Gotham Chamber Opera, in partnership with the American Museum of Natural History and in association with American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), presents Il mondo della luna (The World on the Moon) by Joseph Haydn, in a new production staged by Diane Paulus, director of Hair, which received the 2009 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.
'Laurie Anderson, Joan Osborne and Suzanne Vega are legends in the music world,' said Julie Crosby, the Producing Artistic Director of Women's Project.
Steppenwolf ensemble member and acclaimed actress Joan Allen will be the inaugural honoree at Steppenwolf Salutes Women in the Arts: an annual luncheon forum on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 12:00pm at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Magic Theatre, San Francisco's home for new plays, kicks off the new year with the world premiere of Oedipus el Rey by Luis Alfaro, directed by Loretta Greco. Oedipus el Rey, a reimagined classic, opens February 3rd, 2010.
Pioneer Theatre Company presents the world premiere of TOUCH(ED) by Bess Wohl, the first production of the theatre's recently instituted New Plays Initiative.
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the world premiere of COMPULSION by Rinne Groff, directed by Oskar Eustis, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, New Haven) January 29-February 28. Opening Night is Thursday, February 4.
Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for not for profit professional theatre, is pleased to announce that in 2009, twenty-seven Edgerton Foundation New American Play Awards were granted to theatres around the country.
Ars Nova presents Missed Connections NYC, short plays by Ars Nova's Play Group, playing for five performances only January 27 - 31. From the pages of Craigslist to the Ars Nova stage, Ars Nova's Play Group presents a night of short plays and live music inspired by ads for the ones that got away. Featuring plays by Annie Baker, Bekah Brunstetter, Dylan Dawson, Kristoffer Diaz, Zayd Dohrn, Tasha Gordon-Solmon, Amy Herzog, Samuel D. Hunter, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Steven Levenson, Matthew Lopez, Janine Nabers and Samuel Brett Williams, the show will be directed by Stephen Brackett, Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Tamara Fisch, Wes Grantom and Kerry Whigham.
Producers Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman announced today that following the record-breaking and critically acclaimed engagement at Berkeley Rep, the production will begin previews on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 and open on Broadway Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44 Street). The Broadway cast will be announced shortly.
With so much free music and video now available for download via the web, the NEA-rejected Women's Project, thrusting the medieval enterprise of theatre into the Internet Age, will once again offer the Off Broadway Download for its newest production, Smudge, a dark comedy by two-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer Rachel Axler, directed by Pam MacKinnon, about the changing face of the American family and the limits of love and cheesecake.
Two-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer Rachel Axler will make her off Broadway playwriting debut at the NEA-rejected Women's Project with Smudge, a dark comedy directed by Pam MacKinnon about the changing face of the American family and the limits of love and cheesecake. Smudge features Cassie Beck, Greg Keller and Brian Sgambati.
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is pleased to present Best of Both Worlds, a holiday musical for the whole family. Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, Best of Both Worlds features book and lyrics by Randy Weiner, music by multiple Obie-winner Diedre Murray, and is directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus.
The Women's Project will welcome Laurie Anderson, Joan Osborne, and Suzanne Vega in a one-night-only engagement concert in their Julia Miles Theater. The concert is intended to raise funds for the organization and will take place on March 8.
Pioneer Theatre Company presents the world premiere of TOUCH(ED) by Bess Wohl, the first production of the theatre's recently instituted New Plays Initiative.
WeildWorks is pleased to announce the New York Premiere of Fêtes de la Nuit, Charles L. Mee's sexy meditation on lust, beauty and the divine experience of love. Fêtes de la Nuit is directed and choreographed by Kim Weild, who incorporates American Sign Language into a production that features three Deaf actors.
With so much free music and video now available for download via the web, the NEA-rejected Women's Project, thrusting the medieval enterprise of theatre into the Internet Age, will once again offer the Off Broadway Download for its newest production, Smudge, a dark comedy by two-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer Rachel Axler, directed by Pam MacKinnon, about the changing face of the American family and the limits of love and cheesecake.
LOUIS S. SALAMONE 45 Bleecker and IRENE FRYDEL KIM, General Manager and Artistic Director of BLEECKER STREET OPERA are pleased to announce ROSSINI's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, conduced by DAVID ROSENMEYER and directed by TERESA K. POND as the second production of their inaugural season.
The Subjective Theater Company (STC) would like to invite audiences to come and be absolutely scandalized and deeply offended by its third production of the 2009/2010 season, JUMP JIM CROW: HOW TO PRODUCE YOUR OWN MINSTREL SHOW.
LOUIS S. SALAMONE 45 Bleecker and IRENE FRYDEL KIM, General Manager and Artistic Director of BLEECKER STREET OPERA are pleased to announce ROSSINI's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, conduced by DAVID ROSENMEYER and directed by TERESA K. POND as the second production of their inaugural season.