The Cover of Life, by R.T. Robinson, is based on his family’s true story about three women and their struggle for self-worth in rural Louisiana in 1943. Tood, Weetsie and Sybill each married a Cliffert brother who are engaged in World War II. A local reporter with the Louisiana Times Picayune writes story about these young wives, which piques the interest of Life Magazine’s Henry Luce. Luce assigns Kate Miller to the story, who has been covering the war in Europe. Kate spends a week with the Cliffert women to cover their life while the men are away, and unexpectedly explores the reality of the women as they struggle to find their own identity. The piece is so well written, with complex characters working through intricate relationships, delicious subtext, prose filled with images and powerful emotions, strong rhythm, and subtle humor.
City Theatre’s production of The Cover of Life arrives just in time for Women’s History Month. A heartfelt story that lifts the veil on the lives of women whose stories have long gone untold: the wives and mothers who held their homes together during WWII. Worth a trip to the East Side next weekend!
City Theatre Austin Season 2025 brings the Austin premiere play, THE COVER OF LIFE to the stage. The show enters its final two weeks, March 27 – April 6. Check out photos from the show.
City Theatre Austin will continue the 2025 spring theatre season with R.T. Robinson's deeply moving play The Cover of Life. Check here for more details.
City Theatre Austin will continue the 2025 spring theatre season with R.T. Robinson's deeply moving play The Cover of Life. The stage production begins in March.
Michael Cristofer’s 1977 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Shadow Box concerns a grim topic that all of us will one day face. Wildly successful on its release, it won the Tony Award for Best Play. But for all its success, oddly enough, it has rarely been produced since the 1980s. The play tackles the universal themes of loss, fear, and human attachment. Guild Hall Players mounts a heartbreaking and emotional production of The Shadow Box and succeeds in tackling this demanding piece of theatre.
The Cumberland Theatre will continue their 36th Season with two plays to be performed on alternate evening during weekends in September. Learn more about both plays here!
The Elite Theatre Company’s current production of The Cover of LIFE – a play by R.T. Robinson directed by Patrick T. Rogers – runs for two more weekends.
The Elite Theatre Company has announced its upcoming production of The Cover of LIFE – a play by R.T. Robinson directed by Patrick T. Rogers. The production runs for five weekends beginning Friday, October 21st, 2022.
Amas Musical Theatre(Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) and The Amas Musical Theatre Lab will present further staged readings of Play It by Heart, a new musical, with music by David Spangler, Jerry Taylorand Marty Dodson, lyrics byDavid Spangler, Jerry Taylor,R.T. Robinson, and Marty Dodson, and book byWilly Holtzman. Directed by Daniel Goldsteinwith music direction by Andrew Wilder, the readings (by invitation only) will be held on Thursday, May 17 at 1pm and 5pm at Opry City Stage (48th/49th& Broadway).
Miller-Coffman Productions Proudly Presents - The Cover of Life The Cover of Life to make way to the Gene Frankel Theater in 2018! Directed by Stephen S. Miller
Crystal Bowersox, the American Idol season nine (2010) runner-up has been announced to join the cast of the Amas Musical Theatre and The Amas Musical Theatre Lab staged readings of Play It by Heart, a new musical, with music by David Spangler, Jerry Taylor and Marty Dodson, lyrics by David Spangler, Jerry Taylor, R.T. Robinson, and Marty Dodson, and book by Willy Holtzman.
Amas Musical Theatre and The Amas Musical Theatre Lab will present staged readings of Play It by Heart, a new musical, with music by David Spangler, Jerry Taylor and Marty Dodson, lyrics by David Spangler, Jerry Taylor, R.T. Robinson, and Marty Dodson, and book by Willy Holtzman.
PLAY IT BY HEART, music by David Spangler and Jerry Taylor, lyrics by David Spangler, Jerry Taylor and R.T. Robinson, book by Brian Yorkey, and directed by Kevin Moore runs through July 6, 2014. Check out a first look below!
The Human Race Theatre Company wraps up its 27th season with a long- awaited four-week run of the country musical Play It by Heart. The Preview performance is June 12, with Opening Night on June 13. All performances are at The Loft Theatre at 126 North Main Street in downtown Dayton.
The Human Race Theatre Company wraps up its 27th season with a long- awaited four-week run of the country musical Play It by Heart. The Preview performance is June 12, with Opening Night on June 13. All performances are at The Loft Theatre at 126 North Main Street in downtown Dayton.
The Human Race Theatre Company wraps up its 27th season with a long-awaited four-week run of the country musical Play It by Heart. The Preview performance is June 12, with Opening Night on June 13. All performances are at The Loft Theatre at 126 North Main Street in downtown Dayton.
The Human Race Theatre Company has announced the cast of its upcoming production of Play It by Heart, with music by David Spangler and Jerry Taylor, lyrics by David Spangler, Jerry Taylor and R.T. Robinson, and book by Brian Yorkey. The Preview performance is June 12, with Opening Night on June 13. The company has added six performances to the original run, which will now end on July 6. All performances are at The Loft Theatre at 126 North Main Street in downtown Dayton.
BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week! Each week, BWW will introduce its readers to a regional theater located in one of our (over 130!) coverage cities. By exploring these different venues, their history and showcasing the production seasons, BWW continues its commitment to expand our presence in communities and cities across the United States. This Week's Featured Regional Theater: The Human Race Theatre Company in Dayton, Ohio
Though hard to recollect is the sentiment of a country thrown into a just and strongly supported war, such a time did once exist in America. And as the current situation is so starkly opposite, a look back at such a time period seems all more affecting today when watching The Cover of Life, currently playing at the NoHo Arts Center...
