The Public Theater will extend Christopher Durang’s WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM, directed by Nicholas Martin, through Sunday, May 3.
This is an extremely funny play. The acting and directing are matched perfectly to the script, which is hilarious. The set design is rich and attractive and, even better, gets its own punch line!
Our young ingenue wakes up to discover she is in bed with a guy she does not remember. But he looks and acts like he might be a terrorist. In this topical metaphor, he may not be the only one, if he is at all...
There are many clever inventions, including time sequences at the mercy of the actors; and this witty, entertaining and stimulating play grows in the mind from the starting moment to the closing curtain and then out of the theater... and it still grows when reflecting on it after.
"The additional week of performances will include a special performance Monday, April 27 at 8 p.m., in part to accommodate extremely high demand from within the theater industry. There will be no performance Tuesday, April 28. The remainder of the week will follow the standard performance schedule: Wednesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
“The enormous response to WHY TORTURE IS WRONG… shows that Chris Durang has captured our moment perfectly,” said Artistic Director Oskar Eustis. “We’re delighted there’s such an appetite for this wonderful production.”
"WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM tells the story of a young woman suddenly in crisis: Is her new husband, whom she married when drunk, a terrorist? Or just crazy? Or both? Is her father’s hobby of butterfly collecting really a cover for his involvement in a shadow government? Why does her mother enjoy going to the theater so much? Does she seek mental escape, or is she insane? Honing in on our private terrors both at home and abroad, Durang oddly relieves our fears in this black comedy for an era of yellow, orange, and red alerts.
"The cast of WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM features Amir Arison (Queens Boulevard at Signature), David Aaron Baker (A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway), Laura Benanti (2008 Tony winner for Gypsy on Broadway), Audrie Neenan (Oklahoma! on Broadway), Kristine Nielsen (Obie winner for Durang’s Betty’s Summer Vacation at Playwrights Horizons), John Pankow (“Mad About You”), and Richard Poe (Cry-Baby on Broadway).
"WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM features scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Gabriel Berry, lighting design by Ben Stanton, original music by Mark Bennett, and sound design by Drew Levy.
"CHRISTOPHER DURANG (Playwright) returns to The Public after writing and starring in the acclaimed 1985 production of The Marriage of Bette and Boo. His works have been staged on and off-Broadway and include Sex and Longing, A History of the American Film (Tony nomination), Miss Witherspoon, Adrift In Macao, Betty’s Summer Vacation, Durang Durang, Beyond Therapy, Baby with the Bathwater, The Actor's Nightmare, Laughing Wild, and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You (Obie Award). Also an actor, he shared in an Ensemble Acting Obie for Bette and Boo, and performed Laughing Wild both in New York and in L.A. At Manhattan Theatre Club, he sang and tried to dance in the Sondheim revue Putting It Together with Julie Andrews. With Marsha Norman, he is co-chair of the Playwriting Program at the Juilliard School. A book called 27 Short Plays was recently published by Smith and Kraus. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
"NICHOLAS MARTIN (Director) is the artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival and former artistic director of Huntington Theatre Company. He has directed the New York productions of Saturn Returns (Lincoln Center Theater), The New Century (LCT), Observe The Sons Of Ulster… (LCT), Chaucer in Rome, The Time of the Cuckoo (LCT), Fully Committed (Vineyard Theatre), Bosoms and Neglect (Signature Theatre), Sophistry, Betty's Summer Vacation (Playwrights Horizons; Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination), You Never Can Tell, The Rehearsal (Roundabout Theatre Company), Full Gallop, Overtime (Manhattan Theatre Club), Oblivion Postponed (Second Stage), and It Changes Every Year (Malaparte). His many regional credits include the Globe Theatre and the Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London productions of Full Gallop. Mr. Martin is a 1998 recipient of the TCG National Artist Residency Grant with Williamstown, where he has directed The Royal Family, Dead End, Dreading Thekla, The Matchmaker, Evolution, Camino Real."
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Coming: THE QUESTION HOUSE at the FRIGID FESTIVAL
The Question House by Tara Dairman is a one-act comedy set in an office where everyone must speak in (well, what else...) questions...or be struck dead by a mysterious force.
Catherine Kjome as a paramedic in The Question House.
It is part of the FRIGID festival, and features a cast of extremely talented young actors. The director, Catherine Siracusa, in addition to many film and theatrical credits, has a long and distinguished history as writer and illustrator of children's books.
It is part of the FRIGID festival, and features a cast of extremely talented young actors. The director, Catherine Siracusa, in addition to many film and theatrical credits, has a long and distinguished history as writer and illustrator of children's books.
The Question House by Tara Dairman, directed by Catherine Siracusa, with Snezhana Chernova, Nick DeSimone, Howard Green, Catherine Kjome, Cam Kornman, Philip Kashner, and Tom Tinelli.
SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, February 25 - 7:30PM
Sunday, March 1 - 8:30 PM
Monday, March 2 - 10:30 PM
Friday, March 6 - 6PM
Saturday, March 7 - 8:30PM
Running time is about 45 minutes, and all shows are at the Kraine
Theater, 85 East 4th Street (between 2nd and Bowery), NYC.
Tickets at:
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=QUE10
Check out the entire program at the FRIGID festival. It seems very rich and interesting!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Coming: FREUD'S LAST SESSION
Continuing their long, celebrated tradtion of presenting interesting new and important theater free to the community:
HB PLAYWRIGHT'S FOUNDATION
Donna de Matteo, Executive Director
presents
FREUD'S LAST SESSION
by Mark St. Germain
as suggested by THE QUESTION OF GOD
written by Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr.
Directed by Rasa Allan Kazlas**
with
Fritz Weaver* Matthew Conlon*
*member Actor's Equity Association
**member SSDC
Costume Design: Patricia Adshead,Catherine Siracusa
Lighting Design: Diana Kesselschmidt
Managing Director: Marlene Mancini
Technical Director: Giovanni Villari
Office Manager: Tara Webb
DATES and TIMES:
February 24 - March 8, 2009
All PERFORMANCES at 8PM
EXCEPT:
Sundays March 1 and March 8, 2009 at 3PM only
NO PERFORMANCE: Monday March 2, 2009
To secure your reservations, please call the
HB Playwrights Foundation reservations line: 212-989-7856
Mon - Fri 12:30-5:30PM
LIMIT: two (2) tickets per request
ADMISSION: Free!
Donna de Matteo, Executive Director
presents
FREUD'S LAST SESSION
by Mark St. Germain
as suggested by THE QUESTION OF GOD
written by Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr.
Directed by Rasa Allan Kazlas**
with
Fritz Weaver* Matthew Conlon*
*member Actor's Equity Association
**member SSDC
Costume Design: Patricia Adshead,Catherine Siracusa
Lighting Design: Diana Kesselschmidt
Managing Director: Marlene Mancini
Technical Director: Giovanni Villari
Office Manager: Tara Webb
DATES and TIMES:
February 24 - March 8, 2009
All PERFORMANCES at 8PM
EXCEPT:
Sundays March 1 and March 8, 2009 at 3PM only
NO PERFORMANCE: Monday March 2, 2009
To secure your reservations, please call the
HB Playwrights Foundation reservations line: 212-989-7856
Mon - Fri 12:30-5:30PM
LIMIT: two (2) tickets per request
ADMISSION: Free!
Coming: CHERRY SMOKE
Presents
CHERRY SMOKE
By James McManus
(Winner of the 2006 Princess Grace Playwriting Award)
Directed by Jade King Carroll
STRICTLY LIMITED ENGAGEMENT!
February 21 - March 14
Tuesday through Friday @ 8pm
Saturday @ 2pm and 8pm
Sunday @ 2pm
The Kirk Theatre @ Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street at 9th Ave.
Check for special ticket price:
Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200,
or visit www.ticketcentral.com
Featuring:
Marianna McClellan, Doug Nyman, Kate Rogal, & Jay Rohloff
Lighting Designer - Taryn Kennedy
Costume Designer - Olga Mill
Sound Designer - Iæden Hovorka
Co-Scenic Designers - Vincent Vigilante and Jay Rohloff
Technical Director - Mike Zimmerman
Production Stage Manager - Owen M. Smith
For more information about how you or your organization can get involved,
Thursday, February 5, 2009
EST - 5 WEEKS, 3 NEW PLAYS, 1 EVENT
UNFILTERED
five weeks of brand new plays
five weeks of brand new plays
EST
NODDING OFF by Emily Chadick Weiss,
Directed by Abigail Zealey Bess*
With Chris Ceraso*, Helen Coxe, Eunice Ha, and William Oliver Watkins
Performances Thu 2/12, Mon 2/16, Fri 2/20, Sat 2/21 @ 7pm; Sat 2/14 @ 2pm
Daniel's beautiful wife is pregnant, but he falls asleep every time she mentions the babe. Can his alluring psychiatrist help him figure out why he's sleeping through life?
PRINCES OF WACO by Robert Askins,
Directed by Dylan McCullough
With Kristin Griffith*, Evan Enderle, Scott Sowers* and Megan Tusing
Performances Thu 2/19, Mon 2/23, Fri 2/27 & Sat 2/28 @ 7pm; Sat 2/21 @ 2pm
Jim can't win. Fritz just stole back what he lost. And Esme knows that win or lose, somebody's got to go down.
LAKE WATER by Delaney Britt Brewer,
Directed by Jordan Young
With Ann Talman* and Audrey Lynn Weston
Performances Thu 2/26, Mon 3/2, Fri 3/6 & Sat 3/7 @ 7pm; Sat 2/28 @ 2pm
The story of a homecoming, a mysterious lake, and a family drowning in the things they cannot say.
Plus A Special Concert Event:
MARIETTA CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR by Lucy Alibar
Directed by RJ Tolan*
Thu 3/5 7pm, Sat 3/7 2pm and 10pm
Deep in the swamps of Georgia, little Christmas Flint battles trash and wild animals in her epic musical journey to become a Woman of Substance.
*denotes EST member
To review dates and times and purchase tickets,
Directed by Abigail Zealey Bess*
With Chris Ceraso*, Helen Coxe, Eunice Ha, and William Oliver Watkins
Performances Thu 2/12, Mon 2/16, Fri 2/20, Sat 2/21 @ 7pm; Sat 2/14 @ 2pm
Daniel's beautiful wife is pregnant, but he falls asleep every time she mentions the babe. Can his alluring psychiatrist help him figure out why he's sleeping through life?
PRINCES OF WACO by Robert Askins,
Directed by Dylan McCullough
With Kristin Griffith*, Evan Enderle, Scott Sowers* and Megan Tusing
Performances Thu 2/19, Mon 2/23, Fri 2/27 & Sat 2/28 @ 7pm; Sat 2/21 @ 2pm
Jim can't win. Fritz just stole back what he lost. And Esme knows that win or lose, somebody's got to go down.
LAKE WATER by Delaney Britt Brewer,
Directed by Jordan Young
With Ann Talman* and Audrey Lynn Weston
Performances Thu 2/26, Mon 3/2, Fri 3/6 & Sat 3/7 @ 7pm; Sat 2/28 @ 2pm
The story of a homecoming, a mysterious lake, and a family drowning in the things they cannot say.
Plus A Special Concert Event:
MARIETTA CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR by Lucy Alibar
Directed by RJ Tolan*
Thu 3/5 7pm, Sat 3/7 2pm and 10pm
Deep in the swamps of Georgia, little Christmas Flint battles trash and wild animals in her epic musical journey to become a Woman of Substance.
*denotes EST member
To review dates and times and purchase tickets,
click here to visit OvationTix.
Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 West 52 Street
New York, NY 10019
212 247-4982
CTI - THE COMMERCIAL THEATER INSTITUTE - SPRING EVENTS
CTI, The Commercial Theater Institute,
is having two programs in the spring that are extraordinarily valuable for anyone interested in theater. I've attended (see the post below) the 3-Day Weekend event and I would strongly recommend it, not only for (current & potential future) producers, but for anyone (writers, directors, lawyers, investors, actors, and...well, anyone) interested in developing projects for the commercial theater. This is far and away the most accessible, interesting, informative, useful event about theater I've ever encountered.
Producing Reading, Workshops, and Showcases: A Practical Approach will have its spring session on March 6th, from 10am – 6pm, at Theatre Row.
Many new topics and speakers have been added since the December program.
The fee for the day is $140 in advance, $175 at the door.
The 28th Annual 3-Day Weekend Producing Conference (May 15th – 17th) is now accepting registrations. The early bird price is $335 by March 27th.
Registration forms for both events are on the CTI website.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Limited Engagement O'NEILL'S MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA
FROM THE NEW GROUP:
A rarely mounted production of Eugene O'Neill's great triology:
Directed by Scott Elliott.
A rarely mounted production of Eugene O'Neill's great triology:
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA
Directed by Scott Elliott.
- Lili Taylor (Aunt Dan and Lemon, Six Feet Under),
- Jena Malone (Doubt, Saved!) and
- Joseph Cross (Milk, Running with Scissors)
...portray the toxic mother/daughter/son triangle in the revival of the Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece.
At the end of the Civil War, General Mannon's wife and daughter await his return with very different agendas. When battle-scarred son Orin arrives, he finds his house divided.
In this sizzling re-imagining of The Oresteia, three plays combine to create an epic 4-hour journey.
A classic tragedy of Freudian proportions, MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA is a tale of adultery, obsession and madness.
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THROUGH APRIL 18TH
Featuring
Carolyn Baeumler, Mark Blum, Joseph Cross, Susan Goodwillie,
Mycah Hogan, Robert Hogan, Jena Malone,
Patrick Mapel, Sean Meehan, Anson Mount,
Phoebe Strole, Lili Taylor, John Wojda .
Monday - Saturday at 7:00 PM & Saturday at 12:00 Noon
ALL SHOWS START AT 7PM AND 12PM SHARP. (Intermission Meals available, provided by Café Metro. )
For tickets, contact:
Online - Ticket Central (special discounts may be available).
Phone - 212-279-4200
The New Group @ Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street
Sunday, January 4, 2009
2009 PREVIEW -- AN INTERESTING MOMENT
The expression "May you live in interesting times," in some cultures is said to be a curse. In theater it is the blessing of creative opportunity.
Theatrical (and other cultural) explosions are often sparked by just one of the following: (How "lucky (?)" we are to have so much tinder available at one time. Should be exciting...)
- =>Major changes in government.
- =>Wars.
- =>Economic crises.
- =>Climate shifts.
- =>New technologies for media.
Times like these are fertile for the growth of small-scale, experimental, and powerful theater that resonates with new issues, new problems, new solutions, and new techniques.
BOBOOBLOG will be looking for -- and supporting -- the most exciting new theater that may arise over the next few months and years. Let's start by reviewing some of the most interesting theater companies, and some of the new productions that are planned.
SOME VERY INTERESTING COMPANIES AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW:
The Public Theater -- The illustrious home of Shakespeare in the Park is currently presenting Under The Radar. Coming -- now in the works -- are a production of The Bacchae, and the move to Broadway of last year's production of Hair.
The Labyrinth Theater -- Affiliated with the Public Theater, this group of brilliant actors, co-founded by Philip Seymour Hoffman, is currently holding Master Classes and developing ensemble pieces. No plays are in the immediate schedule.
Classic Stage Company -- This important compny has an active schedule planned:
- =>Jan. 17—Mar. 1, 2009
Denis O'Hare, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Peter Sarsgaard in Uncle Vanya. By Anton Chekhov, Directed by Austin Pendleton. - =>Mar. 18—Apr. 19, 2009
An Oresteia from the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
Translated by Anne Carson.
Part I Agamemnon by Aeschylus & Electra by Sophocles
Directed by Brian Kulick & Gisela Cardenas
Part II Orestes by Euripides
Directed by Paul Lazar, Choreographed by Annie-B Parson. - =>Jan. 19 & 26, Feb. 2 & 9, 2009
Open Rehearsal Series
Monday Night Othello By William Shakespeare - =>Feb. 23 - Mar. 6, 2009
The Young Company In association with Columbia University
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, Directed by Tony Speciale. - =>Mar. 23 & 30, Apr. 6, 2009
A new Adaptation Series
The Proust Project
Evening One: Swann In Love
Evening Two: The Proust Screenplay
Evening Three: Albertine Regained.
Ensemble Studio Theater -- Home of the annual Short Play Marathon, EST is currently hosting the First Light Festival sponsored by the Sloan Foundation. William Carden, who succeeded Curt Dempster, the founding director, is giving EST an injection of energy. On the home page, EST is inviting distinguished theater professionals to join the ensemble as members.
Red Bull Theater is a New York-based theater company specializing in plays of heightened language, with a unique focus on the Jacobean plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
Currently showing Women Beware Women, Red Bull Theater produces
- =>Full Productions of Great Classic Stories.
- =>Revelation Readings of Rare Classics and New Plays (Luis Alfaro's ELECTRICIDAD coming Monday, January 12th).
- =>In the Raw Workshop for New Productions ("Raw" & "Nude" -- see LAByrinth theater company -- are popular theater terms for workshops / readings of new productions, rarely actually presented "in the raw" or nude.)
- =>Bull Sessions with Literary and Theatrical Experts.
- =>Direct Address Education Outreach to Middle Schools.
Primary Stages -- Two productions are coming soon, and they are also currently enrolling classes in acting and playwriting.
- =>Shipwrecked - January 27 thru March 7 - by David Margulies, directed by Lisa Peterson.
- =>Chasing Manet - March 24 thru May 2 - by Tina Howe, with Jane Alexander & Lynn Cohen.
Lincoln Center Theater -- Always a major venue for important theater in NY. They are currently showing South Pacific. Happiness is coming. (Happiness is a new musical about a disparate group of New Yorkers caught on a subway train under unusual circumstances. It was commissioned and developed by Lincoln Center Theater. The production will reunite director-choreographer Susan Stroman and book writer John Weidman, whose last LCT collaboration was the Tony Award winning Best Musical Contact and it will mark the LCT debuts of composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie.)
Roundabout Theater -- Presenting a bevy of major shows.
- =>Pal Joey -- currently playing.
- =>Streamers -- closing soon.
- =>Hedda Gabler with Mary-Louise Parker -- starting previews; opens Jan 25.
- =>Waiting For Godot with Bill Irwin & Nathan Lane -- starts April 10.
- =>Distracted with Cynthia Nixon, a new play by Lisa Loomer -- starts Feb 7.
- =>The Philanthropist, by Christopher Hampton, with Matthew Broderick -- starts previews April 10 and opens April 26.
- =>and a BENEFIT PERFORMANCE of A Little Night Music with Natasha Richardson, Victor Garber, Christine Baranski, Marc Kudisch and Vanessa Redgrave!
• • Gala Performance • •Monday, January 12, 2009 at 7:30pm Studio 54
Signature Theatre Company -- Each season the Signature Theatre presents a set of closely related works. 2008-2009 is the Negro Ensemble Company season. Zooman and the Sign by Charles Fuller is next, from March 3-April 19.
Playwrights Horizons has a terrific new theater building on Theater Row. The next shows are:
- =>February 6 - March 15 - The Savanah Disputation by Evan Smith with Obie Award winner Reed Birney, Drama Desk Award winner Marylouise Burke, Tony Award nominee Dana Ivey, and Kellie Overbey; directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie.
- =>March 5 - April 5 - Inked Baby by Christina Anderson, with Tony Award winner LaChanze, Angela Lewis, Nana Mensah, and Obie Award winner Nikkole Salter; directed by Kate Whoriskey.
- =>May - June - Our House by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck; directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer.
LaMama ETC (That's Experimental Theater Club) has produced more than 45 years of cutting edge theater. New productions are almost too numerous to list. Check out their site frequently. Here's a few new shows coming soon:
- =>January 2 - 11, 2009 - Vocal Migrations is a multimedia spectacle created by Mexican composer Tareke Ortiz with contemporary instrumental-choral music performed live and ancestral indigenous Totonaca Dances. A new year´s celebration of life, communication and the migratory nature of all things full of color through dance, music, and the animation art by Eamonn Farrell.
- =>January 8 - 25, 2009 -Yanagai! Yanagai!, written by Andrea James (Yorta Yorta), evokes a place where past, present and future exist as one. On the banks of "Dhungula" sacred trees, familiar fishing holes, cheeky dingoes, min-min lights and the ghosts of the past weave a deep connection to the land. A theatrical feast of story, music, puppetry and magic realism.
- =>January 15 - 25, 2009 - La MaMa E.T.C. in association with Interpretations 20 presents "Robert Ashley Three Operas"; Dust, Celestial Excursions and Made out of Concrete.
- =>January 22 - February 8, 2009 - La MaMa will remount the Dyke Division's live lesbian dramatic serial of last season (ROOM FOR CREAM SEASON ONE: THE BOX SET) for those who couldn't get in, or who couldn't get enough of it. Adult audience only.
- =>January 29 - February 8, 2009 - Hamlet, A new work by Company EAST from Japan, directed and choreographed by Kenji Kawarasaki featuring Hiroshi Jin.
- =>& much more...
Manhattan Children's Theater-- The premiere on-going off-off Bway children's theater. Currently scheduled (for all ages):
- =>Harry the Dirty Dog -- Jan 10 - Feb 22 (with shows on Feb 16, President's Day)
- =>If You Give a Pig a Party -- Feb 28 - Apr 5
- =>Stanley's Adventures -- Apr 11 - May 16
For tickets and more scheduling information for all these theaters and more try:
=>TicketMaster
=>Telecharge
=>TheaterMania
We've just scratched the surface of all the theater activity in New York (much less the rest of the country & the world): TheaterMania provides a convenient current list of 775 shows in New York.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Coming: DOCTOR FAUSTUS & MORE AT RED BULL THEATER
RED BULL THEATER
presents
=>
Monday December 8th, 7pm
A STAGED READING OF
by Christopher Marlowe
with
PATRICK PAGE • BILL CAMP
• ELISABETH WATERSTON •
STEVEN RATTAZZI • ANDRE HOLLAND
SEAN MCNALL • ROBERT STANTON
and more
directed by MICHAEL SEXTON
Faustus sells his soul to the Devil for knowledge – only Marlowe could have told this tale this way!
http://www.redbulltheater.com/
212.352.3101
COMING SOON
=>December 9, 2008 – January 5, 2009
A full production of Thomas Middleton’s WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN
Featuring Geraint Wyn Davies, Jennifer Ikeda, Roberta Maxwell, Kathryn Meisle, Everett Quinton, and more.
SCHEDULE Tue-Fri 8pm / Sat 2pm & 8pm / Sun 3pm & 7pm
& Varies... Visit http://www.redbulltheater.com/2008/ for details
TICKETS $20 - $65
UPCOMING READINGS
=>Monday January 12, 7pm
ELECTRICIDAD: A Chicano take on the tragedy of Electra
by Luis Alfaro
Sophocles’ great classic re-imagined, set in a contemporary Los Angeles barrio.
Directed by Lisa Peterson
=>Monday February 23, 7pm
THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN
by Peter Shaffer
A modern epic about the conquest of Peru by Spain and the destruction of the Inca Empire.
Directed by Joe Hardy
=>Monday March 2, 7pm
THE SIEGE OF NUMANTIA
by Miguel de Cervantes
A devastating play about honor, sacrifice, and the last days of Numantia by the creator of Don Quixote.
LOCATION
Dr. Faustus
Theater Row
410 West 42nd Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues
Other Events
Theater at St Clement's,
423 West 46th St.
http://www.redbulltheater.com/
212-352-3101, or 866-811-4111 (toll-free)
JESSE BERGER - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
LONNIE COOPER - MANAGING DIRECTOR
Friday, November 21, 2008
Coming: MARY-LOUISE PARKER AS HEDDA GABBLER
Mary-Louise Parker is one of the most exciting actresses around. I saw her recently off-Broadway in Dead Man's Cell Phone and she was terrific. Of course, she is exceptionally captivating in Weeds. Casting her as Hedda Gabbler is a fascinating pairing:
Tony® and Emmy® Award winner Mary-Louise Parker ("Weeds," Proof) returns to Broadway to star as one of the greatest and most shocking female characters ever written. Roundabout Theatre Company presents HEDDA GABLER, a new production of Henrik Ibsen's modern classic
-adapted by Pulitzer Prize nominee Christopher Shinn (Dying City)
-directed by Ian Rickson (The Seagull)
-starring Tony winner Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd), Paul Sparks (Take Me Out) and Peter Stormare (Fargo).
-a strictly limited engagement.
Previews begin: January 6, 2009
To learn more, visit ROUNDABOUTTHEATRE.ORG
Roundabout Theater
American Airlines Theatre
Box Office - 227 West 42nd St. (btwn. 7th & 8th Aves.)
Tony® and Emmy® Award winner Mary-Louise Parker ("Weeds," Proof) returns to Broadway to star as one of the greatest and most shocking female characters ever written. Roundabout Theatre Company presents HEDDA GABLER, a new production of Henrik Ibsen's modern classic
-adapted by Pulitzer Prize nominee Christopher Shinn (Dying City)
-directed by Ian Rickson (The Seagull)
-starring Tony winner Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd), Paul Sparks (Take Me Out) and Peter Stormare (Fargo).
-a strictly limited engagement.
Previews begin: January 6, 2009
To learn more, visit ROUNDABOUTTHEATRE.ORG
Roundabout Theater
American Airlines Theatre
Box Office - 227 West 42nd St. (btwn. 7th & 8th Aves.)
THE PUBLIC -- HAIR, SONDHEIM & MORE
The Public is bursting with activity: Here's some news I just received from The Public Theater -- it's a whole lotta stuff...
=>At The Public:
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING
Created and Performed by MIKE DAISEY
Directed by JEAN-MICHELE GREGORY
TAKING OVER
Written and Performed by DANNY HOCH
Directed by TONY TACCONE
=>Public LAB — All Tix $10!
PHILIP ROTH IN KHARTOUMA
LAByrinth Theater Company Presentation
Starts Dec 4 — On Sale Now!
MANDY PATINKIN: Back at The Public!
On Sale Now — Two Weeks Only!
=>2008-2009 Memberships available now!
Memberships start at $142.50 — Save up to 43% off full price tickets!
=>The Public Theater's 2008-2009 season also includes premieres by
JOHN GUARE, CRAIG LUCAS, TRACEY SCOTT WILSON, and an add-on production by CHRISTOPHER DURANG!
TICKETS/INFORMATION:212-967-7555 or PUBLICTHEATER.ORG
=>ROAD SHOW
Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Book by JOHN WEIDMAN
Directed and Set Designed by JOHN DOYLE
With Matthew Carlson, Michael Cerveris, Alma Cuervo, Aisha de Haas, Claybourne Elder, Colleen Fitzpatrick, David Garry, Alexander Gemignani, Mylinda Hull, Mel Johnson, Jr., Orville Mendoza, Anne L. Nathan, Tom Nelis, William Parry, Matthew Stocke, Katrina Yaukey, William Youmans, Kristine Zbornik
Spanning 40 years from the Alaskan Gold Rush to the Florida real estate boom in the ‘30s, Road Show is the story of two brothers whose quest for the American dream turns into a test of morality and judgment that changes their lives in unexpected ways. Director John Doyle (Sweeney Todd on Broadway), acclaimed for re-imagining Sondheim's works, joins Weidman and Sondheim in exploring some of the great American issues: real estate, capitalism and crooks.
Now thru Sun Dec 28
Tues at 7pm,
Wed - Fri at 8pm,
Sat at 2 & 8pm,
Sun at 2 & 7pm
Added Perfs:
Wed 11/26 at 2, Wed 12/10 at 2, Wed 12/17 at 2, Mon 12/22 at 8
TICKETS: 212-967-7555 or PUBLICTHEATER.ORG
Rush Tix: There will be a limited number of $20 Rush Tix available at the box office for every downtown theater performance on sale to the general public one hour prior to curtain. There is a 2 ticket limit per person. Cash only.
=>Official Broadway HAIR Website is now live! Visit http://www.hairbroadway.com/ and sign up for the e-newsletter to receive the latest information on the future of HAIR!
* * *WIN 2 TIX TO THE BROADWAY OPENING NIGHT OF HAIR!
Enter to win 2 free tickets to the star-studded Opening Night performance and Cast Party of HAIR! (See: http://www.hairbroadway.com/)
To enter: Tune in to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday November 27, on NBC and watch the cast during a live on-air performance. Afterward, visit playbill.com to answer a question based on the performance for your chance to win. One lucky person will win the grand prize, plus four runners-up will each win a groovy HAIR Cast Recording.
HAIR starts performances at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on February 13. Tickets go on sale to the general public December 6. Contest ends December 2. Only one entry per person.
=>Musical Theater & More at Joe's Pub
December is chock full of your favorite Broadway stars — catch them all, only at Joe's Pub:
LaChanze The Tony-award winner for her role in "The Color Purple," LaChanze brings her tremendous talents to the truly intimate setting of Joe's Pub. 12/1 & 2 at 7:00 PM, $30
Norm Lewis: This Is The Life CD Release Join Lewis on his night off from The Little Mermaid as he celebrates the release of his debut CD, "This is the Life," 12/1 at 9:30 PM, $30
A Night O' Naughton Kelli O'Hara is a little bit Broadway and Greg Naughton is a little bit Rock N Roll. Tonight, they bring their music (& friends) together for a special genre-mixing late night show, 12/1 at 11:30 PM, $25
Billy Porter: The Standard Porter returns to Joe's Pub for an evening of song, featuring new American Broadway standards, gospel, and soulful originals, 12/7 & 8 at 7:30 PM, $25
A Spring Awakening Holiday Concert To Benefit Safeplace Featuring the cast of the Broadway show "Spring Awakening," including special guest, original cast member Tony-Award nominee Jonathan Groff. The evening will feature all new arrangements by "Spring Awakening" vocal arranger Ann Marie Milazzo, and musically directed by Kimberly Grigsby.
12/15 at 11:30 PM, $25
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
COMING: eKATHERINE KERR'S "THE EDGE OF CHAOS"
PLAYHOUSE ON THE GREEN PRESENTS STAGED READINGS...
The next entry in the “Page to Stage” Series takes place on Sunday, November 23 at 7PM when eKatherine Kerr’s play -- about a woman who decides to create a soap opera based on her life: "The Edge of Chaos" -- will receive a staged reading.
I've heard readings of selections from "The Edge Of Chaos" and it is very, very funny!
PLAYHOUSE ON THE GREEN
177 State Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604
Tickets: 866-811-4111
Information: (203) 333-3666
www.playhouseonthegreen.org
The next entry in the “Page to Stage” Series takes place on Sunday, November 23 at 7PM when eKatherine Kerr’s play -- about a woman who decides to create a soap opera based on her life: "The Edge of Chaos" -- will receive a staged reading.
I've heard readings of selections from "The Edge Of Chaos" and it is very, very funny!
PLAYHOUSE ON THE GREEN
177 State Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604
Tickets: 866-811-4111
Information: (203) 333-3666
www.playhouseonthegreen.org
Friday, November 14, 2008
PHOTOS FROM HB'S STILLER AND MEARA GALA
Jerry Stiller, Eli Wallach, Anne Meara and Anne Jackson
The HB Studio -- one of New York's oldest acting studios -- was founded in 1945 by renowned actor Herbert Berghof. He was joined in 1948 by the legendary actress Uta Hagen. The two master teachers trained several generations of master actors in theater, theatre and film. On Monday, Nov 10, the HB Studio and the HB Playwrights Foundation honored Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara at a benefit Gala.
Speakers, especially Jerry and Anne in their remarks, honored the tradition of the studio. Anne remembered her studies with great fondness. Jerry celebrated Herbert Berghof's passion for theater, recalling the time Berghof called him at two in the morning to come down to the studio to study, work on and read a new, strange play (Waiting for Godot). He remembered how Uta Hagen was nice, tough. After his audition, while accepting him into her acting class, Uta suggested that Jerry also work on keeping his day job.
Among the many speakers, Ben Stiller and Amy Stiller recalled what it was like to be brought up in a loving house with parents who were performers.
Talking about bringing up children, Jerry mentioned that when Amy was about two, he was rehearsing a sketch called "I Hate You" with Anne and they were screaming at each other. When Amy came out of her bedroom, all upset, Jerry and Anne explained that they were rehearsing. Later when they had a real fight, Amy came out cheerfully to say... "You're rehearsing!"
The award was presented by Stiller and Meara's old friends, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson. Anne Jackson is still actively teaching at HB Studio. Many distinguished alumni of the Berghof-Hagen era have taught at the school, including Bill Hickey, actress Jill Clayburgh and screen writer Tracey Jackson (whose "Confessions of a Shopaholic" is scheduled for release in Feb 2009).
an active member of the HB Staff,
was among the guests.
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Among the entertainments at the Gala was a terrific, long concert by David Amram -- accompanied by his son and daughter in law.
Doris Roberts, an old friend of Stiller and Meara, was among the speakers.
In the post Berghof-Hagen era, The HB Studio continues to evolve. Sam Groom, a link between the B-H era and the current world, teaches a class in acting for the camera. Anything other than pure theatre was very rare in the olde days.
Snezhana Chernova, a brilliant actress, acting teacher, and member of the staff, and her husband Aleksey Burago, who teaches directing, both of whom were trained in Russia (not at HB with Hagen & Berghof), are among the new generation at HB Studio. With his unique energy and style, Aleksey renews the tradition of passion for theater!
Julia and Denusia are members of a new generation of actors studying at HB and working with the HB Playwrights Foundation. At the Gala, Denusia presented an excerpt from the one-woman show she is developing at HB, about the immigrant experience.
Posters of productions with legendary directors, actors and playwrights line the walls of the Playwrights Foundation Theatre next door to the studio. Continuously operating through the years, recent productions have included a new adaptation of Chekhov's stories by Aleksey Burago, and work directed by Tony Award winning Jack Hofsiss, who also, currently, teaches directing at HB.
The re-assertion of the values of Hagen and Bergof and their passion for acting and theater were the spirit of the remarks by Stiller and Meara, and were then echoed in the comments of their children, Ben and Amy. As this Benefit Gala is a link to the past, it is the next generation... it is the evolution of HB into the future that will benefit!
Friday, November 7, 2008
STILLER AND MEARA HONORED BY HB STUDIO
HB Studio & HB Playwrights Foundation will host
A Gala Benefit to Honor Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2008 at 6:00 P.M.
at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South
I was lucky enough to take the class that Jerry Stiller taught one semester at the HB Studio. And on days he couldn't make it to class, I was also lucky enough to study with Anne Meara, who came in to substitute for him.
He was a kind and generous teacher. Nice to everyone, although he never liked my "English accent" in my scene from "The Real Thing". (I put "English accent" in quotes because he was right... I never did have a real English accent.)
It was a very good class. I had a wonderful time working on scenes with Isabelle Fokine (grandaughter of the great choreographer), perhaps the most charismatic scene partner I've ever had; and there were many other fine students in the class.
Stiller used free-form improvs and scene study, and remembrances of his own days as a student. When one student took off his shirt for a gritty scene, he talked about Uta Hagen's objections to Steve McQueen who, Stiller suggested, seemed to almost always act with his shirt off. Anne Meara was gently focussed on getting to the emotional heart of a relationship, often using targetted improvisation to zero in on the truth of a scene.
I was most impressed because, more so than perhaps any other teachers I've had at HB (and I've studied there off and on for decades with many teachers -- it's a great place!), they were people with a generous and deeply human warmth.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2008 at 6:00 P.M.
at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South
I was lucky enough to take the class that Jerry Stiller taught one semester at the HB Studio. And on days he couldn't make it to class, I was also lucky enough to study with Anne Meara, who came in to substitute for him.
He was a kind and generous teacher. Nice to everyone, although he never liked my "English accent" in my scene from "The Real Thing". (I put "English accent" in quotes because he was right... I never did have a real English accent.)
It was a very good class. I had a wonderful time working on scenes with Isabelle Fokine (grandaughter of the great choreographer), perhaps the most charismatic scene partner I've ever had; and there were many other fine students in the class.
Stiller used free-form improvs and scene study, and remembrances of his own days as a student. When one student took off his shirt for a gritty scene, he talked about Uta Hagen's objections to Steve McQueen who, Stiller suggested, seemed to almost always act with his shirt off. Anne Meara was gently focussed on getting to the emotional heart of a relationship, often using targetted improvisation to zero in on the truth of a scene.
I was most impressed because, more so than perhaps any other teachers I've had at HB (and I've studied there off and on for decades with many teachers -- it's a great place!), they were people with a generous and deeply human warmth.
Here's more information about the benefit, and the recipients of the honors:
The Herbert Berghof (HB) Studio and the HB Playwrights Foundation will host a tribute to the acclaimed and accomplished actor/comedians Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller in a gala celebration at The Players Club on Monday, November 10, 2008. Richard Pergolis of Pergolis Swartz will be the Corporate Chair of the event and television personality Joy Behar will be the MC for the evening. Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach will present the third annual Herbert Berghof - Uta Hagen Achievement Award to Ms. Meara and Mr. Stiller, given in memory of the actor/director Herbert Berghof and his wife and partner, the storied actress and master teacher Uta Hagen. The award recognizes theatre artists of extraordinary talent, achievement, and humanity who, in the conduct of their professional and artistic practice, have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to the vitality, integrity, and mission of the theatre and its community.
The evening will include a cocktail reception, dinner, and a musical presentation featuring jazz musician David Amram and an excerpt from HB Ensemble member Danusia Trevino's one woman show "Wonder Bread." The tribute will also feature remarks by 2007 Honoree Fritz Weaver, John Guare, Kevin James, Doris Roberts, Amy and Ben Stiller and Joseph Benincasa, Executive Director of The Actors' Fund. Ticket prices range from $300 for an individual ticket to $5,000 for a table for 10 and a full-page tribute in the souvenir program for the event.
The honorary committee for the gala includes Jason Alexander, Barbara Barrie, Jill Clayburgh and David Rabe, Tom Fontana, New York State Assemblymember Deborah Glick, John Guare, Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach, Kevin James, Rochelle Oliver and Fritz Weaver, Carol Ostrow, David Hyde Pierce, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Doris Roberts, Jon Stewart, Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller, Amy Stiller, Renee Taylor and Joe Bologna, and Marlo Thomas.
For information and reservations, please email to gala2008@hbstudio.org, or contact Peter Bloch, Managing Director, at 212.675.2370 x6.
BIOS FOR ANNE MEARA & JERRY STILLER
Anne Meara has been nominated for five Emmy Awards. Her recent credits include appearances on Sex in the City and King of Queens. Her writing credits include After-Play produced Off-Broadway at Theatre Four and The Manhattan Theatre Club, for which she won the John Gassner Award. Another play, Down The Garden Paths, was done Off-Broadway and regionally starring Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach. Anne also created the role of Bunny in John Guare's House of Blue Leaves, received a Tony Award nomination for Anna Christie at The Roundabout Theatre, appeared in the feature film Like Mike, and in Night at the Museum with her son, Ben Stiller. She was also co-writer and star of The Other Woman, a CBS movie of the Week, which won a Writer's Guild Award.
Jerry Stiller was nominated for an Emmy Award and won the American Comedy Award for his portrayal of Frank Costanza on Seinfeld. He just finished nine years as Arthur Spooner on King of Queens. In film, Jerry was most recently seen as Mr. Pinky in the movie Hairspray and Doc in the Farrelly Brothers movie Heartbreak Kid, where he starred opposite his son, Ben Stiller. Broadway has seen Jerry in Hurlyburly, The Ritz and Three Men on a Horse, while other film appearances include The Taking of Pelham One-Two-Three, Airport '75, the original version of Hairspray, Zoolander (also with his son, Ben) and the starring role in The Independent. He has also lent his voice to animated films including Teacher's Pet, Lion King 3, Lion King 1½ and the CBS holiday special, Robbie the Reindeer.
As Stiller and Meara, Anne and Jerry played record-breaking engagements at Max Gordon's Blue Angel and The Village Vanguard and were seen on the Ed Sullivan Show 36 times and received many awards for their radio and TV commercials that include Amalgamated Bank, Blue Nun wines and United Van Lines. They have been honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; with the Productive Aging Award, presented by the Jewish Council For the Aging in Washington, D.C.; and with the Thalia Award from Humber College in Toronto.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
DAEL ORLANDERSMITH
Dael Orlandersmith has won a $50,000.00 prize from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation.
As a playwright, Dael is a Guggenheim, Pen/Laura Pels Foundation Award and Lucille Lortel Playwrights Fellowship winner, and a Pulitzer prize finalist; and, as an actor, a Drama Desk Award nominee.
Dael has been teaching a class in writing for solo performance at HB Studio. I've been to the class. She is informative, helpful, and encouraging.
Along with Dael, nine other writers received prizes for their work.
Congratulations:
Mischa Berlinski, fiction. His first novel, Fieldwork, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2007. He is at work on a second novel and living in Haiti.
Rick Hilles, poetry. His first collection, Brother Salvage, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. He is an assistant professor in the MFA Program at Vanderbilt University and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Donovan Hohn, nonfiction. His essays have appeared in Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, Agni, The Bedford Reader, and Internazionale. His first book will be published by Viking in 2010.
Douglas Kearney, poetry. He is the author of Fear, Some (Red Hen Press, 2006) and the forthcoming collection, The Black Automaton, which will be published by Fence Books in 2009. He has an MFA in writing from the California Institute of the Arts, where he now teaches.
Laleh Khadivi, fiction. Her first book, The Age of Orphans, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2009. She is currently the fiction fellow at Emory University in Atlanta.
Manuel Muñoz, fiction. He is the author of two collections of short stories, Zigzagger (Northwestern University Press, 2003) and The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue (Algonquin Books, 2007). He lives in Tucson, where he is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arizona.
Dael Orlandersmith, plays. Her plays include Yellowman, The Gimmick and her Obie-Award winning Beauty’s Daughter, in which she also starred. She is currently an artist-in-residence at Sarah Lawrence College, has been teaching at HB Studio, and is at work on a memoir..
Benjamin Percy, fiction. He is the author of two short story collections, The Language of Elk (Carnegie Mellon, 2006) and Refresh, Refresh (Graywolf, 2008). He teaches in the MFA program at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
Julie Sheehan, poetry. She is the author of two collections of poems, Thaw (Fordham University Press, 2001), and Orient Point (Norton, 2006). She teaches in the graduate Writing and Literature program at Stony Brook Southampton and lives in East Quogue, New York.
Lysley Tenorio, fiction. He has recently completed a collection of short stories and is working on a novel. He lives in San Francisco and teaches at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California.
As a playwright, Dael is a Guggenheim, Pen/Laura Pels Foundation Award and Lucille Lortel Playwrights Fellowship winner, and a Pulitzer prize finalist; and, as an actor, a Drama Desk Award nominee.
Dael has been teaching a class in writing for solo performance at HB Studio. I've been to the class. She is informative, helpful, and encouraging.
Along with Dael, nine other writers received prizes for their work.
Congratulations:
Mischa Berlinski, fiction. His first novel, Fieldwork, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2007. He is at work on a second novel and living in Haiti.
Rick Hilles, poetry. His first collection, Brother Salvage, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. He is an assistant professor in the MFA Program at Vanderbilt University and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Donovan Hohn, nonfiction. His essays have appeared in Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, Agni, The Bedford Reader, and Internazionale. His first book will be published by Viking in 2010.
Douglas Kearney, poetry. He is the author of Fear, Some (Red Hen Press, 2006) and the forthcoming collection, The Black Automaton, which will be published by Fence Books in 2009. He has an MFA in writing from the California Institute of the Arts, where he now teaches.
Laleh Khadivi, fiction. Her first book, The Age of Orphans, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2009. She is currently the fiction fellow at Emory University in Atlanta.
Manuel Muñoz, fiction. He is the author of two collections of short stories, Zigzagger (Northwestern University Press, 2003) and The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue (Algonquin Books, 2007). He lives in Tucson, where he is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arizona.
Dael Orlandersmith, plays. Her plays include Yellowman, The Gimmick and her Obie-Award winning Beauty’s Daughter, in which she also starred. She is currently an artist-in-residence at Sarah Lawrence College, has been teaching at HB Studio, and is at work on a memoir..
Benjamin Percy, fiction. He is the author of two short story collections, The Language of Elk (Carnegie Mellon, 2006) and Refresh, Refresh (Graywolf, 2008). He teaches in the MFA program at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
Julie Sheehan, poetry. She is the author of two collections of poems, Thaw (Fordham University Press, 2001), and Orient Point (Norton, 2006). She teaches in the graduate Writing and Literature program at Stony Brook Southampton and lives in East Quogue, New York.
Lysley Tenorio, fiction. He has recently completed a collection of short stories and is working on a novel. He lives in San Francisco and teaches at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Coming: DUST
DUST -- A Thriller
By Billy Goda
Directed by Scott Zigler
Starring Emmy® Award nominee Richard Masur and Tony Award® nominee Hunter Foster.
DUST is a power play.
Martin is an executive with money and a paunch. Zeke is an ex-con with street smarts and a minimum wage position.
Early one morning, in the fitness center of the Essex House, the battle of will begins over the most trivial of requests. And when Martin’s daughter Jenny becomes entangled in the situation, the stakes are raised even higher, escalating a war for respect into one for revenge and survival. Who will be standing when the dust settles?
Starring Emmy® Award nominee Richard Masur and Tony Award® nominee Hunter Foster:
Richard Masur (Martin) has appeared in over 80 movies during his career. Masur is also well-known to television audiences for his roles in "Rhoda," "One Day at a Time" and "All My Children." An Emmy® nominee for "The Burning Bed," his many Broadway and off-Broadway appearances include roles in "Democracy," "The Changing Room," "A Feminine Ending" and "Two Thousand Years."
Hunter Foster (Zeke) received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for his role in the original Broadway cast of "Urinetown" and Tony Award® and Drama Desk Award nominations for playing Seymour in the Broadway revival of "Little Shop of Horrors." He has also been seen on Broadway as Leo Bloom in the Tony Award® winning production of "The Producers."
TO ORDER:
Check for special offers: Special offers may be available from Telecharge.com.
1.
ONLINE. www.broadwayoffers.com.
2.
BY PHONE. Call 212-947-8844
3.
IN PERSON. Westside Theatre Box Office, 407 West 43rd Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues). Box office open Mon.-Sun. noon – 6pm.
If you have any questions or comments, please send an e-mail to tickets@telecharge.com.
Discounts available for large groups at Telecharge.com/Groups.
By Billy Goda
Directed by Scott Zigler
Starring Emmy® Award nominee Richard Masur and Tony Award® nominee Hunter Foster.
DUST is a power play.
Martin is an executive with money and a paunch. Zeke is an ex-con with street smarts and a minimum wage position.
Early one morning, in the fitness center of the Essex House, the battle of will begins over the most trivial of requests. And when Martin’s daughter Jenny becomes entangled in the situation, the stakes are raised even higher, escalating a war for respect into one for revenge and survival. Who will be standing when the dust settles?
Starring Emmy® Award nominee Richard Masur and Tony Award® nominee Hunter Foster:
Richard Masur (Martin) has appeared in over 80 movies during his career. Masur is also well-known to television audiences for his roles in "Rhoda," "One Day at a Time" and "All My Children." An Emmy® nominee for "The Burning Bed," his many Broadway and off-Broadway appearances include roles in "Democracy," "The Changing Room," "A Feminine Ending" and "Two Thousand Years."
Hunter Foster (Zeke) received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for his role in the original Broadway cast of "Urinetown" and Tony Award® and Drama Desk Award nominations for playing Seymour in the Broadway revival of "Little Shop of Horrors." He has also been seen on Broadway as Leo Bloom in the Tony Award® winning production of "The Producers."
TO ORDER:
Check for special offers: Special offers may be available from Telecharge.com.
1.
ONLINE. www.broadwayoffers.com.
2.
BY PHONE. Call 212-947-8844
3.
IN PERSON. Westside Theatre Box Office, 407 West 43rd Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues). Box office open Mon.-Sun. noon – 6pm.
If you have any questions or comments, please send an e-mail to tickets@telecharge.com.
Discounts available for large groups at Telecharge.com/Groups.
Friday, October 24, 2008
RED BULL READINGS: CENCI & MORE
RED BULL THEATER
presents
Monday October 27th 7pm
A STAGED READING OF
THE CENCI
by
Percy Bysshe Shelley
featuring
Roger Rees • Lisa Harrow
Ezra Knight • Matthew Rauch
John Douglas Thompson • Sam Tsoutsouvas
Julie Jesneck • Peter Kim • Ben Rappaport
Emma Canalese • Vayu O'Donnell
Tyranny, incest, and assassination – a 16th century tragedy comes to vivid life in the hands of one of the great Romantic poets.
Adapted and Directed by
Eleanor Holdridge
www.redbulltheater.com
212.352.3101
REVELATION READINGS
OBIE AWARD-WINNING READING SERIES CONTINUES
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER READINGS
Monday November 17, 7pm
THE MALCONTENT
by John Marston
A truculent tragicomedy, this scathing attack on government corruption is timely, terrifying, and disconcertingly amusing.
Directed by Ethan McSweeny (The Persians, 1001)
Featuring Matthew Rauch (Revenger’s Tragedy)
Monday December 8, 7pm**
**(SEE NOTE BELOW FOR THEATER LOCATION)
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
by Christopher Marlowe
Faustus sells his soul for knowledge – the classic tale, as only Marlowe could have told it!
Directed by Mark Lamos (Cymbeline)
DECEMBER 9, 2008 – JANUARY 5, 2009
A full production of
Thomas Middleton’s WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN
Directed by Jesse Berger
2009 READINGS
Monday January 12, 7pm
ELECTRICIDAD: A Chicano take on the tragedy of Electra
by Luis Alfaro
Sophocles’ great classic re-imagined, set in a contemporary Los Angeles barrio.
Directed by Lisa Peterson
Monday February 23, 7pm
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
by Peter Shaffer
A modern epic about the conquest of Peru by Spain and the destruction of the Inca Empire.
Directed by Joe Hardy
Monday March 2, 7pm
THE SIEGE OF NUMANTIA
by Miguel de Cervantes
A devastating play about honor, sacrifice, and the last days of Numantia by the creator of Don Quixote.
Directed by Moisés Kaufman
LOCATION
Theater at St. Clement’s
423 West 46th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues
Subway: A/C/E to 42nd Street, Exit on 44th Street
Parking: 415 West 45th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues
**Note: Doctor Faustus on December 8th will be held at Theatre Row, 410 W 42ndSt.
TICKETS
$25 Adults
$10 Students/Industry*
$65+ Subscription Packages Available
Purchase at www.redbulltheater.com
or call 212-352-3101, or 866-811-4111 (toll-free)
*Valid ID required.
Red Bull Theater is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit company dedicated to the presentation of vital and imaginative productions of heightened language plays and to the development of new plays written in a similar vein. With a special focus on the Jacobean plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Red Bull Theater aspires to challenge the intellect and engage the imagination of today’s theatergoers through language-based, company-created, resonantly provocative stagings of great classic stories.
JESSE BERGER
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
LONNIE COOPER
MANAGING DIRECTOR
RED BULL
PO BOX 250863
NEW YORK NY 10025
www.redbulltheater.com
212.414.5168
presents
Monday October 27th 7pm
A STAGED READING OF
THE CENCI
by
Percy Bysshe Shelley
featuring
Roger Rees • Lisa Harrow
Ezra Knight • Matthew Rauch
John Douglas Thompson • Sam Tsoutsouvas
Julie Jesneck • Peter Kim • Ben Rappaport
Emma Canalese • Vayu O'Donnell
Tyranny, incest, and assassination – a 16th century tragedy comes to vivid life in the hands of one of the great Romantic poets.
Adapted and Directed by
Eleanor Holdridge
www.redbulltheater.com
212.352.3101
REVELATION READINGS
OBIE AWARD-WINNING READING SERIES CONTINUES
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER READINGS
Monday November 17, 7pm
THE MALCONTENT
by John Marston
A truculent tragicomedy, this scathing attack on government corruption is timely, terrifying, and disconcertingly amusing.
Directed by Ethan McSweeny (The Persians, 1001)
Featuring Matthew Rauch (Revenger’s Tragedy)
Monday December 8, 7pm**
**(SEE NOTE BELOW FOR THEATER LOCATION)
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
by Christopher Marlowe
Faustus sells his soul for knowledge – the classic tale, as only Marlowe could have told it!
Directed by Mark Lamos (Cymbeline)
DECEMBER 9, 2008 – JANUARY 5, 2009
A full production of
Thomas Middleton’s WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN
Directed by Jesse Berger
2009 READINGS
Monday January 12, 7pm
ELECTRICIDAD: A Chicano take on the tragedy of Electra
by Luis Alfaro
Sophocles’ great classic re-imagined, set in a contemporary Los Angeles barrio.
Directed by Lisa Peterson
Monday February 23, 7pm
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
by Peter Shaffer
A modern epic about the conquest of Peru by Spain and the destruction of the Inca Empire.
Directed by Joe Hardy
Monday March 2, 7pm
THE SIEGE OF NUMANTIA
by Miguel de Cervantes
A devastating play about honor, sacrifice, and the last days of Numantia by the creator of Don Quixote.
Directed by Moisés Kaufman
LOCATION
Theater at St. Clement’s
423 West 46th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues
Subway: A/C/E to 42nd Street, Exit on 44th Street
Parking: 415 West 45th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues
**Note: Doctor Faustus on December 8th will be held at Theatre Row, 410 W 42ndSt.
TICKETS
$25 Adults
$10 Students/Industry*
$65+ Subscription Packages Available
Purchase at www.redbulltheater.com
or call 212-352-3101, or 866-811-4111 (toll-free)
*Valid ID required.
Red Bull Theater is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit company dedicated to the presentation of vital and imaginative productions of heightened language plays and to the development of new plays written in a similar vein. With a special focus on the Jacobean plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Red Bull Theater aspires to challenge the intellect and engage the imagination of today’s theatergoers through language-based, company-created, resonantly provocative stagings of great classic stories.
JESSE BERGER
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
LONNIE COOPER
MANAGING DIRECTOR
RED BULL
PO BOX 250863
NEW YORK NY 10025
www.redbulltheater.com
212.414.5168
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
FREE NIGHT NYC -- FREE THEATER !!!
Free Night NYC invites you to GET LIVE!
(Note -- Sep 29, 2010 -- This post below was written in 2008. For 2010 information -- and there is free theater again -- try freenightnyc.net. -- which might be overloaded -- or try Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Night-NYC/149701913952 )
"Free Night NYC is offering 5,000 tickets to over 100 theaters across the city. Tickets will be offered to performances from October 16th, 2008 through October 30th, 2008 and can be reserved beginning October 1st at 10:00am on freenightnyc.net.
"Tickets are limited, first come, first served, but check back because more tickets may be added throughout October. In the event that tickets sell out in one day, a special group of tickets will be released Oct. 2nd to accommodate potential post Rosh Hashanah audience.
"On the national day of Free Night of Theater — Thursday October 16th 2008— we'll also be hosting a kick-off event in Union Square and an all city theater rocks party at Element, a club on the Lower East Side.
"Join us for a full day of celebrating the amazing diversity of New York theater! "
(Note -- Sep 29, 2010 -- This post below was written in 2008. For 2010 information -- and there is free theater again -- try freenightnyc.net. -- which might be overloaded -- or try Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Night-NYC/149701913952 )
"Free Night NYC is offering 5,000 tickets to over 100 theaters across the city. Tickets will be offered to performances from October 16th, 2008 through October 30th, 2008 and can be reserved beginning October 1st at 10:00am on freenightnyc.net.
"Tickets are limited, first come, first served, but check back because more tickets may be added throughout October. In the event that tickets sell out in one day, a special group of tickets will be released Oct. 2nd to accommodate potential post Rosh Hashanah audience.
"On the national day of Free Night of Theater — Thursday October 16th 2008— we'll also be hosting a kick-off event in Union Square and an all city theater rocks party at Element, a club on the Lower East Side.
"Join us for a full day of celebrating the amazing diversity of New York theater! "
Thursday, September 25, 2008
EQUUS
EQUUS incorporates at least six major elements, intricately and elegantly intertwined.
• The basic plot driver: Why did the boy blind six horses?
• The philosophical, psychological question: The conflict between human need for extreme passion (even if pathological) and health (even if absent any passion).
• The substitution of horses for male-female (and male-male) eroticism.
• Sadomasochistic and other extreme expressions of religious passion.
• The theatricality of the stylistic staging with men in brown body suits, wearing beautifully constructed and strikingly lit wire horse heads, playing the horses.
• And also nudity. Complete male and female nudity that was extremely daring when the play was first staged. Less so now, but heightened by the fact that in this production the nude 17 year old boy is played by Harry Potter (aka Daniel Radcliff).
EQUUS was written by Peter Shaffer and has had many successful revivals after a very successful initial run. It opened for previews in NY on Sep 5th, and the official opening is Sep 25th.
As most everyone knows, Daniel Radcliff (aka Harry Potter) is playing Alan. He is a boy whose crime of blinding six horses is being investigated by Dysart, a psychiatrist played by Richard Griffiths, (aka Dursley in the Potter films, and also known for "The History Boys") who is fascinated by the pagan passion possessed by Alan.
EQUUS (Latin for horse) is a play that also deals in themes of equi-sexuality (man-horse love) and equi-religiousity (horse as god).
The part of Alan, in addition to being required to make credible his insanity and his passions, also requires extensive and complete nudity. Radcliffe is just about perfect in the role. It is sensational, on-the-money acting.
Richard Griffiths, as the psychiatrist, and Anna Camp as Jill, Alan's friend, are also excellent.
The challenge in producing or directing the play, in addition to realizing the part of Alan, is to understand Dysart, who is arguably an even more important character than Alan. The problem is that we understand that Dysart is torn between his job of returning Alan to normalcy, and his fear that he is thereby taking away Alan's most essential passions. But it is not clear that he ever comes to catharsis or satisfying resolution of his dilemma.
For me, the major structural problem in the play is that it never addresses the legal fate of Alan after Dysart's treatment of him has completed. What are the stakes? Does Alan escape jail and have a chance to live a normal life if he is cured? Or is he then sent to prison for his crime stripped (as Dysart would say) of his passions. What might become of Alan is critical to understanding how important Dysart’s treatment is, and what its goals might be. It would be quite different depending on whether, after successful treatment, Alan would still end up in jail, or committed to an insane asylum, or be free and able to live a normal life.
This is a classic play, and a fine production: well acted, well directed, and staged with great style. Questions about the interpretation of the performances and of the play itself are part of the power of EQUUS.
(Note about the theater: It is time for Broadway theaters in general, and the Majestic in particular, to give each seat more room (people must be bigger now than when the theater was built), and expand the capacity of the rest rooms (which failed to service everyone needing them during the intermission). The theater seats are nicely raked, and there is no trouble seeing over the people in front (except when they stand prematurely to applaud). There are two rows of seating behind and over the stage. The first of these rows seems like they have a fine view; I'm not so sure about the second row. When it is raining, the theater should be able to let the audience in early, rather than letting them gather outside and beyond the overhang getting wet in the rain until the normal time to open the theater.)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
SHOWBIZ EXPO
Associate Director, TVI Actor's Studio, NY
at Showbiz Expo
I rather enjoyed Showbiz Expo (Sep 21).
It is most appropriate for young actors. It's a medium size show, not quite at critical mass for other demographics in showbiz, but, since the exhibition is free, most directors, producers and more-advanced actors are likely to find something, or someone, or some company in the exhibition space that will be useful.
Actors starting out will find it very valuable.
There is a networking party, and seminars as well (not free).
I heard part of one talk by Alan S. Nusbaum, Chairman of TVI Studios. It was a solid presentation for actors starting to market themselves as paid professionals. I also talked with several members of the TVI staff, and TVI seems like an excellent place to learn commercial acting skills -- the kind of acting skills you need to land paid jobs.
It is most appropriate for young actors. It's a medium size show, not quite at critical mass for other demographics in showbiz, but, since the exhibition is free, most directors, producers and more-advanced actors are likely to find something, or someone, or some company in the exhibition space that will be useful.
Actors starting out will find it very valuable.
There is a networking party, and seminars as well (not free).
I heard part of one talk by Alan S. Nusbaum, Chairman of TVI Studios. It was a solid presentation for actors starting to market themselves as paid professionals. I also talked with several members of the TVI staff, and TVI seems like an excellent place to learn commercial acting skills -- the kind of acting skills you need to land paid jobs.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Coming: CLOSE TIES
CLOSE TIES
by Elizabeth Diggs
The Frye family gathers at their vacation home in the Berkshires, ruled for three generations by Josephine, their willful matriarch and center of the family. But what happens as the younger Fryes discover their center cannot hold? Close Ties celebrates the humor, the truth and the mystery of family.
Directed by Pamela Berlin.
Featuring: Jack Davidson, Julie Fitzpatrick, Fiona Gallagher,David Gelles Hurwitz, Polly Lee, Carole Monferdini, Judith Roberts, Tommy Schrider
at Ensemble Studio Theater
549 West 52 Street, NY NY
212 247-4982
(Pamela Berlin is the distinguished director of the 1987 production of Steel Magnolias. I've studied with her. I can enthusiastically recommend anything she will direct; for that matter, anything at EST is worth recommending also!)
Previews: September 17 - 21 Wed - Sat & Mon, 7 pm > Sat & Sun, 2 pm
Opening Night: September 22, 7 pm
Performances: September 22 - October 12 Wed - Sat & Mon, 7 pm > Sat & Sun, 2 pm
Tickets: $30 Previews: $20 Students & Seniors: $15
Tickets at Ovationtix.com or by calling 212.352.3101
Sets: Michael Schweikardt
Costumes: Suzanne Chesney
Lights: Chris Dallos
Sound: David Lawson
Casting: Janet Foster, C.S.A.
Production Stage Manager: Mary Leach
Assistant Stage Manager: Christine Fisichella
Producer: James Carter
Associate Producer: Annie Trizna
Press Representative: David Gersten & Associates
by Elizabeth Diggs
The Frye family gathers at their vacation home in the Berkshires, ruled for three generations by Josephine, their willful matriarch and center of the family. But what happens as the younger Fryes discover their center cannot hold? Close Ties celebrates the humor, the truth and the mystery of family.
Directed by Pamela Berlin.
Featuring: Jack Davidson, Julie Fitzpatrick, Fiona Gallagher,David Gelles Hurwitz, Polly Lee, Carole Monferdini, Judith Roberts, Tommy Schrider
at Ensemble Studio Theater
549 West 52 Street, NY NY
212 247-4982
(Pamela Berlin is the distinguished director of the 1987 production of Steel Magnolias. I've studied with her. I can enthusiastically recommend anything she will direct; for that matter, anything at EST is worth recommending also!)
Previews: September 17 - 21 Wed - Sat & Mon, 7 pm > Sat & Sun, 2 pm
Opening Night: September 22, 7 pm
Performances: September 22 - October 12 Wed - Sat & Mon, 7 pm > Sat & Sun, 2 pm
Tickets: $30 Previews: $20 Students & Seniors: $15
Tickets at Ovationtix.com or by calling 212.352.3101
Sets: Michael Schweikardt
Costumes: Suzanne Chesney
Lights: Chris Dallos
Sound: David Lawson
Casting: Janet Foster, C.S.A.
Production Stage Manager: Mary Leach
Assistant Stage Manager: Christine Fisichella
Producer: James Carter
Associate Producer: Annie Trizna
Press Representative: David Gersten & Associates
Coming: KINDNESS
KINDNESS
A new play written and directed by
Obie Award winner ADAM RAPP(Red Light Winter, Essential Self-Defense)
An ailing mother (ANNETTE O'TOOLE, "Smallville") and her teenaged son (CHRISTOPHER DENHAM, Red Light Winter) flee Illinois and a crumbling marriage for the relative calm and safety of a midtown Manhattan hotel. Mom holds tickets to a popular musical about love among bohemians. Her son isn't interested, so Mom takes the kindly cabdriver instead, while the boy entertains a visitor from down the hall, an enigmatic, potentially dangerous young woman. Kindness is a play about the possibility for sympathy in a harsh world and the meaning of mercy in the face of devastating circumstances.
Also starring Ray Antony Thomas and Katherine Waterston.
SEPTEMBER 25 THRU NOVEMBER 2 ONLY!
Perfs. Tues-Fri at 7:30, Sat at 2:00 & 7:30, Sun at 2:00 & 7:00
* Purchase online at www.TicketCentral.com
* Call TICKET CENTRAL at (212) 279-4200 (Noon-8pm daily).
* Visit the TICKET CENTRAL box office window at 416 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues (Noon-8pm daily).
Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater
416 WEST 42ND STREET (BETWEEN 9th & 10th AVENUES)
A new play written and directed by
Obie Award winner ADAM RAPP(Red Light Winter, Essential Self-Defense)
An ailing mother (ANNETTE O'TOOLE, "Smallville") and her teenaged son (CHRISTOPHER DENHAM, Red Light Winter) flee Illinois and a crumbling marriage for the relative calm and safety of a midtown Manhattan hotel. Mom holds tickets to a popular musical about love among bohemians. Her son isn't interested, so Mom takes the kindly cabdriver instead, while the boy entertains a visitor from down the hall, an enigmatic, potentially dangerous young woman. Kindness is a play about the possibility for sympathy in a harsh world and the meaning of mercy in the face of devastating circumstances.
Also starring Ray Antony Thomas and Katherine Waterston.
SEPTEMBER 25 THRU NOVEMBER 2 ONLY!
Perfs. Tues-Fri at 7:30, Sat at 2:00 & 7:30, Sun at 2:00 & 7:00
* Purchase online at www.TicketCentral.com
* Call TICKET CENTRAL at (212) 279-4200 (Noon-8pm daily).
* Visit the TICKET CENTRAL box office window at 416 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues (Noon-8pm daily).
Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater
416 WEST 42ND STREET (BETWEEN 9th & 10th AVENUES)
Coming: LOVE AND WAR
Phil's Literary Works
presents a staged reading of a new play
LOVE AND WAR - A POLITICAL LOVE STORY
or what happens when enemies fall in love?
Written and directed by Phillip W. Weiss
A bitter Israeli soldier ... a beautiful Palestinian woman ... war ... passion ... romance
2 performances only!
Sunday, September 14th at 4:30 P.M.
Wednesday, September 17th at 7:30 P.M.
The Roy Arias Theater Center Off-Off Broadway Playhouse
300 West 43rd Street, 5th Floor, NYC
(212) 957-8358
Admission: $15.00 (payable by cash, check or money order)
pwnycny@aol.com
Warning: this play contains language and content not suitable for minors.Ticket purchases are non-refundable.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Coming: A NUMBER
The Clockwork Theatre Presents
Written by CARYL CHURCHILL
Directed by BEVERLY BRUMM
Featuring:SEAN MARRINAN* & JAY ROHLOFF
September 6 - September 26, 2008
THE BECKETT THEATRE @ THEATRE ROW
"Like all Churchill's best plays, A Number deals with both the essentials and the extremities of human experience... The questions this brilliant, harrowing play asks are almost unanswerable, which is why they must be asked." - The Sunday Times
Caryl Churchill's play, A Number, centers around Salter, a father who is suddenly faced with the startling results of his decision to clone a child thirty years earlier. It is unexpectedly revealed that this experiment resulted in "a number" of sons, three of whom now confront him with the consequences of his actions. With unexpected turns, stunning developments and a dramatic examination of the issues of nature vs. nurture, A Number is both an emotionally compelling and intellectually provocative drama.
The production features scenic design by Larry Laslo, lighting design by Ben Tevelow, and costume design by Jocelyn Melechinsky. Sound by Jason Sebastian, Casting by Todd Thaler. Stephanie Cali is the Production Stage Manager.
Designer Larry Laslo was named as a Design Icon by The World Market Center Las Vegas in honor of his highly regarded interior design work. Laslo has become famous for his "liveable contemporary" style, which he's used in many commercial design projects, such as the Takashimaya flagship store and Bergdorf Goodman, both in New York.
A NUMBER plays the following regular schedule through Friday, September 26th:
Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8 pm;
Sundays at 2 pm .
Call Ticket Central at (212) 279- 4200.
www.ticketcentral.com.
Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Theatre Row Box Office, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
A NUMBER
Written by CARYL CHURCHILL
Directed by BEVERLY BRUMM
Featuring:SEAN MARRINAN* & JAY ROHLOFF
September 6 - September 26, 2008
THE BECKETT THEATRE @ THEATRE ROW
410 West 42nd Street, between 9th and Dyer Avenues
"Like all Churchill's best plays, A Number deals with both the essentials and the extremities of human experience... The questions this brilliant, harrowing play asks are almost unanswerable, which is why they must be asked." - The Sunday Times
Caryl Churchill's play, A Number, centers around Salter, a father who is suddenly faced with the startling results of his decision to clone a child thirty years earlier. It is unexpectedly revealed that this experiment resulted in "a number" of sons, three of whom now confront him with the consequences of his actions. With unexpected turns, stunning developments and a dramatic examination of the issues of nature vs. nurture, A Number is both an emotionally compelling and intellectually provocative drama.
The production features scenic design by Larry Laslo, lighting design by Ben Tevelow, and costume design by Jocelyn Melechinsky. Sound by Jason Sebastian, Casting by Todd Thaler. Stephanie Cali is the Production Stage Manager.
Designer Larry Laslo was named as a Design Icon by The World Market Center Las Vegas in honor of his highly regarded interior design work. Laslo has become famous for his "liveable contemporary" style, which he's used in many commercial design projects, such as the Takashimaya flagship store and Bergdorf Goodman, both in New York.
A NUMBER plays the following regular schedule through Friday, September 26th:
Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8 pm;
Sundays at 2 pm .
Call Ticket Central at (212) 279- 4200.
www.ticketcentral.com.
Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Theatre Row Box Office, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
What do you get when you mix a picnic lunch, your local NYC neighborhood park and a fun and friendly, no frills Shakespeare production?
Curious Frog Theatre Company's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING!
IT'S A COMEDY. IT'S FREE. AND IT'S COMING TO A PARK NEAR YOU.
· SAT 8/23/08 SUNSET PARK
· SUN 8/24/08 ASTORIA PARK
· SAT 8/30/08 INWOOD HILL PARK (Very close to mi casa)
· SUN 8/31/08 EAST RIVER PARK
· SAT 9/06 BAISLEY POND PARK
· SUN. 9/07 RIVERSIDE PARK
· SUN 9/21 FORT GREENE PARK
· SAT 9/27 ASTORIA PARK
· SUN 9/28 QUEENSBRIDGE PARK
ALL PERFORMANCES AT 4:00 PM
Maps, Directions & ALL THE DETAILS AT:
WWW.CURIOUSFROG.ORG
Curious Frog Theatre Company's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING!
IT'S A COMEDY. IT'S FREE. AND IT'S COMING TO A PARK NEAR YOU.
· SAT 8/23/08 SUNSET PARK
· SUN 8/24/08 ASTORIA PARK
· SAT 8/30/08 INWOOD HILL PARK (Very close to mi casa)
· SUN 8/31/08 EAST RIVER PARK
· SAT 9/06 BAISLEY POND PARK
· SUN. 9/07 RIVERSIDE PARK
· SUN 9/21 FORT GREENE PARK
· SAT 9/27 ASTORIA PARK
· SUN 9/28 QUEENSBRIDGE PARK
ALL PERFORMANCES AT 4:00 PM
Maps, Directions & ALL THE DETAILS AT:
WWW.CURIOUSFROG.ORG
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
REVELATION READINGS AT RED BULL THEATER
RED BULL THEATER
presents
REVELATION READINGS
OBIE AWARD-WINNING READING SERIES
September 15th 2008 – March 2nd 2009
SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER READINGS
Monday September 15, 7pm
A BENEFIT READING OF
RESTORATION COMEDY
by Amy Freed (The Beard of Avon)
New York Premiere, directed by Jesse Berger
Featuring Michael Urie (Ugly Betty, Revenger’s Tragedy), Bill Camp, and More!
A hilarious fusion of Vanbrugh’s classic sex-farce The Relapse and its wild prequel Cibber’s Love’s Last Shift, this new comedy is not to be missed.
VIP reception with the artists beforehand. Cocktail party with live music follows the reading.
Admission: $100 Reading & Party, $250 VIP Reception + Reading & Party
Reserve now at www.redbulltheater.com
or 212.352.3101
Monday September 29, 7pm
THE SILENT WOMAN
by Ben Jonson
This Jacobean gem is satirically savvy, with a surprisingly sexy twist.
Starring F Murray Abraham (Amadeus, Merchant of Venice)
Monday October 6, 7pm
A HORSE’S ASS
by David Greenspan, loosely adapted from Pietro Aretino’s Renaissance comedy, Il Marescalco.
1526. Mantua. A homosexual man will be forced at knifepoint to marry a woman. He’s tearing his hair out.
Directed by Leigh Silverman (Well)
Monday October 27, 7pm
THE CENCI
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Tyranny, incest, and assassination – a 16th century tragedy comes to vivid life in the hands of one of the great Romantic poets.
Directed by Eleanor Holdridge
Featuring Lisa Harrow (Wit) and Roger Rees (Indiscretions)
Monday November 17, 7pm
THE MALCONTENT
by John Marston
A truculent tragicomedy, this scathing attack on government corruption is timely, terrifying, and disconcertingly amusing.
Directed by Ethan McSweeny (The Persians, 1001)
Featuring Matthew Rauch (Revenger’s Tragedy)
Monday December 8, 7pm
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
by Christopher Marlowe
Faustus sells his soul to the Devil for knowledge – the classic tale, as only Marlowe could have told it!
Directed by Mark Lamos (Cymbeline)
COMING THIS SEASON
A full production of
Thomas Middleton’s WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN
Directed by Jesse Berger
Tickets on sale soon…
2009 READINGS
Monday January 12, 7pm
ELECTRICIDAD: A Chicano take on the tragedy of Electra
by Luis Alfaro
Sophocles’ great classic re-imagined, set in a contemporary Los Angeles barrio.
Directed by Lisa Peterson
Monday February 23, 7pm
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
by Peter Shaffer
A modern epic about the conquest of Peru by Spain and the destruction of the Inca Empire, a clash of cultures brought about by an occupying force.
Directed by Joe Hardy
Monday March 2, 7pm
THE SIEGE OF NUMANTIA
by Miguel de Cervantes
A devastating play about honor, sacrifice, and the last days of Numantia by the creator of Don Quixote.
Directed by Moises Kaufman
LOCATION
Theater at St. Clement’s
423 West 46th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues
Subway: A/C/E to 42nd Street, Exit on 44th Street
Parking: 415 West 45th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues
TICKETS
$25 Adults
$10 Students/Industry*
$100/$250 Benefit
$65+ Subscription Packages Available
Purchase at www.redbulltheater.com
or call 212-352-3101, or 866-811-4111 (toll-free)
Red Bull Theater is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit company dedicated to the presentation of vital and imaginative productions of heightened language plays and to the development of new plays written in a similar vein. With a special focus on the Jacobean plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Red Bull Theater aspires to challenge the intellect and engage the imagination of today’s theatergoers through language-based, company-created, resonantly provocative stagings of great classic stories. Donations to Red Bull Theater are fully tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
DONATE
To give to Red Bull Theater right now, click HERE or go to http://www.redbulltheater.com/2008/cms.php?menu=join.
MAILING LIST
Don’t miss out on events that get announced by regular mail only. Send your mailing address to info@redbulltheater.com to be kept completely up to date. To Subscribe or Unsubscribe to email announcements, click here: http://www.redbulltheater.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi.
JESSE BERGER
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PO BOX 250863
NEW YORK NY 10025
www.redbulltheater.com
212.414.5168
info@redbulltheater.com
presents
REVELATION READINGS
OBIE AWARD-WINNING READING SERIES
September 15th 2008 – March 2nd 2009
SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER READINGS
Monday September 15, 7pm
A BENEFIT READING OF
RESTORATION COMEDY
by Amy Freed (The Beard of Avon)
New York Premiere, directed by Jesse Berger
Featuring Michael Urie (Ugly Betty, Revenger’s Tragedy), Bill Camp, and More!
A hilarious fusion of Vanbrugh’s classic sex-farce The Relapse and its wild prequel Cibber’s Love’s Last Shift, this new comedy is not to be missed.
VIP reception with the artists beforehand. Cocktail party with live music follows the reading.
Admission: $100 Reading & Party, $250 VIP Reception + Reading & Party
Reserve now at www.redbulltheater.com
or 212.352.3101
Monday September 29, 7pm
THE SILENT WOMAN
by Ben Jonson
This Jacobean gem is satirically savvy, with a surprisingly sexy twist.
Starring F Murray Abraham (Amadeus, Merchant of Venice)
Monday October 6, 7pm
A HORSE’S ASS
by David Greenspan, loosely adapted from Pietro Aretino’s Renaissance comedy, Il Marescalco.
1526. Mantua. A homosexual man will be forced at knifepoint to marry a woman. He’s tearing his hair out.
Directed by Leigh Silverman (Well)
Monday October 27, 7pm
THE CENCI
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Tyranny, incest, and assassination – a 16th century tragedy comes to vivid life in the hands of one of the great Romantic poets.
Directed by Eleanor Holdridge
Featuring Lisa Harrow (Wit) and Roger Rees (Indiscretions)
Monday November 17, 7pm
THE MALCONTENT
by John Marston
A truculent tragicomedy, this scathing attack on government corruption is timely, terrifying, and disconcertingly amusing.
Directed by Ethan McSweeny (The Persians, 1001)
Featuring Matthew Rauch (Revenger’s Tragedy)
Monday December 8, 7pm
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
by Christopher Marlowe
Faustus sells his soul to the Devil for knowledge – the classic tale, as only Marlowe could have told it!
Directed by Mark Lamos (Cymbeline)
COMING THIS SEASON
A full production of
Thomas Middleton’s WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN
Directed by Jesse Berger
Tickets on sale soon…
2009 READINGS
Monday January 12, 7pm
ELECTRICIDAD: A Chicano take on the tragedy of Electra
by Luis Alfaro
Sophocles’ great classic re-imagined, set in a contemporary Los Angeles barrio.
Directed by Lisa Peterson
Monday February 23, 7pm
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
by Peter Shaffer
A modern epic about the conquest of Peru by Spain and the destruction of the Inca Empire, a clash of cultures brought about by an occupying force.
Directed by Joe Hardy
Monday March 2, 7pm
THE SIEGE OF NUMANTIA
by Miguel de Cervantes
A devastating play about honor, sacrifice, and the last days of Numantia by the creator of Don Quixote.
Directed by Moises Kaufman
LOCATION
Theater at St. Clement’s
423 West 46th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues
Subway: A/C/E to 42nd Street, Exit on 44th Street
Parking: 415 West 45th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues
TICKETS
$25 Adults
$10 Students/Industry*
$100/$250 Benefit
$65+ Subscription Packages Available
Purchase at www.redbulltheater.com
or call 212-352-3101, or 866-811-4111 (toll-free)
Red Bull Theater is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit company dedicated to the presentation of vital and imaginative productions of heightened language plays and to the development of new plays written in a similar vein. With a special focus on the Jacobean plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Red Bull Theater aspires to challenge the intellect and engage the imagination of today’s theatergoers through language-based, company-created, resonantly provocative stagings of great classic stories. Donations to Red Bull Theater are fully tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
DONATE
To give to Red Bull Theater right now, click HERE or go to http://www.redbulltheater.com/2008/cms.php?menu=join.
MAILING LIST
Don’t miss out on events that get announced by regular mail only. Send your mailing address to info@redbulltheater.com to be kept completely up to date. To Subscribe or Unsubscribe to email announcements, click here: http://www.redbulltheater.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi.
JESSE BERGER
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PO BOX 250863
NEW YORK NY 10025
www.redbulltheater.com
212.414.5168
info@redbulltheater.com
Friday, August 15, 2008
THREE CHANGES
THREE CHANGES
A new play by NICKY SILVER (Pterodactyls, The Food Chain)
Directed by WILSON MILAM (The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Killer Joe)
Nate (Dylan McDermott, "The Practice") and Laurel (Maura Tierney, "E.R.") are a comfortably married, Upper West Side couple-until Nate's wayward brother Hal (Scott Cohen, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?) arrives from Hollywood. What at first seems a casual visit, a chance to reconnect, is quickly revealed as something more ominous. Hal may have had success, but human connection is all that matters, and he intends to make connections-no matter who pays the price.
Three Changes is a funny and darkly suspenseful look at the joy of family, and how far we'll go to get it.
Directed by WILSON MILAM (The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Killer Joe)
Nate (Dylan McDermott, "The Practice") and Laurel (Maura Tierney, "E.R.") are a comfortably married, Upper West Side couple-until Nate's wayward brother Hal (Scott Cohen, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?) arrives from Hollywood. What at first seems a casual visit, a chance to reconnect, is quickly revealed as something more ominous. Hal may have had success, but human connection is all that matters, and he intends to make connections-no matter who pays the price.
Three Changes is a funny and darkly suspenseful look at the joy of family, and how far we'll go to get it.
AUGUST 22 THRU SEPTEMBER 28 ONLY!
Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater
416 WEST 42ND STREET (BETWEEN 9th & 10th AVENUES)
Perfs. Tues-Fri at 8:00, Sat at 2:30 & 8:00, Sun at 2:30 & 7:30
Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater
416 WEST 42ND STREET (BETWEEN 9th & 10th AVENUES)
Perfs. Tues-Fri at 8:00, Sat at 2:30 & 8:00, Sun at 2:30 & 7:30
For tickets:
or
Call TICKET CENTRAL at (212) 279-4200 (Noon-8pm daily).
or
Visit the TICKET CENTRAL box office window
416 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues (Noon-8pm daily).
Call TICKET CENTRAL at (212) 279-4200 (Noon-8pm daily).
or
Visit the TICKET CENTRAL box office window
416 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues (Noon-8pm daily).
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
LOVE AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS
Elizabeth Bove will be a featured actress inLOVE and OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS
Manhattan Repertory Theatre
Presents: Summerfest 2008
LOVE and OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS
4 one-acts
written and directed by Karen B. Song
Featuring: Chris Brescia, Elizabeth Bove, Evan Dahme, Athena Kazantzis, Helen Kim, Joe Medina, Stephanie Parrott, Catherine Zubkow
Stage Manager: Sarah Nochenson
Sound Design: Hollis Smith
7 PM shows Wed. Aug. 6th, Thurs. Aug. 7th, Fri. Aug. 8th
(Possible Extended Run: Sat/Sun, Aug. 9/10th -- Call for details)
General Admission $20*
For Tickets: (646)329-6588
Manhattan Repertory Theatre
303 W. 42nd Street (at 8th Ave.) Third Floor
http://www.manhattanrep.com/
Stage Manager: Sarah Nochenson
Sound Design: Hollis Smith
7 PM shows Wed. Aug. 6th, Thurs. Aug. 7th, Fri. Aug. 8th
(Possible Extended Run: Sat/Sun, Aug. 9/10th -- Call for details)
General Admission $20*
For Tickets: (646)329-6588
Manhattan Repertory Theatre
303 W. 42nd Street (at 8th Ave.) Third Floor
http://www.manhattanrep.com/
STAIN
STAIN
A new play by Tony Glazer
directed by Scott C. Embler
presented by Choice Theatricals
What doesn't kill you leaves a mark.
Featuring:
Karina Arroyave - (Film: Crash, "24", Theatre: The Public's School of the Americas)
Joanna Bayless - (Sweet Bird of Youth)
Peter Brensinger - (Film: Red Cockroaches)
Summer Crockett Moore - (Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, IT Award for Best Featured Actress)
Jim O'Connor - (Film: Sweet Home Alabama, Last Request, Mystic Pizza. TV: "The Secret Life of...")
Tobias Segal - (MTC's From Up Here - Drama League & Drama Desk Award nominations, Playwrights' Doris To Darlene).
Now thru August 23rd, 2008
at The Kirk Theatre
Theatre Row, NYC - 410 West 42nd Street
For tickets: call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com
A new play by Tony Glazer
directed by Scott C. Embler
presented by Choice Theatricals
What doesn't kill you leaves a mark.
Featuring:
Karina Arroyave - (Film: Crash, "24", Theatre: The Public's School of the Americas)
Joanna Bayless - (Sweet Bird of Youth)
Peter Brensinger - (Film: Red Cockroaches)
Summer Crockett Moore - (Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, IT Award for Best Featured Actress)
Jim O'Connor - (Film: Sweet Home Alabama, Last Request, Mystic Pizza. TV: "The Secret Life of...")
Tobias Segal - (MTC's From Up Here - Drama League & Drama Desk Award nominations, Playwrights' Doris To Darlene).
Now thru August 23rd, 2008
at The Kirk Theatre
Theatre Row, NYC - 410 West 42nd Street
For tickets: call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com
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