Van Smith News

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents 2 plays running in repertory by new voices for the stage, Smudge by Rachel Axler and Cut by Crystal Skillman.

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents 2 plays running in repertory by new voices for the stage, Smudge by Rachel Axler and Cut by Crystal Skillman.

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents 2 plays running in repertory by new voices for the stage, Smudge by Rachel Axler and Cut by Crystal Skillman.

Following sold out runs on Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club and Off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company, VENUS IN FUR, the acclaimed new play by David Ives, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie, will transfer to Broadway's Lyceum Theatre starring Tony Award nominee Nina Arianda and Emmy Award nominee Hugh Dancy.

THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION tells the story of two Catholic sisters whose faith is rocked after a visit from a young evangelist. To fight back, the women invite the missionary and their unsuspecting parish priest to a truly devilish dinner party, where they stage a theological showdown in this all-out questioning of faith and belief.

Closing out FST's summer season is an off-Broadway comedy you can believe in. EVan Smith's The Savannah Disputation gets its Florida premiere in FST's Keating Theatre, with performances beginning August 3. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org, by phone at (941) 366-9000 or by visiting the Box Office in downtown Sarasota.

Closing out FST's summer season is an off-Broadway comedy you can believe in. Evan Smith's The Savannah Disputation gets its Florida premiere in FST's Keating Theatre, with performances beginning August 3. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org, by phone at (941) 366-9000 or by visiting the Box Office in downtown Sarasota.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer), announced that Manhattan Theatre Club, by special arrangement with Jon B. Platt and Scott Landis, will produce the Broadway premiere of VENUS IN FUR, the play by David Ives directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie featuring Tony Award nominee Nina Arianda reprising her acclaimed breakthrough performance. VENUS IN FUR will begin performances Thursday, October 13 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) in a limited engagement. A November opening night for the production will be announced shortly.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College concludes its 2010-2011 Target FamilyFun series with American Family Theater's production of Beauty and the Beast on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 2pm.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College concludes its 2010-2011 Target FamilyFun series with American Family Theater's production of Beauty and the Beast on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 2pm.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College concludes its 2010-2011 Target FamilyFun series with American Family Theater's production of Beauty and the Beast on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 2pm.

Cake Productions (winner of the 2010 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Featured Actor and nominated for Outstanding Costume Design) revives Andrew Bovell's Speaking in Tongues, presented at New York Theatre Workshop's 4th Street Theatre.

Cake Productions (winner of the 2010 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Featured Actor and nominated for Outstanding Costume Design) revives Andrew Bovell's Speaking in Tongues, presented at New York Theatre Workshop's 4th Street Theatre.

Cake Productions (winner of the 2010 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Featured Actor and nominated for Outstanding Costume Design) revives Andrew Bovell's Speaking in Tongues, presented at New York Theatre Workshop's 4th Street Theatre.

Cake Productions (winner of the 2010 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Featured Actor and nominated for Outstanding Costume Design) revives Andrew Bovell's Speaking in Tongues, presented at New York Theatre Workshop's 4th Street Theatre.

The Savannah Disputation, written by Evan Smith, plays the Mainstage July 28 through August 22. Tickets are $26 to $54, with discounts available to groups, seniors, military, and students. Call the Box Office at 301.924.3400 or visit olneytheatre.org for tickets and information. In addition, Olney offers several special performances that include sign interpretation, audio description, and post-show discussions.

The Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre, located at 2252 South Kinnickinnic, celebrates 25 years of staging dynamic, eclectic theatre when its 2010-2011 season opens on July 28th with FOURPLAY: 4 Comedies Of Seduction.

The Savannah Disputation, written by Evan Smith, plays the Mainstage July 28 through August 22. Tickets are $26 to $54, with discounts available to groups, seniors, military, and students. Call the Box Office at 301.924.3400 or visit olneytheatre.org for tickets and information. In addition, Olney offers several special performances that include sign interpretation, audio description, and post-show discussions.

At a press conference held today at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 174 nominations for 225 eligible productions that opened between June 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010 for the 31st annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 174 nominations for 225 eligible productions that opened between June 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010 for the 31st annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.