In musical theatre, the words “fun for the whole family” invariably send alarm bells to purists everywhere: Beware screaming teenagers and their oversized, red-state, mid-American parents who have a knack for unwrapping their candy at the most inopportune moment. Wicked, however, may well be the exception to all the rules of old and new Broadway.
This […]
Julia Gibson and Reg Rogers join Marin Hinkle in the cast of the upcoming Craig Lucas adaptation of Miss Julie at Off-Broadway’s Rattlestick Theatre.
The new take on August Strindberg’s classic is set to play May 11-June 9 at the downtown stage with an opening scheduled for May 19. Anders Cato directs.
In Miss Julie, a flirtation […]
John Turturro stars with Max Casella, Didi Conn and Aida Turturro in Theatre for a New Audience’s staging of Eduardo De Filippo’s Souls of Naples, starting Off-Broadway, April 2.
Roman Paska directs the American premiere of a new TFANA-commissioned translation of the work by Village Voice critic Michael Feingold. The show will officially open April 14 […]
China Doll, Elizabeth Wong’s new play that was inspired by the life of silver-screen star Anna May Wong, begins performances April 2 at Off-Broadway’s West End Theatre.
Directed by Tisa Chang, the production is presented by Pan Asian Repertory Theatre to celebrate the 100th birthday of Anna May Wong, whose film credits include “The Toll of […]
The Audience, a new musical created by a collaboration of 100 people, debuts March 31 Off-Broadway, in a staging by Transport Group.
Transport Group’s creative artistic director Jack Cummings III and producing artistic director Robyn Hussa announced that the centerpiece of the company’s fourth season is one of the largest off-Broadway projects in recent memory. Conceived […]
Who needs New York when Broadway-bound shows play San Francisco first? The 2005-06 Best of Broadway season announced by producers Carole Shorenstein Hays and Scott E. Nederlander features four high-profile pre- Broadway tryouts.
World premieres of “Lestat,” an Elton John musical based on the novels of Anne Rice, and “Ring of Fire,” a theatrical portrait of […]