Katharine Robinson [19 year old, Metuchen High School (NJ) Graduate '08] had a 1-in-1500 chance of getting into the Juilliard Drama Division. She now has one of the coveted 18 spots. Her parents feel as if they have a 1-in-a-million shot at paying for it. Undaunted and with a creative spirit her family has decided to try something...old. Yes, an old British tradition of a benefit performance to help fellow members of the theatrical community, similar to the benefit in Chaplin's film Limelight.
The Off-Broadway hit comedy sensation of celebrities reading from their fellow celebs' biographies is coming to Bay Street and is sure to have audiences roaring. Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words will be at Bay Street on July 20 at 8:00 p.m. as part of Bay Street Theatre's Monday Night Comedy Club.
The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) is pleased to announce their 2009 lineup of new plays. 'The addition of a fifth play during our last season was very well received,' stated Ed Herendeen, CATF Founder and Producing Director.
Indiana University's 2009 Summer Music Festival will include a diverse series of piano recitals highlighted by a July 3 performance by international soloist and chamber musician Jonathan Biss, who was raised in Bloomington and studied with IU Jacobs School of Music professors Karen Taylor and Evelyne Brancart.
The Brick Theater, Inc. presents a Gemini CollisionWorks production of George Bataille's Bathrobe
by Richard Foreman, designed and directed by Ian W. Hill
This summer, celebrate your love of classic film as the 12th annual Cinema at the Square series returns to PlayhouseSquare August 6-23, 2009. This years series showcases fifteen classic films from the Golden Age of Hollywood to the special-effects laced blockbusters of the 1980's; all for a very 'retro' price of just $5 per film.
Tuesday, July 7, 6 to 7:30 pm: First Tuesday Heritage Workshop, A History of American Postcards with collector J.D. Diaz-Saavedra. JD will discuss and show examples from his collection of New London postcards illustrating the evolution of eight different eras of American postcards, from the 1890s to the present. Tickets are $10; $8 for members and for pre-registrations before July 3, Call 447-2501 to register.
The Sixteenth Season of Broadway Onstage Live Theatre, and the Twenty-Ninth Season of Dennis Wickline Productions, opens on Friday, July 24 with a new version of the Renee Taylor/Joseph Bologna comedy Lovers and Other Strangers. Playing Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Select Sundays at 2pm, the hilarious comedy will run through Saturday, August 22.
AUDITIONS for Centre Stage's MAURITIUS will be MONDAY, JUNE 22nd and Tuesday, JUNE 23rd at 7:00pm. REHEARSALS will begin around SEPTEMBER 14th. PRODUCTION DATES will be OCTOBER 15-31, 2009.
Indiana University's 2009 Summer Music Festival will include a diverse series of piano recitals highlighted by a July 3 performance by international soloist and chamber musician Jonathan Biss, who was raised in Bloomington and studied with IU Jacobs School of Music professors Karen Taylor and Evelyne Brancart.
AUDITIONS for Centre Stage's MAURITIUS will be MONDAY, JUNE 22nd and Tuesday, JUNE 23rd at 7:00pm. REHEARSALS will begin around SEPTEMBER 14th. PRODUCTION DATES will be OCTOBER 15-31, 2009.
Called 'one of the ten top, hot companies in New York' by The New York Times, Theater Mitu invites you to the New York Premiere of DR.C (OR HOW I LEARNED TO ACT IN EIGHT STEPS) at 3LD Art and Technology Center. Performances run June 2-14 at 3LD (80 Greenwich Street at Rector Street -- accessible from the 1 train at Rector Street).
Storrs: Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will restart its summer theatre, the Nutmeg Summer Series, by presenting the hit musical show Crowns June 11 - 21 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre, Storrs.
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will restart its summer theatre, the Nutmeg Summer Series, by presenting the hit musical show Crowns June 11 - 21 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre, Storrs. Tickets go on sale March 30. For tickets and information, call 860-486-4226 or visit www.crt.uconn.edu.
As part of their private visit to London, First Lady Michelle Obama and First Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama joined an audience of over 2000 theatre-goers at the Tuesday, June 9th West End performance of Disney's THE LION KING at the Lyceum Theatre. The visit to the award-winning musical was in celebration of Sasha's 8th birthday.
Last night in New York, 7June 2009, Stephen Daldry's production of Billy Elliot the Musical celebrated an astonishing number of wins at the Tony Awards confirming the British musical as an internationally award-winning hit.
Theater Mitu presents the New York Premiere of DR.C (OR HOW I LEARNED TO ACT IN EIGHT STEPS) beginning previews June 2nd at 3LD Art and Technology Center. Created by the company and directed by Rubén Polendo, opening night is set for June 4th.
