The Oregon Shakespeare Festival continues to expand its ongoing commitment to the development and production of new work with five new commissions. American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle adds Ayad Akhtar, Kirsten Greenidge, Stephen Karam, Lisa Loomer and Karen Zacarias to its list of commissioned writers.
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston veers away from traditional Christmas fare and presents Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang's CHINGLISH, his 2011 play about an American businessman trying to cash in on the growth potential in China. Miscommunication and mistranslation are the order of the day; bad for business, but good for laughs.
Five new plays (two fully staged workshop productions performed in repertory plus three staged readings) comprise Goodman Theatre's free 2012 New Stages Amplified in the Owen Theatre, a series that since 2004 has given audiences a first look at more than 50 new plays in development.
Playwrights Foundation and the New York based company, The One-Minute Play Festival (OMPF) today announce their joint presentation of the Third Annual San Francisco One-Minute Play Festival, to be performed on December 15 and 16, 2012.
South Coast Rep has announced its schedule of performances from December 2012-March 2013.
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston presents CHINGLISH, by David Henry Hwang and directed by Larry Coen, November 30 - December 23, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at rehearsals below.
The Dramatists Guild of America offers the public archived audio featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony nominated playwright Lanford Wilson with fellow DG Council member Jeffrey Sweet as part of their In the Room podcast series, available today, November 19th.
The Dramatists Guild of America offers the public archived audio featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony nominated playwright Lanford Wilson with fellow DG Council member Jeffrey Sweet as part of their In the Room podcast series, available Monday, November 19th.
Victor Maog has been appointed the new Artistic Director of Second Generation (2g) Gladys Chen, Board President, announced today, and will start his new position by spearheading 2g's signature event, Instant Vaudeville.
Signature Theatre presents Golden Child by David Henry Hwang, directed by Leigh Silverman, playing through Sunday, December 16. The production opened last night, November 13 in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the opening below!
Signature Theatre presents Golden Child by David Henry Hwang, directed by Leigh Silverman, playing through Sunday, December 16. The production opens tonight, November 13 in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). Check out highlights from the show below!
On Sunday, November 11 at 6:00pm, The New Group offers the first presentation in this season's continuing series Dark Nights at The New Group: "WOMEN in 3-D: Creating Complex, Sexual Female Characters" with playwrights Francine Volpe, Julia Jordan and Marsha Norman.
Signature Theatre has announced a second one-week extension for GOLDEN CHILD by David Henry Hwang, directed by Leigh Silverman. The production will now play through Sunday, December 16. The production is currently in previews and opens on November 13 in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). Very limited availability remains for the production's initial run. Tickets during the extension weeks are $75 each.
East West Players (EWP), the nation's premier Asian American theatre, continues its 47th Anniversary season, themed Spirited Away, with the world premiere of TEA, WITH MUSIC. Book and lyrics are by acclaimed playwright Velina Hasu Houston, music by Nathan Wang and choreographed by Giovanni Ortega. This production is directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera. The musical features Joan Almedilla (Miss Saigon, Les Miserables), Tiffany-Marie Austin (Miss Saigon, A Little Night Music), Yumi Iwama (Our Town, South Pacific), Jennie Kwan (TV's California Dreams, Avenue Q), and Janet Song (Twelfth Night, Medea).
The Dramatists Guild of America offers the public archived audio featuring multi-award winning (Grammy, OBIE Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, NAACP Image Award) and Tony nominated singer, writer and composer Micki Grant with fellow DG Council member Kia Corthron as part of their In the Room podcast series.
David Henry Hwang, best known as the author of "M. Butterfly" and "Chinglish," will offer two presentations at Loyola University New Orleans today, Nov. 5 in Nunemaker Auditorium in Monroe Hall. Both events are free and open to the public.
East West Players (EWP), the nation's largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work and the longest-running professional theatre of color in the country, has partnered with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) and USC Center for Japanese Religions & Culture (CJRC) for the world premiere of TEA, WITH MUSIC.
Signature Theatre (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) has announced that performances begin tonight at 7:30 p.m. for THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The production, which has already announced a 1-week extension, runs from October 31 through December 16 and opens November 18 in The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). Very limited availability remains for the production's initial run. Tickets during the extension week are $75 each.
David Henry Hwang, best known as the author of "M. Butterfly" and "Chinglish," will offer two presentations at Loyola University New Orleans Monday, Nov. 5 in Nunemaker Auditorium in Monroe Hall. Both events are free and open to the public.
Previously scheduled for this coming Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:30 p.m., the 2012 Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust's presentation of the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award to David Henry Hwang at the Lincoln Center Theater has been postponed to a later date due to expected weather conditions. The new date and further details will be announced shortly.
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