Theatre
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Julianne Boyd on Theatre as Church and State
Blurring Boundaries Between Artists and Critics
By: - May 18th, 2013Traditionally it was anathema for critics to talk to and socialize with those they write about. With print in decline and the rise of blogs that has changed. But what happens when we are all in bed with each other? It both enriches our understanding and compromises objectivity. The third and final installment of a dialogue with Julianne Boyd may be a case in point.
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Pirates of Penzance Sings At American Rep
An Original Talented Take on Gilbert & Sullivan's Operetta
By: - May 17th, 2013Never expecting grandfather's version of the Pirates of Penzance at the American Repertory Theatre, this privateering musical crew gives a very different but rewarding production of the 19th Century English operetta gem. Set in an environment of a Tiki Bar married to a backyard lakeside pier with children's wading pools and and bamboo torches, ten performers go from badly dressed folksong singing beach goers to well-formed characters from the original production. Funny, lively and beautifully sung, this is a treat for the whole family.
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Julianne Boyd Part Two
What Happens When Everyone Does Clybourne Park
By: - May 17th, 2013Surprise. Like every other regional theatre company Barrington Stage has scheduled Clybourne Park. What are the consequences when theatre companies all over America are presenting a short list of recent Broadway and Off Broadway plays and musicals? Does it mean a dumbing down of American Theatre with long term negative consequence?. Two of Barrington's productions this season On the Town and The Chosen have been recently presented by Boston's Lyric Stage.
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Barrington Stage Now Debt Free
Julianne Boyd Completes $7 Million Campaign
By: - May 15th, 2013Julianne Boyd, the artistic director of Barrington Stage in Pittsfield called for a morning chin wag about the upcoming season. That led to a lively discussion of the current state of theatre and impact of criticism. Now in its 8th season the company has just completed raising $7 million. This is part one of an extended dialogue.
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Far From Heaven at Playwrights Horizons
Williamstown Production Transfers to New York
By: - May 13th, 2013Last summer the musical based on a film with the same title Far From Heaven was developed by the Williamstown Theatre Festival. With the original cast leads Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale from Williamstown it opens at New York's Playwrights Horizons on June 2 with a limited run through June 30.
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On The Town Brilliant At Lyric Stage
As Good As It Gets Of Classic Revival
By: - May 12th, 2013Sometimes there is a rare theatrical event that is brilliantly performed and directed, thoroughly entertaining and totally wonderful. The Lyric Stage Company's On The Town is one of these. It is the story of three young WWII American sailors with one day in New York City to see sights, meet a special girl, and literally have the time of their lives. Leonard Bernstein's score melds perfectly with the witty book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green to create a magical musical experience. Directed by an inspired Spiro Veloudos, this show revival is as good as it gets. It could transfer directly to Broadway with little or no changes. Run to get tickets. It is that brilliant.
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In The Heights Soars At SpeakEasy Stage
The Importance of Chasing Dreams & Finding Yourself
By: - May 11th, 2013Winner of four 2008 Tony Awards including Best Musical, In The Heights is a potent reminder of the importance of chasing one’s dreams while finding who you are and where you belong. Set in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, this vital production with a distinctive Latin beat spices up traditional musical fare with hip hop, salsa and rap to tell the stories of the residents of this close-knit community. You will be dancing when you leave the theatre.
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Other Desert Cities at Old Globe Theatre
Dry as Dust in San Diego
By: - May 11th, 2013This is our fourth review of Other Desert Cities and second by Jack Lyons who also covered the play at Mark Taper Forum. We will have our fifth review next season from Indianapolis. It begs the question of why every city in American seems to be producing a short list of the same ten overexposed plays.
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Berkshires Remember Joan Rivers
2013 Performance at the Colonial in Pittsfield
By: - May 11th, 2013At 81 the sharp witted Joan Rivers has passed from complications at a clinic that are under investigation. In a 2013 appearance in the Berkshires we wrote "With a mask like face, pulled as tight as a drum from numerous nips and tucks, the potty mouthed, eighty something going on sweet sixteen, Joan Rivers prowled the stage of the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield like a tigress in heat hungry for raw meat."
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50th Theatre Festival in Berlin
Plays and Events Until May 20th
By: - May 09th, 2013The current Theatertreffen in Berlin is presenting German language plays, classics and modern classics from Medea, War and Peace, to Orpheus Descending, as well as other theatre events and panel discussions. For non German speakers, Berlin will offer again the Berliner Festspiele in June and July of this year; more reasons for a trip to Berlin!
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Oberon Is A.R.T.'s Cutting Edge Second Stage
Programming for May
By: - May 07th, 2013OBERON, the American Repertory Theater’s second stage and club theater venue, continues its mission to bring exciting and original programming. A destination for theater and nightlife on the fringe of Harvard Square, OBERON is the home of the A.R.T.’s hit productions of Beowulf, The Lily’s Revenge, Futurity, The Donkey Show, Cabaret, and Prometheus Bound and Ryan Landry’s Rocky Horror Show,OBERON is also a thriving incubator for local and visiting talent.
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The Cape Cod Theater Coalition
Total Membership Now 22 Organizations
By: - May 07th, 2013The Cape & Islands Theater Coalition is a collaboration of live performance theaters from Woods Hole to Provincetown and the Islands. Best known for its annual Theater Guide and Schedule which this year will be distributed to over 70,000 households and visitors throughout the Northeast, the Coalition also provides the latest theater performance calendars and news through its website, Facebook page, and Twitter feed.
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Running Wilde in Indy
The Importance of Being Earnest at EclecticPond Theatre
By: - May 06th, 2013There is nothing quite like the wit of Oscar Wilde. No play better represents his absurd gift for droll frippery than the perennial comedy of manners The Importance of Being Earnest. Our Ms Hall was indeed amused as well she should be good gracious me.
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Steven Sondheim's Into the Woods
Musical at The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, in Carmel, Indiana
By: - May 05th, 2013Into the Woods begins as any good story should with Once Upon a Time. The Steven Sondheim musical, at The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, in Carmel, Indiana reintroduces us to well-known fairy tale characters. We meet Cinderella, Jack (and his bean stalk), Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood at the beginning of their stories.
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The American Repertory Theater
Announces Its 2013/14 Season,
By: - May 03rd, 2013The 2013/14 Season, includes the previously announced Robert Schenkkan’s play All the Way and the world premiere of the musical Witness Uganda. Also: All the Way – by Robert Schenkkan, The Heart of Robin Hood – by David Farr, The Light Princess – a family show for the holidays, The Shape She Makes – conceived by Susan Misner and Jonathan Bernstein, choreographed by Susan Misner; written and directed by Jonathan Bernstein and The Tempest – adapted and directed by Aaron Posner and Teller (of Penn & Teller).
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2013 Drama Desk Nominations
Awards May 19 at NYC’s Town Hall.
By: - May 03rd, 2013Musicals Giant and Hands On A Hardbody led the field with 8 nominations apiece as the 2013 Drama Desk nominations were announced today. Meanwhile, Bette Midler earned a nod for Outstanding Solo Performance for her turn as Sue Mengers in I’ll Eat You Last and a special Drama Desk ensemble award this year went to the cast of Working: A Musical. The awards will unveil May 19 at NYC’s Town Hall.
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The Weight of Water at The Producers Club
The Provincetown Theater Production Off Broadway
By: - May 03rd, 2013The world premiere of Myra Slotnick’s new play, The Weight of Water, opened at the Provincetown Theatre on October 6th, 2011. In November of 2012, the entire original cast appeared in a staged reading of the play at The Abingdon Theatre in NY. The upcoming New York production features the original cast and creative team from The Provincetown Theater production.
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Joe Turner's Come and Gone at Mark Taper Forum
John Douglas Thompson Soars in August Wilson's Play
By: - Apr 30th, 2013John Douglas Thompson got stood up on a date to see Joe Turner's Come and Gone at Yale Rep. It inspired him to give up a life in business to pursue what has evolved as a remarkable career in theatre. Berkshire audiences are familiar with his performances at Shakespeare & Company including last season's Satchmo at the Waldorf. He returns to the S&Co. this summer paired with Olympia Dukakis in Mother Courage, In LA, as Jack Lyons reports, he finally gets to play the August Wilson role that first inspired him.
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Huntington Theatre Co Gets 2013 Tony
Regional Tony Award Goes to Huntington for Body of Work
By: - Apr 30th, 2013One of the most prestigious and coveted honors in the entertainment industry, the Regional Theatre Tony Award is presented each year to honor a nonprofit professional regional theatre company in the United States that has displayed a continuous level of artistic achievement contributing to the growth of theatre nationally. It is awarded by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing based upon a recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association. This year it was awarded to Boston's Huntington Theatre Company.
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Tony Nominations for 2013
Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 9th
By: - Apr 30th, 2013Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing’s 67th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony†Awards® were announced today by Tony winning-actress Sutton Foster and star of both stage and screen Jesse Tyler Ferguson, at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Tonys
32 Nominations for Current and Past Artists
By: - Apr 30th, 2013The 2013 Tony Award nominees were announced this morning and 32 members of the Williamstown Theatre Festival family have been nominated - including six that will visit this summer!
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Huntington Theatre Wins Tony
Award for Oustanding Regional Theatre
By: - Apr 29th, 2013The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Friday that it will present the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award to the Huntington Theatre Companyof Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday, June 9.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival Casting
Kate Burton Returns Also Jonathan Brody and Steven Pasquale
By: - Apr 25th, 2013Williamstown Theatre Festival announces casting for the 2013 summer season’s slate of productions.
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Tru at Coyote Stage Works
Chuck Yates Channels Truman Capote
By: - Apr 25th, 2013“Truâ€, deftly directed by Larry Raben, from a wonderfully insightful script by Jay Presson Allen (who really knows her subject), is culled from Truman Capote’s own work and words and is brilliantly brought to life by Coyote StageWorks’ artistic director Chuck Yates.
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Outer Critics Circle
2012-2013 Award Nominations
By: - Apr 22nd, 2013Handicapping the theatre awards season. Gathering the most nominations were: 11 – Pippin; 9 – Kinky Boots; 8 – Chaplin: The Musical, Cinderella; 6- Golden Boy, The Nance; 5- Dogfight, Matilda the Musical; 4- Here Lies Love, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Trip to Bountiful, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; 3- Bad Jews, Hands on a Hardbody, The Whale.
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