Sunday, June 8, 2014
In honor of Cole Porter's birthday on June 9, a look at the forgotten musical "You Never Know," which was revised in the 1980s and '90s.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:59AM[SHARE]Friday, June 6, 2014
Cori Thomas dramatizes her revelation about cultural differences — Playwright Cori Thomas didn’t have to travel far to find inspiration for her new play When January Feels Like S…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Artistic director Antoni Cimolino talks about "King Lear," one of 12 productions in the now-dawning 2014 season of the Stratford Festival in Ontario.
SOURCE: www.detroitnews.com at 11:55AM[SHARE]Monday, May 12, 2014
Alabama Shakespeare Festival has announced the titles, writers, directors and actors of the 2014 Southern Writers' Project Festival of New Plays, launching this week in Montgomery, AL.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 11:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Shaw Festival artistic director Jackie Maxwell talks about "re-oxygenating" classics, like "The Philanderer," in the 2014 season, which officially begins May 9 in Ontario.
SOURCE: www.detroitnews.com at 09:35AM[SHARE]Monday, May 5, 2014
A chat with playwright James Bosley, artistic director of NYC's UP Theater Company, which is premiering his "Broad Channel" this month.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 09:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 1, 2014
An interview with singer Sara Zahn on the occasion of her May revival of "The Cahn Film Festival," her Sammy Chan cabaret at the Metropolitan Room.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:01PM[SHARE]Monday, April 21, 2014
The 2014-15 season of Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City will include the world premiere of Kenneth Jones' fact-inspired drama "Alabama Story," previously developed by Pioneer and Ala…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 09:14AM[SHARE]Friday, April 18, 2014
Matthew-Lee Erlbach ("Handbook for an American Revolutionary") talks about his National Playwrights Conference finalist script "Kevin Lamb," getting an April 21 New York City reading under t…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 09:02AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 17, 2014
Following an Off-Broadway run, "Falling," Deanna Jent's drama of a family's experience with autism, has returned to its place of birth " Mustard Seed Theatre in St. Louis " for a revival to …
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 02:34PM[SHARE]How dozens of writers came together to create The Mysteries — When invited to pitch a new project to The Flea Theater following his epic staging of These Seven Sicknesses—a five-…
SOURCE: TDF at 08:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 15, 2014
At the Hilberry Theatre of Wayne State University in Detroit, Lavinia Hart " head of the MFA acting program, and better known as Lavinia Moyer, founder of the long-gone Attic Theatre " make…
SOURCE: www.detroitnews.com at 03:55PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Pioneer Theatre Company's inaugural Play-By-Play new play series continues with a developmental reading of Kenneth Jones' "Alabama Story," inspired by true events in the Deep South. PTC arti…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 11:02AM[SHARE]Monday, March 24, 2014
How Bikeman evokes the chaos of Ground Zero — Michael Bush had a clear vision when he was preparing to direct and co-adapt Bikeman, Thomas F. Flynn’s autobiographical narrative p…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:54PM[SHARE]Monday, March 10, 2014
Elaine Chelton and Erik Johnke's musical "God's Country" gets a reading by York Theatre Company on March 11. Writer Johnke talks about changes made to the script and score following its NYMF…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 02:11PM[SHARE]Jeff Talbott, author of the award-winning Off-Broadway play "The Submission," talks about his new play, getting a reading in Pioneer Theatre Company's Play-By-Play series in Salt Lake City.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 11:57AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 8, 2014
Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor, MI, gives voice to resident playwrights in its latest new-works reading festival March 9-12. Associate artistic director explains the history and wo…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:46AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 6, 2014
Folk-pop singer Jonatha Brooke talks about the creation of her autobiographical one-woman musical play "My Mother Has 4 Noses," now Off-Broadway, an expressionistic hybrid of monologue and s…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 11:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Rehearsals began Monday for a Utah reading of Jessica Provenz's "True Art," the first of three works being developed this winter in Pioneer Theatre Company's inaugural Play-By-Play reading s…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 02:16PM[SHARE]Monday, February 17, 2014
Pioneer Theatre Company announces the directors who'll participate in the inaugural Play-By-Play new-works series in Salt Lake City this winter.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 03:58PM[SHARE]Actor-playwright Joshua Rollins, known for Chicago productions of "25 Saints" and "The Girl With Sun in Her Eyes," talks about his new play, "Darlin'," plus his training, influences, West Vi…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:53PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Sheldon Harnick revises three musicals at once — No one could blame Sheldon Harnick if he simply reveled in his past achievements. After all, as the lyricist of classic musicals like F…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Playwright Kari Bentley-Quinn talks about the inspiration for her new play about the sole survivor of a plane crash, "The Unlikely Ascent of Sybil Stevens," premiering at The Secret Theatre …
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 30, 2014
An interview with New York City playwright Brooke Berman (whose roots are in Michigan) about her world-premiere drama set in Detroit high-rise apartment building that was a symbol of aspirat…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 05:13PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 25, 2014
Barrymore Award-winning composer-lyricist-librettist Michael Ogborn returns to his hometown of Philadelphia to workshop 1980s-set musical "Field Hockey Hot" with 11th Hour Theatre Co.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:52PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 18, 2014
Playwright Sarah Shaefer shares a few thought about her new Off-Off-Broadway play, "The Gin Baby," about a woman in crisis.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:55PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 4, 2014
Playwright Chuck Blasius talks about his new Off-Off-Broadway dramedy "I Could Say More," which is in the spirit of handcrafted ensemble plays of Lanford Wilson.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 03:11PM[SHARE]Monday, December 30, 2013
An update about the progress of the holiday-themed musical comedy "Naughty/Nice," by Kenneth Jones & Gerald Stockstill, recently seen at Caroline's on Broadway and now being optioned by The …
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:34PM[SHARE]The year 2013 ended on a positive note for the new musical Naughty/Nice, the holiday-set four-actor show that I co-wrote with composer Gerald Stockstill. A producer is picking it up, and we …
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 06:28PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 12, 2013
Tony Award-winning puppet designers Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones and puppeteer Jessica Krueger talk about the magic of "War Horse" on the occasion of the Detroit stop of the North American …
SOURCE: www.detroitnews.com at 09:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 5, 2013
Folk singer-songwriter Laurelyn Dossett talks about her collaboration on a new Appalachian-set musical, "Snow Queen," inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story, now getting its world pre…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:04PM[SHARE] 
