Mark Twain News

Composer and performer Jeremy X. Halpern has been cast as Mark Twain's pre-show 'Mysterious Stranger' in Adam Klasfeld's The Report of My Death. Halpern and his band, Jeremy X. and the Weirdos TV Band will also play post-show concerts on the Lighthouse Tender ship, the Lilac, moored on Pier 40 at West Houston Street and West Street in Manhattan.

Professional Facilities Management (PFM) is pleased to announce Veterans Memorial Auditorium's (VMA) 2009/2010 season. Tickets for these performances go on-sale Monday, July 27 at 10A. J.L. 'Lynn' Singleton, PFM President, said, 'I am very happy that PPAC and the VMA are PFM members. PPAC is looking forward to having a stronger relationship with the VMA for the approaching performance season and in the coming years. Both theatres are important and historic cultural centers in Rhode Island, and with the help of PFM, we hope to make major strides in the coming season.'

Playing in repertory with the world premiere of Adam Klasfeld's The Report of My Death, Ron Crawford presents all-ages performances of his own one-man show Travels with Mark Twain on the deck of the Lilac Steamship, located Pier 40 near Houston on the Hudson, from July 25 to August 16 for Saturday and Sunday family matinees at 2pm.

Mark Twain docks in the Hudson for the World Premiere of THE REPORT OF MY DEATH On the Lilac Steamship (July 22-August 15)

Hal Holbrook stars in Mark Twain Tonight! on Saturday, October 10 at 8:00 pm at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence.

The Apple Tree, a musical comedy at Crown City Theatre Company, has extended again through August 9th.

AN EVENING AT THE CARLYLE, A New Musical Revue, plays Sunday-Tuesday at 7 p.m, at The Algonquin Theater (123 East 24th Street). Via subway, take the N/R/W or the 6 train to 23rd Street.

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION by George Bernard Shaw plays Monday JULY 20 at 7pm at THE PLAYERS, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av.)

OpenStage Theatre & Company will hold two individual rounds of auditions for its upcoming 2009-10 season. Open auditions for the first three shows of the season will be held on Monday, July 20, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION by George Bernard Shaw plays Monday JULY 20 at 7pm at THE PLAYERS, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av.)

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION by George Bernard Shaw plays Monday JULY 20 at 7pm at THE PLAYERS, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av.)

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION by George Bernard Shaw plays Monday JULY 20 at 7pm at THE PLAYERS, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av.)

Tennessee Repertory Theatre will partner with The Acorn restaurant and Nashville Scene for a special event to celebrate its 25th Anniversary. The evening-titled 'Nashville Scenes'-- will feature staged readings of scenes from Tennessee Rep's 2009-2010 season and hot hors d'oeuvres and will be held Wednesday, July 29 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at The Acorn (114 28th Avenue North).

Tennessee Repertory Theatre will launch its 25th anniversary celebration with Nashville Scenes on Wednesday, July 29, from 6 to 8 p.m.(CDT) at The Acorn restaurant, 114 28th Avenue North.

AN EVENING AT THE CARLYLE, A New Musical Revue presented by Algonquin Theater Productions, will extend its previously announced four-week engagement to an open-ended run at The Algonquin Theater (123 East 24th Street) where it plays in repertory with the musical Sessions, now in its 2nd year.

The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities presents 'Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' running July 14 - August 9, 2009 in the Main Stage Theater.

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION by George Bernard Shaw plays Monday JULY 20 at 7pm at THE PLAYERS, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av.)

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Francois Battiste, Crystal A. Dickinson, Alano Miller and Wendell Pierce will be featured in its upcoming production of BROKE-OLOGY, a new play by Nathan Louis Jackson, directed by Thomas Kail.

Playing in repertory with the world premiere of Adam Klasfeld's The Report of My Death, Ron Crawford presents all-ages performances of his own one-man show Travels with Mark Twain on the deck of the Lilac Steamship, located Pier 40 near Houston on the Hudson, from July 25 to August 16 for Saturday and Sunday family matinees at 2pm.

The Apple Tree book, music & lyrics by Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock additional book by Jerome Coopersmith directed by Gary Lamb (I), William A. Reilly (II), Matthew J. Williamson (III) choreography by Gary Lamb and Bradley Michael Crown City Theatre @St. Matthew's Church on Camarillo in NoHo through July 27