Theatre
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E. L. Doctorow's The March
World Premiere at Chicago's Steppenwolf
By: - Jun 13th, 2012The renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago has just closed the world premiere of The March, adapted and directed by Frank Galati from the novel by E. L. Doctorow. The ambitious two and a half hour production with an enormous cast and a simple staging needs a major overhaul if it hopes to have a life beyond Chicago.
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A Tale of Two Sisters
Berkshire Actors Theatre July 1 Talkback
By: - Jun 13th, 2012A profile centered on the "two Sister James" of "Doubt" –– Clover Bell-Devaney, the actress who is playing her in Berkshire Actors Theatre's 2012 production, and Sister Peggy McEntee, the woman who inspired the role. Bell-Devaney had the chance to meet McEntee, playwright John Patrick Shanley's first grade teacher and the women he dedicated the "Doubt" film after, while preparing for her role in the play. A friendship developed between the two, and now Sister McEntee will come out to the Berkshires on July for an audience Q & A following that evening's performance of "Doubt."
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Farce at the Festival Playhouse in Colorado
Michael and Susan Parker's Witty, Fun Play
By: - Jun 11th, 2012Farce is difficult to write and to perform. Playwrights Michael and Susan Parker have perfected the contemporary farce. A delightful production of their work was mounted outside Denver.
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Kristen van Ginhoven Offers Workshops
WAM Director To Teach Actors and Directors
By: - Jun 07th, 2012Kristen van Ginhoven, WAM’s Artistic Director, will teach a workshop over the summer where she will share what she learned while recently working at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada. The workshop will be offered June 18 in Schenectady, NY at Proctor’s Theatre and July 22 at Eleven in Great Barrington, MA.
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King Lear at Shakespeare & Company
Lenox Production June 16 to September 1
By: - Jun 07th, 2012King Lear runs from June 16 through September 1 in S&Co.’s Founders’Theatre. Press Opening is on Friday, June 23 at 7:30PM. This profound and devastatingly beautiful tale of regret is directed by Rebecca Holderness who sets the stage in 1906 Russia as the monarchy is crumbling and Lear’s world descends into madness.
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The Puppetmaster of Lodz Opens June 21
Launches Berkshire Theatre Group's Theatre Festival Season
By: - Jun 07th, 2012The Puppetmaster of Lodz by Gilles Ségal, translated by Sara O'Connor and directed by Brian Roff will begin Berkshire Theatre Group's Theatre Festival season at The Unicorn Theatre, 6 East St. in Stockbridge on June 21 with an official press opening on June 23.
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Dr. Ruth All the Way at Barrington Stage
Mark St. Germain World Premiere June 19 to July 21
By: - Jun 06th, 2012Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning regional theatre in downtown Pittsfield, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director, and Tristan Wilson, Managing Director, is proud to present the world premiere of Dr. Ruth, All The Way by Mark St. Germain, directed by Julianne Boyd.Starring stage, film and television actress Debra Jo Rupp (That 70s Show), Dr. Ruth, All the Way will now run from June 19 through July 21 at St. Germain Stage(formerly Stage 2) at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. Opening Night is Saturday, June 30 at 8pm.
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Pool (no water) at 9th Space
Mark Ravenhill Returns To New York City
By: - May 30th, 2012One thing you can definitely say about the eye and ear catching titles of British playwright Mark Ravenhill’s plays, like the language his characters speak, is that they are lean, mean, and always to the point. And sometimes, like his London hit play Shopping and Fucking (1996) which the New York Times reviewed under the title Shopping and ****ing when it opened at the New York Theatre Workshop in 1998, unprintable.
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Private Lives Sparkles At Huntington Theatre
Noel Coward's Couples Behaving Badly Still Cleverly Resonates
By: - May 30th, 2012Witty and wonderful, a comedy of bad manners, Private Lives tells the story of divorcés Amanda and Elyot who meet again by accident on their second honeymoons with their ill-suited new spouses. The two discover how quickly passionate confrontational romance can be rekindled in Noël Coward’s elegantly stylish comedy about the people who can’t be lived with or without. A period piece (1930) that seems to be somehow of our time as well. It is a wonderful do not miss theatrical treat to begin the Summer.
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Mr Finn's Cabaret Opens May 25 & 26
New Venture for Barrington Stage Company
By: - May 19th, 2012Barrington Stage Company announces the first season of performances at the brand-new 49-seat Mr. Finn’s Cabaret, located on the lower level of the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center (formerly Stage 2), 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield.
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Emerging America Festival Line-Up June 21-24
Presented by ICA, A.R.T and Huntington Theatre
By: - May 18th, 2012The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), Huntington Theatre Company, and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston announce additional events and offerings as part of the third Emerging America— an annual festival featuring groundbreaking performance by American artists June 21 to 24.
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Casandra Speaks at Shakespeare & Company
Norman Plotkin World Premiere
By: - May 16th, 2012Artistic Director Tony Simotes and Shakespeare & Company are pleased to present the world premiere of Cassandra Speaks by Norman Plotkin. In a tour de force performance, the versatile Tod Randolph takes on the role of Dorothy Thompson.
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Avenue Q Provocative At Lyric Stage Company
Puppets And People Interact To Show Growing Up Ain't So Easy
By: - May 14th, 2012Based more than a bit on Sesame Street, Avenue Q is a fun and funny adult musical that tells the story of a recent college grad Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way down on gritty Avenue Q. Looking for his purpose in life, through a variety of characters, clever songs, jokes and situations, he eventually discovers it. The show contains bad language, puppet nudity and felt creature sex. This is not for the little ones, but teenagers will think that it is cool. It is selling out fast.
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2012 Drama Desk Awards
The Best of Broadway
By: - May 13th, 2012There is some overlap between the nominees for the Tony Awards and the list for the Drama Desk Awards. Bernadette Peters was passed over for Follies but appears here. Nina Ariadna a front runner for her role in Venus in Fur is snubbed. Chinglish, ignored by the Tonys is listed. During awards season it is interesting to compare and contrast.
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Xanadu a Hit at SpeakEasy Theatre Company
Dreams of Fame, Roller Disco and a Greek Muse
By: - May 12th, 2012Based on the 1980 cult film with Olivia Newton-John, this clever and witty new musical on skates that follows the efforts of the magical Greek muse Kira who descends to Earth to help a struggling artist achieve his dream of opening a roller disco. Featuring an ingenious sassy book by Douglas Carter Beane and a score full of chart-topping tunes (Magic, Suddenly, Evil Woman), Xanadu spins hilarity and campy fun on wheels.
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WIlliamstown Theatre Festival Casting
Old and New Friends
By: - May 11th, 2012That opening night for the 2012 season, June 26, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival is inching ever closer. In her second season as artistic director Jenny Gersten is finalizing casting for a lively mix of classics and new works. Many WTF alumni like Blythe Danner and Brooks Ashmanskas are on board as well as last season's Lily Taylor. We are excited to see Tyne Daly penciled in. As a sidebar to the 62 Center for the first time Mass Moca is in the mix hosting a new work by rock star David Byrne.
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Woody Sez Sings at American Repertory Theatre
Resonating Musical History of Iconic Folk Singer
By: - May 10th, 2012Woody Guthrie transformed folk music into a vehicle for social protest and evoked the restless spirit of the Dust Bowl and Depression Era generation. By using his own words and songs, Woody Sez brings this musical and cultural icon to passionate life. The various songs and characters transport the audience through Guthrie's life. Sometimes moving, poetic, and tragic, the production features many now classic Woody tunes. How can we not be touched by "This Land is Your Land" and "Bound for Glory" ?
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Barrington Stage Company Updates
Coplete Season Listings
By: - May 05th, 2012May 23 – June 10. LUNGS, by Duncan Macmillan. Directed by Aaron Posner. New England premiere. St. Germain Stage (formerly Stage 2) at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. An intimate drama about a young couple contemplating whether or not to have a child in a time of global anxiety. And that's not all.
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Private Lives at Huntington Theatre
Anchors Season May 25 – June 24, 2012
By: - May 03rd, 2012The Huntington Theatre Company completes its 30th Anniversary Season , May 25 – June 24, 2012, with the perfect play for springtime: Lifetime Tony Award-winning playwright Noël Coward’s beloved sparkling comedy Private Lives. Tony Award-nominated Maria Aitken, director of the Huntington’s acclaimed productions of Educating Rita and the Olivier and Tony Award-winning Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps and director of the upcoming Betrayal (November 2012) helms.
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A.R.T's Woody Sez Live Simulcast
Free Event on Harvard Campus May 17
By: - May 02nd, 2012The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) production Woody Sez, a musical tapestry of the American folk hero’s life and songs, is to be simulcast live — the first live outdoor simulcast of a theater production outside of New York. The simulcast will be presented in collaboration with Harvard University and the American Repertory at The Plaza next to the Science Center on the Harvard campus, on Thursday, May 17th.
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Tony Awards 2012 On Tap June 12
Tough Competition in Many Categories
By: - May 01st, 2012When the awards are handed out will Nina Ariadne get what she deserves; a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role? Or will be be edged out by Stockard Channing for the role of a lifetime in Other Desert Cities. It is assumed to be a no brainer that Philip Seymour Hoffman will be Best Actor for “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.†There is likely to be a lot of suspense during this year's Tony Awards ceremony.
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Xanadu at SpeakEasy Stage
Boston Premiere Company's 100th Production
By: - Apr 29th, 2012Beginning May 11, SpeakEasy Stage will present the Boston Premiere of the hit Broadway musical comedy XANADU. This acclaimed show will be the company’s 100th production.
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American Repertory Theatre 2012-2013 Season
World Premiere of Marie Antoinette
By: - Apr 27th, 2012The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), under the Artistic Direction of Diane Paulus, announces the 2012/13 subscription season, which includes the previously announced world premiere of Marie Antoinette and a bold new staging of Pippin.
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Hershey Felder Solos Gershwin and Bernstein
Arts Emerson April 28 to June 10
By: - Apr 27th, 2012ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage presents Hershey Felder’s George Gershwin Alone. Hot on the heels of the Boston premiere of his Maestro: Leonard Bernstein, Felder will reprise his one-man George Gershwin show. Performances will take place May 30 – June 10, 2012 at the Paramount Center (559 Washington Street, in Boston’s Theatre District).
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American Rep to Host Post-Show Hootenannies
Songfest After Selected Performances of WOODY SEZ
By: - Apr 26th, 2012In the spirit of composer/balladeer Woody Guthrie, as the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of his birth, the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is hosting post-show hootenannies after select performances led by cast members and other local artists. The audience is invited to bring their own instruments and join in a free-form musical celebration in the Loeb Drama Center’s West Lobby and Patio, following selected performances.
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