Peter Brook News

Following Time Out Critics' Choice at the White Bear Theatre and a transfer to Oval House, Good Night Out Presents a new re-imagined production of Daniel Reitz's STUDIES FOR A PORTRAIT for an eight-week run at the King's Head Theatre, beginning March 30th and running through May 23rd.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) welcomes Russia's illustrious Maly Drama Theatre of Saint Petersburg with its production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Hailed by Peter Brook as 'the finest ensemble in Europe' and led by Artistic Director Lev Dodin, the Maly Drama Theatre has found worldwide critical acclaim for this production of Chekhov's classic which comes to Chicago for the 150th anniversary of the Russian playwright's birth.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) on Navy Pier welcomes Russia's renowned Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg with its acclaimed production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya for a limited engagement of five performances.

Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, Underground Railway Theater's science theater initiative with MIT, presents the World Premiere of From Orchids To Octopi: An Evolutionary Love Story by award-winning playwright Melinda Lopez and commissioned by the National Institutes of Health in order to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of 'On the Origin of Species'. Surprises erupt as a muralist's work is derailed by hallucinations, pregnancy, and dinosaurs in this witty take on how we understand - or do not - the theory of evolution.

LEGACY CONTINUES... La MaMa's Multi-Generational Family of Artists welcomes IRINA BROOK (Daughter of director Peter Brook and actress Natasha Parry) In making her New York Directing Debute in LA VIE MATERIELLE.

Good Night Out Presents The World Premiere of A MODEL FOR MANKIND By James Sheldon 27th March - 17th April 2010.

When young Stefan's tranquil life on the island of Malta is shattered by his fiancée's slutty revelation, he goes off to the US in search of a new life. There he finds an exciting group of friends in an industry that takes some getting used to.

Good News! Jim Leonard, Jrs. depression-era epic of faith and truth ‘THE DIVINERS' receives a miraculous new imagining and power-house performances in The Production Company's second offering of 2010!

LEGACY CONTINUES... La MaMa's Multi-Generational Family of Artists welcomes IRINA BROOK (Daughter of director Peter Brook and actress Natasha Parry) In making her New York Directing Debute in LA VIE MATERIELLE.

Northrop Dance at the University of Minnesota and the Walker Art Center present the Midwest debut of British sensation Akram Khan Company performing bahok at 8 pm Wednesday, March 3, at Northrop. The contemporary work embodies the many different styles of Khan's multinational company, fusing traditional South Asian dance with modern movement.

On a secluded Greek island, an American ex-pat pursues his passions: winemaking and his breathtaking young wife. Then, on the eve of his first tasting, an old lover reappears bringing with her a wild and violent past. Circle X Theatre Co. presents the Debut Production of Lascivious Something by Sheila Callaghan. Paul Willis directs Alana Dietze, Olivia Henry, Silas Weir Mitchell and Alina Phelan in a six-week run opening March 27 at [Inside] the Ford. Low-priced previews begin March 18.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced its 2010-2011 theater programming. The season will feature: a Center-produced revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies; ON THE FRINGE: Eye on Edinburgh featuring new work by artists emerging from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 11 and 12, directed by Peter Brook; Chekhov International Theatre Festival's Three Sisters and Twelfth Night; DRUID's The Cripple of Inishmaan; and Penumbra Theatre Company's new production I Wish You Love, as part of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays. Barbara Cook's Spotlight will bring six theater cabaret performers in its fourth season, and audiences will delight in touring productions of Hair, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, Wicked, and Next to Normal. The 2010-2011 season is as follows:

Stephanie Sinclaire announced today that she has appointed Adam Spreadbury-Maher as Artistic Director of the King's Head Theatre. She will continue her role as Chief Executive.

Jason Robert Brown's award winning musical, The Last Five Years, takes a fresh, contemporary look at romantic involvement. From the thrill of first contact, to the joy and angst of marriage, the audience becomes an intimate witness to how changing fortune shapes a relationship. Known as 'the musical for a new generation,' The Last Five Years stars married couple and FSU/Asolo Conservatory alumni Kris Danford and Sam Osheroff and is directed by Michael Donald Edwards.

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov's birth, the Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, under the direction of Lev Dodin, performs one of Chekhov's most beloved plays, Uncle Vanya.

Now working on the role of 'Martha' in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, one of those roles every actress longs for, her resume also includes First Night Award-winning turns as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and as Madame de Tourvel in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Her list of directing credits is even more eclectic: Lady Frederick, Lady Windermere's Fan, O Jerusalem, Quilters, The Tempest, A Winter's Tale and Crimes of the Heart - and that's just a sampling of her multi-faceted list of assignments.

Good News! Jim Leonard, Jrs. depression-era epic of faith and truth ‘THE DIVINERS' receives a miraculous new imagining and power-house performances in The Production Company's second offering of 2010!

Good Night Out Presents the world premiere of SHRUNK by Charlotte Eilenberg at The Cock Tavern Theatre 18th May - 12th June (PRESS NIGHT: FRIDAY 21st MAY at 7.30pm).

Franco Vassallo will sing the role of Ezio in Verdi's Attila on March 19, 22, and 27, replacing Carlos Alvarez, who is ill. Vassallo is currently appearing at the Met as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, the role of his 2005 company debut. Last season the Italian baritone was Belcore in L'Elisir d'Amore, and in 2007, audiences around the world saw him as Riccardo in The Met: Live in HD transmission of I Puritani, now available in DVD.

The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, along with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, and in conjunction with Anthology Film Archives and Baryshnikov Arts Center, will bring the works and words of one of France's greatest writers to New York this winter in a four-week series entitled, In the Words of Duras.