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Stratford Festival raising the curtain earlier with new showtimes in 2027
2+ week, 10+ min ago (534+ words) The Stratford Festival is raising the curtain a little earlier next year. In response to changing audience habits, the company recently announced its decision to move start times ahead by a half hour in 2027. “We’ve been exploring a shift in…...
Stratford Festival extends two hit musicals
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (400+ words) Both Guys and Dolls and Something Rotten! have been extended to mid-Novemeber A couple of Stratford Festival musicals have been extended to mid-November due to popular demand. With the new performances added to the season calendar, Guys and Dolls and…...
Las Vegas Fall Calendar Serves Up Brews, the Bard, and Big-Hearted Galas
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (245+ words) Fall fundraising season kicks off with New Vista’s Brews Best Beer Garden, an Oktoberfest-inspired afternoon at Town Square Las Vegas from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. Guests 21... Fall fundraising season kicks off with New Vista's Brews Best Beer Garden, an Oktoberfest-inspired…...
Nine theatre groups to perform at Enniskillen festival
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (419+ words) Nine theatre groups from across the country will take to the stage at the Ardhowen Theatre next week for the Enniskillen One Act Drama Festival, with nine short plays set to entertain audiences over three evenings. Running from Thursday, October…...
Review - Present Laughter, Lighthouse, Poole
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (1046+ words) THIS new production of Noel Coward's 1939 comic play switches so much from the original that mostly only the well-formed shell examining the world of theatrical celebrity is left. Tracy-Ann Oberman, whose adaptation this is, stars as 'maturing, still 39' British ex-pat…...
Speed Round! 19 Critics Pick the NYC Shows to Add to Your Map This September
3+ week, 2+ day ago (593+ words) Jeffrey Deitch | 76 Grand Street Through October 31 Garth Greenan Gallery | 25 Greene Street Through October 24 Sebastian Gladstone | 36 White Street Through October 24 Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery | 87 Franklin Street Through October 24 Margot Samel | 295 Church Street Through October 10 See one of her live shows to…...
What’s On In New York and LA: Our Critics’ Guide to the October Shows
5+ hour, 49+ min ago (479+ words) Gladstone | 515 West 24th Street Through Oct. 31 Light green walls—the color of beneficial pond algae at dawn—set the mood for Unzueta’s exquisite floating and hinged drawings that are comprised of vibrating, looping lines, while a yarn-based installation featuring parallel fibers…...
BAFTA-winning director brings darkly comic new play to Shropshire village halls this autumn
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (374+ words) Award-winning Shropshire-based theatre company Pentabus, widely recognised as the nation’s rural theatre, has announced the world premiere of Birdcatcher, a brand-new play by award-winning playwright Laura Waldren. The production will visit community venues in All Stretton, Oswestry, Newport, and Quatt…...
WITS END to Make World Premiere at Circle and Star Theatre
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (270+ words) The intimate 55-seat production explores three siblings navigating their father's funeral with dark humor and unresolved tensions. Estée Stimler's sharp, irreverent comedy about family relationships, sibling rivalry, grief, loss and religious tradition versus modern life, Wit's End, is set to…...
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9+ hour, 21+ min ago (864+ words) MISC: DEREK HOUGH: SYMPHONY OF DANCE 7 p.m., Pearl Concert Theater, ticketmaster.com. ARTS: ALINA LINDQUIST: MUSINGS OF THE MOJAVE Thru 10/1, times vary, West Charleston Library, thelibrarydistrict.org. MUSIC: LADY GAGA 8 p.m., & 9/30-10/1, 10/4, Dolby Live, ticketmaster.com. MUSIC: THE USED 7 p.m., House of Blues, concerts....