Seattle Rep Slates New Plays, Including a Mystery and a Musical
A commissioned Sherlock Holmes play and a new musical inspired by 9/11 are among the offerings in the 2015–16 season.
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A commissioned Sherlock Holmes play and a new musical inspired by 9/11 are among the offerings in the 2015–16 season.
‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ is the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for drama. Jordan Harrison and Suzan-Lori Parks are named as finalists.
New-musical series presents works by Michael Elyanow, Harrison David Rivers and Peter Duchan.
The slate includes a new academic drama by T.J. Brady and the U.S. professional premiere of Frank Wildhorn’s ‘The Count of Monte Cristo.’
The playwright’s docutheatre piece, about an infamous case involving a young slave convicted for killing her master, takes top prize.
The slate ranges from Neil Simon to Julia, from a bio-drama about Justice William O. Douglas to ‘Man of La Mancha.’
The Houston theatre’s series includes a ‘Sweet Potato Queens,’ a world premiere from Melissa Manchester and Rupert Holmes.
New $52-million effort will support and study the audience-development work of 26 arts organizations, including 8 theatres.
New plays, musicals, puppetry pieces and cabaret shows will get an airing at the storied development center.
The inheritor of the defunct L.A. Weekly Awards honored the town’s 99-seat-and-under theatres, which are feeling besieged at the moment.