Theatre
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The Glass Menagerie Brilliant At A.R.T.
Tennessee Williams' Eloquent Memory Play Is Transcendent
By: - Feb 13th, 2013Perhaps Tennessee Williams' best work, the Glass Menagerie is starkly presented as an emotionally painful memory play that features the struggling writer Tom and his disfunctional small family. Cherry Jones is note perfect as mother Amanda. Tom is edgily performed by Zachary Quinto. Celia Keenan-Bolger poignantly plays sister Laura going in and out of her shell. A theatrical old chestnut with a new taste and dramatic spice, this is an as good as it gets Glass Menagerie. It should not be missed.
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Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Spring
Programming in Great Barrington
By: - Feb 11th, 2013Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington announces spring 2013. Highlights include a talk by author and illustrator Brian Selznick followed by a screening of Hugo, Masters of the Fiddle with Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, humorist David Sedaris , singer/mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile and jazz pianist Brad Mehldau , Cirque Shanghai: Bai Xi, Paul Taylor Dance Company , "Live in HD" broadcasts by the Metropolitan Opera, London's National Theatre, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!, as well as classic movies.
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Shakespeare & Company Stars for 2013
Tina Packer, Olympia Dukakis, John Douglas Thompson Return
By: - Feb 11th, 2013Following a two year tour of Women of Will the founding artistic director of Shakespeare & Company, Tina Packer, returns with The Beauty Queen of Leenane co starring Elizabeth Aspenlieder. Last summer Olympia Dukakis and John Douglas Thompson had hit shows with The Tempest and Satchmo at the Waldorf. This summer they will perform together in the 20th century classic Mother Courage.
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A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee
McCarter Theatre Mounts a Fresh Take
By: - Feb 10th, 2013A Delicate Balance, directed by Emily Mann at the McCarter Theater, etches the cost of buried feelings. Albee, who attended rehearsals in Princeton and delivers the opening announcement on the intercom, wrioe that the play is about “the rigidity and ultimate paralysis which afflicts those who settle in too easily, waking up one day to discover that all the choices they have avoided no longer give them freedom of choice and what choices they have left are beside the point.â€
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Jackie By Elfriede Jelinek
Nobel Prize Winning Writer at NY's City Center Stage II
By: - Feb 08th, 2013Jackie is part of Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek's cycle of "Princess Plays" that she describes as a satirical counterpoint to Shakespeare’s histories, which in German are called “Kings Plays.†She has female role models such as Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Princess Di and Jackie Kennedy, who, for the 20th Century, is the essential princess. The production history surrounding Jackie is mysterious, and this production may well be the world premiere of the English language translation.
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Will Eno's The Flu Season at A.R.T.
Directed by Marcus Stern
By: - Feb 07th, 2013The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training continues its 2012-13 Season with Will Eno’s The Flu Season, directed by A.R.T. Institute director Marcus Stern. The production runs February 22, 23, 27, 28, March 1 and 2 at 7:30pm at the Zero Church Street Performance Space, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Admission in free.
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The Human Variations by Blueprint Theatre Project
Staged In Abby Verbosky's Photography Exhibition
By: - Feb 07th, 2013The backdrop for “The Human Variations†is a photography exhibit featuring the work of Abby Verbosky. Two men. Six women. Drink. Dance. Desperate loneliness. What begins as innocent banter over cocktails at an art opening quickly transforms into fantasy, nightmare and possible redemption. In “The Human Variations" has four movements (Allegro, Largo, Scherzo and Rondo).
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Lighting From Heaven by Scott C. Sickles
Dramatizing Publishing Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago
By: - Feb 07th, 2013Workshop Theatre Company presents the New York premiere production of Lightning From Heaven by Workshop Theater Company Artistic Director and award-winning playwright Scott C. Sickles. It is directed by Thomas Coté and will play a limited engagement on the Main Stage at WorkShop Theater (312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor).
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Tina Packer's Women of Will Erupts in New York
Lust Braided with Erudition
By: - Feb 03rd, 2013What a piece of work these Women of Will in the hands of self-proclaimed 21st century feminist Tina Packer. The wicked Kate, martial Joan and Margaret, Juliet full of sensuous desire, Desdemona, no ninny, but a defiant daughter brimming over with lust who tells Daddy she is leaving him for his best friend, a black man no less. Tina Packer is a theatrical wizard.
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Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks by Richard Alfieri
Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre Company
By: - Jan 31st, 2013CV Reps production of “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks†is a heart-warming play that is sure to please everyone who sees it. CV Rep now in its second season in its new theatre digs at The Atrium, in Rancho Mirage, California is building a reputation as a “go to†theatre for actors who like CV Rep’s two- hander format.
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Old Globe's Pygmalion Heads to Williamstown
Opens at Williamstown Theatre Festival July 18
By: - Jan 31st, 2013The production which Jack Lyons reviewed is being restaged with some changes at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. “Pygmalionâ€, the sparkling comedy production on the Old Globe’s Shiley Stage, in San Diego stars Robert Sean Leonard of TV’s “House M.D.†as Henry Higgins. The production, steadfastly directed by Nicholas Martin, (former artistic director of Williamstown Theatre Festival) co-stars San Diego favorite, Paxton Whitehead as the redoubtable Colonel Pickering and Charlotte Parry as Eliza Doolittle. Parry’s Eliza is one of the best Eliza’s seen on any stage in a long time. At WTF she is played by Heather Lind.
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The Women at the Annenberg Theatre
More Stars Than in Heaven
By: - Jan 28th, 2013Now in its fourth year of presenting Equity productions to audiences of the Coachella Valley, the Palm Springs- based theatrical group presented a star-studded Fundraiser and a staged reading production of “The Women†at the Annenberg Theatre on Saturday, January 19, 2013.
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The Good Person of Setzuan at Fort Point
Bertolt Brecht Play Adapted by Tony Kushner
By: - Jan 25th, 2013Boston's Fort Point Theatre Channel presents The Good Person of Setzuan written by Bertolt Brecht and adapted by Tony Kushner. Directed by Christie Lee Gibson, designed by Anne Loyer, with music composed and directed by Nick Thorkelson. Performances run February 21-March 9. The production will take place in the temporary home of Fort Point Theatre Channel, a vacant 5,000 square-foot commercial space in Boston's artists’ neighborhood threatened by explosive development
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Bethany Brilliant at City Center Stage II
America Ferrara Tops Off First Rate Cast
By: - Jan 19th, 2013The Women's Project Theater has a new home at City Center. This first rate production of a play by Laura Marks bodes well for their future. Performances throughout are of the highest order. Direction by Gaye Taylor Upchurch highlights the thrust and parry of edgy relationships and displays the wit, humor and pathos of the language.
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Baba Brinkman’s The Rap Guide to Evolution
At Williams '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Feb. 8 & 9
By: - Jan 17th, 2013The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance presents a novel species of theatre that combines the wit, poetry, and charisma of a great rapper with the accuracy and rigor of a scientific expert, Baba Brinkman’s The Rap Guide to Evolution uses hip-hop as a vehicle to communicate the facts of evolution while illuminating the origins and complexities of hip-hop culture with Darwin as the inspiration.
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Modern Theatre's Spring Programming
In Boston's Theatre District
By: - Jan 15th, 2013The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University announces the programming lineup for its spring 2013 season, featuring world premiere performances and innovative explorations of classic works. The theatre is located at 525 Washington St. in Downtown Boston.
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A Crucible Deconstructed
Miller, Misfits, Monroe, Clift, Warhol and Pregnant Teens
By: - Jan 14th, 2013Deconstruction was not the intent of this wild play, but if you needed to follow its elements to understand the real purpose, looking at theatrical 'zones' over time. While there were compelling performances, and many enjoyable elements to this production, an enjoyable whole was not the sum of its parts.
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Poignant Other Desert Cities At SpeakEasy
Penetrating Dark Secret of Conservative Family
By: - Jan 14th, 2013After a six year absence, the seemingly prodigal daughter returns to her conservative parents' home for Christmas in 2004. Brooke has been living and writing in New York, politically and culturally far from the isolated Palm Springs desert family home. Recently leaving rehab, her mother's sister Silda is now living belligerently with her parents. Brother TV producer Trip is there as well. It is at first an expected holiday character mix of a disfunctional family, but the drama becomes a whole lot more. This is a story of family, dignity and things that are not what they seem.
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10×10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage
Pittsfield Winter Festival February 14 to 24
By: - Jan 11th, 2013The 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival returns to downtown Pittsfield for the second year from February 14-24, 2013, and features music, theatre, dance, film, visual art, spoken word, comedy and more, including BSC’s 10×10 New Play Festival.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Song
Music of Harold Arlen at NY's St. Luke's Theatre
By: - Jan 11th, 2013Harold Arlen’s career spanned the 20th century, so it is not surprising that he wrote the song most often awarded best of the last hundred years, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.†This song alone could open our hearts to this new production showcasing Arlen’s work.
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Invisible Man Resonates At Huntington
Ralph Ellison's Brilliant Story of Racism and Dignity
By: - Jan 09th, 2013This well-acted play is the journey of an idealistic young African-American man searching for identity and his place in the world in pre-Civil Rights America. Based on Ralph Ellison’s landmark American novel about race, power and ultimately personal freedom, it is presented as an eloquent theatrical experience.
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The Liar at Shakespeare & Company
David Ives Adapts Pierre Corneille’s Farce
By: - Jan 09th, 2013The Liar has all of the ingredients of a perfect French farce. The truth will set most people free, but for Dorante (our disingenuous hero) a series of fibs may pave a convoluted road to happiness. The Liar was originally penned by the classic 17th Century playwright Pierre Corneille, in 1664. This translation by award-winning American playwright David Ives merges the iambic humor of classic verse with a contemporary twist.
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Kelli O'Hara Returns to Williamstown in 2013
Bridges of Madison County Debuts in August
By: - Jan 07th, 2013For the second season in a row Williamstown Theatre Festival will premiere a film transformed into a musical. Last summer Kelli O'Hara starred in "Far From Heaven." She returns to the Berkshires in "The Bridges of Madison County." The film paired Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood,. A co star for O'Hara is yet to be announced.
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33 Variations At Lyric Stage
Spanning Obsessions, 200 Years And Painful Lives
By: - Jan 06th, 2013Separated by 200 years, a mother is coming to terms with her daughter as well as her health and a composer is coming to terms with his hearing and genius. These two share an obsession that transcends the boundaries of time. Moisés Kaufman play is focused on passion, parenthood and the moments of beauty that somehow transform life.
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Pippin Spellbinding At American Rep
A Brilliant Re-Creation of Iconic Show
By: - Jan 04th, 2013From the first note of the overture to the final bow, this Diane Paulus directed revival of Pippin at A.R.T. is a magnetic effervescent theatrical treat. This is musical theatre as scrumptious life is a circus delight. Along with incredibly talented supporting players, Patina Miller, Andrea Martin and Matthew James Thomas bring athleticism, humor and just plain talent to a new interpretation of a now classic musical score and narrative. This is must-see before it goes to Broadway. There is Magic to do here.
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