What happened when C.S. Lewis met Sigmund Freud? Australian audiences will soon find out when Freud's Last Session opens at Sydney's Theatre Royal on August 15, 2013. Winner of the 2011 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Play, Freud's Last Session tells of an exquisite intellectual duel between two great minds of last century.
Celebrating its 25th year at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Impro Melbourne presents the standout festival favourite, Celebrity TheatresportsTM. Putting Australia's favourite celebrities on the spot is the name of the game, as Impro Melbourne's top players join them for a family show with a difference. This show is on for one night only.
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) welcomes the new year with the world premiere of Dead Metaphor -George F. Walker's dark comedy that satirizes the hypocrisies and politics of postwar living. When Dean returns home from the war in the Middle East and hits the job market, he discovers that his superior military skills don't get him very far in the business world.
New City Stage Company presents the Philadelphia professional premiere of HURLYBURLY by David Rabe tonight. The show is staged by Barrymore Award winning director James J. Christy and features Russ Widdall of HBO's 'The Wire.' This award-winning play is the third professional production of New City Stage's 7th season, entitled 'The New American Dysfunctional Family'. This is the first time the show is receiving a professional production in the greater Philadelphia area. Performances begin tonight, February 28, and run throught through March 24, 2013 at the Adrienne Theater Main Stage at 2030 Sansom Street in downtown Philadelphia.
Australian comedian and award-winning actor Kim Gyngell (The Comedy Company, Underbelly, Lowdown) will make his Western Australian stage debut for Perth Theatre Company in the WA premiere of British play, A Number by Caryl Churchill in the Studio Underground from 11 to 27 April 2013.
New City Stage Company presents the Philadelphia professional premiere of HURLYBURLY by David Rabe this week. The show is staged by Barrymore Award winning director James J. Christy and features Russ Widdall of HBO's 'The Wire.' This award-winning play is the third professional production of New City Stage's 7th season, entitled 'The New American Dysfunctional Family'. This is the first time the show is receiving a professional production in the greater Philadelphia area. Performances begin this Thursday, February 28, and run throught through March 24, 2013 at the Adrienne Theater Main Stage at 2030 Sansom Street in downtown Philadelphia. Opening night is Saturday, March 2 at 8 PM. Tickets range from $10 to 35 and available on line here and by calling the box office at 215-563-7500.
This spring, the hunt is on to find the top circus acts in the land. Underbelly Productions, the live production arm of Underbelly Limited, have teamed up with Circus Space, the National Centre for Circus Arts, to find and showcase the very best of UK circus talent, in a live competition performed for the public.
In a bold new production, Tony Award winning director Michael Mayer has set Verdi's towering tragedy in the bright lights and seedy underbelly of 1960's Las Vegas.
For years, Muhlenberg College theater students have looked forward to working with Kevin Crawford, a professor at the Accademia dell'Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Now, Crawford brings his unique brand of physical theater to the Muhlenberg Mainstage with Ben Jonson's over-the-top comedy 'Bartholomew Fair.'
Underbelly has revealed that after a two year absence, the moo-gestic McEwan Hall will be returning to the Pasture for the this years Edinburgh Festival Fringe. At 5pm each day, Australian circus company Circa take to the stage and the air, with their critically acclaimed show Wunderkammer.
There is a side to Thailand that very few people have seen and experienced. Darren Mcdonough is one of those people. In his new book, "It Should Never Have Happened to Me", he recounts his experiences during a revealing sojourn in Thailand and takes readers alongside his odyssey through and out of the country's seamy underbelly of sex, crime and drugs.
The creative producers and co-director of the critically acclaimed and award-winning CANTINA will return to London's Southbank Centre this summer with a brand new show, LIMBO. An exotic mix of cabaret, circus and acrobatics, LIMBO will draw on both magic and music to seduce audiences with a celebration of otherworldly proportions.
In his acclaimed work 'A Lie of the Mind,' playwright Sam Shepard challenges ideas about family, home, love, and memory through the story of two families in the American West who reeling from a brutal act of domestic violence. Carol C. Davis directs the production of the play that runs Today through Sunday, Feb. 14-17, at Franklin & Marshall College.
This production is recommended for the fine acting. A talented group of actors and designers give us a realistic story of America's underbelly.
In a bold new production, Tony Award winning director Michael Mayer has set Verdi's towering tragedy in the bright lights and seedy underbelly of 1960's Las Vegas.
Theresa Rebeck has made a name for herself with her rich and engaging characters on stage and most recently with her look into the underbelly of theater with her hit TV show, "Smash". And along those lines her play "The Understudy" currently playing at Seattle Public Theater manages a fun and illuminating look into show business as well. And while the play doesn't always have the most original concepts out there, this production manages some finely layered performances from its ensemble cast.
Award-winning Pipeline Theatre Company will present the World Premiere of CLOWN BAR by Adam Szymkowicz, with music & additional lyrics by Adam Overett. Staged in a Lower East Side 'dive' bar, this environmental production is directed by Andrew Neisler. Previews begin February 27 at Parkside Lounge with opening slated for Friday, March 8.
For years, Muhlenberg College theater students have looked forward to working with Kevin Crawford, a professor at the Accademia dell'Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Now, Crawford brings his unique brand of physical theater to the Muhlenberg Mainstage with Ben Jonson's over-the-top comedy 'Bartholomew Fair.'
Starz announced today that it will develop a new original drama series from 'Breaking Bad' Co-Executive Producer Moira Walley-Beckett and Lawrence Bender. The currently untitled drama follows a young female ballet dancer, Claire, who has a distinctly troubled past as she joins a prestigious ballet company in New York. The dark and gritty series will unflinchingly explore the dysfunctional underbelly of the ballet world.
As we reported earlier in the month, Tiffany Graves joins Frances Ruffelle in the cast of Piaf, opening at the Leicester Curve in February.
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