Contemporary Stage News

August Schulenburg's new play, The Lesser Seductions of History, follows ten characters through each year of the 1960's.

August Schulenburg's new play, The Lesser Seductions of History, follows ten characters through each year of the 1960's.

HotCity Theatre to produce Hot-Fashion 2009, a fashion show fundraiser featuring designers Paul Gibson, Melissa Rae Brown and Ivcich and Asbed at the Kranzberg Arts Center.

Following the critically acclaimed, sell-out success of Chris Goode's ...Sisters, winner of the inaugural NEW DIRECTIONS award, Headlong Theatre and the Gate are proud to announce the winner of NEW DIRECTIONS 2009: Dylan Tighe and his remarkable reimagining of Euripides', Medea/Medea.

Tonight, September 30th the first performance of the national Frost/Nixon tour will begin in Des Moines, IA The 2007 Tony Award® -nominated new play by Peter Morgan, the award-winning author of The Last King of Scotland and The Queen, will run at the Des Moines Civic Center through October 5th.

The full cast for the tour of Frost/Nixon, the 2007 Tony Award® -nominated new play by Peter Morgan, the award-winning author of The Last King of Scotland and The Queen, has been announced.

Dreck Productions and the Austrian Cultural Forum are proud to present a NYC revival of Dirt, the European award-winning one-man show written by Robert Schneider, which went on to become a critically acclaimed production at the 2007 NY International Fringe Festival. Dirt is directed by David Robinson and performed by Christopher Domig. Performances run from April 2 - 26, 2008 in a limited engagement at Under St. Marks in NYC. Previews begin April 2 for an April 5 opening. In a review of Dirt at last year's NY Fringe Fest Adam Feldman of TimeOut NY dubbed his performance 'Riveting' and gave the play 4 stars, Back Stage marked it a 'PICK' saying 'Dirt is painful but powerful theatre' and NYTheatre.com declared 'Dirt is a remarkable piece of theatre-deep, emotional, and thought-provoking.'