Theatre
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RED at San Diego Repertory Theatre
Riveting Drama About Artist Mark Rothko
By: - Apr 17th, 2014The hovering clouds of color by Mark Rothko are among the most absorbing and spiritual paintings of the Abstract Expressionist artists of the New York School. The Tony Award winning play Red, having a San Diego production, focuses on the emotional intensity of the artist in crisis. There is a compelling interaction with his assistant in a riveting drama of their give and take. John Vickery and Jason Maddy are powerful in their roles.
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Reinventing I Remember Mama Off Broadway
A Brilliant Concept, a Brilliant Cast, an Astonishing Experience
By: - Apr 17th, 2014The Transport Group Theatre’s New York production of I Remember Mama, the season’s truly “must see†and “run don’t walk†– it will be treading the boards at the Gym at Judson through April 20, and hopefully extended – granted all of my above wishes, judging from welling tears, breaths held, and the audible hosannas heard as they exited the theatre.
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Anything Goes at Beef and Boards
Noel Coward Back Home in Indiana
By: - Apr 17th, 2014Anything Goes has been entertaining crowds for 80 years and is on stage now at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. The show contains a selection of charming well-known songs, like “It’s De-Lovely†and “I Get a Kick Out of You,†by Indiana’s ownNoel Coward.
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Broadway Across America in Indianapolis
2014-2015 Season Announced
By: - Apr 16th, 2014Broadway Across America announces the 2014/15 Indianapolis program. Season tickets are now on sale.
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George Grant's Grounded
One Woman Play at Pittsburgh's City Theatre
By: - Apr 16th, 2014George Brant’s new one-woman play Grounded, is, on one level, the story of a fighter pilot whose job has changed drastically. The Pilot (Kelly McAndrew), tells us she was born to be “in the blue†at the controls of an F16 fighter jet, dropping bombs on unseen targets and accelerating away before the shells explode. It runs at City Theatre in Pittsburgh through May 4..
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Pantagleize by Michel de Ghelerode in Pittsburgh
A Smart Adaption by Jay Ball of 1929 Play
By: - Apr 14th, 2014Pantagleize – Jay Ball’s smart adaptation of Michel de Ghelderode’s 1929 play of the same name – is a deeply cynical, outrageously comic, and highly provocative play about challenges and contradictions of democratic revolutions. The world premiere of the adaption runs in Pittsburgh at Quantum Theatre through April 27.
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Humana Festival Wrapup
Brownsville Song, Partners, The Grown Up
By: - Apr 14th, 2014From Wednesday through Sunday while attending the 38th Humana Festival of New American Plays we were flat out. It's a part of the Festival Syndrome absorbing and sorting out a sensory overload of information. Some plays are etched into the subconscious indelibly while others evaporate like the burned off morning fog. With an intense regimen of plays to see there were fleeting impressions of historic Louisville, Kentucky.
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The Christians by Lucas Hnath
Humana Festival Hit Now in NY at Playwrights Horizon
By: - Apr 12th, 2014The Christians by Lucas Hnath was the most successful and provocative new play of the Humana Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. There is now a well received New York production. We are reposting the original review.
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Andrew Dawson at Mass MoCA
Space Panorama May 3
By: - Apr 12th, 2014Amid his residency developing The Russian Doctor, director and choreographer Andrew Dawson presents an otherworldly family affair on Saturday, May 3, at 11:30am, in MASS MoCA's Club B-10. Space Panorama is a hypnotic solo recreation of the Apollo 11 moon landing - using only Dawson's hands!
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Steel Hammer Galvanic at Humana Festival
Based on Music by Julia Wolfe Directed by Anne Bogart
By: - Apr 12th, 2014At two hours with no intermission Steel Hammer the avant-garde deconstruction of the traditional ballad John Henry was physically and emotionally demanding on the performers as well as the audience. The company was co founded in 1992 by the Japanese master Tadashi Suzuki and Columbia University professor and director Anne Bogart. After the first five years Suzuki ceased participation but the company continues to follow the Suzuki method which entails cult like discipline and dedication.
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Becoming Cuba Shines At Huntington's Calderwood
Love and War Imbedded In Dark Modern History
By: - Apr 11th, 2014Set in 1897 Cuba on the eve of the Spanish-American War, vivacious widow Adela runs a pharmacy, seemingly indifferent to the mounting conflict around her. But when the rebellion literally comes to her home to Havana, she has to choose between her country and her family. With some wonderful performances, this is powerful drama by Playwright-in-Residence Melinda Lopez and directed eloquently by Huntington Associate Producer M. Bevin O’Gara.
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Lauren Gunderson Wins for I and You
Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award
By: - Apr 06th, 2014Last night at the 38th Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Kentucky San Francisco based playwright Lauren Gunderson was honored for her play “I and You." Coinciding with the prestigious Humana Festival it was the annual conference meeting of the American Theatre Critics which juries the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award.
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Rich Girl Loaded At Lyric Stage Company
An Equation of the Heart: Wealth Does Not Equal Happiness
By: - Mar 31st, 2014Add a rich girl, her richer mother, and a starving handsome artist boyfriend together, and what could possibly go wrong? When sheltered Claudine meets actor/director Henry, she falls head over heels for him. But her mother, a tough-talking, cynical celebrity financial guru, tries to crush her daughter's desires and ego. Is Henry everything her daughter deserves or is he only after her money? Rich Girl is a contemporary take on the classic play and film The Heiress. It is a clever comedy about a young woman and her relationships with a man, her mother, money and becoming who she really is.
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King Lear at Theater for A New Audience
Michael Pennington Is a Nuanced Lear
By: - Mar 30th, 2014Directo Arin Arbus and Set Designer Riccardo Hernandez collaborated recently on a brilliant production of La Traviata at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. They do it again in Brooklyn at the new home of the Theater for A New Audience.
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Playwright Terrence McNally’s Early Years.
CV REP of Rancho Mirage Four-Play Retrospective
By: - Mar 29th, 2014CV REP of Rancho Mirage, California, one of the best Equity Theatre companies in the Coachella Valley, brings down the curtain on the final play of their highly successful 2013-2014 season of a four-play retrospective of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally’s early years. The preceding three shows: “Master Classâ€, “The Story of My Lifeâ€, “A Perfect Ganesh†were all first-rate, top tier productions. It ends with “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.â€
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Marg Helgenberger to Star at Barrington Stage
Premiere of Sharr White’s The Other Place
By: - Mar 27th, 2014Barrington Stage Company (BSC), announces Emmy Award-winner and Golden Globe nominee Marg Helgenberger will star in the Berkshire premiere of Sharr White’s The Other Place, kicking off BSC’s 20th Anniversary Season, from May 21 through June 14 on the St. Germain Stage, directed by BSC Associate Artist Christopher Innvar.
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The Indiana Repertory Theatre
Announces 2014-2015 Season
By: - Mar 27th, 2014The Indiana Repertory Theatre has announced its season for 2014/2015. The mix of shows include a Shakespearean comedy to celebrate the Bard's 450th birthday, an award-winning Broadway play, and a few hidden gems from the regional theatre circuit. To buy tickets or find out more information visit their site here.
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For Goodness Sake by Musicals Tonight!
The First Musical by George and Ira Gershwin
By: - Mar 22nd, 2014Musicals Tonight! is presenting For Goodness Sake at New York’s The Lion Theatre. A light, frothy musical it was one of the first collaborations between George and Ira Gershwin. It has not been seen in New York since its debut in 1922, although it had a successful run in England the following year. The now dated musical launched international stardom for its stars, Fred and Adele Astaire.
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The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman at Schaubühne, Berlin
Die kleinen Füchse Returns in April
By: - Mar 21st, 2014A contemporary staging of 'The LittleFoxes - Die kleinen Füchse ' by Lillian Hellman will continue a successful run in April and through the end of the Berlin theatre season, at the Schaubühne. Director, Thomas Ostermeier, and cast have presented sold out performances.
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Nikos Stage Announces Sam Shepard Play
Chris Pine and Lauren Ambrose to Co Star
By: - Mar 21st, 2014For the final slot of the program organized by Jenny Gersten for the 2014 Williamstown Theatre Festival she has played an ace. Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Underâ€) will make a WTF debut paired with the returning Chris Pine (Kirk in the recent “Star Trek†movies). A revival of the 1983 Sam Shepard play will be directed by Daniel Aukin. It will run on the Nikos Stage July 24 to August 3.
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Streetcar Named Desire in Indianapolis
Williams Play at Indy Fringe
By: - Mar 20th, 2014Cate Blanchett won an Oscar this year for her channeling of Blanche DuBois in the Woody Allen reshaping of the enduring Tennessee Williams classic Streetcar Named Desire. This brings renewed renewed interest in the riveting drama. It is being produced by Indy Fringe is what Melissa Hall feels is a not to be missed production.
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Tommy Tune Taps at Barrington Stage July 28
Tall Tales of Music and Dance
By: - Mar 18th, 2014Tony Award-winner Tommy Tune in Taps, Tunes, and Tall Tales performs on Monday, July 28 at 8pm at Barrington Stage in Pittsfield. Tune is a nine-time Tony Award winner for his work on Seesaw, A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine, Nine, My One and Only, Grand Hotel, and The Will Rogers Follies. In addition, he has been awarded eight Drama Desk Awards, three Astaire Awards and the Society of Directors and Choreographers' George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was honored with The Helen Hayes Tribute in 2011. We have an interesting and hilarious interview.
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Huntington Theatre Company 2014-2015
Six Shows Plus One
By: - Mar 18th, 2014Huntington Theatre Company announces six productions of its 2014-2015 Season plus one additional title. Continuing its 32-year tradition, the Huntington will present world-class productions of new works and classics made current created by the finest local and national talent. The varied lineup includes a Tony Award-winning Broadway comedy, a thrilling new play set in Boston, a new play by a celebrated local writer that riffs on a beloved classic, a revival of a provocative comedy, a classic American drama, and a topical new play directed by Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois, plus the return of visionary director David Cromer (Our Town).
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The Seagull Soars at the Huntington
Chekhov's Classic Brilliantly Presented and Performed
By: - Mar 13th, 2014Celebrated Russian actress Irina Arkadina's visit to her aspiring playwright son with her successful novelist lover in tow kindles unrequited passions and petty jealousies in Anton Chekhov's late 19th Century masterpiece about love, rejection, creative frustration, missed connections, and what it means to be an artist. In this actor's play, a wonderful Kate Burton leads a glittering cast at the Huntington for Chekhov's emotionally rich classic that is directed by the gifted Maria Aitken. Set in brilliant scenery, this amazing theatrical chemistry results in a superb evening of dramatic entertainment.
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Boston's Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Announces 2014-2015 Season
By: - Mar 11th, 2014Actors’ Shakespeare Project (ASP), under the direction of Artistic Director Allyn Burrows and Executive Producer Sara Stackhouse, announces the slate of plays for the beginning of its second decade. The 2014 -15 subscriptions are currently on sale and single tickets will go on sale August 1, 2014.
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