Through the Night 2011 - Articles Page 33

Newburgh, NY?THE RAILROAD PLAYHOUSE continues to introduce its varied programming this February, with an art exhibit By Barthelemy Atsin plus a series of workshops sampling their upcoming educational series.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 91.3fm WYEP and Three Rivers Arts Festival, through the CD Live! Concert series, are pleased to announce the return engagement of The Decemberists on Tuesday, April 21, 2011 at the Benedum Center in the Downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District.

The touring production of Disney's glorious Broadway musical plays at Providence Performing Arts Center through February 20, 2011.

Disney Theatrical Productions and Victoria Theatre Association announced today that tickets for the long-awaited production of Disney's THE LION KING will go on sale to the public on Saturday, February 12 at 7 AM. Dayton's most eagerly awaited stage production will begin performances at the Benjamin & Marion Schuster Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, June 14 for a limited engagement of four weeks through Sunday, July 10. The opening night is Thursday, June 16 at 8PM. THE LION KING is part of the 2010-2011 Miami Valley & Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series.

Beck Center for the Arts presents the regional premiere of the award-winning musical Jerry Springer: The Opera, in the Studio Theater, February 18 through March 27, 2011.

Following the success of last summer's Shakespeare in the Park productions of The Merchant of Venice and The Winter's Tale, The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will once again stage two Shakespeare plays in repertory, running June 6 through July 31 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Daniel Sullivan, who recently directed Twelfth Night and The Merchant of Venice in the Park, will direct ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL and David Esbjornson, who directed Much Ado About Nothing in the Park, will direct MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Bank of America returns as lead sponsor of Shakespeare in the Park 2011, supporting The Public's mission to keep Shakespeare in the Park free.

The Theatre School at DePaul University presents Hedda Gabler, written by Henrik Ibsen, adapted Christopher Shinn and directed by Azar Kazemi, as the second installment of the 2010-2011 New Directors Series.

With over 30 shows opening on DC area stages, there's lots to choose from for local theatregoers and visitors in February. There's a 'mash-up' festival, a puppet 'slam!', a Tom Stoppard play, the beginning of The Edward Albee Festival, and so much more! So come visit the Nation's Capital and join us for some outstanding theatre.

First Stage presents the musical production of THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD, based on the children's classic tale, January 29 through February 13, 2011 at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 W. Walnut Street in Milwaukee.

The Off Broadway Theatre (OBT), celebrating 17 years of comedy and original parody, is pleased to announce the opening of The Phantom of the OBT, running Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays from February 11 through March 19, 2011.

Broadway star Davis Gaines, who has performed the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera over 2,000 times, will present Music of the Night: An Evening with Davis Gaines, an intimate concert to benefit SOSMentor, a not-for-profit organization fighting childhood obesity.

Launching its 19th season, Shattered Globe Theatre will presents Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, previewing January 13, opening January 16th and running through February 27, 2011, at the Athenaeum Theatre, Studio 2, 2936 N. Southport in Chicago. Steve Scott directs.

Now celebrating its Fifth Anniversary Season, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in partnership with AEG presents a very special addition to the 2010-2011 COMEDY PLANET SERIES. On March 28, 2010 at 8 p.m. KATHY GRIFFIN will present a racy, raucous, rambunctious evening of stand-up comedy in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall.

Thousands of people have already been entertained by the OBIE-winning, music-theatre hit Three Pianos (New York Theatre Workshop), the COIL 2011 (Performance Space 122) and the Under the Radar Festival (from The Public Theater, performed at, among other spaces, La Mama E.T.C. and Dixon Place). This weekend, all three will give their last performances.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) rings in the New Year with William Shakespeare's romantic comedy As You Like It, staged by CST's Associate Artistic Director Gary Griffin. The acting company for Griffin's lush production includes a host of Chicago Shakespeare favorites who have collectively performed over 100 roles at CST. Among the returning cast members are Kate Fry, performing the role of Rosalind in her seventh appearance at CST; Chaon Cross as Celia in her sixth CST appearance; Matt Schwader as Orlando in his ninth appearance; Phillip James Brannon as Touchstone in his fourth appearance; and longtime collaborators Ross Lehman as Jaques and Kevin Gudahl as Duke Senior, who return to CST to perform their respective 13th and 27th roles. Chicago Shakespeare Theater's As You Like It runs now through March 6, 2011, in CST's Courtyard Theater. Tickets are $44-$75 with special discounts available for groups of 10 or more. All patrons receive a 40% parking discount at Navy Pier garages. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Box Office at 312.595.5600 or visit the Theater's website at www.chicagoshakes.com.

Thousands of people have already been entertained by the OBIE-winning, music-theatre hit Three Pianos (New York Theatre Workshop), the COIL 2011 (Performance Space 122) and the Under the Radar Festival (from The Public Theater, performed at, among other spaces, La Mama E.T.C. and Dixon Place). This weekend, all three will give their last performances.

A Fats Waller-inspired dance party conceived by Grammy nominee Meshell Ndegeocello (pictured, r.) and MacArthur Genius Award winner Jason Moran (pictured, l.) anchors the Spring 2011 season of the popular and acclaimed Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage series.

The 2010-2011 season for Broadway Grand Rapids (BGR), while marking the company's 23rd year, raises the curtain on an impressive new level of performance. The stage was set with the exciting news that Broadway Grand Rapids and Michigan State University's Wharton Center for Performing Arts have established a partnership that is dramatic - literally and figuratively. For theater lovers throughout West Michigan, this pairing creates an enhanced opportunity to secure top-notch shows for the DeVos Performance Hall venue. The new season reflects the power and the theatrical magic that the organizations have been able to conjure up together. This includes the return to a 5 show subscription series and the additional of 4 special events, the most offered in a BGR season. The subscription series will include Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, Legally Blonde The Musical, In The Heights, Grease and Shrek The Musical. In addition to the subscription series, BGR will also offer CHICAGO, STOMP, New Shanghai Circus, and The Aluminum Show.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson), Producer Mark Russell and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP President and CEO Sandra Gibson) announce the line-up for UNDER THE RADAR 2011, running January 5-16 at The Public Theater as well as at partner venues around the city.

Beck Center for the Arts proudly continues its holiday tradition of fine family entertainment with its production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, on the Mackey Main Stage, December 3, 2010 through January 2, 2011.

This Christmas the Rose Theatre will join forces with Broadway producer Bud Martin to present The Three Musketeers, a brand new musical adapted from the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas. The Three Musketeers will play thru 2 January, prior to the West End.

As we welcome in a new year of great theatre in the nation's capital, I thought it would be fun to do one of those “Best of 2010' lists as well as preview what's opening in January on DC area stages. So let's raise our glasses and offer a toast to all those theatre companies who gave us great productions in 2010, and to the upcoming 2011 theatre season!

Adding big time heat to an already exciting smash Broadway theatrical season, ROCK OF AGES, a funny, feel good- love story told through the hit songs of such iconic rockers as Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Pat Benatar and Whitesnake, will heighten the joy of the holiday season when Tony award Nominee Constantine Maroulis of 'American Idol fame,' recreates his original Broadway role as Drew, opening Tuesday, December 28 playing through Sunday, January 9, presented by Florida Theatrical Association at Broward Center for the Performing arts. Coming direct from Broadway, Maroulis, who Rolling Stone declared 'a perfect lead,' will reprise his acclaimed performance in the First National Tour of the five-time Tony Award nominated smash-hit musical.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson), Producer Mark Russell and The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP President and CEO Sandra Gibson) present UNDER THE RADAR 2011, running January 5-16 at The Public Theater as well as at partner venues around the city. This highly-anticipated 12-day festival is committed to tracking new theater from across the U.S. and around the world and, this year, will feature shows from 11 counties including Chile, Italy, Belgium, and Mali. Tickets are $15 to UNDER THE RADAR shows at The Public, and $15 to $25 for shows at partner venues. For more ticket information visit www.publictheater.org or www.undertheradarfestival.com

The StrangeDog Theatre Company will return to Tierney's Tavern this January for three weekends of The Virililogy, a new trio of plays by Ben Clawson. The night will span a decade in the lives of three friends; Stu (David Murgittroyd), Brian (Scott Cagney) and Quinn (Michael Stanton Murphy). Together, they face, witness and bear the misfortune, the misunderstanding and the misery which befalls them in their respective significant-otherships. Bushwhacked and crestfallen they somehow mature... or in any case, they get older. Three weekends of three different years in the lives of three different guys told through three different plays: The Virilogy.