Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Today's big news: A new stage adaptation of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES starts Off-Broadway, and Dr. Ruth Westheimer speaks after this evening's performance of INDECENT!
Famed sex therapist and media personality Dr. Ruth Westheimer will be the special guest at a post-performance talkback on Tuesday, May 30 at Indecent, the Tony Award nominated Best Play, at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street).
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, has announced additional casting for the 2017 season.
Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, presents the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of
Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, presents the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Relativity, written by Mark St. Germain, directed by BJ Jones, and featuring Mike Nussbaum as Albert Einstein. Relativity runs May 11 - June 18, 2017 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie.
Becoming Dr. Ruth is an uplifting show about the triumph of the human spirit.
Exhilarating fun and incredible fundraising were in the cards as Broadway fans, stars and behind-the-scenes players raised a spectacular $286,900 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Monday, May 15, 2017, at the third annual edition of Broadway Bets, Broadway's official poker tournament.
Final Performances of Becoming Dr. Ruth Highlighted During a Special 'Sneek Peek' for Residents at The Watermarkat 3030 Park Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Further evidence that Yiddish is suddenly hip in 2017 was on flashy display last night at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, as the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene welcomed a diverse and eclectic crowd to celebrate mothers and the mother tongue in grand style. Prominent producer Daryl Roth and nine other women trailblazers in the arts, sciences, business and philanthropy were honored, and a dazzling all-female cast performed one showstopper after another. The evening's mother hen was the fabulous four-time Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh, who delighted the audience with her funny and peppery mix of wisdom and heartfelt cheerleading for the Jewish mothers attending and for the Jewish mother in all of us.
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Michele Weathers, is proud to announce initial casting for the 2017 season.
Dynamic. Aggressive. Funny. Warm. The Ohana sisters force you into their world. With a deep sense of urgency, these four women gather to figure out where and why their mother is missing. Differences of religious beliefs, professions and class clash. And the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) approaches. Experience these four powerful women at their most vulnerable, struggling to reconnect, forgive and forget.
Mark Rylance, three-time Tony Award winner (Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing, Twelfth Night) and Academy Award-winner (Bridge of Spies), will return to Broadway in the critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe production of FARINELLI AND THE KING, a new play with music by author and composer Claire van Kampen, it was announced today by producers Sonia Friedman, Shakespeare's Globe and Paula Marie Black.
Ridgefield actor, Alice McMahon stars in Becoming Dr. Ruth, a play filled with the humor, honesty and life-affirming spirit of Karola Ruth Siegel, the girl who would later become Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Presented by the Square One Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut, the award-winningMcMahon is directed by Tom Holehan.
Tucson artist, educator and founder/director of the Global Art Project, Katherine Josten, was named the 2017 Governor's Arts Awards Artist of the Year at the 36th annual Governor's Arts Awards dinner and celebration at the Phoenician Resort.
Director Tom Holehan and actor Alice McMahon, who plays Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Square One Theatre's current production of Becoming Dr. Ruth, will participate in Post-Performance Talkbacks (10-15 minutes only) with audience members following each of the Saturday 4pm performances on May 6,13 and 20.
Dynamic. Aggressive. Funny. Warm. The Ohana sisters force you into their world. With a deep sense of urgency, these four women gather to figure out where and why their mother is missing. Differences of religious beliefs, professions and class clash.
Director Tom Holehan and actor Alice McMahon, who plays Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Square One Theatre's current production of Becoming Dr. Ruth, will participate in Post-Performance Talkbacks (10-15 minutes only) with audience members following each of the Saturday 4pm performances on May 6,13 and 20.
Artwork by Chrysanthe Kapuranis, a graphic designer in the Division of Human Resources at the University of Arizona who holds a Bachelor's Degree in Design Science from Arizona State University, will be exhibited on the cover of the 2017 Governor's Arts Awards program book, and has been used for invitations to the event.
Eight Arizona artists representing a range of mediums from Flagstaff, Gold Canyon, the Hopi reservation, Phoenix, Prescott and Tucson will provide awards for recipients of 2017 Governor's Arts Awards.
Greenwich librarian and Ridgefield resident, Alice McMahon Bonvenuto, stars in Becoming Dr. Ruth, a play filled with the humor, honesty and life-affirming spirit of Karola Ruth Siegel, the girl who would later become Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Presented by the Square One Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut, the award-winning Bonvenuto is directed by Tom Holehan.
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