#Vivienne Benesch

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The toothed vagina appears in the mythology of many and diverse cultures all over the world. In these myths, the story is always the same. The hero must do battle with the woman. The toothed creature can break her power.

Teeth, Mitchell Lichtenstein (2007)

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In this article, we explore her life, background, and career thus far, read on to learn more. Before she began her appearance on For The People, she made other appearances in shows like Chicago Fire and Deadbeat. She is hard at work building a career that could very well lead her to the top of the art. Susannah Flood plays the character, Kate Littlejohn, on the show. Among that select group of those who get to experience a career as an actor or actress is Susannah Flood, an actress who stormed onto the spotlight through her appearance in the ABC Drama, For The People. Shaped by mega industries like Hollywood, it has become an art that millions all over the world desire to partake in but very few get to experience. “Birthday Candles,” at its best, bubbles up our own cherished and difficult memories of the people in our lives who’ve come and gone.Acting is one of the most interesting, followed, and financially rewarding forms of creativity. Nonetheless, Haidle’s plays (his better “Smokefall” did not receive the production it deserved when it played New York back in 2016) have a way of convincing every audience member they’ve been written just for them. Fun, sure, but it’s awfully tough to smell nostalgic homemade dessert when you’re wearing a medical-grade mask. And - look out, Julia Child! - Messing bakes an actual cake onstage. A goldfish named Atman (“the Sanskrit word for self”) sits on the kitchen table for most of the play to lend some continuity, but it comes across as gimmick. Her youthful and elderly characterizations are too sit-com silly and the transition between ages - which should be a stellar acting showcase - is abrupt and stilted. Moments that are merely sad in director Vivienne Benesch’s production could be devastating.Īnd Haidle has his writerly indulgences, too. She crosses the finish line on likability alone, yet you can’t help but think that Ernestine is a meatier role than Messing has made it. Messing, meanwhile, doesn’t quite rise to the occasion of her one very challenging part. Susannah Flood and Debra Messing in “Birthday Candles.” Joan MarcusĮvery actor here other than Messing and Enrico Colantoni, who plays a boy who pines for Ernestine named Kenneth, deftly takes on multiple roles (John Earl Jelks plays her husband, Matt, among others). Finn, making her Broadway debut, is a talent to watch. When she chastises herself in the third person - “You ruin everything, Joan! They’re all laughing at you!” - she morphs into everybody’s strange in-law. Impressively getting more laughs than the “Will and Grace” star is the hilarious Crystal Finn as Joan, Billy’s neurotic college girlfriend and later wife. The actors who play rebellious Madeline and Billy, Susannah Flood and Christopher Livingston, storm in with tremendous humor and energy and cut through the weird, stuffy, “Philadelphia Story” act Messing is doing. The actress overdoes it playing a teen, and Haidle writes partly in metaphysical mumbo-jumbo that can be hit-and-miss.įor instance, her second line is, “In the career of my soul, how many times have I turned from wonder?” That’s a bit heady for a show’s first 30 seconds.īut “Birthday Candles,” which is set in one kitchen, shakes off the pretentiousness when Ernestine enters middle age and has children of her own.

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The play begins when Ernestine is 17, and is learning how to make a birthday cake with her mother - a tradition she will repeat every single year. Debra Messing, center, plays 90 years of one woman’s life in “Birthday Candles” on Broadway. That all too truthful observation about aging makes you want to run out and call grandma. The parties start out big and boisterous, and by the end of the sequence, no one is visiting her house anymore.

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During one scene, we race through a series of her birthday celebrations in her eighties and nineties over a matter of seconds. What really packs a punch, though, are her smaller losses. Deaths, cheating and health scares are all weathered with Midwestern steeliness that hides immense pain. The name of Ernestine’s hometown, Grand Rapids, describes her rocky, unpredictable road well.Īfter every victory for Ernestine (Debra Messing) - an invitation to prom, the birth of a child, the starting of a new business - a crushing blow soon follows. Of course, when you condense nine decades into an hour and a half, both bliss and tragedy arrive faster than spam emails on a Monday. 90 minutes, At the American Airlines Theatre, 227 W 42nd Street.

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Debra Messing in 'Birthday Candles' brings a tasty treat to Broadway

Debra Messing in ‘Birthday Candles’ brings a tasty treat to Broadway

(L to R): Susannah Flood, Enrico Colantoni, Debra Messing, Christopher Livingston, John Earl Jelks, Crystal Finn in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Birthday Candles (Joan Marcus) Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle, directed by Vivenne Benesch allows Debra Messing to shine as the aging Ernestine who moves from 17 to 107. As she traditionally bakes her birthday cake, over the years, first taught by her…

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Us, April 13

Cover: Prince Harry’s Private Pain: What Have I Done?

Page 4: Who Wore It Best? Giuliana Rancic 42% vs. Monica 58%, Hailey Bieber 79% vs. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley 21%, Solange Knowles 12% vs. Cara Delevingne 88%

Page 6: Loose Talk -- Jerry O’Connell, Andi Dorfman, Bob Saget, Wells Adams, Kelly Clarkson 

Page 8: Contents 

Page 10: Hot Pics -- The Power of Music -- Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, The Backstreet Boys, Billie Eilish and Fineas O’Connell, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys 

Page 12: Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith have a special handshake, Kelly Bensimon and dog Fluffy, Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden shop for groceries 

Page 13: Reese Witherspoon with husband Jim Toth and kids Ava and Deacon and Tennessee, Goldie Hawn strolls around the neighborhood, Brooke Burke 

Page 14: Maya Rudolph with guest host Alec Baldwin on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, new couple Nina Dobrev and Shaun White and his dog take a bike ride, Kristin Chenoweth and Trisha Yearwood 

Page 16: Cute Crews -- Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis and kids Daisy and Otis, Dwayne Johnson and daughter Jasmine, Kim Kardashian and daughter North, Jessica Simpson and kids Maxwell and Ace 

Page 18: Stars in the Tub -- Lady Gaga, Chrissy Teigen and kids Luna and Miles, Jason Momoa, Sam Smith, Halle Berry 

Page 19: Simone Biles, Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson, Padma Lakshmi, Sarah Hyland 

Page 20: Stars They’re Just Like Us -- Christian Bale goes on a coffee run, Emily Ratajkowski shops for flowers, Lily Allen cheers at a sporting event

Page 21: Mark Wahlberg and Mario Lopez and Andy Lassner do group workouts, Debra Messing and Vivienne Benesch take a selfie, Lucy Hale goes shopping 

Page 22: Stars They’re NOT Like Us -- Christina Aguilera takes selfies with fans, Gigi Hadid has a glam squad, David Foster and Katharine McPhee fly private 

Page 24: Love Lives -- Bindi Irwin and Chandler Powell are married 

Page 25: Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn definitely want to get married and have talked about their future, Loni Love thinks the best feeling in the world is when you have somebody that you’re a partner with like her boyfriend James Welsh, quarantine has brought Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone closer 

Page 26: Hollywood Dads -- David Arquette is a pro when it comes to raising his two young son Charlie and Augustus but being a dad to teenager Coco is a whole other ball of wax 

Page 27: Ryan Serhant and Emilia Bechrakis’ daughter Zena has been growing like crazy since her February 2019 arrival much to the shock of her parents, Chris Pratt’s son Jack lover Pixar movies but that doesn’t mean his little guy is particularly impressed by his dad’s turn as Barley Lightfoot in Onward, Joe Gorga who has three kids also considers himself a father figure to his sister Teresa Giudice’s daughters now that their dad Joe Giudice has been deported to Italy 

Page 30: Hot Hollywood -- For Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel being quarantined together is exactly what the doctor ordered

Page 31: Jennifer Garner is supportive and happy of Ben Affleck’s new romance with Ana de Armas but she doesn’t want Ana to meet their kids just yet, Amanda Bynes’ pregnancy isn’t going over well with her parents and the baby will have a court-appointed lawyer because Amanda is under conservatorship 

Page 32: A Day in the Life -- Denise Richards 

Page 33: These Stars Give Us Reason to Smile During These Trying Times -- Demi Lovato has a new boyfriend Max Ehrich, Kevin Hart and Eniko Parrish are expecting their second child together, Carson Daly and Siri Pinter welcomed their fourth child, DJ D-Nice has been holding virtual shindigs on Instagram Live so people can shake a tail feather while distancing responsibly, Hoda Kotb was moved to tears when New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees revealed he’d donated $5 million to the state of Louisiana for Covid-19 victims 

Page 34: Cover Story -- Harry’s Private Pain -- the former royal is trapped in LA as his UK family is exposed to the dangerous and deadly coronavirus 

Page 38: The Tiger King secrets and scandals 

Page 40: Laura Prepon -- my healthy day 

Page 42: Style -- spring break -- Jasmine Tookes and Shanina Shaik and Sara Sampaio and Elsa Hosk and Romee Strijd 

Page 43: Cardi B, Victoria Justice, Olivia Culpo 

Page 44: Beauty -- lip color -- Elisabeth Moss 

Page 46: Martha Stewart’s recipe for Spicy Beyond Breakfast Sausage with Grits and Roasted Tomatoes 

Page 50: Entertainment -- The Real Housewives of New York City -- Ramona Singer and Leah McSweeney 

Page 52: Tiffany Boone of Little Fires Everywhere 

Page 58: Fashion Police -- Alicia Vikander, Rita Ora, Kim Kardashian 

Page 59: Audrey Tautou, Bella Hadid

Page 60: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me -- Jeffrey Wright 

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Double Feature: Teeth (2007) & The First Purge (2018)

Double Feature: Teeth (2007) #Teeth #Horror #Movie & The First Purge (2018) #TheFirstPurge #Action #Sequel #Film #Review

Time for the next double feature! Horror seems to be my recent phase as I pair two horror films together although The First Purge isn’t really a horror and Teeth is a fairly mild horror so nothing too wild. Teeth (2007) Director (and writer): Mitchell Lichtenstein Cast: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Hale Appleman, Lenny von Dohlen, Vivienne Benesch, Ashley Springer, Laila Liliana Garro Still a…

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"Wendy is set to direct the Broadway production of Leveling Up with Darren Criss, produced by Tom Viertel and Richard Frankel." broadwayworld(.)com/article/Playmakers-Reps-Vivienne-Benesch-Receives-SDCFs-2017-Zelda-Fichandler-Award-20170920

omg thank you, anon!!!!!!!!!!

This is HUGE and I of course am about to leave for synagogue for Rosh Hashana so I am going to tag @jaded-idealism, @dailydcrissnews, @darrencrissarmy etc…who can help post this info. @dcriss-archive - we are thinking of her in Puerto Rico and wishing her back to this good news!

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I’ve offered a preview guide to the new shows of the coming Broadway season every year since this blog began in 2012, and I’m continuing the tradition below.   It’s different this time around of course, more like wishful thinking.  Broadway theaters have been shut since March 12, 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s unclear when they will reopen. Producers have written off Fall 2020. But some recently made announcements about rescheduled openings in 2021, a few with specific dates. All admit these are tentative, dependent on when Broadway is reopened and under what conditions. As I’ve written in past Broadway preview guides (and this is especially true now): More is to come; much will be changed. This list will be regularly updated, as other shows make announcements.

The list is organized chronologically by opening date, of which they are only a handful. Each title is linked to the shows’ websites when available.

March 2021

The Minutes Cort First preview: March 1, 2021 Opening: March 15, 2021 Written by Tracy Letts

Cast: Tracy Letts, Armie Hammer, Jessie Mueller, etc.

Letts’ most political work to date is a dark comedy about a town council meeting in the fictional town of Big Cherry that turns ominous.

April 2021

American Buffalo Circle in the Square Theater First preview: week of March 22, 2021 Opening: April 14, 2021 Written by David Mamet Directed by Neil Pepe Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, Darren Criss The fourth Broadway production of Mamet’s rat-a-tat play about three low-level crooks conjuring up a get-rich-quick scheme

MJ The Musical Theater: Neil Simon First Preview: March 08, 2021 Opening: April 15, 2021 Book by Lynn Nottage, music by Michael Jackson Directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. Choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. Cast: Ephraim Sykes. The story of Michael Jackson’s life, with a score made up of his songs, among the most popular in history.

Plaza Suite Hudson Theater First preview: March 19, 2021 Opening: “April” Closing: July 18, 2021 Written by Neil Simon Directed by John Benjamin Hickey Cast: Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker In this first revival of Simon’s 1968 comedy, Broderick and Parker (married in real life) perform as three couples in three one-act plays all taking place in the same suite in the Plaza Hotel.

  May 2021

The Music Man Theater: Winter Garden First Preview Date: Apr 07, 2021 Opening Date: May 20, 2021 Written by Meredith Willson Directed by Jerry Zaks, choreographed by Warren Carlyle Cast: Sutton Foster, Hugh Jackman, Shuler Hensley, Jayne Houdyshell, Jefferson Mays, Marie Mullen. The third Broadway revival of this 1957 musical about fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill who arrives in River City, Iowa, planning to con its citizens into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize, although he knows nothing about music. Plans change thanks to librarian Marian Paroo.

(Normally, a show opening in May would be considered part of the next season — 2021-2022 — but who knows what adjustments the Broadway honchos will make)

Spring 2021

1776 Theater: Roundabout’s American Airlines Opening night: ? Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards. Book by Peter Stone Director: Diane Paulus Cast: Crystal Lucas-Perry as John Adams, Elizabeth A. Davis as Thomas Jefferson, Patrena Murray as Benjamin Franklin, etc. This second revival of the musical about the decision to sign the Declaration of Independence features an all-female cast

Caroline, or Change Roundabout’s Studio 54 Originally scheduled opening: April 7, 2020 Book and lyrics by Tony Kushner Music by Jeanine Tesori Directed by Michael Longhurst Cast: Sharon D. Clarke An import of a West End production of the 2003 musical about Caroline, an African-American maid whose world of 1963 Louisiana ripples with change both large and small

Flying Over Sunset Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Originally scheduled opening: April 16, 2021 Book by James Lapine, music by Tom Kitt, and lyrics by Michael Korie Director: James Lapine Cast:Carmen Cusack, Harry Hadden-Paton and Tony Yazbeck Cary Grant, Clare Boothe Luce and Aldous Huxley all revealed during their lifetimes that they had taken LSD. This new musical imagines their gathering together to get high.

Fall 2021

Birthday Candles Theater: Roundabout’s American Airlines Originally scheduled opening: April 21, 2020 Written by Noah Haidle Director: Vivienne Benesch Cast: Debra Messing, Andre Braugher, Enrico Colantoni Messing portrays a woman whose birthdays we see her celebrate, from her age 17 to 101.

Broadway 2020-2021 Season Guide? I've offered a preview guide to the new shows of the coming Broadway season every year since this blog began in 2012, and I'm continuing the tradition below.  

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Teeth, 2007

The movie is an American comedy horror film by writer and director Mitchell Lichtenstein. The movie title pertains to the prehistoric trope of vagina dentata.

The Cast Lists

Jess Weixler played as Dawn O’Keefe                     

Adam Wagner played as Phil

Hale Appleman played as Tobey                               

Vivienne Benesch played as Kim

Lenny Von Dohlen played as…

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See the production of Love’s Labor’s Lost that’s going on now until June 9 at @folgerlibrary. Directed by Vivienne Benesch, this lovely and larksome Love’s Labor’s Lost packs fun in its two-and-a-half-hour… https://t.co/erstXxVe9F

See the production of Love’s Labor’s Lost that’s going on now until June 9 at @folgerlibrary. Directed by Vivienne Benesch, this lovely and larksome Love’s Labor’s Lost packs fun in its two-and-a-half-hour… https://t.co/erstXxVe9F

— Cultural Tourism DC (@DCculture) May 20, 2019

from Twitter https://twitter.com/DCculture

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Vivienne Benesch Awarded the 2017 Zelda Fichandler Award http://ift.tt/2jJZ0mP

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DG National Report: New York – Western
 by Donna Hoke

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Founded in 1874, Chautauqua Institution, a nonprofit summer destination on 750 gorgeous acres in Western New York, serves more than 100,000 visitors each year with programs focused on religion, education, recreation, and, the arts. Over the eight-week summer season, and under the arts umbrella—which includes a resident symphony, opera company, and dance company among others—the resident Chautauqua Theatre Company (CTC) presents three mainstage performances, runs a student conservatory, and, for our purposes, engages in new play development.

Each summer, three playwrights are invited to develop their work for two weeks at the Institute; every other year, one of these plays is a commission. Most recently, it was Zayd Dohrn’s The Profane, which recently finished an extended run at Playwrights Horizons.

“I had an amazing experience at Chautauqua,” says Dohrn. “It’s a strange place, out of place and somehow out of time, but it’s also an incredibly supportive community for a writer. In the midst of this idyllic Norman Rockwell summer camp, they pull together a Dirty Dancing-style ensemble of New York actors, directors, and designers who can put together a production of a new play as good as any in the country. Chautauqua commissioned The Profane from me sight unseen, based on nothing but their belief in my earlier work. And unlike many commissioning institutions, they stayed committed to it every step of the way, through readings, and workshops, to its off-Broadway premiere.”

The submission process used to be more of an open one, with playwrights asked to submit plays to complement the themes of that year’s programming. Now, many of the plays are found through ongoing relationships with the company. “We have relationships with young playwrights, and we’re meeting others out in our professional lives,” says new Artistic Director Andrew Borba. “We’re working those relationships to find plays that work for us at Chautauqua Institute, but also that can use what we have to offer in the next step in their development, and that has taken on a few forms.”

For this 34th season, Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles was workshopped in June, and presented as several enhanced staged readings in preparation for its world premiere at Detroit Public Theatre, which commissioned it; this model is what Borba would like to see going forward. “If you ask playwrights what they need, they say productions, so even though it’s called the New Play Workshop, we’re trying to lean into that, not just give them a taste of production, but build connections that lead to productions,” he says. “This is a perfect example of where Viv [Vivienne Benesch, previous artistic director] came back to direct it, and then she will take it to Detroit, and direct it there. So we had Noah able to work his play with the director who’s going to direct it professionally, but in a safe environment, where he doesn’t have to worry about anything other than what is working in his play and what is not working.”

The second new play, to be staged in early August, is Dan Cody’s Yacht by Anthony Giardina. “He’d contacted us, because we’d been interested in City of Conversation years ago, and we couldn’t make the dates work, so when Manhattan Theatre Club commissioned this work from him, he contacted us. He and his director will come here to do some work before they go back and stage it at MTC. That’s what we’re hoping to do—provide resources and time and a safe place to work where Ben Brantley doesn’t have a machete that can keep you alive for years or cut you down before you’re ready. That is a change we are consciously focusing on for these new plays.

“Much of the theory is to give it some technical support, test it in terms of the staging, because, a lot of times, music stand readings require the audience to do all of the imagining,” Borba continues. “Sometimes it’s as simple as ‘this character can’t exit there’ or it’s more of a tonal thing. When Chelsea Marcantel was here with Tiny Houses, she knew the story of the play was holding together, but she needed to build a tiny house on stage to see if that would work, and that’s what we focused on. It was representative, but it was a tiny house.”

At press time, the third play was still in question, but anybody who would like to be the first to see Dan Cody’s Yacht or the third play in the New Play Workshop Signature Staged Readings can buy tickets at http://ciweb.org/chautauqua-theater-company. (Tickets for the mainstage shows—Noises Off, Detroit ‘67, and Romeo and Juliet—are also available.)

Also this month, pending final confirmation not available at press time, Lydia Diamond (Stick Fly, Smart People) visits Chautauqua as part of the Dramatists Guild Fund’s Traveling Masters program. Watch your inboxes for a blast about specifics for a free event with Diamond, likely a bring-your-own-lunch program at the Institute, which Borba says he hopes can be the start of an ongoing relationship with the WNY community.

“Being isolated is a great thing, a selling point, but how do we take that isolated specialness and move it back into the world?” Borba asks. “The New Play Workshop is the best example of how we do that, but when we talk about connecting, it also means being connected to the community and the local region.”

dhoke@dramatistsguild.com

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PlayMakers presents ‘Mr. Joy’ April 26-30

College of Arts & Sciences PlayMakers Repertory Company presents “Mr. Joy,” a work by award-winning playwright Daniel Beaty, as the final production of its 2016/17 PRC² second-stage season. The production is directed by Vivienne Benesch, PlayMakers’ Producing Artistic Director, and stars Tangela Large, who returns to PlayMakers after a successful turn in “Detroit ‘67” in…

PlayMakers presents ‘Mr. Joy’ April 26-30

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(Pittsfield, MA) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, announced today that Michele Weathers will assume the role of Managing Director of Barrington Stage Company beginning March 13, 2017. Current Managing Director Tristan Wilson departs the company in May after the completion of the renovation of the theatre’s new home at the Wolfson Center, 122 North Street.  

Michele Weathers will become the new Managing Director of Barrington Stage Company on March 13.

Barrington Stage Founder and Artistic Director Julianne Boyd.

Current BSC Managing Director, Tristan Wilson, departs the company in May after the completion of the renovation of the theatre’s new home at the Wolfson Center, 122 North Street.

Weathers comes to Barrington Stage Company from PlayMakers Repertory Company, having recently served as the theatre’s Interim Managing Director under the leadership of Joseph Haj and Vivienne Benesch.  In New York, she was the Assistant General Manager for the Off-Broadway production of In The Heights and also served on the management teams at Barrow Street Theatre for its production of Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and at Stuart Thompson Productions on Adam Rapp’s Red Light Winter.  For 13 years, Michele served as the Associate Producer for North Carolina Theatre working closely with its founder, DeAnn S. Jones.  Michele has held leadership positions at Theatre Raleigh (Artistic Director, Lauren Kennedy) and Carolina Ballet (Artistic Director, Robert Weiss).

  “I am honored and thrilled to join the Barrington Stage family and humbled to work alongside Julianne Boyd, the staff and Board of Directors for the continued success and growth of the theatre,” said Weathers. “Barrington Stage Company’s rich history of artistic excellence, new work development, arts education and community engagement is inspirational.  I look forward to contributing meaningfully as Barrington Stage enters into the next phase of its journey.”

  “I am looking forward to partnering with Michele as we continue our growth in serving the community and doing top-notch plays and musicals.  I also want to thank Tristan for an amazing 9 years of dedication to our theatre and to the community,” said Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director.

  The recently announced 2017 season at BSC will include Kunstler, by Jefferson Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Jeffrey Sweet (Flyovers), directed by Meagen Fay (Second City in Chicago), and starring Jeff McCarthy (Broadway’s Chicago, BSC’s Broadway Bounty Hunter); a production of The Birds by Conor McPherson, directed by BSC Artistic Director Julianne Boyd (BSC’s Broadway Bounty Hunter, American Son); a new production of Ragtime, directed by Helen Hayes Award winner Joe Calarco (The Burnt Part Boys, Shakespeare’s R&J), with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty; and the laugh-out-loud but rarely staged comedy, Taking Steps, by Olivier and Tony Award winner Alan Ayckbourn (The Norman Conquests) in a new production from Tony Award nominated director Sam Buntrock (Broadway’s Sunday in the Park with George).

  The 2017 season will continue with This, by Obie Award winner Melissa James Gibson (“House of Cards”) and directed by Christopher Innvar (BSC’s The Other Place); Company, with a book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, choreographed by Jeffrey Page (BSC’s Broadway Bounty Hunter) and directed by Julianne Boyd, and Gaslight (Angel Street) by Patrick Hamilton.

One additional production for the St. Germain Stage will be announced shortly, along with casting, creative team and full performance schedules.

  Single tickets for the 2017 season go on sale in March.

ABOUT BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY

  Barrington Stage Company is a professional award-winning Equity regional theatre located in the heart of the Berkshires, in Pittsfield, MA.  It was co-founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and has a three-fold mission: to present top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to find fresh, bold ways of bringing new audiences into the theatre—especially young people. Barrington Stage garnered national attention in 2004 when it premiered William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee which later transferred to Broadway, where it won two Tony Awards. In 2009, Mark St. Germain’s Freud’s Last Session ran more than ten weeks on Stage 2 and later moved Off-Broadway and played for two years. St. Germain’s Becoming Dr. Ruth (which premiered at BSC as Dr. Ruth, All the Way in 2012) played Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre in fall 2013. BSC’s all-time record-breaking musical, On the Town was originally produced at BSC in 2013.  In 2014, it opened on Broadway with BSC as a co-producer, where it was nominated for four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival.  In 2016, Barrington Stage swept the first Annual Berkshire Theatre Awards by winning 20 out of the 25 awards.  In 2016, BSC produced three World Premieres; Presto Change-O, Broadway Bounty Hunter, and American Son, which won the Laurents/Hatcher Award for Best New Play.

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MICHELE WEATHERS JOINS BARRINGTON STAGE AS MANAGING DIRECTOR (Pittsfield, MA) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, announced today that Michele Weathers will assume the role of Managing Director of Barrington Stage Company beginning March 13, 2017.

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The 2019-2020 Broadway season is still in formation, but there’s enough exciting already scheduled to offer this preview

Lin-Manuel is producing his hip-hop improv group on Broadway, and recording artists are becoming Broadway theater artists: This season, there will be a Bob Dylan musical, and albums by David Byrne and Alanis Morissette come to life. Also: a musical about Tina Turner; a stage adaptation of Moulin Rouge; a hit play from London about a group of gay men in New York.

Below is a list of Broadway shows in the 2019-2020 season, with each title linked to the shows’ websites when available. This list is organized chronologically by opening date and only includes shows that as of now have an opening date and a theater. More is to come; much will be changed. This will be regularly updated.

MAY

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Theater: Broadhurst First preview: May 4 Opened: May 30 Closing: August 25 Playwright Terrence McNally Director: Arin Arbus Cast: Audra McDonald, Michel Shannon Two middle-aged people have a one-night stand that might turn into more. My review

JULY

Moulin Rouge! The Musical Theater: Al Hirschfeld First Preview: June 28, 2019 Opening: July 25, 2019 Book by John Logan Director: Alex Timbers Cast: Aaron Tveit, Karen Olivo, Danny Burstein Stage adaptation of Baz Luhrman’s 2001 Oscar-nominated movie musical about a poet entranced by a cabaret singer.

AUGUST

Sea Wall/A Life Theater: Hudson First Preview: July 26 Opening: August 8 Closing: September 29 Written by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne Directed by Carrie Cracknell Cast: Tom Sturridge & Jake Gyllenhaal These two solo shows, originally presented Off-Broadway at the Public Theater, explore love and the human need to know the unknowable, as well as how sons become fathers and the transformative power of love.M

SEPTEMBER

Derren Brown: Secret Theater: Cort First Preview: September 6 Opening: September 15 Closing: January 4 2020 Mind reading, persuasion, and psychological illusion.

The Height of the Storm Theater:  MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman First Preview: September 10 Opening: September 24 Written by Florian Zeller and translated by Christopher Hampton Directed by Jonathan Kent Cast: Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins For 50 years the lives of André and Madeleine have been filled with the everyday pleasures and unfathomable mysteries of an enduring marriage, until suddenly their life together begins to unravel, and this loving relationship is faced with the inevitability of change.

OCTOBER

Freestyle Love Supreme Theater: Booth First preview: September 13 Opening: October 2 Created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Anthony Veneziale Directed by Thomas Kail The hip-hop improv show comes to Broadway for a limited 16-week engagement after a sold-out run Off-Broadway earlier this year.

Linda Vista Theater: Second Stage’s Helen Hayes First Preview: September 19 Opening: October 10 Closing: November 10 Written by: Tracy Letts Director: Dexter Bullard Wheeler is a 50-year-old divorcee in the throes of a mid-life spiral. Just out of his ex-wife’s garage and into a place of his own, Wheeler starts on a path toward self-discovery—navigating blind dates, old friends, and new love.

The Rose Tattoo Theater: Roundabout’s American Airlines First Preview: September 19 Opening: October 15 Written by Tennessee Williams Directed by Trip Cullm Cast: Marisa Tomei

A revival of the play about Serafina, a widow, who rekindles her desire for love, lust, and life in the arms of a fiery suitor

  David Byrne’s American Utopia Theater: Hudson First Preview: October 4 Opening night: October 20 Director: Alex Timbers A stage adaptation of David Byrne’s 2018 album,

NOVEMBER

Tina Theater: Lunt-Fontanne Previews Begin: October 12 Opening Night: November 7 Book by Katori Hall Director: Phyllida Lloyd Musical about the life of Tina Turner currently on the West End.

The Inheritance Theatre: Barrymore First Preview: September 27 Opening Night: November 17 Written by Mathew Lopez Directed by Stephen Daldry and designed by Bob Crowley Winner of the 2019 Olivier Award for Best New Play, this queer-themed, two-part play is loosely inspired by E. M. Forster’s Howards End. Set in New York City a generation after the HIV/AIDS crisis of the ‘80s and ‘90s, the play follows a group of gay men as they struggle to connect to the past and maintain a sense of history.

  DECEMBER

Jagged Little Pill Theater: Broadhurst First Preview: November 3 Opening: December 5 Written by Diablo Cody Director: Diane Paulus Cast: Elizabeth Stanley, Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Derek Klena, Sean Allan Krill, and Lauren Patten Using the songs from the eponymous Alanis Morissette album (plus new material), this musical tells the story of a multi-generation, multiracial suburban family grappling with a series of distressing events.

JANUARY

Grand Horizons Theater: Second Stage’s Helen Hayes First Preview: December 20 Opening: January 23, 2020 Written by Bess Wohl Director: Leigh Silverman Bill and Nancy have spent 50 full years as husband and wife. But just as they settle comfortably into their new home in Grand Horizons, the unthinkable happens: Nancy suddenly wants out. As their two adult sons struggle to cope with the shocking news, they are forced to question everything they assumed about the people they thought they knew best.

MARCH

Girl From the North Country Theater: Belasco First Preview: February 7, 2020 Opening: March 5, 2020 Written and directed by Conor McPherson Music and lyrics by Bob Dylan Set in 1934 at a guesthouse in the heartland of America, a group of travelers pass in and out of each other’s lives, and share stories that awaken each other with passion, fury and, beauty. This originated at the Public Theater. My review.

  APRIL

Birthday Candles Theater: Roundabout’s American Airlines First Preview: April 2 Opening: April 21 Written by Noah Haidle Director: Vivienne Benesch Cast: Debra Messing Messing portrays a woman whose birthdays we see her celebrate, from her age 17 to 101.

Take Me Out Theater: Second Stage’s Helen Hayes First Preview: March 31 Opening: April 23 Written by Richard Greenberg Director: Scott Ellis Cast: Jessie Williams and Jesse Tyler Ferguson A revival of the Tony-winning play about the coming out of a gay baseball player.

Broadway 2019-2020 Season Preview Guide The 2019-2020 Broadway season is still in formation, but there's enough exciting already scheduled to offer this preview…