The story of the controversial Mad Monk, Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is now the subject of the new rock musical Brother Russia, which makes its world premiere at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre. The new musical features Music by Dana Rowe and Book and Lyrics by John Dempsey - the award-winning creators behind The Fix 1998 and The Witches of Eastwick 2007. Directed by Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer, the production will star John Lescault Signature's Art and The Lieutenant of Inishmore as the infamous and enigmatic Rasputin, Natascia Diaz Kiss of the Spider Woman at Signature, and Savage in Limbo at MetroStage, Doug Kreeger Signature's The Visit, Amy McWilliams Signature's The Witches of Eastwick and Urinetown, and Tracy Lynn Olivera Les Misrables and Merrily We Roll Along at Signature. Erin Driscoll, Stephen Gregory Smith, Rachel Zampelli, Russell Sunday, Kevin McAllister, and Christopher Mueller round out the cast for this world premiere event.
- 3/6/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The story of the controversial Mad Monk, Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is now the subject of the new rock musical Brother Russia, which makes its world premiere at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre. The new musical features Music by Dana Rowe and Book and Lyrics by John Dempsey the award-winning creators behind The Fix 1998 and The Witches of Eastwick 2007. Directed by Signatures Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer, the production will star John Lescault Signatures Art and The Lieutenant of Inishmore as the infamous and enigmatic Rasputin, Natascia Diaz Kiss of the Spider Woman at Signature, and Savage in Limbo at MetroStage, Doug Kreeger Signatures The Visit, Amy McWilliams Signatures The Witches of Eastwick and Urinetown, and Tracy Lynn Olivera Les Misrables and Merrily We Roll Along at Signature. Erin Driscoll, Stephen Gregory Smith, Rachel Zampelli, Russell Sunday, Kevin McAllister, and Christopher Mueller round out the cast for this world premiere event. Brother...
- 2/7/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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Directed by Wes Anderson
Released by Criterion Collection
Anderson's underappreciated trip to India on the backs of three brothers (Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman and Owen Wilson) who take a train the country to honor their late father gets a reexamination with this Criterion Collection edition that includes a new documentary, an audio commentary from Anderson, Schwartzman and Roman Coppola, audition footage, a video essay from Matt Zoller Seitz, a chichat between Anderson and the late James Ivory about the film's music and Anderson's ad for American Express and the short "Hotel Chevalier" with Natalie Portman.
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Directed by Jonathan Mossek
Released by First Look Entertainment
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