Bower Theatre Announces First Season With New Approach
by Julie Musbach
- Oct 11, 2017
With a new approach to ensemble, Bower Theatre Ensemble's first season will feature two world premiere plays by Chicago playwrights: FRANKENSTEIN adapted by Alexander Utz from Mary Shelley's classic tale and COLLAGE OF A DYSTOPIAN MIDWEST an exploration of humanity and artificial intelligence by Chris Vanderark.
WaterTower Theatre Appoints Nine New Board Members and a Slate of New Executive Officers
by A.A. Cristi
- Oct 2, 2017
WaterTower Theatre has announced the election of nine new Board Members, as well as a new slate of Officers. The Board voted unanimously to install the following Executive Committee Officers: President Paul Shultz, Vice President Stan Graner, Vice President Grace Daniels, Treasurer Philip Longacre, and Secretary Karol Omlor.
BWW Review: The Long Island Premiere of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at Theatre Three
by Melissa Giordano
- Sep 27, 2017
Kicking off what is sure to be a dazzling 48th season, Theatre Three offers the Long Island premiere of The Bridges Of Madison County. The Tony winner runs at the Port Jefferson venue through October 28th excellently directed by Theatre Three's Artistic Director Jeffrey Sanzel boasting a top notch cast. The best piece of advice I could give? Be prepared for a rollercoaster of emotions.
Theatre Three and Prism Movement Theater present LEAR
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 25, 2017
In a unique partnership with Dallas-based performance company Prism Movement Theater (PMT), Theatre Three will present the world premiere of Lear, a wordless adaptation of the classic William Shakespeare play King Lear. Adapted by PMT co-founder Katy Tye and starring Marianne Galloway as the gender-swapped titular character, Lear is a moving work of dance theatre that focuses on the relationship between Lear and her daughters.
New Faces, New Flubs! THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Welcomes New Company Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 19, 2017
A new school year is beginning at Cornley University this fall as the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Mischief Theatre's The Play That Goes Wrong, which has inexplicably become longest-running play currently on Broadway, welcomes a new company beginning tonight, September 19th.
New Faces, New Flubs! THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG to Welcome New Company This Fall
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 14, 2017
A new school year is beginning at Cornley University this fall as the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Mischief Theatre's The Play That Goes Wrong, which has inexplicably become longest-running play currently on Broadway, welcomes a new company beginning Tuesday, September 19th.
Cast Complete for Harriett D. Foy-Led East Coast Debut of NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN at Arena Stage
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 13, 2017
Celebrating the life and music of Nina Simone, one of America's most iconic singers and civil rights activists, Christina Ham's provocative musical journey Nina Simone: Four Women makes its East Coast debut at Arena Stage. Set in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in which four little girls lost their lives in 1963, Ham uses Simone's song 'Four Women' as the framework to explore the songstress' shift from artist to artist-activist.
Photo Flash: Theatre Three Presents CEDAR SPRINGS OR BIG SCARY ANIMALS
by Julie Musbach
- Sep 9, 2017
An older white couple from the country unknowingly moves to the gayborhood in Dallas to be closer to their granddaughter. What begins as polite dinner conversation with their gay, multi-ethnic neighbors careens out of control. A hilarious collision of race, sex, guns and sports, playwright Matt Lyle examines shifting generational beliefs and just how hard it is to raise a child regardless of who you are and where you live.
New Adaptation of 'DORIAN GRAY', World Premiere of PROMETHEUS BOUND Set for City Lit's 2017-18 Season
by BWW
News Desk
- Sep 1, 2017
City Lit Theater's 38th season will embrace Chicago's first look in a century at an Irish classic, a rarely done Pulitzer winner performed by a non-traditional cast composed entirely of women over 55, a new adaptation by a three-time Jeff-winning adapter of one of the great 19th Century novels, setting its story in a new time and place; and theCity Lit debuts of both the world's first playwright and Chicago's most esteemed translator, retelling an ancient myth through a cast of human actors and life-sized puppets.
Photo Flash: Theatre Too presents CEDAR SPRINGS OR BIG SCARY ANIMALS
by A.A. Cristi
- Aug 21, 2017
An older white couple from the country unknowingly moves to the gayborhood in Dallas to be closer to their granddaughter. What begins as polite dinner conversation with their gay, multi-ethnic neighbors careens out of control. A hilarious collision of race, sex, guns and sports, playwright Matt Lyle examines shifting generational beliefs and just how hard it is to raise a child regardless of who you are and where you live.
Other Theatre's BARNEY THE ELF Musical to Return for the Holidays
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 16, 2017
Other Theatre will continue its 4th season with the third revival of its holiday hit BARNEY THE ELF, a campy and irreverent musical comedy, written by Bryan Renaud with lyrics by Renaud and Emily Schmidt. After helming the 2016 production, Tommy Rivera-Vega returns to direct and choreograph.
Dallas Theater Center to Host Community Conversation About MILLER, MISSISSIPPI
by A.A. Cristi
- Aug 15, 2017
Dallas Theater Center will host a curated conversation featuring insights into the world-premiere play Miller, Mississippi on Aug. 21 at the Beckley-Saner Recreation Center, located at 114 W Hobson Ave., Dallas, Texas 75224. In a moderated panel discussion, Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company members Alex Organ and Liz Mikel will discuss their experiences, and how they have informed their approach to the characters they portray in Miller, Mississippi. Moderated by Amber Sims, this conversation will address advantage and what happens 'when tradition is sacred, and change is slow'. A reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. with food donated by Babe's Chicken Dinner House, followed by the conversation at 7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
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