Oscar Wilde News

Cross Eyed Bear Productions is pleased to present a one-night benefit staged reading of The Importance of Being Earnest, written by Oscar Wilde, starring cast members of the upcoming The Thyme of the Season, a new Sequel to A Midsummer Night's Dream. The reading will feature the cast in roles they would ordinarily not be cast in, due to age, sex, or race.

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's 2009/2010 Dream Imagine Escape season recently ended on a high note with near sell-out of the tap-dance extravaganza Anything Goes. But the theatre won't be quiet for long, as it raises the curtain on a series of top-notch Limited Engagements. And talented kids should audition for two of next season's shows, Academy and The Sound of Music.

The Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 22nd Season with WHITE WOMAN STREET by Sebastian Barry, author of 'Our Lady of Sligo' and 'The Steward of Christendom'. Directed by Charlotte Moore

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's 2009/2010 Dream Imagine Escape season recently ended on a high note with near sell-out of the tap-dance extravaganza Anything Goes. But the theatre won't be quiet for long, as it raises the curtain on a series of top-notch Limited Engagements. And talented kids should audition for two of next season's shows, Academy and The Sound of Music.

Paradise Theatre presents THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality! Directed by Mike Wilkinson

The Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 22nd Season with WHITE WOMAN STREET by Sebastian Barry, author of 'Our Lady of Sligo' and 'The Steward of Christendom'. Directed by Charlotte Moore

Southwest Shakespeare Co. announces a 17th season filled with cherished favorites and rarely produced gems.

Brian Runbeck, who starred in the title role in Cortland Repertory Theatre's production of 'Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde' last summer is the recipient of the Syracuse Area Live Theatre (SALT) Award for Best Actor of the Summer Season. The SALT Awards recognize outstanding achievement in Central New York theatre productions over the past year. Hosted by the Syracuse New Times, the awards ceremony was held at the Palace Theatre in Syracuse on Sunday, April 26. Primarily an evening for community theatres in Syracuse, this is the sixth year that the awards have included a category for summer theatres, which besides CRT includes the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca and the Merry Go Round Playhouse in Auburn.

Kentwood Players continues its 60th Anniversary Season with Oscar Wilde's immortal classic 'The Importance of Being Earnest' from May 7 to June 12, 2010 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, at the Westchester Playhouse located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester.

On Sunday, April 25, off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre concludes the run of of its hit revival of George Bernard Shaw's CANDIDA, recently nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival, at the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) in Manhattan.

Cortland Repertory Theatre has received nominations from their 2009 summer season in the recently announced Syracuse Area Live Theatre (SALT) Awards. Hosted by the Syracuse New Times, the SALT Awards recognize outstanding achievement in Central New York theatre productions over the past year.

Paradise Theatre presents THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST April 23-May 9, 2010.

On Sunday, April 25, off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre concludes the run of of its hit revival of George Bernard Shaw's CANDIDA, recently nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival, at the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) in Manhattan.

In a magical tour-de-force, Simon Callow tracks down the real William Shakespeare in the world premiere of 'SHAKESPEARE - THE MAN FROM STRATFORD', a new comedy by Shakespeare scholar Jonathan Bate, which brings to life both the man and the unforgettable characters, who have since conquered the world's stages.

Streamlined, gender-bending versions of classic plays are the name of the game in a five-week summer theater festival from the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company. Longtime fans of the company's all-female explorations of classic texts will be intrigued to discover this festival's inclusion of male actors - although not always in the roles one might expect.

Fred Schepsi's new film 'The Eye of the Storm' began production today in Melbourne, Australia. The film features Tony Award winner Geoffrey Rush and stage and screen star Judy Davis.

Winner of the 2008/09 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award for its critically-acclaimed production of Kiss of the Spider Woman (Best Musical - Intimate Theatre), Havok Theatre Company will close its first production of 2010, the critically-acclaimed (LA Times CRITICS' CHOICE, Backstage CRITIC'S PICK), Los Angeles Premiere of the Broadway musical THE STORY OF MY LIFE on April 18th. The show features music and lyrics by Neil Bartram, book by Brian Hill, musical direction by Michael Paternostro and directed by Havok's Artistic Director and Ovation Award-winner Nick DeGruccio and starring Robert J. Townsend and Chad Borden.

Off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre will end its run of CANDIDA -- George Bernard Shaw's classic about a clergyman and his wife who captures the attention of a young poet -- on April 18th at the Irish Repertory Theatre in Manhattan. Tony and Oscar Award-winner Tony Walton, who helmed the Irish Repertory's acclaimed revivals of Shaw's THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE and MAJOR BARBARA, directed the run of the show.

For its third show of its 30th anniversary season, Theatre for a New Audience will present the New York premiere of C.I.C.T. / Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord production of Love Is My Sin, the sonnets of William Shakespeare adapted by Peter Brook and performed by his wife, Natasha Parry and Michael Pennington.

The A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program and Young Conservatory present the world premiere production of Riot, celebrated Irish playwright Ursula Rani Sarma's hard-hitting play, in the newest commission from A.C.T.'s international partnership with Britain's Theatre Royal Bath. Directed by Young Conservatory Director Craig Slaight and featuring young actors from the A.C.T. M.F.A. Program and Young Conservatory, Riot follows the story of a young man who lands in a residency clinic for emotionally disturbed teens following an unexpected act of violence. Riot weaves Max's relationships with his fellow patients, his doctor, and his nurses into a moving portrait of the deep human need for connection. The show plays April 1-17, 2010, at Zeum Theater, located at Yerba Buena Gardens (Fourth and Howard streets). Tickets are $15.50-$20.50 and are available by calling A.C.T. Ticket Services at 415.749.2228 or online at www.act-sf.org.