On March 7, 2011 at 8p.m. The League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW) is pleased to present their annual New Play Festival of works written and directed by women, produced by DeVida Jenkins and Rachel Reiner. Featuring star-studded casts, a diverse group of both celebrated and emerging playwrights, a team of professional directors, and an accomplished design team, this year's New Play Festival will perform for one-night-only at New World Stages (340 West 50th St., NYC). The festival is presented in honor of Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day (www.SwanDay.org), an annual celebration of the diversity, beauty and power of women's creativity. Proceeds from the festival will benefit the League of Professional Theatre Women, in its mission of promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in the professional theatre.
On Monday, January 24th at 6pm producer/director Rick McKay, the award-winning filmmaker responsible for the "Broadway: The Golden Age" films, will interview Tony Award-winning actress Elizabeth Ashley at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (65th Street and Amsterdam
On Monday, January 24th at 6pm producer/director Rick McKay, the award-winning filmmaker responsible for the "Broadway: The Golden Age" films, will interview Tony Award-winning actress Elizabeth Ashley at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (65th Street and Amsterdam
On Monday, January 24th at 6pm producer/director Rick McKay, the award-winning filmmaker responsible for the "Broadway: The Golden Age" films, will interview Tony Award-winning actress Elizabeth Ashley at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (65th Street and Amsterdam Avenue).
Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (author of the popular blog, The Producer's Perspective) will present Bingo! as the third selection in THE DAVENPORT DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES, four readings of new works (plays and/or musicals), on Monday, September 13th at Urban Stages Theater (259 West 30th Street, NYC): Ian Kennedy's Bingo! Directed by Daniel Goldstein.
Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (author of the popular blog, The Producer's Perspective) will present Bingo! as the third selection in THE DAVENPORT DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES, four readings of new works (plays and/or musicals), on Monday, September 13th at Urban Stages Theater (259 West 30th Street, NYC): Ian Kennedy's Bingo! Directed by Daniel Goldstein.
The Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation and the American Theatre Critics Association have just announced that the 2009 Francesca Primus Prize has been awarded to Jamie Pachino for her play, Splitting Infinity - a haunting and evocative play about the mysteries of the universe and the road not taken.
Broadway veteran Allen Fitzpatrick ('Les Miserables', 'Sweet Smell of Success', 'Damn Yankees', 'Passion', 'The Scarlet Pimpernel', '42nd Street') will star as Gus. Broadway, Off-Broadway and television actress Elizabeth Hess ('M Butterfly', 'Beggars in the House of Plenty' and television's 'Law and Order' and 'Clarissa Explains it All') will portray Honor, the central character of this drama. Jessica Rothert, who will appear as Sophie and Heidi-Marie Ferren, who portrays Claudia, will round out the cast.
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey continues its fall season with the epic masterpiece The Grapes of Wrath by Frank Galati, from the novel by John Steinbeck. The production is directed by Joe Discher, who directed the critically acclaimed Shakespeare Theatre production of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men in 2004. The Tony Award-winning The Grapes of Wrath begins performances on October 21 and continues through November 15 at the Shakespeare Theatre Main Stage.
Actress Elizabeth Hess (Clarissa Explains it All For You) has graciously committed to assisting with Theatre Project's May 3rd Fundraiser 'The Notorious Brunch' during the run of her one-woman show, Living Openly and Notoriously. 'Venues like Theater Project are so vital and necessary because they encourage both artists and audiences to embrace the human condition. By being receptive to unique and fearless artistic visions, venues like Theater Project can lead to transformative experiences even as they dazzle and entertain.
A very special Girls Night Out on Thursday April 30, 2009 launches the premiere of Elizabeth Hess's solo trilogy. The opening night audience will receive a 2.5 ounce bottle of Ralph Lauren Notorious, the new fragrance for women.
A very special Girls Night Out on Thursday April 30, 2009 launches the premiere of Elizabeth Hess's solo trilogy. The opening night audience will receive a 2.5 ounce bottle of Ralph Lauren Notorious, the new fragrance for women.
Actress Elizabeth Hess (Clarissa Explains it All For You) has graciously committed to assisting with Theatre Project's May 3rd Fundraiser 'The Notorious Brunch' during the run of her one-woman show, Living Openly and Notoriously. 'Venues like Theater Project are so vital and necessary because they encourage both artists and audiences to embrace the human condition. By being receptive to unique and fearless artistic visions, venues like Theater Project can lead to transformative experiences even as they dazzle and entertain.
WHO: CENTERSTAGE WHAT: Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! WHEN: Through April 15th; Tues - Sat at 8PM, Sun at 2PM and 7:30PM, Matinee Weds. April 4 at 1PM. WHERE: CENTERSTAGE's Pearlstone Theatre HOW MUCH: $10 - $60.
When a high mass star reaches its supernova explosion, the result is either a shower of stardust that creates new light, or a black hole that consumes everything in its wake.
Such is one of the main metaphors of Splitting Infinity by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Jamie Pachino, which currently having its world premiere at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York.
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