Mark Twain News

Theater for the New City will present a special production of 'Duet for Solo Voice' by David Scott Milton, directed by Stanley Allan Sherman and acted by Jonathan Slaff, from January 28 to February 14, 2010.

A world premiere musical, Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi, performs at the Coterie Theatre in Crown Center January 26 - February 28. Based on Twain's autobiographical coming of age memoir, this is the musical that shows how the famous author's identity was forged with his years on the Mississippi.

The year 2010 marks the 175th anniversary of Mark Twain's birth and the 100th anniversary of his death.

From Broadway to Billboard charts, Tony Award-winning and multi-Grammy Award-nominated performer Heather Headley has mesmerized audiences with her soulful voice and captivating essence.

The 41st NAACP Image Awards nominees were announced today during a press conference at The SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills. Taye Diggs ('Private Practice' - ABC), Michael Strahan ('Brothers' - FOX) and 'FOX NFL Sunday'), Wanda Sykes ('The Wanda Sykes Show' - FOX), Kyle Massey ('That's SRaven,' 'Cory in the House' - Disney Channel), Chris Massey ('Zoey 101' - Nickelodeon) and Tatyana Ali (Young and the Restless - CBS) joined NAACP Image Awards Committee Chair, Clayola Brown, and Vicangelo Bulluck, Executive Producer of the telecast, to announce the categories and nominees. The 41st NAACP Image Awards will air live on Friday, February 26 (8:00 - 10:00 PM ET/PT Tape-Delayed) on FOX.

Rover Dramawerks announces revised auditions for their production of Mark Twain's 'A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage'. The auditions will take place on January 4 and 5.

Rover Dramawerks announces revised auditions for their production of Mark Twain's 'A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage'. The auditions will take place on January 4 and 5.

While the women in Nashville theatre might garner more critical attention, showier roles and sparklier costumes, the men, clearly, are no slouches themselves. Capable and committed, the men who assay roles on Nashville stages are a pretty impressive collection of actors who can take on the most traditional of roles one week, while tackling parts that require them to be more experimental and brave the next. In 2009, Nashville's best actors showed their range while strutting themselves in some of the best productions we've seen in years.

If, indeed, 'it takes a village,' and if, as the poets say, 'no man is an island,' then perhaps no art form is more collaborative than live theatre. With a village of artists backstage and offstage assuring that each production is mounted, then coming to life during each performance, the collaborative effort is renewed. And what audiences see onstage is the collaboration of artists, the people who comprise the acting ensemble, the folks who bring the stagebound script to life, sending it soaring into our imaginations.

The Windham Theatre Guild will hold open auditions for the fresh and original comedy The Movie Game, winner of the Mark Twain Comedy Playwriting Award. Jack Goldberg loves movies! He loves them so much that he can't keep a job and still lives with his overbearing parents.

Theater for the New City will present a special production of 'Duet for Solo Voice' by David Scott Milton, directed by Stanley Allan Sherman and acted by Jonathan Slaff, from January 28 to February 14, 2010.

Marion J. Caffey's 3 Mo' Divas announces a back by popular demand concert at the world famous Apollo Theater! The Divas had audiences literally dancing in the aisles during their New York debut concert in June 2009.

This December, HartBeat Ensemble will revive its highly popular Mainstage production of Ebeneeza: A Hartford Holiday Carol and perform the play in four separate locations around Greater Hartford. The production, originally written in 2006 and updated this year to address timely political and economic issues, will be performed for the public at Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts, The Mark Twain House & Museum, The West Indian Social Club, and West Hartford's Playhouse on Park.

KPFK Radio's Arts in Review, Los Angeles's longest-running radio showcase on live theater and cabaret, presents its annual Christmas Day Special, highlighted by a concert presentation of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, featuring actor Al Alu; and the premiere of the radio dramatization, All is Calm, All is Bright, performed by the Arts in Review Repertory Company.

Mayor Michael Nutter announced today that Bill Cosby, Ed.D.-comedian and educator-will be the next recipient of the Marian Anderson Award. Mr. Cosby will accept the Award at a Gala Concert produced in partnership with The Philadelphia Orchestra, which will take place on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

THE NEW DIXON PLACE PROUDLY PRESENTS WINTER THEATER EVENTS The New Dixon Place is located at 161A Chrystie Street (b/w Rivington & Delancey)

Saturday, December 26 and Sunday, December 27 - Christmas Weekend VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS: ORIGINS OF CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

WeildWorks is pleased to announce the New York Premiere of Fêtes de la Nuit, Charles L. Mee's sexy meditation on lust, beauty and the divine experience of love. Fêtes de la Nuit is directed and choreographed by Kim Weild, who incorporates American Sign Language into a production that features three Deaf actors.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents Holiday Stories, at WICA, 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, December 11 - 20, 2009.