Torben Betts' The Unconquered is a fast-moving satirical portrait of patriarchy, political indolence and over-reaction. The laughs begin when the 're-liberation' knocks on the door of your average upper-middle class family after aggressive revolutionaries have overthrown the government. Strange and unsettling, their new found freedom provokes the parents to reminisce about the comfort of life under the previous aristocracy while their spirited daughter criticizes her parent's banal and conforming attitudes with great, yet impotent, ferocity. The piece is a reflection of war's long-reaching effects on the domestic front, demonstrating the encompassing ambiguity of a public out of touch with reality. With great wit, poetics and charm, Betts sketches the self-hypocrisy that materializes during times of opaque identity and societal partition.
On the Town, the first Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, will open the 2008-2009 Encores! season at New York City Center, running November 19 - 23.
The Civilians (Steven Cosson, Artistic Director), the acclaimed New York-based experimental theater troupe, today announced a special, one-night-only event in celebration of the West Coast Premiere of their latest work, This Beautiful City to be held on the final preview Saturday, September 27, 2008.
Debuting this weekend at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival was a new documentary called Every Little Step, a film tracing the history of Michael Bennett's A Chorus Line. The 'buzz' on the film is FANTASTIC.
Nick Spangler currently starring as Matt in the Off Broadway revival of The Fantasticks, will be a contestant on the latest edition of The Amazing Race. Spangler will compete against the other 'Amazing Racers' with his sister and teammate, Starr Spangler, a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. Starting at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the 13th season of the Emmy-winning reality competition will follow the teams as they travel over 30,000 miles in 23 days to countries such as Brazil, Bolivia, Russia, India and Kazakhstan.
Fresh on the heels of the Tony Awards, Broadway's new season will open with much fanfare when the first show of the season, [title of show] -- an original musical about the making of an original musical -- holds a 'Box Office Grand Opening Ticketganza' on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lyceum Theatre (149 W. 45 St.).
Fresh on the heels of the Tony Awards, Broadway's new season will open with much fanfare when the first show of the season, [title of show] -- an original musical about the making of an original musical -- holds a 'Box Office Grand Opening Ticketganza' on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lyceum Theatre (149 W. 45 St.).
'Mammy's Pantry' was inspired by Mammy's Cupboard, a vintage restaurant in rural Mississippi built in the shape of a giant Mammy. The full-length comedy tells the story of Charles, a University of Miami student in the midst of an identity crisis, and what he learns about identity on the road to Mammy's Pantry.
The beneficiaries of the Estate of Michael Bennett and the artists from the original interviews and workshops of A Chorus Line jointly announced today that they have amended the terms of their agreement signed in 1976. The artists will now have a financial interest in the current Broadway production as well as all future First Class productions. The financial arrangement applies to the original interviewees of the taped sessions that Mr. Bennett held in the spring of 1974 and the actors who participated in the workshops prior to the original Off-Broadway production.
Tony Award winning actress Christine Ebersole has just been added to the roster of talent for the upcoming 'Rockers on Broadway Salutes Motown' concert scheduled for Monday October 22 at 8PM at BB Kings Blues Club and Grill on West 42nd Street.
A Chorus Line is proud to announce the launch of 'My Life On The Line,' a new blog on the A Chorus Line website (www.achorusline.com). 'My Life On The Line' was inspired by the life experiences shared by students participating in Theatre Development Fund's (TDF) Open Doors program after they had seen the show. These New York City high school students tell their stories of how they have put themselves 'on the line,' much like the characters in the smash hit musical who put themselves 'on the line' by telling their personal struggles during a Broadway audition.
John Breglio has announced the newest members of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical A Chorus Line who begin performances Tuesday, July 24, 2007.
The Laurie Beechman Theatre, located within The West Bank Café (407 West 42nd St.), will continue The After Party with a visit by A Chorus Line star E. Clayton Cornelious on Friday, May 18.
The Life on the Line Talkback Series for ticket holders at Wednesday evening performances of the critically acclaimed Broadway return of A Chorus Line will continue this and next month.
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A new series of 'Life on the Line' talkbacks will take place after Wednesday evening performances of the hit Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, through March 28th.
This week is another super-sized episode dedicated solely to BC/EFA's 18th Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition which was co-hosted this year by Marin Mazzie ad Jonathan Hadary. Broadway Beat brings you highlights of this special event, backstage interviews and more. You won't want to miss this episode filled with those stars treading the boards on the Great White Way!
The American Theatre Wing's Acting: Working in the Theatre (Continuum International Publishing Group/The K.S. Giniger Company Inc.; $14.95; paperback), a collection of advice and anecdotes from a chorus line of the stage's biggest stars, will be available in bookstores on June 30, 2006
Bob Martin is doubly-nominated for The Drowsy Chaperone (his Broadway debut), both as best leading actor in a musical and for co-writing the book.
Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.
A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical, proudly
announces the 2006 cast.
RING OF FIRE will play its final performance on Sunday, April 30th at 2:00PM. The musical was created and directed by Tony Award® winner Richard Maltby, Jr. and conceived by William Meade. Ring of Fire officially opened on March 12th, 2006.
Jerry Zaks, Jonathan Hadary and more can be heard reading stories and poems about baseball on the new 3-CD set 'Selected Shorts: Baseball,' released by Symphony Space
Written and conceived by Laura Kepley and D. Salem Smith 'Boots on the Ground' is a play about how the war in Iraq has affected Rhode Islanders.
Masterworks Broadway proudly releases the original cast recording of the new
Broadway musical The Wedding Singer on June 6, 2006, marking the first CD
from this new label.
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