Theatre
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TimeLine Theater Company of Chicago Bubbles
Mastering the Art of...Everything with Bravado
By: - Dec 12th, 2010Dotting the Chicago theaterscape are a myriad of small theater companies who follow the model of the famous Goodman and Steppenwolf, developing an ensemble group, working together to provide a deep base for production and performance. One of these, TimeLine, focuses on history. They have mounted the world premier of the first play they've commissioned and given a full production. To Master the Art is brilliant.
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Priscilla Queen of the Desert Broadway Bound
Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre to Jan. 2
By: - Dec 12th, 2010Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, currently wowing audiences at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto before it moves to Broadway this spring, is a grand and gloriously eye-popping musical extravaganza with more than a dollop of sentimentality. It is also just about the gayest theatrical production cum Las Vegas nightclub act to tread the boards of mainstream theatredom. It makes La Cage aux Folles seem like a Episcopalian wake.
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Theresa Rebeck's The Understudy
Boston's Lyric Stage Jan. 1 to 29
By: - Nov 29th, 2010Theresa Rebeck's comedy The Understudy will be performed at Boston's Lyric Stage from January 1 to 29. The play stars Kelby. T. Aken, Laura Latreille and Christopher James Webb, and is directed by Larry Coen. It entails a screwed up attempt to stage a text by Kafka.
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Durang/Durang by Bad Habits
Cambridge Comedy Dec. 2 to 12
By: - Nov 28th, 2010Bad Habit Productions presents an evening of Christopher Durang comedies in the hilarious theatrical mash-up DURANG/DURANG December 2 through 12. Performances will take place at the Durell Theatre, located at the Cambridge YMCA at 820 Massachusetts Avenue on Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm.
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Blind Date in U.S. Premiere Off Broadway
At Ars Nova Dec.2 to 20
By: - Nov 25th, 2010Direct from a critically-acclaimed, sold-out engagement in Toronto comes the new comedy BLIND DATE with its U.S. premiere Off-Broadway. Previews beginning December 2. At the Ars Nova building (511 West 54 Street) Created by and starring Rebecca Northan, BLIND DATE is presented by Tony Award-winning producer Kevin McCollum.
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Colonial Theatre and Berkshire Theatre Festival Merge
Kiss Me Kate
By: - Nov 20th, 2010During a community meeting, and ersatz press conference, the boards of the Berkshire Theatre Festival and the Colonial Theatre, in a bold and surprising move, signed a memorandum of understanding that, over the next year, will merge the arts organzations into a new holding company. Kate Maguire will take over as CEO and Artistic Director of the two organizations. During the event Kate lit up the house with charm, charisma and chuztpah. It was a heck of a show.
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Vengeance Is The Lord's At Huntington Theatre Company
World Premiere of Bob Glaudini's Family Drama
By: - Nov 20th, 2010The Horvath family is not like many other American families. Its business is crime. Though this new play is supposed to be about the moral questions surrounding justice, in this case the parole release of the murderer of a Horvath daughter, the dilemma here is not about morality but storytelling. Though the play cloaked in some jokes, tough love, disfunctional relationships and foul-mouthed conversation, the whole is worse then the sum of some really awful parts including the dialogue, the actors performances and the narrative. A long an often uncomfortable evening was had by all.
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Benfactors at NY's The Spoon Theatre
Michael Frayn Play To Nov. 20
By: - Nov 17th, 2010Our New York correspondent, Ed Rubin, states that Retro Productions is among the best of Off Off Broadway. He urges readers to see Benefactors, by Michael Frayn, at The Spoon Theatre through November 20. He says that "Benefactors truly is one of the best acted, best directed plays that I’ve seen this season. Sadly, it will be closing this Saturday."
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Live from NY’s 92nd Street Y
Barrington Stage Series Launched Nov. 29
By: - Nov 11th, 2010To kick off the “Live from NY’s 92nd Street Y†series, Barrington Stage Company is excited to host “Steve Martin with Deborah Solomon†on Monday, November 29 at 8pm.
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Guys and Dolls at Barrington Stage Company
Musical Opens Pittsfield Season June 22
By: - Nov 09th, 2010Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director, will present the musicals Guys and Dolls and a new production of The Game as part of its summer 2011 Mainstage Season.
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ART to Stage Porgy and Bess
Suzan-Lori Parks to Re-imagine Gershwin Opera
By: - Nov 05th, 2010The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) announced today that Artistic Director Diane Paulus, Pulitzer prize-winning writer Suzan-Lori Parks, and two-time Obie winner Diedre Murray have been chosen by the Gershwin Trusts and the Heyward Trust to re-imagine the Gershwins’ seminal American opera Porgy and Bess.
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Antony and Cleopatra at Hartford Stage
Kate Mulgrew and John Douglas Thompson
By: - Nov 02nd, 2010Kate Mulgrew returns to Hartford Stage in an ambitious and powerful production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. The great actress has a sublime co star in John Douglas Thompson as her lover the Roman general Marc Antony. This production demonstrates why Cleopatra is regarded as one of the finest roles in the canon.
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A Christmas Carol at Berkshire Theatre Festival
Fifth Annual Production Dec. 11 to 30
By: - Oct 29th, 2010Eric Hill will reprise his role as Ebenezer Scrooge while E. Gray Simons III will return as Jacob Marley, the now deceased partner of Scrooge. The pair will also co-direct again this season. Joining these two will be four of Berkshire Theatre Festival’s Artists-in-Residence; two graduate students from BTF’s partner academic institution: Brandeis University; and many members of the Berkshire county area, including the wife and twin sons of James Taylor: Caroline (Kim), Henry, and Rufus.
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Boston's November Highlights
From Chorus Line to Lou Gossettt, Jr.
By: - Oct 28th, 2010Our Boston entertainment correspondent, Barbara Brilliant, has tips, links and ticket prices for a range of theatre events. This is a clip and save template for what's going on in November.
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Sarah Ruhl's Melancholy Play
WAM Theatre in Pittsfield Nov. 12 to 21
By: - Oct 27th, 2010WAM Theatre returns with Tony nominated Sarah Ruhl's 'Bold, Outward, Sassy, Sexy and Unashamed' contemporary farce, 'Melancholy Play'. This production will run from November 12-21, 2010 at the NEW STAGE Performing Arts Center in Pittsfield, Mass.
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Trio by Mario Fratti
Theatre for the New City, NY, to Oct. 24
By: - Oct 18th, 2010What many people do not know, having been blindsided by the limelight of "Nine" has brought to the playwright, is that Mario Fratti has written some 80 plays which have been performed around the world in 19 languages in over 600 theatres.
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The Blue Flower at American Repertory Theatre
Musical Opens in Cambridge Dec. 1
By: - Oct 13th, 2010The American Repertory Theatre opens the musical The Blue Flower by Jim and Ruth Bauer at the Loeb Drama Center in Harvard Square, Cambriidge. Under the direction of Will Pomerantz it brings to life the German artists of the end of World War I that emerged from devastation and chaos to form the movements of Expressionism and Dada that morphed into Surrealism. The production opens on December 1 with previews and runs through January 8.
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On the Verge at Main Street Stage
North Adams Production Oct. 14 to 30
By: - Oct 13th, 2010Main Street Stage in North Adams presewnts On the Verge, by Eric Overmyer. The play previews Thursday, Friday and Saturday October 14, 15 and 16th at 8 p.m. There will also be a free matinee for members of North County senior citizen centers on Sunday October 17th.
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Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Barrington Stage Company Brilliantly Initiates a Berkshires Dialogue
By: - Oct 12th, 2010In the best sense of community theatre Barrington Stage has created a dialogue for the Pittsfield Schools by staging Arthur Miller's The Crucible. The iconic American masterpiece is currently being taught. BSC has created unique access for students and special programming to fully explore the play. The production combines a superb production and magnificent acting with an insightful educational mandate.
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Christopher Lloyd In Death Of A Salesman
Roxbury Latin Hosts Major Theatrical Event
By: - Oct 05th, 2010Death of A Salesman is the American classic award-winning tragedy by Arthur Miller. The recent wonderful production starring distinguished character actor Christopher Lloyd at Roxbury Latin School (founded 1645) was a broadway quality show. This is the beginning of a major artistic direction for the prep school, Culture with a capital "C."
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A Conversation With Robert Orchard
Director of ArtsEmerson Charts the Future
By: - Sep 26th, 2010Robert Orchard brings a long, distinguished background to the leadership of ArtsEmerson. This new multiarts and multicultural iniative has opened this Fall in Boston's Theatre District. Focused at the The Cutler Majestic Theatre and the newly renovated Paramount Theatre, this program will literally bring cutting-edge and traditional theatre, dance and performance from initially Europe and eventually from all over the world. Mr. Orchard speaks about his new post in the following interview.
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Miller's Crucible in Pittsfield
At Barrington Stage to Oct. 24
By: - Sep 26th, 2010Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd Artistic Director and Producing Director Richard M. Parison, Jr., concludes the 2010 Mainstage season with Arthur Miller’s American classic The Crucible, with performances beginning October 6 and running through October 24.
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Stoppard’s Real Inspector Hound
Shakespeare & Company Launches Shoulder Season
By: - Sep 25th, 2010In this hilarious production of Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound the director, Jonathan Croy, has let a brilliant cast off the leash. Much of the humor of this production reaches well beyond the witty, convoluted script of Stoppard. The actors have been encouraged to improvise creating wonderfully inventive physical comedy. There is so much slap stick and flinging about that the cast must be black and blue during the run of this must see show.
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Bus Stop At Huntington Theatre Company
In A Blizzard In Kansas Theatrically Trapped
By: - Sep 25th, 2010Bus Stop by William Inge opens the Huntington Theatre Company's 2010-11 Season. The quirky story first starred a magnetic Marilyn Monroe in a 1956 film version. This production, directed by Nicholas Martin, the former artistic director of the Huntington Theatre Company,, has no strong lead to act as the core of this show. Instead, it has a spectacular set that appears to overwhelm the mixed performances. In spite of the flaws, the audience seems to appreciate the play.
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American Repertory Theatre Opens with Cabaret
Diane Paulus Previews Season
By: - Aug 30th, 2010The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), under the Artistic Direction of Diane Paulus, is pleased to announce further details of its 2010/11 Season, beginning on August 31 with Cabaret, followed by Alice vs. Wonderland, The Blue Flower, R. Buckminster Fuller â€" The History (and mystery) of the Universe, Ajax, Prometheus Bound, and Death and the Powers: The Robots’ Opera.
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