Friedrich Schiller News

BroadwayWorld Congratulates The Norman Conquests, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Revival of a Play'

The Donmar Warehouse production of Friedrich Schiller's MARY STUART, in a new version by Peter Oswald and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, opened on Sunday, April 19 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). The production stars Janet McTeer as Mary, Queen of Scots and Harriet Walter as Queen Elizabeth I.

For the fifth consecutive summer, Goodman Theatre welcomes young people from the Chicagoland area as participants in its General Theater Studies program (GTS), a free, six week intensive introduction to the theater arts.

Goodman Theatre proudly concludes its 2008/2009 season with José Rivera's newest play, Boleros for the Disenchanted, 'an epic study of wedded life that is simply?and not so simply?marvelous' (Variety). A true love story inspired by Rivera's parents' courtship and eventual migration from Puerto Rico to Alabama, Boleros for the Disenchanted makes its Chicago premiere directed by Henry Godinez?the Goodman's Resident Artistic Associate who was named 2008 Latino of the Year by the Chicago Latino Network. Chicago actors Elizabeth Ledo and Sandra Marquez command the stage in the role of Flora, based on Rivera's mother, at various points in her life. Godinez's cast also includes Liza Fernandez, Joe Minoso, Rene Rivera and Felix Solis. Boleros for the Disenchanted is performed in English in the Albert Theatre June 20 ? July 26, 2009. Tickets are $25 ? $70. A complete performance schedule including dates, times and ticket prices appears at the end of this release. Meet the playwright and director at a free post-performance discussion on Thursday, June 25, moderated by Myrna Salazar of the International Latino Cultural Center. Tickets and information: 312.443.3800 or GoodmanTheatre.org. The Chicago Community Trust is the Major Production Sponsor.

Ending his highly successful term as the Nashville Symphony's Music Advisor, esteemed American conductor Leonard Slatkin will lead the orchestra in one of classical music's most celebrated works - Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 - May 28-30 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in downtown Nashville.

MARY STUART, the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production, which is nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play, Best Actress in a Play (Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter) and Best Director of a Play (Phyllida Lloyd), will be featured in the next few days on 'The Leonard Lopate Show,' 'Theater Talk' and 'NY1 On Stage.'

Ending his highly successful term as the Nashville Symphony's Music Advisor, esteemed American conductor Leonard Slatkin will lead the orchestra in one of classical music's most celebrated works - Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 - May 28-30 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in downtown Nashville.

BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Revival Of A Play'

The critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of MARY STUART, starring Janet McTeer as Mary, Queen of Scots and Harriet Walter as Elizabeth I, celebrated Opening Night at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) on Sunday, April 19th, 2009. BroadwayWorld.com has these show highlights just for you!

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President; Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director) proudly announces nominations for the 2008-09 Drama League Awards, to be awarded at The 75th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 15, 2009 (noon) in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square (1535 Broadway at 46th Street). The event will be co-hosted by Jeremy Irons (Impressionism) and Cynthia Nixon (Distracted).

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, April 20, 2009.

The critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of MARY STUART, starring Janet McTeer as Mary, Queen of Scots and Harriet Walter as Elizabeth I, celebrated Opening Night at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) on Sunday, April 19th, 2009. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras caught the starry first night crowd.

The critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of MARY STUART, starring Janet McTeer as Mary, Queen of Scots and Harriet Walter as Elizabeth I, celebrates Opening Night at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street), this evening, Sunday, April 19th, 2009.

The critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of MARY STUART, starring Janet McTeer as Mary, Queen of Scots and Harriet Walter as Elizabeth I, is now in previews at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street), prior to an opening night on Sunday, April 19

Artistic Director Robert Falls announced today the final production of Goodman Theatre's 2009/2010 season-The Good Negro, Tracey Scott Wilson's 'thunderous...stunning' (Variety) new play, comes to Chicago fresh from its off-Broadway run at The Public Theater. Resident Director Chuck Smith, who previously collaborated with Wilson on the Goodman's 2004/2005 Chicago-premiere production of The Story, will direct The Good Negro in the Albert Theatre in Spring 2010.

MARY STUART, the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production, starring Janet McTeer as Mary Queen of Scots and Harriet Walter as Elizabeth I. Performances begin Monday, March 30 at the Broadhurst, prior to an opening night on Sunday, April 19

The production held a 'Tea With The Queens' Meet and Greet for the media at the Bernard B. Jacobs Room at the Sardi's Building in New York City on March 16th, 2009 and Broadwayworld's cameras were there!

Artistic Director Robert Falls proudly announces a diverse line-up-from musical hilarity and classic yarns, to memory pieces and family dramas, to stories with ethnic roots that reflect today's world-in Goodman Theatre's new 2009/2010 season.

The Broadhurst Theatre box office (235 West 44th Street) opens on Monday, March 9 for MARY STUART, the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production, starring Janet McTeer as Mary Queen of Scots and Harriet Walter as Elizabeth I. Performances begin Tuesday, March 30 at the Broadhurst, prior to an opening night on Sunday, April 19

The Broadhurst Theatre box office (235 West 44th Street) opens on Monday, March 9 for MARY STUART, the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production, starring Janet McTeer as Mary Queen of Scots and Harriet Walter as Elizabeth I. Performances begin Tuesday, March 30 at the Broadhurst, prior to an opening night on Sunday, April 19