L.A. Theatre Works records Clifford Odets' 1935 masterpiece, Awake and Sing!, with Mark Ruffalo, Ben Gazzara, Jonathan Hadary, Peter Kybart (all of whom were in the 2006 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival) and Jane Kaczmarek.
Today, Joe's Pub released a schedule of upcoming events January events. Broadway favorites included in the line-up are Julia Sweeney, the tribe of Hair, and Lauren Ambrose. Just added performers include Shemekia Copeland, Kristina Train, Mato Nanji and more (1/10), World Famous *BOB*: One Man Show (1/24), Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits (2/2) & Carrie Newcomer: CD Release (3/28). For more information, visit www.joespub.com.
Happy Holidays to all the wonderful readers at BroadwayWorld.com! No doubt this has been quite the year for everyone, including me. With so many changes in our lives due to social and economic issues all over the world, this is a time of year when we have to look inside ourselves and find the simple things in life that we have to be thankful for and celebrate the joy of the season. Family and friends gathering and sharing some very special time with each other, reminiscing of times past and creating new ones.
Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations announce casting for the Chicago area engagement of the National Tour of The Lincoln Center Theater Production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher. The Tony Award-winning production will play the Rosemont Theatre for a limited one-week engagement Nov. 24 - 29, 2009.
Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations announce casting for the Chicago area engagement of the National Tour of The Lincoln Center Theater Production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher. The Tony Award-winning production will play the Rosemont Theatre for a limited one-week engagement Nov. 24 - 29, 2009.
The Met's new production of Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, premieres on December 3.
Piven Theatre Workshop kicks off its 2009-10 season with Two by Pinter: The Lover and The Collection, directed by Artistic Director Emeritus Joyce Piven. The productions will run October 10 - November 15, 2009 at Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston, IL.
Piven Theatre Workshop kicks off its 2009-10 season with Two by Pinter: The Lover and The Collection, directed by Artistic Director Emeritus Joyce Piven. The productions will run October 10 - November 15, 2009 at Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston, IL.
A compelling story of forbidden love, loyalty, guilt and the corrupting power of greed, All My Sons stars David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker and will be directed by Howard Davies.
Zoe Wanamaker and David Suchet will star in the Apollo Theatre's production of ALL MY SONS. The play, by Arthur Miller, will begin May 27th, 2010 and is directed by Olivier award winner Howard Davies. Davies won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director for his work on ALL MY SONS on the West End. Wanamaker will play Kate Keller, while Suchet will play the husband, Joe Keller. Additional casting is yet to be announced.
The Almeida Theatre in the U.K. has announced their Spring 2010 lineup of productions and events.
Piven Theatre Workshop kicks off its 2009-10 season with Two by Pinter: The Lover and The Collection, directed by Artistic Director Emeritus Joyce Piven. The productions will run October 10 - November 15, 2009 at Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston, IL.
Piven Theatre Workshop kicks off its 2009-10 season with Two by Pinter: The Lover and The Collection, directed by Artistic Director Emeritus Joyce Piven. The productions will run October 10 - November 15, 2009 at Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston, IL.
Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations announce casting for the Chicago area engagement of the National Tour of The Lincoln Center Theater Production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher. The Tony Award-winning production will play the Rosemont Theatre for a limited one-week engagement Nov. 24 - 29, 2009.
Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead directed by Artistic Director Michael Halberstam.
Michael Attenborough will direct Rory Kinnear as Angelo, Anna Maxwell Martin as Isabella and Ben Miles as the Duke in William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure at the Almeida.
Piven Theatre Workshop kicks off its 2009-10 season with Two by Pinter: The Lover and The Collection, directed by Artistic Director Emeritus Joyce Piven. The productions will run October 10 - November 15, 2009 at Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston, IL.
The National Touring Company of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC will be led by Rod Gilfry (Emile de Becque) and Carmen Cusack (Nellie Forbush), with Anderson Davis (Lt. Cable), Matthew Saldivar (Luther Billis), Keala Settle (Bloody Mary), Gerry Becker (Capt. Brackett), Peter Rini (Cmdr. Harbison), Sumie Maeda (Liat), Rusty Ross (Professor) and original 2008 Broadway cast member Genson Blimline (Stewpot).
Due to popular demand, Aurora Theatre Company has added an additional performance of its 18th season opener, Clifford Odets' classic Depression-era drama Awake and Sing!, to the existing performance schedule - there will be an additional performance on Saturday, September 26 at 2pm. Awake and Sing! plays now through September 27 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.
Piven Theatre Workshop kicks off its 2009-10 season with Two by Pinter: The Lover and The Collection, directed by Artistic Director Emeritus Joyce Piven. The productions will run October 10 - November 15, 2009 at Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston, IL.
RFK: The Journey to Justice is a commission led by the University of Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, Stanford Lively Arts at Stanford University, and the Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond. Additional funds provided by the Susan Raab Simonson Commissioning Project.
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.
Aurora Theatre Company opens its 18th season, focusing on 'family and fortune,' with Clifford Odets' classic Depression-era drama AWAKE AND SING! Bay Area theater veteran Joy Carlin (Jack Goes Boating, Hysteria, The Price), who first directed this play for Berkeley Repertory Theatre 24 years ago, revisits this landmark drama for Aurora.
Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company celebrated the official completion of the company's Addison Street expansion wing, The Nell and Jules Dashow Wing, named in honor of lead donor Deborah Ruth's parents, at a special opening event held in the new space on August 17.
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.
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