Mark Twain News

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

OlentagyMusic is pleased to announce the US premiere production of American-born Melbourne actor Chris Wallace?s The Mark Twain You Don?t Know for a three-week limited engagement at Off-Broadway?s Richmond Shepard Theatre (309 East 26th Street).

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What happens when a group of poor artists stage the death of a friend to drive up the price of his paintings? A fake funeral, cross-dressing, and lovers' deceptions, to name a few.

The ASCAP Foundation is pleased to announce that six new musical works have been selected for presentation at the annual ASCAP Foundation/ Disney Musical Theatre Workshop in Los Angeles. The winning proposals were selected from more than 160 applicants. The workshop will take place February 2, 3, 16, 17, 18 & 19, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. sharp, at the Disney Feature Animation Studio Lot in Burbank, CA.

What happens when a group of poor artists stage the death of a friend to drive up the price of his paintings? A fake funeral, cross-dressing, and lovers' deceptions, to name a few.??Beck Center for the Arts presents the Cleveland premiere of the Mark Twain comedy, Is He Dead?, on the Mackey Main Stage, February 5 through 28, 2010.

The NYC DISCOVERY TOURS PUBLIC TOUR schedule has been announced through March 2010 including Grand Central Birthday Bash, Valentines Weekend, St. Patricks and St. Josephs Weekend.

The American Theatre Wing has announced the recipients of the 2010 Jonathan Larson® Grants. The grants, given annually to honor emerging composers, lyricists and book writers, help to continue Tony Award®-winning composer Jonathan Larson's dream of infusing musical theatre with a contemporary, joyful, urban vitality. After considering 165 applications, Peter Lerman, Daniel Mate, and songwriting team Michael Kooman (music) and Christopher Dimond (book & lyrics) were selected to receive the prestigious grants, totaling $10,000. They will be honored at a presentation on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at Touch (240 W52 St.) in New York City.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts closes the 2009 exhibition year and welcomes the new with Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on view in the Ingram Gallery from Oct. 2, 2009 through January 31, 2010.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts closes the 2009 exhibition year and welcomes the new with Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on view in the Ingram Gallery from Oct. 2, 2009 through January 31, 2010.

Palestine. 1939. A dying revolution. An Arab family trapped: divided between rebellion and hope for a stable future. True events inspire this compelling story about Arab revolt against British occupation as two nations fight for their stake to land during a period of momentous global change. Emerging playwright Ismail Khalidi lends a bold, contemporary voice to the Israeli/Palestinian history in Tennis in Nablus, the sixth winner of the nationally recognized Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition. Off-beat humor abounds in this 'tragipoliticomedy' about allegiance, struggle and crisis, where events and people are not what they seem. Sacramento Theatre Company Artistic Director Peggy Shannon directs this groundbreaking new work on the intimate Hertz Stage. Opening Night is Wed, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m.

Lily Tomlin, one of America's most brilliant comediennes, will perform her unique brand of comedy in the Hollywood Theatre at MGM Grand March 11 - 17 at 8 p.m. nightly.

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company is premiering the new musical Time After Time at Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse Feb. 26 through Feb. 28 and March 11 through March 14.

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.

Theater for the New City's special production of 'Duet for Solo Voice' by David Scott Milton, directed by Stanley Allan Sherman and acted by Jonathan Slaff, which was originally set for September 24 to October 11, 2009, has been rescheduled to January 28 to February 14, 2010.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts has announced its upcoming events through April 30, 2010.

'The Assorted Short Adventures of Tom, Huck and Becky,' will be performed for area students by That Uppity Theatre Company's award-winning DisAbility Project, an ensemble of actors with and without disabilities, as part of St. Louis' 'Big Read' project. This is possibly the first production of this classic book to be created through a disability perspective and performed primarily by actors with disabilities.

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 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.

For upcoming Valentine's Weekend, a Greenwich Village stroll covering sites associated with romance in literature and history, with dessert stops along the way to take in sweets.