1812, Afterlight Set For MITF 2009 Season Running 7/13-8/2, Tickets Now On Sale
by Gabrielle Sierra
- May 8, 2009
The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) announces that tickets are now on sale for the 2009 Season, running from July 13 - August 2, 2009. 42 plays and musicals have been chosen, as well as four readings. Selected plays for SHORT SUBJECTS, a new division for plays that run under 60 minutes, will be announced at a later date. Tickets are available at www.midtownfestival.org or by phone at 866-811-4111.
Midtown International Theatre Festival Announces 43 Selections for 10th Anniversary Season
by Robert Diamond
- Apr 29, 2009
The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) announces selections for the 2009 Season, running from July 13 - August 2, 2009. 43 plays and musicals have been chosen, as well as four readings. Selected plays for SHORT SUBJECTS, a new division for plays that run under 60 minutes, will be announced at a later date. Tickets go on sale on May 8 online at www.midtownfestival.org or by phone at 866-811-4111.
The Canadian Stage Co Presents HARDSELL One Man Show Previews 4/13
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 13, 2009
The Canadian Stage Company continues its 2008/2009 season with the world premiere of Necessary Angel and Wyrd Productions' HARDSELL. The award-winning team that created the runaway hit play Bigger Than Jesus take a satirical look at a world mad with commercialism. HARDSELL, a high-voltage, multi-media, one-man show from Rick Miller and Daniel Brooks begins previews April 13 and continues to May 9, 2009 (media night: April 16) at The Canadian Stage Company's Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley Street. For tickets and information, contact 416-368-3110 or canstage.com.
The Canadian Stage Co Presents HARDSELL One Man Show Previews 4/13
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Apr 3, 2009
The Canadian Stage Company continues its 2008/2009 season with the world premiere of Necessary Angel and Wyrd Productions' HARDSELL. The award-winning team that created the runaway hit play Bigger Than Jesus take a satirical look at a world mad with commercialism. HARDSELL, a high-voltage, multi-media, one-man show from Rick Miller and Daniel Brooks begins previews April 13 and continues to May 9, 2009 (media night: April 16) at The Canadian Stage Company's Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley Street. For tickets and information, contact 416-368-3110 or canstage.com.
A BEAUTIFUL VIEW Brings Us The Story Of Two Women In Love
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 26, 2009
From the pen of Canada's greatest living playwright comes a beautiful play of two women in love. When Mitch and Liz meet in a camping store they are unsure of themselves, unsure of who they are, unsure of what they want. As their story unfolds they find that identity and want play a small part in desire. MacIvor, the Obie and GLAAD Award winning playwright of the runaway hit In on It, brings surprise, humor and great tenderness to this romantic tale.
The Rhino's production of A Beautiful View is helmed by Cristina Alicea, an emerging light in New York's alternative theatre scene and Executive Director of MTWorks, a company dedicated to the presentation of new works for the stage.
CSC's Bragg Announces Details For 2009-2010 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Feb 12, 2009
Canadian Stage Company Artistic Producer Martin Bragg announced today details regarding the 2009-2010 Season, marking his final season with the Company after 17 memorable years. The Company's 22nd subscription season kicks off in September and includes five plays at the Bluma Appel Theatre and three at the Berkeley Street Theatre. Rounding out the playbill is the annual CanStage TD Dream in High Park. Season subscriptions are available with 5-play packages starting from $90 and 8-play packages starting from $138. To subscribe, call 416-368-3110, visit canstage.com or purchase in-person from the Box Office at the Bluma Appel Theatre (27 Front Street East) or Berkeley Street Theatre (26 Berkeley Street).
A BEAUTIFUL VIEW Brings Us The Story Of Two Women In Love
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Feb 4, 2009
From the pen of Canada's greatest living playwright comes a beautiful play of two women in love. When Mitch and Liz meet in a camping store they are unsure of themselves, unsure of who they are, unsure of what they want. As their story unfolds they find that identity and want play a small part in desire. MacIvor, the Obie and GLAAD Award winning playwright of the runaway hit In on It, brings surprise, humor and great tenderness to this romantic tale.
The Rhino's production of A Beautiful View is helmed by Cristina Alicea, an emerging light in New York's alternative theatre scene and Executive Director of MTWorks, a company dedicated to the presentation of new works for the stage.
Details Announced For 'SEE BOB RUN' And 'WILD ABANDON'
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 7, 2009
Swandive Studio (Lisa Snyder, Founder) announces details of its upcoming joint productions of See Bob Run and Wild Abandon, both written by Daniel MacIvor. See Bob Run is directed by Benjamin Watson and features Lisa Snyder as 'Bob'; Wild Abandon is directed by Ruis Woertendyke and features Max Woertendyke as 'Steve.' These solo-performer one-acts will run in conjunction. Performances begin Wednesday, January 7th for a limited run through Saturday, January 24th at Center Stage, NY (48 West 21st Street, 4th floor).
Details Announced For 'SEE BOB RUN' And 'WILD ABANDON'
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jan 2, 2009
Swandive Studio (Lisa Snyder, Founder) announces details of its upcoming joint productions of See Bob Run and Wild Abandon, both written by Daniel MacIvor. See Bob Run is directed by Benjamin Watson and features Lisa Snyder as 'Bob'; Wild Abandon is directed by Ruis Woertendyke and features Max Woertendyke as 'Steve.' These solo-performer one-acts will run in conjunction. Performances begin Wednesday, January 7th for a limited run through Saturday, January 24th at Center Stage, NY (48 West 21st Street, 4th floor).
'27 Rue de Fleurus' Extends Until 4/13
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 20, 2008
Heavy ticket demand has prompted Urban Stages to extend its hilarious drawing room musical,
27 Rue de Fleurus, for two weeks through Sunday, April 13th. Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein are
delighting audiences with wit and one-up(wo)manship in repartee and song as they confront each other about
love, marriage, jealousy, genius and other delicious topics... Add into the salon Pablo Picasso, F. Scott
Fitzgerald, Mabel Dodge, Sylvia Beach and the smashing Jean Harlow, and you have a highly memorable and
amusing night of theatre.
Unlike most of the stage works about Gertrude and Alice, 27 RUE DE FLEURUS is told from Alice's point of view
as 'her muse.' When Gertrude becomes embarrassed by Alice's revealing tell-all, she attempts to hijack the
play as only the author of such lines as 'sugar is not a vegetable' can. But Alice has secrets to share with
the audience that silence the famously verbose Gertrude. Quelle surprise!
Critical reviews have praised Frances Hill's 'smart direction,' the 'strong performances' of the cast (New
York Times), as well as 'luscious' costumes by Carrie Robbins (Variety). Curtain Up says, ' Add this small
charmer to this season's cornucopia of off-beat new musicals,' and Theatermania declared, 'Director Frances
Hill's production has a zest that matches the unbridled creativity of the creators, unfolding on a handsome
scenic design from Roman Tatarowicz, who's created a surreal white salon with skewed walls that's backed by a
series of overlapping frames into which Alex Koch's collage-like video is projected. It's the perfect canvas
for this haphazard look into Toklas and Stein's world.' The critically acclaimed cast includes Cheryl Stern as
Alice, Barbara Rosenblat as Gertrude, and Sarah Chalfy, Susan Haefner and Emily Zacharias in various celebrity
parts. John Bell is Musical Director.
ARTSHOW. During the run of the show, photographs and other artworks from the Gertrude and Alice collection of
San Francisco collector Hans Gallas are on display in the theater lobby. Gallas coordinated events around the
world last year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the meeting of Gertrude and Alice on Alice's first day
in Paris. Works exhibited include original Carl Van Vechten photographs, wood-block prints, caricatures, and
mixed media pieces created by artists from around the world. Gertrude and Alice have been the subjects of
visual artists from the beginning of the 20th century and continue to inspire artists in all media.
Urban Stages produces new plays with themes that reflect our diverse society. Their most recent productions
were the critically acclaimed Oxford Roof Climbers Rebellion by Stephen Massicotte, Marion Bridge by Daniel
MacIvor, the Pulitzer Prize finalist Bulrusher by Eisa Davis and Apostasy by Gino DiIorio.
Since 1983, director Frances Hill has overseen more than 600 staged readings and workshops, plus over 75
productions of new work for the stage. Recent directing credits include Jim Lehrer's Chili Queen (Urban Stages
and The Kennedy Center), John C. Picardi's Seven Rabbits on a Pole and The Sweepers (Urban Stages and Capital
Rep), Comfort Women by Chungmi Kim and last season's Apostasy by Gino DiIorio. As Artistic Director of Urban
Stages, she has moved two plays to commercial off-Broadway runs: Minor Demons and Men on the Verge of a
His-Panic Breakdown, which won an Outer Critics Circle Award.
SCHEDULE for 27 RUE DE FLEURUS: Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8PM, with Saturday and Sunday matinees at
3PM. Tickets are $40.00; all Wednesday performances are specially priced at $25. Tickets may be purchased by
calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444, or online at www.urbanstages.org. There will be talkbacks every Wednesday
and Saturday night, check www.urbanstages.org for schedule of speakers.
27 RUE DE FLEURUS
A New Musical; Book and lyrics by Ted Sod, music and lyrics by Lisa Koch; Directed by Frances Hill
At Urban Stages, 259 West 30th Street (between 7th and 8th avenues)
Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8PM, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3PM.
TICKETS: $40; College and High School Students, $15; Half-Price Wednesdays: All seats $25.00
EXTENDED! NOW THROUGH APRIL 13th
Call 212-868-4444, or order online at www.urbanstages.org
Urban Stages Announces Season Closer '27 Rue de Fleurus'
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 4, 2008
Urban Stages is pleased to announce the final production of their 2007/2008 season: 27 Rue de Fleurus, a new musical derived from the imagination of Alice B. Toklas. Alice tries to set the record straight about being Gertrude Stein's 'wife' for nearly 40 years. 27 Rue de Fleurus will be directed by Urban Stages Artistic Director Frances Hill. Performances will be at 259 West 30th Street (between 7th and 8th). Previews will begin on Saturday, March 1st with the opening date scheduled for Thursday, March 6th and will run through Sunday, April 6th.
'The Blue Bird' Begins Holiday Flight at Urban Stages 12/14
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 23, 2007
Urban Stages is pleased to announce the World Premiere of their latest holiday show, The Blue Bird, written by Stanton Wood and Lori Ann Laster. Performances will be at 259 West 30th Street and will begin on Friday, December 14
Company Theatre's 'Marion Bridge'
by Mark Andrew Lawrence
- May 11, 2007
Vivid characterizations coupled with an effective minimalist staging cuts right to the heart of Daniel MacIvor's funny, touching play, Marion Bridge.
* * * * * (out of 5)
CanStage presents a return engagement of HALF LIFE
by Mark Andrew Lawrence
- Jan 14, 2007
CanStage presents Necessary Angel's production of HALF LIFE, written by John Mighton and directed by Daniel Brooks. Limited engagement through February 3rd at the Bluma Appel Theatre.
Toronto, ON...Prize-winning Canadian playwright John Mighton's latest play Half Life premiered to rave reviews in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Scotland. It has been showered with accolades including the Governor General's Award for Drama and a Dora Award for Outstanding New Play.
'CanStage is thrilled to be presenting this beautiful play on the large Bluma Appel Theatre stage, giving a bigger and more broadly-based audience an opportunity to experience this exciting new Canadian work,' enthused CanStage Artistic Producer Martin Bragg.
The Necessary Angel production of Half Life will subsequently travel across Canada and be presented in Winnipeg at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in February 2007, and Vancouver at the Arts Club Theatre in March 2007. It is scheduled to be part of the Melbourne Theatre Festival in Australia in October 2007.
Directed by Daniel Brooks, the cast of Half Life features the original cast of Laura de Carteret as Anna, Barbara Gordon (CanStage's Homechild) as Agnes, Carolyn Hetherington (CanStage's Written on Water) as Clara, Maggie Huculak (CanStage's A Midsummer Night's Dream) as Tammy, Randy Hughson (CanStage's Homechild) as Reverend, Diego Matamoros as Donald and Eric Peterson (CanStage's Homechild) as Patrick.
Joining Mr. Brooks is a creative team that includes set and costume designer Dany Lyne (CanStage's Hair), lighting designer Andrea Lundy (CanStage's The Comedy of Errors), sound designer Richard Feren, stage manager Crystal Salverda and assistant stage manager Kate Porter.
Clara and Patrick meet in a nursing home for veterans and their families. They begin to fall in love, thinking they are rekindling an old flame. Have they met before? As Clara and Patrick's middle-aged children watch their faltering parents, the older couple rediscovers beauty and love in the twilight of their lives. Half Life is a poetic and moving meditation on identity, aging and the nature of memory.
John Mighton's plays Scientific Americans, Possible Worlds, A Short History of Night, Body and Soul, The Little Years and Half Life have been performed across Canada, as well as in Europe, Japan and the United States and have won several national awards including a Governor General's Literary Award for Drama for Possible Worlds, A Short History of Night and Half Life. Possible Worlds was made into a full-length feature film directed by renowned director/playwright Robert Lepage. In 2005 Mr. Mighton was awarded the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for his body of work. Mr. Mighton holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto. For the past eight years he has coordinated the highly acclaimed JUMP program, designed to tutor children who are having difficulties in math.
Daniel Brooks is a prolific and versatile artist whose innovation and risk-taking have made him a leader within the Canadian cultural landscape. A director, writer, actor and teacher, Mr. Brooks has been recognized with accolades and awards throughout Canada and around the world. A tremendous mentor and inspiration to an entire generation of theatre artists, Mr. Brooks was the recipient of the inaugural Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. Some of his creations include Red Tape and 86; An Autopsy (with Don McKellar and Tracy Wright); The Lorca Play, House, Here Lies Henry, Monster and Cul de sac (all with Daniel MacIvor); The Noam Chomsky Lectures and Insomnia (with Guillermo Verdecchia), Bigger Than Jesus (with Rick Miller) and The Good Life. His work as a director includes John Mighton's Possible Worlds and Half Life, Goethe's Faust, and Beckett's Endgame. His most recent play is The Eco Show. He is currently the artistic director of Necessary Angel Theatre Company.
BLUMA SEASON PRINT MEDIA SPONSOR: Toronto Star
CANSTAGE OFFICIAL BEAUTY CARE SPONSOR: Olay Definity
OFFICIAL HOTEL OF CANSTAGE: Delta Chelsea Hotel
Digital Photography available at:
http://www.canstage.com/2006-2007/media/images/play_4.asp
Details
PREVIEWS: January 8-10, 2007
OPENS: January 11-February 3, 2007
SCHEDULE: Monday-Saturday 8:00 p.m., Wednesday matinee 1:30 p.m.; Saturday matinee 2:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $20-$95
LOCATION: CanStage - Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts,
27 Front St. E.
BOX OFFICE: Tickets are available in person at the CanStage Customer Service Centres, 26 Berkeley St. or 27 Front St. E., by telephone at CanStage 416-368-3110 and Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111, and online at www.canstage.com
Rush seats are available for any performance one hour prior to show time. Rush seats are half the regular ticket price. For Monday nigh performances only, pay-what-you-can tickets are available in person at the CanStage Box Office beginning at 10:00 a.m. on the day of the performance.
Special Group Rates available. For details call Heather Burns at
416-367-8243 ext. 266.
Other activities to enhance your theatre-going experience:
CanStage Tea Talks and Talk Backs - These informal post-performance question and answer periods give you an opportunity to meet the artists immediately following a production. Contact Patty Jarvis at 416-367-8243 ext. 245 for details
Public Announces Line-Up for Under the Radar Festival
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 28, 2006
The Public Theater has announced that it will host Under the Radar 2007, a twelve-day festival that presents contemporary theater artists from across the country and around the world.
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