Theatre
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Lord of the Flies at Barrington Stage to Oct. 21
Boys Will Be Boys
By: - Oct 08th, 2012During the run of Lord of the Flies some 2,500 students will attend five morning performances. This experience, combined with reading the classic William Golding novel, will be the focus of class room discussion. The production with a cast of ten boys is full of sanguine energy and exuberance. The play ends a strong season for Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield.
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Allegiance a New Musical at Old Globe
George Takei of Star Trek Premieres Play in San Diego
By: - Oct 06th, 2012“Allegiance†is a new American musical inspired by the true-life family experience of actor George Takei (Mr. Sulu of “Star Trek†fame). Takei, along with his parents and other family members were removed from their Salinas farm in 1942 and were placed in a government internment camp in Heart Mountain, Wyoming. The musical premieres at Old Globe in San Diego, California through October 21.
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Peter and the Starcatcher on Broadway
High Camp for Everyone
By: - Sep 30th, 2012Peter and the Star Catcher is a prequel to Peter Pan and won five richly deserved Tony’s this season. If you want to see what J. M. Barrie was dreaming about before he put pen to paper to write Peter Pan, try this terrific show. .
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Shakespeare & Company Spoofs 39 Steps
Classic 1935 Hitchcock Film as Farce
By: - Sep 30th, 2012In a sendup of the Hitchock classic 39 Steps a game and lively cast of four play a combined 32 characters. This fast paced production, directed by Jonathan Croy, slams and careens about from London to Scotland and back again. In the fall production at Shakespeare & Company superb actors are let off the leash in over the top, flat out farce.
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Playwright Mark St. Germain Part Two
Works in Progress
By: - Sep 27th, 2012Mark St. Germain left a lucrative gig with The Cosby Show to devote full time to writing for the theatre. Over the past 27 years he has written a dozen plays, six musicals, ten screenplays, and a children's book. There are at least twelve projects in varying degrees of development. He has been a board member and adviser to artistic director Julianne Boyd since Barrington Stage was formed some 18 years ago. Currently, his play, Freud's Last Session, is being produced all over the United States as well as abroad. We engaged in this dialogue while he was in Pittsfield for the second run of Dr. Ruth All the Way.
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Glengarry Glen Ross at La Jolla Playhouse
Christopher Ashley Directs Mamet Play
By: - Sep 26th, 2012California correspondent covers the classic David Mamet play Glengarry Glen Ross at La Jolla Playhouse. Artistic Director Christopher Ashley has assembled a wonderfully talented and gifted cast of diverse looking actors, who fit their back-stories to a T. It’s fascinating to watch this ensemble group of performers who thoroughly understand the playwright’s dramatic intentions and dialogue, which has been referred to over the years as “Mametspeakâ€. Translation: it’s vulgar at times (loaded with f-bombs), but always honest, and it’s usually delivered at warp speed.
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Red Dogs Howls at the New York Theater Workshop
The Great Kathleen Chalfont in a Commanding Performance.
By: - Sep 24th, 2012The Armenian genocide hasn't gotten the attention either the holocaust or Darfur have. This play tells its story in very personal terms. Chalfont playing a survivor is brilliant.
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Mark St. Germain 's Dr. Ruth at Barrington Stage
The Process of Developing Plays
By: - Sep 24th, 2012The premiere run of Dr. Ruth All the Way by Mark St. Germain sold out at Barrington Stage Company. A return, through October 7, allows for fine tuning the one woman play which stars Debra Jo Rupp. During this first of two installment of a recent dialogue St. Germain also discussed a work, Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah, commissioned for next summer's Contemporary American Theatre Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
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Randy Harrison Supports Hunter Bell’s Found
Colonial Theatre Workshops New Musical
By: - Sep 23rd, 2012Berkshire Theatre Group regular Randy Harrison was on hand to support his pals playwright/ actor Hunter Bell and members of the New York based theatre/ education collective Story Pirates. The mostly younger audience found this second ever performance of the workshopped musical Found just hilarious. While youth must be served it was a tad too raunchy for grownups.
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Marie Antoinette: Piece of Cake Headtrip at A.R.T.
A Spectacular Contemporary Take on Queenly Excess
By: - Sep 22nd, 2012Marie Antoinette at the A.R.T. is a quirky, surreal and profane tragicomedy that provides a look into the life of cake enthusiast and infamous queen starring a stunning Brooke Bloom as Marie. By David Adjimi, playwright of last year’s Off-Broadway phenomenon, Elective Affinities, A.R.T. presents this world premiere in a co-production with Yale Repertory Theatre. This is history drama as part rock opera, comedy and Samuel Becket surrealism with stream of consciousness autobiography thrown in for good measure. A brilliant theatrical event.
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Sensational Good People At Huntington Theatre
A View of Southie As Origin, Fate and Poignancy
By: - Sep 19th, 2012In working class, Irish-American South Boston, each month’s paycheck barely covers last month’s bills, bingo at the Parish Church is a night on the town (thank you, Father), and put-upon sharp-tongued single-mom Margaret Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. At times poignant, this is a compelling humor-filled drama full of twists of fate and human foibles. Brilliantly cast and beautifully staged, it was created by Boston-born Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire. This play is a must-see.
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Barrington Stage Company's On the Town
2013 Season Passes Now on Sale
By: - Sep 18th, 2012For the 2013 Season, Barrington Stage is introducing the Premium Combo Pass which includes seven shows for the price of five. This pass is the best value of the season and provides a savings of up to 31% off the 2013 single ticket price. Combo passes include front orchestra section
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Mikado Sings at Lyric Stage Company
Gilbert and Sullivan's Classic Brilliantly Contemporized
By: - Sep 16th, 2012When it was first produced in 1885, the Mikado brilliantly resurrected the careers of Gilbert and Sullivan. It brought the recently unveiled exotic far away Japan to a very understandably human level. It is universally considered Gilbert & Sullivan’s most beloved work. With a contemporary twist, wonderfully and energetically staged by Spiro Veloudos, this is a witty musical satire of social mores and politics that is as contemporary today as it was 125 years ago. In great voice, the cast sings mischievous and clever 2012 American-election-year rhyming patter and lyrics.
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Terry Teachout Part Five
New Haven and Long Wharf Theatre Then
By: - Sep 12th, 2012In this fifth and final installment of a dialogue with Terry Teachout we discussed plans for the production of his first play Satchmo at the Waldorf which moves from Shakespeare & Company to Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. So far it has been seen by a number of artistic directors of regional companies and New York producers are expected to attend the production in New Haven. What happens next for Satchmo will become clear after opening night in New Haven. As teachout puts it "The word is out on this play."
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Terry Teachout Part Four
Taking Satchmo to the Next Level
By: - Sep 10th, 2012After opening night the Shakespeare & Company production of Terry Teachout's new play Satchmo at the Waldorf was "frozen." Teachout attended a number of performances and took notes for revisions working with director, Gordon Edelstein, and the actor, John Douglas Thompson, for the next production which opens at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven in October. For this installment Teachout discusses the primary sources researched for the harsh language of Louis Armstrong and his gangster manager Joe Glaser.
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Terry Teachout Part Three
Mood Indigo a Duke Ellington Bio in Progress
By: - Sep 08th, 2012Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout has written and produced an opera The Letter and a play Satchmo at the Waldorf. He has written two plays and another libretto since then but refuses to reveal details. We discussed his next music bio Mood Indigo, about Duke Ellington, which he hopes to finish in January. He did admit that he had a multi character idea for a play that would not include Ellington.
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Terry Teachout Two
Refining Satchmo at the Waldorf
By: - Sep 06th, 2012The production of Terry Teachout's new play"Satchmo at the Waldorf" starring John Douglas Thompson was "frozen" after opening night at Shakespeare & Company. He defended against critical remarks about the strong language of rhe play and the development of a third character Miles Davis in addition to Louis Armstrong and his manager Joe Glaser. The changes will be a part of the Long Wharf Theatre production in October which will be reviewed by the national media.
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The Old Mezzo by Susan Dworkin
WAM Premiere Oct. 12-28 at Berkshire Museum
By: - Sep 04th, 2012WAM Theatre’s October 12-28 World Premiere production of The Old Mezzo by Berkshire based playwright Susan Dworkin will feature professional actors from Berkshire County and the Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts, the Capital Region of Upstate NY and beyond. It will be presented at the Berkshire Museum.
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Terry Teachout America's Drama Critic
On the Road for the Wall Street Journal
By: - Sep 04th, 2012Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal is the only critic for a national publication covering both New York and regional theatre. During the American Theatre Critics Association meeting in Chicago, last June, we heard his keynote address on the state of criticism. Taking a break from working on his new play "Satchmo at the Waldorf" at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass. we followed up on issues he raised for assembled ATCA members. It concerns him to be America's Drama Critic. There should be a dozen others like him on the road. This is part one of an in depth dialogue.
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Les 7 doigts de la main at ArtsEmerson
Returns Sept. 27 to Oct. 7 at Cutler Majestic Theatre
By: - Aug 30th, 2012The third season of acclaimed international theatre programming by ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage continues with what is quickly becoming a beloved Boston tradition - the return of Montreal-based high-energy movement artists Les 7 doigts de la main, with the Boston premiere of their newest show, Sequence 8.
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The King Stag at the Mount
Main Street Stage Production Sept. 23
By: - Aug 30th, 2012A performance of The King Stag by Main Street Stage will be held at The Mount in Lenox on Sunday September 23rd at 11 a.m. The show is free and open to the public.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,
Live in HD at the Clark September 6
By: - Aug 30th, 2012On Thursday, September 6, at 2:00 pm, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute presents The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, captured live in HD from London’s National Theatre. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, based on the novel of the same title by Mark Haddon and adapted by Simon Stephens, opens with Christopher, fifteen years old, standing beside Mrs. Shears’s dead dog, Wellington, at seven minutes after midnight.
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Broadway Opening Night Schedule
Season Starts September 10 with Chaplin
By: - Aug 30th, 2012It's time to mark your calendars and order tickets. We have the list of Broadway openings from Chaplin on September 10 through Jekyll and Hyde in April. Fasten your seat belts its bound to be a bumpy ride.
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American Theatre Wing Announces Awards
2012 National Theatre Company Grants
By: - Aug 29th, 2012The American Theatre Wing has announced the recipients of its 2012 National Theatre Company Grants. This year’s recipients are: Actors’ Shakespeare Project (Somerville, Massachusetts), ArtsWest (Seattle, Washington), Know Theatre of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio), NC Stage Company (Asheville, North Carolina), The New Jersey Repertory Company (Long Branch, New Jersey), CityRep (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), The Rogue Theatre (Tucson, Arizona), The Play Company (New York City, New York), The Theatre @ Boston Court (Pasadena, California), and Upstream Theater (St. Louis, Missouri).
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John Douglas Thompson on Eugene O’Neill: Two
Reflecting on Playing Brutus Jones and Joe Mott
By: - Aug 28th, 2012Currently John Douglas Thompson is performing a one man show with three characters Satchmo at the Waldorf a work in progress by playwright Terry Teachout. On a Monday break, following a weekend of five performances at Shakespeare & Company, we met to edit the second and final part of a dialogue about performing roles in the plays of Eugene O'Neill. In June we saw him play Joe Mott in the Chicago production of Iceman Cometh at the Goodman Theatre. Some time back we saw him play The Emperor Jones in New York.
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