Theatre
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Charles Lindberg in Ludwig Live
Seven Hills Inn Cabaret in Lenox
By: - May 17th, 2011“Ludwig Live!†is an irreverent song-filled cabaret about composer Ludwig von Beethoven. Produced by Holson Productions, the show stars Charles Lindberg as Beethoven, Katherine Pecevich, and Robin Gerson Wong. It will run June 30 through August 30.
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Brilliant Drowsy Chaperone At Speakeasy
Hilarious Musical Comedy with Incredible Cast
By: - May 14th, 2011A winner of five 2006 Tony Awards, this show is a brilliant combination of mayhem, mix-ups and a gay (in the old sense of the word) wedding. It is a loving embrace of traditional and at times hokey broadway extravagances by a die-hard musical fan who plays his favorite cast album, a 1928 obscure musical "The Drowsy Chaperone." The show seamlessly and magically slips back and forth between the harshness of real life and the fantasy of the theatrical moment. This is a must-see show that is filled with surprises, delight and joy. Did I say that the Speakeasy cast is brilliantly talented? Run and get tickets. It does not get more entertaining than this.
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Provincetown Theatre Company’s Playwrights’ Festival
It Begins With The Words!
By: - May 12th, 2011This weekend the Provincetown Theatre Company lifts the curtain for the Spring version of their semiannual Playwrights’ Festival, now in its 15th year. The festival strives to foster the development of new works by established and emerging playwrights.
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Tina Packer in Women of Will to July 10
Tina Packer Launches S&Co Season in Lenox
By: - May 12th, 2011Shakespeare & Company presents Women of Will, The Complete Journey: Parts I-V, the masterful summation of Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer ’s 40-odd years spent investigating all things Shakespeare, presented in a five-part series. Performances will run from May 27 through July 10
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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Busby Berkeley Meets Las Vegas on Broadway
By: - May 11th, 2011Adapted from the 1994 movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Priscilla has been making the rounds since it first opened in Sydney, Australia in 2006. From there it moved to New Zealand in 2008, and then on to the West End of London in 2009, where it is still playing. The current Priscilla comes direct from Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre.
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The Seagull at Main Street Stage
Hail and Farewell
By: - May 08th, 2011As one expects from community theatre this production of Anton Chekov's "The Seagull" at Main Street Stage in North Adams is rough and uneven. Much of the experience is more endured than enjoyed. But as is appropriate of the genre there were truly stunning and inspired performances by emerging actors. It was thrilling to see the work of young artists destined for stunning careers. After 12 years, for now, Main Street Stage will go dark following this production with some $100,000 to be raised to find its new home.
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Susurrus by David Leddy
ArtsEmerson in Boston Public Garden
By: - May 05th, 2011In Susurrus, which doesn’t happen in a traditional theatre, audiences follow a map around Boston’s Public Garden as they listen to the piece, adapted especially for Boston, on MP3 player and headphones. Headphones and MP3 player are supplied. Running time is 1 hour 20 minutes (though it can be paused). Journeys take place between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
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Tony Nominations
The Best of Broadway.
By: - May 04th, 2011Nominations for the 2011 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing Best Play
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Drama Desk Award Nominations
Broadway 2010-2011
By: - Apr 29th, 2011The Book of Mormon, a musical, leads with 12 nominations. Followed by the revival Anything Goes with 10 and Merchant of Venice with seven.
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Huntington Theatre Given $10 Million
Largest Donation in Company's History
By: - Apr 28th, 2011The Huntington Theatre Company announced that the company has received an endowment gift of $10 million from the Calderwood Charitable Foundation. It is the largest single gift in Huntington history, instantly doubling the size of the Huntington’s endowment. The gift is among the largest gifts to a theatre company in U.S. history and to any arts organization in Boston.
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Outer Critics Circle
2010-2011 Award Nominations
By: - Apr 26th, 2011It is now awards season for New York Theatre. Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announces its nominees for the 2010-11 season in 23 categories. Sister Act leads with nine nominations followed by eight for Anything Goes. Spider Man which has been in previews for months and is yet to open is conspicuously absent from the nominations.
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Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts in Denver
Bruce K. Sevy Directs Letts' Dark Comedy
By: - Apr 25th, 2011Tracy Letts brilliantly captures the fading world of the donut shop as he welcomes a new employee Uptown. Both almost lose everything as they spar with each other..
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American Repertory Theatre
2011/ 2012 Season
By: - Apr 25th, 2011There will be something old and something new, times two, in the 2011/ 2012 season of the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. Artistic Director Diane Paulus remarked: "Our 2011/12 Season features projects that combine music and storytelling to explore our collective heritage and unique histories. The year will include musical theater inspired by Americana, jazz, folk, and indie-rock, as well as plays with humor and grand expressions of humanity. This will be a season of extraordinary tales, glorious music, creative invention, and community created through shared experience."
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Nottage's Ruined at the Denver Arts Center
A Brilliant Production Features Kim Staunton
By: - Apr 24th, 2011Nottage does not preach or offer easy answers in her 'witness' play about the ferocious abuse of women while wars over the precious minerals of the Congo are waged. "Ruined" is stunning theater driven by passion. More of our coverage of theatre in Denver.
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Shakespeare & Company Birthday Bash
Saturday April 23 Bard Turns 447
By: - Apr 18th, 2011On Saturday, April 23 William Shakespeare turns 447. Shakespeare & Company in Lenox is planning a birthday bash. The fun begins at 1 pm with a performance of Hamlet at 7 pm. There will be cake and a toast following the evening performance. That's a lot of family fun with special ticket prices.
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Premiere of Sons of the Prophet At Calderwood
Too Much Story With Too Little Plot Resolution
By: - Apr 17th, 2011With clever quips and interesting ideas, playwright Steven Karam's new play has a talented cast and high production values. Unfortunately it is an overly complicated story that seems to along with its various threads unravel at the end. Dealing with among other things-- hyphenated Americans, gay sons, deteriorating old age, cult of sport and crazy middle age women, Karam has created a play with individual parts greater than the sum of its whole. Too bad.
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Zero Hour Opens at Barrington Stage May 18
Jim Brochu Channels Zero Mostel
By: - Apr 15th, 2011Barrington Stage Company presents Zero Hour Jim Brochu’s acclaimed play about the life of theatre legend Zero Mostel. Zero Hour kicks off the season from May 18 through June 5, 2011 at BSC Stage 2, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield, MA. | .
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Huntington Theatre Playwriting Fellowships
Applications Accepted Through May 18
By: - Apr 15th, 2011Huntington Theatre Company is now accepting applications for the 2011-2013 cohort of Huntington Playwriting Fellows (HPFs). Huntington Playwriting Fellows have a home at the Huntington with two-year residencies.
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Snow White at the Mount
Co Produced with the Colonial and Berkshire Theatre Festival
By: - Apr 15th, 2011This summer, in partnership with the Berkshire Theatre Festival and The Colonial Theatre, The Mount--the historic estate of Edith Wharton--is introducing family friendly outdoor theatre. Nightly performances of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will run from July 20 through July 30.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival Flip Flop
Season Opener a Switcheroo
By: - Apr 13th, 2011A Broadway bound production of You Can't Take It With You was initially announced to open the first season with Jenny Gersten as artistic director of the renowned Williamstown Theatre Festival. Recently WTF revealed Plan B. Now it appears that Robin Baitz’s two-person drama Three Hotels will be the leadoff. That is a cast and production cost reduction from 15 actors to two. We link to Larry Murry who has the full story for Berkshire On Stage.
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Robin Williams Roars on Broadway
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo By Ragiv Joseph
By: - Mar 31st, 2011Better late than never, amazingly, Robin Williams is starring in his first Broadway play. With droll irony he is purring and pawing his way through Ragiv Joseph's acclaimed Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Williams on stage, bantering with the audience as the ghost of a slaughtered tiger is just sublime. But that proves to be only about a third of the play which lags when he is not around.
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Frances McDormand in Good People
Southie Shines on Broadway
By: - Mar 30th, 2011After enduring the tough winter months there were signs of life on Broadway. There were droves of tourists on line for half price tickets in Times Square. Mostly tourists want those splashy musicals. But you jump the queue for a drama. There were no deals, however, for the mostly sold out run of Good People. We paid full freight for a lousy seat at the back of the house. But it was worth every penny to enjoy a fabulous performance by Frances McDormand.
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TFANA’s Grisaille Macbeth
Arin Arbus Directs John Douglas Thompson and Annika Boras
By: - Mar 29th, 2011Under the skillful direction, Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience is presenting a version of Macbeth notable for its naturalism, clarity, passion and compelling humanity. A superb cast is electrified by the galvanic, sexually charged performances of John Douglas Thompson and his leading Lady Macbeth, Annika Boras. This is a compelling new paradigm for the perennial Scottish Play. Prepare to be amazed.
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Peter Brook's Beckett At ArtsEmerson
Master Director of the Intense Minimal at The Paramount
By: - Mar 23rd, 2011A rare event is taking place at ArtsEmerson's Paramount Theatre. Their World on Stage is currently presenting legendary theatre director Peter Brook in his first work in Boston in 40 years. The first program is by Samuel Beckett. Called Fragments, it is a group of four short pieces. The other is The Grand Inquisitor (based upon the Brothers Karamazov). Brook is known for his unique spare interpretation of theatre. He is a minimalist who conjures up great intensity both intellectual and visceral.
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God of Carnage at Chicago's Goodman
A Perfect Production of Yasmina Reza's Play
By: - Mar 22nd, 2011Things get so violent on stage during this superb production that you wonder if the actors will show up for the next performance. The show has been extended through April 17, at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, but demand is understandably high for this wonderful production.
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