Review: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at Theater J
by Mary Lincer
- Nov 5, 2024
In an elegant coincidence (or a charming conspiracy by the theatre gods), DC audiences will be able to see two absolutely engrossing plays about Jewish family life in 20th and 21st century Europe, back to back: Tom Stoppard's Tony award-winning Leopoldstadt next month at the Shakespeare Theatre and Joshua Harmon's Drama Desk award-winning Prayer for the French Republic through November 24 at Theater J.
Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA Comes to The Heights Players
by Blair Ingenthron
- Nov 2, 2024
The Heights Players is presenting Tom Stoppard's Arcadia through November 10th, 2024. Through the masterful interplay of past and present, the play weaves together threads of mathematics, poetry, landscape gardening, romantic entanglements, and most importantly: order and chaos.
Shakespeare Theatre Company Reveals Cast & Creative Team For LEOPOLDSTADT
by Stephi Wild
- Oct 29, 2024
Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt, directed by Carey Perloff. The show is produced in association with The Huntington, where it completed a record-setting run earlier this month, ending up as one of the top five highest-grossing shows in the theatre's history.
Kelli O'Hara to Perform at Steppenwolf Theatre in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Oct 15, 2024
Kelli O'Hara is set to perform at Steppenwolf Theatre in spring 2025. The Tony Award-winning actress will bring her Broadway talents to Chicago for two special nights. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.
Tony Award-Winning Producer Robert L. Boyett to Receive Sardi's Caricature
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Oct 1, 2024
Robert L. Boyett, one of Broadway’s most prolific and beloved producers and a creator, writer, and producer of some of the best loved television programs of all time, will receive the honor of a caricature on the wall of Sardi’s Restaurant. Learn more about Boyett's career!
Review: The Huntington's LEOPOLDSTADT is Heart-Rending Epic
by R. Scott Reedy
- Sep 27, 2024
Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, 87, was the child of non-observant Jews whose family fled Czechoslovakia during World War II, just prior to Nazi occupation. Stoppard then spent much of his young life in India, and then Nottingham and Yorkshire in England, becoming the very essence of an intellectual Englishman.
OUR TOWN Comes to Wright State Theatre
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 25, 2024
Our Town, a deeply moving and thought-provoking piece of theatre written by Thorton Wilder and described by playwright Edward Albee as the finest American play ever written, envelops us in the places and faces of Grover’s Corners, holding up a mirror to all of humanity.
Review: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Nu Sass Productions
by Dara Homer
- Sep 22, 2024
What happens to the characters in a play when they’re not on stage? Do they continue to exist in a narrative limbo outside of time? Does the paradox of characters without stories parallel how we struggle to find meaning in life’s entrances and exits?
Review: ARCADIA at Austin Playhouse
by Sabrina Wallace
- Sep 21, 2024
Austin Playhouse's production of Arcadia is a stunning and well-executed piece of theatre. It challenges audiences to reflect on life's complexities while providing an engaging and often humorous narrative. With a talented cast and skilled direction, it is a must-see this season! #ATXTheatre
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