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Kevin Kline Set to Lead PIRATES OF PENZANCE Public Theater Gala, 6/10
by BWW News Desk - Apr 25, 2013
BroadwayWorld has confirmed that Kevin Kline will reprise his role of the Pirate King in The Public Theater's upcoming gala performance of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. The one-night-only concert performance will be held on Monday, June 10 at the Delacorte Theater where The Public's production originally premiered more than three decades ago. Additional casting has not yet been announced. (more...)
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Public Theater's 2013 Gala to Feature PIRATES OF PENZANCE Concert at Delacorte Theater, 6/10
by BWW News Desk - Mar 18, 2013
The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today that the 2013 Public Theater annual gala will celebrate the company's acclaimed 1980 production of the musical, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, with a one-night-only concert performance on Monday, June 10 at the Delacorte Theater where The Public's production originally premiered more than three decades ago. Sir Howard Stringer, Arielle Tepper Madover, and Renee Beaumont will serve as Gala Co-Chairs for this unforgettable evening that will also honor the late Nora Ephron who was a longtime Public Theater board member and consummate lover of Shakespeare in the Park. (more...)
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STAGE TUBE: On This Day 1/8- PIRATES OF PENZANCE
by Stage Tube - Jan 08, 2013
Today in 1981, Joe Papp's revival of THe Pirates of Penzance opened at the Uris Theatre, where it ran for 787 performances. The Pirates of Penzance is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences and critics. Pirates was the fifth Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration and introduced the much-parodied Major-General's Song. (more...)
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BWW Interviews: Lara Teeter Talks SHOW BOAT, Cap'n Andy, His Career and About Teaching
by David Clarke - Jan 02, 2013
In the crisp, morning hours on December 27, 2012 I got the chance to speak with Lara Teeter, who will be playing Cap'n Andy in the upcoming production of SHOW BOAT at Houston Grand Opera. The celebrated actor had a plethora of interesting and scholarly items to discuss about SHOW BOAT, and the character of Cap'n Andy. We also had a good time discussing his career as an actor, director, choreographer, and teacher. (more...)
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Theater Talk to Feature THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, 12/28-31
by BWW News Desk - Dec 20, 2012
With the revival of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" garnering positive reviews in a Roundabout Theatre production at Studio 54, THEATER TALK welcomes two of its talents - Rupert Holmes, who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the 1985 musical, and Will Chase, who plays the dual roles of John Jasper and Mr. Clive Paget. (more...)
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Review Roundup: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
by Review Roundups - Nov 13, 2012
Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production ofThe Mystery of Edwin Drood began previews on October 19th. The show opens officially tonight, November 13th, 2012 at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th St.) and plays a limited engagement through February 10th, 2013. Let's see what the critics had to say... (more...)
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The Lincolnshire Marriott’s “Pirates”: Theatrically Good to Great, But Musically Frustrating
by Paul W. Thompson - Apr 16, 2012
In our time and place, the great Marriott Theatre to the north of Chicago, in Lincolnshire, in the collar county of Lake, has mounted a production of "The Pirates of Penzance" which officially opened this past weekend, and will run through June 10, 2012. It's directed by Dominic Missimi, a visionary musical theater director and teacher with vast experience and influence across the country, and especially here. (more...)
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SPOTLIGHT ON BEAUTY & THE BEAST 3D: Paige O'Hara
by Pat Cerasaro - Jan 25, 2012
Today we are talking to the titular leading lady of the Oscar-winning Disney classic BEAUTY & THE BEAST, Paige O'Hara, all about her experience acting as the voice of Belle and what it was like to be an essential element of the enormous success that the lauded family favorite has enjoyed for more than twenty years, as well as her impressions of the new 3D film experience currently in movie theaters nationwide in honor of its 20th anniversary (also available on Blu-ray in standard definition and 3D). In addition to all about her role as a Disney Legend-indoctrinated princess, O'Hara also sheds some light on her Broadway and theatre career, having starred in LES MISERABLES, OKLAHOMA!, SOUTH PACIFIC, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD and the onstage revival and subsequent complete John McGlinn symphonic recording of SHOW BOAT. Additionally, O'Hara details her many collaborations on BEAUTY & THE BEAST, such as composers Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman, in addition to previous InDepth InterView participant Angela Lansbury and this week's upcoming InDepth InterView subject - the Beast himself - Robby Benson. Plus, news on O'Hara's Judy Garland bio-musical - FROM GUMM TO GARLAND: JUDY, THE MUSICAL - and her new role as a Disney Fine Arts artist, as well as much, much more! (more...)
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STAGE TUBE: On This Day 1/8- PIRATES OF PENZANCE
by Stage Tube - Jan 08, 2012
Today in 1981, Joe Papp's revival of THe Pirates of Penzance opened at the Uris Theatre, where it ran for 787 performances. The Pirates of Penzance is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences and critics. Pirates was the fifth Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration and introduced the much-parodied Major-General's Song. (more...)
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RIALTO CHATTER: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Coming Back to Broadway?
by BWW News Desk - Dec 16, 2011
Matt Windman of amny writes in today's paper that 1985 musical 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood might be heading back to Broadway in the near future. He writes: 'I'm hearing rumors that the Roundabout Thetare Company's next revival will be 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood,' the thoroughly delightful 1980's murder mystery based on the unfinished Dickens novel.' (more...)
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Kevin Gray Joins Hartt Faculty
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2011
The Hartt School, the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Gray as Associate Professor of Theatre. (more...)
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