On Wednesday, February 2 at 7 p.m., the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will present Etty, a moving play adapted from the letters and diaries of Etty Hillesum and performed by Susan Stein
Next Theatre Company is proud to announce the second production in their 2010-2011 What's Next Series with James Andrew Zoccoli's Wiggerlover [white boy + black dad = grey areas directed by Andrea Fears, September 23 - October 2, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston. Zoccoli performs in his semi-autobiographical work telling the story of his desire as a half-Italian, half-Polish to be all black when his white mother gets remarried to an African-American man. Next Theatre also adds ETTY to the roster of the What's Next Series, October 7 - 10. Wiggerlover is performed Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 with subscriber and student discounts available. Tickets may be purchased at nexttheatre.org or by calling 847-475-1875 x2.
Next Theatre Company is proud to announce the second production in their 2010-2011 What's Next Series with James Andrew Zoccoli's Wiggerlover [white boy + black dad = grey areas directed by Andrea Fears, September 23 - October 2, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston. Zoccoli performs in his semi-autobiographical work telling the story of his desire as a half-Italian, half-Polish to be all black when his white mother gets remarried to an African-American man. Next Theatre also adds ETTY to the roster of the What's Next Series, October 7 - 10. Wiggerlover is performed Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 with subscriber and student discounts available. Tickets may be purchased at nexttheatre.org or by calling 847-475-1875 x2.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will present Shakespeare in Southampton, a fundraiser for the Shakespeare Initiative hosted by Jesse L. Martin ('Law & Order,' Shakespeare in the Park 2010), and featuring a performance of All's Well That Ends Well, directed by Shakespeare Initiative Director Barry Edelstein.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will present Shakespeare in Southampton, a fundraiser for the Shakespeare Initiative hosted by Jesse L. Martin ('Law & Order,' Shakespeare in the Park 2010), and featuring a performance of All's Well That Ends Well, directed by Shakespeare Initiative Director Barry Edelstein.
Vassar & New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater is pleased to announce the casts of the six final readings for the 2010 season, including new works by Eve Ensler, Romulus Linney & Eleanor Cooney, Steven Sater & Duncan Sheik, Kate Walbert, Patricia Wettig, and Jennifer Westfeldt (screenplay), as well as a special workshop based on Walton Jones' 1940's RADIO HOUR, directed by Mark Linn-Baker.
Vassar & New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater is pleased to announce the casts of the six final readings for the 2010 season, including new works by Eve Ensler, Romulus Linney & Eleanor Cooney, Steven Sater & Duncan Sheik, Kate Walbert, Patricia Wettig, and Jennifer Westfeldt (screenplay), as well as a special workshop based on Walton Jones' 1940's RADIO HOUR, directed by Mark Linn-Baker.
Vassar & New York Stage and Film is pleased to announce the cast of the world premiere play WE ARE HERE (June 29 - July 11) by Tracy Thorne, directed by Tony nominee Sheryl Kaller (Next Fall), the first of two fully-staged and designed Powerhouse Mainstage productions for the 2010 season.
The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) presentstheir Eleventh Anniversary Season LAUNCH PARTY on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm) at Sweet Caroline's, 322 W. 45th Street, NYC.
Vassar & New York Stage and Film is pleased to announce the casts for the free Readings Festival 1 (June 25 - 27), which opens the 26th annual Powerhouse Theater season on the Vassar campus.
Powerhouse Theater, a unique collaboration between Vassar College and New York Stage and Film, will enter its second quarter-century this summer, continuing its mission to offer a haven for world-class artists to gather and explore new material in an atmosphere that is both protected and challenging.
The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) presentstheir Eleventh Anniversary Season LAUNCH PARTY on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm) at Sweet Caroline's, 322 W. 45th Street, NYC.
Vassar & New York Stage and Film is pleased to announce the casts for the free Readings Festival 1 (June 25 - 27), which opens the 26th annual Powerhouse Theater season on the Vassar campus.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will begin Shakespeare in the Park performances on Wednesday, June 9 with the first preview of THE WINTER'S TALE, directed by Michael Greif. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, directed by Daniel Sullivan, will begin performances on Saturday, June 12. Both shows will play in repertory through Sunday, August 1 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) presentstheir Eleventh Anniversary Season LAUNCH PARTY on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm) at Sweet Caroline's, 322 W. 45th Street, NYC.
Vassar & New York Stage and Film is pleased to announce the cast of the world premiere play WE ARE HERE (June 29 - July 11) by Tracy Thorne, directed by Tony nominee Sheryl Kaller (Next Fall), the first of two fully-staged and designed Powerhouse Mainstage productions for the 2010 season.
Powerhouse Theater, a unique collaboration between Vassar College and New York Stage and Film, will enter its second quarter-century this summer, continuing its mission to offer a haven for world-class artists to gather and explore new material in an atmosphere that is both protected and challenging.
Powerhouse Theater, a unique collaboration between Vassar College and New York Stage and Film, will enter its second quarter-century this summer, continuing its mission to offer a haven for world-class artists to gather and explore new material in an atmosphere that is both protected and challenging.
The playwright's group 13P has received a sizable donation from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Variety is reporting. The group did not discuss the size of the donation, only that it will aid them in putting on the rest of their season. 13P (Thirteen Playwrights, Inc.) was formed in 2003 by 13 midcareer playwrights concerned about what the trend of endless readings and new play development programs is doing to the texture and ambition of new American plays. They decided they were ready to take matters into their own hands.
Tickets are now on sale for Academy Award-winner Martin McDonagh's A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE, which begins previews on Broadway on February 15, 2010 and opens on March 4, 2010. The production stars Academy Award-winner Christopher Walken and stage and screen stars Sam Rockwell, Anthony Mackie and Zoe Kazan. Directed by John Crowley, A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE will play the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Tickets are on sale through Telecharge.com, or by phone at 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250, for this strictly limited engagement which will run for 16 weeks only.