Following a record-breaking 35th Season, Shakespeare & Company Artistic Director Tony Simotes is pleased to announce the 2013 summer lineup of plays that will take place in the Tina Packer Playhouse and the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, including a number of special events that will underscore those productions. The highlights of the 2013 Summer Season include two full productions of Shakespeare: Love's Labour's Lost and Richard II, both of which will be performed for the first time on the Tina Packer Playhouse stage, as well as the previously announced Mother Courage and Her Children, directed by Simotes and starring Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis, Apollo Dukakis, and OBIE Award winner John Douglas Thompson. Tickets will go on sale on February 14, 2013, and can be purchased online at www.shakespeare.org or by calling 413-637-3353.
Access Theater will present a 4-week encore engagement of Bedlam's critically acclaimed Off-Broadway revival of George Bernard Shaw's rarely produced 1923 masterpiece SAINT JOAN. In this bold, environmental staging directed by Eric Tucker, Shaw's play is performed in its entirety using an ensemble of only four actors to play all 24 roles. Performances begin March 6 at Access Theater where it will play in repertory with a new production of HAMLET as performed by the same four actors.
Bedlam follows up it's critically acclaimed revival of Shaw's Saint Joan (named 2012's Best Revival of A Play by The Wall Street Journal and called 'a production to be treasured' by The New York Times) with HAMLET. In this bold, environmental staging directed by Eric Tucker, Shakespeare's classic drama is performed by an ensemble of only four actors. Previews for this limited run Off-Broadway engagement begin February 8th at Access Theatre with opening night set for Sunday, February 17th.
Chrysalis Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of Susan Bernfield's (Stretch (a fantasia);Artistic Director of New Georges) BARKING GIRL, tonight, November 8-December 2 at the 4th Street Theatre (83 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery).
Before Fifty Shades of Grey, there was Rona Jaffe's scandalous 1958 bestseller THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. Now this controversial novel, which was the basis for the hit 1959 movie starring Joan Crawford, comes to the stage courtesy of the new theater company 95 WordsPerMinute. It is adapted and directed by Julie Kramer, and developed with actor and writer Amy Wilson. Two additional performances -- Monday, Oct. 15 at 8:30pm & Saturday, Oct. 20 at 4pm -- have been added to the performances schedule at HERE.
Chrysalis Theatre Company (Adina Taubman, Artistic Director) will present the World Premiere of Susan Bernfield's (Stretch (a fantasia);Artistic Director of New Georges) BARKING GIRL, November 8-December 2 at the 4th Street Theatre (83 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery).
Before Fifty Shades of Grey, there was Rona Jaffe's scandalous 1958 bestseller THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. Now this controversial novel, which was the basis for the hit 1959 movie starring Joan Crawford, comes to the stage courtesy of the new theater company 95 WordsPerMinute. It is adapted and directed by Julie Kramer, and developed with actor and writer Amy Wilson. Previews begin tonight, September 29, with opening set for October 4 at HERE.
Before Fifty Shades of Grey, there was Rona Jaffe's scandalous 1958 bestseller THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. Now this controversial novel comes to the stage courtesy of the new theater company 95 WordsPerMinute. Adapted and directed by Julie Kramer and developed with actor and writer Amy Wilson, the show starts previews Sept 29, with opening set for Oct 4 at HERE. The cast will feature Jordan Geiger, Sas Goldberg (Stunning at LCT3), Molly Lloyd, Tom O'Keefe (Theatre Bedlam's Saint Joan), Alicia Sable (Gypsy with Patti LuPone), Hayley Treider (Double Falsehood at CSC), Amy Wilson, and Sarah Wilson.
Access Theater has presented a 3-week extension of Bedlam's critically acclaimed revival of George Bernard Shaw's rarely produced 1923 masterpiece SAINT JOAN. This Off-off-Broadway presentation marks the first time in 19 years that SAINT JOAN has been staged professionally in New York City. In this bold, environmental staging directed by Eric Tucker, Shaw's play is performed in its entirety using an ensemble of only four actors to play all 24 roles. The show plays its final performance at Access Theater in Tribeca tonight, May 13.
Access Theater continues its encore engagement of Bedlam's critically acclaimed revival of George Bernard Shaw's rarely produced 1923 masterpiece SAINT JOAN.
Access Theater will present a 3-week extension of Bedlam's critically acclaimed revival of George Bernard Shaw's rarely produced 1923 masterpiece SAINT JOAN. This Off-Broadway presentation marks the first time in 19 years that SAINT JOAN has been staged professionally in New York City. In this bold, environmental staging directed by Eric Tucker, Shaw's play is performed in its entirety using an ensemble of only four actors to play all 24 roles. Now playing at Access Theater in Tribeca, added performances will take place April 24 - May 13.
THE ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (APAC) today announced the world premiere production of Ashlin Halfnight's (Balaton, Artifcats of Consequence) A HARD WALL AT HIGH SPEED, directed by May Adrales (Edith Can Shoot Things And Hit Them, Humana Festival).
THE ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (APAC) is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Ashlin Halfnight's (Balaton, Artifcats of Consequence) A HARD WALL AT HIGH SPEED, directed by May Adrales (Edith Can Shoot Things And Hit Them, Humana Festival).
The Playhouse Creatures Closes it's inaugural season with critically acclaimed production of The Libertine at The Kirk in Theatre Row, the weekend of November 20th, 2010.
Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is proud to present the sexually charged comedy of manners, "The Libertine," by award-winning playwright Stephen Jeffreys, for a strictly limited engagement beginning Friday, November 5th at The Kirk Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street - between 9th & 10th Avenues).
Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is proud to present the sexually charged comedy of manners, "The Libertine," by award-winning playwright Stephen Jeffreys, for a strictly limited engagement beginning Friday, November 5th at The Kirk Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street - between 9th & 10th Avenues).
