Mark Twain News

Renowned director Tazewell Thompson stages the poignant comic-drama Broke-ology, by Nathan Louis Jackson at TheaterWorks in Downtown Hartford.

One hundred years after his death, Mark Twain will be brought to life when Deep Dish presents Paul Newell in his engaging one-man show, Mark Twain Now, Saturday, November 6 at 2 p.m. in University Mall.

A little bit burlesque, a little bit farce and a whole lot funny, Mark Twain's Is He Dead? will be performed by Deep Dish Theater Company October 22 to November 13.

The New York premiere of PLAY DEAD, a new Off-Broadway thriller co-written and directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and co-written & performed by Todd Robbins, will begin performances at Off-Broadway's Players Theater (115 MacDougal Street at Minetta Lane) on Thursday, October 21 for an open-ended run. The official press opening is slated for Wednesday, November 10.

Producers Jonathan Josephson, Jeff G. Rack, and Paul Millet have announced the plays, dates and location of the 2010 Wicked Literature: A Halloween Theatre Festival.

The New York premiere of PLAY DEAD, a new Off-Broadway thriller co-written and directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and co-written & performed by Todd Robbins, will begin performances at Off-Broadway's Players Theater (115 MacDougal Street at Minetta Lane) on Thursday, October 21 for an open-ended run. The official press opening is slated for Wednesday, November 10.

As part of a community-wide celebration of Mark Twain, sponsored by the libraries of Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park, Dominican University Graduate School of Library Information Science Professor Janice Del Negro and students from the university's theater department will present a reading of some of Twain's lesser-known comedic works.

ShoWagon, the Outreach and Education Department at Theatre Memphis, will perform ANANSI DOES THE IMPOSSIBLE on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis on Monday, October 18, 2010 at 6pm.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/17 for Louisville

This year's spectacular fundraising gala, Hartt Celebrates 90 Years, will take place on Saturday evening, October 16, at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center in Hartford.

The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis continues its 2010-2011 season with My Name is Asher Lev, a play by Aaron Posner adapted from the visionary best-selling novel by Chaim Potok.

Kate Clinton The Lady HAHA Tour with Special Guest Roy Zimmerman will be coming to the Colonial on November 13, at 8PM. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased in person at the Colonial Ticket Office at 111 South Street Monday-Friday 10AM-5PM, performance Saturdays 10AM-2PM, by calling (413) 997-4444 or online at www.thecolonialtheatre.org.

Deep Dish Theater Company invites you to join a lively, informal discussion of Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, at Flyleaf Books of Chapel Hill.

A little bit burlesque, a little bit farce and a whole lot funny, Mark Twain's Is He Dead? will be performed by Deep Dish Theater Company October 22 to November 13.

This year's spectacular fundraising gala, Hartt Celebrates 90 Years, will take place on Saturday evening, October 16, at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center in Hartford.

Mark Twain's A Murder, A Mystery, and a Marriage Mystery by: Aaron Posner and James Sugg runs Now through November 6, 2010

'I am a border-ruffian from the State of Missouri. I am a Connecticut Yankee by adoption. In me, you have Missouri morals and Connecticut culture. This is the combination which makes the perfect man.' Mark Twain said this tongue-in-cheek, but it appears to have been the formula for a complicated life that included an impressive body of literature.

The Beat Project presents DEAR HARVEY, written by Patricia Loughrey, with original music by Thomas Hodges, musical direction and orchestrations by Wayne Moore and directed by Anthony Frisina. DEAR HARVEY will open on Thursday, September 16 at 8pm and run through Sunday, October 10th at the Lee Strasberg Theatre, 7936 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.

From Thursday, October 7 through Sunday, October 10, the City of Newark and New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will host the largest poetry event in North America, the 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival.

Wayside Theatre Artistic Director Warner Crocker announced the Fall mystery play of the 2010-2011, cast and performance schedule for the Mark Twain's "A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage." The musical, A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage runs October 9 through November 6.