Theatre
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Sunset Blvd at Palm Canyon Theatre
Cult Musical Starred Pamla Vale Abramson
By: - Mar 28th, 2013Pamla Vale Abramson is a wonderful Norma Desmond. She captures the spirit and the essence of the early Hollywood era through use of her marvelous eyes, hand gestures, and actor’s instincts, all the while never losing sight, of her role in bringing a bygone era back, if just for just awhile.
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Stephen Metcalfe's Strange Snow was Film Jacknife
Groves Cabin Theatre, in Morongo Valley, CA.
By: - Mar 28th, 2013Stephen Metcalfe's stage play “Strange Snow†became the basis for the 1989 movie “Jacknifeâ€, starring Robert DeNiro, Ed Harris, and Cathy Bates.The powerful and compelling drama currently dazzling audiences at the Groves Theatre, is brilliantly directed by actor/director Abe Daniels, and features a wonderful cast of three Desert Theatre League award winning actors: Donette Swain, Kurt Schauppner, and Abe Daniels.
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American Star!!! by Emmy Winners
Theater for the New City April 11 to 28
By: - Mar 27th, 2013Theater for the New City presents"American Star!!!," a new rockin', boppin' family musical by William Electric Black and Gary Schreiner, both Emmy-winners. The show whimsically examines teenagers' fascination with make-me-a-celebrity TV shows. Performances are April 11 to 28, Th-Sat at 8:00 PM and Sun at 3:00 PM. Running time is :90. Critics are invited on or after April 12.
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The Whipping Man at Indiana Repertory Theatre
Highlight of ATCA Meeting
By: - Mar 23rd, 2013Last night some forty members and guests of the American Theatre Critics Association were astonished by a riveting production of The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez. The Indiana Repertory Theatre production stars the astonishing David Alan Anderson with solid support from Tyler Jacob Rollinson and Andrew C. Ahrens.
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Mountaintop at San Diego REPertory Theatre
Danielle Mone-Truitt and Larry Bates Co-Star
By: - Mar 19th, 2013San Diego REPertory Theatre’s current production of “The Mountaintopâ€, written by Katori Hall, and deftly directed by Roger Guenveur Smith, is right on the money. It’s a talky two-character exploration leading up to of the last day in the life of Martin Luther King Jr, as imagined by playwright Hall.
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Clarence Darrow Tonight at Coyote StageWorks
One Nighter Featured Brilliant Laurence Luckinbill
By: - Mar 19th, 2013Laurence Luckinbill as Clarence Darrow, brings the famous lawyer of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial in Tennessee, up close and personal, delivering a penetrating, riveting, and insightful portrait of the man many thought they knew but didn’t.
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A Raisin In The Sun Brilliant At Huntington
Lorraine Hansberry’s Groundbreaking 1959 Classic Drama
By: - Mar 14th, 2013In a crowded apartment in Chicago’s South Side, each member of a struggling African-American family yearns for a different version of a better life. An impending large insurance payment seems to be the key. While American prejudice and racism set barriers and even roadblocks to life's journey, this is an moving portrait of resilient people whose dreams are constantly deferred. A must see theatrical event.
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Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre's King Executioner
Theater for the New City March 21 to April 7
By: - Mar 12th, 2013Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre presents "King Executioner," written and directed by Vit Horejš with musical score by Frank London (The Klezmatics). This enigmatic tale of early World War II is based on a novel by Polish magical realist Tadeusz Nowak. New York's Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave., presents the work March 21 to April 7.
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The Faux-Real Theatre Company Comes to La Mama
Oedipus Rex XX/XY
By: - Mar 09th, 2013Oedipus Rex as conceived by the Faux-Real Theater Company is true to the original, although the producers say "sort of." A play in which Son kills Dad and then marries Mom with whom he begets half brothers and sisters provides latitude. Even though Oedipus is played by an actress and Jocasta by an actor, the brew has already been mixed and turned upside down by the time the play starts. The Faux-Real troop provides a classic take with brilliant winks.
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Treat Williams a the Clark March 11
Shorts in Winter with Williamstown Theatre Festival
By: - Mar 06th, 2013On Monday, March 11 at 7 pm, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute welcomes friends from the Williamstown Theatre Festival as they present “Shorts in Winter,†a cozy winter evening of short stories read by Festival actors.
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Sensational Clybourne Park At SpeakEasy
A Brilliantly Scripted Play About Our Past and Present
By: - Mar 06th, 2013Clybourne Park won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and the 2012 Tony Award for Best Play. Filled with ironic humor, it is a brilliant drama about race, real estate and the volatile values of each. Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, it transcribes racist American attitudes in two acts set 50 years apart. In the late 50s, a community is up in arms over the first black family to buy a house in their white neighborhood. Fifty years later, the neighborhood has changed around the same house, as now young white couples want to buy into the now predominantly black neighborhood. The social and emotional anxieties are mirror images. The writing and acting is sensational. This is great theatre.
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Kate Burton and Nicholas Martin
Return to Huntingon for the 2013-2014 Season
By: - Mar 05th, 2013The complete 2013-2014 Season will include four plays at the Boston University Theatre on the Avenue of the Arts, three plays at the Wimberly Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, and one play in the Roberts Studio Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA.
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Clever Stones In His Pockets At LyricStage
What It Means To Be Irish When Hollywood Invades
By: - Mar 04th, 2013A darkly clever play of what happens to a small village in County Kerry when a Hollywood crew shoots a "truly" Irish film using and in some cases abusing the locals who are hired as the extras. The story is carried on by verbally dueling very adroit two actors that transform themselves into fifteen characters by a turn of the head, a doffing of a cap or a twisting of the body. Actors Phil Tayler and Daniel Berger-Jones have strong nonstop performances.
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Nobel Author Jelinek Deconstructs Jackie O
Tina Benko Compels at Women's Project Theatre
By: - Mar 04th, 2013Tina Benko’s performance as Jackie in the play of the same name by Elfriede Jelinek, is a turn for the ages. Beat by beat, swoop by swoop, dashes and arrested moments, Benko holds us in her sway. Every surprising comic opportunity is subtly presented.
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Noel Coward's Fallen Angels
At the Pasadena Playhouse
By: - Mar 03rd, 2013The Pasadena Playhouse has a long and pleasant association with the plays of Noel Coward. Twelve of his plays beginning with “Hay Fever†in 1926, “Star Quality†in 2003, and now with “Fallen Angelsâ€, have been seen on its stage.
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Christine Lahti and Treat Williams: The Lion in Winter
Berkshire Theatre Group June 25 to July 13
By: - Mar 01st, 2013Berkshire Theatre Group announces award-winning actress, Christine Lahti, and award-winning actor, Treat Williams, will join.the cast of The Lion in Winter at the Fitzpatrick Main Stage. The classic play runs June 25 to July 13
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The National Civil War Project
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and Harvard University
By: - Feb 28th, 2013The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and Harvard University are proud to announce their participation in The National Civil War Project, an ambitious multi-city, multi-year collaboration of four universities and five performing arts organizations to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, which launched today in Washington, D.C. Inspired by noted choreographer Liz Lerman, The National Civil War Project will include the commissioning of original theatrical works as well as the creation of new arts-integrated academic programs.
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Muckrakers and Little Mermaid, Jr. at Barrington
June 13 – July 6 on the St. Germain Stage
By: - Feb 27th, 2013Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in downtown Pittsfield, under the leadership of Artistic Director, Julianne Boyd, and Managing Director, Tristan Wilson, proudly announces two additional productions as part of the theatre’s 19th season; the world premiere of Muckrakers by Zayd Dohrn and Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival 2013
Third Season for Artistic Director Jenny Gersten
By: - Feb 25th, 2013Highlights of the 2013 season include: Animal Crackers, Pygmalion, and a new musical adaption of Bridges of Madison Country on the Main Stage. The smaller Nikos Stage will feature American Hero, Hapgood, and Johnny Baseball. The Free Theatre will stage a version of Dracula by Steve Lawson.
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Legally Blonde The Musical
The Palm Canyon Theatre In Palm Springs
By: - Feb 21st, 2013With the current production “Legally Blonde The Musicalâ€, at The Palm Canyon Theatre in Palm Springs, the show is weak on story and heavy on singing and dancing. Everyone likes singing and dancing, but not to the detriment of the “book/story†otherwise it becomes merely a dance/singing recital.
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SUDS: Melida Gilb, Steve Gunderson, Bryan Scott
Annenberg Theatre in Palm Springs
By: - Feb 21st, 2013The Coyote StageWorks production "Suds" at the Annenberg Theatre in Palm Springs, directed by the very talented actor/director David Engel, faithfully recreates the era of the 1960’s thanks to the brilliant performances of its four cast members, and the songs that transport the audience back in time when life was a heck of lot simpler.
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The Gift at LA's Geffen Playhouse
New Play by Joanna Murray-Smith Doesn't Cut It
By: - Feb 20th, 2013One of the problems with the piece, at least for me, is that playwright Joanna Murray-Smith, and possibly director Maria Aitken, are not sure what kind of story “The Gift†is supposed to be and what the play is trying to convey.
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The Brothers Size By Tarell A. McCraney.
Old Globe Production Directed By Tea Algic
By: - Feb 20th, 2013The Old Globe’s production of “The Brothers Size†is directed by award winning director Tea Algic. Algic is a very seasoned and a highly respected professional director originally from the Balkans.
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On Broadway At Cabaret Theatre West
Now In Its Third Season in Palm Springs
By: - Feb 20th, 2013Cabaret Theatre West, now in its third season, is one producing organization that has found that the “cabaret styled†entertainment production is a winning formula. They just get better doing one entertaining and dazzling show after another.
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Berkshire Theatre Group 2013 Season
From Oklahoma to Lion in Winter
By: - Feb 16th, 2013During the July Fourth weekend which launches the Berkshire season the Colonial Theatre will stage the perennial tribute to Ameriana the classic musical Oklahoma. The Stockbridge Main Stage will get a jump start on June 25 with Treat Williams starring in The Lion in Winter. Local legend Karen Allen, who made her directorial debut at the Unicorn Theatre with Moonchildren will return to that stage directing Extremities.
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