Theatre 21 News

Subscriptions are now on sale for the Columbus Symphony's 2013-14 Masterworks and Pops seasons.

Nathan James, whose stunning rock voice made him an unforgettable finalist on ITV 1's Superstar competition, is set to blow the roof off theatres across the UK as the star of Bohemian Rhapsody - The Hits of Queen.

After an April premiere in New York City, the actors, musicians, and theatre artists from the world-renowned Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will come to Columbus to perform an exclusive engagement of its production of Julius Caesar. Interpreted with a new twist by the RSC's new artistic director Gregory Doran, the production is set in present-day Africa with a cast of highly acclaimed, black British actors and live, contemporary West African music composed for the show by Akintayo Akinbode. The production opened to five-star reviews in the UK last year, going on to tour the UK and perform in Moscow before its two upcoming U.S. engagements.

SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody comes to the Southern Theatre (21 E. Main St.) on Friday, March 22, and Saturday, March 23, at 8pm daily. Tickets are $35.75-$45.75 at the CAPA Ticket Center (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, please call (614) 469-0939 or (800) 745-3000. The show is produced by Mills Entertainment.

Celebrated American singer/songwriter Todd Snider is now touring in support of his 12th album, Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables. Deemed 'America's sharpest musical storyteller' by Rolling Stone, Snider uses his Americana/alternative country/folk style to paint a world where begging turns to mugging, investment turns to ruin, babies grow into felons, and honesty is blunt trauma. The result is something disconcerting, cracked, and wholly original.

Soprano prodigy Jackie Evancho has announced new tour dates across North America in advance of her upcoming album release SONGS FROM THE SILVER SCREEN, out on Syco/Columbia Records October 2, 2012. The astonishingly talented star made her breakthrough performance at the age of ten on NBC's "America's Got Talent" and was praised by judge Piers Morgan as being "the whole package."

Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? This question, posed by Shen Tei, the good-hearted, penniless and cross-dressing prostitute of Bertolt Brecht's Good Person of Szechwan, is central to the work of The Foundry Theatre. The play's concerns, and the earmarks of the Foundry's new production, make it an ideal offering from the company, which is celebrated for creating memorable theatrical events while pursuing civic inquiry and social justice. The show, starring the singular Taylor Mac as Shen Tei, is directed by Lear deBessonet and features original live music by 'indie rock vaudevillians' (SPIN) Cesar Alvarez and The Lisps.

Today, February 1, tickets go on sale for the world-renowned Royal Shakespeare Company's critically acclaimed production of Julius Caesar. The production, directed with a new twist by the RSC's new Artistic Director Gregory Doran, is set in present-day Africa with a cast of highly acclaimed, black British actors and live, contemporary West African music, fostering the resonance of this classic tragedy. Having opened to five-starreviews in the UK last year, the Columbus run is the production's only North American engagement following its New York City premiere in April.

Sunday evening (January 27) the official nominations for the 14th annual COLUMN Awards were held with a live telecast. THE COLUMN AWARDS honors excellence in theater within the entire Dallas-Fort Worth Theatre metroplex.

Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? This question, posed by Shen Tei, the good-hearted, penniless and cross-dressing prostitute of Bertolt Brecht's Good Person of Szechwan, is central to the work of The Foundry Theatre. The play's concerns, and the earmarks of the Foundry's new production, make it an ideal offering from the company, which is celebrated for creating memorable theatrical events while pursuing civic inquiry and social justice. The show, starring the singular Taylor Mac as Shen Tei, is directed by Lear deBessonet and features original live music by 'indie rock vaudevillians' (SPIN) César Alvarez and The Lisps.

Punch Brothers are the New York City-based quintet of mandolinist Chris Thile, guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjoist Noam Pikelny and violinist Gabe Witcher. Their new album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, produced and engineered by Jacquire King, contains some of the most exhilaratingly direct, sonically daring performances the group has ever recorded.

Tony nominated actress Ann Crumb will appear in concert at The Media Theatre the weekend of February 1-3.

Celebrated Baroque music expert Monica Huggett performs double duty as conductor and violinist in this feast of 18th century favorites headlined by Vivaldi's enormously popular, ever-fresh concertos portraying the four seasons.The program includes Vivaldi compositions La primavera from The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, String Sinfonia alla Rustica, String Sinfonia, L'estate from The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, L'autunno from The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, and L'inverno from The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, as well as Locatelli's Lamento in F Minor and Locke's The Tempest from Suite of Instrumental Music from The Tempest.

From magical fairy tales by Ravel to Milhaud's zesty South American samba, a brisk, neo-classical chamber piece by Stravinsky, and a lyrical and exciting violin concerto by the young Prokofiev, the Columbus Symphony, Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni, and CSO featured violinist Alicia Hui present an intriguing program showcasing the bright, appealing music composed during the first quarter of the 20th century.

Richard Jennings' seven minute pop-opera, The Temptation Of Tim, will have it's New York premiere in the Harvest Theatre Festival starting today, November 8th. Variations Theatre Group is presenting two weeks of exciting new work at the brand new Chain Theatre in Long Island City, Queens.

As part of The Living Theatre's 65th Anniversary Season, The Living Theatre and Motus present THE PLOT IS THE REVOLUTION, which sold out its recent presentation as part of Under The Radar, with performances set to run tonight, October 25-27 at 8pm and The Living Theatre (21 Clinton Street). Enrico Casagrande and Daniela Nicolo directs The Living Theatre's Judith Malina and Silvia Calderoni of Italy's Motus.

As part of The Living Theatre's 65th Anniversary Season, The Living Theatre and Motus present THE PLOT IS THE REVOLUTION, which sold out its recent presentation as part of Under The Radar, with performances set to run October 25-27 at 8pm and The Living Theatre (21 Clinton Street). Enrico Casagrande and Daniela Nicolo directs The Living Theatre's Judith Malina and Silvia Calderoni of Italy's Motus.

Richard Jennings' seven minute pop-opera, The Temptation Of Tim, will have it's New York premiere in the Harvest Theatre Festival starting November 8th. Variations Theatre Group is presenting two weeks of exciting new work at the brand new Chain Theatre in Long Island City, Queens.

From magical fairy tales by Ravel to Milhaud's zesty South American samba, a brisk, neo-classical chamber piece by Stravinsky, and a lyrical and exciting violin concerto by the young Prokofiev, the Columbus Symphony, Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni, and CSO featured violinist Alicia Hui present an intriguing program showcasing the bright, appealing music composed during the first quarter of the 20th century.

Helen Arney, comedian, songwriter and notable nerd songstress brings her brand new hit 2012 Edinburgh Fringe show VOICE OF AN ANGLE to the Soho Theatre. Performance dates are tonight, September 26th and September 27th at 21.00. Helen's unique ability to turn complex ideas into beautiful, comedy songs has lead to her performing sell out shows in the hugely successful "Uncaged Monkeys" tour alongside some of the nation's favourite geeks.