Five years after receiving a Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival of a Play for their production of Pullman Car Hiawatha, two short plays by Thornton Wilder, Keen Company (Artistic Director Carl Forsman, Executive Director Wayne Kelton) kicks of their tenth anniversary season with the New York professional premiere of Such Things Only Happen in Books, an evening of short plays by Thornton Wilder directed by Carl Forsman and Jonathan Silverstein.
With an appalling lack of sensitivity, Christina Casa brings us five human characters (and one feline) in deep emotional distress with 'Don't Cry Out Loud.' From crippling loneliness to actual cripples, this show leaves no stone unturned in its earnest search for creepy crawlies and things that go bump in the night. Make your therapist proud and face your demons.
'So You Think You Can Dance' top three finalist Neil Haskell will replace Heath Calvert (who has been cast in HAIR on Broadway) in the role of Jake in the new rock musical comedy F#@KING UP EVERYTHING, written by David Eric Davis (music, lyrics, book), Sam Forman (book), with musical direction, orchestrations and arrangements by Matt Hinkley and directed by Stephen Brackett.
Chicago Dramatists is having an extraordinary and memorable 2009. In addition to the success of A Steady Rain opening on Broadway this fall, starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman, Chicago Dramatists enters its 31st season with the honor of the TCG New Generations/Future Leaders grant, the announcement of four new resident playwrights and a new associate artistic director, and its selection as only one of four theatres to be included as part of the inaugural Millennium Park 'In The Works' Theatre Lab Project this spring.
EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE presents the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, begins previews October 1 at TADA Theatre. It is produced on on Off-Broadway contract. Opening night is scheduled for October 5.
Albert Camus' rarely-seen 1948 play THE MISUNDERSTANDING will be performed Off-Broadway this fall, with preview performances beginning October 29 prior to an official press opening on November 2, 2009 at The Flea Theatre (41 White Street) in Manhattan.
Following its critically acclaimed runs during this year's New York International Fringe Festival and FringeNYC Encore Series, and due to audience demand the U.S. Premiere of multi Award-winning playwright Daniel MacIvor's HIS GREATNESS will extend by three additional performances - Tuesday, September 29th, Wednesday, September 30th and Thursday, October 1st all at 8:00pm - at the Soho Playhouse (15 Vandam Street), it has been announced by producer Adam Blanshay.
When an elderly tramp is given lodging in the derelict home of two brothers, the ensuing relationships and shifting alliances intensify with hilarious and unsettling consequences in Harold Pinter?s great psychological drama, The Caretaker. Featuring John Kuntz as Aston, Michael Balcanoff as Davies, and Joe Lanza as Mick and directed by Daniel Gidron, The Nora Theatre Company presents The Caretaker from Thursday, October 1 through Sunday, November 1 at Central Square Theater. The Press Opening is set for Sunday, October 4 at 2 PM.
When an elderly tramp is given lodging in the derelict home of two brothers, the ensuing relationships and shifting alliances intensify with hilarious and unsettling consequences in Harold Pinter's great psychological drama, The Caretaker.
EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE presents the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, begins previews October 1 at TADA Theatre. It is produced on on Off-Broadway contract. Opening night is scheduled for October 5.
What was the Utopian ideal of the Bauhaus School, and how does it apply to contemporary society? This is the subject of a multi-disciplinary theater work now being developed by The Nerve Tank, to debut at The Brooklyn Lyceum October 9 to November 22.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival, Michael Minarik & Eleven Entertainment announced today that Carly Jibson (Cry-Baby, Hairspray), Clarke Thorell (Catch Me If You Can, Hairspray), Sarah Saltzberg (?Spelling Bee), Kristine Zbornik (A Catered Affair, Road Show) and Randy Blair (Adding Machine) will star in Fat Camp, a new, completely original musical, at the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival. With book by Blair and Timothy Michael Drucker (creators of the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival?s Outstanding Musical winner Perez Hilton Saves the Universe), lyrics by Blair, and music by Matthew Roi Berger, Fat Camp will play the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row from September 30th ? October 8th. The production will be directed by Obie Award-winning and Drama Desk Award nominee director Alex Timbers (Gutenberg! the Musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, ?Children?s Scientology Pageant).
The SF Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) are pleased to open their 7th Season with the World Premiere of Billy Aronson's First Day of School.
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (James Bundy, Dean; Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean) presents PHÈDRE by Jean Racine, translated by Ted Hughes, directed by Christopher Mirto, October 27-31at University Theatre (222 York Street, New Haven).
The SF Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) are pleased to open their 7th Season with the World Premiere of Billy Aronson's First Day of School.
The SF Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) are pleased to open their 7th Season with the World Premiere of Billy Aronson's First Day of School.
If you missed it during the 13th Annual New York International Fringe Festival (or even if you didn't...) Award-winning playwright Daniel MacIvor's HIS GREATNESS - based on a potentially true story about two days in the life of playwright Tennessee Williams - will be presented as part of the FringeNYC Encore Series at the Soho Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) in Manhattan.
Following its critically acclaimed runs during this year's New York International Fringe Festival and FringeNYC Encore Series, and due to audience demand the U.S. Premiere of multi Award-winning playwright Daniel MacIvor's HIS GREATNESS will extend by three additional performances - Tuesday, September 29th, Wednesday, September 30th and Thursday, October 1st all at 8:00pm - at the Soho Playhouse (15 Vandam Street), it has been announced by producer Adam Blanshay.
Chicago Dramatists is having an extraordinary and memorable 2009. In addition to the success of A Steady Rain opening on Broadway this fall, starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman, Chicago Dramatists enters its 31st season with the honor of the TCG New Generations/Future Leaders grant, the announcement of four new resident playwrights and a new associate artistic director, and its selection as only one of four theatres to be included as part of the inaugural Millennium Park 'In The Works' Theatre Lab Project this spring.