The Havok Theatre Company will present their production of the short-lived Broadway musical THE STORY OF MY LIFE, beginning February 26th. The show will begin previews on February 24th and will close April 4th. The two-man show will star Robert J. Townsend and Chad Borden.
FlyingMonkeyProductions ANNOUNCING THE LARAMIE PROJECT AUDITIONS, Directed by Ryan Warren
Variety is reporting that actress Stockard Channing will play the role of Lady Bracknell in Rough Magic Theater Company's upcoming production of 'The Importance of Being Earnest'. The show will open in June at Dublin's Gaiety Theater, and will be directed by Lynne Parker.
FlyingMonkeyProductions ANNOUNCING THE LARAMIE PROJECT AUDITIONS, Directed by Ryan Warren
With the strains of 'Auld Lang Syne' mere moments away, minds are apt to be caught up in reflection, remembering the year now ending as a new one awaits just over the horizon. Certainly that's what I've been doing lately, looking back over the past year in Nashville theatre as I pencil in dates in my new 2010 (Here's a question to ponder: Is it 'two thousand ten' or 'twenty ten'...think about it and get back to me) calendar for the shows set to open in the months ahead.
Liza Colon-Zayas, Sol Frieder and Elaine Kussack will join Sam Waterston in the world premiere of Athol Fugard's Have You Seen Us?, taking place at Long Wharf Theatre from Nov. 24 to Dec. 20.
Variety reports the indie ensemble drama 'Multiple Sarcasms' will receive a theatrical release in March, 2010. Initially, the release will take place in Los Angeles, San Fransisco, and New York. 'Multiple Sarcasms' stars Broadway's Stockard Channing, Timothy Hutton and Dana Delaney, as well as Mira Sorvino and Mario Van Peebles.
Liza Colon-Zayas, Sol Frieder and Elaine Kussack will join Sam Waterston in the world premiere of Athol Fugard's Have You Seen Us?, taking place at Long Wharf Theatre from Nov. 24 to Dec. 20.
Following its five 2008/09 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Nominations for its critically-acclaimed production of Kiss of the Spider Woman (including Best Musical Production - Intimate Theatre), Havok Theare Company is thrilled to announce its first production of 2010, the Broadway musical THE STORY OF MY LIFE with music and lyrics by Neil Bartram and Book by Brian Hill, directed by Havok's Artistic Director and Ovation Award-winner (and nominated this year for Kiss of the Spider Woman), Nick DeGruccio.
While the situations presented by playwright Geoffrey Nauffts in his drama Next Fall are certainly realistic, the evening suffers from a steady feeling of contrivance as the storytelling pieces fall too neatly into place and a nagging sense that the playwright has avoided certain obvious issues that would add some needed depth to the piece.
Current MARY POPPINS star Christian Borle and Sherie Rene Scott led a private industry reading late last week of the musical THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG.
All star reading of THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER and An Afternoon With Judy Shepard will take place on Sunday, October 25, 2009, at 1:30pm - 3:30pm at Hollywood United Methodist Church, 6817 Franklin Ave (corner of Highland), Hollywood, CA.
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, legislation that will allow courts to investigate and take legal action against hate crimes where in the victim is targeted due to the person's actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability, passed in the Senate today by a margin of 68 to 29. The bill now awaits President Obama's review and signature.
Common Ground Theatre (www.cgtheatre.com) is a performance and teaching space located in west Durham, offering performing arts and educational groups a flexible, well-equipped alternative space.
All star reading of THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER and An Afternoon With Judy Shepard will take place on Sunday, October 25, 2009, at 1:30pm - 3:30pm at Hollywood United Methodist Church, 6817 Franklin Ave (corner of Highland), Hollywood, CA.
Liza Colon-Zayas, Sol Frieder and Elaine Kussack will join Sam Waterston in the world premiere of Athol Fugard's Have You Seen Us?, taking place at Long Wharf Theatre from Nov. 24 to Dec. 20.
The American Stage Theatre Company's one night only staged reading of THE LARAMIE PROJECT, 10 YEARS LATER on Monday, October 12 was a huge success, attracting over 200 patrons.
An award-winning cast, including Academy Award winners F. Murray Abraham and Timothy Hutton, Emmy Award winners and Academy Award nominees James Garner and Stockard Channing and popular character actors Wayne Knight ('Seinfeld') and George Wendt ('Cheers,' Second City) will bring Charles Dickens' beloved tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his visit from the three Ghosts of Christmas to life on the stage of Chicago's Civic Opera House from Dec. 22- 27. Tickets will go on sale Friday, Oct. 16 at 10 a.m.
Last night, as part of the Rep's New Play Program and in conjunction with a more global event, The Seattle Rep presented a one night only staged reading of "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later". Nearly 500 people were in attendance to this free reading of the play written by members of the Tectonic Theater Project, Moises Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Piertotti and Steven Belber.
Staged at the W.O. Smith Nashville Community Music School, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later offers a follow-up to the original work and was produced internationally on the 11th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard, the young gay man who was so brutally murdered by two young men near the city limits of Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. Audiences the world over were given the tremendous opportunity to share in the new work with the contemporaneous productions, an undertaking that amplifies the notion that live theatre can be transformative in its power to challenge conventional wisdom and, quite simply, provoke thought and introspection.
