Finally appearing together again after their Tony Award® winning performances in Evita, Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin bring their critically acclaimed theatre concert to The Royal Alexandra Theatre for 6 performances only, from February 9 through 14. Tickets are now on sale.
Set in French Guiana, a region where on Christmas Eve the temperature has graciously dropped to 104 degrees, three amiable convicts are employed as roofers above the Ducotel's general store. The roof winds up being the least of the family's troubles.
Jean-Baptiste Molière is on top of the world - at the centre of Louis XIV's court, author of countless popular hits, and in love with a woman half his age. But what the audiences see as sparkling satire, the authorities see as dangerous and subversive. As soon as he takes a wrong step, his fall from grace is assured.
Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre will dissect revolution with stilts and strings in 'REVOLUTION!,' a theatre spectacle that examines revolutions throughout the history of mankind as a backdrop for the extraordinary peaceful 1989 Velvet Revolution in former Czechoslovakia. Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue will present the work March 4 to 21, 2010. It will feature regulars of Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre and guest artists.
The Hollywood reporter has confirmed that stage and screen star Laura Dern will be the newest member in the world of Focker, as she will be joining the cast of the latest 'Meet the Parent's' sequel.
Franco Zeffirelli's glittering production of Puccini's Turandot returns on October 28 with Maria Guleghina in the title role and Marcello Giordani as Calàf, both singing these demanding roles for the first time in their Met careers. Marina Poplavskaya and Samuel Ramey make company role debuts as Liù and Timur respectively, and conductor Andris Nelsons makes his Met debut.
Broadway's hottest comedy, the Tony Award-winning Best Play, GOD OF CARNAGE welcomes Emmy Award-winner Christine Lahti ('Chicago Hope') as ‘Veronica,' Emmy and Golden Globe-nominee Annie Potts ('Designing Women') as ‘Annette,' Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Jimmy Smits ('The West Wing') as ‘Alan,' and Olivier Award-nominee Ken Stott (original cast member of West End productions of God of Carnage and Art) as ‘Michael' to the cast on Tuesday, November 17. GOD OF CARNAGE plays at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street).
Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater will perform 'Twelfth Night (or What You Will),' the timeless Shakespearean tale of mistaken identity and misplaced matrimony, November 12 to 29, 2009 as part of La MaMa Puppet Series 3. This three-tea-tray production, adapted and directed by Vít Horejš, will feature 16 eight-inch toy marionettes and three (more or less) live performers.
Robert Lepage's imaginative production of Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust, which premiered last season to sold out houses, returns to the Met on October 23. Three stars sing their roles for the first time at the Met: Olga Borodina as Marguerite, Ramón Vargas as Faust, and Ildar Abdrazakov as Méphistophélès.
Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (www.czechmarionattes.org) will dissect revolution with stilts and strings in 'REVOLUTION!,' a theatre spectacle that examines revolutions throughout the history of mankind as a backdrop for the extraordinary peaceful 1989 Velvet Revolution in former Czechoslovakia. Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (www.theaterforthenewcity.net) will present the work March 4 to 21, 2010. It will feature regulars of Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre and guest artists.
LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater's initiative devoted to producing work of new playwrights, directors and designers, has announced that Opal Alladin, Mia Barron, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Lynn Hawley, Ronete Levenson and Ellen Parker will be featured in its world premiere production of WHAT ONCE WE FELT, a new play by Ann Marie Healy, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, the first of LCT3's three productions during the 2009-2010 season.
Bartlett Sher?s hit production of Rossini?s comic masterpiece, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (?The Barber of Seville?), returns to the Met stage on October 3. Joyce DiDonato stars in the role of Rosina, with Barry Banks in his first Met performances as Count Almaviva and Rodion Pogossov in his company role debut as Figaro. John Del Carlo sings the role of Dr. Bartolo, and Orlin Anastassov makes his Met role debut as Don Basilio. Maurizio Benini conducts.
MILLER THEATRE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY opens its 2009-2010 season with The Blue Rider In Performance, Co-produced with Works & Process at the Guggenheim · Mary Sharp Cronson, producer. In conjunction with Kandinsky, on view at the Guggenheim Museum starting September 18.
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In conjunction with Fences, the opening production in its 2009-2010 Season of American Stories, the Huntington Theatre Company partners with Roxbury Community College to present August Wilson's Legacy, a celebration of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright's work and a discussion with acclaimed Wilson director Kenny Leon and a diverse panel of local artists who will look ahead to the next generation.
Mauckingbird Theatre Company will present John Logan's remarkable crime drama, Never the Sinner: The Leopold and Loeb Story, directed by Mauckingbird Artistic Director Peter Reynolds. The company's fourth production follows Mauckingbird's lesbian adaptation of Hedda Gabler (2009) and the critically acclaimed all-male versions of The Misanthrope (2008) and Shakespeare's R & J (2008).
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced complete casting today for the Shakespeare in the Park production of Euripides' THE BACCHAE, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with original music by Philip Glass and translated by Nicholas Rudall. Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) will play the lead role of Pentheus joining George Bartenieff as Cadmus; André De Shields as Teiresias; Jonathan Groff as Dionysus; Karen Kandel as Chorus Leader; Joan MacIntosh as Agave; Steven Rishard as Cowherd; and Rocco Sisto as Messenger.
Mauckingbird Theatre Company will present John Logan's remarkable crime drama, Never the Sinner: The Leopold and Loeb Story, directed by Mauckingbird Artistic Director Peter Reynolds. The company's fourth production follows Mauckingbird's lesbian adaptation of Hedda Gabler (2009) and the critically acclaimed all-male versions of The Misanthrope (2008) and Shakespeare's R & J (2008).
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced casting for the Shakespeare in the Park production of Euripides' THE BACCHAE, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with original music by Philip Glass and translated by Nicholas Rudall. THE BACCHAE will run August 11-August 30 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park with an official press opening on Monday, August 24 at 8 p.m. Bank of America returns as lead sponsor of Shakespeare in the Park 2009.
The Colony Theatre Company presents the second production of its 35th anniversary season, VISITING MR. GREEN, written by Jeff Baron and directed by David Rose. VISITING MR. GREEN will preview on Wednesday, August 26; Thursday, August 27 and Friday, August 28 at 8:00pm and will open on Saturday, August 29 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, September 27 at The Colony Theatre, 555 North Third Street (at Cypress) adjacent to the Burbank Town Center.
The Colony Theatre Company presents the second production of its 35th anniversary season, VISITING MR. GREEN, written by Jeff Baron and directed by David Rose. VISITING MR. GREEN will preview on Wednesday, August 26; Thursday, August 27 and Friday, August 28 at 8:00pm and will open on Saturday, August 29 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, September 27 at The Colony Theatre, 555 North Third Street (at Cypress) adjacent to the Burbank Town Center.
The Colony Theatre Company presents the second production of its 35th anniversary season, VISITING MR. GREEN, written by Jeff Baron and directed by David Rose. VISITING MR. GREEN will preview on Wednesday, August 26; Thursday, August 27 and Friday, August 28 at 8:00pm and will open on Saturday, August 29 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, September 27 at The Colony Theatre, 555 North Third Street (at Cypress) adjacent to the Burbank Town Center.
MILLER THEATRE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY opens its 2009-2010 season with The Blue Rider In Performance, Co-produced with Works & Process at the Guggenheim · Mary Sharp Cronson, producer. In conjunction with Kandinsky, on view at the Guggenheim Museum starting September 18.
The Colony Theatre Company presents the second production of its 35th anniversary season, VISITING MR. GREEN, written by Jeff Baron and directed by David Rose. VISITING MR. GREEN will preview on Wednesday, August 26; Thursday, August 27 and Friday, August 28 at 8:00pm and will open on Saturday, August 29 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, September 27 at The Colony Theatre, 555 North Third Street (at Cypress) adjacent to the Burbank Town Center.
Mauckingbird Theatre Company will present John Logan's remarkable crime drama, Never the Sinner: The Leopold and Loeb Story, directed by Mauckingbird Artistic Director Peter Reynolds. The company's fourth production follows Mauckingbird's lesbian adaptation of Hedda Gabler (2009) and the critically acclaimed all-male versions of The Misanthrope (2008) and Shakespeare's R & J (2008).
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