Obie Award-winning Daniel Beaty uses his extraordinary talents as an actor, poet, writer, showman and true story-teller to bring to life an entire cast of poignant and heart-breaking characters whose personal journeys are known to us all. Their stories are told with poetry, power and at times near-evangelical flourishes.
Through the Night is a timely and inspiring story full of possibility and hope. Book now to secure your seats to the most extraordinary and moving theatrical event of the season!
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Now celebrating its Fifth Anniversary Season, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in partnership with AEG presents a very special addition to the 2010-2011 COMEDY PLANET SERIES. On March 28, 2010 at 8 p.m. KATHY GRIFFIN will present a racy, raucous, rambunctious evening of stand-up comedy in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall.
Thousands of people have already been entertained by the OBIE-winning, music-theatre hit Three Pianos (New York Theatre Workshop), the COIL 2011 (Performance Space 122) and the Under the Radar Festival (from The Public Theater, performed at, among other spaces, La Mama E.T.C. and Dixon Place). This weekend, all three will give their last performances.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) rings in the New Year with William Shakespeare's romantic comedy As You Like It, staged by CST's Associate Artistic Director Gary Griffin. The acting company for Griffin's lush production includes a host of Chicago Shakespeare favorites who have collectively performed over 100 roles at CST. Among the returning cast members are Kate Fry, performing the role of Rosalind in her seventh appearance at CST; Chaon Cross as Celia in her sixth CST appearance; Matt Schwader as Orlando in his ninth appearance; Phillip James Brannon as Touchstone in his fourth appearance; and longtime collaborators Ross Lehman as Jaques and Kevin Gudahl as Duke Senior, who return to CST to perform their respective 13th and 27th roles. Chicago Shakespeare Theater's As You Like It runs now through March 6, 2011, in CST's Courtyard Theater. Tickets are $44-$75 with special discounts available for groups of 10 or more. All patrons receive a 40% parking discount at Navy Pier garages. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Box Office at 312.595.5600 or visit the Theater's website at www.chicagoshakes.com.
Thousands of people have already been entertained by the OBIE-winning, music-theatre hit Three Pianos (New York Theatre Workshop), the COIL 2011 (Performance Space 122) and the Under the Radar Festival (from The Public Theater, performed at, among other spaces, La Mama E.T.C. and Dixon Place). This weekend, all three will give their last performances.
A Fats Waller-inspired dance party conceived by Grammy nominee Meshell Ndegeocello (pictured, r.) and MacArthur Genius Award winner Jason Moran (pictured, l.) anchors the Spring 2011 season of the popular and acclaimed Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage series.
The 2010-2011 season for Broadway Grand Rapids (BGR), while marking the company's 23rd year, raises the curtain on an impressive new level of performance. The stage was set with the exciting news that Broadway Grand Rapids and Michigan State University's Wharton Center for Performing Arts have established a partnership that is dramatic - literally and figuratively. For theater lovers throughout West Michigan, this pairing creates an enhanced opportunity to secure top-notch shows for the DeVos Performance Hall venue. The new season reflects the power and the theatrical magic that the organizations have been able to conjure up together. This includes the return to a 5 show subscription series and the additional of 4 special events, the most offered in a BGR season. The subscription series will include Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, Legally Blonde The Musical, In The Heights, Grease and Shrek The Musical. In addition to the subscription series, BGR will also offer CHICAGO, STOMP, New Shanghai Circus, and The Aluminum Show.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson), Producer Mark Russell and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP President and CEO Sandra Gibson) announce the line-up for UNDER THE RADAR 2011, running January 5-16 at The Public Theater as well as at partner venues around the city.
Beck Center for the Arts proudly continues its holiday tradition of fine family entertainment with its production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, on the Mackey Main Stage, December 3, 2010 through January 2, 2011.
This Christmas the Rose Theatre will join forces with Broadway producer Bud Martin to present The Three Musketeers, a brand new musical adapted from the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas. The Three Musketeers will play thru 2 January, prior to the West End.
As we welcome in a new year of great theatre in the nation's capital, I thought it would be fun to do one of those “Best of 2010' lists as well as preview what's opening in January on DC area stages. So let's raise our glasses and offer a toast to all those theatre companies who gave us great productions in 2010, and to the upcoming 2011 theatre season!
Adding big time heat to an already exciting smash Broadway theatrical season, ROCK OF AGES, a funny, feel good- love story told through the hit songs of such iconic rockers as Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Pat Benatar and Whitesnake, will heighten the joy of the holiday season when Tony award Nominee Constantine Maroulis of 'American Idol fame,' recreates his original Broadway role as Drew, opening Tuesday, December 28 playing through Sunday, January 9, presented by Florida Theatrical Association at Broward Center for the Performing arts. Coming direct from Broadway, Maroulis, who Rolling Stone declared 'a perfect lead,' will reprise his acclaimed performance in the First National Tour of the five-time Tony Award nominated smash-hit musical.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson), Producer Mark Russell and The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP President and CEO Sandra Gibson) present UNDER THE RADAR 2011, running January 5-16 at The Public Theater as well as at partner venues around the city. This highly-anticipated 12-day festival is committed to tracking new theater from across the U.S. and around the world and, this year, will feature shows from 11 counties including Chile, Italy, Belgium, and Mali. Tickets are $15 to UNDER THE RADAR shows at The Public, and $15 to $25 for shows at partner venues. For more ticket information visit www.publictheater.org or www.undertheradarfestival.com
The StrangeDog Theatre Company will return to Tierney's Tavern this January for three weekends of The Virililogy, a new trio of plays by Ben Clawson. The night will span a decade in the lives of three friends; Stu (David Murgittroyd), Brian (Scott Cagney) and Quinn (Michael Stanton Murphy). Together, they face, witness and bear the misfortune, the misunderstanding and the misery which befalls them in their respective significant-otherships. Bushwhacked and crestfallen they somehow mature... or in any case, they get older. Three weekends of three different years in the lives of three different guys told through three different plays: The Virilogy.
Now celebrating its Fifth Anniversary Season, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in partnership with AEG presents a very special addition to the 2010-2011 COMEDY PLANET SERIES. On March 28, 2010 at 8 p.m. KATHY GRIFFIN will present a racy, raucous, rambunctious evening of stand-up comedy in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall.
The Frist Center's Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery will feature Simen Johan: Until the Kingdom Comes, comprising nine large-scale digital photographs and three sculptures. The exhibition opens Feb. 20, 2011, and will remain on view through May 29, 2011.
All the steam and suspense of classic film noir will rise live from the stage at New Jersey Repertory Company during the world premiere production of "The Tangled Skirt" by Steve Braunstein, December 2, 2010 through January 23, 2011, with a two-week hiatus for the holidays, December 20 - January 5.
Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director), has announced today the complete cast for the final production of the 2010-2011 season: the World Premiere of the new comedy, Black Tie by A.R. Gurney under the direction of Mark Lamos, who return to Primary Stages where they collaborated on the world premiere productions of Indian Blood and Buffalo Gal.
A Fats Waller-inspired dance party conceived by Grammy nominee Meshell Ndegeocello (pictured, r.) and MacArthur Genius Award winner Jason Moran (pictured, l.) anchors the Spring 2011 season of the popular and acclaimed Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage series.
Now celebrating its Fifth Anniversary Season, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in partnership with AEG presents a very special addition to the 2010-2011 COMEDY PLANET SERIES. On March 28, 2010 at 8 p.m. KATHY GRIFFIN will present a racy, raucous, rambunctious evening of stand-up comedy in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall.
First Stage presents the musical production of THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD, based on the children's classic tale, January 29 through February 13, 2011 at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 W. Walnut Street in Milwaukee.
Mark Alan Gordon, associate director of the Case Western Reserve University-Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Acting Program, announced that he will leave Cleveland in May, after the conclusion of the Spring 2011 semester, to pursue opportunities in Vermont.
Producer Daryl Roth announced today that, due to popular demand, Daniel Beaty's award-winning solo show Through the Night will return to Off-Broadway in the New Year.
Now celebrating its Fifth Anniversary Season, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in partnership with AEG presents a very special addition to the 2010-2011 COMEDY PLANET SERIES. On March 28, 2010 at 8 p.m. KATHY GRIFFIN will present a racy, raucous, rambunctious evening of stand-up comedy in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall.
Beck Center for the Arts proudly continues its holiday tradition of fine family entertainment with its production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, on the Mackey Main Stage, December 3, 2010 through January 2, 2011. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays with select Thursday evening and Saturday matinee performances. A special Wednesday evening performance will take place on December 29. There are no performances on December 24, 25, or January 1.
Beck Center for the Arts proudly continues its holiday tradition of fine family entertainment with its production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, on the Mackey Main Stage, December 3, 2010 through January 2, 2011.
2010 | Off-Broadway |
Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
2011 | Off-Broadway |
Return Engagement [Off-Broadway] Off-Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2011 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Daniel Beaty |
2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Daniel Beaty |
2011 | The Lortels | Outstanding Solo Show | Daniel Beaty |
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