Following His Dark Materials, Coram Boy and War Horse, the National Theatre's latest spectacular family production is an exhilarating adventure story of survival and self-discovery based on a novel by Terry Pratchett.
A parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami that has destroyed Mau’s village and left Daphne shipwrecked on his South Pacific island, thousands of miles from home. One wears next to nothing, the other a long white dress; neither speaks the other’s language; somehow they must learn to survive. As starving refugees gather, Daphne delivers a baby, milks a pig, brews beer and does battle with a mutineer. Mau fights cannibal Raiders, discovers the world is round and questions the reality of his tribe’s fiercely patriarchal gods. Together they come of age, overseen by a foul-mouthed parrot, as they discard old doctrine to forge a new Nation.
Live music, thrilling dance and spectacular puppets combine to bring to life the spectacular and surprising world of Terry Pratchett's Nation on the National Theatre stage.
The Ford's Theatre Society announced that the daytime programming schedule for spring 2009 will include performances of the one-act plays One Destiny and The Road From Appomattox by Richard Hellesen.
The Arvada Center's 2009/2010 theater season includes four Broadway musicals, a regional premiere and a classic, and offers a variety of subscription packages; the 6-show, 'see-it-all' subscription, a 4-Musical subscription and the create-your-own flex subscription. Several new, patron-friendly initiatives are also introduced for next season
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's executive and artistic leadership, administration, and Orchestra musicians have taken steps to counter the tough economy. The ASO has announced pay cuts, furloughs, and a hiring freeze in the 2009 fiscal year, beginning with President and CEO Allison Vulgamore, who will take a minimum of 7% compensation reduction. Vice Presidents will take a 6% pay cut, and all other employees will take a 5% pay cut. These cuts will be effective beginning with the April 3, 2009 pay period, and will extend through May 31, 2009 - the end of the 2009 fiscal year.
Ravinia Festival Chairperson Pamela B. Strobel and President and CEO Welz Kauffman today announced details of the 2009 season of music theater and dance events.
Seattle Theatre Group (STG), Live Nation, and The Lakeside Group present Death Cab For Cutie with Special Guests for 2 shows: Saturday, July 18, 2009 and by overwhelming demand a 2nd show has been added: Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 6:00pm at the Marymoor Park Amphitheatre!
Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Managing Director Brian Colburn, announces that Abe Lincoln in Illinois will conclude its 2009 season - the year of the Lincoln Bicentennial - under the direction of Sheila Daniels, Intiman's Associate Director. Robert E. Sherwood's epic play, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will launch Intiman's second American Cycle, a series of large-cast plays and free community programs. Through great plays and conversations at Intiman and throughout the Puget Sound region, the American Cycle bring artists and audiences together to share the issues and hopes we feel in our community and as citizens of our country at this moment in its history.
Ford's Theatre Society Director Paul Tetreault announced the Society's 2009-2010 season, a lineup that includes 'Black Pearl Sings!,' a new production of 'A Christmas Carol,' Norman Corwin's 'The Rivalry,' originally read as part of the Living Lincoln series, and the musical 'Little Shop of Horrors.' In addition to the mainstage season, the Society will present political comedian Mark Russell from February 17 to 20, 2010.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces four invited productions and the Short Play Festival as part of the 41st annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), April 14-18, 2009. Selected participants from eight regional festivals held in January and February at colleges and universities across the country are invited to showcase their talents at the nation's center for the performing arts, to be considered for scholarships and awards and to participate in master classes with some of the best artists in their field.
With the announcement of the Denver Center Theatre Company's 2009/10 Season, Artistic Director Kent Thompson continues his company's mission of new play development by selecting three world premieres - including two Denver Center commissions - while sending a resounding message to Colorado and the nation that uncertain economic times call for new and classic plays that hold a special relevance for us. 'The best way to overcome fear and uncertainty is to stir people's thoughts and hearts with stimulating ideas, different cultures, and imaginative stories,' said Thompson.
SEVEN NATIONAL THEATRE CONSERVATORY STUDENTS
TAKE CENTER STAGE IN NTC REP 2009
Macbeth and Cloud 9 - a culmination to rigorous three-year MFA program
Shakespeare's Globe launches its 2009 theatre season - Young Hearts - on Shakespeare's birthday, Thursday 23 April, with artistic director Dominic Dromgoole's production of Romeo and Juliet. It will be the first of nine productions during the Globe's most ambitious season to date, which explores the great expanse of the heart. Shakespeare's heartbreaking tale of these tragic and iconic young lovers is widely considered to be one of the greatest of all love stories, and this will be Dominic's first production of the play.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's executive and artistic leadership, administration, and Orchestra musicians have taken steps to counter the tough economy. The ASO has announced pay cuts, furloughs, and a hiring freeze in the 2009 fiscal year, beginning with President and CEO Allison Vulgamore, who will take a minimum of 7% compensation reduction. Vice Presidents will take a 6% pay cut, and all other employees will take a 5% pay cut. These cuts will be effective beginning with the April 3, 2009 pay period, and will extend through May 31, 2009 - the end of the 2009 fiscal year.
Signature Theatre's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer today announced Signature's 20th anniversary season, saluting the two decades that have led the company to its position as one of the nation's leading forces in musical theater. The company will present a world premiere musical through its innovative American Musical Voices Project; a masterpiece by the composer for which the company is renowned, Stephen Sondheim; the Washington premiere of a recent Broadway hit; and the reinvention of a classic musical, supporting Signature's 'much-deserved reputation for excellence in revisionist musical theater' (Chicago Tribune).
This summer, audiences can forget their troubles and escape to Theatricum's bucolic outdoor stage in Topanga to enjoy a timeless romance, a political thriller, a poignant comedy, a social satire, and a magical fantasy. Theatricum's amphitheater is terraced into the hillside of the rustic canyon, so dress casually - and bring a picnic to enjoy before or after the show on the idyllic grounds.
Roy Thomson Hall presents Gabriella Montero
Wednesday, April 1 & Thursday, April 2, 2009, both at 8 PM / GLENN GOULD STUDIO / $39.50 416 872 4255 / Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at King & Simcoe / www.roythomsonhall.com
Part virtuosic classical pianist, devilish interpreter and playful improviser, Gabriela Montero left the audience awestruck at her sold out Toronto debut in 2007.
Point Foundation (Point), the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit, today announced the recipients of its Courage, Inspiration and Legend Awards.
Winners of the 2009 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater were announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which administers the Rodgers Awards. They are:
Cheer Wars by Karlan Judd and Gordon Leary
Rosa Parks by Scott Ethier and Jeff Hughes
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey today announced a change to its previously announced 2009 Season. In announcing the change, Bonnie J. Monte, artistic director of The Shakespeare Theatre said, 'Recently, we announced an exhilarating and ambitious line-up of plays for 2009, and we are very excited about bringing these great works to life. However, in the last few weeks, like many non-profits, we've been informed of the loss of several grants from the corporate sector. We are committed to controlling costs and securing our future in these tough times, and therefore, we have made the decision to replace Shakespeare's Timon of Athens with Moli?re's The School for Wives.
The 2009 Festival of New American Musicals, a four-month musical theatre festival, will be held in April through July, 2009, throughout Southern California. Marcia Seligson, Bob Klein, and Linda Shusett are the Executive Producers of the second annual Festival.
ROYAL ALBERT HALL April 2009 Listings
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Florida Studio Theatre continues it's Stage III Series with ...and L.A. is Burning opening March 4 and continues through March 19, 2009. Called 'a powerful examination of a changing nation' by the Houston Press ...and L.A. is Burning recently received the Smith Prize from the National New Play Network for 2008.
Season Ticket holders of Theater of the Stars receive several special services and benefits including personalized customer service, access to good seats, great package pricing, ticket exchange privileges, advance notice about specials and season highlights and much, much more! Here's what's coming up for the 2009 Season.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced the Center and the National Symphony Orchestra's complete season for 2009- 2010. In wide ranging programming that covers theater, dance, classical music, jazz and productions for young people, the Center continues its commitment, as the nation's center for the performing arts, to producing and presenting the best of national and international arts.
The Houston Grand Opera Association announces chorus auditions for its 2009-2010 season.
Auditions will be held at the Wortham Theater Center, 510 Preston on: Wednesday, May 6 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Thursday, May 7 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Friday, May 8 6:00 pm - 10:00 pmSaturday, May 9 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Houston Grand Opera Chorus is a professional group of diverse men and women of all professionsand backgrounds. Choristers rehearse weekday evenings and weekends for each repertory period. In the 2009-2010 season, a new chorister could earn $2000.00 per production.
New Repertory Theatre announces its 2009-2010 season, the inaugural season for new Artistic Director Kate Warner. The new season will present five plays on its Mainstage in the Charles Mosesian Theater; two plays in its Downstage @ New Rep series in the Black Box Theater; and two holiday offerings.
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