The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) in association with Glucksman Ireland House, The American Irish Historical Society, and The WB Yeats Society of New York will begin previews of The Yeats Project on Wednesday, April 8, 2009. The production will open on Wednesday, April 15. Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciar?n O'Reilly, Producing Director will direct.
Playhouse on the Green, Bridgeport's not-for-profit community theater, is pleased to announce that the author of the book to the Tony Award® winning musical The Wiz, William F. Brown of Fairfield, will participate in a post-show Q&A session about the show and his career on Broadway and off on Sunday, April 26, 2009, following the 3PM matinee performance.
Two Obie Award-winning theater companies -- The Play Company and Ma-Yi Theater -- will collaborate this spring to present the New York premiere of Lloyd Suh's new play AMERICAN HWANGAP, with previews to begin May 9, prior to an official press opening May 17 Off-Broadway at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street) in Manhattan. Trip Cullman directs an ensemble cast featuring some of the country's most accomplished Asian American actors, including James Saito (TV's 'Eli Stone' and Obie winner for DURANGO), Michi Barall (Charles Mee's QUEENS BOULEVARD), Mia Katigbak (DOGEATERS), Peter Kim (THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE), and Hoon Lee (YELLOWFACE).
The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) in association with Glucksman Ireland House, The American Irish Historical Society, and The WB Yeats Society of New York will begin previews of The Yeats Project on Wednesday, April 8, 2009. The production will open on Wednesday, April 15. Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciar?n O'Reilly, Producing Director will direct.
Shakespeare's history play about a young and ambitious king is rediscovered with theatrical ingenuity as 12 actors perform more than 40 roles. Matthew Amendt as King Henry is surrounded by a company that includes alumni of our B.F.A. and Guthrie Experience actor training programs. Henry V is a rousing, fascinating story of the power of courage and the price of glory. Guthrie audiences will be the first to see this powerful production before it embarks on a national tour.
Multi-talented, multi-award winning song and dance man Jon Peterson brings his brand new show, Song Man, Dance Man to The Triad Theater for a one night only performance on Tuesday, November 25th at 9:00 pm. If theater is your thrill, then the rush that you get from that rare creature, the all-round entertainer, thrills you to bits! You are invited to join us for this very special one night only event that features one of today's most talented and dynamic forces -- Jon Peterson.
Just announced! Multi-talented, multi-award winning song and dance man Jon Peterson brings his brand new show, Song Man, Dance Man to The Triad Theater for a one night only performance on Tuesday, November 25th at 9:00 pm. If theater is your thrill, then the rush that you get from that rare creature, the all-round entertainer, thrills you to bits! You are invited to join us for this very special one night only event that features one of today's most talented and dynamic forces -- Jon Peterson.
New Repertory Theatre, in collaboration with the Arsenal Center for the Arts and Watertown Children's Theatre, revives its popular adaptation of Dickens' classic holiday story, which has all the trimmings of a lavish Victorian Christmas.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center has acquired the papers of renowned performers and acting teachers Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof. The collection consists of thousands of pages of unpublished correspondence, diaries, scripts and manuscripts, photographs, clippings and other documentation relating to the dynamic theatrical careers of both Hagen and Berghof. This collection of professional and personal papers, spanning nearly 100 years of theater history, is being made public for the first time. To celebrate the bequest, the Library is planning a series of eight free public programs featuring many close friends and colleagues of Ms. Hagen and Mr. Berghof's including such figures as Harold Prince, Edward Albee, David Hyde Pierce and Eli Wallach. Programs take place in the Bruno Walter Auditorium in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center located at 111 Amsterdam Avenue (between 64th and 65th streets). Admission to all programs is free and first come, first served. For information, please call (212) 642-0142 or visit www.nypl.org/lpaprograms. Programs are curated by Alan Pally, Manager of Public Programs at the Library for the Performing Arts.
The eight-year-old musical 'The Full Monty' is receiving what is surely one of its very best productions to date, now through September 21st at the Marriott Theatre in the far north Chicago suburb of Lincolnshire, Illinois.
Clifford Odets's THE COUNTRY GIRL, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher, is now in the last three weeks of its limited engagement on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street).
Clifford Odets's THE COUNTRY GIRL, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher, is now in the last three weeks of its limited engagement on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street).
The hilarious Broadway musical THE FULL MONTY previews July 16, opens July 23, and runs through September 21 at The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive.
The revival of Clifford Odets's 'The Country Girl' opened on April 27th, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre directed by Mike Nichols and starring Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher.
The revival of Clifford Odets's 'The Country Girl' opened on April 27th, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre directed by Mike Nichols and starring Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher.