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STEERAGE SONG, ALL IS CALM, OUR TOWN and More Set for Theater Latte Da's 2013-14 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2013
Theater Latte Da announced yesterday that a season of four adventures in musical storytelling and the continuation of a major new work development program will comprise its 16th Season. Slated for production are Steerage Song at The Lab Theater (September 25 - October 20, 2013), All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 at the Pantages Theatre (December 19-22, 2013), Cabaret at the Pantages Theatre (January 15 - February 9, 2014), and Our Town at The Lab Theater (March 12 - April 6, 2014). In spring 2014, the company will bring back NEXT: New Musicals in the Making, their program to develop new works for the musical theater canon. (more...)
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Emma Stone to Make Broadway Debut in CABARET?
by Movies News Desk - Apr 26, 2013
An article in today's The Wrap reports that Emma Stone is currently in talks to make her Broadway debut in the upcoming revival of CABARET in the role of Sally Bowles. The story cites 'an individual with knowledge of her plans' as the source. (more...)
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Way Off Broadway Opens CABARET Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Mar 29, 2013
Way Off Broadway, Iowa's only professional musical theatre company and the residential company at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts is delighted to announce their Iowa premiere production, the newest version of Cabaret which won the Tony for Best Revival. Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions including a major 're-think' revival in 1998, which WOB will present. (more...)
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Access Theater and The Dirty Blondes to Present PASSING THROUGH: ROOM 603, 4/10-14
by BWW News Desk - Mar 26, 2013
Access Theater & The Dirty Blondes' present award-winning director Alexandra Siladi (Outstanding Director, Planet Connections Festivity 2012) and actor/filmmaker Shane Jensen's production of PASSING THROUGH: Room 603, April 10-14. The show features the theatrical premiere of plays from Hotel Room (a miniseries produced by David Lynch & Monty Montgomery) including two works by Barry Gifford and a third developed from Jay McInerney's teleplay. This year marks the 20th anniversary of its original air date. (more...)
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Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Stage West's 4000 MILES
by BWW News Desk - Mar 25, 2013
Only it's not the home he grew up in that Leo Joseph-Connell turns to, but the home of his grandmother, Vera. He thinks he's just looking for a place to crash for a couple of days - but his needs go much deeper, in Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles, beginning a 5-week run at Stage West on April 4. Get a sneak peek at the cast below! (more...)
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STAGE TUBE: On This Day 3/19- CABARET
by Stage Tube - Mar 19, 2013
Today in 1998, the second Broadway revival of Caberat opened at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (then called the KIt Kat Klub), where it ran for 2377 performances. Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions. Set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis are rising to power, it focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around the 19-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with the young American writer Cliff Bradshaw. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub which serves as a constant metaphor for the tenuous and threatening state of late Weimar Germany throughout the show. (more...)
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Photo Flash: CABARET by PPAS; Show Closes 3/16
by Oliver Oliveros - Mar 15, 2013
The Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS -328 West 48th Street) stages the Tony Award-winning musical “Cabaret,” featuring book by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb, until tomorrow, March 16 at 2 and 8 p.m. Kyle Pleasant (“Across the Universe,” “Cabaret”) directs and choreographs. (more...)
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Way Off Broadway Opens CABARET, 3/29
by BWW News Desk - Mar 14, 2013
Way Off Broadway, Iowa's only professional musical theatre company and the residential company at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts is delighted to announce their Iowa premiere production, the newest version of Cabaret which won the Tony for Best Revival. Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions including a major "re-think" revival in 1998, which WOB will present. (more...)
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CABARET to Open at Keegan Theatre, Jan 26
by BWW
News Desk - Feb 22, 2013
The Keegan Theatre kicks off 2013 with John Kander and Fred Ebb's Tony Award-winning musical CABARET, opening January 26, 2013, at the Church Street Theater in Washington, DC. (more...)
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LONDON WALL to Open at Finborough Theatre, Jan 29
by BWW
News Desk - Feb 22, 2013
Graham Cowley for Two's Company in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre presents the first London production for more than 80 years of LONDON WALL by John van Druten. Directed by Tricia Thorns. Designed by Alex Marker. Lighting Design by Duncan Coombe. (more...)
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Oscar-Winning Musical Drama CABARET Comes to Blu-ray/DVD Today
by Movies News Desk - Feb 05, 2013
CABARET, Bob Fosse's ground-breaking Oscar-winning musical drama starring Liza Minnelli (Arthur, The Sterile Cuckoo), Michael York (the Austin Powers films), Joel Grey (TV's 'Oz'), Helmut Griem, and Marisa Berenson (I am Love), celebrates its 40th anniversary with a Blu-ray debut today, February 5, 2013. (more...)
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BWW Reviews: Keegan Does Justice to Kander and Ebb's CABARET
by Jennifer Perry - Feb 03, 2013
Even though 'Cabaret' is of the 'tried and true' variety of musical theatre and could have, therefore, resulted in yet another ho-hum production, Keegan's intimate setting, attention to detail, and mostly strong casting among the leads make this production ultimately memorable and, at times, even a bit daring. (more...)
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