Posts Tagged ‘Theater’
Throckmorton Theatre’s Summer Youth Ensemble Debuts Drought- and Nature-Themed Production – July 29-31
For Throckmorton Theatre founder Lucy Mercer, the unexpected quiet moments of running a largely shuttered live arts venue provided the time to conceive of “The Water Spirit,” a new family musical play that explores what happens to the smallest creatures – a mouse and a rat, in this case – when drought hits a small town named Happy Valley.
Read MoreCurtain Theatre Returns to Old Mill Park With Shakespeare’s ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ – Aug. 13-14, 20-21, 27-28 & Sept. 3-5 (2pm)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is considered by some to be Shakespeare’s first play, one that jostles with themes and motifs with which he would later deal in more detail. The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between friendship and love, and the foolish behavior of people in love.
Read MoreAdam Rapp’s Acclaimed ‘The Sound Inside’ Play Hits Marin Theatre Company – May 26-June 19
Directed by MTC Artistic Director Jasson Minadakis, the taut, literate mystery tells the story of “a brilliant Ivy League writing professor, a talented yet mysterious student and an unthinkable favor,” taking audiences “behind the ivy-covered walls of Yale, and into New York’s literary haven, Greenwich Village.”
Read MoreThrockmorton Theatre Will Be Alive With an All-Ages ‘Sound of Music’ in May
“I grew up watching this movie—as most of us did—and I knew every song, every dance, everything. I never thought someone would let me play this role, and I didn’t even realize how much I wanted to. I’m a very different Maria than people are used to seeing, but I hope I can win audiences’ hearts just the same.”
Read MoreNwandu’s Electrifying Play ‘Pass Over’ Hits the MTC Stage – Thru Feb. 20
Marin Theatre Company returns this week with acclaimed playwright Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s provocative, electrifying play Pass Over, which reopened Broadway after the pandemic closures and drew “blazingly theatrical and thrillingly tense” raves from The New York Times.
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