Cape Town Fringe Announces Its 2017 Fringe Fresh Award Winners
by David Fick - Oct 9, 2017
The Cape Town Fringe Festival came to a close yesterday, 8 October, following eighteens of drama, music, dance, physical theatre, comedy and illusion. This feast of arts and culture was celebrated with the Fringe Fresh Awards ceremony at the Fringe Club in Gardens on Saturday night.
'VEILED MEANINGS' Costume Exhibition on View This Fall at The Jewish Museum
by BWW News Desk - Oct 2, 2017
A sumptuous array of apparel from over 20 countries on four continents will be on display at the Jewish Museum from November 3, 2017 through March 18, 2018, offering an exceptional opportunity for American audiences to view many facets of Jewish identity and culture through rarely seen garments.
Casting Announced For QUAINT HONOUR at Finborough Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Sep 28, 2017
Presented for the first time since its world premiere in 1958 and celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act of 1967 which decriminalised homosexuality in the UK, Quaint Honour by Roger Gellert runs at the Finborough Theatre, playing Sunday and Monday evening and Tuesday matinees from Sunday, 29 October 2017.
Interrobang Theatre Project Announces 2017-18 Season: What is Truth?
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 28, 2017
Interrobang Theatre Project, dedicated to producing rarely seen shows with relevant themes and raw emotions, has announced its eighth season, featuring three plays that examine the fine line between reality and perception. This season, Interrobang invites audiences to ponder the particularly urgent question: What is Truth?
Photo Flash: ORPHEE ET EURYDICE Opens Tonight at Lyric Opera
by Julie Musbach - Sep 23, 2017
Lyric Opera of Chicago launches its 63rd season with Orph e et Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck. This highly anticipated new production created by the legendary director-choreographer John Neumeier marks Lyric's first collaboration withThe Joffrey Ballet.
UBCP/ACTRA Announces 2017 Nominees!
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 18, 2017
Proudly representing BC's performers, each year the UBCP/ACTRA Awards Gala honours five members for work done in the past year. This peer-adjudicated performer awards show shines the spotlight on the talented performers here in BC, and provides an opportunity for industry professionals to share in the celebration with the nominees and winners. The 6th annual red carpet gala takes place on November 18, 2017 at the Vancouver Playhouse.
La MaMa to Celebrate the Life and Career of Sam Shepard this October
by BWW News Desk - Aug 29, 2017
American playwright, actor, author, and director, Sam Shepard - who died on July 27, 2017 and was a prominent playwright during the early years of the Off-Off-Broadway movement in the 60's and 70's - will be remembered at one of the theatres he regularly called home during that era, La MaMa, on October 7 at 3 pm at the Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 E. 4 St.) in New York City.
Patti Smith Remembers Her Friend, Sam Shepard: 'We Were Just Ourselves'
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 1, 2017
As BroadwayWorld sadly reported yesterday, playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director Sam Shepard has passed away. Shepard, who had been ill with ALS for some time, died peacefully on July 27 at his home in Kentucky, surrounded by his children and sisters. He was 73 years old.
Photo Coverage: Opening Night: INTIMATE APPAREL Presented by Shakespeare & Co.
by Stephen Sorokoff - Jul 23, 2017
Written by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and directed by long-time company member Daniela Varon this winner of the 2004 Steinberg New Play Award, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award runs in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre fromJuly 20 through August 13, 2017.
BWW Review: A Thrilling Ride On A Well-Mounted RHINOCEROS
by Gil Kaan - Jul 21, 2017
Director Guillermo Cienfuegos expertly guides his talented RHINOCEROS cast with tight, sturdy reins in a truly full-length play (three acts, spanning close to three hours) now at the Pacific Resident Theatre. Eugene Ionesco originally wrote RHINOCEROS in 1959 as his commentary on the state of the political atmosphere then. So, ironically funny (and sad) that various lines of dialogue throughout Ionesco's comedy resonate in its timely relevance today.
Cast Announced for Lynn Nottage's INTIMATE APPAREL at Shakespeare & Company
by BWW
News Desk - Jul 20, 2017
Shakespeare & Company presents Intimate Apparel, written by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and directed by long-time company member Daniela Varon. This winner of the 2004 Steinberg New Play Award, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award runs in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre from July 20 through August 13, 2017.