Is Life Worth Living? - 2009 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 20

Weekend Movie Box Office Update: December 18 - December 20, 2009

Celebrate the beginning of a new year and the end of the world as we know it - as SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE presents boom.

Two Brooklyn opera companies, AMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS (AOP) and OPERA ON TAP, will present the third installment of its Opera Grows in Brooklyn series called OGB: Stranger Than Fiction, an evening of three 30-minute opera scenes and songs from composers Raymond Lustig, Matt Schickele, and James Barry - all based on true stories.

Celebrate the beginning of a new year and the end of the world as we know it - as SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE presents boom.

Celebrate the beginning of a new year and the end of the world as we know it - as SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE presents boom.

The Bent Not Broken Inspired Community Players and Friends presents an original stage play titled, 'You Passed Me By,' a production that focuses on educating the community about AIDS and HIV prevention.

Two Brooklyn opera companies, AMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS (AOP) and OPERA ON TAP, will present the third installment of its Opera Grows in Brooklyn series called OGB: Stranger Than Fiction, an evening of three 30-minute opera scenes and songs from composers Raymond Lustig, Matt Schickele, and James Barry - all based on true stories.

The Bent Not Broken Inspired Community Players and Friends presents an original stage play titled, 'You Passed Me By,' a production that focuses on educating the community about AIDS and HIV prevention.

Rover Dramawerks is pleased to announce their Tenth Anniversary Season. Rover Dramawerks' 2009-10 Season will be A Year of Premieres.

CenterStage North Theatre presents for its October 2009 show - the British Comedy 'Wife begins at forty' by Arne Sulton, Earl Barret and Ray Cooney.

Terrence McNally's script for the musical version of RAGTIME, taken from E. L. Doctorow's popular novel from the mid 1970's, attempts to squeeze as much information out of the book as possible. It succeeds, where the movie adaptation failed, in capturing the full spectrum of Doctorow's work. The Washington University Performing Arts Department, in conjunction with the Black Rep, is presenting a well mounted production directed with considerable flair by Ron Himes.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company today announced their first play of the 2009-2010 season, their acclaimed revival of Lennox Robinson's Is Life Worth Living? starring Jordan Baker and Kevin Kilner, would be extended for one additional week to accommodate demand, through October 18th.

CenterStage North Theatre presents for its October 2009 show - the British Comedy 'Wife begins at forty' by Arne Sulton, Earl Barret and Ray Cooney.

Dael Orlandersmith takes Chicago audiences on an electrifying journey through the spirit and soul of Harlem in her explosive solo piece Stoop Stories at Goodman Theatre. Hailed a 'triumph' (Washington City Paper) in its world premiere at Washington, D.C.'s Studio Theatre this past spring, Stoop Stories comes to Chicago directed by Obie Award-winner Jo Bonney.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to announce the full company for the new Broadway production of Noël Coward's comedy Present Laughter, starring Victor Garber as 'Garry Essendine', directed by Nicholas Martin.