Ebony Repertory Theatre, now in its fifth year, has announced the return of their production of FRATERNITY by internationally acclaimed, award-winning playwright/screenwriter Jeff Stetson (Keep the Faith and And the Men Shall Also Gather). Director Henry Miller (James Baldwin's The Amen Corner) leads the creative team. The riveting award-winning political drama FRATERNITY began performances last night and runs through June 2, 2013 at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center (4718 W. Washington Blvd.) in Los Angeles.
Debuting in New York for Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles based artist Tim Youd (www.timyoud.com) will 'perform' the entirety of Henry Miller's Tropic of Capricorn on a vintage Underwood Standard typewriter, the same instrument Miller himself used to type this classic and outrageous novel. This ongoing performance will begin today, May 9th at the Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, run daily through the duration of the fair, and subsequently culminate over the week-long Henry Miller Memorial Library celebration at the City Reliquary in Brooklyn.
Debuting in New York for Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles based artist Tim Youd (www.timyoud.com) will 'perform' the entirety of Henry Miller's Tropic of Capricorn on a vintage Underwood Standard typewriter, the same instrument Miller himself used to type this classic and outrageous novel. This ongoing performance will begin on Thursday, May 9th at the Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, run daily through the duration of the fair, and subsequently culminate over the week-long Henry Miller Memorial Library celebration at the City Reliquary in Brooklyn.
Way Off Broadway (WOB) presents the Iowa premiere of the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret now through April 7, 2013, in the Sondheim Center. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!
Rubicon Theatre of Ventura presents the centerpiece of the company's 15th Anniversary 'Our Town/Your Theatre' Season, with Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Our Town. This year marks not only Rubicon's 15th anniversary, but also the 75th Anniversary of Our Town's first production, which is being celebrated nationally. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below!
The White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC) has announced the return engagement of ALL TOO HUMAN: An Evening with Clarence Darrow starring Henry Miller.
A total of 35 established and emerging writers, composers and lyricists will converge on the Goodspeed campus this month to participate in the first-ever Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. The writing teams, representing more than twenty new musicals, will populate the campus, creating a truly exciting environment for discovery and inspiration.
A total of 35 established and emerging writers, composers and lyricists will converge on the Goodspeed campus this month to participate in the first-ever Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. The writing teams, representing more than twenty new musicals, will populate the campus, creating a truly exciting environment for discovery and inspiration.
Today in 2009 the first Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie opened at Henry Miller's Theatre (now the Stephen Sondheim Theatre), where it ran for 117 performances. Originally titled Let's Go Steady, the satire on American society is set in 1958. The story was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley and his draft notice into the Army in 1957. The original Broadway production was a Tony Award-winning success. It spawned a London production and several major revivals, a sequel, a 1963 film and a 1995 television production.
Beginning Friday, October 5, Current TV will introduce a new weekly show to its lineup entitled 'John Fugelsang: So That Happened.' Airing at 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm ET, the hour-long program will serve as a precursor to the comedian's highly anticipated nightly series, which will premiere later this year. Fugelsang will be commenting on the week's events in news, pop culture, politics and the web, using plenty of video to share his selected highlights and lowlights from the week just ending. Comedian Frank Conniff, best known as Frank from 'Mystery Science Theater 3000,' will serve as head writer and will be a frequent contributor to the series.
Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT - Founder/Producer Wren T. Brown), now in its fifth year, announced today the full casting and creative team for the Los Angeles Premiere of FRATERNITY by internationally acclaimed, award-winning playwright/screenwriter Jeff Stetson (Keep the Faith and And the Men Shall Also Gather).
Commentator and comedian John Fugelsang will develop and host a primetime show for Current TV, it was announced today during a live broadcast of 'Talking Liberally: The Stephanie Miller Show' conducted in front of TV critics at the TCA summer press tour.
Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT - Founder/Producer Wren T. Brown), now in its fifth year, announced today, that they will present the Los Angeles Premiere of FRATERNITY by internationally acclaimed, award-winning playwright/screenwriter Jeff Stetson (Keep the Faith and And the Men Should Also Gather). Henry Miller (James Baldwin's The Amen Corner) is set to direct this riveting award-winning political drama. FRATERNITY will play October 3 - 28, 2012, with the official press opening on Friday, October 5 at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center (4718 W. Washington Blvd.) in Los Angeles.
Just yesterday BroadwayWorld reported that Broadway star and Academy Award winner Celeste Holm has died. She was 95. We pay tribute to Holm with photos from her career below.
Jade Bartlett (Ligeia) and Monsterpiece Theater Collective present an industry only reading of Bartlett's Miller's Girl at 7:00 p.m. tonight, June 19th, and at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 21st. at Roy Arias Studios.
Jade Bartlett (Ligeia) and Monsterpiece Theater Collective present an industry only reading of Bartlett's Miller's Girl at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 19th, and at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 21st. at Roy Arias Studios.
Geva Theatre Center's 2011-2012 Wilson Mainstage Season concludes with Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical Company, which begins performances tonight, May 9 and runs in the Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage through June 10.
After seven years of writing, re-writing, fine tuning, and revelatory readings, Alexander deJong's opulent Liberace musical, ALL THAT GLITTERS will be presented in its Pre-Broadway workshop from Tuesday, May 8 through Friday, May 11 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center (450 West 37 Street - between Ninth and Tenth Avenues). The musical is aiming for an April 2013 Broadway Opening.
