Continuing its 26th Season, Lookingglass Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of In the Garden: A Darwinian Love Story, by Artistic Associate Sara Gmitter and directed by Jessica Thebus. In the Garden runs April 16 - June 15, 2014 at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago's historic Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. at Pearson. The Press Opening is Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 7:30 p.m..
This April, Lorin Maazel conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in two concerts of works by Richard Strauss at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. On Friday, April 11 at 8:00 p.m., the orchestra performs Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, and Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28, and is joined by pianist Emanuel Ax for Burleske. The following evening, Saturday, April 12 at 8:00 p.m., soprano Karita Mattila sings the composer's Four Last Songs. Also on the program is Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, and the Der Rosenkavalier Suite. The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra last performed at Carnegie Hall in 2002.
'Orwellian' is a word understood by millions of people who have never read George Orwell's books; 'Big Brother' and 'Room 101' are television shows that feel like they have been around since 1984; and screens fill our homes which we use to 'interact'.
The Falcon Theatre, Abbie Phillips and Jan Kallish in association with theLookingglass Theatre Company are thrilled to present the West Coast Premiere of THE LAST ACT OF LILKA KADISON, written by Nicola Behrman, David Kersnar, Abbie Phillips, Heidi Stillman and Andy White and directed by Dan Bonnell. This is the first association between the Falcon Theatre and Lookingglass Theatre Company of Chicago, 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. THE LAST ACT OF LILKA KADISON will begin previews on Wednesday, March 19; will open on Friday, March 28 and continue throughSaturday, April 19 at the Falcon Theatre, 4252 Riverside Dr. in Burbank.
The Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center ('the PAC') today announces the establishment of a core team of artistic leaders: David Lan (Artistic Director of London's Young Vic) as Consulting Artistic Director; Lucy Sexton (artist, producer, and Director of the New York Dance & Performance Awards (aka The Bessies)) as Associate Artistic Director; and Andy Hayles, Managing Partner of Charcoalblue (London's National Theatre, Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, and the future home of Brooklyn's St. Ann's Warehouse), as theater design consultant. Stephen Daldry (director of the films The Hours, Billy Elliot, The Reader and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and of Billy Elliot the Musical, and former Artistic Director of London's Gate Theatre and Royal Court Theatre) has joined the PAC's Board of Directors. The artistic team is collaborating with the PAC's staff, board and numerous consultants to create a place that is unique on the cultural landscapes of New York, the United States and the world.
Amazon.com, Inc. today announced 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime, a new editorially-curated list of essential books. This list was hand-selected by the Amazon Books editorial team. The 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime are available at www.amazon.com/100books.
Tarragon Theatre, under the artistic direction of Richard Rose, presents the Toronto premiere of Lungs by the award-winning British playwright Duncan Macmillan. Directed by Weyni Mengesha, whose production of The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs for Tarragon won her a 2012 Toronto Critics Award for Best Director, this much-acclaimed drama opens Tuesday, March 4 and runs to March 30 (with previews from February 25) in Tarragon's Extraspace. Tickets range from $21-$53 (inclusive of HST) and are available by calling Patron Services at 416-531-1827 or by visiting www.tarragontheatre.com.
Erica Peck was about five years old when Freddie Mercury died but the flamboyant lead singer for Queen has made a major impact on the Canadian singer's life.
The eight productions have been announced for the Library Theatre Company's re:play Festival 2014 in January 2014 - the unique festival which rounds up the most exciting and talked-about new theatre in the previous 12 months on Manchester and Salford's fringe theatre scene - at The Lowry in Salford.
The Odyssey Theatre and The Porters of Hellsgate have announced return engagements of Sherlock Through The Looking-Glass, written and directed by Gus Krieger, and Larry Cedar's Orwellian, at the Odyssey Theatre in West Los Angeles. The two productions will run in repertory beginning November 8 for seven weeks only through December 22.
Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company & York Theatre Royal presents RICHARD III by William Shakespeare, running tonight, 25 October - 16 November at Nottingham Playhouse, directed by Loveday Ingram, with designs by Simon Higlett and lighting designer Mark Jonathan, starring Ian Bartholomew as Richard III.
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre's (NAMT) 25th Annual Festival of New Musicals takes place tomorrow, Thursday, October 17 and Friday, October 18 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). Below, meet the writers of the 25th Annual Festival of New Musicals shows!
This fall, Imaginary Beasts presents Angela Carter's Hairy Tales, an innovative production of Carter's radio plays for the stage, at the Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, October 4 -26, 2013. The double-bill reimagines fairy stories of yore, challenging audiences' perceptions. The company will use their signature physical style to transport audiences into Carter's unsettling and irreverent imagination. Considered one of the most influential British writers of the post-WWII era, Carter was prolific and adventurous in her art. One of her favorite forms was the radio play. The Beasts will offer audiences the experience of 'hearing' a radio play while witnessing strange, dream-like live performances.
Standard Bear Productions, dedicated to quality storytelling that makes audiences think while they laugh, and Byronic Women, committed to staging classic texts with strong female characters, have teamed up to breathe life into George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man this October at the Secret Theatre.
Standard Bear Productions, dedicated to quality storytelling that makes audiences think while they laugh, and Byronic Women, committed to staging classic texts with strong female characters, have teamed up to breathe life into George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man this October at the Secret Theatre.
Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company & York Theatre Royal presents RICHARD III by William Shakespeare, running 25 October - 16 November at Nottingham Playhouse, directed by Loveday Ingram, with designs by Simon Higlett and lighting designer Mark Jonathan, starring Ian Bartholomew as Richard III.
The b*tch is definitely back! Before a stirring and pristine 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me' halfway through a 90-minute, five-star iTunes Music Festival show broadcast on Apple devices the world over earlier today, Elton John shared some pointed words following a few audience guffaws and jeers at his proclamation of adoration for and dedication to Simon Cowell's international boy band sensation One Direction: 'I love Harry, I love One Direction. F*ck off, all right?' Meow! But, as for the show? Wow! Especially the new songs.
Raleigh Little Theatre (RLT) previously announced its 2013-2014 season, which will include two area premieres, revive the popular City Series of Contemporary Theatre, and celebrate 30 years of a holiday classic in Cinderella.
