based on the play Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Claire was driven from her hometown in disgrace when she was 17, betrayed by her lover. Many years (and seven husbands) later, she returns (beautifully dressed, but with a wooden leg) to her now-impoverished stomping grounds and offers to save the town. The price? Nothing less than the life of Schell.
Chita Rivera, George Hearn, and Mark Jacoby Shine in the final show of the Kander & Ebb Celebration at the Signature Theatre
On Saturday June 7th, the Signature Theatre presented the East Coast Premiere of the THE VISIT. The after party directly followed
Over the weekend there was opening night of the East Coast premiere of THE VISIT.
Performances begin tonight for the East Coast premiere of THE VISIT at Signature Theatre (Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director). THE VISIT is the final mainstage show in the theatre's Kander & Ebb Celebration, a four-month festival devoted to the works of John Kander & Fred Ebb, the longest song-writing partnership in the history of the American musical theater.
The Signature Theatre has announced the complete cast for 'The Visit' the Kander and Ebb musical starring Chita Rivera and George Hearn.
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announces the cast for Christopher Durang's award winning comedy The Marriage of Bette and Boo directed by Walter Bobbie, featuring Terry Beaver (Father Donnally), Heather Burns (Emily Brennan), Victoria Clark (Margaret Brennan), John Glover (Karl Hudlocke), Julie Hagerty (Soot Hudlocke), Kate Jennings Grant (Bette Brennan), Adam Lefevre (Paul Brennan), Charles Socarides (Matt), Christopher Evan Welch (Boo Hudlocke).
The Visit, which will star two-time Tony Award® winners Chita Rivera and George Hearn with Mark Jacoby, features music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and book by Terrence McNally, based on the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, adapted by Maurice Valency. The production will be choreographed by Ann Reinking and directed by Frank Galati. The Visit will play from May 13 through June 22 in The MAX Theatre.
Before heading to Broadway, Mark Nadler will bring his one-man comedy-in-music adventure, Russian on the Side, to the Royal George Theatre Mainstage, 1641 North Halsted Street in Chicago, for a limited eight-week engagement, April 30 - June 15, 2008. (Previews begin April 22). The official press opening is scheduled for Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Eric Schaeffer, artistic director of Signature Theatre, announced today that two-time Tony® winner George Hearn will join another two-time Tony® winner Chita Rivera for Kander & Ebb's musical The Visit - a highlight of Signature Theatre's national Kander & Ebb Celebration in the spring of 2008.
The Civilians, the acclaimed New York-based theater troupe, have once again extended their triumphant Off Broadway run of Gone Missing - this time through January 6, 2008 - at the Barrow Street Theatre
Gone Missing has extended its run at the Barrow Street Theatre through September 16th
Comic playwright Christopher Durang talks with BWW about musicals, politics, maturity, and the hits & misses of his career.
In a swirling non-linear timeline the true story of Agnete Ottosen, Danish Poet and famed Resistance fighter, unfolds.
From November 9th through November 12th, MAC Award-winning cabaret and theatre star Klea Blackhurst and pianist/singer Billy Stritch paid tribute to the great songwriter in 'Dreaming of a Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael.'
The acclaimed Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA will present Kander and Ebb's The Visit, which will be presented as the first show of its 2007-2008 season
Broadway's The Lieutenant of Inishmore will host a blood drive for the New York Blood Center in front of the Lyceum Theatre on Tuesday, May 23 from 10am to 3:30pm
Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, starring Brian D'Arcy James, opens on Broadway May 3rd
Written and conceived by Laura Kepley and D. Salem Smith 'Boots on the Ground' is a play about how the war in Iraq has affected Rhode Islanders.
After the setbacks of 9/11, Broadway's economic impact on New York is on the rise
The Atlantic Theater Company's limited run of Martin McDonagh's new play The Lieutenant of Inishmore is sold out; the play will continue through Sunday, April 9th before it moves to the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway beginning April 18th (opening night is Wednesday, May 3rd)
Eric McCormack will join the previously-announced Maura Tierney in MCC's upcoming production of Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s)
On February 8th, Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore will begin its off-Broadway run
Rehearsals for The Lieutenant of Inishmore, presented by Atlantic Theater Company and starring Brian D'Arcy James, will begin January 10th
The Producers has just recouped its £5,500,000 capitalisation and the musical has now been seen by well over 550,000 people in London since it started performances on 25 October 2004.
Paper Mill Playhouse presents New York area premiere of one of Time Magazine's Ten Best of 2001.
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