I don't know if playwright Annie Baker ever attended a six week community summer drama class like the one depicted in her wonderful work, CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION, but it has the painful ring of truth that makes you think she may have at one time. Whether or not that really occurred though is immaterial, this is a remarkably funny, and at times painful, play that marks the opening of the Repertory of St. Louis' Studio series, and I think it's a near-classic. So, whether you attend the production playing upstairs on the mainstage (God of Carnage) or downstairs in the studio, you can't go wrong; both have more than their fair share of laughs.
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) opens its 2011-2012 Studio Theatre series with the remarkable and clever Circle Mirror Transformation by emerging Chicago playwright Annie Baker. This inventive production will be performed in the Emerson Studio Theatre at the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, October 26-November 13, 2011.
Dorset Theatre Festival opened its current production of 'Noises Off,' and Jenn Thompson, director of the play, has assembled family and theatre friends to perform the acclaimed British farce.'Noises Off' will continue through August 13.
Hallmark Channel and Emmy(R) Award-winning producer Linda Yellen ('Playing for Time') announce the Hallmark Channel Original Movie, 'William & Kate: A Royal Love Story,' will soon head into production for a World Premiere, Saturday, August 13 (9 p.m. ET/PT, 8C) exclusively on Hallmark Channel.
On Tuesday, August 9 at 9pm ET/PT, TLC will air CRAZY ABOUT PIPPA, a one-hour special that focuses on Britain's most eligible bachelorette - Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton's younger sister - Pippa Middleton.
Dorset Theatre Festival opened its current production of 'Noises Off,' and Jenn Thompson, director of the play, has assembled family and theatre friends to perform the acclaimed British farce.'Noises Off' will continue through August 13.
On Tuesday, August 9 at 9pm ET/PT, TLC will air CRAZY ABOUT PIPPA, a one-hour special that focuses on Britain's most eligible bachelorette - Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton's younger sister - Pippa Middleton.
The Summit Playhouse graciously welcomes Ground UP and will host Ground UP's production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, closing June 5, 2011. In the words of the playwright himself, this classic farce is 'A trivial comedy for serious people,' and is certain to delight audiences of all ages! A Victorian classic, done in classic, Ground UP Style!
The Summit Playhouse graciously welcomes Ground UP and will host Ground UP's production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, from May 20 to June 5, 2011. (Opening Night: Saturday, May 21 at 8pm). In the words of the playwright himself, this classic farce is 'A trivial comedy for serious people,' and is certain to delight audiences of all ages! A Victorian classic, done in classic, Ground UP Style!
Ground UP Productions has announced a series of FREE Master Classes as part of their residency at The Summit Playhouse. NYC's Ground UP Productions is presenting Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest at The Summit Playhouse (10 New England Avenue in Summit) from May 20 to June 5.
The Summit Playhouse graciously welcomes Ground UP and will host Ground UP's production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, from May 20 to June 5, 2011. (Opening Night: Saturday, May 21 at 8pm). In the words of the playwright himself, this classic farce is 'A trivial comedy for serious people,' and is certain to delight audiences of all ages! A Victorian classic, done in classic, Ground UP Style!
Boasting the big, bright and blazing return of Broadway baby Jonathan Groff as show-favorite featured guest star Jesse St. James and the very finest vocal song performance of Season Two so far, last night's 'Prom Queen' episode of GLEE was everything but CARRIE's bucket of pig's blood on top. Speaking of pigs, Karofsky certainly got his comeuppance - quite heartfelt in its denouement - at long, long last, on the dramatic side of the story, and the audience got to musically pig-out and irreverently indulge in the frothy pop confections of Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus & Stig Andersen - otherwise known as ABBA - with the rousing gleeked-out, tweaked-out rendering of the newly-crowned MAMMA MIA super-anthem 'Dancing Queen', as well as partake in the pop culture right-this-moment fun of the funky Black Kids' song 'I‘m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend To Dance With You' courtesy of fan favorite Darren Criss at his hipster height, and the YouTube sensation Rebecca Black‘s 'Friday', performed by the boys of New Directions riotously right. Kings, queens, hearts, diamond tiaras and even a few jokers were in the deck as the hand was played out in this brisk, brash and glossy entry in the spectacularly strong - if dramatically inert more often than not - second half of Season Two. So, today, we dust off our best blue tuxes and pop the cheapest pink champagne for a guilty pleasure edition of the weekly SOUND OFF reviews of GLEE that will be wrapping up - so very sorry to say - all too soon at the end of this month with the highly-awaited season finale on May 24 and our year-end rap up soon thereafter. But, with this column as well as with GLEE, certainly the very best is yet to come - and, even if not, this is good enough.
New York City's Ground UP Productions and The Summit Playhouse of Summit, NJ announce a thrilling, first-time-ever endeavor this Spring in The Garden State! After much planning, Summit Playhouse is graciously welcoming Ground UP and will host Ground UP's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, from May 20 to June 5, 2011.(Opening night: Saturday, May 21 at 8pm)
New York City's Ground UP Productions and The Summit Playhouse of Summit, NJ announce a thrilling, first-time-ever endeavor this Spring in The Garden State! After much planning, Summit Playhouse is graciously welcoming Ground UP and will host Ground UP's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, from May 20 to June 5, 2011.(Opening night: Saturday, May 21 at 8pm)
It's without question the glamour event of a lifetime, and the syndicated entertainment newsmagazine, Access Hollywood, is giving fans a seat in the front pew at the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. All the excitement, splendor, star power, romance, and style of a global media frenzy explodes to life in Access Hollywood Presents: The Royal Wedding, the 144-page commemorative book, published in collaboration with Rylin Media, that will allow fans to relive the wedding of the century for centuries to come. Access Hollywood Presents: The Royal Wedding is licensed through NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products.
E! Entertainment is taking its worldwide audience to London for a front row seat at the wedding of the century. Beginning April 25th, E! will broadcast from Buckingham Palace in London to capture every detail during the week leading up to the highly anticipated Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. E! continues its wall-to-wall coverage on Thursday, April 28th with a broadcast of the NBC special 'Inside the Royal Wedding' airing at 10:00pm ET/PT. Then, as the world's royalty and heads-of-state descend on London on April 29 to witness history in the making, E! will dedicate its entire day of programming to LIVE wedding coverage starting at 4:00am ET - 9:00am ET/1:00am PT - 6:00am PT. With over 7 hours of in-depth coverage before, during and after the Royal Wedding, fans will not miss a second of the action from this global event.
In celebration of the Royal nuptials of Prince William of Wales and Catherine Elizabeth 'Kate' Middleton at Buckingham Palace, the hosts of ABC's popular talker 'The View' will observe this special occasion with 'A Royal Wedding - The View,' a live, one-hour special edition, Friday, April 29 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET), covering all the pomp and circumstance. This marks the first time 'The View' has broadcast live on Friday since Sept. 12, 2008. Regularly featured co-hosts Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd will be joined in-studio by Hollywood royalty Goldie Hawn, a featured guest co-host for the day. Barbara Walters, on assignment in London for ABC News, will join the program live via satellite.
As the world awaits what is sure to be the most high-profile wedding in decades, TLC announces that the network will be airing a week-long event of programming starting Sunday, April 24 leading into the highly anticipated nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday, April 29.
TV Guide Network continues to celebrate William and Kate's royal wedding with the exclusive U.S. premiere of Britain's Channel 4 original special, 'Meet the Middletons,' on Saturday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m. PT/ET.
