Audra McDonald Opens 11/12 Cabaret Series At Segerstrom Center 10/15
by BWW
News Desk - Oct 15, 2011
Audra McDonald, four-time Tony Award winner and star of ABC's hit series Private Practice, returns to Segerstrom Center for the Arts by popular demand for a special one-night-only concert October 15 in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
Kenny Leon to Direct STEEL MAGNOLIAS Remake Featuring All-Black Cast
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 11, 2011
According to Deadline.com, a remake of the 1989 movie 'Steel Magnolias' which was based on the 1987 play, is currently in the works. Lifetime is currently working with Broadway director Kenny Leon and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to recreate the classic film with an all-black cast.
MUNCHED to Play the Manhattan Theatre Source, 11/6-22
by Lauren Wolman - Oct 8, 2011
Sugar Valley Theatricals , in association with Isaac H. Suggs, Jr. is pleased to announce its production of MUNCHED by Kim Porter, a groundbreaking play dealing with Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy and a young woman's reluctant search for the gory details of life with her mother.
Iron Age Theatre Presents THE SLAVE
by BWW News Desk - Oct 5, 2011
Iron Age Theatre presents LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka's 'THE SLAVE' tonight and October 6 as part of the Philly Urban Theatre Festival at the Adrienne main stage at 7:30 pm and October 8 and 9 at the Centre Theater at 8:00pm.
Iron Age Theatre Presents THE SLAVE 10/5-9
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 28, 2011
Iron Age Theatre will be presenting LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka's 'THE SLAVE' on October 5 and 6 as part of the Philly Urban Theatre Festival at the Adrienne main stage at 7:30 pm and October 8 and 9 at the Centre Theater at 8:00pm.
Iron Age Theatre Presents THE SLAVE
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 23, 2011
Iron Age Theatre will be presenting LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka's 'THE SLAVE' on October 5 and 6 as part of the Philly Urban Theatre Festival at the Adrienne main stage at 7:30 pm and October 8 and 9 at the Centre Theater at 8:00pm.
Audra McDonald Opens 11/12 Cabaret Series At Segerstrom Center 10/15
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 8, 2011
Audra McDonald, four-time Tony Award winner and star of ABC's hit series Private Practice, returns to Segerstrom Center for the Arts by popular demand for a special one-night-only concert October 15 in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
Audra McDonald to Tour Beginning October 1
by Kelsey Denette - Aug 17, 2011
With four Tony Awards and two Grammy Awards, the Juilliard-trained Audra McDonald returns to performing live full-time this month following four seasons playing Dr. Naomi Bennett on ABC's hit television series Private Practice.
PORGY AND BESS Starts Performances at A.R.T. 8/17
by BWW - Aug 17, 2011
A.R.T. American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) will present The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, opening the A.R.T.'s 2011-2 season on August 117 at the Loeb Drama Center. The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin, is adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre Murray, and directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus.
MITF's THE ROYAL WEIGHT WATCHER Closes
by BWW News Desk - Jul 25, 2011
The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to present The Royal Weight Watcher - Sarah Ferguson: A Duchess Hungry for Love, a look inside the strange and wonderful life of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
MITF Presents THE ROYAL WEIGHT WATCHER July 15-25
by BWW News Desk - Jul 15, 2011
The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to present The Royal Weight Watcher - Sarah Ferguson: A Duchess Hungry for Love, a look inside the strange and wonderful life of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
Full Cast Announced for THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS at A.R.T.
by Robert Diamond - Jun 30, 2011
A.R.T. American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) opens its 2011-12 season with The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin. The adaptation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and Obie Award-winning composer Diedre L. Murray, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus, with choreography by Ronald K. Brown, begins previews on August 17 and opens for the reviewing press on August 31 at 7pm. Performances are at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge. Tickets for preview performances are currently on sale, remaining tickets for the run go on sale on July 12.
Official: Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis & David Alan Grier to Star in PORGY AND BESS on Broadway at Richard Rodgers
by Robert Diamond - Jun 29, 2011
Norm Lewis, Audra McDonald, and David Alan Grier will star as Porgy, Bess, and Sportin' Life in A.R.T.'s new production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess. Performances will begin August 17 at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, where it will run until October 2. The show's next stop will be on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theater, where it will begin previews on December 17th and will open on January 12th, 2012.
MITF Presents THE ROYAL WEIGHT WATCHER July 15-25
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 28, 2011
The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to present The Royal Weight Watcher - Sarah Ferguson: A Duchess Hungry for Love, a look inside the strange and wonderful life of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
MITF Presents THE ROYAL WEIGHT WATCHER July 15-25
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 22, 2011
The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to present The Royal Weight Watcher - Sarah Ferguson: A Duchess Hungry for Love, a look inside the strange and wonderful life of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
Review Roundup: BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK
by Kelsey Denette - May 10, 2011
Lynn Nottage's world premiere comedy, BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK, already extended one week through May 29 at Second Stage Theatre, opens tonight, May 9. Directed by Jo Bonney, BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK is Ms. Nottage's first play to be produced in New York since she won the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined in 2009. For ticket information, please call the Second Stage Box Office at 212-246-4422 or visit the company's website, www.2ST.com.
BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK features Stephanie J. Block, Tony Award-nominee Daniel Breaker, Tony Award-nominee David Garrison, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Kevin Isola, Tony Award nominee Sanaa Lathan, and Tony Award-winner Karen Olivo. Let's see what the critics had to say!
Arena Stage to Produce RUINED In-the-Round, 4/22-6/5
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 30, 2011
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will produce the first in-the-round staging of Ruined, the 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama by Arena Stage Project Resident Lynn Nottage and directed by Resident Playwright Charles Randolph-Wright (Director of Arena Stage's Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies). Ruined is the stirring tale of Mama Nadi, a mother figure loosely based on Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children, who provides refuge for women affected by civil war ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo. The production features an expanded company with cast members playing live music and additional ensemble roles featuring University of Maryland students. Ruined runs April 22-June 5, 2011 in the Fichandler Stage.
Photo Coverage: Phylicia Rashad Directed A RAISIN IN THE SUN Opens in LA
by Robert Diamond - Mar 26, 2011
Actress/Director Phylicia Rashad made her Los Angeles directorial debut with the Ebony Repertory Theatre's production of Lorraine Hansberry's classic play A RAISIN IN THE SUN. Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT) is proud to return this groundbreaking play to Los Angeles for its first fully-staged production in over twenty years. Preview performances began on March 23, 2011, Nate Holden Performing Arts Center with Opening Night on Friday, March 25th. The play runs through April 17, 2011 (4718 W. Washington Blvd.) in Los Angeles.
