TheatreWorks Presents 'TWENTIETH CENTURY,' Opens 1/17
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 14, 2009
TheatreWorks presents the Tony nominated comedy hit Twentieth Century. Adapted by celebrated farceur Ken Ludwig, this classic screwball comedy, based on the 1930's play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, tells the tale of a Broadway impresario on the decline,who, desperately seeking to revive his sagging career, used mistaken identity, chicanery, and catastrophe to coax his unforgiving former flame and mercurial silver screen starlet into starring in his next production.
Theatreworks Presents '20 Century' at Mountain View 1/17
by Eddie Varley
- Jan 5, 2009
TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, is proud to present the regional premiere of TWENTIETH CENTURY by Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur, based on a play by Charles Bruce Milholland in a new adaptation by Ken Ludwig. Broadway and Hollywood collide in this classic screwball comedy set in the 1930s, in which a rapidly declining Broadway impresario looks to revive his sagging career. Using mistaken identity, chicanery, and catastrophe, he attempts to coax his unforgiving former flame (now a mercurial silver screen starlet) into starring in his next stage production while aboard a train roaring across the U.S.
TheatreWorks Presents 'TWENTIETH CENTURY,' Opens 1/17
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Dec 26, 2008
TheatreWorks presents the Tony nominated comedy hit Twentieth Century. Adapted by celebrated farceur Ken Ludwig, this classic screwball comedy, based on the 1930's play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, tells the tale of a Broadway impresario on the decline,who, desperately seeking to revive his sagging career, used mistaken identity, chicanery, and catastrophe to coax his unforgiving former flame and mercurial silver screen starlet into starring in his next production.
Aurora Adds Performances of 'Best Man' Through 9/28
by Kristin Allard
- Sep 3, 2008
Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company announces extension performances of its critically acclaimed production of Gore Vidal's 'The Best Man'. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross helms this seminal political nail-biter starring Tim Kniffin, Charles Shaw Robinson, and Charles Dean, and featuring Elizabeth Benedict, Michael Cassidy, Jackson Davis, Deb Fink, Michael Patrick Gaffney, and Emilie Talbot. 'The Best Man' plays now through September 28, with added performances on September 9, 16, and 23 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.
Aurora Theatre Co To Open Season With 'Best Man'
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 22, 2008
Just in time for the fall election, Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company opens its 17th season with Gore Vidal's fascinating political nail-biter THE BEST MAN.
Aurora Theatre Co To Open Season With 'Best Man'
by Faetra Petillo
- Aug 10, 2008
Just in time for the fall election, Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company opens its 17th season with Gore Vidal's fascinating political nail-biter THE BEST MAN.
Review: The God of Hellish Reminders
by Eugene Lovendusky
- Oct 5, 2006
While dripping in political comedy and appropriateness, Sam Shepard's 'The God of Hell,' now playing the Magic Theatre, offers a cold slap of reality a few years late.
Mugleston Heads to Happy End in San Francisco in June
by BWW News Desk
- May 4, 2006
Linda Mugleston will star in the American Conservatory Theatre's production of the Weill-Brecht musical Happy End in San Francisco this June; the production will feature choreography by John Carrafa
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