Edgar Allan Poe News

In 1838, Edgar Allan Poe began a journey with a short story about the beautifully haunting Ligeia. This visionary act of romanticizing death would set forth an unstoppable path to the current resurrection of Poe's monster, the musical Ligeia. At 9:30 p.m. on March 14, 2011, you can begin your own dark education. Onstage at the Metropolitan Room, 344 W. 22nd St., between 5th and 6th Ave., in concert form with six incredibly talented performers, including Michael Lowney (Broadway's La Cage Aux Folles), Lauren Holmes, Nick Boddington (the Wonderland Robbers), Bryan Jarrett, Susanne Layton, and Elyssa Samsel, Ligeia conjures a new genre in musical theater - the horror musical.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/20 for Rhode Island

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/13 for Rhode Island

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/06 for Rhode Island

The Mystery Writers of America has announced the nominations for the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring excellence in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and theater.

Saturday evening, January 8th at 8:00 pm, The Grove Theatre is starting off 2011 with a special performance written and directed by John Lynd. A critically acclaimed one man show, chronicling the life, great works, and mysterious death of literary legend Edgar Allan Poe, 'Lord, Save My Poor Soul: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe,' stars Travis Rhett Wilson as Poe.

Saturday evening, January 8th at 8:00 pm, The Grove Theatre is starting off 2011 with a special performance written and directed by John Lynd. A critically acclaimed one man show, chronicling the life, great works, and mysterious death of literary legend Edgar Allan Poe, 'Lord, Save My Poor Soul: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe,' stars Travis Rhett Wilson as Poe.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 1/02 for Rhode Island

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 12/26 for Rhode Island

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 12/12 for Rhode Island

North Coast Repertory Theatre Presents: NEVERMORE- An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe

North Coast Repertory Theatre Presents: NEVERMORE- An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe

North Coast Repertory Theatre Presents: NEVERMORE- An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/14 for Rhode Island

In response to audience requests, First Folio is remounting its world premiere show, The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story.

It's by pure accident that Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe by Canada's Catalyst Theatre touched a huge nerve with teens, according to Jonathan Christenson, Catalyst's artistic director and the show's creator.

Tickets and subscriptions are now on sale for First Folio Theatre's 2010-2011 season. Opening the Season of Suspense is an encore production of The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story, followed by Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, and the long-running London hit The Woman in Black.

So begins this deliciously dark dreamscape about literary sensation and master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. Just in time for Halloween, Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe uses haunting song, poetic storytelling and surreal imagery to explore the events that shaped Poe's career and ignited his lifelong battle with 'visions dark and sinister that never cease.' From Canada's Catalyst Theatre, this bizarrely beautiful production recently completed an extremely successful run at the Barbican in London. For those who fancy 'the ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore,' don't miss the spooky, stylish spectacle that is NEVERMORE!

What might the master of horror, Edgar Allan Poe, write if he were alive today? This is the question American Lyric Theater asked of three composers and three librettists to create The Poe Project!

So begins this deliciously dark dreamscape about literary sensation and master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. Just in time for Halloween, Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe uses haunting song, poetic storytelling and surreal imagery to explore the events that shaped Poe's career and ignited his lifelong battle with 'visions dark and sinister that never cease.' From Canada's Catalyst Theatre, this bizarrely beautiful production recently completed an extremely successful run at the Barbican in London. For those who fancy 'the ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore,' don't miss the spooky, stylish spectacle that is NEVERMORE!