Marquis de Sade News

After its world premiere last June at Milan's Piccolo Teatro Studio Melato, the Center for Contemporary Opera presents the U.S. premiere of Love Hurts, by librettist L.S. Hilton - author of the best-selling novel Maestra - and composer Nicola Moro, at Symphony Space in New York City on October 28.

"We want our rights and we don't care how / We want our revolution NOW" The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, commonly known as Marat/Sade, changed theatre for ever when it premiered in the 1960s.

The Center for Contemporary Opera has announced its season of five operas, including two world premieres and three U.S. premieres, to take place this fall throughout New York City and Brooklyn.  

Some of the most important playwrights and performers in avant-garde theater present staged readings of new works in progress at the intimate, ultimate downtown theatrical event: Writers Block 2016 presented by Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project to showcase the vision of contemporary writers, performers and artists, many of whom got their start in the nightclubs, seminal performance spaces, and theaters in the EV/LES.

The Long Beach Playhouse presents its latest production, The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis De Sade or Marat/Sade, which opens June 11 in the Studio Theatre. In keeping with a reputation for outside-the-box productions in the Studio theater, the audience will witness a play written in the style of the Theater of Cruelty.

The Studio at Long Beach Playhouse continues to push the envelope with a lineup of five disparate plays that all have something to say. 

The Mendocino Theatre Company's 2016 season, "A Theatrical Road Trip", opens March 3rd with Doug Wright's Obie Award-winning play QUILLS.

The Los Angeles theatre that carries David Geffen's name serves its community as well as emerging playwrights.

Author Jack Paraskovich takes the 'other,' rarely taken, view of history that the majority of Western civilization conveniently pays no heed to in the way of living a truly civilized life. 'The Wrong View of History' (published by Xlibris) is a history that re-introduces readers to the warts and all aspects of life during two seminal periods in history. It is a provocative analysis of life, predominantly in The Middle Ages and Renaissance periods. People would shy away from the less palatable aspects of their history. Paraskovich, by reminding his readers of this, teaches precisely how humanity has progressed through the specific centuries, giving an organic and truer vision of how things were during those technologically deprived eras.

New Theatre's 2016 Season line up continues the company's legacy of staging productions that will challenge ideas and discuss issues.

Songwriting team Matte O'Brien and Matt Vinson made their 54 Below debut on September 27th with 'There's Something There: The Music of Matt and Matte'. Top Broadway vocalists accompanied by a power ensemble and live folk-rock band made this a sonic experience not to be missed. Click below to watch several performances from the show, featuring songs from CAKE, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES and PETER & I!

To share an electrifying and distinguished work from Italy with a larger audience, La MaMa E.T.C. will present Teatro Patologico (Pathological Theater) from Rome in 'MEDEA,' adapted and directed by Dario D'Ambrosi, tonight, October 8, to the 18th, 2015 in its Ellen Stewart Theater, 66 East 4th Street.

BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the crew in rehearsal below!

Songwriting team Matte O'Brien and Matt Vinson will be making their 54 Below debut on September 27th at 9:30PM.

To share an electrifying and distinguished work from Italy with a larger audience, La MaMa E.T.C. will present Teatro Patologico (Pathological Theater) from Rome in 'MEDEA,' adapted and directed by Dario D'Ambrosi, October 8 to 18, 2015 in its Ellen Stewart Theater, 66 East 4th Street.

The Provincetown Theater is proud to present the Cotuit Center for the Arts production of, Oleanna*, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, Wednesday through Saturdays September 2-12. A Top Pick by Capecod.com, this riveting drama, is one of Mamet's most controversial plays. John, a college professor being considered for tenure, agrees to meet Carol, his female student, in his office to discuss her frustrations with the course he is teaching; a meeting which finds both teacher and student embroiled in a war of words with explosive results.

The Tony Awards are today y'all. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Are you ready? Of course not! At this point, you have just enough time to listen to all the cast albums once more, and most importantly, brush up your Tonys trivia before tonight.

New York, New York

Seacoast theatergoers will be treated to a glimpse inside the mind of the infamous Marquis de Sade when Peter Weiss's 'Marat/Sade' is staged at the Players' Ring.

Seacoast theatergoers will be treated to a glimpse inside the mind of the infamous Marquis de Sade when Peter Weiss's "Marat/Sade" is staged at the Players' Ring.