BWW Review: Buckley and York Bring an Emotionally Engaging West Coast premiere GREY GARDENS to the Ahmanson
by Don Grigware
- Jul 14, 2016
True-to-life eccentrics tend to make the most riveting dramatic/comedic characters. In 1975 Albert and David Maysles produced an award-winning documentary called Grey Gardens about Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (Big Edie) and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale (Little Edie), aunt and cousin respectively of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. The film was eventually rated among the top 10 greatest documentaries of all time, and provided the basis for a the musical of the same name, produced off and on Broadway in 2006. The musical, with book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie, shows the socialite family in its heyday in East Hampton, New York in Act One. Act Two is their demise into total poverty. The estate inhabited by the reclusive mother and daughter combo was condemned by the board of health, and the two women gained notoriety for their delusional, certifiable behavior. Now at the Ahmanson through August 14, Grey Gardens explores the fiercely fiery relationship between the two Edies, offering Betty Buckley (older Big Edie) and Rachel York (younger Big Edie/Little Edie) their most cherished roles to date.
LOCH NESS Staged Reading Set for Chance Theater Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- May 13, 2014
Last year, Chance Theater Resident Playwright Marshall Pailet directed his show, Triassic Parq - The Musical, which went on to win the Ovation Award for 'Best Musical - Intimate Theatre.' He also presented two other staged readings as part of our On The Radar New Play Series - Who's Your Baghdaddy or How I Started the Iraq War and a brand new creation - Loch Ness. The show was so new, in fact, that it wasn't even finished yet... until now. The staged reading of the newly complete Loch Ness will perform for one night only - tonight, May 13 at 8pm at Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center.
LOCH NESS Staged Reading Set for Chance Theater, 5/13
by Tyler Peterson
- Apr 25, 2014
Last year, Chance Theater Resident Playwright Marshall Pailet directed his show, Triassic Parq - The Musical, which went on to win the Ovation Award for "Best Musical - Intimate Theatre." He also presented two other staged readings as part of our On The Radar New Play Series - Who's Your Baghdaddy or How I Started the Iraq War and a brand new creation - Loch Ness. The show was so new, in fact, that it wasn't even finished yet… until now. The staged reading of the newly complete Loch Ness will perform for one night only - Tuesday, May 13 at 8pm at Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center.
THE BOY WHO SEES Plays in Philadelphia, 4/11-29
by Harmony Wheeler
- Apr 2, 2012
Nova D Arts Collective, Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble, Company Theatre, and GoKash Productions present "The Boy Who Sees" by Davon Williams, winner of three Philadelphia Urban Theater Festival awards and starring Kash Goins, Erica Brown, Hasan Malik, Andre Brown, and Brett Gray. Jesimiel Jenkins directs. Choreographer: A.C. Gilmore choreographs. The show plays April 11th - April 29th at First Philadelphia Charter School.
Gas & Electric Arts Presents BETWEEN TRAINS, Opens 9/1
by BWW
News Desk
- Sep 1, 2010
After two years of presenting their productions in late fall, Philly Fringe favorites Gas & Electric Arts return with Between Trains, a new musical travelogue that meshes their signature blend of hybrid physical theatre, richly textured language with inventive sung music and refreshing instrumentation mixed with a Buddhist sensibility.
Gas & Electric Arts Presents BETWEEN TRAINS, Opens 9/1
by BWW
News Desk
- Aug 29, 2010
After two years of presenting their productions in late fall, Philly Fringe favorites Gas & Electric Arts return with Between Trains, a new musical travelogue that meshes their signature blend of hybrid physical theatre, richly textured language with inventive sung music and refreshing instrumentation mixed with a Buddhist sensibility.
Gas & Electric Arts Presents BETWEEN TRAINS, Opens 9/1
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jun 8, 2010
After two years of presenting their productions in late fall, Philly Fringe favorites Gas & Electric Arts return with Between Trains, a new musical travelogue that meshes their signature blend of hybrid physical theatre, richly textured language with inventive sung music and refreshing instrumentation mixed with a Buddhist sensibility.
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