Harriet Beecher Stowe News

National Portrait Gallery presents its November and December Calendar of Events, Programs and Exhibitions. All events are held at the National Portrait Gallery, located at Eighth and F streets, N.W., Washington, D.C., and are free unless otherwise noted. For information, call (202) 633-1000 or visit npg.si.edu. The National Portrait Gallery is open every day from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., except Dec. 25.

On Sunday, June 29 at 2:30, Cumberland County Playhouse presents Ponder Anew: A WWII Warrior's Story. Carol Ponder and Robert Kiefer, long-time Nashville theater favorites, perform this play with music. Adapted from the WWII memoir of Carol's father, Lt. Herschel D. Ponder - a fighter pilot who flew P-47 Thunderbolts in Europe - this moving production evokes the essence of war and warriors: their victories, sacrifices, loyalty and the sweet pain of coming home. Response from combat veterans and people from all walks of life has been tremendous.

Yorktown Stage will open Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical The King and I, at the Theatre in Yorktown Heights tonight, April 25.

Yorktown Stage will open Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical The King and I, at the Theatre in Yorktown Heights on April 25.

The Guthrie Theater today announced it will welcome the return of Carlyle Brown & Company with Abe Lincoln and Uncle Tom in the White House, a new play which imagines a meeting between two icons in life and literature - President Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe's fictional character Uncle Tom. Written and directed by Carlyle Brown (Are You Now or Have You Ever Been...), this original piece will play from March 21-April 6, 2014 in the Dowling Studio. Single tickets start at $18 and are now on sale through the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224, toll-free 877.44.STAGE, 612.225.6244 (Group Sales) and online at www.guthrietheater.org.

The federal government has awarded a $150,000 grant to preserve the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center collections in Hartford.

National Portrait Gallery Announces Current and Upcoming Exhibitions and Events

Brusnwick, Maine is home to galleries, restaurants, Bowdoin College, and Maine State Music Theatre. Theatre packages make Brunswick a great weekend getaway during the theatre season.

Guthrie Theater Director of Studio Programming Lauren Ignaut today announced additional details and dates for programming in the Dowling Studio during the 2013-2014 season.

EgoPo Classic Theater's world premiere adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's revolutionary novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, has launched a vibrant discussion about race both locally and nationally.

The American Repertory Theater/ Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training ends its 2012-13 Season with The Boston Abolitionists Project, devised by the Class of 2013 and Steven Bogart, and directed by Bogart. The production runs May 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, and 31 at 7:30pm at the Experimental Theater in the Loeb Drama Center Harvard Square, Cambridge.

EgoPo Classic Theater's world premiere adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's revolutionary novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, has launched a vibrant discussion about race both locally and nationally.

The Players' Guild of Leonia in cooperation with The Leonia Historical Preservation Commission, presents a Civil War Anniversary Commemoration.

The Players' Guild of Leonia in cooperation with The Leonia Historical Preservation Commission, presents a Civil War Anniversary Commemoration.

In celebration of Black History Month and as part of its year-round commitment to diverse programming, PBS today announced an on-air lineup commemorating the contributions of African Americans in music, dance, television and civil rights, providing an in-depth look at key figures and events that shaped black - and American - history.

Vividly bringing to life the epic struggles of the men and women who ended slavery, THE ABOLITIONISTS interweaves drama with traditional documentary storytelling

The Crawley family's fate hangs in the balance when MASTERPIECE CLASSIC "Downton Abbey, Season 3" returns in January.

Vividly bringing to life the epic struggles of the men and women who ended slavery, THE ABOLITIONISTS interweaves drama with traditional documentary storytelling

Working Theater presents the Off-Broadway production of The Best of TheaterWorks!: Stories from the 99%. The production will feature six of the best short plays to come out of Working Theater's TheaterWorks! program. The 10-year old program teaches working men and women (bus drivers, doormen, 911 operators, DMV workers etc.) to write and perform their own short plays about their experiences at work. The classes end with a stage reading style performance where the students are teamed with professional actors and directors. This production however will be fully realized by a professional cast and crew.

Working Theater presents the Off-Broadway production of The Best of TheaterWorks!: Stories from the 99%. The production will feature six of the best short plays to come out of Working Theater's TheaterWorks! program. The 10-year old program teaches working men and women (bus drivers, doormen, 911 operators, DMV workers etc.) to write and perform their own short plays about their experiences at work. The classes end with a stage reading style performance where the students are teamed with professional actors and directors. This production however will be fully realized by a professional cast and crew.