Stella Adler News

Towne Street Theatre (TST) celebrates African-American History Month with compelling staged readings during February 2020.

Towne Street Theatre (TST) celebrates African-American History Month with compelling staged readings during February 2020.

Towne Street Theatre (TST) celebrates African-American History Month with two compelling staged readings during February 2020. Dara Harper's Shades of War is the remarkable true story of Haitian immigrant, Samuel Fraunces, and his daughter, Phoebe Fraunces. Together, they foiled an assassination plot against George Washington in 1776. The play explores slavery, race, sexism and colorism with lessons that are still relevant today, and it features special guest performer, Hawthorne James. The reading takes place on Sunday, February 16th at 4pm.

Goodwill Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand, recently returned from performing at Nairobi's National Theatre in The Kenya International Theater Festival, will celebrate his 20th year of touring, performing his celebrated solo play, LET IT BE ART! in a special performance presented by Tennessee Valley Art Association (TVAA) at The Ritz Theatre's Ritz Studio in Sheffield, Alabama on February 29th.

Next up at Two River Theater is A Little Shakespeare: Twelfth Night. The show will be on the Red Bank stage from January 31 to February 9. Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing Two River Theater's Director of Education about her career and the upcoming production of 'A Little Shakespeare: Twelfth Night.'

Mentalist Joshua Kane's Borders of the Mind is a family-friendly show for everyone. Kane leads you through a dazzling demonstration of the powers of the mind! In this interactive performance the entire audience experiences simultaneous telepathy and witnesses uncanny feats of lie detection and psychic phenomena.

The tremendously chaotic, broken and confusing distribution world needed someone to come disrupt and dismantle the traditional model. Enter San Francisco grown Marie Adler. Known and respected in the Hollywood industry as a chameleonic indie film distributor and producer she is the Founder and CEO of Adler & Associates Entertainment one of the top independent distribution companies in Hollywood. Adler has distributed over 500 films in under five years in over 120 territories and is credited as having paved the way for Netflix and Amazon.

Casting has been announced for Match: Lit's mainstage production of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, presented at the Access Theater Gallery in February 2020.

Mentalist Joshua Kane Brings BORDERS OF THE MIND To The Ridgefield Playhouse On February 2

A brand new production of the classic thriller, Dial M for Murder, tours the UK in 2020 opening at Richmond Theatre on Monday 13th January 2020. The genre-defining thriller - based on Frederick Knott's stage and screen play, made world-famous by Hitchcock's iconic 1954 film - will be directed by Anthony Banks.

Knife Edge Production of Neil LaBute's play, In a Dark Dark House, opened on December 10 at A.R.T/New York Theatres in Midtown Manhattan. The critically acclaimed production runs through December 21.

Tony Award-nominated Reasons to Be Pretty playwright Neil LaBute will join the cast and director for a talkback following the performance of his play, In a Dark Dark House, on Sunday, December 15 at 7 pm. Andromache Chalfant (set designer for theatre & opera) will moderate.

Knidw Edge Production of Neil LaButes play, In a Dark Dark House, is currently running at A.R.T/New York Theatres in Midtown Manhattan. The production runs until December 21. The company's Resident Theatre Director, Sam Helfrich, directs.

Planet Connections' starts out 2020 with 'DARK PLANET: Not Your Mother's Valentine's Day,' short plays unapologetically looking at life through a clever a?" albeit caustic a?" lens. Frank, Funny, Engaging, Engrossing, and Enlightening, Performing Thursdays & Fridays, February 6 a?" 21, at the Theater at the 14th Street Y, 344 E 14th St, NYC. This event a?" celebrating the diversity of the performing arts & artists of NYC a?" will be accompanied by an opening night party and special Valentine's Day event.

Towne Street Theatre (TST) celebrates the holiday season with a new, musically-merry comedy! The TST workshop production of 'Twas The Flight Before Christmas will be presented one night only - Saturday, December 14th at 8:00 pm at the Stella Adler Theatre (where TST is in residence), located at 6773 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028.

Back in Los Angeles for an amazing fourth run, The Christmas Present is the heart-warming tale of a hooker, a hotel room, and some holiday magic. Enchanting audiences and critics alike, The Christmas Present has become a staple of holiday delight in Los Angeles. The show runs Friday, December 13th through the 22nd at the Broadwater Black Box in Hollywood.

Neil LaBute's, In a Dark Dark House, runs December 6 - 21 at A.R.T/New York Theatres in Midtown Manhattan. Opening night is slated for December 10. The drama is being presented by Knife Edge Productions, the company's Resident Theatre Director, Sam Helfrich, directs.

Producers Bob Rusch and John Patrick Patti have formally announced the formation of the newest addition to Buffalo's vibrant theatre scene:

Announcing the release of The Awful Kind, an award-winning, Female-Driven One Take Western short film. The Awful Kind takes place after a horribly unsuccessful train robbery; the surviving gang of thieves begin to suspect they've been set up. The film was funded by Executive Producers Lauren Telegdy, Brick-It Entertainment, Francine Roussy, and Keith Taite.