Lookingglass Theatre Announces Casting For Mary Zimmerman's THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER: A CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 7, 2018
Lookingglass Theatre Company announces casting for the world premiere of The Steadfast Tin Soldier: A Christmas Pantomime, from the story by Hans Christian Andersen, conceived and directed by Ensemble Member Mary Zimmerman. This family-friendly, holiday show runs November 7, 2018 - January 13, 2019 at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago's historic Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. at Pearson.
Show-Only Tickets Available For Second Stage's Fall Benefit Honoring Harvey Fierstein
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 29, 2018
Show-only tickets to Second Stage Theater's Fall Benefit Honoring Harvey Fierstein are now on sale to the general public. Hosted by Michael Urie, the benefit will take place on Monday, November 12 at Terminal 5 (610 West 56th Street). The evening will feature performances and appearances by Cyndi Lauper, Rosie O'Donnell, Annaleigh Ashford, Keala Settle, Wayne Brady, Christopher Sieber, Michael Urie, Marissa Jaret Winokur, as well as Shoshana Bean, J. Harrison Ghee, Bianca Del Rio, and Gino Emnes. To purchase tickets, please go to: https://2st.com/support-us/events/fall-benefit.
Lookingglass Theatre Announces Casting For Mary Zimmerman's THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER: A CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME
by Julie Musbach - Aug 9, 2018
Lookingglass Theatre Company announces casting for the world premiere of The Steadfast Tin Soldier: A Christmas Pantomime, from the story by Hans Christian Andersen, conceived and directed by Ensemble Member Mary Zimmerman. This family-friendly, holiday show runs November 7, 2018 - January 13, 2019 at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago's historic Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. at Pearson.
New Theatre Company Takes Old Myths To Breathtaking New Heights
by BWW
News Desk - Jul 13, 2018
A new theatre company, helmed by emerging young Los Angeles theatremakers, is making waves this July with its first production: a fresh take on Mary Zimmerman's Tony Award-winning classic Metamorphoses. The Crosstown Players' production seeks to explore Ovid's classical myths with a modern, visceral movement style that breathes life into these stories in a new and exciting way. There are six performances in the month of July, beginning with their opening night on July 13th.
New Theatre Company Takes Old Myths To Breathtaking New Heights
by Julie Musbach - Jul 10, 2018
A new theatre company, helmed by emerging young Los Angeles theatremakers, is making waves this July with its first production: a fresh take on Mary Zimmerman's Tony Award-winning classic Metamorphoses. The Crosstown Players' production seeks to explore Ovid's classical myths with a modern, visceral movement style that breathes life into these stories in a new and exciting way. There are six performances in the month of July, beginning with their opening night on July 13th.
Who Will Win at the 2018 Tony Awards? We Compare Year By Year!
by BWW Special - Jun 10, 2018
The 72nd Annual Tony Awards are this Sunday June 10th at 8/9c hosted by Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles. It's the biggest award show of the Broadway season and it closes out a long awards season for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays. We can't help but wonder what chances this year's Best Musical and Best Play nominees have of taking home the ultimate prize...
The Brick Presents LITTLE DOTS
by Stephi Wild - Apr 11, 2018
The event will feature a free performance by EK Theater of Niobe, a video game puppetry piece that uses the first-person shooter Halo: Reach to show how Niobe is punished by the gods for her arrogance in this story from Ovid's Metamorphoses, followed by a panel discussion about real world violence and its relationship to video games.
Lookingglass Announces Season of World Premieres
by Julie Musbach - Mar 27, 2018
Lookingglass Theatre Company announces its complete 2018-2019 season lineup. The season begins with the World Premiere of The Steadfast Tin Soldier: A Christmas Pantomime, conceived and directed by Ensemble Member Mary Zimmerman from the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Following The Steadfast Tin Soldier is the World Premiere of Act(s) of God written by Ensemble Member Kareem Bandealy and directed by Ensemble Member Heidi Stillman.
TimeLine Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season
by Julie Musbach - Mar 15, 2018
TimeLine Theatre Company, acclaimed for presenting plays inspired by history that connect to today's social and political issues, is thrilled to announce its 22nd season and to preview an upcoming partnership with Firebrand Theatre.
The Guthrie Lines Up Classic Favorites and Bold New Works for 2018/19 Season
by Julie Musbach - Mar 7, 2018
The Guthrie Theater (Joseph Haj, Artistic Director) today announced seven of the eight productions to be offered as part of the theater's 2018-2019 subscription season, including Playing with Fire by Barbara Field based upon the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Metamorphoses, written and directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman, and the renowned musical comedy Guys and Dolls on the Wurtele Thrust Stage, and Michael Frayn's Noises Off, The Great Leap by rising playwright Lauren Yee, Cyrano de Bergerac, adapted and directed by Joseph Haj, and the world premiere of Floyd's, a Guthrie commission by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.
Blair Brown Joins the Cast of MARY PAGE MARLOWE
by Julie Musbach - Mar 1, 2018
Second Stage Theater has announced that Tony Award winner BLAIR BROWN will join the previously announced EMMA GEER, TATIANA MASLANY and SUSAN POURFAR in the New York Premiere of TRACY LETTS' acclaimed play, MARY PAGE MARLOWE, directed by LILA NEUGEBAUER.
Emma Geer Joins the Cast of MARY PAGE MARLOWE
by Julie Musbach - Feb 28, 2018
Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced that EMMA GEER will join the previously announced TATIANA MASLANY and SUSAN POURFAR in the New York Premiere of TRACY LETTS' acclaimed play, MARY PAGE MARLOWE, directed by LILA NEUGEBAUER.
Susan Pourfar to Join Tatiana Maslany in MARY PAGE MARLOWE
by Julie Musbach - Feb 27, 2018
Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced that SUSAN POURFAR will join the previously announced TATIANA MASLANY in the New York Premiere of TRACY LETTS' acclaimed play, MARY PAGE MARLOWE, directed by LILA NEUGEBAUER.
ORPHAN BLACK'S Tatiana Maslany to Star in MARY PAGE MARLOWE
by Julie Musbach - Feb 26, 2018
Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced that Emmy Award Winner TATIANA MASLANY, star of the hit BBC America series, "Orphan Black," will appear in the New York Premiere of TRACY LETTS' acclaimed play, MARY PAGE MARLOWE, directed by LILA NEUGEBAUER.
Full Schedule Announced for 2018 Segal Center Film Festival On Theatre And Performance
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 15, 2018
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center announces the fourth annual Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance (FTP). The program includes a roster of more than 35 features, shorts, and documentaries by artists from Argentina, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, The Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, The United Kingdom, and the United States. The festival takes place on Thursday, March 1; Friday, March 2; and Saturday, March 3 at The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, located at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, NYC, 365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th Street.
MUSIQA Presents LOOKING BACK IN TIME at the Match
by Stephi Wild - Jan 2, 2018
Musiqa, two-time winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, presents Looking Back in Time, the second installment in its 2017-18 Music+ concert series. The ambitious program consists of three major works by members of Musiqa's artistic board: Karim Al-Zand's Visions from Another World, Anthony Brandt's Maternity, and Pierre Jalbert's Transcendental Windows. All three works will be performed by Houston's newest chamber orchestra, Loop38. The program also features a reading by neuroscientist and bestselling author David Eagleman.
MUSIQA Presents LOOKING BACK IN TIME
by Julie Musbach - Dec 20, 2017
Musiqa, two-time winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, presents Looking Back in Time, the second installment in its 2017-18 Music+ concert series. The ambitious program consists of three major works by members of Musiqa's artistic board: Karim Al-Zand's Visions from Another World, Anthony Brandt's Maternity, and Pierre Jalbert's Transcendental Windows. All three works will be performed by Houston's newest chamber orchestra, Loop38. The program also features a reading by neuroscientist and bestselling author David Eagleman.
National Theatre Wales Slates 'People and Places' 2018 Season
by BWW News Desk - Nov 23, 2017
National Theatre Wales is today (Thursday 23 November 2017) announcing its 2018 season of productions, including a month-long festival to celebrate the 70th birthday of the NHS, two productions reflecting on the migrant experience in and beyond Wales, the first two productions in a three-year cycle of experimental works, and a work-in-progress.