MTC's RUINED Featured On CNN During 'Inside Africa' Segment 5/9
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 8, 2009
RUINED, the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Lynn Nottage, will be featured on CNN beginning this weekend. The segment will premiere this Saturday on 'Inside Africa' which airs on CNN International (Time Warner Channel 133).
ROMEO & JULIET Brings The Montagues & Capulets To Smiling Rhino Theatre 5/29-6/7
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 7, 2009
Smiling Rhino Theatre presents Shakespeare's Most Famous Love Story Romeo and Juliet. The timeless citizens of Verona will play out their doomed and haunted chronicle for theatergoers all over our area. Show dates are May 29, 30, 31, June 5, 6, 7, 2009. Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. Smiling Rhino Theatre will be opening up only two day time performances for students to are now studying Romeo and Juliet in school. These dates are May 27 and 28.
Mamet's RACE to Run at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Previews Begin Nov. 17
by Eddie Varley - May 6, 2009
RACE, the new play written and directed by David Mamet will make its world premiere at the ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE (located at 243 West 47th St.) beginning on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 with the official opening night on Thursday, December 6, 2009. Rehearsals are set to begin on Monday, October 19, 2009.
BILLY ELLIOT, RUINED & More Win at Drama Critics' Circle Awards
by Robert Diamond - May 4, 2009
Ruined, by Lynn Nottage, today won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (NYDCC) for Best Play of the 2008-2009 season. The Best Musical award was given to Billy Elliot, music by Elton John, and book and lyrics by Lee Hall. The award for Best Foreign Play was given to Black Watch by Gregory Burke. The selections were made at the 74th annual voting meeting of the organization today at the offices of Time Out New York in Manhattan.
RUINED Extends Once Again Thru 6/28
by Eddie Varley - Apr 29, 2009
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced a six week extension of RUINED, Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize winning play featuring direction by Kate Whoriskey. Tickets for the play are now on sale through Sunday, June 28.
54th Annual Drama Desk Award Noms Announced, '9 To 5' Leads Pack with 15 Nods
by Eddie Varley - Apr 27, 2009
Nominations for the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at the New York Friars Club by Faith Prince and Jim Dale, multi-award winning stage stars. They were joined for the announcement by William Wolf, Drama Desk President, Barbara Siegel, Chairperson of the Drama Desk Nominating Committee, Robert R. Blume, Executive Producer of the Drama Desk Awards ceremony, and Randie Levine-Miller, Director of Special Events for the Drama Desk.
RUINED Extends Again at MTC Thru 5/17
by Eddie Varley - Apr 24, 2009
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that the critically acclaimed production of RUINED by playwright Lynn Nottage and director Kate Whoriskey has been extended by popular demand once again through Sunday, May 17th.
Sundance Institute Announces 5 Chosen Projects For Theatre Lab Held 7/7-22
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 23, 2009
Sundance Institute today announced the five projects chosen for the 2009 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab to be held July 7 -22 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. Under the stewardship of Sundance Institute Theatre Program's Artistic Director Philip Himberg, the projects and participants selected for this year's residency are: Diagram of a Paper Airplane (Carlos Murillo); An Iliad (Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson); The Lily's Revenge (Taylor Mac); Ngwino Ubeho (Come and Be Alive) (Odile Gakire Gatire); and Palomino (David Cale).
2008-2009 75th Annual Drama League Nominations Announced
by Robert Diamond - Apr 21, 2009
The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President; Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director) proudly announces nominations for the 2008-09 Drama League Awards, to be awarded at The 75th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 15, 2009 (noon) in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square (1535 Broadway at 46th Street). The event will be co-hosted by Jeremy Irons (Impressionism) and Cynthia Nixon (Distracted).
'SHREK', 'BILLY' & RUINED Lead Outer Critics Circle Nominations
by Eddie Varley - Apr 20, 2009
Based on a recommendation by the OCC Executive Committee, Special Achievement Awards will be given to David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish for their performances in 'Billy Elliot the Musical' and an Outstanding Ensemble Performance Award will be bestowed to the full cast of 'The Norman Conquests' (Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter and Amanda Root).
RUINED: The Survivor & The Poet
by Eugene Lovendusky - Apr 17, 2009
From the Obie Award-winning author Lynn Nottage comes RUINED, 'a haunting, probing work about the resilience of the human spirit during times of war,' and the front-runner for a Pulitzer nomination. Set in the war-torn Congo, RUINED follows the everyday exploits of Mama Nadi (Saidah Arrika Ekulona), a businesswoman doing whatever she can to ensure her survival... and the survival of the women she shelters. Amidst the blood and lust is Christian (Russell Gebert Jones), a poetic man who yearns for something truer than the senseless gun-shots and mindless profiteering.
THE ROYAL FAMILY, Premiere of Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL, COLLECTED STORIES Part of MTC 2009-10 Season
by Eddie Varley - Mar 26, 2009
Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have announced three of the productions for Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming 2009-2010 theatrical season, including two of the three productions at MTC's Broadway theatre, the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) (THE ROYAL FAMILY, COLLECTED STORIES) and the first of the three shows planned for MTC's Off-Broadway theatre at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street) (TIME STANDS STILL).
Photo Flash: INKED BABY At Peter Jay Sharp Theater
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 20, 2009
World Premiere of INKED BABY, a new play by 2007 Susan Smith Blackburn nominee Christina Anderson in her Off-Broadway playwriting debut. INKED BABY began previews on Thursday, March 5 at 7:30 PM at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street).
Directed by Kate Whoriskey (Fabulation at Playwrights Horizons, the current hit Ruined), INKED BABY will have its official opening on Monday, March 23 at 7:00 PM and continue through Sunday, April 5.
CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY By Lynn Nottage Begins 3/9
by BWW News Desk - Mar 9, 2009
CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY begins Monday, March 9, 2009 at 7:00pm, by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Seret Scott, with Laura Heisler ( Doris to Darlene, The Mistakes Madeline Made), Sadrina Johnson (The Book of Lambert, Southern Promises), Billy Eugene Jones (A Raisin in the Sun), Brenda Pressley (The First Breeze of Summer, Seven Guitars at Signature, and American Plan at Manhattan Theatre Club), Amina S. Robinson (Mamma Mia!)
Commissioned by Second Stage Theatre in 1992
CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY By Lynn Nottage Begins 3/9
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 5, 2009
CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY begins Monday, March 9, 2009 at 7:00pm, by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Seret Scott, with Laura Heisler ( Doris to Darlene, The Mistakes Madeline Made), Sadrina Johnson (The Book of Lambert, Southern Promises), Billy Eugene Jones (A Raisin in the Sun), Brenda Pressley (The First Breeze of Summer, Seven Guitars at Signature, and American Plan at Manhattan Theatre Club), Amina S. Robinson (Mamma Mia!)
Commissioned by Second Stage Theatre in 1992
MEMPHIS to Open on Broadway Fall 2009
by Robert Diamond - Mar 4, 2009
It was announced today that MEMPHIS, a new musical about the birth of rock 'n' roll in the turbulent 50s which recently played a critically acclaimed and sold-out engagement at Seattle?s 5th Avenue Theatre, is aiming to open on Broadway in the fall of 2009. Based on a concept by George W. George (producer of the Tony nominated Bedroom Farce & film: My Dinner With Andre), MEMPHIS features a book & lyrics by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change), and music & lyrics by Bon Jovi founding member David Bryan, in his Broadway debut. The new musical is directed by Tony nominee Christopher Ashley (Xanadu) and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys).