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Les Miserables original Broadway production 1987-1996
Les Miserables original Broadway production, before the 10th anniversary overhaul in 1997. click for identification
All Those Magnificent Streamed Stories That Live Inside Georgie: My Adventures of George Rose
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The Streaming Experience: Ed Dixon’s Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose By Ross Arriving late to this eight-week streaming presentation of the award-winning solo show Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose, I warmly took in all that was being offered. Written and starring the engagingly gentle and charming Ed Dixon (Broadway’s Sunday in the Park…, Les Misérables), this Broadway tale…
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A spellbinding tale of two actors: Ed Dixon and "Georgie" Rose at the Sharon Playhouse
A spellbinding tale of two actors: Ed Dixon and “Georgie” Rose at the Sharon Playhouse
Ed Dixon quietly invokes the spirit of George Rose as the performance ends. Georgie: The Life and Death of George Rose Theatre Review by Larry Murray An actor’s memoirs are always fascinating since they often reveal the real person under the theatrical persona. Ed Dixon’s play about George Rose goes incredibly deep into the life of George Rose, but in so doing, we find that we are also learning…
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REVIEW: "Georgie: My Adventures With George Rose" at Barrington Stage
REVIEW: “Georgie: My Adventures With George Rose” at Barrington Stage
by Roseann Cane To call Ed Dixon a storyteller is like calling George Rose an actor. Both descriptors are true, yet they don’t begin to convey the seismic ingenuity of either man. Ed Dixon has had, and continues to have, a rich, multifaceted career in the theater as a performer and a playwright. He made his Broadway acting debut in 1971 in No, No, Nanette, starring Ruby Keeler and directed by…
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(Pittsfield, MA– March 22, 2017) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Michele Weathers, announced today a special production of Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose, as well as three special events, during their upcoming 2017 season. Tickets for Georgie, as well as all three special events, are on sale now at barringtonstageco.org.
From August 30-September 3, Broadway veteran Ed Dixon (Anything Goes, Mary Poppins) brings his one-man show, Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose, to the St. Germain Stage, directed by Eric Schaeffer (Follies). The performance schedule for Georgie is as follows: August 30-September 2, 7:30pm; September 2-3, 3:00pm.
The late George Rose.
Ed Dixon
In Georgie, Ed Dixon (BSC’s Man of La Mancha, Sweeney Todd) chronicles his relationship with his friend and mentor, the Tony Award-winning character actor George Rose (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, My Fair Lady, Pirates of Penzance). “A stunner! He tells juicy stories with impish delight.” (The Washington Post)
(Click HERE to read Larry Murray’s review of Georgie when it played the Sharon Playhouse in 2015.)
William Finn hanging out in front of BSC’s Boyd-Quinson Main Stage in downtown Pittsfield.
Two-time Tony Award-winner William Finn returns by popular demand with the next generation of talented musical theatre writers in Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don’t Know But Should… They share a concert of their newest songs with the help of four extraordinary singers, ridiculously talented in their own right. A funny, charming and insightful evening, narrated by Mr. Finn! Concerts will take place June 9 and 10 at 8pm. Tickets range from $30-40. Ridiculously Talented is sponsored by The Gregory E. Bulger Foundation/Gregory Bulger and Richard Dix.
Michele Lee has been nominated for multiple Emmy and Tony awards.
On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 7pm, BSC will present Nobody Does It Like Me…The Music of Cy Coleman. Straight from Broadway’s Wicked, the multiple Emmy and Tony-nominated Michele Lee spotlights the music of Cy Coleman (Sweet Charity, Barnum and City of Angels). Including songs from their musical Seesaw, Ms. Lee infuses the evening with stories that tickle the funny bone to ballads that cut deep into the soul. With music director extraordinaire Ron Abel, it’s easy to see how “Nobody Does It Like” Michele Lee. Tickets range from $40-50. VIP tickets, which include premium seating, a post-show reception, and a meet-and greet, are available for $75. Nobody Does It Like Me…is sponsored by Judy and Marty Isserlis.
September 3 marks the return of composer/pianist Joe Iconic and his “family.”
After many summers of blowing the roof off of our cabaret, on Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 8pm, Joe Iconis and his tribe of musical theater misfits return to the Mainstage for a special one-night-only concert— Joe Iconis and Family TAKE OVER! These musical mavericks will make it clear why The New York Times called them “The Future of Musical Theatre” with songs about anything and everything that makes you laugh, cry, scream, or drink. Come see what happens when The Family gets out of the basement and is set loose on the Mainstage for our final blowout of summer! Tickets range from $35-45. Joe Iconis and Family TAKE OVER! is sponsored by Reba and Bruce Evenchik, and Sheila and Hal Richman.
The previously announced 2017 season at BSC will include Kunstler by Jefferson Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Jeffrey Sweet (Flyovers), directed by Meagen Fay (Second City in Chicago), and starring Jeff McCarthy (Broadway’s Chicago, BSC’s Broadway Bounty Hunter); a production of The Birds by Conor McPherson, directed by BSC Artistic Director Julianne Boyd (BSC’s Broadway Bounty Hunter, American Son); a new production of Ragtime, directed by Helen Hayes Award winner Joe Calarco (The Burnt Part Boys, Shakespeare’s R&J), with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty; and SPEECH & DEBATE by Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Stephen Karam (Broadway’s The Humans) and directed by Jessica Holt (Alliance Theatre’s Ugly Lies The Bone).
The 2017 season will continue with the laugh-out-loud but rarely staged comedy, Taking Steps, by Olivier and Tony Award winner Alan Ayckbourn (The Norman Conquests) in a new production from Tony Award nominated director Sam Buntrock (Broadway’s Sunday in the Park with George); This by Obie Award winner Melissa James Gibson (“House of Cards”) and directed by Christopher Innvar (BSC’s The Other Place); Company, with a book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, choreographed by Jeffrey Page (BSC’s Broadway Bounty Hunter) and directed by Julianne Boyd, and Gaslight (Angel Street) by Patrick Hamilton.
BSC recently announced a World Premiere reading of the new musical, Butterflies, with a book and lyrics by Kate Chadwick and music by Josh Freilich, and directed by Tony Award nominee Graciela Daniele (The Visit). A reading will be presented on Friday, July 28 at 2pm at Barrington Stage Co., and a limited number of seats will be available to the public.
The 2017 Youth Theatre Program production will be BYE BYE BIRDIE. The winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, BYE BYE BIRDIE features a book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse, BYE BYE BIRDIE will be directed and choreographed by Julianne Katz (Crazy For You at Lincoln Center, Assistant Choreographer).
Single tickets for the 2017 season are now on sale at barringtonstageco.org.
ABOUT BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY
Barrington Stage Company is a professional award-winning Equity regional theatre located in the heart of the Berkshires, in Pittsfield, MA. It was co-founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and has a three-fold mission: to present top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to find fresh, bold ways of bringing new audiences into the theatre—especially young people. Barrington Stage garnered national attention in 2004 when it premiered William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee which later transferred to Broadway where it won two Tony Awards. In 2009, Mark St. Germain’s Freud’s Last Session ran more than ten weeks on Stage 2 and later moved Off Broadway and played for two years. St. Germain’s Becoming Dr. Ruth (which premiered at BSC as Dr. Ruth, All the Way in 2012) played Off Broadway at the Westside Theatre in fall 2013. BSC’s all-time record-breaking musical, On the Town, was originally produced at BSC in 2013. In 2014, it opened on Broadway with BSC as a co-producer, where it was nominated for four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival. In 2016, Barrington Stage swept the first Annual Berkshire Theatre Awards by winning 20 out of the 25 awards. In 2016, BSC produced three World Premieres; Presto Change-O, Broadway Bounty Hunter, and American Son, which won the Laurents/Hatcher Award for Best New Play.
Barrington Stage Announces Special Events for 2017 Season (Pittsfield, MA– March 22, 2017) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Michele Weathers, announced today a special production of…
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A spellbinding tale of two actors: Ed Dixon and "Georgie" Rose at the Sharon Playhouse
A spellbinding tale of two actors: Ed Dixon and “Georgie” Rose at the Sharon Playhouse
Ed Dixon quietly invokes the spirit of George Rose as the performance ends.
Georgie: The Life and Death of George Rose Theatre Review by Larry Murray
An actor’s memoirs are always fascinating since they often reveal the real person under the theatrical persona. Ed Dixon’s play about George Rose goes incredibly deep into the life of George Rose, but in so doing, we find that we are also learning as…
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