With less than twenty-four hours until the Ensemble Theatre opened the Regional Premiere of KNOCK ME A KISS, I got to have a brief conversation about the play with its playwright, Charles Smith. During our conversation we discussed the play, which introduces audiences to Yolande Du Bois, daughter of W.E.B. Du Bois. It exposes the audience to the hardships she faced and endured in search of her own happiness.
Perhaps one of the greatest achievements of theatre is its ability to shed light on an issue or people that the audience may not be wholly familiar with. The Harlem Renaissance is the well-known and highly lauded period of time when African-American artists became exposed to and appreciated by mainstream audiences. The Harlem Renaissance introduced Americans and even the world to the soul and heart of African-Americans, showcasing humanity and beginning to dismantle the stigma of animalism, livestock, and even chattel. Most of us are familiar with the celebrated heroes of the movement, like Langston Hughes and W.E.B. Du Bois; yet, we are wholly unfamiliar with W.E.B. Du Bois' daughter, Yolande Du Bois. We are even less cognizant of her marriage to poet Countee Cullen.
Ensemble Stage-Wrights Workshop has announced its 2013 Workshops: "Discovering History: The Playwright's Journey" and "An Empty Space Roundtable". Details below!
Ensemble Stage-Wrights Workshop has announced its 2013 Workshops: "Discovering History: The Playwright's Journey" and "An Empty Space Roundtable". Details below!
Fashion Designer, Niiamar Felder has been nominated for an Audelco Award for Best Costume Design for the Off-Broadway production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, by August Wilson. The 40th Annual Audelco Awards will be presented on Monday, November 19th at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in New York City.
Newnan Theatre Company is presenting the Atlanta area premiere of David Mamet's "November" from (appropriately) tonight, November 8 through November 18. NTC's premiere will take place just two weeks later than the Los Angeles premiere at the Mark Taper Forum, starring Ed Bagley Jr. and Felicity Huffman.
Theatre Pops presents November by David Mamet. As election week winds down, David Mamet's satirical view of the trials and tribulations of the reelection campaign of President, Charles Smith could not come at a better time. November is fraught with laugh-out-loud comics with campaign funds running low and the fear of defeat in the air.
While the plot line about pardoning turkeys is as pointless, strange, and silly as…well…pardoning turkeys, NOVEMBER is a crowd-pleasing satire that anyone is sure to love. Right now it's unclear who will win the election, but at The Playhouse, NOVEMBER wins hands down.
Mid-Michigan's award winning professional theatre company, Williamston Theatre, located at 122 S. Putnam in downtown Williamston, introduces their new theatrical experience in 'found spaces' (rooms that are not traditional theatre spaces), Dark Nights in Billtown. The first round of staged readings will take place Today, November 2 through Sunday, November 4.
Newnan Theatre Company is presenting the Atlanta area premiere of David Mamet's "November" from (appropriately) November 8 through November 18. NTC's premiere will take place just two weeks later than the Los Angeles premiere at the Mark Taper Forum, starring Ed Bagley Jr. and Felicity Huffman.
Crossroads Theatre Company kicks off its 2012 - 2013 season of insightful, compelling and entertaining plays with Charles Smith's acclaimed KNOCK ME A KISS, a fictionalized look at the drama surrounding the ill-fated marriage of W.E.B. Du Bois' daughter. The production is directed by Chuck Smith (no relation to the author). The play will be on stage at the New Brunswick theatre with a run beginning tonight, October 25 and continuing through November 4. Tickets are on sale now.
Just in time for the 2012 election, David Mamet's "November" comes to the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. The show is currently running through November 4, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at opening night highlights below.
Crossroads Theatre Company will take audiences on a journey through the ages during its 2012-2013 season of theatrical presentations that bring drama, poignancy and humor to different chapters of American history, from the 1920s to post-9/11 America.
Crossroads Theatre Company kicks off its 2012 - 2013 season with Charles Smith's acclaimed KNOCK ME A KISS, a fictionalized look at the drama surrounding the ill-fated marriage of W.E.B. Du Bois' daughter. The play will be on stage at the New Brunswick theatre with a run beginning October 25 and continuing through November 4. Tickets are on sale now.
Just in time for the 2012 election, David Mamet's "November" comes to the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. The show is currently running through November 4, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below. *Please note there is adult content contained in the footage.
Mad Horse Theatre Company has announced that it will open its 27th season in its brand new theatre at the Hutchins School in South Portland. And with election season in full swing, nothing could be more perfect than starting the season with David Mamet's side-splitting comedy, November. With Mamet's characteristic no-holds-barred style, November is a relentlessly hysterical take on the state of American politics today--and a delicious antidote to this political season.
The stars came out for Andre De Shields' SRO return Friday night Oct 5 to the Laurie Beechman theatre (downstairs at the West Bank Cafe). De Shields will perform his new theatrical concert, I PUT A SPELL ON YOU, for one more show this Friday Oct. 12 at 11PM.Tickets are available atwww.smarttix.com or by calling 212-868-4444.
It takes a master playwright - who better than David Mamet? - to put an audience smack dab in the middle of the political arena, in the Oval Office no less, where slings and arrows of undeniable speed fly, attack and injure. Yet, victims rise, valiantly or not, to face a continuous onslaught of greed and deception. November, Mamet's 2008 Broadway play, is a great forerunner to election day 2012. Is one candidate more greedy, more downright stupid than the other? Who is the lesser of two evils? The decision is yours, dear voter.
David Mamet's comedy "November" is now playing at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum through November 4, 2012. Opening night was last night - check out photo coverage of the starry arrivals, curtain call and more below!
Mad Horse Theatre Company has announced that it will open its 27th season in its brand new theatre at the Hutchins School in South Portland. And with election season in full swing, nothing could be more perfect than starting the season with David Mamet's side-splitting comedy, November. With Mamet's characteristic no-holds-barred style, November is a relentlessly hysterical take on the state of American politics today--and a delicious antidote to this political season.
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