On Sunday evening, April 5, at 8:30 PM, E.D.T., a simple toll-free call will admit anyone in the country to a lively examination of the history, significance and controversy surrounding Native Son, the 1941 stage adaptation of Richard Wright's classic novel that sparked a debate about civil rights, social policy and racism that still burns hotly today.
Novelist Richard Wright's searing novel Native Son aroused violent controversy from the moment it was published. The saga of a young American black man who becomes an unrepentant killer, the book was hailed as an uncompromising indictment of the nation's racial divisions and social injustice, and condemned as feeding white bigotry while excusing crime. Naturally, Orson Welles, then the most dynamic force in American theater, thought it was just the kind of story his Mercury Theater needed to tackle.
American Century Theater audiences are getting a special gift this holiday season: An American Century Christmas, a new musical revue full of old classics, Christmas chestnuts, memories, laughs, tears and Christmas spirit, opening Wednesday, December 10 and running through January 4 at Theater II, Gunston Arts Center, 2700 S. Lang Street in Arlington, Virginia.
American Century Theater audiences are getting a special gift this holiday season: An American Century Christmas, a new musical revue full of old classics, Christmas chestnuts, memories, laughs, tears and Christmas spirit, opening Wednesday, December 10 and running through January 4 at Theater II, Gunston Arts Center, 2700 S. Lang Street in Arlington, Virginia.
On Friday, September 5, at 8pm the Midtown International Theater Festival Awards will take place. The MITF Awards will honor the best shows and performances from the recently completed Ninth Annual Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival, which took place from July 14-August 10 of this year.
Jennifer Bogush's play, TRAFFIC JAM, will be presented as part of The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC).
Arlington, VA's American Century Theater will bring George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's Stage Door to life from June 21st through 24th as part of its 'Rescue Series.'
Jason Miller's drama That Championship Season, which in 1973 became one of the only plays to win the Best Play Tony, the New York Drama Critics Award, and the Pulitzer Prize, will be re-imagined for its new run at the American Century Theater.
The American Century Theater, dedicated to producing worthy but neglected 20th century stage works, has announced its 2006-07 season
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