Outhwaite & Umbers et al. Lead SWEET CHARITY in the West End; Opens May 5
by Jessica Lewis - Apr 7, 2010
Tamzin Outhwaite is joined by Mark Umbers in the West End transfer of the Tony Award-winning musical, Sweet Charity. Matthew White's production of Sweet Charity, which completed its sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory last month, will open at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 23 April 2010 with press night on 4 May and is currently booking until 8 January 2011.
Review - Blithe Spirit and Early To Bed
by Kristin Salaky - Mar 22, 2009
One of the many delights of director Michael Blakemore's revival of Noel Coward's giddily funny 1941 froth, Blithe Spirit, is that this 2009 production looks like it could have been seen in the play's premiere year. No doubt contemporary Broadway theatre can provide more spectacular ways for an actress playing a ghost to enter a room than to just have her walk through the French windows. And certainly if an invisible spirit chooses to destroy her husband's drawing room, modern technology can whip up a few tricks more gasp-inducing than simply having a picture frame fall and a bookshelf topple over. But when you have one of the English language's great comedies played by a company that excels in the verbal dexterity of the playwright's wit, there's no need for such distractions.
Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo Closes Out A.C.T. Season
by Reynard Loki - May 11, 2009
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announces the final show of its 2008-09 season: Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo, staged by acclaimed director Rebecca Bayla Taichman (world premieres of Theresa Rebeck's The Scene and Mauritius and Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone). This new spellbinder by the master playwright who also penned Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A.C.T.'s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, is a meticulously calibrated and dangerously brutal
look at relationships intimate and unexpected. The story opens with Peter, a tweedy book editor, and his wife, Ann, whose everyday conversation takes an unexpected turn into dangerously personal territory. It's the kind of conversation that can drive a husband out for a walk-to Central Park, where Jerry, a desperate outcast, awaits. An unforgettable pairing of Albee's original The Zoo Story with a freshly penned prequel, At Home at the Zoo (formerly titled Peter and Jerry) bares its teeth to threaten the delicately balanced world its characters inhabit. Artistic Director Carey Perloff has put together an all-star artistic team on this production, featuring Tony Award-nominated actor Manoel Felciano (Ragtime at The Kennedy Center, A.C.T.'s Rock 'n' Roll, and Sweeney Todd on Broadway) as Jerry and scenic designer Robert Brill, who received a Tony Award nomination
last week for his work on Guys and Dolls on Broadway. Hailed by critics as 'a thoroughly satisfying package of jagged-edged provocation' (Newsday) and 'an essential and heartening experience'
(The New York Times), Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo plays at A.C.T. June 5-July 5, 2009. Opening night is Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at 8 p.m. Tickets-starting at $14-are available by calling A.C.T. Ticket Services at 415.749.2228, or at www.act-sf.org.
NYPL Hosts Kenn Duncan Retrospective Starting 7/30
by BWW News Desk - Jul 29, 2008
Focus on the 70s: The Fabulous Photography of Kenn Duncan is on display in the Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, located at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, from July 30, 2008 through October 25, 2008.
NYPL Hosts Kenn Duncan Retrospective Starting 7/30
by BWW News Desk - Jul 17, 2008
Focus on the 70s: The Fabulous Photography of Kenn Duncan is on display in the Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, located at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, from July 30, 2008 through October 25, 2008.
Drowsy Chaperone Vinyl Album Set for 2/14 Release
by BWW News Desk - Jan 18, 2007
A limited edition, vinyl album of the Grammy Award-nominated original cast recording of the five-time Tony Award-winning hit musical The Drowsy Chaperone will be released by Ghostlight Records on Valentine's Day, Wednesday, February 14
The Drowsy Chaperone Recoups on Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Dec 8, 2006
The five-time Tony Award® winning hit musical THE DROWSY CHAPERONE recouped its initial investment on Broadway in just thirty weeks and less than seven months following opening to critical acclaim at the Marquis Theatre on May 1, 2006. THE DROWSY CHAPERONE paid back its $8 million capitalization during the week ending November 26, 2006 following 272 performances (240 regular performances and 32 previews).
Drowsy Chaperone OCR Released Early on June 9
by BWW News Desk - Jun 8, 2006
Ghostlight Records, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records, will release the original Broadway cast recording of The Drowsy Chaperone a few days early on June 9th
The Drowsy Chaperone Opens on Broadway May 1
by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2006
The Drowsy Chaperone, starring Tony Award-winner Sutton Foster, will charleston across the stage of the Marquis Theatre for its Broadway opening, tonight, May 1st
Sneak Peek Video: The Drowsy Chaperone!
by BWW News Desk - Mar 30, 2006
Be the first to get a special sneak peek of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, which begins performances on Broadway on Monday, April 3rd.
The Drowsy Chaperone Leads LADCC Award Nominations
by BWW News Desk - Feb 10, 2006
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, which begins performances on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on April 3, has received eight Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award nominations for the acclaimed American premiere production at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles that played from November 10 - December 24, 2005.