madikizela is a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission determined to understand his actions. She questions de Kock, who is sentenced to two life terms plus 212 years for crimes against humanity, murder, conspiracy to murder, attempted murder, assault, kidnapping, illegal possession of firearms, and fraud.
SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION, 'JUDITH' and VINEGAR TOM Set for PTP/NYC This Summer
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 17, 2015
PTP/NYC (Potomac Theatre Project), in association with Middlebury College, proudly presents its 29th repertory season, its 9th consecutive in New York City, running from July 7 - August 9, 2015 in a limited 5-week Off-Broadway engagement at The Atlantic Stage 2, located at 330 West 16th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues.
CROUCH, TOUCH, PAUSE, ENGAGE Coming to Arcola Theatre
by Tyler Peterson
- Apr 16, 2015
Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage - the critically-acclaimed play about Gareth Thomas, the first professional rugby player to come out while still playing - comes to Arcola Theatre this spring (20 May - 20 June 2015) following its current tour. Directed by Max Stafford-Clark, and written by Robin Soans, the play is a co-production by Out of Joint, National Theatre Wales and Arcola Theatre.
Pi Theatre Presents Western Canadian Premiere of Sarah Kane's BLASTED, Now thru 4/25
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 10, 2015
Pi Theatre presents Sarah Kane's highly-provocative and overtly shocking play Blasted - an incendiary, visceral portrayal of a world where private and public violation collide - at Granville Island's Performance Works (1218 Cartwright Street), tonight, April 10 - 25, 2015. Directed by Richard Wolfe, this uncompromising work, which was met with hostile critical reaction following its controversial 1995 London premiere, has now cemented Kane's legacy as the most provocative and influential British playwright of her generation.
Kwame Kwei-Armah's LET THERE BE LOVE Begins at A.C.T. Today
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 8, 2015
Continuing its 2014-15 season, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) presents Let There Be Love, an intimate and disarmingly honest play from Kwame Kwei-Armah, one of England's most distinguished contemporary playwrights.
The Grappler Presents 'GATEKEEPERS' Panel at The Healy Theatre Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 7, 2015
Where does art belong and who gets to make it? Acclaimed playwright Idris Goodwin and Louder Than a Bomb creator Kevin Coval asked these questions in Steppenwolf for Young Adult's recent production of This is Modern Art (Based on True Events). This is Modern Art represents the true story of Chicago graffiti crew MUL, depicting the events leading up to and following their decision to carry out the biggest graffiti bomb of their career on the modern wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. This is Modern Art asked audiences to start a revolution, and the Chicago theatre community did- more than anyone expected.
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