Euripides News

The Glimmerglass Festival has announced its lineup for ShowTalk, a series where visiting scholars and artists explore topics related to the 2011 Festival.

Trojan Women (after Euripides), a new version of one of the greatest anti-war dramas of all time, will be the sixth annual outdoor theatrical production in the Getty Villa's Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater.

Women's Project, the 34-year-old non-profit theater dedicated to producing plays written and directed by women, will present its 2011-12 season of new American plays featuring 20 women theater artists, Julie Crosby, Producing Artistic Director announced.

Wide Eyed re-imagines Euripides' THE TROJAN WOMEN, antiquity's most powerful play about the eternal tragedy of war.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the first wave of invited musicals for its eighth annual festival, which join NYMF's previously announced Next Link Project productions on the 2011 Festival slate. A full breakdown of these seven new musicals follows. The rest of this season's programming, including additional full productions and special events, will be announced in the coming weeks. This year's Festival will begin September 26th and continue through October 16th.

The American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 13, 2011 and broadcast on the CBS Television Network. For more information visit tonyawards.com.

Wide Eyed re-imagines Euripides' THE TROJAN WOMEN, antiquity's most powerful play about the eternal tragedy of war.

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) announces 2011 Next Wave Festival-featuring seventeen music, dance, and theater engagements from Sep 21-Dec 18

Sweeping views of the City served as a backdrop last Monday evening when Ginger and Moshi Alafi hosted an exclusive event for high level supporters to the SF Playhouse and Bill English, Artistic Director announced plans for their eighth season of award winning theatre. The SF Playhouse has set an enviable standard for theatre production and in the process has attracted the Bay Area's best talent to its stage; this season will continue that trend.

San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater proudly announces the lineup for its 12th season. The ambitious season opens in October with Maurice Maeterlinck's PELLEAS AND MELISANDE in a new translation by Cutting Ball Artistic Director Rob Melrose, who will also direct. The company is also poised to present the World Premiere of Eugenie Chan's evocative take on an ancient Estonian folk tale, TONTLAWLAD, directed by Paige Rogers and Annie Paladino, in February.

The world premiere of a funny, touching and thought-provoking new comedy about art by Stephen Sachs is next up at the multiple award-winning Fountain Theatre.

The Flea Theater presents Black Moon Theatre Company's production of Oscar Wilde's erotic and decadent 1891 classic SALOME. Directed by Rene Migliaccio, previews begin July 8 at The Flea.

The Flea Theater presents Black Moon Theatre Company's production of Oscar Wilde's erotic and decadent 1891 classic SALOME. Directed by Rene Migliaccio, previews begin July 8 at The Flea. Opening night is slated for Wednesday, July 13.

Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Melbourne collaborate on a new production of the rarely performed Baal, the first play of one of the greatest theatrical minds of all time, Bertolt Brecht. Written in 1918 when the playwright was just 20 years old and regarded as a play of confronting and contrasting beauty and brutality, Baal is directed by Simon Stone.

Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Placido Domingo, presents Christoph Willibald Gluck's masterpiece Iphigenie en Tauride in eight performances, May 6 to 28 at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 65th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 3, 2011 by Tony Award winning actor Matthew Broderick and Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose, at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM.

The Joyce Theater today announced the programming for its 2011?2012 Fall/Winter Season that includes an eclectic mix of international companies and encompasses a range of dance artists and styles.

Theatre Under the Stairs presents 'Medea'

The Theatre School at DePaul University's Showcase Series of Contemporary Plays and Classics presents MEDEA by Euripides, translated by Frederic Raphael & Kenneth McLeish, and directed by Damon Kiely. MEDEA closes Sunday, April 24, 2011, at DePaul's historic Merle Reskin Theatre.

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