The bungled kidnapping of a mysterious businessman has explosive ramifications for a violent petty thief, his emotionally fragile brother and their supposed victim, who soon reveals a variety of surprising secrets. Wickedly funny and powerfully emotional, Orphans portrays these very different men, whose childhood deprivation of love and nurturing has astonishing consequences. Orphans will play from November 8th through December 8th, 2013. Check out a first look below!
The Long Beach Playhouse opens its Mainstage Theater season with The Foreigner. Written by Larry Shue, the play explores the comedic possibilities when a 'foreigner' is assumed to have no understanding of what is being said around him. The secrets and truths that are told under an erroneous assumption of privacy weave a hilarious storyline that ends in a wildly funny climax with the 'good guys' triumphing over the bad.
Brian Sills returns to Kansas City Repertory Theatre to star in David Sedaris' irreverent holiday comedy The SantaLand Diaries, about the merry misadventures of an out-of-work New York writer hired to play an elf named Crumpet in a Macy's SantaLand. The show is directed by the Rep's Producing Director Jerry Genochio and runs November 29-December 22 at Copaken Stage. Sills is well known to Rep audiences who cheered his performance as the emcee in the 2011 critically acclaimed production of Cabaret.
The Long Beach Playhouse opens its Mainstage Theater season with The Foreigner. Written by Larry Shue, the play explores the comedic possibilities when a 'foreigner' is assumed to have no understanding of what is being said around him. The secrets and truths that are told under an erroneous assumption of privacy weave a hilarious storyline that ends in a wildly funny climax with the 'good guys' triumphing over the bad.
The Texas Rep Theatre Co., Houston's Uptown Classic Theatre, continues its tradition of excellence with it's Ninth season with Larry Shue's comedy classic, The Nerd. Directed in a new production by Texas Repertory Artistic Director Steven Fenley, The Nerd will run 4 performances this weekend through September 22nd.
The Long Beach Playhouse opens its Mainstage Theater season with The Foreigner. Written by Larry Shue, the play explores the comedic possibilities when a 'foreigner' is assumed to have no understanding of what is being said around him. The secrets and truths that are told under an erroneous assumption of privacy weave a hilarious storyline that ends in a wildly funny climax with the 'good guys' triumphing over the bad.
Idaho Shakespeare Festival (ISF), over the past 37 years has become 'the place' to see [theatre] and be seen in Boise over the summer. The last show of this year is THE FOREIGNER by Larry Shue. This comedic farce made for an enjoyable night.
The Texas Rep Theatre Co., Houston's Uptown Classic Theatre, continues its tradition of excellence with it's Ninth season , opening this week with Larry Shue's comedy classic, The Nerd. Directed in a new production by Texas Repertory Artistic Director Steven Fenley, The Nerd will run 4 performances a week through September 22nd.
The Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue will once again bring life to the 'off' season in the Hamptons beginning in October. The company will present four plays between October and next June which the company describes as plays 'chosen for the excellence of their writing, their thrilling theatricality, and their ability to entertain, engage and resonate with theater audiences.'
The Texas Rep Theatre Co., Houston's Uptown Classic Theatre, continues its tradition of excellence with it's Ninth season , opening this week with Larry Shue's comedy classic, The Nerd. Directed in a new production by Texas Repertory Artistic Director Steven Fenley, The Nerd will run 4 performances a week through September 22nd.
The Texas Repertory Theatre Company is opening its ninth season with Larry Shue's THE NERD, a comedic play in two acts. The simplistic comedy had its world premiere at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in April 1981, and it starred Larry Shue in the role of Willum Cubbert. Glowing press and strong word of mouth eventually enabled the play to open on Broadway, where it played 441 performances from March 22, 1987 to April 10, 1988. Plot wise, there really is not much here. The play centers on the fact that Willum Cubbert was saved by a man named Rick Stedman when they were both in Vietnam. However, Willum was unconscious when his life was saved, so he and Rick have never met. Through ongoing correspondence the ever-grateful Willum has promised to welcome Rick with open arms should he ever come to Terre Haute, Indiana. Out of the blue, Rick turns up at Willum's home and proves himself to be the houseguest from hell.
The Texas Rep Theatre Co., Houston's Uptown Classic Theatre, continues its tradition of excellence with it's Ninth season , opening this week with Larry Shue's comedy classic, The Nerd. Directed in a new production by Texas Repertory Artistic Director Steven Fenley, The Nerd will preview on August 29th, celebrate its Gala opening on August 30th, and run 4 performances a week through September 22nd.
The Texas Rep Theatre Co., Houston's Uptown Classic Theatre, continues its tradition of excellence with it's Ninth season , beginning August 29th with Larry Shue's comedy classic, The Nerd. Directed in a new production by Texas Repertory Artistic Director Steven Fenley, The Nerd will preview on August 29th, celebrate its Gala opening on August 30th, and run 4 performances a week through September 22nd.
The Texas Rep Theatre Co., Houston's Uptown Classic Theatre, continues its tradition of excellence with it's Ninth season , beginning August 29th with Larry Shue's comedy classic, The Nerd. Directed in a new production by Texas Repertory Artistic Director Steven Fenley, The Nerd will preview on August 29th, celebrate its Gala opening on August 30th, and run 4 performances a week through September 22nd.
Lamb's Players Theatre announced it's upcoming Season 2014. "We are excited about Season 2014, our 20th year in our beautiful Coronado space" said Producing Artistic Director, Robert Smyth. "Hiring more San Diego based performers than any other theatre gives us access to such an amazing pool of talent. And it allows us to give our patrons such a wide variety of flavors each Season."
Piedmont Players Theatre along with Fibrant presents THE NERD by Larry Shue. Opening Night at the Meroney Theater, tonight, July 25 at 7:30pm. Join the cast for a complimentary reception on the 3rd floor of the Meroney immediately following the opening performance.
The American Theatre Critic's Association announces the election of veteran Chicago theater critic Jonathan Abarbanel as Chair of the American Theatre Critics Association, at the conclusion of the Association's 40th annual conference on July 20, 2013, held this year in Shepherdstown, WV. He will serve a one-year term as Chair of the Association's nine-member executive committee and may be re-elected for up to two more years.
One of the funniest plays ever written, this extraordinarily inventive, side-splitting comedy was first presented by the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, then produced in Great Britain, then went on to Broadway. The action centers on the hilarious dilemma of a young architect who is visited by a man he's never met but who saved his life in Vietnam-the visitor turning out to be an incredibly inept, hopelessly stupid 'nerd' who outstays his welcome with a vengeance.
