To Be Or Not To Be - 2008 - Broadway Articles Page 2

Little Green Men's TRUTH WARRIOR NETWORK...LIVE! blends conspiracy talk show satire with Cold War history, tracing MKUltra's origins in 1952 Seoul. The bilingual English and Korean production runs at two Edinburgh Fringe venues.

National Theatre Live announced the cinema release of THE MISANTHROPE, starring Sandra Oh in her National Theatre debut. Directed by Indhu Rubasingham, the production is adapted by Martin Crimp from Molière's classic satire.

THE PRODUCERS at London's Garrick Theatre will offer 100 tickets at £19.26 to mark Mel Brooks' upcoming 100th birthday, honoring his 1926 birth year, with Andy Nyman starring as Max Bialystock.

Disney Concerts, Disney+ and AEG Presents announced the UK and European tour dates for the DISNEY WORLDS COLLIDE CONCERT TOUR, uniting stars from Descendants, ZOMBIES and Camp Rock in a full-scale arena concert.

English Touring Theatre announced a season of five plays, including world premieres of APPLICATION 39, LANNY, and PERICLES, alongside a new production of ROMEO AND JULIET, touring venues across the UK.

Dance Umbrella and the Barbican announced the London premiere of DANCE IS NOT FOR US, a solo work by Lebanese-French choreographer Omar Rajeh of Cie Omar Rajeh & Maqamat, performed at The Pit, Barbican.

The Barbican announced its autumn/winter Theatre & Dance programme, featuring the European premiere of Haruki Murakami's END OF THE WORLD AND HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND, the UK premiere of PAM TANOWITZ DANCE'S PASTORAL, and London premieres of TOM AT THE FARM and DANCE IS NOT FOR US.

Anglo Irish Productions will present THROUGH IRISH EYES at The Everyman in Cork, featuring All-Ireland champion musicians, world champion-level Irish dancers, and vocalist Barry Tierney in a fusion of traditional and contemporary Irish performance.

Melbourne Theatre Company announced an all-star cast for its staging of UNCLE VANYA, including Shaun Micallef and Daniel Henshall, both returning to the stage after years away, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks.

Fussy Cloud Puppet Slam returns with its 31st volume, Slam Save America, bringing puppet performance art to Seattle for two nights of politically themed shows.

San Diego Theatres announced a seven-film lineup for Season Three of Silent Movie Mondays at the Historic Balboa Theatre, featuring live Wonder Morton Theatre Organ performances, post-screening talkbacks, and titles ranging from Buster Keaton to Laurel & Hardy.

Stuart Bousel's SATYRICON, directed by Andrew Calabrese, will make its world premiere at San Francisco's historic Eagle Bar, marking the first fully produced show by the newly formed Eagle Players.

Opera Australia will present Elijah Moshinsky's acclaimed production of RIGOLETTO at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, featuring baritone Dalibor Jenis, tenor Kang Wang, and soprano Gemma Nha making her Sydney Opera House debut.

Olivier-nominated playwright Ryan Calais Cameron announced a new development and production season at Broadway Theatre, Catford, mentoring three early-career Black and Global Majority writers from Lewisham whose plays will receive full production runs.

Gnomon Theatre will present SESTERCENTENNIAL, a solo play written and performed by Arif Silverman, at The Bread & Roses Theatre in London. The hour-long work examines race, identity, and contradiction through the eyes of a conservative Bangladeshi American.

Playwright Caspian Keys' debut tragicomedy, inspired by his journals from a Mormon mission, will premiere at Native Earth's Giizis Studio during the Toronto Fringe Festival, starring Claire Rice and drag performer Nicky Nasrallah.

Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison's BENNELONG IN LONDON will receive its world premiere at Sydney Theatre Company's Wharf 1 Theatre, directed by Ian Michael, with Gamilaraay actor Googoorewon Knox in the title role.

Miho Suzuki's THE IMPROPER IDENTITY, presented by @mihyonvision, tackles accent discrimination and immigrant identity through satire and absurdist comedy at Toronto Fringe Festival's Native Earth venue.

Grammy-winning New Orleans band Tank and the Bangas, with an opening set by Butter Funk Family, will perform at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States.

The Music Masters Concert Series will present A Musical Voyage, a free concert at the Sydney Opera House featuring the 120-piece Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies and the Spokane Youth Symphony in a program spanning Wagner, Brahms, Copland, and John Williams.

San Francisco Opera will present its second annual Pride Concert at the War Memorial Opera House, featuring emcee Sapphira Cristál, conductor Robert Mollicone, and soloists Melody Moore, Nikola Printz, and Reginald Smith, Jr.

Theatre Exile has extended Nia Akilah Robinson's dark comedy THE GREAT PRIVATION through June 20 due to strong audience demand. The Philadelphia premiere explores the city's history of grave robbing, set across 1832 and the present day.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey announced the cast for AMERICAN FOLKTALES, part of its Classics for Kids! series, featuring Terra Chaney, David Foubert, Carolyne Leys, and Lau'rie Roach at the F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre.

Double Fringe First winners Pepperdine Scotland and playwright Lynda Radley reunite for LIFELONG, a new work set in an AI-controlled facility where scientific advances grant residents extraordinarily long lives — at a cost.

Grace Malouf's debut play FIRST, DO NO HARM, directed by Charley Allanah, will receive its world premiere at NIDA, exploring medical ethics, bodily autonomy, and trans and disabled communities' rights.