Theatre
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Car Talk: The Musical!!!
Premiere's at Suffolk's Modern Theatre
By: - Mar 03rd, 2011The new musical – inspired by the hit National Public Radio show of the same name and written and directed by Suffolk University Professor Wesley Savick – will be the first production created for the new Modern Theatre.
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Broadway Across America
Schedule for Shows Touring Boston
By: - Mar 02nd, 2011The organization Broadway Across America is bringing the touring versions of a number of major musicals to Boston in a variety of venues for limited engagements. The schedule of shows is bound to appeal to a road segment of theatre goers. The schedule of shows extends into 2012.
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Robert Brustein Awarded National Medal of Arts
A.R.T. Founding Director Recognized By President Obama
By: - Mar 02nd, 2011The National Medal of Arts is the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the United States Government. Robert Brustein joins the roster of great American artists that includes Andrew Wyeth, John Updike, Wynton Marsalis, Barbra Streisand, Rita Moreno, Dolly Parton, Ray Bradbury, and Twyla Tharp.
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Kate Maguire and Simon Shaw Discuss Colonial/ BTF Plans
Tommy Can You Hear Me
By: - Feb 27th, 2011During its initial seasons the 100-year-old former vaudeville house, the Colonial Theatre, renovated at a cost of some $23 million, seemed more like a white elephant than a tangible asset. Coming into its first season in a merger with the Berkshire Theatre Festival is proving to be a game changer for theatre and the performing arts in the Berkshires. Artistic director, Kate Maguire, is leading with an ace by headlining Randy Harrison in the rock musical Tommy. See me, feel me, touch me.
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Berkshire Theatre Festival/ Colonial Theatre 2011
Blockbuster Season Announced
By: - Feb 24th, 2011This year’s lineup includes three world premiere theatre performances produced by BTF, three separate BTF musical productions on the Colonial stage, a rare appearance by noted columnist Frank Rich and live performances of some of the leading artists in the worlds of theatre, jazz and comedy. Among the organizations that will be co-promoting events will be Lift Ev’ry Voice, the Pittsfield 250th anniversary committee, Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, Word x Word Festival, and ZipStohr Comedy.
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Invasion by Khemiri Arrives Next to Ground Zero
The Play Company Presents Immigration Issues
By: - Feb 21st, 2011You never quite know what's going on during Invasion, but invasions tend to be mysterious and solving who came when and why preoccupies us because its unanswerable. Invasion by the brilliant Swedish writer Jonas Hassen Khemiri doesn't answer questions, but it asks more questions than have ever crossed your mind. And it asks them in a novel and thoroughly engaging production.
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A Charles Ludlam Camp Cult Classic
Shakespeare & Company Veps Up Winter Blahs
By: - Feb 19th, 2011It was a dark and windy night for the Shakespeare & Company dead of winter production of the Charles Ludlam camp classic The Mystery of Irma Vep. It was an evening of fact and furious costume and character changes for the brilliant actors Aaron McCabe and Ryan Winkles. But his oh so gay play was presented way too straight. Which was, indeed a drag.
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Director Peter Brook at ArtsEmerson
After 40 Years Returns to Boston with Beckett Project
By: - Feb 18th, 2011The inaugural season of international theatre programming by ArtsEmerson: The World on Stage continues with a celebration of legendary theatre director Peter Brook, in his first return to Boston in 40 years. The program includes the Boston premieres of two different works: Fragments and The Grand Inquisitor. Performances take place March 23—April 3, 2011 at the Paramount Center (559 Washington Street, in Boston’s Theatre District).
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Sex with Strangers at Chicago's Steppenwolf
Playwright Laura Eason Provokes
By: - Feb 16th, 2011To be sure, Sex with Strangers is hot, but it is also funny, provocative and entertaining. This play produced in the Upstairs theatre at Steppenwolf in Chicago will at the very least give pleasure and maybe even make you think twice about tweeting.
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AJAX at American Repertory Theatre
Sophocles Like Never Before
By: - Feb 16th, 2011An examination of how war affects the mind of a solider, this contemporary interpretation of Sophocles’s tragedy attempts to speak to our times. Considered second only to Achilles in greatness and strength, Greek warrior Ajax struggles under the weight of his deep psychological and physical injuries. Trying to maintain his dignity, identity, and honor in the face of the dynamics of war and its aftermath, this play shows the flaws even among the greatest of heroes. Director Sarah Benson explores the relationships between soldiers and civilians--family and neighbors representing the community as the Greek Chorus. As always, the unique A.R.T. twist is put on the production.
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In Darfur at TimeLine in Chicago
Never Again May be Ever Again
By: - Feb 15th, 2011TimeLine, the Wall Street Journal's pick as number one theatre company in the nation, has produced a riveting drama about rape and genocide in the Sudan. It is wonderful theatre and raises unanswerable questions about US policy.
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Jessica Stone Directs Neil Simon at the Clark
Actor Director Discusses Williamstown Theatre Festival
By: - Feb 15th, 2011Jessica Stone met her husband, actor Christopher Fitzgerald, some years ago, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Last summer she made her debut as a director with the smash hit of Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Last night she was back in Williamstown for a reading of Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Yesterday we caught up with her in the lobby of the Williams Inn.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival 2011
Three Main Stage Productions One Broadway Bound
By: - Feb 10th, 2011Jenny Gersten, the new artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival ha announced the schedule of three plays this season for the WTF Main Stage. The opener on July 1 is a revival of the Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman Pulitzer Prize winning comedy You Can't Take It With You which is headed for Broadway. Former artistic director, Nicholas Martin, will direct Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer. The season ends with a new musical Ten Cents a Dance with music by Rodgers and Hart.
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Lysistrata at LaMama E.T.C.
Theodora Skipitares Shows Women How to Strike
By: - Feb 08th, 2011A rousing production of Lysistrata arrives at LaMama. Women of all ages as well as brave and brilliant men will enjoy this production enormously. Theodora Skipitares has often combined original texts with material she unearths.
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Invasion a Play by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
The Play Company NY Opens Feb. 21
By: - Feb 08th, 2011Invasion a play by the Swedish playwright and novelist Jonas Hassen Khemiri that has enjoyed great success in numerous European productions -- will receive its U.S. premiere presented Off-Broadway by The Play Company and directed by Erica Schmidt, opening Monday, February 21 at Walkerspace (46 Walker Street) in Tribeca.
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Robin Williams To Make Broadway Debut
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
By: - Feb 04th, 2011A finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo begins previews on March 11 prior to its official opening night March 31. The play is directed by two-time Tony nominee Moisés Kaufman. The Oscar, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actor Robin Williams will make his Broadway acting debut in play.
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Richard Skipper is “Carol Channing†In Concert
Hello Dolly It's So Nice to Have You Back
By: - Feb 01st, 2011Richard Skipper, the multi-award winning, triple threat actor, singer, and dancer – the guy does everything - has been channeling the “real†Carol Channing in plays and concerts all over the world for some 25 years. If he wasn’t such good friends with the 90 year old Channing who occasionally flies around the country with her husband to attend ‘Skipper playing Channing’ soirees – well, one would think he was a stalker
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Suffolk Announces Modern Theatre’s Inaugural Season
Featuring Performance, Cinema, and Conversation
By: - Jan 31st, 2011An ambitious program has been scheduled for Suffolk University's inaugural season for The Modern Theatre. Focused upon a variety of film, literary, performance and conversation, this will include prominent filmmakers, writers and theatre people.
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WAM Theatre Spring Berkshire Events
How To Be A Lesbian in 10 Days or Less
By: - Jan 31st, 2011WAM Theatre announces Spring 2011 events including a 24 hour theatre project across state lines, an ensemble presentation exploring feminism in the lives of young women today and a festival of solo works written and performed by women to benefit the training of at least one community midwife at Edna’s Hospital in Somaliland.
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Shakespeare's Jew at ArtsEmerson
A Panel Discussion with F. Murray Abraham
By: - Jan 27th, 2011Oscar-winner F. Murray Abraham joined Robert Brustein, founding director of A.R.T., Jeffrey Horowitz, artistic director of Theatre for a New Audience and Tina Packer of Shakespeare and Company, to talk about Shylock, considered the most famous and infamous Jewish character in dramatic literature. They discussed the perception of Jews in Shakespeare’s England, the many sides of Shylock’s character, and his various portrayals ranging from comic buffoon to villain to tragic hero. Abraham appeared in anticipation of his starring role as Shylock in ArtsEmerson’s presentation of The Merchant of Venice, opening March 29, 2011. The distinguished panel was enhanced by a knowledgeable and thoughtful audience participation adding depth and breath to the discourse. It was an entertaining and thought-provoking experience.
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Modern Theatre at Suffolk University
Schedule of Winter/ Spring Events
By: - Jan 21st, 2011For its inaugural season The Modern Theatre of Suffolk University is offering a diverse schedule of films, performances and lectures. Many of these events are free and open to the general public.
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Buckminster Fuller At American Rep Theatre
Thomas Derrah in Tour De Force Performance
By: - Jan 20th, 2011He was a writer, a philosopher, an architect, an inventor, a philosopher, a mathematician, a futurist, an environmentalist. R. Buckminster Fuller was an American original. This ravishing one man show at the American Repertory Theatre explores the man in a dazzling multimedia performance. The title role is amazingly embodied by A.R.T. veteran actor Thomas Derrah. Inventor of the geodesic dome, Bucky Fuller was a true visionary, and this play provides an expansive look at his life, his concepts, and his beliefs. This wonderful production takes the audience on a Spaceship Earth ride of ideas, emotions, and critical paths. Run, don't walk to see it.
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Live from NY’s 92nd Street Y
Barrington Stage Simulcasts
By: - Jan 19th, 2011Barrington Stage Company (BSC) and Knesset Israel (KI) continue the “Live from NY’s 92nd Street Y†Simulcasts at Barrington Stage with seven programs for winter/spring 2011. The popular satellite broadcast series brings lectures, interviews and readings from nationally and internationally recognized political figures, entertainers, newsmakers and authors to communities across the U.S. and Canada.
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Lord of the Flies to Bug Barrington Stage
Christopher Innvar to Direct Fall Production
By: - Jan 12th, 2011A long term acting associate of Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Christopher Innvar, received rave reviews last year for directing The Whipping Man. He will direct again during the fall season with a production of William Golding's classic novel Lord of the Flies.
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Lysistrata at NY's La Mama
Theodora Skipitares Production Opens Feb.6
By: - Jan 12th, 2011The world-premiere adaptation of LYSISTRATA by the renowned puppet artist, writer and director Theodora Skipitares – which mixes Aristophanes’ ancient comic tale about a group of Greek women who withhold sex from their husbands and lovers with video and newsreel footage of actual modern-day international sex strikes – is being presented by La MaMa ETC in association with Skysaver Productions, with an opening set for Sunday, February 6 at the Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 E. 4 St.) in Manhattan.
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