Mary Zimmerman Returns to Berkley Rep With 'Arabian Nights'
by Faetra Petillo - Oct 7, 2008
Next month, Tony Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman returns to Berkeley Repertory Theatre with an alluring adaptation of The Arabian Nights. This is Zimmerman's sixth trip to Berkeley Rep, and for the first time she works her magic on the intimate Thrust Stage. The Arabian Nights runs from November 13 through January 4 with the official press night on November 19.
Keach and Cox Kick Off National Frost/Nixon Tour TONIGHT in Des Moines, IA
by Faetra Petillo - Sep 30, 2008
Tonight, September 30th the first performance of the national Frost/Nixon tour will begin in Des Moines, IA The 2007 Tony Award® -nominated new play by Peter Morgan, the award-winning author of The Last King of Scotland and The Queen, will run at the Des Moines Civic Center through October 5th.
Tickets for 'The Seagull' at Walter Kerr Theatre Go On Sale 8/25
by Faetra Petillo - Aug 20, 2008
The complete company of the Royal Court Theatre's critically acclaimed production of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, in a new version by Christopher Hampton, will begin rehearsals on Monday, August 25 in London, under the direction of Ian Rickson.
Keach and Cox To Star In National Frost/Nixon Tour
by Faetra Petillo - Aug 6, 2008
The full cast for the tour of Frost/Nixon, the 2007 Tony Award® -nominated new play by Peter Morgan, the award-winning author of The Last King of Scotland and The Queen, has been announced.
13, A New Musical, Set For 10/5 Opening On Broadway
by Faetra Petillo - Jul 27, 2008
13, A New Musical, with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, will begin previews on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 and officially open at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Sunday, October 5, 2008.
Sher, Yazbek and Hwang Team Up For Broadway's 'Bruce Lee'
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2008
Bartlett Sher, who has received great acclaim as well as a Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award as Best Director of A Musical for the current Lincoln Center Theater production of South Pacific, will direct the new musical BRUCE LEE: JOURNEY TO THE WEST, to be produced on Broadway by Elephant Eye Theatrical. Joining Sher are Tony nominees David Yazbek (The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) composing the music and writing the lyrics and David Henry Hwang (M Butterfly, Yellow Face) penning the book.
LC's Platform Series Continues 3/26 With 'South Pacific'
by BWW News Desk - Mar 24, 2008
Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, continues its 2007-2008 season on Wednesday, March 26, at 6:00 pm with a pre-performance talk with Bartlett Sher, the director of LCT's new production of 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC.'
Bartlett Sher, 'South Pacific' Director, in Talk-Back 3/26
by BWW News Desk - Mar 7, 2008
Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, continues its 2007-2008 season on Wednesday, March 26, at 6:00 pm with a pre-performance talk with Bartlett Sher, the director of LCT's new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific.
FESTEN with Bryggman, Hayden, MacGraw and Margulies Begins Previews March 23 and Opens April 9 at Music Box Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Feb 9, 2006
Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.
Transatlantic Liaison Runs Off-Bway This Spring
by BWW News Desk - Jan 13, 2006
Transatlantic Liaison, Fabrice Rozie's play about the affair of Simone de Beauvoir and Nelson Algren, will run off-Broadway from March 1st through April 2nd
Photo Flash: Cast Announced for Lestat, Trying Out in SF
by BWW News Desk - Aug 23, 2005
LESTAT stars Hugh Panaro in the title role, Carolee Carmello as Gabrielle, Jack Noseworthy as Armand, Jim Stanek as Louis, Roderick Hill as Nicolas, Michael Genet as Marius and Allison Fischer as Claudia.
Light in the Piazza Begins Previews March 17
by BWW News Desk - Feb 7, 2005
Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of André Bishop, Artistic
Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) will continue its 20th
Anniversary season with THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, a new musical with book by
Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by Adam Guettel and direction by Bartlett
Sher.