Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Robison in your thoughts Playhouse

Blake Robison, creating artistic director in the Round House Theater in Bethesda, Md., in the last a long time, will ankle the publish in June being honcho in the Cincinnati Playhouse neighborhood. The move finishes a comprehensive sort through the Cincy org for just about any successor to longtime a.d. Edward Stern that incorporated greater than 100 candidates. Robeson mentioned he's sad to go away Round House, but relishes the opportunity to focus on the flagship theater. "I'm going to be trying to find options to broaden programming, offer more plays to a family event audiences and develop another series for additional youthful patrons," he mentioned. Meanwhile, he'll be busy planning the arrival seasons of both facilities. Robeson's artistic stamp at Round House remains his sharp focus on staged adaptations of books in the series referred to as Literary Works Project. They incorporated commissioned remakes of "The Gifted Mr. Ripley," "How a Garcia Women Lost Their Accents" and "The Look of Dorian Gray." The approach aided Round House carve a market inside the crowded D.C. theater market while improving their financial stability, mentioned Robison. Round House has hired searching committee for Robeson's successor. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

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