The Shoemaker - 2011 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 3

Seminar starts out strong, ripping into the fabric of the business of teaching fiction writing with knife-edged one-liners and characters you love to despise; then, as the plot, the characterizations, and the theme take a hairpin turn, it emerges that, no, the teaching is not a scam after all, the students' fiction has possibilities, and the characters are not what we thought them. All Rebeck's hilarious savagery dissipates. Like Rebeck's writing and show-running for the first season of TV's Smash, it is a little too affectionate toward the business and the people in it to stay as scathing as Rebeck could and should keep it.

Christopher Marlowe's 1587 epic Tamburlaine, Parts I and II, edited and directed by Olivier Award-winner Michael Boyd and starring John Douglas Thompson, opens Sunday, November 16, at 1:00pm at Theatre for a New Audience, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place.

John Douglas Thompson will lead a company of 19 actors playing 60 roles in the first major New York production since Broadway 1956 of Christopher Marlowe's 1587 epic Tamburlaine, Parts I and II, Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director of Theatre for a New Audience, announced. Directed and edited by Olivier Award-winner Michael Boyd, former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Marlowe's two-part drama will be performed as one 3.5-hour play, plus a 30-minute intermission.

John Douglas Thompson will lead a company of 19 actors playing 60 roles in the first major New York production since Broadway 1956 of Christopher Marlowe's 1587 epic Tamburlaine, Parts I and II, Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director of Theatre for a New Audience, announced. Directed and edited by Olivier Award-winner Michael Boyd, former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Marlowe's two-part drama will be performed as one 3.5-hour play, plus a 30-minute intermission.

Maison Foo present Pendulums Bargain Emporium, a greedy fairytale for grown ups, a witty and original new shop-set show from 'Memoirs of a Biscuit Tin' hitmakers.

Maison Foo present Pendulums Bargain Emporium, a greedy fairytale for grown ups, a witty and original new shop-set show from 'Memoirs of a Biscuit Tin' hitmakers.

Loreen Arbus, Founder & Chair of Women Who Care and Edward R. Matthews, CEO of United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, today announced the honorees for the 13th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon.

As part of a season marking the centenary of the First World War, Christopher Luscombe returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to direct a single company of actors in a fresh pairing of two of Shakespeare's most sparkling comedies, set in the shadow of war.

On last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, music guest David Crosby performed 'What's Broken' for the Late Night audience. Check out the appearance below!

Melissa McCarthy stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT and competed against host Jimmy Fallon in 'Box of Lies' - a game that rewards deception.

Continuing a Late Night tradition, Jimmy welcomeD back his panel of puppies to predict the upcoming Super Bowl between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks on last night's show.

Continuing a tradition started by David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon handed over the coveted Late Night pickle that resided in Jimmy's office the last 5 years to his guest and successor Seth Meyers.

Music guest Barry Gibb stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON on NBC and performed the Bee Gee's classic 'You Should Be Dancing'

On last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, guest Jonah Hill tells Jimmy about working with the star-studded cast and crew of 'The Wolf of Wall Street'.

Lupita Nyong'o, nominated for an Academy Award for her role in 12 Years a Slave, stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON to talk about her impressive family, including her highly energetic younger brother.

Kevin Nealon stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON and showed pictures of his garage bands from his youth, before he picks up the banjo and plays a quick tune.

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON, Jimmy Fallon asked guest Bill Gates about some of the myths debunked in the 2014 Gates Annual Letter, including the idea that poor countries are doomed to stay poor.

Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON and compared Justin Bieber impressions with the host.

On last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON on NBC, actress Jessica Alba and Jimmy put on a double turtleneck sweater and play a pingo pong match against Higgins and James Poyser.

Joaquin Phoenix stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON. Before talking about his new film, 'Her', Jimmy tries to get his friend to quit smoking cigarettes. Check out the appearance below!

Candice Bergen stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON on NBC and told Jimmy how Christmas songs make her sad lately. Later, Jimmy asks about her history with her hit show Murphy Brown and the actress reveals that she almost wasn't cast in the role.

On NBC's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, music guest Jack Johnson performed 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' for the Late Night audience - check it out below!

Michelle Dockery stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON on NBC to talk about her holiday plans and the new season of her hit show, Downton Abbey.

Amy Adams stopped by last night's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC. To her surprise, host Jimmy Fallon had unearthed an old bank commercial featuring Adams performing a Grease parody - check it out below!

On last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMM FALLON on NBC, Jimmy handed guest Oscar Isaac a guitar and asked him to perform. Oscar chose Katy Perry's 'Roar' as his song of choice - check out the performance below!