New Repertory Theatre announces the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Steven Dietz' dark comedy RANCHO MIRAGE, tonight, October 12 through November 3, 2013. Directed by Robert Walsh, RANCHO MIRAGE performs in the Charles Mosesian Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, in Watertown, MA. Tickets are $28-$60 and may be purchased by calling the box office at 617-923-8487 or online at newrep.org. Student, senior, and group discounts are available. The press performance is Monday, October 14 at 7:30pm.
Appearing in limited engagement this weekend, Romeo & Juliet is another adaptation based on the legendary play by William Shakespeare. But does it hold up in modern day?
Aggiornate il calendario! A NIGHT ON BROADWAY, show/concerto di e con Daniele Carta Mantiglia, debutta Venerdi 25 Ottobre al Real Art di Roma... sulla scia delle performance proposte dalle piu grandi star americane al 54 Below.
Un viaggio nel meraviglioso mondo del musical, con un repertorio musicale di successi internazionali ed italiani dagli anni ?30 ai giorni nostri eseguiti con l'accompagnamento al pianoforte di Flavio Gismondi.
Uno show giovane e frizzante, fatto di interazioni tra i due performer in scena con gli ospiti ed il pubblico, durante il quale verranno condivisi aneddoti divertenti, i ricordi, la fatica, le speranze, le delusioni, i momenti toccanti e le vittorie della vita di un giovane performer che si sta immergendo sempre piu nel mondo dello spettacolo.
Sul palco con Daniele e Flavio troveremo, in qualita di ospiti, Linda Gorini ed Elisa Siragusano. Attesissima e anche la partecipazione straordinaria di Simona Patitucci, attualmente alle prese con la 'sua' creatura Fantasmi a Roma (che debuttera in forma concertistica il 21 ottobre al Teatro Olimpico, qui la notizia).
Westport Country Playhouse stages the madcap American comedy, 'Room Service,' about a producer and his ragtag bunch of cohorts who try to raise money for a Broadway show as they scramble to evade their hotel bill, written by John Murray and Allen Boretz, directed by Mark Lamos, now through October 27. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
The RSC announces today that it will publish music and speeches from its forthcoming production of Richard II on a new CD and for download from iTunes. The recording will be the first in a series capturing some of the live and specially commissioned music composed for RSC productions of all Shakespeare's plays, as the Company works its way through the canon on stage over the next six years.
This Christmas, actors from West End Shows as diverse as Merrily We Roll Along, Avenue Q, Les Miserables, Spamalot, and Reduced Shakespeare will join forces in DICKENS ABRIDGED, a fast-paced musical comedy from the co-creator of The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged), which will open in the West End for a limited Christmas Season at The Arts Theatre from Wednesday 27 November 2013 toSunday 5 January 2014 (press night Monday 2 December).
Opera Exposures will celebrate National Opera Week by presenting a FREE recital honoring the legendary American soprano Elinor Ross on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 4:30 PM in The Music Hall at The Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island.
$25 on-stage seating for the critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe productions of TWELFTH NIGHT and RICHARD III is now on sale online at Telecharge.com and at the Belasco Theatre box office (111 West 44th Street). Theatergoers who choose the on-stage seating will have an up close and personal experience with the productions, including close proximity to the exciting pre-show ritual of actors getting dressed on stage. The onstage seats are located on the upper tier of the onstage boxes. There are limited numbers of the $25 on-stage seats for every performance
This fall, Curio Theatre Company is taking audiences into Verona, Italy for a very different look at one of William Shakespeare's most beloved works, Romeo and Juliet. Previews begin tonight, October 3. The show opens Friday, October 11 and runs through November 2.
Producers Whoopi Goldberg, Stage Entertainment and Troika Entertainment have announced that the North American Tour of the five-time Tony Award nominated musical SISTER ACT will begin its second year of performances. The tour opened on October 2, 2012 at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre and is still rocking the rafters across the country. SISTER ACT opened to stellar reviews and continues to receive them across the country.
American Stage Theatre Company is excited to announce their 2013-2014 season opening production, THE BIRDS by the acclaimed Irish Playwright Conor McPherson (The Seafarer). Previews are tonight and tomorrow, October 2 & 3. Opening Night is October 4 and the production runs through October 27.
Two rising young sopranos will make their Met debuts earlier than originally scheduled when they share the role of Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto later this fall, replacing Aleksandra Kurzak, who has withdrawn due to pregnancy. Russian soprano Irina Lungu will sing the role on November 11, 15, and 18, and Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva will sing the role on November 21, 27, 30, December 4, and at the December 7 matinee. Kurzak is expecting a baby this winter with her partner, tenor Roberto Alagna.
El proximo 19 de Septiembre estrena en la cartelera porteña 'Verona', obra escrita por la mano magistral de Claudia Piñeiro. Bajo la direccion general del talentoso Roberto Antier, la maravillosa comedia llega a la calle corrientes al Teatro Premier, con la produccion de New Event.
So You Think You Can Dance, the eleven-time Primetime Emmy Award winning show that sparked America's fascination with dance, is set to captivate audiences again this fall live on tour. Celebrating its landmark 10 th season, So You Think You Can Dance's Top 10 finalists will make their way across North America, performing in a mix of theaters and arenas as part of the So You Think You Can Dance Tour 2013, sponsored by BLOCH, an international leader in dance wear.
The recipient of two Lifetime Achievement Awards (from the James Beard Foundation in 2000, and the IACP in 2004) and a knighthood from her own country, Marcella Hazan died today at 89 at her home in Florida.
El proximo 19 de Septiembre estrena en la cartelera porteña 'Verona', obra escrita por la mano magistral de Claudia Piñeiro. Bajo la direccion general del talentoso Roberto Antier, la maravillosa comedia llega a la calle corrientes al Teatro Premier, con la produccion de New Event.
The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) presented its 23rd Annual Simply Shakespeare benefit reading of 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona,' last night, September 25, 2013 at The Broad Stage, Santa Monica. The evening featured a star-studded cast including Sir Paul McCartney, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and William Shatner. Check out a look back at the starry red carpet arrivals below!
Shrunken Shakespeare Company will present 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona,' a music-infused, immersive production set in a dive bar in present day Italy. Featuring original music by Roberto Bettega of The Harmonica Lewinskies (http://theharmonicalewinskies.bandcamp.com), a New York Innovative Theatre Award Nominee. (http://www.nyitawards.com). The show runs at The Underground Lounge 955 West End Ave, New York, NY 10025 (At 107th & Broadway).
The Dallas Opera has announced the opening production of their 2013-2014 “By Love Transformed” Season: Georges Bizet's colorful, sensual and passionate 19th century masterpiece, CARMEN, one of the most beloved and popular works in the entire opera canon.
In five of Shakespeare's plays, female heroines disguise themselves by dressing in the clothes of a boy; these 'breeches' roles are the focus of Theater Emory's original 'I am not that I play (gender and disguise),' adapted and directed by Tim McDonough. Performances are September 26-October 6 in the Theater Lab of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts.
