Category Archives: News
Sergi Belbel in Copenhagen, Germany, and Budapest
It’s a busy time for Sergi Belbel! Premiere of Fora de joc (OFFSIDE) in Copenhagen: http://www.husetsteater.dk/ (there’s a clip with scenes from the play and a window with the option of reading the web material in English) OFFSIDE is published in German: http://www.henschel-schauspiel.de/de/meldungen/artikel/378/im-abseits-das-neue-stuck-von-sergi-belbel Premiere of A la Toscana (IN TUSCANY) in Budapest, Hungary: http://szinhaz.hu/budapest/38549-sergi-belbel-toszkana
Kleban goes to Gwon, Elliott
Composer-lyricist Adam Gwon and book writer-lyricist Michelle Elliott have been named this year’s winners of the Kleban Prize, with each set to receive $100,000 over two years. Gwon, whose tuner “Ordinary Days” was seen in a 2009 run at Gotham’s Roundabout Theater, scored the Kleban prize for lyricist, while Elliott, the book writer-lyricist of NAMT [...]
Joan Cushing’s second act: Adapting kids books
The Washington Post | By Jane Horwitz, Tuesday, April 19 Leave it to composer/lyricist/playwright Joan Cushing to turn a popular kids’ picture-book series about hippopotamus friends into a musical cabaret, complete with an emcee and chorus. The premiere of her “George & Martha: Tons of Fun,” based on the beloved “George and Martha” books by author-illustrator [...]
International Collaboration Premieres at the Kitchen Theatre Company
The Kitchen Theatre’s 20th Anniversary Season continues with an exciting international collaboration. Actors, playwrights and artists from the U.S. and Turkey have come together to create the play S/HE, which will have its world premiere production at the Kitchen Theatre in May 2011. S/HE has previews on May 4, 5, and 6, Opening Night is [...]
Joan Cushing in First Stage’s 25th Season
from Broadwayworld.com First Stage celebrates its 25th season in 2011-2012, continuing its mission of transforming lives through theater by creating exceptional theater experiences for young people and families through live, professional Theater Productions that engage, enlighten and entertain. The season concludes with a lively musical adaptation of DIARY OF A WORM, A SPIDER, AND A [...]
