Michael Park announces that, following a hugely successful three-week run at West Yorkshire Playhouse earlier this year, Christine Mary Dunford's newly adapted version of Lisa Genova's best-selling novel, STILL ALICE, will tour the UK from September 2018, directed by David Grindley and starring Sharon Small as Alice. The tour will open at the Sheffield Lyceum from 12 to 15 September and will play Richmond Theatre from 18 to 22 September, King's Theatre Edinburgh from 25 to 29 September, Norwich Theatre Royal from 2 to 6 October the Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford from 9 to 13 October and Festival Theatre, Malvern from 20 to 24 November. Further venues and casting are to be announced.
The Kitchen presents a multimedia project from Charles Atlas, continuing the institution's nearly 45-year relationship with the video art pioneer. In The Kitchen's gallery, two new video installations take a retrospective look at Atlas' work while offering a counterpoint to his interactive 2003 show Instant Fame! and its portraits of downtown figures (through May 12).
In June, New Conservatory Theatre Center welcomes the return of Sordid Lives creator, Del Shores with the San Francisco premiere of Six Characters in Search of a Play, directed by Emerson Collins. This one-man show is filled with six one-of-a-kind characters Del Shores met in real life, that haven't quite made it into any of his other plays, films, or TV shows. Over the course of 90 minutes, the audience will meet "Yvonne" the anti-vegetarian Dallas waitress; "Sarah", a Trump-hating elderly actress with an inhaler in one-hand and a cigarette in the other; "Jimmy Ray", the evolving, Magic Mike-loving latent Georgia redneck; "Loraine", the once brilliant drama teacher who has lost her mind and is now obsessed with porn; "Marsha", the monkey-hating lesbian with COPD; and "Aunt Bobby Sue", the racist Republican with a heart of gold.
MEN IN BOATS playing at the New Village Arts through April 22nd is here to remind everyone, in the most entertaining way possible, of the grand adventure and sheer tenacity that helped explorers map out their terrain.
In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, the long-overdue rediscovery of the seminal feminist play by Sarah Daniels, Masterpieces opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited season on Tuesday, 24 April 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday, 26 April and Friday, 27 April 2018 at 7.30pm).
The Award-winning and hit drama series, THE HANDMAID'S TALE, will return for season two on April 25th with two new episodes, and subsequent episodes released every Wednesday only on Hulu.
Sydney, Australia: Bundanon Trust celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2018, as CEO Deborah Ely unveils highlights of upcoming program of public events to be held on the 1100 hectare-site gifted by renowned Australia artist Arthur Boyd and his wife Yvonne in 1993. The Boyd's riverside idyll in Shoalhaven in New South Wales, will play host to a dynamic program of events highlighting the property's importance as a place for Indigenous engagement and reflection and the impact of its landscape upon artists across multiple disciplines through its artist-in-residence program.
A dynamic all-male cast have been announced for the return of Sasha Regan's most critically acclaimed production, Iolanthe - one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most famous operettas.
Marloo Theatre's latest offering is The Anniversary, a black comedy where a mother binds her three sons to her with gifts, threats and ruthless exploitation of their weaknesses.
From Wednesday, May 2 through Sunday, May 20, BAMcinématek presents A Different Picture: Women Filmmakers in the New Hollywood Era, 1967—1980. A counter-narrative to the traditional macho mythology of the New Hollywood era, this series seeks to correct a historical wrong. As programmer Jesse Trussell explains, “This series is a redress to the established Easy Riders and Raging Bulls narratives; women from coast to coast radically altering film form, film subject and film power structures.” This series spotlights the prodigious work of female filmmakers in the United States from 1967—1980; films made both inside and outside of the Hollywood system and encompassing a wide array of genres from comedy to drama, art house to exploitation.
Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera that tells the story of the final week in the life of Jesus Christ. It begins with the preparation for the arrival of Jesus and his disciples in Jerusalem and ends with the crucifixion. It also highlights the political and interpersonal struggles between Jesus and one of his 12 apostles, Judas Iscariot that are not present in the Bible narratives.
In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, the long-overdue rediscovery of the seminal feminist play by Sarah Daniels, Masterpieces opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited season on Tuesday, 24 April 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday, 26 April and Friday, 27 April 2018 at 7.30pm).
The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 premieres April 25th only on Hulu. Offred reckons with the consequences of a dangerous decision while haunted by memories from her past and the violent beginnings of Gilead in this newly released season 2 trailer.
Playwright Kemp Powers knew he'd found something incredible in the personal recollections of former slaves documented by a federal writers project during the Great Depression. Discovering the different voices and views in those first-person histories inspired him to learn more and write Little Black Shadows, which has its world premiere at South Coast Repertory, April 8-29, on the Julianne Argyros Stage. Directed by May Adrales, the show is part of the Pacific Playwrights Festival. Tickets are available now at www.scr.org.
The City of Oakland represents in San Francisco when AXIS Dance Company, the country's leading physically integrated dance company crosses the bridge and comes to Z Space in the Mission District as part of its 30th anniversary celebration, and its first season under new Artistic Director, Marc Brew. The program will feature Radical Impact, a new work produced in collaboration with composer JooWan Kim, Artistic Director of Oakland-based Hip Hop Orchestra, Ensemble Mik Nawooj. The original score for the piece will be performed live by string quartet.
Performances for ANNIE THE MUSICAL at the Ed Mirvish Theatre begin April 24 and play through June 3, 2018. This new block of tickets will go on sale Saturday March 24, 2018. Meet the orphans in the video below!
Con motivo del Dia Mundial del Teatro, BroadwayWorld Spain sortea este tributo que celebra lo mejor del autor de JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, EVITA o CATS, entre otros muchos.
On Sunday, March 25th, 45 metro area high school acts competed in the Semi-final round of the 8th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition. St. Louis performing arts professionals judged the performances and narrowed the field to 15 acts (28 individual finalists) who will move on to the finals on Saturday, April 28th at 8pm at The Fabulous Fox Theatre (a list of acts can be found here).
What's the buzz on the set of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert? Neil Meron is telling us what's a-happening as John Legend, Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper and more make their final preparations to bring the beloved classic to your living room.
