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Jason Robert Brown to Host Series of Talkbacks After Select '13' Performances
by BWW News Desk - Oct 14, 2008
Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, composer/lyricist of the new musical 13, to host '13 Questions' - a series of audience Q & A's - immediately following the 7pm performances on Tuesday, October 21, Wednesday, October 22 and Thursday, October 23, 2008. Special co-hosts to include 13's casting director, Mark Simon, 'fabulous' members of Broadway's first all teenage cast and band and other members of 13's creative staff. (Star Ledger) All audience members with tickets for that evening's performance are permitted to stay for that evening's talkback for free. (more...)
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Johanna Day and Michael Milligan Join AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Tonight 10/14
by BWW News Desk - Oct 14, 2008
Tracy Letts' AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, winner of the 2008 Tony, Pulitzer Prize, Drama Desk, New York Drama Critics Circle, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play, is proud to welcome Tony Award-nominee Johanna Day, in the role of 'Barbara Fordham,' and Michael Milligan, in the role of 'Little Charles' to the Broadway company tonight Tuesday, October 14th. (more...)
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Deborah Gibson Stars in Cabrillo's THE KING & I 10/17
by BWW News Desk - Oct 13, 2008
Cabrillo Music Theatre kicks off the new 2008-2009 season by announcing that Deborah Gibson, whose successful career spans the worlds of Broadway and Pop Music, will star in Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic, THE KING AND I. (more...)
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Ralston to Perform Songs from Solo CD at Barnes and Noble on 10/15
by BWW News Desk - Oct 13, 2008
To celebrate her recently released debut solo CD, I'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO NEW YORK, accomplished cabaret artist and Broadway vet Teri Ralston (Company, A Little Night Music) will make two special appearances in Manhattan this fall. On Wednesday, 15 October, at 6pm, Teri will sign CD's and sing selected songs at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Then, on Monday, 17 November, at 9pm, she will perform in concert at the Metropolitan Room, where I'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO NEW YORK was recorded, live, earlier this year. (more...)
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Celebration Theatre Opens Season With 'Procelain' Starting 10/10
by BWW News Desk - Oct 10, 2008
Celebration Theatre presents the first show of its 2008-2009 Mainstage Season, Porcelain. Porcelain by Chay Yew opens on Friday, October 10th and runs for six weeks through Sunday, November 9th at Celebration Theatre, 7051B Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood. (more...)
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HARM'S WAY Receives Pen USA Literary Award; Opens October 18
by BWW News Desk - Oct 09, 2008
Critically acclaimed theatre company Circus Theatricals proudly announces that playwright SHEM BITTERMAN has won the 2008 Pen USA Literary Award for Drama for his play HARM'S WAY. Past winners of the award include Sarah Rule, Luis Alfaro, Donald Freed, and Craig Volk. (more...)
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Mary Zimmerman Returns to Berkley Rep With 'Arabian Nights'
by BWW News Desk - Oct 07, 2008
Next month, Tony Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman returns to Berkeley Repertory Theatre with an alluring adaptation of The Arabian Nights. This is Zimmerman's sixth trip to Berkeley Rep, and for the first time she works her magic on the intimate Thrust Stage. The Arabian Nights runs from November 13 through January 4 with the official press night on November 19. (more...)
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'Five Fingers of Funk' Debuts at Children's Theatre Company in MN 10/24
by BWW News Desk - Oct 07, 2008
Classic 70s funk infuses pioneering hip hop theater artist Will Power's fierce new coming-of-age tale, debuting October 24 at The Children's Theatre Company (CTC). FIVE FINGERS OF FUNK, created by Power in collaboration with composer Justin Ellington and director Derrick Sanders, runs through November 16 on the Cargill Stage as the first show in the ctc4teens season. (more...)
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Celebration Theatre Opens Season With 'Procelain' Starting 10/10
by BWW News Desk - Oct 04, 2008
Celebration Theatre presents the first show of its 2008-2009 Mainstage Season, Porcelain. Porcelain by Chay Yew opens on Friday, October 10th and runs for six weeks through Sunday, November 9th at Celebration Theatre, 7051B Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood. (more...)
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Canterbury Tales with Amy Brenneman, Bruce Davison, Wendie Malick & More Oct. 25 and Nov. 1
by BWW News Desk - Oct 03, 2008
HIGHLAND HALL parents and performers Bruce Davison, Amy Brenneman, Brooke Smith, Elizabeth Perkins, Saul Rubinek, Bruce Weitz, Fred Goss, Jim Ortlieb, and Wendie Malick present a staged reading of James R. Winker's adaptation of THE CANTERBURY TALES, which premiered to high acclaim in 1984 at the Mark Taper Forum. (more...)
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'Theater Talk' to Air Discussion About Midwest Theatres on 10/3
by BWW News Desk - Oct 03, 2008
'Theater Talk,' the nationally syndicated program co-hosted by New York Post theater columnist Michael Riedel and producer Susan Haskins, will air a historic panel discussion about the state of Midwest resident theatres on Friday, October 3 (early Saturday morning) at 12:30 AM on WNET, Channel 13. (more...)
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Annette Bening to Star in 'All About Eve' Reading to Benefit Actors Fund 11/10
by BWW News Desk - Oct 02, 2008
The Actors Fund will present an all-star reading of ALL ABOUT EVE, the classic backstage drama that is one of the most entertaining and witty films of all time. Leading the all-star cast will be award-winning actress Annette Bening (The Women, Running with Scissors, American Beauty) as Margo Channing. ALL ABOUT EVE will be presented Monday, November 10 at 7:30pm at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street). (more...)
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'A Boys' Life' Begins Preview Performances Tonight, 10/2 at Second Stage
by BWW News Desk - Oct 02, 2008
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will kick off its 30th Anniversary Season with a new production of Howard Korder's comedy, BOYS' LIFE, directed by Michael Greif starting tonight, October 2nd. The official opening will be Monday, October 20th. This 20th Anniversary production of BOYS' LIFE will feature Jason Biggs, Rhys Coiro, and Peter Scanavino as 'the boys' as well as Dan Colman, Michelle Federer, Betty Gilpin, Paloma Guzman, Laura-Leigh, and Stephanie March. (more...)
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Casting Announced for 'The School of Night' at the Mark Taper Forum
by BWW News Desk - Oct 02, 2008
The cast is set and rehearsals have begun for the American premiere of 'The School of Night' by Peter Whelan. This sublime and sensuous political thriller set in the 16th century opens at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum November 9, 2008, and continues through December 17. Previews begin October 30. (more...)
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Johanna Day and Michael Milligan Join 'August: Osage County' Cast 10/14
by BWW News Desk - Oct 02, 2008
Tracy Letts' AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, winner of the 2008 Tony, Pulitzer Prize, Drama Desk, New York Drama Critics Circle, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play, is proud to welcome Tony Award-nominee Johanna Day, in the role of 'Barbara Fordham,' and Michael Milligan, in the role of 'Little Charles' to the Broadway company on Tuesday, October 14th. (more...)
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Ralston to Perform Songs from Solo CD at Barnes and Noble on 10/15
by BWW News Desk - Oct 02, 2008
To celebrate her recently released debut solo CD, I'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO NEW YORK, accomplished cabaret artist and Broadway vet Teri Ralston (Company, A Little Night Music) will make two special appearances in Manhattan this fall. On Wednesday, 15 October, at 6pm, Teri will sign CD's and sing selected songs at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Then, on Monday, 17 November, at 9pm, she will perform in concert at the Metropolitan Room, where I'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO NEW YORK was recorded, live, earlier this year. (more...)
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