What happens when a strapping young Englishman suddenly finds he has become a woman? It's an amazing journey, to say the very least, in Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's sweeping and witty Orlando, beginning a 5-week run at Stage West tonight, April 3.
What happens when a strapping young Englishman suddenly finds he has become a woman? It's an amazing journey, to say the very least, in Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's sweeping and witty Orlando, beginning a 5-week run at Stage West on Thursday, April 3.
WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced the cast for Spunk running April 11 - May 4, 2014 on the Main Stage at the Addison Theatre Centre. Directed by Akin Babatunde, the cast features Liz Mikel (Blues Speak Woman), Tim Clifton (Guitar Man), and Joshua Bridgewater, Tiffany Denise Hobbs, Marcus Mauldin, and Calvin Roberts as The Folk.
On the next episode of The CW's THE ORIGINALS titled 'Moon Over Bourbon Street', after accusing Klaus (Joseph Morgan) of doing nothing while their control over the Quarter crumbles, Elijah (Daniel Gillies) makes a move to take matters into his own hands. He receives an intriguing offer of support from Francesca (guest star Peta Sergeant), a beautiful woman from a powerful New Orleans family.
Below, watch a promo for the next episode of The CW's THE ORIGINALS titled "Moon Over Bourbon Street".
The Illusion Theater presents the recent off-Broadway production of NAKED DARROW April 3-12 at the downtown Minneapolis theater, located on the eighth floor of The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave. This solo piece, written and performed by Gary Anderson, is a provocative look at the legendary lawyer who took on racism, social injustice and the death penalty in the first decades of the 1900s. After each performance, leading legal experts will be on hand for post-show discussions focused on a variety of related topics, including Randall Tietjen, editor of In the Clutches of the Law: Clarence Darrow's Letters and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Scopes Trial scholar Edward Larson (Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion, 1997).
What happens when an aging womanizer of a comic is forced to create a sketch with a disillusioned thirty-something actress-turned-ghost writer? The results are not what you might expect, and are certainly not what they expected, in the new play by Richard J. Allen, Starbright & Vine, beginning a 4-week world premiere run at Stage West on Thursday, February 27.
For Illusion Theater's Ninth Annual Lights Up! series, Transatlantic Love Affair, the creators of Minnesota Fringe Festival hit Red Resurrected (2011 Encore Slot Winner) and Ivey Award-winning Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010), offers ASH LAND, a tale inspired by economic hardships past and present and scored by old American spirituals and new slide guitar compositions. Opening today, January 31, the dynamic and spirited Ash Land runs through February 22 at the downtown Minneapolis theater, located on the eighth floor of The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave.
This is Avenue Q, a very different neighborhood, no less fun, but not for children! Stage West is importing the long-running Theatre 3 production of this mega-hit from Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (Music & Lyrics) and Jeff Whitty (Book), featuring a brand-new set, for a 6-week run at Stage West beginning tonight, January 9.
This is Avenue Q, a very different neighborhood, no less fun, but not for children! Stage West is importing the long-running Theatre 3 production of this mega-hit from Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (Music & Lyrics) and Jeff Whitty (Book), featuring a brand-new set, for a 6-week run at Stage West beginning Thursday, January 9.
For Illusion Theater's Ninth Annual Lights Up! series, Transatlantic Love Affair, the creators of Minnesota Fringe Festival hit Red Resurrected (2011 Encore Slot Winner) and Ivey Award-winning Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010), offers ASH LAND, a tale inspired by economic hardships past and present and scored by old American spirituals and new slide guitar compositions. Opening on January 31, the dynamic and spirited Ash Land runs through February 22 at the downtown Minneapolis theater, located on the eighth floor of The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave.
Miss Richfield 1981's 14th annual Illusion Theater holiday show, SWEET & SOUR RICHFIELD: MADE IN CHINA!,finds the Midwestern maven getting ready to take perhaps one final Greyhound Bus trip, as the people of Richfield are cutting expenses.
Miss Richfield 1981's 14th annual Illusion Theater holiday show, SWEET & SOUR RICHFIELD: MADE IN CHINA!,finds the Midwestern maven getting ready to take perhaps one final Greyhound Bus trip, as the people of Richfield are cutting expenses.
This is a typical pronouncement by one of the greatest characters ever written for the stage, Mrs. Malaprop. Her gift for mangling the English language is just one of the highly entertaining features of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy of manners, The Rivals, beginning a 5-week run at Stage West tonight, October 31. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below!
This is a typical pronouncement by one of the greatest characters ever written for the stage, Mrs. Malaprop. Her gift for mangling the English language is just one of the highly entertaining features of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy of manners, The Rivals, beginning a 5-week run at Stage West on Thursday, October 31. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below!
UWM has announced its October 1-14 featured events. Details below!
WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced the cast for Hank Williams: Lost Highway running October 11 - November 3, 2013 on the Main Stage at the Addison Theatre Centre. Joey Folsom stars as Hank Williams. The cast features several WaterTower Theatre favorites including Pam Dougherty as Mama Lilly, Stan Graner as Fred Rose (Pap), Mikaela Krantz as Audrey Williams, Joseph Holt as Leon (Loudmouth) and Sonny Franks as Jimmy (Burrhead). The cast also includes Major Attaway as Tee-Tot,Christia Mantzke as The Waitress, Dave Rankin as Hoss and Dennis Bailey as Shag. This production is sponsored by Frost Bank and WaterTower Theatre Board of Directors.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the complete lineup for the 17th edition of Views from the Avant-Garde (VIEWS), taking place from October 3-7
Last fall, the Illusion Theater developed a new musical revue to explore marriage-and what it signifies. After same-sex marriage was legalized in November and with the landmark Supreme Court decision in the spring, Illusion was besieged with people asking, 'Will you bring the show back to celebrate this historic moment for love and marriage in Minnesota?' The answer is a resounding, 'YES!' LOVE & MARRIAGE: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES opens September 19 and will honor all newlyweds with a special post-show reception. The show continues through October 20 at the downtown Minneapolis theater, located on the eighth floor of The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave.
The Film & Television Institute (FTI) announced the winners of the 25th annual WA Screen Awards (WASAs) last night to a crowd of over 600 at a red carpet Gala Awards Ceremony at The Astor Theatre in Perth.
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