Tennessee Williams News

The Emelin Theatre, located in Mamaroneck, New York, and founded in 1972, is the oldest continuously operating performing arts theater in Westchester County.

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of playwright Tennessee Williams, ACT 1 presents The Night of the Iguana March 4-19 at Nashville's Darkhorse Theatre. Directed by Anne-Geri Fann, the cast features Jack Chambers, Robyn Berg and Cinda McCain. For details, visit the company website at www.ACT1online.com.

It's a 'red hot' line-up! Artistic Director Robert Falls announces five of eight play selections in Goodman Theatre's upcoming 2011/2012 subscription season-beginning with his production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation Red, by John Logan, in September. Next in the Albert Theatre, Resident Director Chuck Smith stages David Mamet's Race in a Chicago premiere, following its acclaimed Broadway run. The Goodman then welcomes Spanish director Calixto Bieito, known for his radical opera stagings, in his American theater debut with a new interpretation of the rarely-produced Camino Real by Tennessee Williams. The season concludes on a high note with Regina Taylor's musical Crowns-revived for its 10th anniversary. In the Owen Theatre, rising star playwright Danai Gurira brings her world-premiere production of The Convert, a stand-out offering in the Goodman's recent New Stages new play reading series. Still to be announced are three plays-including a collaboration with Chicago's Teatro Vista. The 2011/2012 season also includes the 34th annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Blackfriars Theatre, a not-for-profit mid -sized professional theatre on Rochester's 'Theatre Row' is pleased to announce the opening of 'THE GLASS MENAGERIE' a drama by Tennessee Williams.

Rubicon Theatre Company continues its 2010-2011 Season with MASTER HAROLD...AND THE BOYS, a powerful and compelling drama by Athol Fugard which begins previews February 9 at Rubicon's intimate 195-seat home in Ventura's Downtown Cultural District. Set in the 1950s, MASTER HAROLD is the story of an adolescent white South African torn between his relationship with the black waiters who have befriended and cared for him, and the principles instilled in him by his father, an injured war veteran who is alternately absent and abusive. Recipient of the New York Drama Desk Award and London's Evening Standard for Best Play, this gripping drama has much to say about how racism can be passed from one generation to the next. Directed by Rubicon Associate Producer BRIAN McDONALD, the production features DANIEL STEWART, ANTHONY (TONY) HANEY and CHRIS MADDOX.

As part of the 'Year of Tennessee Williams,' celebrating the 100th Anniversary of his birth, PushPush will present a workshop production of Confessional, one of the best of Tennessee Williams' lesser known plays.

Acclaimed actor/writer JEREMY LAWRENCE has just been added to the performers taking part in the sold-out "A Celebration of Tennessee Williams" this Monday night, February 7th at the 92nd Street Y.

On Monday, February 7, the 92nd Street Y in collaboration with New Directions Publishing and the Tennessee Williams Festival will celebrate Tennessee William's 100th birthday with performances from actors such as Alec Baldwin, Olympia Dukakis, Jessica Lange, and more.

The Cock Tavern Theatre continues its commitment to reviving the works of crucial and relevant playwrights (as with our soon-to-be-announced Tennessee Williams centenary season) with this timely production of JUDITH.

TACT/The Actors Company Theatre (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, Co-Artistic Directors), the critically-acclaimed company "dedicated to presenting neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit," will present a one-night only concert reading of The Triangle Factory Fire Project, its critically-acclaimed 2004 Off Broadway production.

Brisbane audiences now have an additional season of plays to choose from in 2011. Queensland Theatre Company's mainstage season will feature new plays, classic dramas, an absurdist masterpiece and a new version of an old legend.

Spotlighters is proud to present the Tennessee Williams' classic - A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Sherrionne Brown.

Walnut Street Theatre's Independence Studio on 3 season continues with legendary Playwright Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.

Award-winning Theatre Aspen is thrilled to announce that its summer repertory season will feature the actress Sandy Duncan, in Steven Dietz's comedy Becky's New Car

Bert V. Royal's Dog Sees God gives audiences a glimpse of how Charles Shultz's beloved characters might have fared amid the tumultuous world of the modern-day teenager. Don't let the old comic strip fool you...things have changed for Charlie Brown and the gang, but they're still anything but average.

Pianist Chie Sato Roden & chamber jazz ensemble Fire in July celebrate the release of their CD 'Streetcar Journey,' featuring the music of beloved American film composer Alex North (1910-1991) and his magnificent, jazz-inflected score to the 1951 classic 'A Streetcar Named Desire.'

Join the Utah Shakespeare Festival for a special Valentine's Day presentation of "Love Letters" starring new Artistic Director Brian Vaughn and popular Festival actress Melinda Pfundstein.

Acclaimed actor/writer JEREMY LAWRENCE has just been added to the performers taking part in the sold-out "A Celebration of Tennessee Williams" this Monday night, February 7th at the 92nd Street Y.

Little Lord's rough and ready collective of shiksas, queers, and misinformed Jews stage a slap-dash celebration of the biblical Book of Esther.

Join the Utah Shakespeare Festival for a special Valentine's Day presentation of "Love Letters" starring new Artistic Director Brian Vaughn and popular Festival actress Melinda Pfundstein.