Oscar Wilde News

The theatre in the St. James Studio has announced its Winter 2013-14 events. Details below!

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre - the acclaimed comedy/variety show hailed as 'rambunctious, uproarious and unpredictable' by The Wall Street Journal, 'delicious and delightfully droll' by The New York Post, and 'hilarious and sardonic' by The Village Voice - has moved to 54 BELOW for a six month run after four sell-out seasons in New York's West Village. The next show will be on Wednesday, December 18 at 9:30 PM. Justin Sayre and The Meeting*, known for a signature blend of outrageous comedy, politics, culture and everything in between, were named one of the Top 10 nightclub shows of 2011 by Time Out New York, received the 2012 Bistro Award for 'Comedy Artistry' and a 2011 MAC Award nomination for Best Male Comedy Performance.

Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner S. Epatha Merkerson ('Law & Order'), Screen Actors Guild Award winner Peri Gilpin ('Frasier'), Daniel Mitura and Jean Brassard are set for benefit reading of Kathleen McGhee-Anderson's new play A SHIFT IN GRAVITY, directed by Ricardo Khan today, December 9 at 8:30pm at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan. A SHIFT IN GRAVITY is presented by 651 ARTS and associated produced by Lorraine Rodriquez-Reyes.

Visionbox, a professional actors' studio and intermedia Production Company in Denver, will present an open rehearsal of A Night of Laughs: American & British Comedy today, December 8. Doors will open for food and drink at 6:00pm. This Visionbox event will feature Visionbox Ensemble Members and Visionbox Actors. Join Visionbox for this free event at their location in the heart of the Art District on Santa Fe, 910 ARTS, in the Skylite Station courtyard and gallery. Nova Catering will provide delicious food.

Justin Sayre - the acclaimed writer and creator of The Meeting* - will make his solo debut at JOE'S PUB at The Public tonight, December 8 at 9:30 PM in an new original show, IN MY GIRLISH DAYS.

2013 MIDWINTER'S TALES: SIMPLE GIFTS - A Celebration of the Season in Music and Musings, benefiting both Oak Park Festival Theatre and Prevail (formerly Oak Park River Forest Walk In Ministry) will be held at 7 PM, tonight, December 7, 2013, at the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois.

Visionbox, a professional actors' studio and intermedia production company in Denver, will present an open rehearsal of A Night of Laughs: American & British Comedy on Sunday, December 8. Doors will open for food and drink at 6:00pm. This Visionbox event will feature Visionbox Ensemble Members and Visionbox Actors. Join Visionbox for this free event at their location in the heart of the Art District on Santa Fe, 910 ARTS, in the Skylite Station courtyard and gallery. Nova Catering will provide delicious food.

The first full song from the original cast recording Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's highly anticipated new West End musical STEPHEN WARD has been unveiled - a spirited, swingin' ditty titled '1963', also featuring a dialogue scene and dramatic final coda.

Moises Kaufman's Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde continues the Hilberry Theatre's 51st season in Midtown Detroit. Playing January 10 through March 22, 2014, Kaufman's Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle award-winning work is a fast-paced, historically accurate, documentary style piece of theatre that reveals the destructive powers of hate and prejudice. Tickets for Gross Indecency range from $12-$30 and are available by calling the Hilberry Theatre Box Office at (313) 577-2972, online at Hilberry.com, or by visiting the box office at 4743 Cass Avenue on the corner of Hancock Street.

The Michigan Shakespeare Festival is offering a 5% discount on tickets for all regular performances purchased through December 31, 2013. The offer extends to a variety of ticket types, including Flex Passes, Senior, Student and Group Tickets. "We wish to say a thank you to all of our loyal patrons who purchase their tickets early in the season. An MSF Flex Pass includes one ticket to each production and allows patrons to purchase now, but gives them the flexibility to choose their seats at a later date, so you don't have to have commit to a specific performance to take advantage of this deal" stated Artistic Director Janice L. Blixt. The offer doesn't extend to preview performance tickets. To redeem the offer, patrons will need to call the Potter Center Ticket Office at 517-796-8600 and mention ticket code MSF20132014. For walk up orders, the Potter Center Ticket Office is open Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and one hour prior to show time. The ticket office is located within the Potter Center at 2111 Emmons Road, Jackson MI 49201.

Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner S. Epatha Merkerson ('Law & Order'), Screen Actors Guild Award winner Peri Gilpin ('Frasier'), Daniel Mitura and Jean Brassard set for benefit reading of Kathleen McGhee-Anderson's new play A SHIFT IN GRAVITY, directed by Ricardo Khan on Monday, December 9 at 8:30pm at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan. A SHIFT IN GRAVITY is presented by 651 ARTS and associated produced by Lorraine Rodriquez-Reyes.

Internationally renown composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is set to make an appearance on popular British chat show THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW on Friday, with the intention of discussing his new West End musical STEPHEN WARD.

Anticipation is now building even further as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's new musical STEPHEN WARD has begun previews in London's West End and the first production photo has now been leaked via the show's official Twitter feed.

The School of Arts and Enterprise-Department of Theatre presents the inaugural show of their 2013-14 season, the award winning The Laramie Project, by Moises Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris and Stephen Belber. The Laramie Project is directed by Phil Miller, The School of Arts & Enterprise New Director of Theatre. The Laramie Project features an 11-member cast comprised of some of the brightest young actors in the San Gabriel Valley.

A sneak peek at another new track from the upcoming cast recording for Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's new historically-based West End musical STEPHEN WARD is now available to hear prior to the album's release at the tail-end of this month.

The original cast recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's new musical STEPHEN WARD is set to be released at the end of this month and the track-listing for the album has now been revealed.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre - the acclaimed comedy/variety show hailed as 'rambunctious, uproarious and unpredictable' by The Wall Street Journal, 'delicious and delightfully droll' by The New York Post, and 'hilarious and sardonic' by The Village Voice - has moved to 54 BELOW for a six month run after four sell-out seasons in New York's West Village. The next show will be on Wednesday, December 18 at 9:30 PM. Justin Sayre and The Meeting*, known for a signature blend of outrageous comedy, politics, culture and everything in between, were named one of the Top 10 nightclub shows of 2011 by Time Out New York, received the 2012 Bistro Award for 'Comedy Artistry' and a 2011 MAC Award nomination for Best Male Comedy Performance.

A sneak peek at two tracks from the upcoming cast recording for Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's new historically-based West End musical STEPHEN WARD are now available to hear prior to the album's release at the tail-end of this month.

Coming up this week at Joe's Pub: Night of a Thousand Genders, Sky-Pony, Creative Time, Ben Allison Band, CMA Songwriters, Marta Gomez, Sultans of String, Never Sleep Alone, Lri McKenna, Champagne Jerry, Shakina Nayfack, Reverend Billy, Cristin Milioti and Justin Sayre. Details below!

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's hotly anticipated new musical STEPHEN WARD begins previews in the West End at the beginning of next month and a new featurette spotlighting one of the show's stars, Charlotte Blackledge, is now available to view.