Michael Kirby News

Two strong local performers headline a nearly perfect production of the Peter Morgan drama.

In the quiet calm of the mid-summer night air, visitors to Historic Green-Wood Cemetery will be transported to the fictional town of Spoon River as the Green-Wood Historic Fund and 22Q Entertainment LLC present the New York City theatrical premiere of The Spoon River Project. A dramatic new adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters' 1915 poetic masterpiece, 'The Spoon River Anthology,' The Spoon River Project will be performed from June 15 - 26, 2011 under the moonlight and lit by torches and lanterns. Theatre-goers will travel on Green-Wood's trolley deep into the heart of the Cemetery to the site of the production.

In the quiet calm of the mid-summer night air, visitors to Historic Green-Wood Cemetery will be transported to the fictional town of Spoon River as the Green-Wood Historic Fund and 22Q Entertainment LLC present the New York City theatrical premiere of The Spoon River Project.

'I am a border-ruffian from the State of Missouri. I am a Connecticut Yankee by adoption. In me, you have Missouri morals and Connecticut culture. This is the combination which makes the perfect man.' Mark Twain said this tongue-in-cheek, but it appears to have been the formula for a complicated life that included an impressive body of literature.

'I am a border-ruffian from the State of Missouri. I am a Connecticut Yankee by adoption. In me, you have Missouri morals and Connecticut culture. This is the combination which makes the perfect man.' Mark Twain said this tongue-in-cheek, but it appears to have been the formula for a complicated life that included an impressive body of literature.

Where else have these actors performed and how did they become part of 'Berkeley Square?' How does ELTC's artistic director Gayle Stahlhuth choose a show and a season? How and why do actors even do what they do? And who is playwright John L. Balderston and how did he come to write this highly original time-travel adventure? Audience members have the opportunity to ask these and other questions of the talented ten-member cast and the company's artistic director, Gayle Stahlhuth on Friday, October 1, immediately after seeing the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's production of 'Berkeley Square.'

'How can you speak of things that haven't happened yet, as though they had happened? How can you know things you couldn't know?' asks Helen, living in 1784, to Peter, who is from 1928 in John L. Balderston's highly original fantasy adventure, 'Berkeley Square.'

Where else have these actors performed and how did they become part of 'Berkeley Square?' How does ELTC's artistic director Gayle Stahlhuth choose a show and a season? How and why do actors even do what they do? And who is playwright John L. Balderston and how did he come to write this highly original time-travel adventure? Audience members have the opportunity to ask these and other questions of the talented ten-member cast and the company's artistic director, Gayle Stahlhuth on Friday, October 1, immediately after seeing the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's production of 'Berkeley Square.'

'How can you speak of things that haven't happened yet, as though they had happened? How can you know things you couldn't know?' asks Helen, living in 1784, to Peter, who is from 1928 in John L. Balderston's highly original fantasy adventure, 'Berkeley Square.'

While William Shakespeare may be one of the greatest playwrights of all time, a theatrical diet of nothing but his works can be too much of a good thing. (re:) Directions Theatre Company remedies this by putting the Bard's oft-overlooked contemporaries front and center during The Anybody but Shakespeare Classics Festival, began May 20th at the 14th Street Theatre, located at 344 East 14th Street, and running through June 6th.

While William Shakespeare may be one of the greatest playwrights of all time, a theatrical diet of nothing but his works can be too much of a good thing. (re:) Directions Theatre Company remedies this by putting the Bard's oft-overlooked contemporaries front and center during The Anybody but Shakespeare Classics Festival, began May 20th at the 14th Street Theatre, located at 344 East 14th Street, and running through June 6th.

While William Shakespeare may be one of the greatest playwrights of all time, a theatrical diet of nothing but his works can be too much of a good thing. (re:) Directions Theatre Company remedies this by putting the Bard's oft-overlooked contemporaries front and center during The Anybody but Shakespeare Classics Festival, beginning May 20th at the 14th Street Theatre, located at 344 East 14th Street, and running through June 6th.

While William Shakespeare may be one of the greatest playwrights of all time, a theatrical diet of nothing but his works can be too much of a good thing. (re:) Directions Theatre Company remedies this by putting the Bard's oft-overlooked contemporaries front and center during The Anybody but Shakespeare Classics Festival, beginning May 20th at the 14th Street Theatre, located at 344 East 14th Street, and running through June 6th.

The Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company, the recent recipient of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Achievement of Excellence Award for '30 years of celebrating America's heritage through productions and educational programs,' has its usual season filled with music, a radio show, classic gems and a world premiere. To celebrate ELTC's 30th birthday, the shows are a blend of old favorites and new discoveries.

The mystery of Christopher Marlowe's stabbing some 400 years ago is explored in Peter Whelan's political thriller opening November 9, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. Directed by Bill Alexander, the American premiere continues through December 17. (Previews began October 30.)

'The School of Night' by Peter Whelan is a sublime and sensuous political thriller set in the 16th century. The play will open at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum November 9, 2008, and continues through December 17. Previews begin October 30.

The cast is set and rehearsals have begun for the American premiere of 'The School of Night' by Peter Whelan. This sublime and sensuous political thriller set in the 16th century opens at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum November 9, 2008, and continues through December 17. Previews begin October 30.

Old Globe presents the west coast premiere of The American Plan, by Richard Greenberg, directed by Kim Rubinstein, to run in the Cassius Carter Centre Stage February 23 - March 30