Charles Dickens News

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced today that tickets are now on sale for TWIST - An American Musical, based on Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist.

How will the works of Charles Dickens fare in the digital, global era? Will new film adaptations and neo-Victorian novels stoke interest in one of the world's greatest writers?

There are two productions remaining in Geva Theatre Center's 2010-2011 Season: Radio Golf, the finale of "August Wilson's American Century," and a historic production of The Music Man featuring the biggest cast ever assembled in the Geva Mainstage.

Today Producing Artistic Director Edward Stern announced his 20th - and final - season at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. The Playhouse' s 52nd season includes two world premieres and three regional premiere productions, as well as the return of one of the most popular musicals in its history.

New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is pleased to announce DollHouse, a drama by playwright Theresa Rebeck, based on Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.

Eric Rosen, artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, has added CABARET to the Rep's 2010-11 season lineup. Rosen will direct the Tony Award-winning musical written by two of America's most distinguished and prolific songwriters, Kansas City native John Kander and Fred Ebb, with a book by Joe Masteroff.

Eric Rosen, artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, has added CABARET to the Rep's 2010-11 season lineup. Rosen will direct the Tony Award-winning musical written by two of America's most distinguished and prolific songwriters, Kansas City native John Kander and Fred Ebb, with a book by Joe Masteroff.

Eric Rosen, artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, has added CABARET to the Rep's 2010-11 season lineup. Rosen will direct the Tony Award-winning musical written by two of America's most distinguished and prolific songwriters, Kansas City native John Kander and Fred Ebb, with a book by Joe Masteroff.

Washington, D.C.'s Ford's Theatre has just announced their full 2011-12 season, which is set to include productions of PARADE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, 1776, and more.

Arkansas Repertory Theatre (The Rep), the state's largest professional nonprofit theatre, is proud to announce its 36th MainStage Season. The new season has been specially prepared for a newly renovated theatre, and will include new musicals and dramas, plus timeless classics to form a season that exemplifies The Rep's mission of producing diverse work of the highest artistic standards for its Arkansas audience.

92nd Street Y has announced that Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, continues his popular multi-evening 92nd Street Y conversation series, 'Broadway Talks with Jordan Roth' with stage and screen star Daniel Radcliffe (How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying) on Monday, May 9th at 7:30 p.m. and four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (La Cage Aux Folles) on Sunday, June 26th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 and $29 and are available at www.92Y.org/BroadwayTalks or by calling 212.415.5500.

Award-winning playwrights Greg Oliver Bodine and Nat Cassidy team up to present a disturbing double-bill of solo performances adapted from and inspired by the man whom Stephen King describes as 'the Twentieth Century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale,' Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937).

A strong lineup of productions for the 2010-11 season continues Children's Theatre of Charlotte's commitment to providing theatre that entertains, challenges and inspires young people and families. In its 63rd year, the Theatre presents a wide range of shows, including musical spectacular Disney's Aladdin, the return of popular holiday production Scrooge! and several storybook adaptations that are new to area audiences.

The Gaiety Theatre and Bill Kenwright present The Haunting by Hugh Janes adapted from the ghost stories of Charles Dickens from 7th-12th March

Park Square's 36th season will open with a perceptible crackle when the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY comes to its stage in September.

Manhattan Theatre Source Playground Development Series proudly presents THINGS AT THE DOORSTEP- An evening of horror based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has announced it will add acclaimed Italian playwright Dario Fo's political farce Accidental Death of an Anarchist to its 2011 Season.

New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is pleased to announce DollHouse, a drama by playwright Theresa Rebeck, based on Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.

The Gaiety Theatre and Bill Kenwright present The Haunting by Hugh Janes adapted from the ghost stories of Charles Dickens from 7th-12th March

The following events are set for Albuquerque Theatre Guild in March: