Shakespeare's Globe Announces Full Casting For Oliver Chris's RALEGH: THE TREASON TRIAL
by Stephi Wild - Oct 30, 2018
Shakespeare's Globe has announced the full cast of Ralegh: The Treason Trial, compiled, edited, dramatized and directed by Oliver Chris. A verbatim account of what played out on that extraordinary November morning in 1603, the production has been compiled and edited from sources present at the trial itself. It will premiere in Winchester Great Hall from Friday 16 November, the location of the original trial 415 years ago, before opening in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse on Saturday 24 November for a limited one week run.
OPERATION CRUCIBLE to Premiere at the Davenport Theatre
by Julie Musbach - Sep 24, 2018
Following its critically acclaimed run at the Brits Off Broadway Festival, the much-applauded British production of Operation Crucible premieres in New York City at The Davenport Theatre, 354 W. 45th Street, October 31, 2018 and running through December 23, 2018 at Tues-Sat - 8pm; Sat & Sun 2:30pm and 7pm.
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES To Make Its SA Debut
by Stephi Wild - Sep 17, 2018
Gruesome Playground Injuries, the dark comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph, has its South African premiere at Alexander Bar from 5 to 17 November. Directed by multiple award-winner Tara Notcutt (The Taming of the Shrew, The Three Little Pigs, …miskien), the two hander stars Matt Newman as Doug, and introducing Candice Bernstein as Kayleen.
Impulse Repertory Co Announces its Battle Of The Sexes Season
by Stephi Wild - Aug 23, 2018
Impulse Rep's 2018 season is a Battle of the Sexes, featuring Shakespeare's lusty comedy, The Taming of the Shrew. This tale about a headstrong and self-possessed woman who tests the man she weds to see if he is, indeed, the man for the job, runs in rep with Aristophanes' comedy, Lysistrata. Lysistrata is the long-suffering wife of an Athenian general fighting in a decades-long war. She finally gets fed up and enlists her fellow Athenian woman as well as the women of Sparta (their enemy) to end the war once and for all: by refusing sex to all the men until they come to a peace agreement.
Hub Theatre Company Of Boston Presents Lauren Gunderson's THE TAMING
by BWW
News Desk - Jul 13, 2018
Hub Theatre Company of Boston will continue its sixth season with the Boston premiere of the politically-charged comedy The Taming by Lauren Gunderson at Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Ave. in Boston's Back Bay Today, July13 through Saturday, July 28, 2018. Performances are Thursdays, Todays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm. All tickets to all performances are "Pay-What-You-Can." A voter registration drive will be held in conjunction with this production and voter registration forms will be available at each performance. For tickets and more information visit www.hubtheatreboston.org
Hub Theatre Company Of Boston Presents Lauren Gunderson's THE TAMING
by Stephi Wild - Jul 10, 2018
Hub Theatre Company of Boston will continue its sixth season with the Boston premiere of the politically-charged comedy The Taming by Lauren Gunderson at Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Ave. in Boston's Back Bay Friday, July13 through Saturday, July 28, 2018. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm. All tickets to all performances are "Pay-What-You-Can." A voter registration drive will be held in conjunction with this production and voter registration forms will be available at each performance. For tickets and more information visit www.hubtheatreboston.org
Pageantry Meets Politics! Lauren Gunderson's THE TAMING Presented By Hub Theatre Company Of Boston
by Julie Musbach - May 30, 2018
Hub Theatre Company of Boston will continue its sixth season with the Boston premiere of the politically-charged comedy The Taming by Lauren Gunderson at Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Ave. in Boston's Back Bay Friday, July13 through Saturday, July 28, 2018. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm. All tickets to all performances are "Pay-What-You-Can." A voter registration drive will be held in conjunction with this production and voter registration forms will be available at each performance.
TFANA Announces Full Cast and Creative Team of THE WINTER'S TALE
by Julie Musbach - Feb 26, 2018
Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA; Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director) announces the full cast and creative team for William Shakespeare's tragicomedy The Winter's Tale, directed by OBIE Award-winner Arin Arbus. The production plays March 13-April 15, 2018, at Polonsky Shakespeare Center (262 Ashland Place), TFANA's home in the Brooklyn Cultural District.
Shakespeare's Globe Announces Full Casting For Summer 2018 Tour
by Stephi Wild - Feb 23, 2018
Shakespeare's Globe announces full casting for its 2018 tour, directed by Brendan O'Hea. From 7 May, a company of eight actors will embark on a national and international tour of Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice, beginning and ending at The Globe. In the spirit of Shakespearean tradition, the company will allow the audience to decide which of the three plays they would like to see, with a voting mechanism to be determined over the course of rehearsals.
VIDEO: Watch the New Trailer for Michael Grandage Company's RED
by Stephi Wild - Feb 16, 2018
Based on the original Donmar Warehouse production, this new production of Red by John Logan is the first ever UK revival since Grandage originated the premiere at the Donmar in 2009. The production went on to win six Tony Awards including Best Play.
Meet the Royal Company of FARINELLI AND THE KING, Opening Tonight on Broadway
by Meet the Cast - Dec 17, 2017
The critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe production of Farinelli and the King, starring three-time Tony Award-winner (Twelfth Night, Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing) and Academy Award-winner (Bridge of Spies) Mark Rylance, opens tonight, December 17, 2017 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). The production plays a strictly limited engagement for 16 weeks only through Sunday, March 25, 2018. Scroll down to learn more about the company, plus watch a trailer for the show!
THE LOVER and THE COLLECTION Double Bill Set for Shakespeare Theatre Company
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 26, 2017
Building on the critical success of his 2011 production of Harold Pinter's Old Times, STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn will return to the British playwright's gripping realm of doubt and disquiet to direct a double bill of short plays. The Lover and The Collection will run from September 26-October 29 at the Lansburgh Theatre (450 7th Street NW).
THE LOVER and THE COLLECTION Double Bill Set for Shakespeare Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - Aug 23, 2017
Building on the critical success of his 2011 production of Harold Pinter's Old Times, STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn will return to the British playwright's gripping realm of doubt and disquiet to direct a double bill of short plays. The Lover and The Collection will run from September 26-October 29 at the Lansburgh Theatre (450 7th Street NW).
JACK Presents the New York Premiere of MACHINALIA
by Julie Musbach - Jul 5, 2017
In 1928, Ruth Snyder was executed for the murder of her husband; that same year, Sophie Treadwell wrote Machinal, inspired by Snyder's story. Now, playwright Steph Del Rosso has crafted a relentless, raucous exploration of feminism - part rock concert, part performance art - inspired by Treadwell's expressionist masterpiece. This production, created for the IDEAS Festival 2017 in San Diego and subsequently presented at Ubuntu Theater in the Bay Area, lands at JACK under the direction of rising theater-maker Will Detlefsen.
Second Thought to Close 2017 Season with World Premiere of THE NECESSITIES
by BWW
News Desk - Jul 5, 2017
Second Thought Theatre closes its 2017 season of change with the world premiere of The Necessities by Dallas-based playwright and artist Blake Hackler. Joel Ferrell, Associate Artistic Director for the Dallas Theater Center, returns to direct after previously directing Othello and Gruesome Playground Injuries for the company.