Here is the kind of rediscovery at which Jermyn Street Theatre excels. Once renowned as a novelist and a playwright and for 15 years the chief theatre critic of The Times, Charles Morgan is …
Kenard Jackson, Jim Loutzenhiser, Sarah Newhouse and Alex Pollock will star in The Boston Playwrights' Theatre's production of Will Fancher's play, The River Was Whiskey, to r…
After the exciting rediscovery of Emlyn Williams’s Accolade at the Finborough last year, here comes an even more revelatory excavation from the same period: Charles Morgan’s The …
Just in time for the High Holy Days comes "Days of Awe and
Rejoicing," described in the liner notes as "an 'immersion'
experience in Jewish sacred music written for a cappella vocal
ensemble…
Jermyn Street Theatre has announced casting for Charles Morgan's The River Line, to run October 4 - October 29. Anthony Biggs will direct the production, which will have designs by Rhi…
Director Buntrock's view of the play has led him to tone down the level of exuberance and farcicality usually seen in productions of "Much Ado." The comedy is still amusing, but it never is …
Started in 1999, EST/Going to the River addresses the critical lack of opportunity for women playwrights of color. The goal, simply put, is to give these women the kind of exposure that is p…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 2:09pm on September 21, 2011☆⚑
Here is a time saver: get your butt over to The River Crosses Rivers II. You will not be sorry. This is an embarrassment of riches that you do not want to miss. There was an article in th…
This collection of nine 10-minute plays penned by women of color creates a mosaic of contemporary life from authorial voices heard all too infrequently on our stages.
SOURCE: Backstage at 6:09am on September 19, 2011☆⚑
The impressive cast and lovely, atmospheric design of the Lyric Stage production cannot completely overcome the flaws of "Big River," but they make the trip a scenic, often amusing, and enjo…
"Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’’ is wide but not deep, a pleasant enough but not especially memorable musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s novel.
by ELLIS NASSOUR
We’re taught nothing can be “most unique”? It’s impossible, say English teachers, because if something is unique, it’s unique. Well, there’s an exception to every rule and that exception will soon be at Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre [beginning Tuesday, July 1] in the form of the return of the award-winning family musical Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Why, you ask, is a revival of a Tony-winning musical “most unique”? The answer is easy.
