Janet Miller News

The faint whiff of cologne lingering on an old shirt evokes painful memories in Kaitlyn Baker's 'To Pieces,' the singer's latest single to be released to country radio.

Los Angeles based singer and actress Linden Waddell brings her hit cabaret show, "Hello Again! The Songs Of Allan Sherman" to the Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert on Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 2 PM. Pianist Marjorie Poe will join her and tickets are $11 cash only with doors opening at 1 PM.

?On Monday May 9, 2016, Eric Bunge, Managing Director of Northern Stage Theater Company, announced to a crowd of supporters gathered in the Byrne Theater of the Barrette Center for the Arts that the organization had officially exceeded the fundraising goal for its "Campaign for Northern Stage: New Home, Bright Future."

Good People Theater Company and Producer Alejandro Patiño announced the first Hollywood Fringe Festival production of THE TOXIC AVENGER MUSICAL, 2009's winner of the Outer Critics Circle's award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical.

Northern Stage, an award winning LORT-D regional theater in White River Junction, and Dartmouth College are proud to announce a partnership that will expand the collaborative exchange between the two institutions. Northern Stage has recently been granted Academic Theatre status by Actor's Equity Association, which recognizes the formal relationship between Northern Stage and Dartmouth, and provides each institution with a set of unique benefits. The two now join the ranks of other similar Academic Theatre partnerships such as Hartford Stage and the Hartt School, St. Louis Rep and Webster University, and Syracuse Stage and Syracuse University. "As a Dartmouth Theater Department faculty member, I know how important it is to teach our students to implement the tools and theories they learn on campus in a professional setting," says Northern Stage Producing Artistic Director Carol Dunne.  "This collaborative relationship will help our theater students make a bigger and more immediate impact on the American theater because they will have the ability to thrive in a professional setting."

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle named the multi-nominated Hit the Wall and Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles as 2015's Outstanding Productions at the organization's 47th annual awards event, held on Monday evening, March 14 at the Moss Theatre of New Roads School in Santa Monica.

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2015 (Dec. 1, 2014 - Nov. 30, 2015).

Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, in residence at CCBC Essex, will host its 2016 season fundraiser - The Marvelous Wonderettes -- 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 13 in the Cabaret Theatre on the second floor of the College Community Center at CCBC Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd., in Rosedale. Tickets cover the two-act production, a dessert reception and a special announcement about the 2016 season. For tickets ($25 each) and information, contact the CCBC Box Office at 443-840-ARTS (2787) or online at www.ccbcmd.edu/cockpit.

During the crazy broohaha of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, there are plenty of loud, over.the.top noisy shows, if that suits your pleasure. Sondheim's Marry Me a Little is a quiet, gentle little 60-minute musical revue that just doesn't fit that bill. And that's totally fine by me! I prefer Sondheim anyway. In Marry Me a Little, conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman Rene, many of the songs are from the then - late 90s - unproduced Saturday Night coupled with a multitude of songs cut from hits like Company, Follies, A Little Night Music and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. It's a two-person intimate show on the vast Lillian stage and as usual Janet Miller has staged the piece adeptly with lots of tender loving care.

A tastefully elegant production of Maltby & Shire's CLOSER THAN EVER brings the duo's beautiful and thought-provoking songs to life in the intimate performance space at Hollywood Piano in Burbank. It's a co-production between Good People Theater Company and Hollywood Piano; a partnership that means the audience gets the rare opportunity to hear the score played on a gorgeous 9½ foot Mason & Hamlin grand piano.

On Monday, August 11, Cape May Stage is thrilled to welcome back the scintillating, Tony-nominated Karen Akers in "Time Flies," an eclectic evening of tunes by American composers.

The concept: A high school prom in the first act filled with songs from the 1950's. A 10-year reunion in the 2nd act filled with songs from the 1960's. One set. Four girls. Sounds pretty simple, yes. NOT! As the choreographer for the original production of WONDERETTES, Janet Miller, told me this is a simple concept but '...it is a deceptively difficult show'.

On Monday, July 14 at 8 p.m., Cape May Stage presents Anna Bergman in 'You & the Night & the Music: An Evening of Musical Imports and Exports' at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse as part of the Equity theatre's highly-acclaimed Second Stage Broadway Series.

On July 7, 2014 at 8 p.m., Cape May Stage presents Heather Mac Rae in "Songs for My Father," a stunning tribute to her late father, Broadway star Gordon Mac Rae. Mac Rae is the first of five cabaret performances in the Equity theatre's highly-anticipated sixth annual Second Stage Broadway Series.

The Fantasticks/book & lyrics by Tom Jones/music by Harvey Schmidt/directed by Janet Miller/Good People Theater Company/at The Lillian Theatre/through June 29

Following a very successful inaugural production of A Man of No Importance at last year's Hollywood Fringe Festival, Good People Theater Company returns with Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's beloved musical, THE FANTASTICKS, directed by Janet Miller and featuring musical direction by Corey Hirsch.

Directors Lab West Steering Committee is pleased to announce the dates for the fifteenth annual Directors Lab West. The 2014 Lab will take place May 17-24th in residence at the Pasadena Playhouse. The Lab will continue its tradition of bringing together dedicated theatre directors, choreographers and master artists for a week of intense discussions and exploration of the art form.