The Year of Magical Thinking - 2008 - West End Articles Page 13

Kicking off their 2008/2009 season with Blue Before Morning by Kate McGovern, terraNOVA Collective joins the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15 Street, east of Union Square, New York) as their newest resident theatre company. terraNOVA Collective will be joining the Women's Expressive Theatre (WET) as only the second theatre company to be offered residency at the DR2 Theatre.

Kicking off their 2008/2009 season with Blue Before Morning by Kate McGovern, terraNOVA Collective joins the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15 Street, east of Union Square, New York) as their newest resident theatre company. terraNOVA Collective will be joining the Women's Expressive Theatre (WET) as only the second theatre company to be offered residency at the DR2 Theatre.

The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in Worcester launches its first full season on Saturday, September 20th, with a bona fide Broadway Baby, Tony Award-winner Betty Buckley in concert with her quartet. Headed by long-time collaborator, renowned jazz pianist Kenny Werner, they will be joined by Tony Marino on bass, Billy Drewes on reeds, and drummer Anthony Pinciotti in a program featuring selections from Ms. Buckley's two recent CD releases, as well as songs she is known for from the Great White Way. The Hanover's 2008-2009 calendar will feature touring productions of Movin' Out, Cats, Annie, and Chicago, as well as an eclectic mix of music, comedy, dance, and special attractions for the whole family.

Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Interim Managing Director Kevin Maifeld, announces the first lineup of plays for its 2009 season.

Sydney Theatre Company's forthcoming production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, directed by Liv Ullmann, is to tour to the United States. The production which will play at Sydney Theatre from 1 September to 10 October 2009, featuring STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois, will run at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington from 29 October to 21 November 2009 and Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM), New York from 27 November to 20 December 2009.

New York's Premier Latino Theater Festival Returns for 2nd Season TeatroStageFest June 2 -15. Featuring 8 international productions, concerts and comedy, family theater with appearances by John Leguizamo, Chicago star Bianca Marroquín, Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria, Marga Gomez, Graciela Daniele, Lin-Manuel Miranda, LAByrinth Theater Company & much more.

Casting announced for workshop of Broadway bound musical 'Pure Country.'

Producers Randall L. Wreghitt, Chris Presley and Ellen Rusconi announced today that PURE COUNTRY, a brand-new original musical, will have its World Premiere as part of the 2008-2009 Broadway Season.