Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo Credit: Joan Marcus
Martha Clarke's Chéri, Starring Amy Irving, Opens Off-Broadway Dec. 8
Martha Clarke's world-premiere staging of Chéri, a new theatrical dance work set in Paris' Belle Époque era that stars Academy Award nominee Amy Irving, officially opens Off-Broadway Dec. 8 at the Signature Theatre Company.
The Broadway revival of Romeo and Juliet, starring Orlando Bloom ("The Lord of the Rings") and Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad (Stick Fly, The Trip to Bountiful) as Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, ends its Broadway run Dec. 8 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
The Public Theater takes free Shakespeare to prisons, homeless shelters, at-risk-youth centers, senior centers and rec centers as a part of their Mobile Shakespeare Unit.
Emmy Award-nominated producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan are hoping to introduce American television audiences to a new holiday tradition with the ambitious undertaking of presenting a live telecast of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The Sound of Music.
