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Date Of Birth:
February 07, 1812
Date Of Death:
June 09, 1870 (58)
Birth Place:
Portsmouth, Hampshire, ENGLAND
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CURTAINS, from The Creators of Cabaret & Chicago, Set for European Professional Premiere July 25
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2012

Curtains, the backstage musical comedy whodunit from the creators of Cabaret and Chicago, will get its European professional premiere production in a strictly limited 6-week season at the Landor Theatre from 25 July - 1 September. (more...)

Naked Girls Reading Presents BROS vs HOS, 6/20
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012

Naked Girls Reading NYC presents BROS vs HOS. "Hairy chests vs hairdos! Chauvinists vs suffragettes! Running with the bulls vs finding a room of one's own! Mary Wollestonecraft goes head-to-head with Iron John and Snow White takes on Stanley Kowalski in this literary grudge match for the ages." (more...)

Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Victoria Farley and Wendi Peters in THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD - Opens in West End Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012

The acclaimed London revival of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, staged to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth, opens tonight in the Westn End after a successful run at the Landor Theatre in south London. (more...)

EURYDICE, CHINGLISH, et al. Set for South Coast Rep's 2012-13 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2012

South Coast Repertory’s 49th season will offer audiences an exciting blend of current hits and world premieres. The season begins with Alan Ayckbourn’s hilarious farce, Absurd Person Singular, and will include new plays by some of the hottest writers on the theatre scene, including the world premiere of Noah Haidle’s Smokefall and a second world premiere to be announced; Sarah Ruhl’s comic tale of loss, Eurydice; the Southland debuts of Bill Cain’s touching How to Write a New Book for the Bible, Amanda Dehnert’s trailblazing musical take on Shakespeare, The Verona Project, and David Henry Hwang’s hit comedy Chinglish; and the West Coast premieres of Samuel D. Hunter’s poignantly funny The Whale and Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Broadway hit The Motherf**ker with the Hat. (more...)

Chita Rivera, Susan Sarandon et al. to Help Honor Jason Alexander at 2012 Actor's Fund Tony Awards Party, 6/10
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012

On June 10, 2012, The Actor's Fund will present its 16th Annual Tony Awards party at the Skirball Center, this year honoring Jason Alexander with the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement.. Scott Bakula will host the gala and this year's Honorary Celebrity Committee includes: Julie Bowen, Nancy Dussault, Dann Florek, Elliott Gould, Steve Guttenberg, Garry Marshall, Chita Rivera, Susan Sarandon, Holland Taylor and Zachary Quinto. The event includes cocktails and a silent auction followed by ainner and a live telecast of a live feed of the Tony Awards as they happen in New York. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Wendi Peters Sings 'The Wages of Sin' from EDWIN DROOD
by Stage Tube - May 16, 2012

Footage has been released this afternoon of Wendi Peters singing THE WAGES OF SIN from the West End revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood that starts previews this Friday May 18, ahead of the opening night on Tuesday May 22. (more...)

A DREAM ACROSS THE OCEAN, A New British Musical to Make Premiere at Ashcroft Theatre, 8/11 -8/12
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012

A DREAM ACROSS THE OCEAN is a musical that celebrates the faith and determination of the West Indian Pentecostal community who were part of the Windrush generation that came to Britain during the 1940’s 50’s and 60's. It will get its world premiere at The Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 August, 2012. (more...)

CoHo Productions Presents HARD TIMES, 5/11-6/2
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2012

CoHo Productions presents Hard Times, adapted by Stephen Jeffreys from the novel by Charles Dickens, from May 11 – June 2, 2012. (more...)

Frank Wildhorn Brings FRANK & FRIENDS Series to Birdland; Kicks Off in June With Morgan James, Rob Evan and More
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2012

Broadway at Birdland today announced a partnership with multi-Grammy and Tony nominated composer Frank Wildhorn for a monthly concert series called “Frank & Friends.” The series of one-night-only concerts will feature the songs and performers from the composer’s range of work in popular, theatrical and classical music. All profits will go to The Actors Fund, a nationwide human services organization that helps all professionals in the performing arts and entertainment. (more...)

Shakespeare Theatre of NJ Kicks Off 50th Season with HENRY IV, PART ONE, 5/30-6/24
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2012

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will launch its 2012 milestone 50th Anniversary season with William Shakespeare’s saga of a young prince’s reformation and ascent to manhood – Henry IV, Part One. Considered one of Shakespeare’s most popular history plays, this rousing tale has not been produced on The Shakespeare Theatre stage in 20 years. Henry IV, Part One begins performances on May 30 and runs through June 24 at the Theatre’s Main Stage – the F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre. All tickets, including discounted ticket packages are now on sale. For tickets or for more information, call the box office at 973-408-5600 or visit www.ShakespeareNJ.org. The F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre is located at 36 Madison Avenue (at Lancaster Road), in Madison. (more...)

BOEING BOEING, MY FAIR LADY & More Set for Delaware Theatre Company October-Feburary
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2012

Under the new leadership of Bud Martin, the Delaware Theatre Company today announced its program up to Feburary 2013. (more...)

The Building Stage to Close Season with LIFE IS A DREAM, 5/18-6/30
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2012

The Building Stage, now in its 7th year creating original works of theater, wraps up its four-show season with its original adaptation of Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s LIFE IS A DREAM, performing Friday and Saturday nights May 18 – June 30 at The Building Stage, 412 N. Carpenter Street in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. (more...)

Fantasmagorical CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Regional Premiere in Hale Centre Theatre's 2013 Season
by Blair Howell - May 01, 2012

“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” joins “The 39 Steps,” “No Time for Sergeants,” “Ragtime,” and “Tarzan: The Musical” to the Hale Centre Theatre 2013 season. The West Valley, Utah, company is the highest attended theater in the 7,000-member American Association of Community Theatre. (more...)

Naked Girls Reading NYC Presents HOLLYWOOD STORIES, 5/16
by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2012

Naked Girls Reading NYC is set to present HOLLYWOOD STORIES. Naked Girls' literary starlets will share juicy biographies, classic scripts, behind-the-camera accounts, Hollywood legends, L.A. noir, and stories from the casting couch. (more...)

Roxy Regional Theatre to Kick Off 30th Anniversary Season With 9 TO 5, Starring Bailey Hanks
by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2012

In a musical revue game show opening the 10th Annual Rivers and Spires Festival in Clarksville last Thursday, the Roxy Regional Theatre, Clarksville's oldest live theatre and only professional theatre, unveiled its 30th Anniversary Season. Under the direction of Tom Thayer, executive director, and John McDonald, artistic director, the theatre will kick off the 2012-2013 season with the Dolly Parton musical 9 to 5: The Musical. Starring Bailey Hanks of Broadway’s Legally Blonde, it will open on September 14. (more...)

Capitol Center for the Arts Season to Include BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Margaret Cho and More
by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2012

The Capitol Center for the Arts today announced an exciting lineup of performances for its seventeenth season. (more...)

BWW TV: Simon Callow in BEING SHAKESPEARE at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
by BroadwayWorld TV - Apr 20, 2012

Simon Callow has brought his highly acclaimed show BEING SHAKESPEARE to the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre at the Broadway Playhouse for a limited engagement through April 29, 2012. Performances began April, 18 2012. The Chicago engagement follows productions at BAM in New York and Trafalgar Studios 1 in London. Click below to watch Callow in action! (more...)

After 20 Years, Paula Flautt's Vision for CAROUSEL Opens at Nashville's Christ Presbyterian Academy
by Jeffrey Ellis - Apr 18, 2012

Some 67 years after Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel first opened at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre, director Paula Y. Flatt will unveil her vision for the show—which was named by Time magazine in 1999 as the best musical of the 20th century—in a new production featuring her students at Nashville’s Christ Presbyterian Academy. (more...)

Jason Alexander to Guest Star on 200th Episode of TWO AND A HALF MEN, 5/7
by BWW News Desk - Apr 18, 2012

Broadway vet Jason Alexander will guest star as Alan’s cardiologist, Dr. Goodman on the 200th episode of the CBS comedy TWO AND A HALF MEN. (more...)

American Conservatory Theater's Season Will Include HUMOR ABUSE, ELEKTRA and More
by BWW News Desk - Apr 18, 2012

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Carey Perloff announced the lineup for the company’s 46th subscription season, which includes an eclectic and unforgettable world premiere musical event, a masterwork from acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard, a world premiere comedy from one of Canada’s most prolific playwrights, a sultry Tennessee Williams drama, a revitalized classic starring Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis, and the return of Lorenzo Pisoni’s sold-out stage memoir. An exciting world premiere event – to be announced at a later date – will fill the ninth show slot. (more...)

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