My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Leo Tolstoy Headshot
News Alerts

Leo Tolstoy News

Get Leo Tolstoy Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.
A Symbolist SEAGULL to Play EgoPo Classic Theater This Winter

Konstantin Gavrilovich Trepleyev invites you to join him for a performance starring Nina Zarechnaya as the Universal Soul, performed at the estate of Russia's famed actress, Arkadina Nikolayevna. Arrive lakeside as the full moon rises. Champagne Optional. Nature and eternity await.

Washington Stage Guild Remembers Actress Tricia McCauley; Donate in Her Name!

In the winter of 1998, the Stage Guild mounted a striking production of ANNA KARENINA, with Tricia McCauley in the title role. Tricia became a member of the company, playing roles in 15 productions and many readings. Her creativity and wit were assets in any show, and over the years she designed props, worked box-office, and pitched in to get shows on their feet however was needed.

John Casperson Shares The Butterfly Effect: Flutters of Wisdom and Kindness'

John Casperson, a philosopher, traveler, devoted writer and author, has completed his new book 'The Butterfly Effect: Flutters of Wisdom and Kindness': a gripping and potent book that exposes the economic, political, and religious nostrums that preclude one from realizing the basic premise that all humans have a universal spiritual common denominator; of one divine Source, that is shared.

A Symbolist SEAGULL to Play EgoPo Classic Theater This Winter

Konstantin Gavrilovich Trepleyev invites you to join him for a performance starring Nina Zarechnaya as the Universal Soul, performed at the estate of Russia's famed actress, Arkadina Nikolayevna. Arrive lakeside as the full moon rises. Champagne Optional. Nature and eternity await.

Leslie Buxbaum Danzig's Circus-Theater Show QUEST to Make World Premiere at Actors Gymnasium This Winter

The Actors Gymnasium has announced the world premiere of Quest, an original circus-theater production adapted and directed by Leslie Buxbaum Danzig, featuring original music by Kevin O'Donnell and loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's short story 'The Three Questions.' Quest, part of Actors Gymnasium's Annual Winter Circus, runs Saturday, Feb. 11 - Sunday, March 19 at Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St. Press opening is Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. with an opening night party Saturday Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Curtain Up! BWW Looks Back on 2016's Memorable Broadway Debuts

From a 14-year-old up and comer to a DANCING WITH THE STARS' mirrorball champion, 2016 has been a year filled with noteworthy debuts on the Great White Way. Below, BWW looks back on the talented actors who were profiled in this year's 'Debut of the Month' column.

New York Philharmonic Presents BELOVED FRIEND - TCHAIKOVSKY AND HIS WORLD, 1/24-2/11

The New York Philharmonic will present Beloved Friend - Tchaikovsky and His World: A Philharmonic Festival, January 24-February 11, 2017, featuring Russian-born Semyon Bychkov conducting works by Tchaikovsky as well as composers he was influenced by and whom he influenced, with piano soloists Yefim Bronfman and Kirill Gerstein.

Recorded Books, Inc. Sponsors Audiobook Giveaway for Library Book Club

Recorded Books, Inc., the largest independent publisher of unabridged audiobooks and provider of digital content to the library market, awarded a $1,000 classics audiobook collection to Plano Public Library System (Plano, Texas) for its participation in The Literary Classics Online Book Club.

Independent Shakespeare Co. presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL

 INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO. (ISC), producers of the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL WITH CHARLES DICKENS. In his lifetime, Charles Dickens was recognized not only as a great writer, but as an actor. His greatest successes on the stages of Britain and the United States were his solo performances of his own work. One of the first pieces he presented to great acclaim was A Christmas Carol. A CHRISTMAS CAROL WITH CHARLES DICKENS will perform at Independent Studio from Thursday, December 8 - Sunday, December 18(Thursdays - Sundays) at Independent Studio in the Atwater Crossing Arts + Innovation Complex, 3191 Casitas Ave., #168 in Atwater Village.

Lantern Theater Company Presents the Philadelphia Premiere of Obie and Lucille Lortel Award-Winning AN ILIAD

Lantern Theater Company continues its 2016/17 season with the Philadelphia premiere of An Iliad, written by Lisa Peterson and Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare and based on Robert Fagles' acclaimed translation of Homer's Iliad. M. Craig Getting directs a cast that includes Barrymore Award-winners Peter DeLaurier and Liz Filios; Filios also serves as co-composer, working with sound designer Michael Hahn to create the evocative original music that scores the production. Theater critics and members of the press are invited to attend opening night on Wednesday, November 16 at 7 p.m. A full schedule is included in the fact sheet below.

EgoPo Classic Theater Announces DELIRIUM

When a modern Irish playwright meets a Russian classic - all hell breaks loose. On October 28, EgoPo presents the Philadelphia premiere of Theatre O and Enda Walsh's raucous revisioning of The Brothers Karamazov. Through an explosion of light, sound and puppetry, this theatrical outburst of toxic masculinity will grab audiences by the throat. Three brothers are locked in an eternal family struggle with their abusive patriarch culminating in an epic theological battle. Delirium previews October 26-27 and opens Today, October 28. The show runs three weeks, closing on Sunday, November 13. Tickets start at $25. Performances are at the Latvian Society Theater on 7th and Spring Garden.

  …        13       …    

Get Leo Tolstoy Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Videos


TICKET CENTRAL
Hot Show
Tickets From $70
Hot Show
Tickets From $59
Hot Show
Tickets From $95
Hot Show
Tickets From $71