Charles Smith News

Just in time for the 2012 election, David Mamet's "November" comes to the Taper.

Route 66 Theatre Company presents its newest world premiere collaboration, a one-of-a-kind original musical by local sensation Diana Lawrence (of Diana and the Dishes, and currently musical director of TICK, TICK, BOOM at Porchlight Music Theatre). NEXT STOP runs Monday and Tuesday nights at 7:30pm, tonight, June 18 through June 26, at Theater Wit, 1229 West Belmont Ave, Chicago IL.

Ensemble Theatre announces its 33rd consecutive season, dubbed "Discover The HUMAN Element." This season's selection of plays will explore the fundamentals of the human experience.

Route 66 Theatre Company has announced the details of their newest world premiere collaboration, a one-of-a-kind original musical by local sensation Diana Lawrence (of Diana and the Dishes, and currently musical director of TICK, TICK, BOOM at Porchlight Music Theatre). NEXT STOP runs Monday and Tuesday nights at 7:30pm, June 18-26, at Theater Wit, 1229 West Belmont Ave, Chicago IL.

The Ensemble Theatre Artistic Director, Eileen J. Morris, today announced the theatre's 2012-2013 season including a variety of comedies, dramas, classic, and musical productions.

Gregory Boyd, Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre, announces its new season of exciting plays created by a diverse group of playwrights who have collectively earned three Pulitzer Prizes, multiple Tony and Olivier Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award.

Artistic Director Chay Yew and Executive Director Jan Kallish announce the appointment of the new Victory Gardens Ensemble Playwrights: Philip Dawkins, Marcus Gardley, Samuel D. Hunter and Tanya Saracho.

After completing their 40th anniversary year, highlighted by an all-star gala in May, New Federal Theatre will announce its 2011-'12 season.

Fox Valley Repertory begins its 2nd season with the comical glimpse behind the creation of the screenplay 'Gone With the Wind' with Ron Hutchinson's Moonlight and Magnolias. Directed by Dennis Zacek, former Tony Award-winning Artistic Director of Victory Gardens, performances will take place at the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage (4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; box office 630-584-6342).

TimeLine Theatre Company has announced the addition of nine new Associate Artists - Will Allan, William Brown, Aaron Carter, Andrew Carter, John Culbert, Mildred Marie Langford, Mechelle Moe, Ann Wakefield and Alex Weisman.

TheatreWorks recently announced its 2012 line-up of theatrical performances at a party hosted by Spruce Home & Garden, a retailer of upper-end home products and accessories, on Bank Street in New Milford.

The Starlight Children's Foundation of NY, NJ and CT will roll out the red carpet for the 22nd consecutive year for the star-studded Celebrity Sports Auction on November 1st at Madison Square Garden from 6 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

The Starlight Children's Foundation of NY, NJ and CT will roll out the red carpet for the 22nd consecutive year for the star-studded Celebrity Sports Auction on November 1st at Madison Square Garden from 6 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. The event, attended by over 600 of New York City's greater real estate and business communities, benefits thousands of children who suffer from a wide range of critical, chronic and life-threatening diseases each day. Visit Cancun in a luxury villa, attend the NY Giants training camp or catch a Yankee game from the best seats in the house! The event features a wide range of exciting trips, sports tickets with great seats, golf, dinner and many more distinctive prizes.

The Starlight Children's Foundation of NY, NJ and CT will roll out the red carpet for the 22nd consecutive year for the star-studded Celebrity Sports Auction on November 1st at Madison Square Garden from 6 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

The Starlight Children's Foundation of NY, NJ and CT will roll out the red carpet for the 22nd consecutive year for the star-studded Celebrity Sports Auction on November 1st at Madison Square Garden from 6 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. The event, attended by over 600 of New York City's greater real estate and business communities, benefits thousands of children who suffer from a wide range of critical, chronic and life-threatening diseases each day. Visit Cancun in a luxury villa, attend the NY Giants training camp or catch a Yankee game from the best seats in the house! The event features a wide range of exciting trips, sports tickets with great seats, golf, dinner and many more distinctive prizes.

A two-time Tony Award nominee, De Shields, whose prolific career spans more than four decades, was a member of the original company of Ain't Misbehavin' which initially opened at the Manhattan Theatre Club's cabaret in February, 1978.

Welcome to the effervescent, energetic world of Fats Waller, a world of rent parties, hot jazz and the exuberance of the Harlem Renaissance. The 'joint' will definitely be 'jumpin' as Crossroads Theatre Company presents the Tony Award- winning musical, Ain't Misbehavin', directed and choreographed by André De Shields. The season-opening show will run from October 6 through 23. Tickets are on sale now!

After completing their 40th anniversary year, highlighted by an all-star gala in May, New Federal Theatre will announce its 2011-'12 season.

This summer is a busy one for award-winning Broadway star André De Shields. He has been nominated as 'Best Leading Actor' for his title role in Charles Smith's new play The Gospel According to James, produced last Spring at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater in Chicago, Dennis Zacek, Artistic Director. Based on the doubling lynching depicted in the infamous Lawrence Beitler photograph, this drama involves the fictional meeting between a witness and a survivor of that seminal moment in Indiana history. The play garnered four Black Theater Alliance Award nods, including Best Direction for director, Chuck Smith and Best Writing for playwright, Charles Smith. The play was originally commissioned by and experienced its world premiere at The Indiana Repertory Theatre in Indianapolis.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company announces that Jacob G. Padrón will join Steppenwolf Theatre Company's artistic staff as Associate Producer and Aaron Carter will become the company's new Literary Manager.