Westport Country Playhouse announces that due to ticket demand for its current production of Moliere's timeless comedy, "Tartuffe," an extra performance has been added on Sunday, August 5, at 3 p.m.
Three-time Tony Award-nominated actor Marc Kudisch will play the title role in Westport Country Playhouse's current staging of Moliere's "Tartuffe," directed by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director.
Westport Country Playhouse will stage Moliere's timeless comedy, "Tartuffe," featuring in the title role three-time Tony Award-nominee Marc Kudisch (Broadway's "9 to 5," "The Apple Tree," "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," "Assassins," "Thoroughly Modern Millie," "Bells Are Ringing," "The Wild Party," "The Scarlet Pimpernel (3.0)," "High Society," "Beauty and the Beast," "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," and "A Minister's Wife."). David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director, will helm the production playing July 17 through August 4. The work is translated by Richard Wilbur.
How do you take a show that everyone has seen and make it fresh?
Three-time Tony Award-nominated actor Marc Kudisch will play the title role in Westport Country Playhouse's July staging of Moliere's "Tartuffe," directed by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director.
Tennessee Williams is best known for his plays like The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, however, Portland Stage Company has masterfully brought together four of his lesser known works in a show that must be experienced.
The 41st edition of one of the longest-running, free, outdoor festivals in the U.S.-Lincoln Center Out of Doors-opens on Wednesday, July 27 with two premieres that are a study in contrasts.
The 41st edition of one of the longest-running, free, outdoor festivals in the U.S.-Lincoln Center Out of Doors-opens on Wednesday, July 27 with two premieres that are a study in contrasts.
For the first time in its 20 year history, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival will offer productions in true rep, alternating two plays with the same cast in the same theatre: Hamlet and Pride and Prejudice will play in rep July 19 through August 7 on the PSF Main Stage in the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of DeSales University in Center Valley.
For the first time in its 20 year history, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival will offer productions in true rep, alternating two plays with the same cast in the same theatre: Hamlet and Pride and Prejudice will play in rep July 19 through August 7 on the PSF Main Stage in the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of DeSales University in Center Valley.
England's folk singer/guitarist and activist Billy Bragg stirs things up on this side of the Atlantic when he brings his Big Busk to Lincoln Center on Wednesday, July 27 to open New York's long-running, free summer festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, with a community musical happening.
As the region emerges from a long and difficult winter, Northern Stage taps into the eternal optimism of the American spirit with N. Richard Nash's acclaimed comedy-drama-romance The Rainmaker, on stage from March 16 through April 3 at the Briggs Opera House in White River Junction.
Peter Shaffer's AMADEUS, took Broadway by storm and was later adapted for the screen by Shaffer and director Milos Forman. Now, the original play returns to the stage. Within the intimate confines of the Briggs Opera House, audiences will be thrust into the colorful whirlwind of the Viennese court for an exciting evening of intrigue, comedy and some of the world's most beautiful music.
Peter Shaffer's AMADEUS, took Broadway by storm and was later adapted for the screen by Shaffer and director Milos Forman. Now, the original play returns to the stage. Within the intimate confines of the Briggs Opera House, audiences will be thrust into the colorful whirlwind of the Viennese court for an exciting evening of intrigue, comedy and some of the world's most beautiful music.
Peter Shaffer's AMADEUS, took Broadway by storm and was later adapted for the screen by Shaffer and director Milos Forman. Now, the original play returns to the stage. Within the intimate confines of the Briggs Opera House, audiences will be thrust into the colorful whirlwind of the Viennese court for an exciting evening of intrigue, comedy and some of the world's most beautiful music.
With one of the most recognizable titles in the world, Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet is often obscured by its own renown. 'It's the play we all think we know,' says Patrick Mulcahy, PSF producing artistic director. 'We see a few productions that often fail to measure up to the play itself, maybe the Zefferilli film, and we think we're done with Romeo & Juliet,' he says. Yet, even after performing in three professional productions and teaching the play for 20 years, Mulcahy found himself surprised during auditions four months ago. 'There were a few moments where I heard lines I had never heard before, or got an insight from something an actor did that was new to me.
With one of the most recognizable titles in the world, Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet is often obscured by its own renown. 'It's the play we all think we know,' says Patrick Mulcahy, PSF producing artistic director. 'We see a few productions that often fail to measure up to the play itself, maybe the Zefferilli film, and we think we're done with Romeo & Juliet,' he says. Yet, even after performing in three professional productions and teaching the play for 20 years, Mulcahy found himself surprised during auditions four months ago. 'There were a few moments where I heard lines I had never heard before, or got an insight from something an actor did that was new to me.
With one of the most recognizable titles in the world, Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet is often obscured by its own renown. 'It's the play we all think we know,' says Patrick Mulcahy, PSF producing artistic director. 'We see a few productions that often fail to measure up to the play itself, maybe the Zefferilli film, and we think we're done with Romeo & Juliet,' he says. Yet, even after performing in three professional productions and teaching the play for 20 years, Mulcahy found himself surprised during auditions four months ago. 'There were a few moments where I heard lines I had never heard before, or got an insight from something an actor did that was new to me.
Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of: SOUTH OF SETTLING by Emily Schwend, directed by Davis McCallum. The cast includes Justin Adams, Craig Bockhorn, Kate Forbes, Mariann Mayberry and Jake O'Connor.
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