Hellenic Cultural Center presents Euripides' touching tragedy HECUBA as part of the Ancient Drama Festival, November 9, 2012, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
Is Antigone Pro Life? Two plays in rotating repertory raise challenging questions about Sophocles' signature Heroine. Columbia Stages partners with Extant Arts Company to court controversy in ANTIGONE/PROGENY, a new translation of Sophocles' classic work with a world premiere adaptation for the 21st century. The new translation of Antigone and the original play Progeny will run in repertory tonight, October 17 - 20, 2012 at the Riverside Theater.
Columbia Stages partners with Extant Arts Company to present ANTIGONE/PROGENY, a new translation of Sophocles's classic work paired with a world-premiere adaptation for the 21st century. The new translation of ANTIGONE and the original play PROGENY will run in repertory October 17 - 20, 2012 at The Riverside Theater.
The Classical Theatre of Harlem kicks off their 13th season in a groundbreaking co-production with The Public Theater and National Black Theatre of DETROIT '67. The UPTOWN MEETS DOWNTOWN kick-off reception will be held on Friday, November 9, 2012, at 7:00 pm at the National Black Theater.
Scapegoat Carnivale presents THE BACCHAE, tonight, October 11-20, 2012 at the Centaur Theatre Company, a new translation by Andreas Apergis and Joseph Shragge, directed by Andreas Apergis, new translation by Andreas Apergis & Joseph Shragge, original music by Brian Lipson, musical direction by David Oppenheim.
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).
Resonance Ensemble announces its 10th anniversary season with "Connecting Circuits" featuring two shows in rep, a classic play and new play with resonating themes. This season includes the classic 1920 play R.U.R. by Karel Capek, adapted by Lee Eric Shackleford, directed by Valentina Fratti in rep with THE TRUTH QUOTIENT, by award-winning playwright Richard Manley, directed By Eric Parness. The season will run from January 9 - February 2, 2013 at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre (410 West 42 Street).
Is Antigone Pro Life? Two plays in rotating repertory raise challenging questions about Sophocles' signature Heroine. Columbia Stages partners with Extant Arts Company to court controversy in ANTIGONE/PROGENY, a new translation of Sophocles' classic work with a world premiere adaptation for the 21st century.
Prospect Theater Company, one of America's leading producers of new musical theater, will kick off its 2012-2013 season with a one-night-only concert presentation of The Rockae, a hard rock musical based on Euripides' The Bacchae featuring music and lyrics by Kleban and Fred Ebb, Award-winning writer Peter Mills, and a book by Mills and Cara Reichel (Illyria, Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge, upcoming Death For Five Voices). The performance will take place at New York's Le Poisson Rouge tonight, October 7th.
Scapegoat Carnivale presents THE BACCHAE, October 11-20, 2012 at the Centaur Theatre Company, a new translation by Andreas Apergis and Joseph Shragge, directed by Andreas Apergis, new translation by Andreas Apergis & Joseph Shragge, original music by Brian Lipson, musical direction by David Oppenheim.
If you're feeling nostalgic for some classic 80s rock and your Van Halen albums just aren't cutting it, then throw on your favorite concert tee, put your lighter in your pocket, and get your butt to The Long Center. To borrow from Brett Michaels and Poison, ROCK OF AGES ain't nothin' but a good time.
Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre will present Euripides' The Bacchae in a new translation from the ancient Greek, as part of Centaur Theatre's Brave New Looks from October 12 to October 20.
Prospect Theater Company, one of America's leading producers of new musical theater, will kick off its 2012-2013 season with a one-night-only concert presentation of The Rockae, a hard rock musical based on Euripides' The Bacchae featuring music and lyrics by Kleban and Fred Ebb, Award-winning writer Peter Mills, and a book by Mills and Cara Reichel (Illyria, Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge, upcoming Death For Five Voices). The performance will take place at New York's Le Poisson Rouge on Sunday, October 7th.
The tragedy of "Medea" reinvented as a laugh-out-laugh farce? The English version of this comedic hit receives its Midwest Premiere tonight, September 27th at Luna Central.
Montreal's Talisman Theatre will present the Canadian English-language premiere of The Medea Effect at Theatre La Chapelle from October 11-20. The show was written by Quebecoise playwright Suzie Bastien and translated for Talisman Theatre by Nadine Desrochers. Emma Tibaldo directs the cast, which stars Eloi ArchamBaudoin as Ugo and Jennifer Morehouse as Ada.
The tragedy of "Medea" reinvented as a laugh-out-laugh farce? The English version of this comedic hit is back in Off Broadway featured by UNITED SOLO, the world's largest solo theatre festival.
The tragedy of "Medea" reinvented as a laugh-out-laugh farce? The English version of this comedic hit receives its Midwest Premiere September 27th at Luna Central.
City Garage has announced the opening of its new home at Bergamot Station Arts Center with the world premiere of Charles L. Mee's Orestes 3.0: Inferno. The show opens tonight, September 21 and runs through November 25, 2012.
