African-American Shakespeare Company Continues 2012 Season With JULIUS CAESAR, 3/10-4/1
by Kelsey Denette
- Feb 10, 2012
San Francisco's African-American Shakespeare Company continues its 2011-12 season with a thrilling production of William Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR. Directed by renowned actor and playwright Michael Gene Sullivan (San Francisco Mime Troupe) and featuring a small ensemble cast, African-American Shakespeare Company's version of JULIUS CAESAR highlights the similarities between the politicians who will say anything, and do anything, to win.
Staten Island Children's Museum Celebrates Black History Month
by Max Schwager
- Feb 8, 2012
Audiences can celebrate Black History month at the Staten Island Children's Museum, with two special programs. On Saturday, February 11, come and learn the roots of Feraba! This fusion of traditional African sounds and movement with American tap dancing to the accompaniment of rhythmic drumming will have you tapping your feet and itching to get up and move!
ABC Orders Pilot from Ellen DeGeneres
by Caryn Robbins
- Feb 3, 2012
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the ABC network has ordered a pilot from comedian Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi to be called THE SMART ONE.
Ars Nova Announces 2012 Programming
by BWW
News Desk
- Feb 1, 2012
Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) has announced its 2012 featured programming and exciting developments at its vibrant Hell's Kitchen music, comedy and theater space at 511 West 54th Street.
Rising Phoenix Rep's Cino Nights Presents SOLITARY MAN 1/29
by BWW
News Desk
- Jan 29, 2012
Following performances of its first year of Cino Nights presentations (including new plays by Gary Sunshine, Mando Alvarado, Courtney Baron, Florencia Lozano, Kristen Palmer, Emily DeVoti, Lucy Thurber, Jessica Dickey, Adam Szymkowicz, Laura Eason, Daniel Reitz, Megan Mostyn-Brown, and Dael Orlandersmith), Rising Phoenix Rep continues the series on January 29th at 7 p.m. with SOLITARY MAN by Keith Reddin.
Official: INTO THE WOODS & AS YOU LIKE IT Set for Shakespeare in the Park; Lily Rabe Set for 'Rosalind'
by Robert Diamond
- Jan 26, 2012
BroadwayWorld.com reported the news exclusively on January 9, 2012 and now the The Public Theater has officially announced the line-up for the 50th Anniversary Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Daniel Sullivan, who directed acclaimed productions of All's Well That Ends Well, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night in the Park, will return to direct AS YOU LIKE IT in June with Lily Rabe as Rosalind.
The second show of the 50th Anniversary summer season will be Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's beloved musical INTO THE WOODS, directed by Timothy Sheader with co-direction by Liam Steel. Based on the Olivier Award-winning Regent's Park Open Air Theatre London production in 2010, The Public Theater's INTO THE WOODS will be an all new production with an American cast and designers and will be staged in one of the most beautiful outdoor venues in the world-the Delacorte Theater. INTO THE WOODS will begin performances at the end of July.
Rising Phoenix Rep's Cino Nights Presents SOLITARY MAN 1/29
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jan 26, 2012
Following performances of its first year of Cino Nights presentations (including new plays by Gary Sunshine, Mando Alvarado, Courtney Baron, Florencia Lozano, Kristen Palmer, Emily DeVoti, Lucy Thurber, Jessica Dickey, Adam Szymkowicz, Laura Eason, Daniel Reitz, Megan Mostyn-Brown, and Dael Orlandersmith), Rising Phoenix Rep continues the series on January 29th at 7 p.m. with SOLITARY MAN by Keith Reddin.
BWW Reviews: Nashville Shakespeare Festival's JULIUS CAESAR Is Startling and Stunning
by Jeffrey Ellis
- Jan 13, 2012
With taut, focused direction by Beki Baker and what is arguably the finest cast of actors to be assembled on a Nashville stage in recent memory, Nashville Shakespeare Festival heats winter up to a fever pitch with its remarkable production of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare's timeless-and very timely-tragedy rife with unbridled ambition, conspiratorial plotting, revenge and deception.
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