Monday, February 23, 2015
Utah playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett talks about his new play, "A/Version of Events," about a Mormon couple at a crossroads.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 19, 2015
Pioneer Theatre Company's second annual Play-By-Play Reading Series begins Feb. 20-21 with "Speculator Spirits" by Josh Tobiessen. The playwright talks about his new work.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:53AM[SHARE]Friday, February 13, 2015
Stage Force, the New England theatre company, unveils titles for its 2015 reading series in New Hampshire. Barbara Kingsley's look at the poet Emily Dickinson is booked.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:46PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2015
In Application Pending, Christina Bianco plays an entire community of stressed out parents — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their rol…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:38AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Cast and crew announced for milestone world premiere of Carleton Bluford's "Mama" by Utah's Plan-B Theatre Company. A Q&A with the playwright is featured.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 02:12PM[SHARE]Monday, February 2, 2015
Sean Grennan's heartfelt " literally " comedy, "The Tin Woman," about a heart transplant recipient who meets the family of her late donor, gets a Chicago reading Feb. 9. It premiered at Wisc…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 11:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2015
A roundup of reviews and press earned for Pioneer Theatre Company's world premiere of "Alabama Story," which set a box office record.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 01:38PM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2014
The holiday season in New York City is always sweetened by a trip to the theatre, but choosing which holiday plays to attend from the wide selection of available productions can be overwhelm…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]William Parry and Greta Lambert will play Civil Rights-era political foes in the world premiere of "Alabama Story," a 2014 National Playwrights Conference Finalist, at Pioneer Theatre Compan…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 08:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 20, 2014
Slant Theatre Project co-artistic director Adam Knight talks about Mat Smart's new suburban-set play "Naperville" an how it hits the goals of the Off-Off-Broadway's company's mission.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 02:34AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Wes Grantom and Julie Kramer are among directors for the newly announced titles in the second annual Play-By-Play Reading Series of Pioneer Theatre Company in Utah.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:09PM[SHARE]How Naperville finds the beauty in the suburbs — It seems inevitable that at some point in a playwright’s career, the imagination will be tugged homeward toward the people, place…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, November 17, 2014
John Earl Jelks and Colleen Zenk will play parents of a photographer played by Corbin Bleu in Michael Slade's marriage-minded new play "Family Shots," at Ohio's Human Race Theatre Company.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 02:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 5, 2014
A chat with Douglas Carter Beane and a brief history of the stage and film musical "The Band Wagon."
SOURCE: tinyurl.com at 01:50PM[SHARE]Monday, October 27, 2014
New Jersey-based actress Michèle LaRue talks about the process of turning Victorian-era short stories into solo shows that conjure an era of parlor entertainment.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:53AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 22, 2014
"You Are My Sunshine," a new play by Kelli Kerslake Colaco, gets a reading by the new San Francisco collective The Alma Theatre Company. The playwright talks.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 09:13AM[SHARE]Friday, October 3, 2014
Single tickets for all titles in Pioneer Theatre Company's 2014-15 season went on sale Oct. 1 in Salt Lake City. The slate includes the first world premiere in artistic director Karen Azenbe…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:34AM[SHARE]Utah actor-playwright Carleton Bluford talks about the inspiration for his new play "Mama," getting a 2015 premiere by Salt Lake City's Plan-B Theatre.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:20AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 25, 2014
Eric Lange adds texture to Broadway’s The Country House — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their roles The ghost of Konstantin, t…
SOURCE: TDF at 08:04AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 11, 2014
Chicago theatre artists Corliss Preston, John Slywka and Michelle Shupe are creating a CD mixing the words of Shakespeare's women with sound effects and music.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 03:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 26, 2014
The creative team of Pioneer Theatre Company's upcoming world premiere staging of "Alabama Story" has been announced.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 11:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Playwright Matthew-Lee Erlbach talks about the inspiration for his new play "A Neighbor in the Area," getting reading with Reed Birney, Heather Lind and Nick Westrate.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:55AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 12, 2014
A look at Mark St. Germain's new romantic comedy, "Dancing Lessons," getting its world premiere Aug. 13 at Barrington Stage Company.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 01:02PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Playwright Roger Weisman talks about his new Albee-esque sci-fi play "How Do You Say Mother in Esperanto?," part of FringeNYC.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 09:52AM[SHARE]Friday, August 1, 2014
Chicago playwright Brett Neveu discusses his past, his process and his current project, the NYC premiere of his acclaimed play "The Opponent," by A Red Orchid Theatre.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 11:57AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Why Brett Neveu’s boxing drama is actually a family play — There is nothing particularly warm, welcoming, or homey about the setting of Brett Neveu’s The Opponent, a two-ch…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Actress-playwright Jenny Mercein talks about her solo show "Beautiful Mount Airy Lodge," inspired by her own coming of age and the life and death of the iconic Pennsylvania resort.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 09:17AM[SHARE]Monday, July 14, 2014
Kellen Blair and Joe Kinosian, the award-winning musical comedy writers whose "Murder For Two" completed an eight-month Off-Broadway run on June 29, have a new musical waiting in the wings.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:21AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Playwright and director Charles Morey talks about "The Granite State," his Cowardesque new American comedy premiering July 23-Aug. 3 at Peterborough Players, his first and continuing artisti…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:10PM[SHARE]Monday, June 30, 2014
Playwright Sean Grennan talks about his new comedy-drama "The Tin Woman," about a heart transplant recipient meeting the late donor's family, getting its world premiere by Wisconsin's Penins…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:14PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 25, 2014
The fourth and final reading in the 2014 NewTACTics Festival of New Plays, Matte O'Brien's "The Wonderful Mr. & Mrs. O'Leary," will be heard 7 PM June 25-26 at the TACT Studio in Manhattan. …
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