SOUND OFF: Sondheim Palooza Part 4
by Robert Diamond
- Apr 22, 2010
Today we are taking a listen to Stephen Sondheim's musicals of the 1980s, each a striking artistic achievement attempting to do something never done before in Broadway history and improving the very genre of musical theatre itself with his work on these three very different shows. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE and INTO THE WOODS...
Company XIV Presents Le Cirque Feerique 5/8-6/6
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Apr 20, 2010
Company XIV, a Neo-Baroque dance-theatre group, is proud to present the World Premiere of Le Cirque Feerique (The Fairy Circus), a fairy tale inspired show for all ages, choreographed and directed by Austin McCormick, written and adapted by Austin McCormick and Jeff Takacs, and conceived by Austin McCormick and Zane Pihlstrom.
A Modern Girl's Guide To Fairy Tales - 'Into the Woods' now at Theatre Building Chicago
by Trish Vignola
- Apr 18, 2010
Color me ignorant of musical theatre, but is there any other way to direct 'Into the Woods' without it looking like that Great Performances production we all saw on PBS back in the early 1990s? I found the whole thing incredibly predicable as well as a little under lit. If Sondheim deconstructs the Brothers Grimm in 'Into the Woods', I think he would probably be ready for someone to deconstruct him now.
Company XIV Presents Le Cirque Feerique 5/8-6/6
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Apr 9, 2010
Company XIV, a Neo-Baroque dance-theatre group, is proud to present the World Premiere of Le Cirque Feerique (The Fairy Circus), a fairy tale inspired show for all ages, choreographed and directed by Austin McCormick, written and adapted by Austin McCormick and Jeff Takacs, and conceived by Austin McCormick and Zane Pihlstrom.
The Performance LAB Presents A Punk-Cabaret Musical at BCA, 4/8-4/24
by BWW
News Desk
- Apr 8, 2010
The Performance LAB will launch its inaugural season with a world premier musical, Le Cabaret Grimm - a punk cabaret fairy tale (sans fairies). It runs Thursday through Saturday April 8-24 at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St. in Boston. Based on Tales of the Brothers Grimm, this experimental musical features a live band onstage, masks, large puppets and dance and is infused with a punk sensibility.
The Performance LAB Presents A Punk-Cabaret Musical at BCA, 4/8-4/24
by Samantha Jacobsen
- Mar 15, 2010
The Performance LAB will launch its inaugural season with a world premier musical, Le Cabaret Grimm - a punk cabaret fairy tale (sans fairies). It runs Thursday through Saturday April 8-24 at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St. in Boston. Based on Tales of the Brothers Grimm, this experimental musical features a live band onstage, masks, large puppets and dance and is infused with a punk sensibility.
DCP Announces Auditions for BRIAR ROSE
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 1, 2010
Dutch Country Players will hold auditions for 'Briar Rose: The Tale of Sleeping Beauty' on February 28 and March 1 at the DCP Theatre.
DCP Announces Auditions for BRIAR ROSE
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 28, 2010
Dutch Country Players will hold auditions for 'Briar Rose: The Tale of Sleeping Beauty' on February 28 and March 1 at the DCP Theatre.
Theatre Rhinoceros and Grooviness Productions Present Staged Reading of HOT SUMMER NIGHT, 2/22
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 21, 2010
Theatre Rhinoceros and Grooviness Productions invite you to attend a reading of Hot Summer Night, Jerry Metzker's impertinent and queerified adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with a gleeful salute to Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods and a brazen nod to the Brothers Grimm, DC Comics, The Wizard of Oz, Homer, Christianity, cross-dressing, leather dykes and gender-blind casting.
Player Theatre Presents CINDERELLA
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 20, 2010
If the Shoe Fits- Literally Alive Theatre's New Musical Production of 'Cinderella' Strides into the Players Theatre in Style
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