Frankenstein 2019 - Articles Page 11

Run Time:
120 minutes including intermission
Ages: 11+
Opened: October 15, 2019
Closing: November 30, 2019

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Casting Update Announced For GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS At The London Palladium
by Stephi Wild - Oct 11, 2019


Qdos Entertainment today announce that Janine Duvitski will play Mummy Bear, Sophie Isaacs will play the title role of Goldilocks and Lauren Stroud will play Baby Bear in the 2019 London Palladium Pantomime Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Performances begin at the London Palladium on Saturday 7 December 2019 for a strictly limited 5-week run until Sunday 12 January 2020.

McCarter Welcomes Seven New Members To Board Of Trustees
by Stephi Wild - Oct 9, 2019


At its first meeting of the 2019/2020 season, McCarter Theatre Center welcomed seven new members to its Board of Trustees. These leading community volunteers join an existing team of trustees who are outstanding arts advocates. All support McCarter's mission of creating world-class theater and presenting the finest performing artists for the engagement, education, and entertainment of the community.

CSC Begins MACBETH Previews, Announces Timothy Douglas As Director Of Upcoming FRANKENSTEIN
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 8, 2019


Classic Stage Company kicks off its 2019-20 season on Thursday, October 10, when previews begin for artistic director John Doyle's new staging of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, opening October 27 and running through December 15 at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater at CSC (136 E. 13th St, New York). Today CSC announces that Timothy Douglas will direct Tristan Bernays' retelling of Frankenstein (beginning January 30), which the company will pair with Kate Hamill's reimagining of Dracula (starting January 14), directed by Sarna Lapine, to form a thrilling repertory cycle of adaptations of two legendary Gothic nightmares by emerging playwrights.

National Youth Theatre Announces Full Casting For Its 2019 Autumn REP Season Of Three Plays
by Stephi Wild - Oct 4, 2019


The National Youth Theatre (NYT) today announces full casting for its 2019 REP Season which opens this month with the London premiere of Neil Bartlett's adaptation of Great Expectations followed by an Artificial Intelligence-inspired and female-led production of Frankenstein both at Southwark Playhouse (18 October to 30 November). A third production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, will run at the Criterion Theatre (6 December to 17 January 2020) directed by Matt Harrison working in association with Kneehigh. This year's season will also see the NYT REP stage relaxed performances for the first time and features the most number of performances ever in its seven-year history. The 2019 company of 16 actors, aged 18-25, includes newcomers Guy Clark, Ella Dacres, Natalie Dunne, Jordan Ford Silver, Jamie Foulkes, Alice Franziska, Billy Hinchliff, Jadie Hobson, Bede Hodgkinson, Tiwalade Ibirogba Olulode, Julia Kass, Sarah Lusack, Jemima Mayala, Joseph Payne, Sonny Poon Tip, Raj Singh.

Classic Stage Company To Honor Anika Noni Rose And Ted Chapin At Annual Gala
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 3, 2019


Classic Stage Company's 2019 gala will honor Anika Noni Rose, whose singular performance in CSC's recent production of Carmen Jones propelled it to widespread acclaim, and Ted Chapin, visionary President of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.

The Millbrook Playhouse Youth Ensemble Presents The Regional Premiere Of KID FRANKENSTEIN THE MUSICAL
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2019


Millbrook Playhouse (David E. Leidholdt-Producing Artistic Director, and the Board of Directors) have announced the Millbrook Playhouse Youth Ensemble in Kid Frankenstein The Musical, Book and Lyrics by Peter Charles Morris, Music by David Mallamud. Opening on October 5th at 12:00pm.

Found Stages Presents Reading Of Gabrielle Fulton Play In Wine & Reading Series
by Julie Musbach - Sep 27, 2019


Found Stages and Dunwoody Nature Center are joining to present the fourth play in the second annual 'Wine & Reading Series,' Gabrielle Fulton's SEED PLANTER on Sunday, October 13, 2019.

Different Stages' Announces 2019-2020 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2019


Get your season passes now for the Different Stages 2019-2020 season.

Audra McDonald, Beth Leavel, Liz Callaway And More Announced At Broadway @ NOCCA
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2019


The internationally acclaimed Broadway concert series, hosted and music-directed by Sirius XM Radio star Seth Rudetsky, will return to NOCCA's Lupin Hall for its eighth consecutive year.

Universal Studios Hollywood Adds Bite To Its Creepy Cuisine Inspired By This Year's “Halloween Horror Nights” Mazes
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2019


a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Universal Studios Hollywood invites guests to take a bite out of a?oeHalloween Horror Nightsa?? with its menacing menu of creepy cuisine and merchandise inspired by this year's slate of terrifying new mazes.

Found Stages Brings Immersive Theater To Atlanta With FRANKENSTEIN Adaptation
by Julie Musbach - Sep 25, 2019


Found Stages is changing the theatrical landscape of Atlanta. Inspired by such groundbreaking productions as NYC's Sleep No More, Found Stages' Frankenstein's Funeral offers Atlanta audiences a one-of-a-kind immersive, site-specific experience without the cost of a flight or hotel.

Watford Palace Theatre Announces 2019-2020 Season
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2019


Artistic Director Brigid Larmour today announces programming to complete Watford Palace Theatre's season for September 2019 - June 2020, following the world première of Mushy: Lyrically Speaking earlier this month. The co-production with Rifco Theatre Company is now on tour across the UK until 5 October.

BWW Review: Cumberland County Playhouse's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is a Monster Hit With Hancock at the Helm
by Jeffrey Ellis - Sep 22, 2019


Who'd have ever thought a seven-foot-tall, dark, handsome and green chap a?' crafted from the bits and pieces of various fellows gone home to meet their maker, as it were a?' could prove to be so likable, charming and, we daresay, sexy? But leave it to Mel Brooks (and Gene Wilder, his co-writer on the 1974 film) to create such a protagonist and to surround him with memorable characters in a story set to music that's a wonderful homage to the very best of classic Broadway and silver screen musicals!

TheaterWorks Stages THE CRUCIBLE
by Julie Musbach - Sep 20, 2019


TheaterWorks presents Arthur Miller's modern classic The Crucible, opening on Friday, October 11, 2019 at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts. This fictional masterpiece centers around a farmer, his wife and a young servant girl, all three of which are dangerously intertwined in a story of deceit, jealousy and hostility. How far can a young girl's word go in the court of law? 

Sarna Lapine to Direct CSC's DRACULA, Plus Tristan Bernays' FRANKENSTEIN
by Julie Musbach - Sep 20, 2019


Classic Stage Company today announces new additions for the thrilling repertory cycle of adaptations of two legendary Gothic nightmares by emerging playwrights, kicking off 2020. Sarna Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George, Little Women) will direct Kate Hamill's reimagining of Dracula (starting January 14), and Tristan Bernays' adaptation of Frankenstein will start January 30.

ESCAPE FROM HAUNTED HOUSE Comes to The Court Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 19, 2019


The Court Theatre's resident monsters are creeping out from their hiding places with the arrival of silly and spooky school holiday show, Escape from Haunted House!

Do The Time Warp Again At RTP's ROCKY HORROR SHOW
by Julie Musbach - Sep 18, 2019


Richmond Triangle Players celebrates the greatest cult musical of all time with its production of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, in a strictly limited run, opening Friday October 18, 2019, at 8 pm, following one low-priced preview on Thursday, October 17 at 8 pm. The production will run just eleven performances, through October 26.

Casting Announced For The Mill At Sonning's SINGIN IN THE RAIN
by Stephi Wild - Sep 18, 2019


Following their acclaimed, record-breaking production of 'Guys & Dolls' in 2018, The Mill at Sonning today announces the cast for its 2019 Christmas musical, 'Singin' in the Rain', based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, with 1,000 litres of water pumped onto the tiny stage at every show.

Photo Flash: First Look At FRANKENSTEIN'S FUNERAL: An Immersive Halloween Experience
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 17, 2019


This Halloween season, Found Stages' Frankenstein's Funeral will take audiences on a physical journey through Mary Shelley's 200-year-old novel. This immersive experience takes place Oct. 4_Nov. 3, 2019 at St. John's Lutheran Churcha?"a historic Atlanta home once known as Stonehenge Mansion, converted into a church in 1959.

Photo Flash: First Look at the Cast of SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS at Birmingham Hippodrome
by Stephi Wild - Sep 17, 2019


This week, the cast of the fairest panto in the land came together for the first time in costume to officially launch Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which plays atBirmingham Hippodrome from Saturday 21 December 2019 - Sunday 2 February 2020.

Casting Announced For CINDERELLA IN CONCERT at Cadogan Hall
by Stephi Wild - Sep 17, 2019


Initial casting has been announced for the UK premiere of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella. The star-studded line up of West End favorites is led by Christine Allado (Prince of Egypt, Hamilton andIn The Heights) who will star as the titular Ella, alongside Jodie Jacobs (Unexpected Joy, Bananaman and Lizzie) as Charlotte, Dean John-Wilson (Cruel Intentions, The King & I and Aladdin) as Jean-Michel, Cedric Neal (Back To The Future, The View UpStairs and Motown The Musical) as Lord Pinkleton, Dianne Pilkington (Only Fools and Horses, Young Frankenstein and Wicked) as Marie, Zoe Rainey (Kiss Me Kate, An American in Paris andRomeo & Juliet) as Gabrielle and Jac Yarrow (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Winner of the 2019 Stage Debut Award) as Prince Topher.

Found Stages Tackles Marginalization Of Women Through New FRANKENSTEIN Adaptation
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 16, 2019


Found Stages is disrupting the patriarchal interpretation of Frankenstein. Since as early as the 1840s, this classic story by a woman ahead of her time has been stripped of its complexity to showcase the scientist as the hero of progress, battling an ignorant monster. This October, Found Stages' Frankenstein's Funeral will correct this long-standing misrepresentation of Mary Shelley's 200-year-old novel.

Full Cast Announced for AUSTEN'S PRIDE; Steven Good, Olivia Hernandez, and More
by Julie Musbach - Sep 12, 2019


The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced the full cast for its new production of Austen's Pride: A New Musical of Pride and Prejudice, which is now in rehearsals and begins performances in Seattle on October 4, 2019.

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Returns To Lyric At The Plaza Stage
by Julie Musbach - Sep 12, 2019


Join Dr. Frank 'N' Furter, Riff Raff, Brad, Janet and the cast of cult favorites when they time warp back to the Plaza Theatre next month in Lyric Theatre's 2019 edition of the fan-favorite The Rocky Horror Show.

The JCCSF Announces Two New Events For Its Arts & Ideas 2019-20 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 11, 2019


Today, the JCCSF announced two new events for its Arts & Ideas 2019a?"20 season, presented in partnership with Litquake. On Tuesday, October 15, writer Jeanette Winterson will reimagine Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for the 21st century. The following night (Wednesday, October 16), BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg will discuss his new hilarious, heartbreaking short-fiction collection, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory. The 2019-20 Arts & Ideas lineup will feature music icons, world class authors and poets, and inspiring entrepreneurs. The lineup will continue to expand as additional events are announced.

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