Robert Bell News

The Adelaide Repertory Theatre is serving up 'ham' early this Christmas, with hilariously over the top music hall show and melodrama Only an Orphan Girl set for a special end-of-year season at the Arts Theatre.

Pie Man Theatre Company (PMTC), in association with New YORK Theatre Company, will present Best Enemies, the latest comedy-drama from Maine playwright Michael Kimball. Best Enemies is an intricate, hilarious and touching portrayal of two 'cowboys' stranded together on a tiny tropical desert island when the rodeo cruise ship on which they were traveling blows up and sinks.

This is one of the best works that I have seen presented by this company.

Songwriter Robert Lopez revealed an unused demo for an Olaf song entitled 'Hot Hot Ice' at the FROZEN FANdemonium event at this weekend's D23 Expo 2015.

PORTLAND, OREGON | June 8, 2015 - Portland Shakespeare Project (PSP) brings William Shakespeare's romantic comedy Twelfth Night to summer season audiences directed by internationally-acclaimed actress and director Lisa Harrow. This delightful comedic caper features Artists Rep's former Artistic Director Allen Nause in the role of Feste and PSP Artistic Director Michael Mendelson as Orsino, along with a cast of familiar Portland actors. Playing on the Alder Stage at Artists Rep, Portland Shakes' Twelfth Night runs July 8 through August 2, 2015.

Portland Shakespeare Project (PSP) brings William Shakespeare's romantic comedy Twelfth Night to summer season audiences directed by internationally-acclaimed actress and director Lisa Harrow. This delightful comedic caper features Artists Rep's former Artistic Director Allen Nause in the role of Feste and PSP Artistic Director Michael Mendelson as Orsino, along with a cast of familiar Portland actors. Playing on the Alder Stage at Artists Rep, Portland Shakes' Twelfth Night runs tonight, July 8 through August 2, 2015.

Atlantic Theater Company presents revivals of Ghost Stories: The Shawl and Prairie du Chien, two haunting short plays by Atlantic co-founder and Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet. Ghost Stories: The Shawl and Prairie du Chien began previews on May 27 and officially open tonight, June 16, for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 28 Off Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16th Street).

Portland Shakespeare Project (PSP) brings William Shakespeare's romantic comedy Twelfth Night to summer season audiences directed by internationally-acclaimed actress and director Lisa Harrow. This delightful comedic caper features Artists Rep's former Artistic Director Allen Nause in the role of Feste and PSP Artistic Director Michael Mendelson as Orsino, along with a cast of familiar Portland actors. Playing on the Alder Stage at Artists Rep, Portland Shakes' Twelfth Night runs July 8 through August 2, 2015.

Atlantic Theater Company is proud to announce complete casting for the revival of Ghost Stories: The Shawl and Prairie du Chien, two haunting short plays by Atlantic co-founder and Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet.

The Pasadena Playhouse (Artistic Director Sheldon Epps, and Executive Director Elizabeth Doran) embarks on a new initiative titled Mi Historia, Mi Manera, which aims to build a model of artistic co-creation between its institution and Latina/o adults, artists, and communities in the San Gabriel Valley. Mi Historia, Mi Manera is supported by a generous grant from the James Irvine Foundation, and is an extension of The Playhouse's long standing Wells Fargo Theatrical Diversity Project, founded in 2005 by Artistic Director, Sheldon Epps. The Diversity Project is dedicated to promoting culturally diverse programming at The Pasadena Playhouse through the active engagement of artists, staff, volunteers and audiences of all ages, genders, orientations and ethnicities in exploring and celebrating the wealth of creativity in our world today.

Ovation Award Nominated Playwright & HBO Audience Award Winning Screenwriter Marja-Lewis Ryan brings to life a dysfunctional family drama that explores the effects of gun violence in one American family. Six years ago, a ten-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his little brother. Now, we meet his whole family. Ryan's timely new drama One in the Chamber opened July 12 at The Lounge Theater in Hollywood. Starring: Kelli Anderson, Robert Bella, Alec Frasier, Emily Peck, and Heidi Sulzman.

Comics are sometimes called 'sequential art' - stories that unfold across time over the course of multiple images. This definition also applies to the art of theater - and with so much in common, it makes sense that the two should team up. After a successful first installment in 2011, the Comic Book Theater Festival is coming back to The Brick for 'Issue #2' in June 2014. Get ready for a new crop of shows that explore the intersection of the panel and the stage, the live and the drawn, the ink and the actor.

The Brick Theater, Inc. announces The Comic Book Theater Festival Issue #2, today, June 3rd-29th, 2014.

Comics are sometimes called "sequential art" - stories that unfold across time over the course of multiple images. This definition also applies to the art of theater - and with so much in common, it makes sense that the two should team up. After a successful first installment in 2011, the Comic Book Theater Festival is coming back to The Brick for "Issue #2" in June 2014. Get ready for a new crop of shows that explore the intersection of the panel and the stage, the live and the drawn, the ink and the actor.

Atlantic Theater Company has announced full casting for Nancy Harris' play OUR NEW GIRL, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. Lisa Joyce, Henry Kelemen and CJ Wilson will join previously-announced Atlantic Theater Company founding member Mary McCann for the US premiere production.

The Brick Theater, Inc. announces The Comic Book Theater Festival Issue #2, June 3rd-29th, 2014.

The latest offering from the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild is the multi-award winning Adelaide playwright and screenplay writer, Andrew Bovell's Holy Day (The Red Sea).

UATG Theatre Guild presents HOLY DAY by Andrew Bovell. Directed by John Graham, the production features Set Design by Normajeane Ohlsson and Lighting design by Richard Parkhill. The show runs at the Little Theatre, The Cloisters, University of Adelaide, Sat 5, Tues-Sat 8-12 & 15-19 October 2013 at 7.30pm.

ETSU and General Shale Natural History Museum and Visitors Center at the Gray Fossil Site is organizing a campus-wide game of Zombie Tag, as well as several other zombie-themed activities throughout the day for all ages.

UATG Theatre Guild presents HOLY DAY by Andrew Bovell. Directed by John Graham, the production features Set Design by Normajeane Ohlsson and Lighting design by Richard Parkhill. The show runs at the Little Theatre, The Cloisters, University of Adelaide, Sat 5, Tues-Sat 8-12 & 15-19 October 2013 at 7.30pm.