Goodman Theatre to Commemorate March on Washington with REMIXING THE MARCH, 8/12
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 17, 2013
"Remixing the March," Goodman Theatre's year-long commemoration of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, continues this summer: youth participants in General Theater Studies (GTS) combine talents with senior citizens of the GeNarrations writing program to create a performance piece that views the historic event through a contemporary lens. As part of the annual GTS six-week summer program (through August 12), 80 teenage participants initiate discussions with GeNarrations participants about their recollections of the March, including Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech. From these interviews, the students blend their own stories into an original performance piece to be presented almost 50 years to the day.
Getty Museum and CNP Present PROMETHEUS BOUND, 8/29
by Christina Mancuso
- Jun 11, 2013
This September, the Getty Museum and CalArts' Center for New Performance (CNP), in association with Trans Arts, will presentPrometheus Bound, the eighth annual outdoor theater production in the Getty Villa's Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater. Featuring a newly-translated text by noted poet and essayist Joel Agee, Prometheus Bound will be directed by Travis Preston, artistic director of CNP and dean of the CalArts School of Theater, and include original music by composer Ellen Reid and celebrated jazz multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia (who will also perform live onstage).
BWW Reviews: SCR Stages Funny and Provocative THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
by Michael L. Quintos
- Jan 18, 2013
In Stephen Adly Guirgis' wickedly funny, intensely riveting 2011 dark urban comedy THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT -- now enjoying a superb, profanity-laced new production at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa through January 27 -- the idea of personal growth is explored mostly through the (cuss) words and actions of recovering addict Jackie, a volatile yet vulnerable NewYorican ex-con in desperate need to change himself and his wretched lot in life. Unfortunately, though, in this brilliant play, his optimistic trajectory is pretty much hindered by inescapable behavioral and environmental circumstances.
Photo Flash: First Look at Teatro Vista's I PUT THE FEAR OF MEXICO IN 'EM
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 9, 2012
Teatro Vista kicks off its 2012-13 season with the world premiere of i put the fear of mexico in 'em, a humorous, bold work by Matthew Paul Olmos about an American couple vacationing in Tijuana who stumble off the beaten path and are accosted by a Mexican couple in an alley. i put the fear of mexico in 'em runs now through December 9, 2012 at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago. Get a first look at the production below!
Photo Flash: First Look at THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY at Aurora Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 24, 2012
Aurora Theatre Company opens its 21st season with the coveted Bay Area Premiere of Kristoffer Diaz's smart, hilarious power-slam of a play, THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY. Jon Tracy makes his main stage directing debut at Aurora with this sardonic critique of pop culture and political correctness. Featuring Rod Gnapp, Tony Sancho, Beethovan Oden, Dave Maier, and Nasser Khan, THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY plays tonight, August 24 through September 30 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
Photo Flash: First Look at THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY at Aurora Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 18, 2012
Aurora Theatre Company opens its 21st season with the coveted Bay Area Premiere of Kristoffer Diaz's smart, hilarious power-slam of a play, THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY. Jon Tracy makes his main stage directing debut at Aurora with this sardonic critique of pop culture and political correctness. Featuring Rod Gnapp, Tony Sancho, Beethovan Oden, Dave Maier, and Nasser Khan, THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY plays August 24 through September 30 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
SCR Theater Presents Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! Closes 11/20
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 20, 2011
Christmas is just around the corner, and Junie B. Jones is in serious danger of making Santa's naughty list in Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, running Nov. 4 - 20 as part of SCR's Theatre for Young Audiences series.
SCR Theater Presents Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!
by BWW
News Desk
- Nov 4, 2011
Christmas is just around the corner, and Junie B. Jones is in serious danger of making Santa's naughty list in Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, running Nov. 4 - 20 as part of SCR's Theatre for Young Audiences series.
SCR Theater Presents Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Oct 20, 2011
Christmas is just around the corner, and Junie B. Jones is in serious danger of making Santa's naughty list in Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, running Nov. 4 - 20 as part of SCR's Theatre for Young Audiences series.
Momma's Boyz Kicks Off Teatro Vista's 2011-12 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Sep 8, 2011
Teatro Vista welcomes nationally acclaimed Latino writer Cándido Tirado as the company's newest resident playwright by kicking off its 2011-2012 season with an updated version of Tirado's Momma's Boyz, a humorous, dark, but ultimately uplifting look at what happens when a young man turns back the hands of time to save the life of his friend from the violence of dealing drugs.
Goodman Theatre Welcomes Students to Free General Theatre Studies Program
by Kelsey Denette
- Jun 15, 2011
Goodman Theatre's Education and Community Programs welcomes 80 students from Chicagoland public, private and parochial schools as participants in General Theatre Studies (GTS), the free six-week intensive introduction to the theater arts. GTS provides 14 to 19 year old students the hands-on opportunity to engage with and learn from local professional theater mentors, including Bobby Biedrzycki, Amanda Delheimer, Kevin Douglas, Khanisha Foster, Tony Sancho and Paul Whitehouse.
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