"'night Mother" tells the heart-wrenching story of Jessie and her mother Thelma as they embark on a cordial remembrance of things past. 'night Mother explores a parents' worst nightmare as Thelma tries to convince her daughter that life is worth living despite the constant struggles and suffering.
Producer Jeffrey Finn announced today that OLEANNA, the provocative drama by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, will have its first-ever Broadway production as part of the 2009-2010 Broadway Season. Starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes, the play is a gripping account of a power struggle between a male university professor and one of his female students.
Their music became the soundtrack for the Twentieth Century and saw America through some of her darkest days of the Great Depression and the tumultuous years of World War II. George and Ira Gershwin, the song-writing brothers penned such standards as 'They Can't Take That Away from Me,' 'Embraceable You,' and 'I Got Rhythm.'
Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of ALT, has announced that the company has commissioned The Golden Ticket, a new opera based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In his announcement, Edelson explained that all of Dahl's beloved characters find a unique voice in this exciting new opera. 'If thoughts of Augustus Gloop being swept away in the Chocolate River, Violet Beauregarde inflating like a giant blueberry, Mike Teavee being demagnified into the tele-dimension, and Veruca Salt being thrown down the rubbish shoot by a gang of nut-inspecting squirrels sound like your idea of a fun night at the opera - or better yet, unlike any night at the opera or theater you've ever experienced - The Golden Ticket is....just the ticket!'
Broadway and film producer Dann Conrad Byck Jr., who stepped down from his family retail business to pursue his lifelong passion for theater, died Tuesday at the Louisville home of his daughter, Amy Byck. He was 72.
Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of ALT, has announced that the company has commissioned The Golden Ticket, a new opera based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In his announcement, Edelson explained that all of Dahl's beloved characters find a unique voice in this exciting new opera. 'If thoughts of Augustus Gloop being swept away in the Chocolate River, Violet Beauregarde inflating like a giant blueberry, Mike Teavee being demagnified into the tele-dimension, and Veruca Salt being thrown down the rubbish shoot by a gang of nut-inspecting squirrels sound like your idea of a fun night at the opera - or better yet, unlike any night at the opera or theater you've ever experienced - The Golden Ticket is....just the ticket!'
The Glass Menagerie is a timeless, contemporary American classic. Williams' beautifully crafted, semi-autobiographical play portrays the transformation of Tom Wingfield from a St. Louis warehouse worker during the depression who can only dream of adventure, to a merchant seaman who wanders the world.
Tom's freedom comes at acost: he must escape his overbearing mother and his adoring, childlike sister, Laura, who is onlyfree to express herself with the animals in her glass menagerie. When Tom's attempt to provideLaura with a gentleman caller ends in disaster, he is forced to abandon his sister in order to save himself.Anyone who has ever loved their family, but needed to go on their own journey of discovery, will laugh and perhaps cry at this tender portrayal of an artist's life in a glass menagerie.
The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis will begin its 2008-2009 season with political plays featuring ripped-from-the-headlines content, and will continue the season with the first Indianapolis production of a work by popular Irish playwright Conor McPherson, a world premiere 'mock operetta' by Jack O'Hara, and a Spanish-language production as well as the regional premieres of a number of plays.
Josh Charles will appear as Jim, the gentleman caller in The Long Wharf Theater's production of Tennessee Williams' THE GLASS MENAGERIE.
The show will be directed by Gordon Edelstein run from May 13-June 7.
Charles previously appeared at The Long Wharf during the 1983-84 season in 'A Dance Lesson' which was also directed by Edelstein.
The Kennedy Center presents the world premiere of The Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony based on the book by E.B. White, adapted for the stage by Marsha Norman, with music by Jason Robert Brown, and direction by Gary Griffin. The production features a 35-piece orchestra conducted by Jason Robert Brown. Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony is part of a season-long initiative Broadway: The Third Generation, celebrating the current generation of Broadway musical composers, and will appear for five performances in the Eisenhower Theater December 4-6, 2008. The theatrical adaptation is recommended for audiences aged seven and up.
The Kennedy Center presents the world premiere of The Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony based on the book by E.B. White, adapted for the stage by Marsha Norman, with music by Jason Robert Brown, and direction by Gary Griffin. The production features a 35-piece orchestra conducted by Jason Robert Brown. Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony is part of a season-long initiative Broadway: The Third Generation, celebrating the current generation of Broadway musical composers, and will appear for five performances in the Eisenhower Theater December 4-6, 2008. The theatrical adaptation is recommended for audiences aged seven and up.
The 2009 season at the Almeida Theatre will include five premieres, two major revivals and a Shakespeare.
Though this work is often revived,'night Mother is rarely revived well. The most current incarnation, which opened last night at the Theatre Building Chicago, is the exception.
Two-time Tony Award-nominee Anne Pitoniak died of cancer last Sunday in Manhattan at the age of 85. She received Tony nominations role her roles in 1983's night, Mother and in the 1994 revival of William Inge's Picnic.
The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio will present an interview with Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and the book writer for the musical The Color Purple, on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway
Playwright Marsha Norman is nominated for Best Book for The Color Purple, and tells us about the challenges of bringing that show to the stage and more...
The 2004-2005 Broadway theatre season boasted thriving grosses and a terrific number of Tony-eligible plays and musicals
In the third in a series of Women's History Month profiles, Nugent talks about producing hits and flops, getting backers, making movies and leveling the playing field for women in theater.
After love letters from the critics and intense audience acclaim, the splendidly savage and delightfully bitter British musical comedy trio FASCINATING AIDA have announced the triumphant Off Broadway return of their show Absolutely Fascinating. By popular demand, an exclusive limited engagement will run at the Kirk Theatre on Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street) from April 6 to May 15. Founding members and seasoned veterans Adele Anderson and Dillie Keane are again joined by dazzling new diva Liza Pulman, with musical director Russell Churney on piano. The official opening night is set for April 11
'NIGHT, MOTHER, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Marsha Norman, directed by Michael Mayer, and starring Edie Falco and Brenda Blethyn will play its final performance at the Royale Theatre on Sunday, January 9th at 3pm. The production will have played 26 previews and 91 regular performances.
It was announced this morning that Edie Falco, one of the stars of Broadway's 'NIGHT, MOTHER, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama for her role as Carmela Soprano on HBO's acclaimed show 'The Sopranos.'
Brenda Blethyn, one of the stars of Broadway's 'NIGHT, MOTHER will be a guest on 'Saturday Today in New York' tomorrow, Saturday, December 11th. The program airs on WNBC from 9am - 9:30am EST.
Edie Falco, one of the stars of Broadway's 'NIGHT, MOTHER will be a guest on 'The View' on Monday, December 13th. The program airs on ABC from 11am - 12pm EST.
Edie Falco, one of the stars of Broadway's 'NIGHT, MOTHER will be a guest on 'Good Day Live' tomorrow, Wednesday December 8th. The program airs on FOX from 12pm - 1pm EST.
Edie Falco, one of the stars of Broadway's 'NIGHT, MOTHER will be a guest on 'Last Call with Carson Daly' tonight, Thursday December 2nd. The program airs on NBC from 1:30am - 2am EST.
Michael Meyer's production has Edie Falco and Brenda Blethyn playing at an interesting emotional distance
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