James Roberts News

On May 29th at 7pm, James Roberts IV returns to The Duplex with a stripped down collection of original tunes and soulful covers.

Broadway's Max Chernin (Bright Star), Kaitlyn Davidson (Cinderella, Nice Work If You Can Get It) and F. Michael Haynie (Wicked), as well as Jed Resnick (Avenue Q)* will headline the The Mik e Pettry Project , the second in the Singers Forum/EMGCollective's collaborative songbook series on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, October 4 & 5, at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. The series brings together Broadway performers and members of the SF/AEA Scholarship Program to spotlight work of prominent new composers. Following the success of The Patrick Dwyer Project, the series now features composer/lyricist Mike Pettry (The Light Princess, Things I Left on Long Island) whose work has been produced at A.R.T., South Coast Rep, The New Victory Theatre, etc. Pettry's current projects include partnering with composer Eli Bolin as he provides the lyrics for The Last Song of Eddie Scourge, a hard-rock adaptation of the classic A Christmas Carol.

The Guys Are Dolls, the Beauty Is Bawdy, But PAGEANT Lacks Legs. The cast in Arizona Broadway Theatre's current production of the spoof does its level best ~ true troupers!

The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health will host Sports Ball 2016, their 22nd Annual Black Tie & Sneakers Gala, on Wednesday, October 19th at the Grand Hyatt, 109 East 42nd Street in New York City.

Gary Naylor sees a play that promised much and delivered for 90 minutes before falling away in a poorly constructed last half-hour.

Written by Told by an Idiot, music by Iain Johnstone, lyrics by Simon Armitage, directed by Paul Hunter, designed by Laura Hopkins, sound by Adrienne Quartly and lighting by Paul Anderson. I Am Thomas, opens at Wilton's Music Hall on the 20th April and runs til the 30th April. Press night 21st April, 7.30pm.

ACS Random in association with Jermyn Street Theatre Presents the world premiere of THE CAUSE By Jeremy James, Director Andrew Shepherd, Designer Zahra Mansouri, Lighting Designer Julian MacCready. The performances will take place at Jermyn Street Theatre, March 1 to 26, 2016.

Silver Spring Stage presents Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz, directed by Bridget Muhlberger and produced by Seth Ghitelman, juicy and surprising drama with humor of a writer returning home to Palm Springs announcing she's publishing a memoir that dredges up a pivotal and tragic event in the family's history. Other Desert Cities will perform weekends April 4 to April 27, 2014.

James Roberts (Hair National Tour) is set to make his solo cabaret debut in James Roberts Can't Afford 54 Below tonight, August 25th at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre at 9:30pm.

National Theatre Wales' award-winning political production, The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning, is to be staged at a school in Edinburgh this summer, as part of both the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the British Council Showcase. It will be staged simultaneously on stage, and in a live stream via an interactive website.

James Roberts (Hair National Tour) is set to make his solo cabaret debut in James Roberts Can't Afford 54 Below on August 25th at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre at 9:30pm.

National Theatre Wales' award-winning political production, The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning, is to be staged at a school in Edinburgh this summer, as part of both the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the British Council Showcase. It will be staged simultaneously on stage, and in a live stream via an interactive website.

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our June 8th SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured the NEWSIES cast celebrating 500 performances, KINKY BOOTS wishing A CHRISTMAS STORY luck at tonight's Tony Awards, the West End BOOK OF MORMON cast thanking the big man upstairs, a MATILDA Tonys juice cleanse, and shots from THE LION KING, PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, WICKED, HAIR, CARMEN'S PLACE off-off Broadway, a fancy SIP from McCarter Theatre's INTO THE WOODS, and much more!

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our May 11th SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured intermission pics from THE BOOK OF MORMON, MATILDA, ROCK OF AGES, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, HAIR, GOOD NEWS! at Goodspeed, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the Stratford Festival, and tons of regional shows!

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our May 4th SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured a first SIP from ANN's Holland Taylor and THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE's Christopher Lloyd, as well as shots from NICE WORK, MATILDA, BOOK OF MORMON, LES MISERABLES, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, FLASHDANCE, HAIR, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, TOMMY at the Stratford Festival and more!

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our April 13th SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured MATILDA's opening SIPs, as well as a warm welcome to the show from the casts of PIPPIN and WEST SIDE STORY, and KINKY BOOTS' tribute to MOTOWN, which opens tonight. Plus, check out shots from MAMMA MIA!, LUCKY GUY, Cuba Gooding Jr. in THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, CINDERELLA, BOOK OF MORMON, HERE LIES LOVE at the Public Theater, off-Broadway's F#%KING UP EVERYTHING and A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, FLASHDANCE, PETER PAN, JEKYLL & HYDE, JERSEY BOYS, WICKED, HAIR, SENSE & SENSIBILITY in Denver and more!

The cult classic It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's Superman! is set to open tonight, April 12 at the Being Revived Theater Company in Frederick, Maryland.

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature the casts of KINKY BOOTS and LUCKY GUY celebrating opening week, a first SIP from THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, the ladies and gentlemen of NICE WORK getting their soap opera on, the cast of HANDS ON A HARDBODY showing off their rapping chops, spring wishes from BOOK OF MORMON, MATILDA celebrating 600 performances in London, and photos from HIT THE WALL, A (TOOTH) FAIRY TALE, THE FANTASTICKS, PETER PAN, FLASHDANCE, MARY POPPINS, WICKED, HAIR and more!