Mary Ann News

Whose Wives Are They Anyway? comes to the Farmington Players stage. The show runs February 17 through March 3 at the Barn Theatre in Farmington Hills.

Rover Dramawerks will present the revival of the hilarious Gilligan's Island: the Musical at the Courtyard Theater, 1509 H Avenue in Plano. Performances are January 26 through February 18, with shows on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., with an additional matinee performance on Saturday, February 4 at 2:00 p.m.

The Roy Arias Studios & Theaters, located in the Times Square Arts Center at 300 West 43rd Street, will present the first Times Square International Theater Festival from January 16 to 22, 2012.

The Martha Graham Dance Company (Janet Eilber, Artistic Director; LaRue Allen, Executive Director) will have a special engagement at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue (at 19th Street) NYC; March 13-18, 2012. Inner Landscape, the latest offering in the company's innovative series of thematic performances including contextual media and narration, features the acclaimed Graham psychological works in which she laid bare the human psyche. There will be two programs presented by the company as well as a Family matinee show on Saturday-March 17 at 2:00pm.

South Bend Civic Theatre will open its 2012 Studio Theatre season with Jean Giraudoux's classic play "The Madwoman of Chaillot."

The Open Book (Marvin Kaye, Co-founder and Artistic Director) has announced post-show talkbacks immediately following its production of 'BOB, Blessed Be The Dysfunction That Binds' written and performed by Anne Pasquale and directed by Mary Ann Hay on January 19th, 20th and 21st.

The Open Book, Marvin Kaye Co-founder and Artistic Director, is set to present the fully staged production of 'BOB, Blessed Be The Dysfunction that Binds' written and performed by Anne Pasquale and directed by Mary Ann Hay.

The Open Book (Marvin Kaye, Co-founder and Artistic Director) has announced post-show talkbacks immediately following its production of 'BOB, Blessed Be The Dysfunction That Binds' written and performed by Anne Pasquale and directed by Mary Ann Hay on January 19th, 20th and 21st.

The Open Book, Marvin Kaye Co-founder and Artistic Director, is set to present the fully staged production of 'BOB, Blessed Be The Dysfunction that Binds' written and performed by Anne Pasquale and directed by Mary Ann Hay.

Casting has been completed for New York City Center's upcoming Encores! production of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, the first New York City Center Encores! production of the season. Merrily We Roll Along, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth, will be directed by James Lapine with music direction by Rob Berman and musical staging by Dan Knechtges. Merrily has been extended for a two-week run and will play for 15 performances, February 8-19, 2012, at New York City Center, 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.

The Roy Arias Studios & Theaters, located in the Times Square Arts Center at 300 West 43rd Street, will present the first Times Square International Theater Festival from January 16 to 22, 2012.

According to the Huffington Post, actors Kate Winslet and Kenneth Branagh may be teaming up for a second time for a big screen adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer's best-selling novel THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY. Winslet is reportedly interested in taking on the lead role in the film which Branagh is set to direct. The actors worked together in the 1996 film 'Hamlet'.

The Open Book (Marvin Kaye, Co-founder and Artistic Director) has announced post-show talkbacks immediately following its production of 'BOB, Blessed Be The Dysfunction That Binds' written and performed by Anne Pasquale and directed by Mary Ann Hay on January 19th, 20th and 21st.

The Open Book, Marvin Kaye Co-founder and Artistic Director is set to present the fully staged production of 'BOB, Blessed Be The Dysfunction That Binds' written and performed by Anne Pasquale and directed by Mary Ann Hay.

Route 66 will feature members of the cast of ELIZABETH REX, the critically acclaimed hit show now playing at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Directed by Associate Artistic Director Erica Weiss, who served as Assistant Director on ELIZABETH REX, Brenda Barrie, Matt Farabee, and Mary Ann Thebus will take the 'stage' at Mrs Murphy's and Sons Irish Bistro for a reading of a new play by Adam Simon.

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, has announced that it has awarded nearly $200,000 in Audience Development grants, as part of The Opera Fund, to 16 U.S. opera companies.

Rover Dramawerks will present the revival of the hilarious Gilligan's Island: the Musical at the Courtyard Theater, 1509 H Avenue in Plano. Performances are January 26 through February 18, with shows on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., with an additional matinee performance on Saturday, February 4 at 2:00 p.m.

The Open Book, Marvin Kaye Co-founder and Artistic Director, is set to present the fully staged production of 'BOB, Blessed Be The Dysfunction that Binds' written and performed by Anne Pasquale and directed by Mary Ann Hay.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater's (CST) 25th Anniversary Season includes Elizabeth Rex, directed by CST Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and playing in CST's Courtyard Theater now through January 22, 2012. Set in Shakespeare's time, Timothy Findley's Elizabeth Rex is a fictional drama based on an obscure historical fact: on the eve of the beheading of her court favorite and rumored lover, the Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth was entertained with a royal command performance by William Shakespeare and his company. Findley's daring and original play imagines the troubled Queen's impassioned confrontation with an ailing actor-who dares to reveal the woman buried beneath the role of the 'Virgin Queen.'

The Roy Arias Studios & Theaters, located in the Times Square Arts Center at 300 West 43rd Street, will present the first Times Square International Theater Festival from January 16 to 22, 2012.