Theatre
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Winter Shorts in Miami
Seasonal Series of Short Plays
By: - Dec 16th, 2017The 2017 version of Winter Shorts in South Florida features a diverse group of plays which is a hallmark of this season's line-up of shows.
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Park Avenue Armory Makes Room in India
Théâtre du Soleil Harmonizes with Hélène Cixous
By: - Dec 14th, 2017The methods of the Théâtre du Soleil are well-known. Actors, crew and the tech staff are all paid the same salary. When Ariane Mnouchkine decided to work in India, everyone traveled to Pondicherry. Works are developed collaboratively. Park Avenue Armory has provided an evocative, dramatic staging of "A Room in India."
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First Night Saratoga 2018
Light Up the Night
By: - Dec 14th, 2017As one of the oldest and largest celebrations of its kind in the country, First Night Saratoga is the most affordable, accessible, safe and exciting way to spend New Year's Eve in New York's capital region. With over 170 different performances from 6pm to midnight, this event is great for everyone from kids to couples who want a fun night out on the town!
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Billy and Me by Terry Teachout.
World Premiere at Palm Beach Dramaworks
By: - Dec 10th, 2017An historical comic-drama about Tennessee Williams and William Inge receives admirable world premiere production in West Palm Beach. This engrossing memory play focuses on the little-known relationship between the two great playwrights. The play is a new work by Wall Street Journal Critic, Terry Teachout. His first play was Satchmo at the Waldorf which premiered at Shakespeare & Company in the Berkshires.
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Philip Glass is Reflected at Carnegie Hall
Glass and Next Generation
By: - Dec 09th, 2017American Composers Orchestra performs at Carnegie Hall each year. Their December 8 concert at Zankel Hall was the first to honor the holder of the Debs Composer’s Chair this season, Philip Glass. Glass was over forty when he was able to give up his day job. He has created a world in which young composers can compose full time much earlier in their careers. We heard two of his protégés and the master himself in an intriguing and moving program.
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Participants a Panoply of Subjective Responses
Playwrights Heed the Call
By: - Dec 09th, 2017The playwrights are a highly diverse group, and not surprisingly, so is the topic matter and the casting. By its nature, this format does not provide a continuous dramatic arc, but a number of small climaxes.
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Cross That River at 59E59 Theaters
Runaway Slaves Became Successful Cowboys
By: - Dec 08th, 2017If you were a runaway slave in the mid 19th century, where did you go to find a new life? Cowboy seemed a good profession. It was far from the south and the new country opening up was not so sensitive to color. Cross That River at 59E59 Theaters looks at one cowboy's life through song and story.
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Something Rotten on Tour
In Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre
By: - Dec 08th, 2017The story, of “Something Rotten”, in short, is set in 1590s England where playwright brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom, sensationally played by Rob McClure and Josh Grisetti, respectfully, are desperate to write a hit play to pay their rent, keep food on the table, and pay back their theatre investors. But they’re stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock-star known as Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, a self-indulgent, preening (Adam Pascal).
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King Charles III
The Man Who Would be King in Pasadena
By: - Dec 08th, 2017“King Charles III has some of the Shakespeare-like quality of the text that combines verse and modern vernacular, make this intriguing production directed by Michael Michetti, a provocative evening in the theatre that is resonating with audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
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The Mad Ones at 59E59 Theaters
A Contemporary Road Story
By: - Dec 07th, 2017The Mad Ones takes its title from Jack Kerouac. It is a kind of prequel to On the Road and also the film Thelma and Louise. Samantha is a high school senior who is ambivalent about following the path for which she has been prepped by her mother.
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The Millionth Production of A Christmas Carol
Deconstructing Holiday Theatre Tradition
By: - Dec 07th, 2017For those seeking an alternative to traditional holiday theater fare, Pear Theatre offers the world premiere of The Millionth Production of “A Christmas Carol.” A comic paean to all that is black box theater, the result offers much that will appeal to theater lovers, with a behind-the-scenes exposé about the people and processes involved in launching a production, without any real connection to Christmas.
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Describe the Night at Atlantic Theater
Rajiv Joseph on Persistence of Truth vs Lies
By: - Dec 06th, 2017The playwright Rajiv Joseph, a Pulitzer Prize winning finalist and winner of Lortel and Obie Awards, arrives at the Atlantic Theater Company with his new work, Describe the Night. The play is almost three hours long, and whizzes by in jewel-like nuggets of high drama. Giovanna Sardelli, Joseph’s frequent collaborator, directs.
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A Civil War Christmas
An American Musical Celebration by Paula Vogel
By: - Dec 05th, 2017Much of the ambiance of A Civil War Christmas derives from the music supporting the narrative. Several traditional Christmas carols are sung, including an audience-quieting, a cappella “Silent Night” delivered by Alicia von Kugelgen, who offers the strongest singing voice of the show. Additional music comes from mostly African-American spirituals of the period such as “Children Go Where I Send Thee” and “There is Balm is Gilead.”
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Puff: Believe It or Not at Remy Bumppo Theatre
World Premiere Translation by Ranjit Bolt
By: - Dec 04th, 2017Puff is a world premiere translation by Ranjit Bolt of the original script by the prolific French playwright, Eugène Scribe, known for his complex plotting of the well-made play. With Nick Sandys’ capable direction, the actors keep who-knows-what-and-loves-whom-when mostly straight. It is a smart, funny poke in the eye of the contemporary affection for fake news and hype about nothing, set in an 1840s Parisian drawing room.
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The Play That Goes Wrong
British Farce Wows Broadway Audiences
By: - Dec 02nd, 2017“The Play That Goes Wrong”, is written by three talented British playwright/actors: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, who are members of the London-based, Mischief Theatre Company. The production is wowing New York audiences at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway. Last summer there was a change to an American cast which is every bit as hilarious as the original Brits.
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Junk by Ayad Akhtar
NY's Vivian Beaumont Theater in Lincoln Center,
By: - Dec 02nd, 2017Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, (“Disgraced”) is back on Broadway with a riveting new play "Junk." Crisply directed by Doug Hughes, the play is a searing indictment of financial perfidy and recklessness and its seeming disdain for the rule of law when ‘it’ comes too close to getting in the way of the art of the all-important deal.
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Bright Star by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
At the Curran Theatre San Francisco
By: - Dec 02nd, 2017While Steve Martin’s comedy work pays the mortgage on the mansion, he plays banjo professionally as well. Collaborating with rock/pop/folk artist Edie Brickell on the acclaimed bluegrass album Love Has Come for You led to the deeper involvement of developing the stage show Bright Star. Inspired by a true 1904 event, the artists created a fiction around the occurrence.
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Book of Mormon National Tour
Mega-Popular Musical in MIami
By: - Nov 30th, 2017The Book of Mormon's messages about belief and religion resonate particularly strongly these days.Triple threat actors on national tour of musical are performing in Miami.
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Sam Shepard's Fool for Love
At The Stage in San Jose
By: - Nov 29th, 2017Fool for Love is one of Sam Shepard's most respected works, and the cast of the San Jose Stage production extracts every bit of meaning and emotion from it.
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42nd Street
Bay Area Musicals in San Francisco
By: - Nov 27th, 2017There are several distinctions that mark this wonderful material. The 1980 stage show is based on the 1933 movie of the same name, which was the seminal film on this topic. As hard as it is to believe, a filmed musical had never been successfully transferred to the stage. This one succeeded wildly with critics, winning the Tony for Best Musical and more.
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Die Walküre at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Christine Goerke Defines Brunhilde
By: - Nov 27th, 2017Everything about the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s second installment in David Pountney's new Ring cycle feels, sounds and looks right. Yet starting with the singing actors’ performances seems only fair. They are superb, one and all. Surely one element of opera under the control of producers is the uniform quality of singing. The Lyric Opera understands this deeply and delivers.
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Becoming Dr. Ruth at Gable Stage
One-woman Show About Sex Therapist
By: - Nov 27th, 2017Famed sex therapist Dr. Ruth warmly welcomes us into her home in an impressive South Florida production. The play by Mark St. Germaine premiered at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield.The Broadway actress Anne O'Sullivan impressively inhabits the role.
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Seniors Visit Broadway
An Annual Visit with ATCA
By: - Nov 26th, 2017Not getting any younger Sandy and Gerry Katz treated themseles to a week at The Row in the heart of NY's theatre district. From there were short cab rides to all the hit shows from Hamilton and Come from Away. They ejoyed events of American Theatre Criics Assocation inncluding the traiditional lunch with the stars at Sardis.
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West Side Story at Disney Hall
LA Philharmonic Provides Live Score
By: - Nov 24th, 2017The theater world was abuzz with West Side Story in the summer of 1957. It was to open on Broadway in the fall, and sure to be a smash hit. That was the word. It was also going to revolutionize musical theater. It did. Now the LA Philharmonic performs the score live as the film rolls on before the audience.
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Black Rider at Shotgun Players
By William S. Burroughs With Music by Tom Waits
By: - Nov 23rd, 2017The play is a riff on Der Freischütz, (The Freeshooter) a Germanic tale made most famous by the seminal German Romantic opera of the same name, composed in 1821 by Carl Maria von Weber. Black Rider is a trip by William S. Burroughs with Music by Tom Waits
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