Comedy 1972 - Articles Page 21

Following the resounding success of RAGTIME, Drury Lane Theatre continues their celebration of ‘the year of the Director' with Jim Corti's dazzling production of the musical comedy SUGAR which previews at Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, on June 3, opens June 12 at 8:30 p.m. and runs through August 1.

San Jose Repertory Theatre is thrilled to add The Flying Karamazov Brothers to the 30th Anniversary Season! The Flying Karamazov Brothers are best known for bringing together the worlds of performance art, improvisation, word play, harmony and emotion for a stupendously entertaining evening! The Brothers bring their latest creation, 4PLAY, a ground-breaking blend of nouveau cirque, comedy, theatre, music and, of course, juggling to San Jose. This exuberant and hilarious off-Broadway rave is full of fast-paced virtuosity and fun as the four brothers, master practitioners of cheap theatrics, juggle ‘til they drop. This limited engagement will run from November 10 to November 14, 2010.

Stage and screen star James Aubrey died earlier this month at the age of 62. Aubrey made his screen acting debut in the 1963 adaptation of Lord of the Flies. He performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company during their 1974-1975 season at several British theatres, including the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the Comedy Theatre, and the Old Vic.

Thankfully director David Lee is giving us a presentation of Forum @ Reprise based on the 1972 Broadway revival. Why? Because it includes 2 delightful songs not in the original 1962 New York production: 'Farewell' and 'Echo Song'. These 2 numbers add that extra special touch to Lee's dynamically directed version, which puts the s in silly and could not possibly get any better.

For old-world cabaret, performers still swoon over the stately, romantic elegance of the Oak Room at the Algonquin, but this sleek, two-year-old spot is threatening to encroach on the turf of such established institutions.

La Jolla Playhouse announced today five of six productions in its 2010/11 subscription season, including the world premiere of Annie Weisman's Surf Report, running June/July in the Mandell Weiss Forum; William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and featuring an on-stage orchestra playing the music of Mendelssohn, running July/Aug in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre; the world-premiere musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, book by Robert L. Freedman, music by Steven Lutvak, lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak, starring Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays, running Sept/Oct in the Mandell Weiss Theatre; a new adaptation of Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, adapted by Robert Woodruff and Bill Camp, directed by Robert Woodruff, running late Sept/Oct in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre; and Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined, running Nov/Dec in the Mandell Weiss Theatre. The final production of the 2010/11 season - a musical - will be announced shortly.

Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, Broadway's longest running comedy, plays its 700th performance tomorrow night, Tuesday, November 10, at the Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street). At that performance, the production will tie the runs of such legendary plays as The Miracle Worker (1959) and That Championship Season (1972). THE 39 STEPS also recently passed such long-running shows as Purlie (1970), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), The Children's Hour (1934) and August: Osage County (2007).

Sigourney Weaver, John C. Reilly and Alia Shawkat will join Anne Heche and Ed Helms in the upcoming Fox Searchlight comedy 'Cedar Rapids', according to a report from Variety. Shooting has already begun on the project that was written by Phil Johnston and directed by Miguel Arteta.

Check your good taste at the door and have a blast at Cry-Baby, the deliriously warped new musical comedy based on the John Waters flick spoofing the culture clash between squares and juvies in 1950s Baltimore. While jokes about polio and sexually abusive priests and songs about tongue kissing may not be for everyone, this hilarious and spirited tuner serves up its crudeness and with extra helpings of whipped cream and sprinkles from the first notes of its revved-up overture to the final chord of the play-out music. I laughed for over two hours and when I looked down I saw my toes involuntarily tapping. It's a fun night out.

Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to announce a second extension of POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical due to popular demand! The SS Poseidon will be sailing at the Chopin Theatre for 6 more weeks to accommodate the camp musical comedy smash of the summer.

The Laurel Mill Playhouse in historic Laurel, MD., presents PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM, by Woody Allen. Directed by Keith Brown and produced by Maureen Rogers, the comedy opens October 2, 2009.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: Encore: Friday, October 2nd at 5pm Fat Camp: Friday, October 2nd at 4pm

The famed comedy troupe, Fireside Theatre, will host a special '40th birthday' celebration honoring the creation of their well-known character 'Nick Danger.' Entitled FORWARD, INTO THE PAST, the celebration will consist of four performances to be held October 14 - October 17 at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood.

The NYC400 is the first-ever list of New York City's ultimate movers and shakers since the City's founding?from politics, the arts, business, sports, science, and entertainment.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) today announced the complete schedule for the 2009 Festival, which will begin September 28th and continue through October 18th. A full breakdown of this year's performances and venues follows.

The Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble (1972 Broadway at 66th St) has announced its schedule of upcoming events. Among those scheduled to appear are Ang Lee and James Schamus to discuss their new film, 'Taking Woodstock', a CD signing from the Broadway cast of HAIR, popular singer Kate Pazakis, and more.

Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to announce a second extension of POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical due to popular demand! The SS Poseidon will be sailing at the Chopin Theatre for 6 more weeks to accommodate the camp musical comedy smash of the summer.

On Thursday, July 30, TheatreWorks New Milford will present a free staged reading of the hilarious Tony Award-winning comedy, BOEING-BOEING by Marc Comoletti, at 8:00 pm, at the Theatre, 5 Brookside Ave, in New Milford.

The Misanthrope is an ensemble-created contemporary explosion of Moliere's classic social comedy inspired in equal part by Ingmar Bergman, indie rock, and the New York rental market, it explores the nature of desire in our generation.

What do a former Evangelical Christian and singing cowboy, a famous Harlem Renaissance writer, a homeless woman, a gay high school student, a writers' colony, six lesbians and a gay Mormon have in common? Why, the Fresh Fruit Festival, of course.

Joe DiPietro (book & lyrics) and the cast of the Off-Broadway musical, The Toxic Avenger: Celina Carvajal, Nick Cordero, Demond Green, Nancy Opel, and Matthew Saldivar all joined together for a musical performance and CD signing to celebrate the new cast recording of the award-winning Off-Broadway musical. The 'Toxie' filled event took place on Thursday, June 25th at the Barnes and Noble Lincoln Triangle (1972 Broadway @ 66th Street).

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director, Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce three of its 2009-2010 season productions. The main stage season at the Linda Gross Theater will mark premieres from Atlantic co-founder David Mamet and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sam Shepard, while Bekah Brunstetter makes her Off Broadway debut at Stage 2 with the world premiere of a new comedy.

What do a former Evangelical Christian and singing cowboy, a famous Harlem Renaissance writer, a homeless woman, a gay high school student, a writers' colony, six lesbians and a gay Mormon have in common? Why, the Fresh Fruit Festival, of course.

THE PEARL THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce its 2009/2010 Season, produced for the first time at New York City Center Stage II. The season includes the eccentric, spirited comedy The PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD by J.M. Synge, directed by incoming artistic director J.R. Sullivan; Bernard Shaw's giddy comedy MISALLIANCE; a whirlwind adaptation of Charles Dickens' HARD TIMES by Stephen Jeffreys; and the Pulitzer Prize-winning THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES by Frank D. Gilroy.

B&N/Lincoln Triangle 1972 Broadway @ 66th St. All events are free and open to the public. For large events, we give seating priority to those who purchased the promoted book, CD or DVD.