Tag Archive for comedy

‘Curb’’s Susie Essman Stars in Neil Simon Comedy at WTF

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Susie Essman of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm stars as Elaine Navazio in Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers at Williamstown Theatre Festival, running on the Nikos Stage from July 11 through July 22. Also in the production, directed by Jessica Stone (WTF’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to…

Musical Political Satire Group Gears Up for Election Year Comedy at Cranwell

(LENOX, Mass.) – With plenty of fodder to draw upon in this presidential election year, the award-winning musical satire group Capitol Steps returns to Cranwell Resort, Spa and Golf Club in Lenox for the sixth consecutive summer. Performing now through September 2, 2012, including a new Sunday matinee, the group will entertain audiences with numbers…

‘The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife’ Opens at Shakespeare & Company

(LENOX, Mass.) – The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, a contemporary comedy about life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side written by Charles Busch, opens this week at Shakespeare & Company and runs through Saturday, September 1, 2012, in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. The play stars Elliot Norton and IRNE Award-winner Annette Miller as Marjorie…

Williamstown Playwright Has World Premiere Staging at Berkshire Theatre Festival

Keira Naughton

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – The Berkshire Theatre Festival will literally be just that, when the comic drama Birthday Boy by Chris Newbound, of Williamstown, Mass., has its world premiere in the Unicorn Theatre at Berkshire Theatre Festival beginning Tuesday, August 30. 2011, running through Saturday, September 3. The play will then reopen on Thursday, September 29 and…

(Theater Review) ‘The Memory of Water’ at Shakespeare & Company

Elizabeth Aspenlieder and Jason Asprey in 'The Memory of Water'

Corinna May as Mary in ‘Memory of Water’ SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre Runs through Sept 4, 2011   Review by Seth Rogovoy Photos by Kevin Sprague/Courtesy Shakespeare & Company   (LENOX, Mass., July 21, 2011) – Never in memory has such a collective of serio-comic…

Lewis Black Play to Be Staged at Williamstown Theatre Festival

Lewis Black

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Comedian and playwright Lewis Black’s One Slight Hitch will be presented on the Nikos Stage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) from July 6 through July 17, 2011. Official opening night is July 7 at 7:30 p.m. A modern day farce that mocks the all-too-human desire to shape our own destiny,  the…

Comedy duo headlines PS21 with old-time variety show

Pat Ferri and Dave Cox are Those Two Guys

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Those Two Guys, a comedy duo featuring Pat Ferri and Dave Cox, bring their unique act, “Comedy for A New Depression,” to the tent at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Saturday, July 2, at 7 pm. Incorporating juggling, unicycling, tumbling, outrageous physical feats, and dangerous stunts, this family-friendly show will…