Sunday, October 27, 2024

The New Real review – the spin doctors fight it out in David Edgar’s sweeping political satire by Clare Brennan

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonTwo American strategists compete to influence an eastern European election in a nuanced new play that suffers from tackling too many subjects In the 21st …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM
Sunday, October 13, 2024

The New Real review – facts are an illusion in David Edgar’s post-truth political play by Gareth Llŷr Evans

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonTwo strategists from the US and New Labour are recruited to help win a ruthless election in a former Russian colony The New Real is bookended by scenes wh…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PM

The week in theatre: Juno and the Paycock; The Other Place – review by Tim Adams

Gielgud theatre; Lyttelton theatre, LondonMark Rylance goes to fabulous extremes in an enjoyable if unbalanced revival of O’Casey’s Irish civil war drama. And a grieving family confronts…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

The Other Place review – a searing, gasp-inducing take on Sophocles by Arifa Akbar

Lyttelton theatre, LondonEvery performance is compelling in this rivetingly naturalistic modern-day reworking of Antigone, written by Alexander Zeldin This modern family psychodrama bills it…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM

THE OTHER PLACE Lyttelton, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

Sent from my iPad ZELDIN AGAIN I sometimes feel real sympathy (possibly unwanted) for actors who, trained and motivated to channel and express extreme and painful emotions, do their absolute…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:00AM

The Other Place, Lyttelton Theatre review – searing family tragedy by Demetrios Matheou

Emma D’Arcy and Tobias Menzies lock horns in twisted and triumphant take on ‘Antigone’ Contemporary reworkings of Greek tragedy run a very particular risk, that out of context the hei…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:54AM
Sunday, May 19, 2024

English review – acclaimed Iran-set classroom drama is a bit too well-behaved by Clare Brennan

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonThe RSC’s European premiere of Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer prize-winning play tailors its intriguing characters a little too neatly Daniel Evans and Tamar…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM
Thursday, May 16, 2024

English review – Pulitzer-winning classroom play doesn’t quite make the grade by Arifa Akbar

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonFour students in Iran are under pressure to pass their foreign language exams in Sanaz Toossi’s gentle comedy that puts discussion above drama and ideas…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AM
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

My Quick Take Broadway Review: 'Pictures From Home" by Frank Rizzo

The show: “Pictures from Home” by Sharr White (“The Other Place.,” “The Snow Geese” and the Netflix limited series “Halston.” What is it?: A new Broadway play inspired by La…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:32PM
Thursday, February 9, 2023

See Where Playwright Sharr White Wrote Pictures From Home in This Extended Broadway Show Interview by Lindsey Sullivan

Pictures From Home, based on the photo memoir of the same name by Larry Sultan, officially opens at Broadway's Studio 54 on February 9. The show, which stars Danny Burstein as Sultan and Na…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

How Do You Transform Photos Into a Broadway Play? - Playwright Sharr White on his starry adaptation of Larry Sultan's photo memoir 'Pictures From Home by Allison Considine

Playwright Sharr White on his starry adaptation of Larry Sultan's photo memoir Pictures From Home When Sharr White attended a retrospective of Larry Sultan's photography at the Los Angeles C…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Thursday, December 15, 2022

The Cast and Creators of Broadway's Pictures From Home Meet the Press by Playbill

The cast and creative team of Broadway's upcoming Pictures From Home met the press December 7. Tony winners Nathan Lane and Danny Burstein and Tony nominee Zoë Wanamaker will star in the ne…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:12PM
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein & Zoë Wanamaker Set For Broadway’s ‘Pictures From Home’ In January by Greg Evans

Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker, three of the theater’s most acclaimed artists, will return to the New York stage this January in the Broadway premiere of Pictures From Home…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:30AM
Thursday, October 13, 2022

RSC Mischief festival review – a double bill of village rage by David Jays

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonIvy Tiller: Vicar’s Daughter, Squirrel Killer by Bea Roberts and Nina Segal’s O, Island! offer cartoonish satire that lacks sting The RSC has been sit…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AM
Tuesday, October 6, 2020

NEWS: RSC will focus its 2021 Stratford-upon-Avon programme in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre by Press Releases

The Royal Shakespeare Company will focus its programming in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon over the coming year, with the Swan Theatre and The Other Place remaining closed…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:07PM

Royal Shakespeare Company says more than 150 roles at risk due to pandemic by Chris Wiegand

RSC aims to open its biggest Stratford theatre in December, but two other venues will remain closed until 2022 The Royal Shakespeare Company is to keep two of its theatres in Stratford-upon-…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06PM
Thursday, August 6, 2020

Best of the Decade: Up and Comers, Part II by JK

Earlier this week, we continued our Best of the Decade series with the first twelve Up and Comers of Broadway who came to our attention over the past ten seasons. Today, we give you the ot…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 03:42PM
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

‘They are the only tangible reminder of experiences that live powerfully in the memory’: My collection of 57 years of RSC programmes by Tom Bolton

I have been collecting these for at least 35 years and now have a nearly complete set of post-war programmes from the Stratford theatres (if anyone has a hoard of uber-rare, early programmes…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
Friday, August 30, 2019

The Other Place by Arts Review

A world premiere by award-winning playwright Christopher Bryant, The Other Place is a genre-defying work performed by an all-female-identifying cast at Theatre Works until 8 September 2019.…

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:17AM
Friday, July 5, 2019

Crooked Dances review at the Other Place, Stratford – ‘intriguing but overwrought mystery’ by Dave Fargnoli

Rain falls, wolves howl in the woods, and a pianist plays an obscure, discordant composition by Erik Satie. Fully embracing an offbeat

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:53AM
Sunday, June 30, 2019

Crooked Dances review – an unfinished fairytale by Clare Brennan

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonRobin French’s new play mixes music, folklore and contemporary ideas to intriguing, if overlong effect Into a house in a forest go a boy and a girl. Wol…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AM
Thursday, June 27, 2019

Crooked Dances review – piano star weaves a weird spell by Kate Wyver

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon A melancholic exploration of music and love changes key to explore astrology and the occult The first half of Robin French’s Crooked Dances is a love l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PM
Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Theater review: Capital Stage’s ‘The Other Place’ offers a solvable mystery

A biological researcher-inventor-entrepreneur is giving a lecture and sales pitch in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands) and says she suddenly notices a woman in a yellow bikini amid all the men ……

SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 05:40AM
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

BWW TV: Catch All The Red Carpet Action at the 2019 Olivier Awards! by BroadwayWorld TV

BroadwayWorld UK reporters Jamie Body and Debbie Gilpin went along to the Royal Albert Hall to cover the 2019 Olivier Awards.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AM
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

RSC panel debate: Gender-swapping The Taming of the Shrew in the age of #MeToo by Terri Paddock

When: 25th April 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Where: The Other Place Studio, 22 Southern Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BH Two days after Shakespeare’s birthday (23 April…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:29AM
Monday, October 8, 2018

Spotlight On...Jennifer Piech by Michael Block

Name: Jennifer PiechHometown: Cinnaminson, New JerseyEducation: BA in Theatre from the College of William and MarySelect Credits: originated the role of Kate McGowan, Titanic, Broadway (Frie…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:36PM
Friday, October 5, 2018

Review: Maydays, The Other Place, Stratford-Upon-Avon by Max Thomas

Maydays blitzes through more than 30 years of political revolutions, turmoil, demonstrations and dissent. Moving from the Fall of Berlin in the spring of 1945 to Callaghan’s 1978-9 so-call…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:42AM
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Maydays review at the Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon – ‘an assured revival of David Edgar’s play’ by Dave Fargnoli

Sprawling, cerebral, and at times unflinching in its dissection of radicalism at both ends of the political spectrum, Maydays tells an epic,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AM
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

People You Should Know . . . Don Stephenson by Zack Calhoon

Don Stephenson has directed numerous productions in New York City and Nationally. Highlights include Titanic at Lincoln Center, Broadway Classics at Carnegie Hall, Of Mice and Manhattan…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:32AM
Thursday, September 27, 2018

‘An unsentimental portrayal of dementia’: THE OTHER PLACE – Park Theatre ★★★★ by Rev Stan

Karen Archer plays Juliana in The Other Place, a scientist in pharmaceuticals who is trying to arrange a meeting with her estranged daughter and divorcing her philandering husband Ian (Neil …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM

The True by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

If these characters sound familiar, they are based on real people who populated Albany politics four decades ago. "The True," a world premiere play by Sharr White ("The Other Place," "The Sn…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:35AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime