Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market presents the World Premiere Family Musical Ps and Qs: the ABCs of Manners July 5 - August 9, 2009
'I've wanted to do a piece about the importance of manners for years, but we couldn't find the right approach,' says Main Street Theater Artistic Director Rebecca Greene Udden.
Main Street Theater's hit production of Clifford Odets' masterpiece Awake and Sing! is extending through June 14. Added performances are Sunday, June 7 at 7:30pm (this follows the already scheduled 3pm matinee that day), Saturday, June 13 at 8pm, and Sunday, June 14 at 3pm.
The Tony Administration Committee revealed the names of a quartet of honorees who are to be recognized in the four non-competitive Tony categories. Composer/lyricist Jerry Herman, Virginia's Signature Theatre, and longtime press agent Shirley Herz will be honored at the 63rd annual Tony Awards ceremony on June 7. Actress/writer Phyllis Newman will receive the newest Tony Award for her volunteer work as an advocate for women's health.
Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced Clifford Odets' turbulent comedy-drama Awake and Sing!, running June 6 to July 31 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.
Main Street Theater's hit production of Clifford Odets' masterpiece Awake and Sing! is extending through June 14. Added performances are Sunday, June 7 at 7:30pm (this follows the already scheduled 3pm matinee that day), Saturday, June 13 at 8pm, and Sunday, June 14 at 3pm.
The New York Times is reporting that Tony winner Bartlett Sher's next project will be a musical version of the film 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,' written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
Main Street Theater adds an educational dimension to its programming with its new series of post-performance discussions with actors, directors, and theater experts. The talkbacks will follow the second Sunday matinee in each production's run.
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) was honored by the Boston Theatre Critics Association with its second Elliot Norton Award last night at a ceremony at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre. This season's production of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing! directed by Gamm Resident Director Fred Sullivan, Jr. won in the category of 'Outstanding Performance by a Small Company.' This was The Gamm's second consecutive Norton Award nomination and second win, having received the 2008 award in the category of 'Outstanding New Script' for Paul Grellong's Radio Free Emerson, The Gamm's first-ever commission.
Clifford Odet's Awake and Sing! will be performed at the Main Street Theater (Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd., Houston, Texast 77005) from May 7 - June 7, 2009. Previews will be taking place on May 2, 3, & 6. There will be no performances on May 8. Opening night for this Cheryl L. Kaplan-directed show will be on May 7 at 7:30 pm. The show will be performend on Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, and Sundays at 3:00 pm.
Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced Clifford Odets' turbulent comedy-drama Awake and Sing!, running June 6 to July 31 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.
Main Street Theater adds an educational dimension to its programming with its new series of post-performance discussions with actors, directors, and theater experts. The talkbacks will follow the second Sunday matinee in each production's run.
On Monday, May 5, the Tony Administration Committee revealed the names of a quartet of honorees who are to be recognized in the four non-competitive Tony categories. Composer/lyricist Jerry Herman, Virginia's Signature Theatre, and longtime press agent Shirley Herz will be honored at the 63rd annual Tony Awards ceremony on June 7. Actress/writer Phyllis Newman will receive the newest Tony Award for her volunteer work as an advocate for women's health.
Main Street Theater concludes its 2008-2009 season with Clifford Odets' masterpiece Awake and Sing! Originally produced on Broadway in 1935 with Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Luther Adler, and other members of the Group Theatre, Main Street's production has previews May 2, 3, and 6 and opens Thursday, May 7, and runs through June 7 at Main Street Theater - Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd. (There is no performance Friday, May 8.)
Aurora Theatre Company sets the tone for its 18th season, a season focusing on "family and fortune," opening with Clifford Odets' classic Depression-era drama AWAKE AND SING! First produced in 1935 by the Group Theatre, AWAKE AND SING! covers a year in the life of an extended Jewish family that does whatever it takes to survive life in the Bronx.
New Village Arts (NVA) concludes its 2008-2009 season with Four Dogs and a Bone by award-winning playwright and recent Oscar-nominee John Patrick Shanley. NVA Associate Artistic Director Joshua Everett Johnson directs this brutally hysterical satire of Hollywood. Four Dogs and a Bone runs June 4 through 28 at the New Village Arts Theatre, located at 2787 State Street in Carlsbad Village. Tickets range from $25 - $30 and are available by calling the box office at 760-433-3245 or by visiting www.NewVillageArts.org.
Main Street Theater concludes its 2008-2009 season with Clifford Odets' masterpiece Awake and Sing! Originally produced on Broadway in 1935 with Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Luther Adler, and other members of the Group Theatre, Main Street's production has previews May 2, 3, and 6 and opens Thursday, May 7, and runs through June 7 at Main Street Theater - Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd. (There is no performance Friday, May 8.)
Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company proudly announces the lineup for its 18th season. The company will present a season focusing on "Family and Fortune," opening in August with AWAKE AND SING!, Clifford Odets' legendary Depression-era drama, directed by veteran Bay Area actress and director Joy Carlin.
Bradley Dean, Jonathan Schwartz, Ramona Mallory and Douglas Ullman, Jr. will join the Off Broadway cast of The Fantasticks as El Gallo, Matt, Luisa and The Mute, respectively, beginning Monday, March 30, 2009.
Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Marsha Stephanie Blake, Chad L. Coleman, Michael Cummings, Aunjanue Ellis, Danai Gurira, Andre Holland, Arliss Howard, Ernie Hudson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Amari Rose Leigh and Roger Robinson will be featured in the cast of its upcoming production of August Wilson's JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, to be directed by Bartlett Sher. The production, which will be presented on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44 Street) while LCT's award winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific continues its run at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, begins performances Thursday, March 19 at 8pm and opens on Thursday, April 16 at 6:45pm.
Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Marsha Stephanie Blake, Chad L. Coleman, Michael Cummings, Aunjanue Ellis, Danai Gurira, Andre Holland, Arliss Howard, Ernie Hudson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Amari Rose Leigh and Roger Robinson will be featured in the cast of its upcoming production of August Wilson's JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, to be directed by Bartlett Sher. The production, which will be presented on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44 Street) while LCT's award winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific continues its run at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, begins performances Thursday, March 19 at 8pm and opens on Thursday, April 16 at 6:45pm.
Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Marsha Stephanie Blake, Chad L. Coleman, Michael Cummings, Aunjanue Ellis, Danai Gurira, Andre Holland, Arliss Howard, Ernie Hudson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Amari Rose Leigh and Roger Robinson will be featured in the cast of its upcoming production of August Wilson's JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, to be directed by Bartlett Sher. The production, which will be presented on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44 Street) while LCT's award winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific continues its run at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, begins performances Thursday, March 19 at 8pm and opens on Thursday, April 16 at 6:45pm.
Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that it will present a new production of August Wilson's award-winning play Joe Turner's Come And Gone, to be directed by Bartlett Sher this spring , while its production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific continues its run at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans are proud to announce the 2009-2010 Northlight Season, which includes Roger Bean's pop musical, The Marvelous Wonderettes; Stephen Temperley's comedic musical tribute, Souvenir directed by David Bell; Clifford Odets' Depression-era classic Awake and Sing directed by Amy Morton and featuring Rondi Reed and Mike Nussbaum; Hugh Leonard's Irish drama, A Life directed by BJ Jones, starring John Mahoney; and another production to be announced.
Bradley Dean, Jonathan Schwartz, Ramona Mallory and Douglas Ullman, Jr. will join the Off Broadway cast of The Fantasticks as El Gallo, Matt, Luisa and The Mute, respectively, beginning Monday, March 30, 2009.
Clifford Odet's Awake and Sing! will be performed at the Main Street Theater (Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd., Houston, Texast 77005) from May 7 - June 7, 2009. Previews will be taking place on May 2, 3, & 6. There will be no performances on May 8. Opening night for this Cheryl L. Kaplan-directed show will be on May 7 at 7:30 pm. The show will be performend on Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, and Sundays at 3:00 pm.
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