The Ensemble Studio Theatre Presents OCTOBERFEST 10/8-11/14
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 14, 2009
Long before New York had a Fringe Festival, New York had the Ensemble Studio Theatre's OCTOBERFEST, a marathon of new, old and developing plays crammed together on two floors of the theatre company's home at 549 West 52nd Street. The first OCTOBERFEST was in 1981.
SUCH THINGS ONLY HAPPEN IN BOOKS Plays The Clurman Theatre 10/6-11/14
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 14, 2009
Five years after receiving a Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival of a Play for their production of Pullman Car Hiawatha, two short plays by Thornton Wilder, Keen Company (Artistic Director Carl Forsman, Executive Director Wayne Kelton) kicks of their tenth anniversary season with the New York professional premiere of Such Things Only Happen in Books, an evening of short plays by Thornton Wilder directed by Carl Forsman and Jonathan Silverstein.
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH Runs 11/13-12/5 At The Vortex
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 12, 2009
Runs November 13 - December 5, 2009 The Vortex, 2307 Manor Road Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 7 p.m. NO PERFORMANCE ON THANKSGIVING, NOVEMBER 26 Added performance Wednesday December 2
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH Runs 11/13-12/5 At The Vortex
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Nov 11, 2009
Runs November 13 - December 5, 2009 The Vortex, 2307 Manor Road Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 7 p.m. NO PERFORMANCE ON THANKSGIVING, NOVEMBER 26 Added performance Wednesday December 2
Wiest & Monk Lead STORIES ON 5 STORIES at Playwrights Horizons, 11/9
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 9, 2009
Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced nine initial performers who will participate in the return of its unique benefit evening STORIES ON 5 STORIES on Monday, November 9. Among those taking part in the special event will be two-time Academy Award winner and two-time Obie Award winner Diane Wiest (Memory House at Playwrights Horizons/PH, Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway), Tony Award winner Debra Monk (Assassins at PH, Redwood Curtain, Curtains), Obie Award winner Jason Butler Harner (current Stage Manager in Our Town, Hedda Gabler, The Coast of Utopia), Clarence Derwent Award winner Zoe Kazan (100 Saints You Should Know at PH; Come Back, Little Sheba; Things We Want), Theatre World Award winner Cassie Beck (The Drunken City and Prayer for My Enemy at PH), Cristin Milioti (The Retributionists at PH, the upcoming The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter), Sue Jean Kim (The Drunken City and BFE at PH, 365 Days/365 Plays), Carmen M. Herlihy (The Thugs, Crooked) and Greg Keller (Broadway's Uncle Vanya, The Rainmaker). Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks.
Photo Flash: Westport Country Playhouse Gala "An Enchanted Evening: The Music Of Richard Rodgers"
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Nov 6, 2009
An audience of over 500 people attended Westport Country Playhouse's annual fundraising gala, 'An Enchanted Evening: The Music of Richard Rodgers,' featuring special tributes to Mary Rodgers Guettel, composer, presented by Stephen Sondheim, both former Playhouse apprentices; and Elisabeth Morten, Playhouse board of trustees chairman, presented by Anne Keefe and Joanne Woodward, former Playhouse artistic directors, on Monday evening, November 2.
David Cromer Talks 'NEIL SIMON PLAYS' Closing with The New York Times
by Eddie Varley
- Oct 31, 2009
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, the first of THE Neil Simon PLAYS will close Sunday, November 1st. Directed by David Cromer, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS opened on Sunday, October 25th at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). BROADWAY BOUND, which was scheduled to join BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS in repertory on November 18th, 2009 has been cancelled.
MCCC Students Present RIMERS OF ELDRITCH at Kelsey Theatre 11/12-15
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Oct 30, 2009
Theatre students at Mercer County Community College will present Lanford Wilson's 'Rimers of Eldritch' as their fall production. This sobering look at small town life will be performed Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 12, 13 and 14 at 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14 and 15 at 2 p.m. at the Studio Theatre on the college's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.
Hogan & Holgate Return to HEROES at Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 11/19 - 12/13
by Jessica Lewis
- Oct 26, 2009
After a successful run this past winter with the Keen Company at the Clurman Theater / Theater Row, Jonathan Hogan and Ron Holgate will reprise their roles in Heroes, by Gerald Sibleyras with a translation by Tom Stoppard and directed by Carl Forsman with the Merrimack Repertory Theatre Company. They will be joined by Ken Tigar, who will be playing the role previously performed by Broadway vet John Cullum in the Theater Row premiere. The production at the Merrick Theatre will run from November 19 through December 13.
Westport Country Playhouse Presents Community Open House- OUR TOWN, YOUR PLAYHOUSE, 10/24
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 24, 2009
Westport Country Playhouse will present a special community open house, 'Our Town, Your Playhouse,' on Saturday, October 24, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., offering FREE activities for children, families, teens and adults throughout the day.
Westport Country Playhouse Presents "Our Town, Your Playhouse" Open House 10/24
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 24, 2009
Westport Country Playhouse will present a special community open house, 'Our Town, Your Playhouse,' on Saturday, October 24, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., offering activities for children, families, teens and adults throughout the day, including a screening of the Playhouse's 2002 production of Thornton Wilder's 'Our Town,' with Paul Newman in the role of the Stage Manager, at 7 p.m.
Wiest & Monk Lead STORIES ON 5 STORIES at Playwrights Horizons, 11/9
by Jeff Dennhardt
- Oct 23, 2009
Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced nine initial performers who will participate in the return of its unique benefit evening STORIES ON 5 STORIES on Monday, November 9. Among those taking part in the special event will be two-time Academy Award winner and two-time Obie Award winner Diane Wiest (Memory House at Playwrights Horizons/PH, Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway), Tony Award winner Debra Monk (Assassins at PH, Redwood Curtain, Curtains), Obie Award winner Jason Butler Harner (current Stage Manager in Our Town, Hedda Gabler, The Coast of Utopia), Clarence Derwent Award winner Zoe Kazan (100 Saints You Should Know at PH; Come Back, Little Sheba; Things We Want), Theatre World Award winner Cassie Beck (The Drunken City and Prayer for My Enemy at PH), Cristin Milioti (The Retributionists at PH, the upcoming The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter), Sue Jean Kim (The Drunken City and BFE at PH, 365 Days/365 Plays), Carmen M. Herlihy (The Thugs, Crooked) and Greg Keller (Broadway's Uncle Vanya, The Rainmaker). Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks.
Such Things Only Happen in Books: Angels & Humans
by Duncan Pflaster
- Oct 23, 2009
The Keen Company delivers a finely nuanced production of five Thornton Wilder short plays, which show the playwright's concern with matters spiritual and secular.
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