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Stowe Theatre Guild's GYPSY Is A Family Affair
by BWW News Desk - June 30, 2018
"Gypsy," the classic Broadway musical fable by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim, is about a famous stripper but it's also about family - specifically, domineering stage mother Rose and her two daughters, June and Louise. So it's fitting that Stowe Theatre Guild's upcoming production of "Gypsy" is also about family. Make that families - four of them.
Northern Stage Announces Boot Camp Preparing Young Actors For A Career In The Arts
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2018
Northern Stage announces the successful launch of Boot Camp, a program designed to nurture young theater artists by providing in-depth training and mentorship for high school juniors, seniors, and recent graduates who want to pursue a career in the arts. With support from the Pussycat Foundation and created to honor the philanthropic and creative spirits of Helen Gurley Brown and David Brown, Boot Camp serves young artists who lack the resources to pursue professional-level arts training. Admission to colleges, BFA theater programs, and performing arts conservatories are highly competitive, and Boot Camp seeks to level the playing field by preparing students to compete at the highest level for continued arts and performance studies.
Waterbury Festival Playhouse Presents AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2018
Waterbury Festival Playhouse's 2018 season opens on June 28 with Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning play, August: Osage County. Full of blistering, funny dialogue, August: Osage County shook audiences to their core when it first opened in 2007, exploring the perils and pitfalls of a family's relationships with each other and the struggles of addiction.
Quin Arts Exhibition 'And Suddenly The Picture Was Distorted' Launches July 12
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2018
The Quin hotel, located at 57th Street and Sixth Avenue, will debut the group exhibition '... and Suddenly the Picture was Distorted,' on July 12. Angelo Madrigale, VP/Director, Contemporary Art, Doyle, joins Quin Arts curator DK Johnston to deliver this exciting exhibition featuring works culled from notable private collections, as well as newer pieces obtained directly from the artists. The exhibition includes the work of Swoon, ROA, WK Interact, Nick Walker, John Fekner, Michael de Feo, and Blek le Rat. A special installation on the Quin's 15-foot video wall will feature the photography of Soren Solkaer.
Waterbury Festival Playhouse Presents AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2018
Waterbury Festival Playhouse's 2018 season opens on June 28 with Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning play, August: Osage County. Full of blistering, funny dialogue, August: Osage County shook audiences to their core when it first opened in 2007, exploring the perils and pitfalls of a family's relationships with each other and the struggles of addiction.
Tony-Winning FUN HOME Opens July 5th in Weston
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2018
The Weston Playhouse Theatre is thrilled to present the five-time Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home to its new flexible 140-seat Second Stage, Weston Playhouse at Walker Farm. Refreshingly honest and wildly innovative, Fun Home is based on Vermont author and cartoonist Alison Bechdel's acclaimed graphic memoir. Audiences will follow Bechdel at three different life stages as she grows and grapples with her uniquely dysfunctional family, her sexuality, and her father's secrets.
Dorset Theatre Festival Presents 2018 SUMMER STARS CELEBRATION GALA
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2018
Dorset Theatre Festival is celebrating the Festival's 41st season with the 2018 Summer Stars Celebration Gala honoring Trustee Rick Jackson. The Gala will take place at 6:00 P.M. on July 8th at the Old Gray Barn (1582 VT Route 30, Rupert, VT 05768) and will feature music by the Roadside Blues Band, a special guest performance by international concert and recording artist Maxine Linehan, and a live auction.
Raffi to Perform In Burlington Today
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2018
Raffi, North America's preeminent family entertainer, turns 70 this year, and he is marking the occasion with a new album and a series of #belugagrads concerts around North America. He wants to celebrate with his fans, and his spring concerts include a stop in Burlington, VT: June 23 at 1 pm -  Flynn Center for the Performing Arts,
BWW Review: CRY IT OUT at Dorset Theatre Festival is NOT TO BE MISSED!
by Stacy Raphael - June 22, 2018
CRY IT OUT: A laugh-till-you-cry comedy for anyone who's ever known a baby. Jessie can't find any Mom Friends in her new Long Island neighborhood until she and larger-than-life Lina start sneaking out for coffee between their duplexes during nap times. When a wealthy neighbor comes down from the hill overlooking their hangout, the sleep-deprived comedy of new parenthood shows a different side of itself. CRY IT OUT is an honestly absurd look at the dilemma of returning to work after childbirth and how class impacts parenthood and friendship.
BWW Review: ONCE at Saint Michael's Playhouse
by Stacy Raphael - June 22, 2018
Saint Michael's Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Chuck Tobin opens the Playhouse's 71st summer theater season of live professional theater with the Tony Award-winning Musical Once, based on the Academy Award-winning Irish independent film of the same name.
Photo Flash: Saint Michael's Playhouse Opens 2018 Theater Season with Tony Award-Winning Musical ONCE
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2018
Saint Michael's Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Chuck Tobin announced the opening of the Playhouse's 71st summer theater season of live professional theater with the Tony Award-winning Musical Once, based on the Academy Award-winning Irish independent film of the same name.
Waterbury Festival Playhouse Presents AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2018
Waterbury Festival Playhouse's 2018 season opens on June 28 with Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning play, August: Osage County. Full of blistering, funny dialogue, August: Osage County shook audiences to their core when it first opened in 2007, exploring the perils and pitfalls of a family's relationships with each other and the struggles of addiction.
Playhouse To Open 2018 Theater Season With Tony Award-Winning Musical ONCE
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2018
Saint Michael's Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Chuck Tobin today announced the June 19 opening of the Playhouse's 71st summer theater season with the Tony Award-winning Musical Once, based on the Academy Award-winning Irish independent film of the same name.
BWW Review: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES at Weston Playhouse Theatre Company
by Stacy Raphael - June 18, 2018
Anne of Green Gables opens Weston Playhouse Theatre Company's 81st season, featuring the eight members of the Young Company on the Second Stage at Walker Farm. Now through June 30.
Photo Flash: First Look at Weston Playhouse Theatre Company's ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2018
Anne of Green Gables opens Weston's Second Stage for the summer season! Weston Playhouse Theatre's Young Company of talented undergrads brings L.M. Montgomery's timeless classic, Anne of Green Gables, to life. Get a first look at the show in the photos below!
BWW Review: PRIVATE LIVES at Vermont Stage Company
by Stacy Raphael - June 15, 2018
Three acts, three directors, three approaches to the same play script. Vermont Stage Company's annual season closer allows artists to play and experiment--this year, with Noel Coward's 1930 play Private Lives. Larry Connolly, Chris Caswell and Abbie Tykocki direct the three acts independent of one another with unique casting and directorial conceits.
Christopher Lloyd To Open Weston's Main Stage
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2018
Weston Playhouse Theatre is ready to launch the 2018 Main Stage season with Christopher Lloyd starring in Our Town-a fresh take on a timeless classic. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play focuses on the small, fictional town of Grover's Corners, where ordinary people lead extraordinary lives. This simple yet profound story of community, brought to life by Thornton Wilder's singular voice, remains one of the most loved plays of all time.
Stowe Theatre Guild's GYPSY Is A Family Affair
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2018
"Gypsy," the classic Broadway musical fable by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim, is about a famous stripper but it's also about family - specifically, domineering stage mother Rose and her two daughters, June and Louise. So it's fitting that Stowe Theatre Guild's upcoming production of "Gypsy" is also about family. Make that families - four of them.
Playhouse To Open 2018 Theater Season With Tony Award-Winning Musical ONCE
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2018
Saint Michael's Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Chuck Tobin today announced the June 19 opening of the Playhouse's 71st summer theater season with the Tony Award-winning Musical Once, based on the Academy Award-winning Irish independent film of the same name.
Stowe Theatre Guild's GYPSY Is A Family Affair
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2018
"Gypsy," the classic Broadway musical fable by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim, is about a famous stripper but it's also about family - specifically, domineering stage mother Rose and her two daughters, June and Louise. So it's fitting that Stowe Theatre Guild's upcoming production of "Gypsy" is also about family. Make that families - four of them.
Stowe Theatre Guild's GYPSY Is A Family Affair
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2018
"Gypsy," the classic Broadway musical fable by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim, is about a famous stripper but it's also about family - specifically, domineering stage mother Rose and her two daughters, June and Louise. So it's fitting that Stowe Theatre Guild's upcoming production of "Gypsy" is also about family. Make that families - four of them.
Dorset Theatre Festival Announces Full Casting for 2018 Season; Jayne Atkinson to Lead ANN and More
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2018
Dorset Theatre Festival, under the leadership of Artistic Director Dina Janis, Producing Director Will Rucker, andExecutive Director Marissa Hutton, is proud to announce casting for the 41st season. All performances will take place at the Dorset Playhouse (104 Cheney Rd, Dorset, VT 05251).
Weston Playhouse Announces Susanna Gellert as New Executive Artistic Director
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2018
Oliver K. Olsen, chair of the Board of Directors of the Weston Playhouse Theatre, announces today that Susanna Gellert has been chosen by the Board of Directors to be the company's new Executive Artistic Director. Gellert, currently Associate Producer and Director of the Studio at New York's acclaimed Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA), comes to Weston with fifteen years of experience in New York and regional theatre and a long-standing relationship with Vermont, which has been her second home for the past seven years. Ms. Gellert's appointment is the result of a 9-month national search led by Management Consultants for the Arts (www.mcaonline.us).
Christopher Schneberger Named College Of DuPage College-Wide Outstanding Adjunct Faculty
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2018
Christopher Schneberger, part-time Photography instructor, has been named College of DuPage's College-Wide Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member for 2017-2018.
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Opens Weston's Second Stage for the Summer Season
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2018
Anne of Green Gables Opens Weston's Second Stage for the summer season!

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