'So You Think You Can Dance' top three finalist Neil Haskell will replace Heath Calvert (who has been cast in HAIR on Broadway) in the role of Jake in the new rock musical comedy F#@KING UP EVERYTHING, written by David Eric Davis (music, lyrics, book), Sam Forman (book), with musical direction, orchestrations and arrangements by Matt Hinkley and directed by Stephen Brackett.
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.
Charlotte Street Foundation is pleased to present a slide talk by Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artist Award Fellow Anne Lindberg on Friday, October 16, 5pm at its Urban Culture Project Paragraph gallery, 23 East 12th Street
CALL and RESPONSE is a series of two multidisciplinary performative events organized collaboratively by Charlotte Street Foundation's Urban Culture Project and the American Jazz Museum.
The world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) Gruesome Playground Injuries features Selma Blair (Hellboy, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Storytelling, Legally Blonde, NBC's Kath & Kim) playing Kayleen and Brad Fleischer (Center Theatre Group's premiere of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Broadway's Coram Boy, Off Broadway's Streamers) playing Doug.
Page 73 Productions (Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Executive Directors) and New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director) will present the world premiere of Heidi Schreck's riveting new play "Creature," directed by Leigh Silverman. This Off Broadway engagement will be performed at the Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster Street (between Spring and Broome Streets). Previews begin on Tuesday, October 27, and the official Opening Night will be Monday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m. Performances will run through November 21.
Page 73 Productions (Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Executive Directors) and New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director) will present the world premiere of Heidi Schreck's riveting new play 'CREATURE,' directed by Leigh Silverman.
Academy Award nominated director Spike Lee, the award winning Culture Project, Steve Colman and Jayson Jackson in association with The Public Theater present County of Kings. Written and performed by Lemon Andersen (Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam), and directed by Elise Thoron, County of Kings begins performances Tuesday, September 29 for a six week limited engagement at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street.
Producer Theresa Wozunk and the New York Musical Theater Festival present a world premiere concert presentation of LIBERTY: A NEW MUSICAL for one night only on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 8 p.m. at Theatre Row?s Acorn Theatre (410 W 42nd Street). Casting will be announced shortly.
LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater's initiative devoted to producing work of new playwrights, directors and designers, has announced that Opal Alladin, Mia Barron, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Lynn Hawley, Ronete Levenson and Ellen Parker will be featured in its world premiere production of WHAT ONCE WE FELT, a new play by Ann Marie Healy, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, the first of LCT3's three productions during the 2009-2010 season.
Renowned experimental filmmaker Roger Beebe takes to the Heartland this fall to present a program of his recent multi-projector films as part of a 6-week US tour. CSF's Urban Culture Project is pleased to host Beebe's Films for One to Eight Projectors program at la Esquina, Thursday September 24 at 8pm in partnership with Film and Media Arts, University of Missouri Kansas City.
As previously announced, Fela!, the new musical based on the life and music of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, will arrive on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street) where performances will commence on Monday, October 19 with an official opening set for Monday, November 23.
The Huntington Theatre Company continues its 28th season - a season of American Stories - with Grammy Award winner, Broadway star, and pop icon Maureen McGovern's world premiere musical memoir A Long and Winding Road, conceived and written by Philip Himberg and Maureen McGovern and presented in cooperation with Arena Stage.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) proudly announces the two honorees for their 8th annual TRU Love Benefit, which will be held on Sunday, November 8, 2009 from noon to 4pm at Caroline's on Broadway, 1626 Broadway at 49th Street, NYC. Elysabeth Kleinhans of 59E59 Theatres will receive the TRU 'Spirit of Theater' Award for her ongoing generosity towards TRU as well as the off-Broadway producing community in general; and Allan Buchman of Culture Project will be acknowledged with the TRU Humanitarian Award for his dedication to bringing politically and socially conscious works to life in New York theater, and successfully using the arts for social change.
CALL and RESPONSE is a series of two multidisciplinary performative events organized collaboratively by Charlotte Street Foundation's Urban Culture Project and the American Jazz Museum.
Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a free reading of: The Great Imitator by Dylan Dawson, directed by Kerry Whigham. The cast includes Reed Birney, Lisa Emery, Roger Lirtsman and Armando Riesco tonight.
Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a free reading of: The Great Imitator by Dylan Dawson, directed by Kerry Whigham. The cast includes Reed Birney, Lisa Emery, Roger Lirtsman and Armando Riesco.
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.
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.