Star of 'Murder She Wrote' and the current Broadway hit 'Blithe Spirit' Angela Lansbury will introduce the NPR broadcasts. The great mystery series will include a special live broadcast on Saturday, August 15th of 4 American premiere Agatha Christie stage classics performed in front of live audience members during the 2009 International Mystery Writers' Festival in Owensboro, KY.
The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s Classical Theater Ensemble, hits a milestone in company history: For the first time since the inception of the company in 1994, The Antaeus Company is proud to announce their first full season of classic plays!
Thanks to growing audience demand and excellent reviews, Performance Network Theatre is proud to announce a one-week extension of Jeffrey Hatcher's taut thriller A PICASSO starring John Manfredi and Emily Sutton-Smith (THE BAKER'S WIFE, THE HOME TEAM). The extension will include four performances: 8 pm Thursday 7/16, 8 pm Friday 7/17, 8 pm Saturday 7/18, and 2 pm Sunday 7/19.
Thanks to growing audience demand and excellent reviews, Performance Network Theatre is proud to announce a one-week extension of Jeffrey Hatcher's taut thriller A PICASSO starring John Manfredi and Emily Sutton-Smith (THE BAKER'S WIFE, THE HOME TEAM). The extension will include four performances: 8 pm Thursday 7/16, 8 pm Friday 7/17, 8 pm Saturday 7/18, and 2 pm Sunday 7/19.
Star of 'Murder She Wrote' and the current Broadway hit 'Blithe Spirit' Angela Lansbury will introduce the NPR broadcasts. The great mystery series will include a special live broadcast on Saturday, August 15th of 4 American premiere Agatha Christie stage classics performed in front of live audience members during the 2009 International Mystery Writers' Festival in Owensboro, KY.
Performance Network Theatre presents Jeffrey Hatcher's taut thriller A PICASSO starring John Manfredi in his PNT debut and Emily Sutton-Smith (THE BAKER'S WIFE, THE HOME TEAM). The show is directed by Tony Caselli (TAKE ME OUT, SUMMER AND SMOKE, STOP KISS, THREE DAYS OF RAIN). It opens in previews June 11 and runs through July 12, 2009.
Star of 'Murder She Wrote' and the current Broadway hit 'Blithe Spirit' Angela Lansbury will introduce the NPR broadcasts. The great mystery series will include a special live broadcast on Saturday, August 15th of 4 American premiere Agatha Christie stage classics performed in front of live audience members during the 2009 International Mystery Writers' Festival in Owensboro, KY.
Lou Spisto, Executive Producer of the Tony Award®-winning Old Globe, is pleased to announce the grand opening gala for the new Conrad Prebys Theatre Center on December 7, 2009. The evening will include a special performance by South Pacific stars, Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot, with musical direction by Ted Sperling, and will officially open the new Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre.
THE OLD GLOBE announces calendar for May - August, 2009
Cornelia, By Mark Olsen
Directed by Ethan McSweeny
May 16 - June 21
San Jose Repertory Theatre roars into the new year with the Regional Premiere of A Picasso (Barrymore Award for Best New Play), a provocative play by one of America's most widely produced playwrights, Jeffrey Hatcher. Jonathan Moscone, Artistic Director of California Shakespeare Theater, directs this smart and sexy exploration of art, politics and censorship. A Picasso runs January 24 - February 22, 2009 at San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio in downtown San Jose. Preview performances are January 24, 25, 28, and 29. Press Opening is Friday, January 30 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets are available at the San Jose Rep Box Office at 101 Paseo de San Antonio or can be purchased online at www.SJRep.com or by calling (408) 367-7255.
'San Jose Rep has had a long and wonderful relationship with playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, so we're very pleased to be presenting the Bay Area premiere of this very literate, smart and funny play,' comments Artistic Director Rick Lombardo. 'Picasso was a fascinating figure both as an artist and a citizen, and it's a delight to see him square off in Hatcher's play with a representative of the Third Reich - and an art critic to top it off.'
San Jose Repertory Theatre roars into the new year with the Regional Premiere of A Picasso (Barrymore Award for Best New Play), a provocative play by one of America's most widely produced playwrights, Jeffrey Hatcher. Jonathan Moscone, Artistic Director of California Shakespeare Theater, directs this smart and sexy exploration of art, politics and censorship. A Picasso runs January 24 - February 22, 2009 at San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio in downtown San Jose. Preview performances are January 24, 25, 28, and 29. Press Opening is Friday, January 30 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets are available at the San Jose Rep Box Office at 101 Paseo de San Antonio or can be purchased online at www.SJRep.com or by calling (408) 367-7255.
'San Jose Rep has had a long and wonderful relationship with playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, so we're very pleased to be presenting the Bay Area premiere of this very literate, smart and funny play,' comments Artistic Director Rick Lombardo. 'Picasso was a fascinating figure both as an artist and a citizen, and it's a delight to see him square off in Hatcher's play with a representative of the Third Reich - and an art critic to top it off.'
The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, in association with Michigan Opera Theatre (MOT), presents the Chicago premiere of Margaret Garner, a new American opera based on one of the most significant and controversial fugitive slave stories in pre-Civil War America. The opera will be directed by Kenny Leon, whose recent Broadway credits include the Tony Award-winning A Raisin in the Sun; Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf. Margaret Garner features music by Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour and a libretto by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, a novelist noted for her poetically charged and richly expressive depictions of the African American experience.
The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, in association with Michigan Opera Theatre (MOT), presents the Chicago premiere of Margaret Garner, a new American opera based on one of the most significant and controversial fugitive slave stories in pre-Civil War America. The opera will be directed by Kenny Leon, whose recent Broadway credits include the Tony Award-winning A Raisin in the Sun; Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf. Margaret Garner features music by Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour and a libretto by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, a novelist noted for her poetically charged and richly expressive depictions of the African American experience.
When Grey Gardens transferred to Broadway, the cast album had already been recorded for the Off-Broadway production. However, the authrs wrote three new songs that don't appear on that recording. Scott Frankel came by the Broadway Bullet studio along with actors, Matt Cavenaugh and Erin Davie to chat about the show, and sing the new songs
Yvonne De Carlo, the beautiful brunette actress whose performance in Follies immortalized her as a theatre star, has passed away at the age of 84
Roma Downey and Peter Michael Goetz will star in the Geffen Playhouse's upcoming production of Jeffrey Hatcher's A Picasso
Reviews of 'Grey Gardens', Ann Hampton Callaway's 'Blues in the Night' and 'Dream True' studio cast recording
Grey Gardens, which recently concluded its sold out World Premiere production at Playwrights Horizons, will open on Broadway this Fall with performances beginning in October at The Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).
Richard E. Waits will headline Andrea Frierson-Toney's new musical drama Soon of a Mornin,' which will open on September 13th as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival
Last night, October 27, Career Transition For Dancers (CTFD) presented its 9th Annual Gala - GOTTA DANCE! A Dance Tribute to Hollywood at City Center. BroadwayWorld attended the gala as well as the dress rehearsal earlier in the day. The nostalgic evening honored and paid tribute to that wonderful era when some of the most superb in dance and choreography was immortalized on film.
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