Annual Clarence Darrow Event Held 3/13
by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2010
A group led by attorneys, labor leaders and social justice advocates that has gathered annually for more than 50 years to honor the memory of attorney Clarence Darrow will meet at the Darrow Bridge in Jackson Park Saturday, March 13 at 10 a.m. for its traditional wreath-tossing into the Jackson Park Lagoon.
Barrow, Hammond, Harmon & More to Lead Mint Theater's DR. KNOCK
by BWW News Desk - Mar 8, 2010
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company today announced the cast for their third play of the 2009-2010 season, a rare revival of Dr. Knock, Or The Triumph Of Medicine, Jules Romains' prescient 1923 satire. Gus Kaikkonen, who helmed Mint's acclaimed production The Madras House (2007), will direct, using his own translation and featuring a cast that includes Scott Barrow (33 Variations, Embraceable Me), Thomas M. Hammond (The Madras House, Hamlet (TFANA), The Receptionist], Jennifer Harmon (Dividing the Estate, Barefoot in the Park, Seascape), Patrick Husted (Dr. Bob in Bill W. and Dr. Bob, Wit), Patti Perkins (The Full Monty), and Chris Mixon (eight seasons with Alabama Shakespeare and four seasons for Utah Shakespearean Festival).
Kaufman Center Presents THE VOLUPTUOUS MUSE
by BWW News Desk - Feb 18, 2010
On Tuesday and Thursday, February 16 and 18 at 8 PM, Kaufman Center and New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org) present The Voluptuous Muse, a celebration of the lush tonality and decadent Romanticism of late 19th- and early 20th- century song.
Annual Clarence Darrow Event Held 3/13
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 17, 2010
A group led by attorneys, labor leaders and social justice advocates that has gathered annually for more than 50 years to honor the memory of attorney Clarence Darrow will meet at the Darrow Bridge in Jackson Park Saturday, March 13 at 10 a.m. for its traditional wreath-tossing into the Jackson Park Lagoon.
Kaufman Center Presents THE VOLUPTUOUS MUSE
by BWW News Desk - Feb 16, 2010
On Tuesday and Thursday, February 16 and 18 at 8 PM, Kaufman Center and New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org) present The Voluptuous Muse, a celebration of the lush tonality and decadent Romanticism of late 19th- and early 20th- century song.
Kaufman Center Presents THE VOLUPTUOUS MUSE
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 8, 2010
On Tuesday and Thursday, February 16 and 18 at 8 PM, Kaufman Center and New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org) present The Voluptuous Muse, a celebration of the lush tonality and decadent Romanticism of late 19th- and early 20th- century song.
Kaufman Center and New York Festival of Song Present THE VOLUPTUOUS MUSE
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 12, 2010
On Tuesday and Thursday, February 16 and 18 at 8 PM, Kaufman Center and New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org) present The Voluptuous Muse, a celebration of the lush tonality and decadent Romanticism of late 19th- and early 20th- century song.
Montclair Operetta Club Presents RAGTIME 10/16 - 10/24
by Eddie Varley - Oct 9, 2009
Ragtime, the Musical, is an epic tale of a young America played out in song and dance. It paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life at the turn of the twentieth century. The musical melds three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate.
The Girl in the Train by the Chicago Folk Operetta: Premiere
by Steve Leary - Aug 26, 2008
Chicago Folks Operetta brings the charm and humor of the Viennese waltz operetta genre to life in Chicago with its imaginative production of The Girl in the Train at The Athenaeum Theatre. Just in-time for Oktoberfest, this rarely performed operetta has all the trademark Viennese melodies and dances of the waltz operetta genre.