t's one of those old musicals with a few memorable tunes and a ridiculous plot that would find it difficult to stand on a modern stage otherwise, but solid performances anchored by Blackhurst make Goodspeed's production an enjoyable romp through turn-of-the-century New York. Goodspeed announced a week's extension to the run before it even had begun.
Les Ballet Trockadero De Monte Carlo performed at New Jersey Performing Arts Center for one show only on Sunday, April 7th. The audience was delighted with the company's talents and antics.
Austin Pendleton is set to play William Shakespeare in Abingdon Theatre Company's Off-Broadway premiere of Robert Brustein's THE LAST WILL, which he will also direct, beginning Friday, April 5 in the June Havoc Theatre (312 West 36th Street). Brustein's final installment of his trilogy examining the life of William Shakespeare, THE LAST WILL is set to open on April 17, with performances through May 5. OBIE Award-winner Austin Pendleton replaces actor Peter Cameron who has left the production.
Abingdon Theatre Company continues its 20th Anniversary Season with the Off-Broadway premiere of Robert Brustein's THE LAST WILL, the final installment of his trilogy examining the life of William Shakespeare, with previews set to begin April 5, prior to its official opening on April 17 in the June Havoc Theatre (312 West 36th Street). OBIE Award-winning director Austin Pendleton, who helmed WAR IN PARAMUS at Abingdon, directs.
Stamford Center for the Arts is proud to welcome back Lightwire Theater and Corbian Arts & Dance (as seen on America's Got Talent) who bring new life to the classic tales 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Tortoise & The Hare' today, February 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the Palace Theatre in Stamford.
Stamford Center for the Arts is proud to welcome back Lightwire Theater and Corbian Arts & Dance (as seen on America's Got Talent) who bring new life to the classic tales 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Tortoise & The Hare' on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the Palace Theatre in Stamford.
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts opens its 2012-13 season with Le Poeme Harmonique in "Venezia". France's award-winning early music group performs its largest New York production to date, a candlelit semi-staged performance of songs by Monteverdi and Manelli set in the streets and canals of 17th century Venice during Carnival on Wednesday, September 12, 8:00 p.m. and Friday, September 14, 8:00 p.m. at Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th street).
To enrich its immersion in the music of Belle Époque France, Bard SummerScape 2012 presents the first staged revival in the United States of The King in Spite of Himself (Le roi malgré lui) by Emmanuel Chabrier in its original 1887 version.
A polite smattering of applause rang around The Regent Theatre at the conclusion of last nights opening of Annie. Then came a hesitant standing ovation almost out of forced habit. For this production of Annie, filled with a cast of the highest order, was performed with a great deal of precision and technicality, but which,however, left me with an ambivalent feeling of....oh yeah. Australian theatre royalty Anthony Warlow and Nancye Hayes take on the roles of Daddy Warbucks and Miss Hannigan. The pairs acting skill is both effortless and flawless and we all know Warlow's voice cuts deep into the crevices of our own body and has the ability to illicit spontaneous excitement within us.
New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts presents the U.S. premiere of The Dragon Child, from China Children's Art Theatre, as part of the Skirball Center's Big Red Chair Family Series. Directed by Australia's Peter Wilson, director of the Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony, The Dragon Child blends Chinese art and culture with puppetry, theatre and animation to bring to life a story of growth, survival and hope.
New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will present the U.S. premiere of The Dragon Child, from China Children's Art Theatre, as part of the Skirball Center's Big Red Chair Family Series. Directed by Australia's Peter Wilson, director of the Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony, The Dragon Child blends Chinese art and culture with puppetry, theatre and animation to bring to life a story of growth, survival and hope.
New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will present the U.S. premiere of The Dragon Child, from China Children's Art Theatre, as part of the Skirball Center's Big Red Chair Family Series. Directed by Australia's Peter Wilson, director of the Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony, The Dragon Child blends Chinese art and culture with puppetry, theatre and animation to bring to life a story of growth, survival and hope.
Fresh off her second season of RUPAUL'S DRAG U on Logo as the Dean Of Drag, Lady Bunny, the iconic New York drag diva of Wigstock has announced an extension to the super raunchy, THAT AIN'T NO LADY!, her first one woman cabaret show in almost a decade...bringing some much-needed trash back to the increasingly Disney-fied Times Square area. The production is currently in previews at La Escuelita Cabaret Theater, (301 W 39th St. @ Eighth Ave) and has now been extended for an open run. The official opening will be on Tuesday, December 5, 2011.
Fresh off her second season of RUPAUL'S DRAG U on Logo as the Dean Of Drag, Lady Bunny, the iconic New York drag diva of Wigstock has announced an extension to the super raunchy, THAT AIN'T NO LADY!, her first one woman cabaret show in almost a decade...bringing some much-needed trash back to the increasingly Disney-fied Times Square area. The production is currently in previews at La Escuelita Cabaret Theater, (301 W 39th St. @ Eighth Ave) and has now been extended for an open run. The official opening will be on Tuesday, December 5, 2011.
Fresh off her second season of RUPAUL'S DRAG U on Logo as the Dean Of Drag, Lady Bunny, the iconic New York drag diva of Wigstock has announced an extension to the super raunchy, THAT AIN'T NO LADY!, her first one woman cabaret show in almost a decade...bringing some much-needed trash back to the increasingly Disney-fied Times Square area. The production is currently in previews at La Escuelita Cabaret Theater, (301 W 39th St. @ Eighth Ave) and has now been extended for an open run. The official opening will be on Tuesday, December 5, 2011.
Villanova Theatre kicks off the 2011-2012 season with The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare's fastest, funniest farce. Director Shawn Kairschner's whimsical production of this fan favorite draws inspiration from Western motifs as well as from the eye-popping style and madcap humor of 'Laugh-In,' the groundbreaking TV comedy show of the late 1960s and early 70s.