|
Upcoming in Austin and nearby
|
Found at the Daily Texan on-line:
Dahl’s book re-imagined by students as stage play
(Lab Theatre, Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.)
By Sarah Pressley, Daily Texan Staff
Published: Thursday, September 2, 2010
Mute characters will manipulate the world around a young woman as she falls in and out of love in “The Man With the Dancing Eyes.” She discovers love, heartbreak and, eventually, a happy ending in a beloved children’s book brought to life in a virtual new world.
“The Man With the Dancing Eyes,” a play based on a book of the same name by Sophie Dahl, depicts a modern-day fairy tale as told by a group of UT students from the Department of Theatre and Dance.
“[The show] follows Pierre, a young woman from an elite and eclectic breeding,” director Courtney Sale said. “Pierre falls in love, has her heart broken and sets off to make a new life for herself in New York.”
The play was adapted by the students from Dahl’s illustrated picture book. They originally planned to put on a different play but ended up changing their minds when they found out another group would be performing the same show a few weeks later. “The Man With the Dancing Eyes” was an old favorite of the set designer and one of the actors, so the group decided to adapt this story for the stage instead.
Read more at the Daily Texan on-line . . . . |
|
|
Found on-line:
COMMUNICATING DOORS
A Murder Mystery Comedy
Written by Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by David Schneider
September 24th - October 9th
EVENINGS - Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, Sep 24 through Oct 9
MATINEES - Sunday Oct 3 at 2pm and Saturday Oct 9 at 2pm
Click Here to BUY TICKETS
PLUS Special "Sneak-Peek" (no advance sales, pay-what-you-like at the door) Thursday Sep 23 at 8pm
Poopay, a London sex specialist from the future, stumbles into a murder plot that sends her, compliments of a unique set of hotel doors, traveling back in time. She and two women who were murdered in 1998 and 1978 race back and forth in time trying to rewrite history and prevent their own violent ends. The frantic race begins when Poopay is hired for an evening at the Regal Hotel by an old man who eschews a fling in favor of confessing his role in the demise of his wives.
|
|
Found on-line:
presents
Rent
September 16 - November 28
Kleberg Stage
Book, Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson | Directed by Dave Steakley | Musical Direction by Allen Robertson
Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of New York City bohemia when ZACH transports you to the lively East Village where performance artists, musicians, and hipsters of all persuasions band together to revolt against convention. The artist squatters have taken over the theatre and have created an environment in which you are fully surrounded by Austin’s finest rock vocalists and musicians and visual artists’ creative expressions of sculptural whimsy. And when Mimi locks eyes with Roger, and Angel spies Colin, and Maureen tugs at Joanne this rock opera ignites sparks of love that redefine what family can be. Viva la vie boheme!
|
|
|
Found on-line:
The University of Texas and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
present, from Veracruz, Mexico,
Operación Clown in
Cállate! (Shut Up!)
Adriana Duch, artistic director
September 15, 2010, 7:00 pm (in Spanish)
September 16, 2010, 8:00 pm (in English)
McCullough Theatre, University of Texas
$22 - BUY TICKETS
Texas Performing Arts presents two evenings of unique theatre from Veracruz, Mexico. Operación Clown is renowned for their innovative use of masks, puppets, and cabaret theatre based on theatrical clown technique.
This internationally celebrated theatrical group will bring the acclaimed piece Cállate to the McCullough stage. Narrated with an explosive mixture of melodrama and irreverent humor, this love story set at the time of the Mexican Revolution combines drama, comedy, wrestling and images inspired by the Golden Age of Mexican cinema to fuel a cast of characters based on stereotypes of the period.
“Actually, there are just two things you’ve got to know: the title means “shut up” and the show is so wildly funny that that’s the one thing it’s impossible to do.” ON STAGE SCOTLAND
Click to go to YouTube video by Operación Clown
|
|
Received directly:
Austin Playhouse presents
The 39 Steps
adapted by Patrick Barlow
September 10 – October 30, 2010
Austin Playhouse, 3601 S. Congress, Bldg. C
Performances: Thursday - Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 5 pm
Prices: $26 Thursday, Friday, $28 Saturday, Sunday, $35 Opening Night
Discounts: All student tickets are half-price!
Tickets/Information: (512) 476-0084
Website: www.austinplayhouse.com
Austin Playhouse proudly opens their 2010-2011 Season with the Austin premiere of Broadway's longest running comedy!
The 39 Steps has won two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 140 zany characters (all played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!
In The 39 Steps, a man who is bored with his life meets a mysterious woman who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in an incredible manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of theatre.
The 39 Steps stars Austin Playhouse Acting Company members Benjamin Summers (Frost/Nixon, The Mousetrap) as Richard Hannay, David Stahl (Misalliance, Frost/Nixon, Picasso at the Lapin Agile) as Clown #1, Michael Stuart (Frost/Nixon, Misalliance, Inherit the Wind) as Clown #2, and Lara Toner (Misalliance, Dancing at Lughnasa) as Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret.
The play is directed by Austin Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Don Toner, with sound design by the Gunn Brothers, lighting design by Don Day, properties design by Marco Noyola, and costume design by Glenda Barnes. |
|
|
More Articles...
-
Upcoming: Seven Circles of Slapdash Flimflammery, Loaded Gun Theory lock-in, September 25 (only)
-
Upcoming: Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck, Austin Community College, Main Stage at Rio Grande Campus, October 8 - 17
-
Upcoming: Mud by Maria Irene Fornes, Southwestern University, Georgetown, September 23 - 26
-
Upcoming: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Baron's Men at the Curtain Theatre, September 24 - October 16
|
|
|
Page 1 of 85 |
|
