Mark Twain News

Playhouse on Park is proud to present stop/time dance theater in a new production, titled 'Swing Set.'

It was announced today that Play Dead, the new Off-Broadway comic thriller co-written and directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and co-written & performed by Todd Robbins, is the recipient of a 2011 Drama Desk nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience.

Join the Windham Theatre Guild on April 29 & 30 at the Burton Leavitt Theatre for a delightful evening of Broadway music. ‘‘Oh, What A Night' is a great name and an apt description of the 2011 Windham Theatre Guild Broadway Chorus show that we have planned for you. We have chosen our music from 4 terrific shows, all which have won the ‘Best Musical of the Year' Tony Award, to create a truly outstanding musical experience that spans 45 years of Broadway excellence.

Hal Holbrook, legendary actor and star of the one-man show Mark Twain Tonight has postponed his Saturday evening performance at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center due to an allergy that caused him to temporarily lose his voice.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is proud to announce the national awardees of the 43rd annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), April 18-23, 2011. Through their success at regional festivals in January and February 2011, students from universities and colleges across the United States secured their places at last week's national festival and the opportunity to earn awards and scholarships.

THE 16th ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE (LES) FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS brings together under one roof in just three days over 100 performing arts organizations, local and international celebrities, independent artists, poets, playwrights, musicians, puppeteers, film makers and many others - all of whom reside, work or have their roots in the culturally diverse, willfully anarchistic Lower East Side - for New York City's most diverse FREE 3-day festival, from Friday, May 27 through Sunday, May 29, at Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue, between E. 9th and 10th Sts.) in Manhattan. OBIE Award-winning actress Crystal Field is co-founder and Artistic Director of Theater for the New City.

Playhouse on Park is proud to present stop/time dance theater in a new production, titled 'Swing Set.'

Playhouse on Park is proud to present stop/time dance theater in a new production, titled 'Swing Set.'

Winner of seven Tony Awards on Broadway, including Best Musical of the Year, BIG RIVER is the tale of the adventurous Huckleberry Finn, an incorrigible teenager growing up in the pre-Civil War South, who befriends a runaway slave and risks his own safety helping him escape to freedom, and in doing so, learns for himself the real meaning, and value, of friendship.

Crystal Field, Executive Director Presents Only Love Will Do- A Gay/Straight Romantic Comedy

Porchlight Music Theatre presents the highly anticipated new musical MEET JOHN DOE, based on the film of the same name by Frank Capra, for the final performance on April 17, 2011 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago. The production is Directed and Choreographed by James Beaudry, Artistic Director at Timber Lake Playhouse.

Something WICKED this way comes as part of the exciting Broadway In Birmingham 2011-2012 season of performing arts events.

Lily Tomlin, one of America's foremost comediennes, is bringing her beloved characters, including six-year-old Edith Ann, telephone operator Ernestine and many others, to Salt Lake City in an all-new show, performing at Kingsbury Hall on Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Algonquin Seaport Theater presents 'An Afternoon with Mark Twain', featuring Ron Crawford, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1pm throughout April and May.

After a sold-out run last November, Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Executive Director) is proud to present, back by popular demand, ONLY LOVE WILL DO - A GayStraigt RomCom, written by Walt Stepp (Lightin' Out-A Mark Twain Musical, Why We Shot Jack-The Conspirators' Drama), from April 14th thru May 1st. Lissa Moira once again directs this Freudian Fandango of gay/straight romantic dramedy/sexploration.

Carlos Mencia, Bill Cosby and Bill Engvall get the summer in gear with performances at Treasure Island Theatre, beginning May 6.

Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will present David Ives' new comedy, THE SCHOOL FOR LIES, adapted from the Molière classic The Misanthrope, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie, beginning performances Wednesday, April 13 at CSC (136 East 13th Street) for a limited engagement through Sunday, May 22

Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein are pleased to announce Actors Theatre's 48th season lineup. 'The 2011-2012 upcoming Brown-Forman series is an exciting multi-faceted program which includes the staging of two classic novels; a heartwarming and honest exploration of the personal impact of war; a three-time Tony Award-nominated play about love, longing, and science, and the regional premiere of an Off-Broadway hit. Plus, an exciting line up of new plays in the 36th Annual Humana Festival and the return of three holiday favorites', said Masterson on his final season selection as Artistic Director of Actors Theatre. 'Actors Theatre has a fantastic team of staff with whom I have worked with for many years and in whose experience and incredible expertise I have confidence to successfully realize my final season.'

Red Mountain Theatre Company's Young Artist Series presents Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on April 7-10, 2011, at the RMTC Cabaret Theatre (301 19th Street North).

Join the Windham Theatre Guild on April 29 & 30 at the Burton Leavitt Theatre for a delightful evening of Broadway music. ‘‘Oh, What A Night' is a great name and an apt description of the 2011 Windham Theatre Guild Broadway Chorus show that we have planned for you. We have chosen our music from 4 terrific shows, all which have won the ‘Best Musical of the Year' Tony Award, to create a truly outstanding musical experience that spans 45 years of Broadway excellence.