williamstown theatre festival

Williamstown Theatre Festival - 2013 Season Preview

Joe Donahue — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:12:00 +0000

As in her first season, artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival Jenny Gersten has announced there will be a total of seven productions, three on the main stage and four on the Nikos stage at this year’s festival. The performing season will run from June 26 to August 18th.

For their Summer 2013 season, the highly anticipated World Premiere of Bridges of Madison County, a new musical by Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman; a revival of Animal Crackers; and a Nicholas Martin-directed production of George Bernard Shaw’s classic Pygmalion.

Williamstown Theatre Festival - Kelli O'Hara

Joe Donahue — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:35:21 +0000

Based on the popular 2002 film, Far From Heaven is now a musical that is having a preview production on the Williamstown Theatre Festival's Main Stage. The show stars 4-time Tony Nominee, Kelli O’Hara. She was nominated for her work in The Light in the Piazza, The Pajama Game, South Pacific, and most recently for Nice Work I f You Can Get It, which she will return to following her work in Williamstown.

Williamstown Theatre Festival - "Last of the Red Hot Lovers"

Joe Donahue — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:38:05 +0000

Williamstown Theatre Festival's second Nikos Stage production of the season is a Jessica Stone directed mounting of Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers. We welcome Jessica Stone and actors Leslie Bibb and Brooks Ashmanskas to The Roundtable.

Williamstown Theatre Festival - Susie Essman

Joe Donahue — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:20:41 +0000

Susie Essman is one of the stars in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers, running on the Nikos Stage July 11 – 22 - and on July 23rd she'll present a night of stand-up on the Mainstage.

Williamstown Theatre Festival - Lewis Black

Joe Donahue — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:06:07 +0000

We welcome Lewis Black back to the show to talk about his upcoming WTF Benefit - "The Importance of Being Lewis" - One Slight Hitch, and, well, the state of the world.

Williamstown Theatre Festival - Finn Wittrock

Joe Donahue — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:47:00 +0000

Fresh from playing Happy Loman in the Tony Award winning Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman directed by Mike Nichols, Finn Wittrock is acting alongside Heather Lind, Blythe Danner, Becky Ann Baker, and Jack Gilpin in the Bob Balaban directed production of Lucy Boyle's The Blue Deep at The Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Williamstown Theatre Festival - Blythe Danner

Joe Donahue — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:34:18 +0000

Blythe Danner stars in The Blue Deep, written by Lucy Boyle and directed by Bob Balaban. The show runs on The Nikos Stage at The Williamstown Theatre Festival through July 8th.

Williamstown Theatre Festival - Lucy Boyle and Heather Lind

Joe Donahue — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:18:43 +0000

We speak with playwright, Lucy Boyle, and actress, Heather Lind, about working on Lucy's play, The Blue Deep which is running on the Nikos Stage at The Williamstown Theatre Festival through July 8th.

Williamstown Theatre Festival - David Hyde Pierce

Joe Donahue — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:05:14 +0000

David Hyde Pierce directs Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest - this seasons first Mainstage show at The Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Williamstown Theatre Festival - Free Theatre: "The Valley of Fear"

Joe Donahue — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:46:35 +0000

We learn about this year's Williamstown Theatre Festival Free Theatre production, The Valley of Fear, adapted by Steve Lawson from the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and directed by Lila Neugebauer.