ActorsNET is launching its 22nd season with Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen's exciting adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 cautionary tale, It Can't Happen Here, which Lewis adapted the following year with John C. Moffitt from his novel by the same name. The show will play at its home in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on weekends from October 13 through 29. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast of this searing drama in action below!
ActorsNET is launching its 22nd season with Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen's exciting adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 cautionary tale, It Can't Happen Here, which Lewis adapted the following year with John C. Moffitt from his novel by the same name. The show will play at its home in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on weekends from October 13 through 29. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast of this searing drama in action below!
What if FDR has been defeated in 1936 and a fascist had been elected President of the United States? How would Americans react to the implementation of martial law, and the elimination of rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution? What would happen if a free press was muzzled? If citizens fled to Canada even as a resistance was formed -- and its leaders and members were rounded up and incarcerated or executed?
The Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team for the Globe's 20th annual production of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!* The holiday musical will run November 4 - December 24 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.
ActorsNET launches its 22nd season with a stunning new adaptation by Tony Taccone and Bennet S. Cohen of Sinclair Lewis' satirical drama, It Can't Happen Here. Writing in the 1930s, Lewis, an acclaimed socially conscious author, adapted his best-selling novel of the same name into a play as a warning. His message? Do not elect a fascist to the American presidency.
To maximize traveler's time and money, hotels are creating on-property exhibits that are dedicated to entertaining and educating guests from a U.S. historic corridor in Chicago to a local Wild West culture display in Texas.
HERE proudly presents CasablancaBox, a HERE Resident Artist Production, as part of its 2016-2017 producing season. Written by Sara Farrington and directed by Reid Farrington, this original multi-media play will have 23 performances, in a premiere production, April 5 - 29 at HERE (145 Sixth Avenue, just below Spring Street).
HERE proudly presents CasablancaBox, a HERE Resident Artist Production, as part of its 2016-2017 producing season. Written by Sara Farrington and directed by Reid Farrington, this original multi-media play will have 21 performances, in a premiere production, April 5 - 29 at HERE (145 Sixth Avenue, just below Spring Street).
The Phoenix Theatre and the Indianapolis JCC will present a special partnership performance of An Act of God, by David Javerbaum. This divine comedy travels from the Phoenix Theatre to the JCC for one night only, March 7, 2017 at 7 p.m.
The Phoenix Theatre and the Indianapolis JCC will present a special partnership performance of An Act of God, by David Javerbaum. This divine comedy travels from the Phoenix Theatre to the JCC for one night only, March 7, 2017 at 7 p.m.
The first days of the Trump presidency have been great for book sales, at least for one particular kind of book - doomsday 'or dystopian' book sales are skyrocketing. George Orwell's '1984' and the Sinclair Lewis 1930's classic 'It Can't Happen Here' about a gradual fascist takeover of the United States have both recently hit Amazon's Top 5 best seller list. '1984' spent three days at number one and sold so many copies that the publisher ran out of stock and is rushing to print more to meet demand.
9 - 11 December, Pontine Theatre presents A New England Christmas at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye NH. The program includesChristmas Everyday by William Dean Howells, Once on Christmas by Dorothy Thomas and Cap'n Eli's Best Ear, by Frank Stockton. Performances areFriday at 7pm, Saturday at 4pm and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $24 and may be purchased in advance at -- www.pontine.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the door a half-hour prior to each performance, based on availability. This production is underwritten by Gillian Aguilar. Pontine's 2016-17 Season is supported by grants from the NH State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Seacoast Science Center is located at 570 Ocean Blvd in Rye NH. For information, contact Pontine --info@pontine.org -- (603) 436-6660.
The Brick Theater, Inc. and Gemini CollisionWorks present CANT, a new play by Ian W. Hill and Gemini CollisionWorks, written, designed, and directed by Ian W. Hill and assisted by Berit Johnson.
The Brick Theater, Inc. and Gemini CollisionWorks present CANT, a new play by Ian W. Hill and Gemini CollisionWorks, written, designed, and directed by Ian W. Hill and assisted by Berit Johnson.
On Thursday, October 27, Notre Dame Film, Television, and Theatre (FTT) will hold a free public reading of the new stage adaptation of It Can't Happen Here, based on the 1935 novel written by Sinclair Lewis. In 1936, the novel was adapted into a play and theatres across the country opened productions on the same night. To commemorate the 80th anniversary of those productions, regional theatres, universities, and communities across the country will read the new adaptation by Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Artistic Director Tony Taccone and screenwriter Bennett S. Cohen.
On Monday, October 24 Metropolitan Playhouse will hold a free public reading of the new stage adaptation of IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, based on the 1935 novel written by Sinclair Lewis. In 1936, the novel was adapted into a play and theaters across the country opened productions on the same night. To commemorate the 80th anniversary of those productions, regional theaters, universities, and communities across the country will read the new adaptation by Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Artistic Director Tony Taccone and screenwriter Bennett S. Cohen.
???????Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced today A Nationwide Reading, a national series of free public readings of the new stage adaptation of It Can't Happen Here, based on the 1935 novel written by Sinclair Lewis.
Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce the recipients of the first round of the 2016 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards, totaling $580,000, allow 15 productions extra time in the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, helping to extend the life of the play after its first run. Two more rounds of recipients will be announced later this year.
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