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ALAA: A FAMILY TRILOGY Closes Out Golden Thread's 2024 Season
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 25, 2024

Golden Thread Productions, the country's first theater company devoted to the Middle East, will present a script-in-hand workshop production with extensive tech elements of Adam Ashraf Elsayigh's ALAA: A Family Trilogy, with generative dramaturgy by Salma S. Zohdi and directed by Evren Odcikin. 

HIPPEST TRIP- THE SOUL TRAIN MUSICAL Producer Wendell Pierce Says Show Is Coming to Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 26, 2024

Tony Award- winner Wendell Pierce has announced that he has joined the producing team of the Broadway-aimed Hippest Trip- the Soul Train Musical!

Photos: First Look At HIPPEST TRIP â€" THE SOUL TRAIN MUSICAL At American Conservatory Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 1, 2023

Get a first look at the world premiere of Hippest Trip – The Soul Train Musical, now performing at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater through Sunday, October 8, 2023. See photos of the production!

HIPPEST TRIP â€" THE SOUL TRAIN MUSICAL Extends At American Conservatory Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2023

Due to extremely strong ticket demand, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced the extension of Hippest Trip — The Soul Train Musical, the Broadway-bound musical based on the iconic TV show that brought Black music, dance, and style into every living room in America, performing at A.C.T.'s Toni Rembe Theater (415 Geary St., San Francisco).

Photos: HIPPEST TRIP- THE SOUL TRAIN MUSICAL Prepares For Its World Premiere!
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 18, 2023

See first look photos from rehearsals for the world premiere of Hippest Trip – The Soul Train Musical at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater.

Quentin Earl Darrington, Amber Iman & More to Star in HIPPEST TRIP â€" THE SOUL TRAIN MUSICAL at A.C.T.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 12, 2023

Get all the details about the world premiere of HIPPEST TRIP — THE SOUL TRAIN MUSICAL at A.C.T., featuring Quentin Earl Darrington and an incredible cast. Experience the magic of Soul Train as this musical takes you on a journey through its legendary music and cultural impact.

Full Cast & Creative Team Announced for World Premiere of Marcus Gardley's Modern Verse Translation of KING LEAR
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2022

California Shakespeare Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for LEAR, the world premiere modern verse translation of Williams Shakespeare’s King Lear by playwright and Oakland-native Marcus Gardley.

Creative Teams and Casts Announced For 2022 Oregon Shakespeare Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2022

The imminent start of the 2022 Oregon Shakespeare Festival season—Artistic Director Nataki Garrett’s first full season—marks a celebratory return to repertory producing. The 2022 lineup features eight on-stage plays and musicals, from classic Shakespeare to works by some of today’s most exciting playwrights.

US Premiere of SCENES FROM 71* YEARS Portrays Palestinians' Daily Realities
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2019

Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company devoted to plays from or about the Middle East, stages the U.S. premiere of Scenes From 71* Years, a James Tait Black Award-nominated play by Hannah Khalil documenting Palestinian life since 1948. Based on interviews with friends and family who have lived in the occupied territories, Khalil's groundbreaking work renders a 71-year history of Palestinian lives with disarming humor and resonant humanity. Highly theatrical vignettes of surprisingly familiar stories offer audiences of all backgrounds and vantage points a rarely-glimpsed window into the realities of life under occupation a perspective sorely lacking on American stages.

Barrington Stage Company's ART To Star Avers, Countryman and Garrison 7/22-8/8
by BWW News Desk - Aug 8, 2010

Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Producing Director Richard M. Parison, Jr., continues its 2010 mainstage season with Yasmina Reza's award-winning comedy ART.

Barrington Stage Company Presents ART, 7/22-8/8
by BWW News Desk - Jul 22, 2010

Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Producing Director Richard M. Parison, Jr., continues its 2010 mainstage season with Yasmina Reza's award-winning comedy ART.

Barrington Stage Company's ART To Star Avers, Countryman and Garrison 7/22-8/8
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 8, 2010

Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Producing Director Richard M. Parison, Jr., continues its 2010 mainstage season with Yasmina Reza's award-winning comedy ART.

Photo Coverage: OLIVER! at the White Plains Peforming Arts Center
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Nov 25, 2008

The Tony Award-winning musical Oliver! is playing at the White Plains Performing Arts Center, Westchester's professional regional theatre located in White Plains, NY. The show runs November 20 - December 14, 2008 as the opening production of the theatre's Bank of America Broadway Classics series.

Photo Coverage: 'Kiss Me Kate' Opens At Papermill
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Apr 23, 2008

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Artistic Director, Mark W. Jones-Executive Director) officially opened its mainstage production of Cole Porter's masterpiece Kiss Me, Kate, returning to the Paper Mill Stage after a 40 year absence.

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