Public Theater's SWEET AND SAD Begins Previews, 9/6
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 22, 2011
The Public Theater will begin previews for the world premiere of Richard Nelson's new play SWEET AND SAD on Tuesday, September 6. The first show in the 2011-2012 Public Lab season, SWEET AND SAD takes place over Sunday brunch on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 with a cast that features Jon DeVries, Shuler Hensley, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robins, Jay O. Sanders and J. Smith-Cameron.
A Noise Within Announces 2011-12 Season in New Pasadena Theatre
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 12, 2011
A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company led by Founders/Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott, launches its milestone 2011-12 Season and 20th Anniversary in its permanent new home, a 33,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art venue in Pasadena, on Saturday, October 29, 2011.
Kim Cattrall & Paul Gross Headed to Broadway in PRIVATE LIVES; Begins Nov. 6
by Robert Diamond - Jun 29, 2011
Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross will star on Broadway this autumn in Noël Coward's Private Lives directed by Richard Eyre at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). Previews will begin on Sunday November 6; opening night is Thursday November 17. The limited engagement runs through February 5 2012.
Walden Theatre's Young American Shakespeare Festival Announced Thru 5/22
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2011
This is the final day to catch the three great plays in the Young American Shakespeare Festival, presented by Walden Theatre. Othello, Twelfth Night, and Antony and Cleopatra run in repertory through May 22 at the Victor Jory Theatre at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
JERUSALEM's Rylance and Playwright Butterworth Featured on Tonight's 'Theater Talk'
by Charlie Piane - May 13, 2011
Tonight's edition of 'Theater Talk' will feature JERUSALEM's Tony-nominated star Mark Rylance and Tony-nominated playwright Jez Butterworth. 'Theater Talk' airs tonight at 12:30 AM on WNET-TV, Channel 13 and on CUNY TV on Saturday, May 14 at 8:30 PM, Sunday, May 15 at 12:30 PM and Monday, May 16 at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM.
Photo Flash: PICT's ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
by Nicole Rosky - May 9, 2011
PICT's production of Antony & Cleopatra is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest. PICT is one of 40 professional theatre companies selected to participate in Shakespeare for a New Generation, bringing the finest productions of Shakespeare to thousands of middle- and highschool students in communities across the United States. This is the eighth year of Shakespeare in American Communities, the largest tour of Shakespeare in American history.
Pavel Kriz stars in King Lear and As You Like It, May 19-29 at Vysehrad
by Lauren Wolman - May 7, 2011
The Prague Shakespeare Festival, Guy Roberts Artistic Director, and the Classical Theatre Company, John Johnston Executive Artistic Director, are proud to announce an exciting and unprecedented collaboration for Czech and Houston audiences and artists alike: rotating repertory productions of Shakespeare's King Lear and As You Like It, directed by Guy Roberts, starring Czech superstar Pavel K?íž and featuring a multinational company of artists from America and Europe.
Complete Cast and Creative Team Announced for Old Globe Shakespeare Festival
by Kelsey Denette - May 4, 2011
Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the complete cast and creative team for The Old Globe's 2011 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Adrian Noble returns as the Artistic Director of the 2011 Festival and will direct Shakespeare's The Tempest and Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Ron Daniels also returns and will direct Much Ado About Nothing.
PICT launches 2011 Season With Antony & Cleopatra 5/5-21
by BWW
News Desk - May 5, 2011
A Roman general and an Eqyptian queen, Mark Antony and Cleopatra are great leaders of their time who share a passion for each other - but at a price. Power, politics and betrayal overshadow their doomed and legendary affair.
Paula Plum Rules as Cleopatra
by Nancy Grossman - May 4, 2011
Actors' Shakespeare Project inaugurates The Modern Theatre with William Shakespeare's Antony & Cleopatra, a treatise for the ages on love, passion, greatness, and political folly.
PICT launches 2011 Season With Antony & Cleopatra 5/5-21
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 18, 2011
A Roman general and an Eqyptian queen, Mark Antony and Cleopatra are great leaders of their time who share a passion for each other - but at a price. Power, politics and betrayal overshadow their doomed and legendary affair.
BWW Announces Winners of 2010 San Francisco Awards!
by BWW - Apr 19, 2011
The votes have all been counted and audited and we're VERY excited to announce the results of the 2010 BroadwayWorld.com San Francisco Awards! Tens of thousands of votes were cast during six weeks of intensive voting on over 190 nominees in 25 categories.
Thank you to all who voted and congratulations to all the winners!
Michael Learned and Granville Van Dusen find unexpected love in "Southern Comforts"
by Amber Cassell - Apr 10, 2011
Four-time Emmy award-winning actress Michael Learned and veteran actor Granville Van Dusen find unexpected love in Kathleen Clark's perceptively witty and poignant play, Southern Comforts, directed by Jules Aaron. The four-week run ends April 10 at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center.
ASP Presents Reading Series 4/9-4/11
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 9, 2011
Actors' Shakespeare Project, in collaboration with The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, is producing a reading series in early April prior to staging Antony and Cleopatra in the space later in the month. The reading series includes Thomas Middleton's Women Beware Women, directed by ASP company member Sarah Newhouse, and The Last Will by Robert Brustein - a 2011 National Medal of Arts recipient - directed by Daniela Varon.
Actors' Shakespeare Project Presents ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, , 4/30-5/21
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 5, 2011
Actors' Shakespeare Project concludes its 2010?2011 season with Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Adrianne Krstansky - previewing April 27th, 28th & 29th, opening on April 30th, with a gala performance on May 1st, and running through May 21st at The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, 525 Washington Street in Downtown Crossing.
Cuccioli, Chumskley, Robins Set for ANY GIVEN MONDAY Reading, 4/4
by Lauren Wolman - Apr 3, 2011
THE ACTIVE THEATER in association with BUD MARTIN will present Any Given Monday by Bruce Graham on Monday, April 4, 2011 at New World Stages, 2:00pm, in Stage 5. Bud Martin will direct the private reading of the play which was first seen in a co-production between ACT II PLAYHOUSE, Ambler, PA and THEATRE EXILE, Philadelphia, PA. Any Given Monday was the recipient of the 2010 Barrymore Award for Best New Play.