Eric Williams News

SONiC - Sounds of a New Century - a brand new festival of 21st century music by more than 100 composers age 40 and under, will take over New York from Friday, October 14 through Saturday, October 22, 2011.

Nashville's Circle Players, now in its 61st season and the oldest community theatre in Middle Tennessee, has scored one of its biggest hits ever with the current production of Jason Robert Brown's 13. Who'd have ever thought that the musical tale of a 13-year-old Jewish boy from NYC who is transplanted to Indiana could be so enormously entertaining or - perhaps more importantly and more significantly - acted and sung so amazingly well? Seriously, who knew?

With the strong, focused direction of Clay Hillwig and the uniformly consistent and superb performances of an exceptional cast, Circle Players starts off 2011 with its impressively mounted revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. With a story that is as potent and as relevant today as it was at the time of the play's 1959 Broadway debut, A Raisin in the Sun follows the struggling but proud Younger family as they strive to make their lives better on Chicago's South Side.

As we welcome in a new year of great theatre in the nation's capital, I thought it would be fun to do one of those “Best of 2010' lists as well as preview what's opening in January on DC area stages. So let's raise our glasses and offer a toast to all those theatre companies who gave us great productions in 2010, and to the upcoming 2011 theatre season!

Colby Day in Association with Burton T. Frey Jr. presents Ghost of Dracula. The show is directed by Daniel Johnsen, written by Kenneth Molloy, based on characters created by Bram Stoker

Colby Day in Association with Burton T. Frey Jr. presents Ghost of Dracula. The show is directed by Daniel Johnsen, written by Kenneth Molloy, based on characters created by Bram Stoker

PSYCHO BEACH PARTY is the story of Chicklet Forrest, a teenage tomboy, who desperately wants to be part of the surf scene on Malibu Beach in 1962. One thing getting in her way is her unfortunate tendency towards split personalities.

The Pipeline Theatre Company will present PSYCHO BEACH PARTY in the Green Room at the Theaters at 45 Bleecker April 8-17.

Barter Theatre is proud to announce the winners of its Ninth Annual Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights (AFPP) that was held July 27 - August 9 during the Virginia Highlands Festival.

The ninth annual Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights (AFPP) returns to Barter Stage II in historic Abingdon, Va., July 27-August 9, 2009. Cultivating plays and playwrights with a distinctly Appalachian voice, Barter's AFPP presents six readings and one mini-production of exciting new works.

The ninth annual Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights (AFPP) returns to Barter Stage II in historic Abingdon, Va., July 27-August 9, 2009. Cultivating plays and playwrights with a distinctly Appalachian voice, Barter's AFPP presents six readings and one mini-production of exciting new works.

The ninth annual Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights (AFPP) returns to Barter Stage II in historic Abingdon, Va., July 27-August 9, 2009. Cultivating plays and playwrights with a distinctly Appalachian voice, Barter's AFPP presents six readings and one mini-production of exciting new works.

Pittsburgh CLO has announced that 18 local young performers have been chosen to star as the 2008-2009 Pittsburgh CLO Mini Stars. These talented youngsters have appeared in numerous productions for Pittsburgh CLO, the Pittsburgh Opera, the Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater and the Pittsburgh Public Theater.

Pittsburgh CLO has announced that 18 local young performers have been chosen to star as the 2008-2009 Pittsburgh CLO Mini Stars. These talented youngsters have appeared in numerous productions for Pittsburgh CLO, the Pittsburgh Opera, the Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater and the Pittsburgh Public Theater.