Previously announced, the opener will be the local premiere of the prize-winning Tracy Letts play “August: Osage County.” Other productions will be: Sept. 23-Oct. 10: “The 39 Steps,” the local premiere of the comedy based on the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock... Full Article at Dayton Daily News

“Dayton, fasten your seat belts,” said W. Stuart McDowell, chair and artistic director of the WSU’s departments of theatre, dance and motion pictures. Written by Tracy Letts, it opened at the Imperial Theater on Broadway and ran for 648 performances. ... Full Article at Dayton Daily News

"Dissipation," says one of the characters in "August: Osage County," "is much worse than cataclysm." By the time that sentiment reaches our ears, we're near the end of three and a half hours of th Full Article at TwinCities.com

Be the first to comment! The Studio Theatre has announced its plans for the 2010-2011 season, which will open with Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation, to run September 8 - October 17. The theater's lineup for the coming year also includes Tracy... Full Article at TheaterMania.com

The memorable production, which opened Tuesday in St. Paul, has made the Ordway the center of theatrical gravity this week. Staged with maximum potency by Anna Shapiro of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, where the work was developed, "August: Osage... Full Article at Minneapolis Star Tribune

(Sept. 8-Oct. 17) by Annie Baker, about participants in an amateur theater class. "Since Studio Theatre started as an acting conservatory, we thought we could make fun of ourselves a little," Zinoman says. "Superior Donuts" (Nov. 3-Dec. 12), a gentle... Full Article at The Washington Post

A visiting French-Canadian company called The 7 Fingers will present "Traces," seven street kids telling their life stories through words and gravity-defying, Cirque du Soleil-like acrobatics. "Dracula" will be staged in direct competition with the... Full Article at Denver Post

Letts and Patrick Andrews on stage in "American Buffalo" at McCarter Theater.Never mind what the famous “Funny Girl” song says — people who need people are not necessarily the luckiest people in the world. Lord knows that the three woebegone “friends”... Full Article at NJ.com

A smash in Chicago, New York and London, "August: Osage County" was also acclaimed by critics, winning a bushel of Tonys and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. Tracy Letts' 3 1/2-hour drama about a bickering family from small-town Oklahoma was compared to "Long... Full Article at TwinCities.com

July 23). The Tony-winning musical based on the John Waters film has a score by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman with a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan. Sam Woodhouse will direct the co-production with the San Diego School of Creative and... Full Article at Playbill

Steppenwolf company in Chicago has announced a 2010-11 season with some mouth-watering shows. Prime among them is "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" The former is better known as a playwright ("August: Osage County," "Superior Donuts" ) than an actor,... Full Article at New York Post

Diego Repertory Theatre has announced five of the six productions that it will offer during its 2010-2011 season, which will open with a new staging of Hairspray (July 17 - August 5), to be directed by Sam Woodhouse, with assistance from Richard Trujillo. Full Article at TheaterMania.com

Theatre Company's production of David Mamet's American Buffalo officially opens at New Jersey's McCarter Theatre March 12 following previews that began March 9. Directed by Amy Morton, the production will continue through March 28. The cast boasts... Full Article at Playbill

“No, she gets what she wants out of me in more subtle ways,” he says. “Now that I’ve worked on the play,” he adds, “my mind’s changed a bit on what it’s about. Before I thought it was everyone’s battle for respect. Now I actually see it as a play about... Full Article at NJ.com

Anna Deavere Smith's solo Let Me Down Easy, directed by Leonard Foglia, will play December 31-February 13. Based on interviews with a wide range of subjects, the piece explores the power of the body, the price of health and the resilience of the spirit. Full Article at TheaterMania.com

Theatre Company's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Directed by Arena's own Molly Smith, Oklahoma!, the "great American musical" (The New York Times) comes to the home of American theater. Set at the turn of the 20th century, Oklahoma! Full Article at Broadway World

(Bloomberg) --Center stage: Actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts ("August: Osage County") and veteran ensemble member Amy Morton will play George and Martha in Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Chicago Tribune) --A... Full Article at Los Angeles Times

The season's theme is "public/private self," artistic director said in her March 10 announcement. Steppenwolf ensemble members currently confirmed for the 2010-2011 season include Alana Arenas, Kate Arrington, Robert Breuler, K. Todd Freeman, Tina... Full Article at Playbill

Be the first to comment! The Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced its 2010-2011 season, which will include a revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (December 2 - February 6), to be directed by Pam MacKinnon and starring Tracy... Full Article at TheaterMania.com