Venus - 1996 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 14

Named one of Time magazines ?100 Innovators for the Next New Wave,? playwright Suzan-Lori Parks will speak at Vassar College on Monday, April 6. The program, free and open to the public, will begin at 6pm in the second floor of the Students? Building. A question-and-answer session will follow the hour-long lecture.

An upper class African American family wrestles with parental expectations, sibling rivalry, and issues of class and race. Following a two-year hiatus, Joseph Stern's multiple award-winning Matrix Theatre Company returns with the West Coast premiere of Stick Fly by Lydia R. Diamond, an important new play from one of America's freshest and most dynamic voices. Shirley Jo Finney directs Chris Butler, Avery Clyde, Tinashe Kajese, Terrell Tilford, John Wesley and Michole Briana White at The Matrix Theatre, April 4 through May 31, with previews beginning March 26.

Daniel Barenboim Makes his Met Debut conducting Tristan and Isolde on November 28 Katarina Dalayman and Peter Seiffert sing the title roles for the first time at the Met, and René Pape reprises his acclaimed portrayal of King Marke

Renowned maestro Daniel Barenboim conducts at the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in his illustrious career on November 28, leading an acclaimed cast in Wagner's master opus of transcendent love, Tristan und Isolde.

Daniel Barenboim Makes his Met Debut conducting Tristan and Isolde on November 28 Katarina Dalayman and Peter Seiffert sing the title roles for the first time at the Met, and René Pape reprises his acclaimed portrayal of King Marke

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced today that it received a substantial three-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch the first Public Theater Master Writer Chair position.

Fuerza Bruta ('Brute Force') brings back the celebrated nightlife event DJ CONNECTION that was a huge draw at its predecessor De La Guarda (which ran at the Daryl Roth Theatre for 6 hit years!).

The 2009 season at the Almeida Theatre will include five premieres, two major revivals and a Shakespeare.

Fuerza Bruta ('Brute Force') brings back the celebrated nightlife event DJ CONNECTION that was a huge draw at its predecessor De La Guarda (which ran at the Daryl Roth Theatre for 6 hit years!).

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full company joining 3-Time Tony Award Winner Frank Langella as 'Sir Thomas More' in a new Broadway production of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, directed by Tony Award Winner Doug Hughes.

San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater continues its 2008 season of critically acclaimed stage-work with Avant GardARAMA! Like Cutting Ball's 2004 edition of Avant GardARAMA!

Broadway actors Andre DeShields and Jayne Houdyshell will star in a benefit reading of Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks' VENUS this Monday March 5th (7:30pm) at Harlem Stage at the Gatehouse.

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus in association with Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks' and Producer Bonnie Metzgar's 365 Days/365 Plays Project are inviting New York City's theater companies to participate in the year-long production of Parks' 365 Days/365 Plays

Kevin Chamberlin will succeed P.J. Benjamin as Amos Hart in the Broadway company of Chicago on June 12th

Producer Jeffrey Finn announced today that Academy Award-winning film and stage star Hayley Mills will join legendary star Richard Chamberlain to headline the upcoming National Tour of the beloved play ON GOLDEN POND. The 30-week tour of the two-time 2005 Tony Award-nominated production will launch September 5, 2006 in Fort Worth, Texas at Bass Performance Hall. A complete list of touring cities and venues will be announced in the coming weeks.

DOUBT, the critically acclaimed new play by John Patrick Shanley, begins previews tonight on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). The production, directed by Doug Hughes, opens Thursday, March 31st.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of DOUBT, the critically acclaimed new play by John Patrick Shanley, will open on Broadway on Thursday, March 31st at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). The production, directed by Doug Hughes, will begin previews on Wednesday, March 9th.

William Shakespeare was born 440 years ago this week. 'He was not of an age, but for all time,' said Ben Jonson. So let's celebrate the man to whom all theater lovers owe a debt.