Verona News

Tennessee Shakespeare Company today announced its 11th season as the Mid-South's professional, classical theatre and education organization.

This Friday, July 20, 2018 and Saturday July 21, 2018, the Prague Shakespeare Company is producing Not Your Grandma's Shakespeare at the Estates Theater in Prague, Czech Republic.

Midnight Theatrical's debut production of the "compelling and raw*," play AFTERGLOW, written and directed by S. Asher Gelman, has surpassed one million dollars in ticket sales since it began its incredible record-breaking run last June. The play has been seen by over 23,000 people at the intimate 69 seat, LOFT at the Davenport Theatre (354 West 45 Street).

Shakespeare by the Bow has been a staple of Calgary summer theatre for the past seven years and yet, regrettably, this was my first year walking through Prince's Island Park to attend Theatre Calgary's seminal programing.

The Dakota Academy of Performing Arts (DAPA) at the Washington Pavilion is excited to present three performances of GREASE July 27-28, 2018 in the Edith Mortenson Center at Augustana University.

The Festival of the Aegean, founded in 2005 by Greek-American Conductor/Producer/Artistic Director Peter Tiboris and popularly dubbed “The Salzburg of the Aegean,” is held annually on Greece's Island of Syros, which boasts some of the best beaches in the Cyclades, waterside eateries serving freshly-caught fish and a 100% chance of sunny weather in the month of July.

The Festival of the Aegean, founded in 2005 by Greek-American Conductor/Producer/Artistic Director Peter Tiboris and popularly dubbed "The Salzburg of the Aegean," is held annually on Greece's Island of Syros, which boasts some of the best beaches in the Cyclades, waterside eateries serving freshly-caught fish and a 100% chance of sunny weather in the month of July.

TODAY, Friday, July 13th. Produced by Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano, Lessons Learned features the members of Silvano's Zephyr Band with an unusual lineup for a jazz singer: two electric guitars. 

Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, Robert Hastie, today announces the full cast for Paul Foster's major revival of Kiss Me, Kate. Foster directs Delroy Atkinson (Gangster 1), Edward Baker-Duly (Fred), Cindy Belliot (Hattie), John Conroy (Baptista), Dafydd Emyr (Harrison Howell), Dex Lee (Bill), Rebecca Lock (Lilli), Ross McLaren (Gremio), Joel Montague (Gangster 2), Adam Rhys-Charles (Hortensio), Amy Ellen Richardson (Lois), Matthew Whennell-Clark (Ralph) and Layton Williams (Paul), with Jessica Buckby, Ronan Burns, Louis Gaunt, Ruby Greenwood, Tash Holway (also Assistant Choreographer and Dance Captain), Jennifer Louise Jones, Bobbie Little, Emmanuele N'Zuzi, Simon Oskarsson and Clancy Ryan. The production opens on 12 December, with previews from 7 December, and runs until 12 January 2019.

BPA announces the cast for William Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET, Bainbridge Performing Arts' 6th Annual Summertime Shakespeare performance, appearing July 13 - 29 at The Bloedel Reserve.

GreenStage 30th anniversary season kicks off July 1318th annual Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival July 14-15 at Volunteer Park  GreenStage will kick off its thirtieth season of free Shakespeare in the Park Today, July 13 with the first of more than 60 performances scheduled in more than 20 area parks running through August 18. Three women will direct our four plays, all of which are 'bad boy' plays; we're excited to see how they speak to audiences in the era of #metoo. All performances are free, contributions are enthusiastically accepted.

Hamlet Isn't Dead continues their tradition of providing excellent opportunities for all actors and audiences with their second all-female production, As You LIke It . Following last year's inspiring Henry V, this year's summer show is an alluring, acoustic adventure about equality, joy, and the freedom to pursue true love in all its forms.

Off Broadway play, AFTERGLOW, written and directed by S. Asher Gelman, will have performed 467 performances to nearly 25,000 audience members when it ends its successful run on August 12, 2017. In an effort to make sure that everyone has a chance to see it, the show will offer ten "Pay What You Wish" tickets at each performance

In support of their forthcoming new album, British music legends Soft Machine will embark on their first North American tour since 1974 in October 2018, followed by the second North-American leg of the tour in January/February 2019. In concert, their set list will include material from all parts of the band's repertoire from 1970 onwards, but this is emphatically not a nostalgia act resting on its laurels. Last weekend Soft Machine played their first two shows in North America since 1974 (it was in 1974 they toured USA and Canada during the Bundles/Allan Holdsworth era). Both shows, at the Montreal Jazz Festival and Quebec City, were exceptionally well received by the enthusiastic audience and local press.

Ya se ha publicado el reparto al completo de ANASTASIA, cuyo estreno esta previsto en el Teatro Coliseum de Madrid para el proximo mes de octubre.

Midsommer Flight's seventh summer of free Shakespeare performances as an Arts Partner in Chicago Park District parks began on Saturday, July 7 in Lincoln Park with THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. The company's production of Shakespeare's comedy will play two weekends each in four different Chicago parks - through Sunday August 26. The next venue for THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA will be Gross Park, 2708 W. Lawrence Ave., where it will play July 14 and 15 and 21 and 22. See complete schedule in 'Listing Information' section below.

Casting is complete for SUMMER SHORTS 2018, produced by Throughline Artists (J.J. Kandel, Producing Artistic Director) at 59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director). SUMMER SHORTS 2018 begins on July 20 and runs through September 1. Two series featuring three one-act plays in each will play in rotating repertory Tuesday - Friday at 7:15 PM; Saturday & Sunday at 2:15 PM and 7:15 PM. Please note, there are no matinee performances on Saturday, July 21, Sunday, July 22, or Saturday, July 28.

Star-crossed lovers' doomed romance explodes on the Heritage Center stage as ActorsNET ends its 22nd season with a lush staging of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.

Grammy Award-winning pop legend and dance superstar Paula Abdul has announced a new North American tour this fall - STRAIGHT UP PAULA! - her first solo outing in over 25 years. The performing dynamo will kick off the seven-week tour on October 3 rd 2018, stopping in 26 cities.

Gloucester Stage Company continues its 39th season of professional theater with the New England premiere of Jason O'Connell and Brenda Withers' Cyrano from July 13 through August 11 at Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. Gloucester Stage Artistic Director Robert Walsh directs this adaptation of Rostand's 1897 classic, Cyrano de Bergerac. According to Walsh, 'Cyrano, a new adaptation of the famous play by Edmond Rostand (Cyrano de Bergerac), by Brenda Withers & Jason O'Connell, is a fast-paced, contemporized version featuring a small cast breathing fresh life into this large-scale classic.  Witty, clever, insouciant and fully enjoying the poetic bravura through a modern-day lens and very approachable language, this New England premiere will be perfect for Gloucester Stage!  A beautiful tale told with panache.'