Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Feral Monster review – turbulent teen musical at breakneck speed by Gareth Llŷr Evans

Sherman theatre, CardiffThere’s no shortage of smart ideas in Bethan Marlow’s drama of adolescent awakening in rural Wales, but they whiz by before they really develop There isn’t much…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PM
Friday, February 2, 2024

Don Murray, Oscar-Nommed for His ‘Bus Stop’ Role Opposite Marilyn Monroe, Dies at 94 by Pat Saperstein

Don Murray, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance opposite Marilyn Monroe in the 1956 film adaptation of William Inge’s play “Bus Stop,” has died. He was 94. His son Chr…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:23PM

Don Murray, a Star in Films That Took on Social Issues, Dies at 94 by Robert D. McFadden

An Oscar-nominated role opposite Marilyn Monroe in “Bus Stop” led to a long career in film and TV and onstage, in productions that grappled with race, drugs, homosexuality and more.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PM
Sunday, September 10, 2023

The Architect review – Stephen Lawrence tribute is a deeply moving ride by Arifa Akbar

Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, LondonSet aboard a double-decker as it journeys through London and back and forth in time, this is a poignant but uplifting immersive theatre pi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AM
Friday, July 28, 2023

Just For Us by Tulis McCall

OK THIS goes on my FAVORITES list. When Edelman drops us off at the final bus stop you realize we have doubled back around to the beginning.  He leaves us where he found us, except we are t…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:09PM
Monday, March 6, 2023

Sorter review – an unflinching account of opioid addiction by Gareth Llŷr Evans

Swansea Grand theatreRichard Mylan’s grim narratives are filled with sympathy and compassion, lifted by Sophie Melville’s all-consuming and fearless performance As noted in a programme g…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

“IT’S AN HONOR JUST TO BE NOMINATED” by Ron Fassler

January 10, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Though the Tony Awards have been handed out since 1948, the citing of nominees didn’t enter the mix until 1956. Since then, a…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:28AM
Monday, September 6, 2021

Roles and Rules of Comedy by Joel Benjamin

"Roles and Rules of Comedy," six short comedic bits of fluff written and directed by Harold Dean James is a character-driven view of contemporary New York City.  Presented at the elegant Pl…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:34PM
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Broadway From A to Z: A by JK

Today, we start a new series that is strictly to the letter. Our new series, Broadway From A to Z, will look at the people, shows and history of The Great Bright Way! Obviously, each month,…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:42AM
Monday, June 7, 2021

Theatre for Two review – intimate encounters, from bedroom to bus stop by Chris Wiegand

CentrE17, LondonKilter’s touring production invites audiences of one or two to watch a quartet of short monologues performed inside a hut Last June, with England’s venues closed due to …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

This Week in Broadway History: March 2 - 8 by JK

This Week in Broadway History: March 2 - 8 🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭 Bus Stop March 2, 1955: The new William Inge play, Bus Stop, opens at the Music Box, and stars Kim Stanley and Ela…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:12AM
Monday, November 23, 2020

Review: The Bus Stop, Traverse Theatre by Liam Offord

Review: The Bus Stop, Traverse Theatre3.0Overall ScoreThe Bus Stop centres around the story of Jack, a young wheelchair user who is the victim of a cruel disability hate crime. The fallout c…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:12PM
Monday, November 9, 2020

MOVING PEOPLE: Daniel Gwirtzman on Maintaining a Company for 20+ Years, Optimism as a Choice, and His Love of the Polka, the Charleston, and The Hora by The Dance Enthusiast

In MOVING PEOPLE: Daniel Gwirtzman on Maintaining a Company for 20+ Years, Optimism as a Choice, and His Love of the Polka, the Charleston, and The Hora Or, "I can’t say I have a favorit…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM
Tuesday, September 8, 2020

New home for Sydney’s Genesian Theatre Company by Arts Review

The Genesian Theatre Company is thrilled to have found a new home only one bus stop over the Anzac bridge from their current Kent St location! Plans are underway for the fit out of a brand n…

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:44AM
Monday, September 7, 2020

Exciting new home announced for Genesian Theatre Company by Peter J Snee

The Genesian Theatre Company is thrilled to have found a new home only one bus stop over the Anzac bridge

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:27PM
Saturday, July 18, 2020

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme on Hulu: Lin-Manuel Miranda et al before Hamilton by New York Theater

So there is Lin-Manuel Miranda, ten years before “Hamilton,” three years before even “In The Heights,” galloping across the street to join his fellow members of Freestyle Love Suprem…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:50PM
Wednesday, March 11, 2020

David Benedict: It’s time for English National Opera to embrace theatricality again by David Benedict

A few weeks ago I was at a bus stop staring at my phone at about 9pm. The odd thing about that

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AM
Thursday, February 6, 2020

Vignettes review – slender slices of life by female playwrights by Catherine Love

Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterThis collection of short plays by women features vivid characters and bears the bruises of the patriarchy Vignettes is an apt title for HER Productions’ collec…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM
Thursday, October 17, 2019

The Sound Inside, Starring Mary-Louise Parker, Opens on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

The Sound Inside, a new play by Pulitzer finalist Adam Rapp, officially opens on October 17 at Studio 54. Tony-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker stars in the production, directed by Tony wi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:04AM
Monday, September 16, 2019

R.I.P. Ric Ocasec by Trav S.D.

Usually I turn around tributes to deceased artists as fast as I possibly can, but I got the news about Ric Ocasek on the way back from a performance last night, at a bus stop in Queens, in t…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:03AM
Saturday, September 14, 2019

The Sound Inside, Starring Mary-Louise Parker, Begins Broadway Run by Andy Lefkowitz

Tony-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker returns to the Great White Way on September 14, headlining Pulitzer finalist Adam Rapp's new play The Sound Inside. Tony winner David Cromer directs…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33AM
Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Ms. Broadway September 2019: The Sound Inside's Mary-Louise Parker by JK

Like this month's Mr. Broadway, Ms. Broadway September 2019 has amassed an impressive, critically-acclaimed, award-winning resume of acting credits. She is remarkable in every media, of cour…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:54AM
Sunday, August 25, 2019

Police vehicle crashes into San Francisco bus stop by Peter Hegarty

Accident happened in city's Japantown

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 12:49AM
Friday, June 28, 2019

Tickets Are Now on Sale for Adam Rapp's The Sound Inside Starring Mary-Louise Parker by Broadway.com

Tickets are now on sale for the Broadway premiere of Pulitzer finalist Adam Rapp's drama The Sound Inside at Studio 54. Tony winner David Cromer will direct the production, set to begin pre…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PM
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Adam Rapp's Broadway-Debut Play The Sound Inside by Andy Lefkowitz

Mary-Louise Parker is returning to the Great White Way. The Tony- and Emmy-winning actress will headline The Sound Inside, a new play by Pulitzer finalist Adam Rapp, who will make his Broa…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Review: ‘Bus Stop’ at Aldersgate Church Community Theater by Julia L. Exline

Aldersgate Church Community Theater presents Bus Stop, by William Inge. Written in 1955, this production follows a group of strangers who find themselves stranded together overnight after be…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:18PM
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Theatre Review: ‘Bus Stop’ at Aldersgate Church Community Center by Mary Ann Johnson

Well, Toto, we are in Kansas now—at least for the duration of this reverent revival of ‘Bus Stop’ by William Inge. The Aldersgate Church Community Theatre does a lovely job of bringing…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:21PM
Monday, February 11, 2019

People You Should Know . . . Judith Ingber by Zack Calhoon

Judith Ingber-Off-Broadway: The Seagull (New York Classical Theatre). Regional: Life Sucks world premiere (Theatre J), Yentl music and lyrics by Jill …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 03:42PM
Sunday, December 30, 2018

Festival to celebrate WWII refugees' influence on British culture by Mark Brown Arts Correspondent

From opera to bus stop signs, Insiders/Outsiders will tell the stories of arts figures who fled NazisThey are far from household names but perhaps should be: Fritz Busch, Carl Ebert and Rudo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PM
Sunday, November 11, 2018

Paula Wayne, Golden-Voiced Broadway Star of Golden Boy, Dead at 84 by Paul Wontorek

Paula Wayne, the golden-voiced leading lady of Broadway’s Golden Boy, died on November 9 at her South Florida home. She was 84 and had battled pancreatic cancer in recent years. Raise…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PM
Thursday, September 13, 2018

People You Should Know . . . Ron Canada by Zack Calhoon

Ron Canada (Director/Executive Producer) was born and raised in NYC. His directing credits include "The Invested" (4th Street Theater, NY), "Lights Up on the Fade Out" (Lillian Theatre, CA),…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 05:42PM
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

The End of Eddy review – a televisual glimpse into small-town homophobia by Mark Fisher

The Studio, EdinburghStewart Laing sensitively takes Édouard Louis’s groundbreaking coming-of-age story from page to stageWhen Édouard Louis was growing up in a poor working-class villag…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

A Review of Bus Stop at Eclipse Theatre Company by Irene Hsiao

Eclipse Theatre Company’s William Inge season continues with this 1955 play about getting lost in order to get found.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PM
Thursday, July 19, 2018

'Bus Stop' review: Stranded in Kansas, trying to make sense of Inge's relationships by Kerry Reid

“This is the Plains, a state of mind, right, some spiritual affliction, like the blues” says Barbara, the eldest daughter of the Oklahoma Weston clan in Tracy Letts’ “August: Osage C…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:05AM
Thursday, July 12, 2018

Industry Ticket Offers by Bt

Bus Stop - Eclipse Theatre Company at The Athenaeum (2936 N. Southport Ave. Chicago). $10 industry tickets for all previews on July 12th, 13th and 14th at 7:30pm and $15 industry tickets for…

SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:18PM
Thursday, July 5, 2018

Stephen Payne Joins Broadway's Straight White Men; Denis Arndt Exits the Production by Caitlin Moynihan

Stephen Payne has joined the cast of Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men as Ed, replacing Tony nominee Denis Arndt, who has left the production due to "creative differences.&qu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PM
Monday, May 14, 2018

Rattle Snake review – real-life stories of coercive abuse in raw two-hander by Lyn Gardner

Soho theatre, London Open Clasp’s hard-hitting and sophisticated production shines a light on all-too invisible domestic abuseYou might meet James anywhere. In a bar, like Suzy (Christina …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM
Monday, February 12, 2018

BWW Review: AN ACT OF KINDNESS, The Vaults by Cindy Marcolina

Two worlds collide at a bus stop. Martin Robert Hayes is a young professional whose life clashes with Leila Helena Westerman, a bubbly and energetic 23-year-old woman who works in a coffee s…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59AM
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Review: Stage Door hits its stride in a solid revival of William Inge’s classic “Picnic”  by Jim Farmer

His plays aren’t produced with much regularity these days, but novelist and playwright William Inge left behind a tremendous body of work, including Come Back, Little Sheba, Bus Stop (my p…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 02:02PM
Thursday, December 7, 2017

In Violet, a scarred heroine goes in search of a miracle

When we first catch sight of her, waiting at a Greyhound Bus stop in the mountain hamlet of Spruce Pine, North Carolina (which actually exists, by the way), the eponymous 25-year-old heroine…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 12:38AM

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