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Anna Deavere Smith's latest production,Let Me Down Easy airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Friday, January 13 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Originally presented at Long Wharf Theatre, the play received its New York premiere at Second Stage Theatre. The Great Performances production was recorded inFebruary 2011 in the Kreeger Theater at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, D.C., launching a national tour that concluded in September.
Long Wharf Theatre is partnering with the Connecticut Food Bank during the run of It's A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, now playing through Dec. 31, to collect non-perishable food for the needy in the area.
Sister teaches a refreshingly funny course on life in the Catholic Church in this series with Late Nite Catechism 3 opening September 6 through September 18th and Sister's Christmas Catechism opening December 13 through January 1, 2012 at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold is making its way to Saint Paul! Sister will take over the Ordway's McKnight Theatre stage December 13th, 2011 through January 1st, 2012.
Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold will open at the Ordway's McKnight Theatre Tuesday, December 13th just in time for the holidays.
Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold will open at the Ordway's McKnight Theatre Tuesday, December 13th just in time for the holidays.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre begins the New Year with the world-premiere production of Ghost Light, a new play conceived and developed by Jonathan Moscone and Tony Taccone.
Emmy Award winner ERIC McCORMACK will return to Broadway as presidential contender Joseph Cantwell in the star-studded cast of the 2012 Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN. The role of Senator Cantwell was played by Cliff Robertson in the film adaptation and Chris Noth in the 2000 Broadway revival.
Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel have just announced the design team for the upcoming Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN. Tony and Drama Desk Award winning scenic designer DEREK McLANE (33 Variations, Anything Goes), Tony and Drama Desk Award winning lighting designer KENNETH POSNER (The Coast of Utopia, Part 2 - Shipwreck) and five-time Tony Award nominated costume designer ANN ROTH (The Book of Mormon) will design the play about power, ambition, political secrets, ruthlessness and the race for the presidency.
The Shakespeare Theatre Company continues its 2011-2012 Season with the return of Ethan McSweeny (The Merchant of Venice, The Persians, Ion, Major Barbara) directing Shakespeare's romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing.
Lampkin Music Group is set to present ten-time Jeff Award winner and "First Lady of Chicago Musical Theatre" Hollis Resnik in a special New Year's Eve cabaret performance.
The Shakespeare Theatre Company continues its 2011-2012 Season with the return of Ethan McSweeny (The Merchant of Venice, The Persians, Ion, Major Barbara) directing Shakespeare's romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing.
TimeLine Theatre Company has announced the addition of nine new Associate Artists - Will Allan, William Brown, Aaron Carter, Andrew Carter, John Culbert, Mildred Marie Langford, Mechelle Moe, Ann Wakefield and Alex Weisman.