Despite its great many shortcomings, this Earnest still just about manages to be an enjoyable night out. The credit for that lies entirely with Wilde, and not at all with the misguided direction.

It shouldn’t have come as a surprise that New Generation Theatrical would tackle Oscar Wilde’s 1895’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” It has that silly and arch veneer found in some ...

Gwendolyn has arrived in the country to meet up with Ernest. Upon arrival, she meets Cecily, Jack Worthing's ward. Jack Worthing comes to London to escape county life under the name of Ernest ...

The Importance of Being Earnest runs April 25 through May 4 at the Neese-Gray Theatre in Washburn’s Garvey Fine Arts Center.

“I know there’s been an in drag version and gender swap, but I don’t know if there’s been this simple little gay version.” In the original version of Wilde’s labyrinthine farce ...

Ollie McSweeny, Contributing Writer Last Friday at 8 pm, the Red Dragon Theater held a screening of The Importance of Being ...

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting November 12th, 2002 - Buy The Importance of Being Earnest DVD ...

The Encore Musical Theatre Company is set to present a fresh take on Oscar Wilde’s iconic comedy The Importance of Being ...

The Encore Musical Theatre Company will present a fresh take on Oscar Wilde's iconic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, running April 24-May 4. The production stars Fred Grandy as the ...

There is no objection, I admit, to an aunt being a small aunt ... You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life. It is perfectly absurd your saying that your name isn't Ernest.

In The Importance of Being Earnest, dashing men-about-town John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff pursue fair ladies Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. Matters are complicated by the imaginary ...