Sunday, April 28, 2013
First, take out your No. 2 pencils and answer this question: Where did the traditional Jewish song, “Hava Nagila” originate? (1) Jerusalem (2) Warsaw (3) Miami Okay, …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:00AMThursday, April 4, 2013
Northampton’s Royal and Derngate has announced James Dacre as its new artistic director. Dacre previously directed the world premiere of The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, which beat Jerusale…
Linked From The Stage at 10:32PMThursday, March 21, 2013
President Obama visited Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday. While he was there, he was treated to a surprise musical moment (really, is th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:15PMThursday, March 7, 2013
A.R. Gurney has written so many political plays lately (“O Jerusalem,” “Mrs. Farnsworth”) that it’s easy to forget that he once dealt almost exclusively with WASPs and their foible…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 09:48PMWednesday, March 6, 2013
Mark Rylance (Jerusalem) has teamed up with wordsmith, surrealist, and Duluth prose poet Louis Jenkins (A Prairie Home Companion) to write Nice Fish, which hosted a cast and creative team me…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:58AMTuesday, February 26, 2013
Tracy Turnblad travels from Baltimore to Jerusalem where Encore! Educational Theatre brings HAIRSPRAY to the stage to feature 32 Anglo-Israeli and Ethiopian-Israeli singers, dancers and acto…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 09:54AMFriday, February 8, 2013
We are pleased to announce the availability of Great Moments in the Theatre by Benedict Nightingale, published by Oberon Books (London). Starting with the first performance of Aeschylus̵…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 11:31AMWednesday, February 6, 2013
Ironically, the best word to describe the newly forged connection between two art academies - one here in Washington, D.C., the other in Jerusalem - is b'shert, Yiddish for "meant to be" or …
Linked From Washington Jewish Week at 02:08PMTuesday, February 5, 2013
Tony Award Winner Mark Rylance (Jerusalem) will star in the world premiere of Nice Fish, which will begin previews on April 6, in advance of an April 12 opening at the Guthrie Theater. Rylan…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:24PMTuesday, January 22, 2013
Name: Anna StrombergHometown: Wilmington, NCEducation: American Academy of Dramatic Arts. I got connected with The Amoralists because Nick Lawson saw me in Dracula and put my name in when th…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 12:38PMSunday, January 6, 2013
(photo credit: grajewski-fotograph inc)On Gumption and Defensesby Steven Schipper, Artistic Director, Royal Manitoba Theatre CentreHere are two items: my remarks to the assembled c…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 09:10PMThursday, January 3, 2013
Debra Jo Rupp will channel famous sex therapist Dr. Ruth in Dr. Ruth, All the Way when the solo show heads to TheaterWorks in Hartford, Connecticut. Written by Mark St. Germain (Fr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:51PM11th: Sonia Friedman Sonia Friedman Productions Last year: 13th Highest ever: 7th Following the unexpected commercial success of Jerusalem was always going to be a tricky task, but Sonia Fri…
Linked From The Stage at 09:40PMThursday, December 27, 2012
Age & Hometown: 28; New York, New York
Current Role: Starring as the title character, a sensitive art prodigy in the acclaimed stage adaptation of Chaim Potok’s classic novel My…
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:27AMFriday, December 21, 2012
Today in 1970, JESUS CHRIST SUERSTAR creators Andrew Lloyd Webber and Time Rice received gold records for the original cast album of the show. The musical started off as a rock opera concept…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:10AMSticks and stones may break our bones, but words can hurt far more. The sparring characters in Savyon Liebrecht’s play — a heartfelt look at the rifts in orthodox Jewish life in …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 06:23AMSaturday, December 8, 2012
One shouldn't draw conclusions about a person from the choice of cushion on his office sofa, but in the case of Dominic Cooke I'm tempted. A colourful piece of embroidery with a picture of a…
Linked From The Independent at 04:26PMMonday, November 19, 2012
It was like old times for Mark Rylance on Saturday, as he dominated proceedings on the stage of the Apollo - scene of his Jerusalem triumph in the West End - with crowds thronging the paveme…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:38AMFriday, November 16, 2012
INTERVIEW: BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE The former critic of The Times talks to Aleks Sierz about his new book, Great Moments in the Theatre (Oberon), which comprises accounts of more than 100 signi…
Linked From Theatre Voice at 08:16AMSaturday, November 10, 2012
Anyone who has enjoyed a straight play in the West End over the past decade, perhaps with some well-judged star casting, will almost certainly have seen something from Sonia Friedman Product…
Linked From The Independent at 05:09PMFriday, November 2, 2012
It's hard to see what Jez Butterworth could have done to equal the impact of Jerusalem, so it's perhaps no surprise to find him working at the opposite end of the scale in his follow-up.
Linked From The Independent at 05:54PMMonday, October 29, 2012
Jez Butterworth's new play The River opened in the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs last week (read our review round-up here::E8831351513717).
The production - directed by Ian Rickson, who als…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:23AMJerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court, London: How do you follow a massive success? Playwright Jez Butterworth has had to face that question twice in his career so far. In 1995, his Mojo was…
Linked From The Stage at 06:34AMOne of the most hotly-anticipated productions of recent times, Jez Butterworth's The River - his first new play since the smash hit Jerusalem - premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:23AMFriday, October 26, 2012
Still waters run deep, but that truism barely hints at the quiet power of The River, the eagerly awaited new play from Jez Butterworth (writer) and Ian Rickson (director) whose col…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 08:26PMShort of setting himself on fire in the Royal Albert Hall, it’s hard to see what Jez Butterworth could have done as an encore commensurate with the stonking transatlantic triumph of Jerusa…
Linked From The Independent at 04:59PMWednesday, October 24, 2012
One of the most eagerly anticipated plays of the year, starring Dominic West and Miranda Raison, has its official opening tomorrow night in the tiny Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court. Tick…
Linked From The Independent at 01:11PMPlaywright Jez Butterworth has revealed that he got offered "almost every West End theatre" for his new play, The River, following the huge success of Jerusalem.Speaking to The Times recentl…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:44AMTuesday, October 16, 2012
Legit News:
Indie gears up for Nov. 30 release
Linked From Variety at 12:25PMTuesday, September 18, 2012
Sarah Sokolovic, Darren Pettie, David Schwimmer, and Amy Ryan in Detroit (photo by Jeremy Daniel)As much as I share Charles Isherwood's love for Playwrights Horizons, which in so many ways …
Linked From The Wicked Stage at 08:31AMTuesday, September 4, 2012
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Actress Jenn Harris has played the role of F.B.I. trainee Clarice Starling in the laugh-out-loud parody Silence! The Musical since its inception seven years ago. The music…
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