59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes the return of Alan Ayckbourn and the Stephen Joseph Theatre Company (Scarborough) to Brits Off Broadway with the US premiere of MY WONDERFUL DAY, written and directed by Mr. Ayckbourn. MY WONDERFUL DAY begins previews on Wednesday, November 11 for a limited engagement through Sunday, December 13.
The Yale Repertory Theatre will present Danai Gurira's ECLIPSED beginning October 24th, with an opening night of October 29th. The cast will feature Pascale Armand, Zainab Jah, Adepero Oduye, Stacey Sargeant, and Shona Tucker.
In the raw, urgent, riotous 'American Buffalo', three small-time crooks plot to steal a priceless coin collection. Strategizing from the confines of a pathetic Chicago junk shop, the would-be masterminds each try to control the logistics of their ill-fated scheme.
A world premiere production of 'Medea' starring Annette Bening will kick off UCLA Live's 2009-10 season, announced artistic and executive director David Sefton Wednesday evening at Royce Hall. The play, the first-ever original production created by UCLA Live, will be directed by Croatia's Lenka Udovicki who is known for her opera and theater creations throughout Europe.
Prescott Fine Arts Association opens THE SHADOW BOX on November 5th with a champagne reception following that performance. The director is Jonathan (JP) Perpich. The dates and times are November 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, and 14 at 7:30 pm, and two matinees on November 8 and 14 at 2:00 pm.
Queens Theatre in the Park will present AGAINST THE RISING SEA by Kelly Masterson from October 15th-25th. The production will star Patricia Conolly and Tony Award winner Elizabeth Franz and is directed by Joe Cacaci.
Goodman Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of Alan Gross's High Holidays directed by Steven Robman, October 31 - November 29, 2009 in the Goodman's 400-seat flexible Owen Bruner Theatre.
Native Chicago playwright Alan Gross teams up with director Steven Robman to bring his newest work, High Holidays, to Goodman Theatre. At the center of this four-character drama-inspired by Gross' own life and family experience-is young Billy Roman (Max Zuppa) and the anxiety-riddled preparations for his Bar Mitzvah in 1963 north suburban Chicago.
Queens Theatre in the Park will present AGAINST THE RISING SEA by Kelly Masterson from October 15th-25th. The production will star Patricia Conolly and Tony Award winner Elizabeth Franz and is directed by Joe Cacaci.
The 2009 Theatre Hall of Fame inductees have been revealed and include such icons as actors Jim Dale, John McMartin and Lynn Redgrave; producers Roger Berlind and Ted Mann; composers Stephen Schwartz and Andrew Lloyd Webber; and, posthumously, the late playwright/actor Charles Ludlum. The Annual Theatre Hall of Fame ceremony, now in its 39th year, will be held Jan. 25, 2010, in the Gershwin Theatre's North Rotunda. Terry Hodge Taylor is producing the event.
Long Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Ray Cullom, will present the beloved musical The Fantasticks, directed by Amanda Dehnert, from October 7 through November 1, 2009, on the Mainstage.
Following a highly successful run at California Shakespeare Theater, Two River Theater Co. is proud to present Shakespeare's most magical and mischievous celebration of fools in love: A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Two River Artistic Director Aaron Posner.
The Yale Repertory Theatre will present Danai Gurira's ECLIPSED beginning October 24th, with an opening night of October 29th. The cast will feature Pascale Armand, Zainab Jah, Adepero Oduye, Stacey Sargeant, and Shona Tucker.
Following his sold-out Huntington Theatre production of Brendan, where he recounts an Irish immigrant's voyage to US citizenship, and his off-Broadway smash hit starring Campbell Scott as the Midwestern journalist August Early in The Atheist, Elliot Norton Award-winner Ronan Noone continues his exploration of the American psyche in Little Black Dress.
Nick Meo will direct a revival of 'Search and Destroy' by Howard Korder, a portrait of nefarious business practices and moral degradation in the Reagan era. Martin Mirkheim, small time chiseler and producer, perilously in debt, decides to finance a film of a book called 'Daniel Strong,' written by a pseudo-religious, late night self help guru. Mirkheim's efforts include drug dealing and deception to achieve what he feels is a 'pure goal.' The play is a disturbingly entertaining indictment of American values, filled with brilliant gutter language and tightly-wound characters whose eagerness to be 'strong' made them the New American Monsters of their time. It will be presented by Strudel Productions (www.strudelproductions.com) January 14 to 23, 2010 at the Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th Street.
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome Patrick Boll, Alyse Alan Louis, David Andrew Macdonald and Eric William Morris to the Winter Garden Theatre on Tuesday, September 22, 2009.
Theatre Planners presents the World Premiere of The Something-Nothing, a hyper romantic comedy by Fielding Edlow, creator of the 'Best of NYC Fringe' award-winning, Coke-Free J.A.P. Directing is Kiff Scholl. Racquel Lehrman is producing. The Something-Nothing opens Saturday, Sept. 19 at The Lounge Theatre in Hollywood.