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Senin, 22 Desember 2008

Theater News and Notes: Liza Extends, 'Wondrettes' Offers Kids-Free Deal



Liza Minnelli’s Broadway show, Liza's at the Palace . . ., is extending its run to January 4. The show was originally set to close December 28. Liza’s at the Palace . . . features the well-known performer singing her standard works, such as "Maybe This Time" and "New York, New York," plus a song-and-dance tribute to the Golden Age of the New York night club scene.
Off-Broadway’s The Marvelous Wonderettes is offering a “kids-free” special for shows from December 22 to January 4, Playbill reports. During the promotion, adults buying a ticket (use code MAKIDS01) can get a free ticket for children 16 and younger. Wondrettes is playing at the Westside Theatre.
Universal Robots, Mac Rogers’ inventive re-invention of a classic Czech play that gave us the word "robot," will have its world premiere February 12 at Manhattan Theater Source. The show will run through March 7, and Rosemary Andress will direct.
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard have signed on for the Classic Stage Company production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, joining Tony-winner Denis O'Hare, who is in the title role. Previews begin January 17, and the show will run through March 1. It will be all Chekov all the time for Sarsgaard who is currently starring in The Seagull on Broadway.
This year’s Henry Hewes Design Awards are going to:
Scenic Design: Mark Wendland for Next to Normal, Second Stage; Richard III, Classic Stage Company; and Unconditional, Labyrinth Theater Company
Costume Design: Katrina Lindsay for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Roundabout Theatre Company
Lighting Design: Donald Holder for Cyrano de Bergerac, Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Roundabout, and South Pacific, Lincoln Center Theater
Notable Effects (Projection Design): Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg for The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, Vineyard Theatre

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