Ted White News

Damn Yankees is headed to The 5th Avenue Theatre! This musical comedy is the story of an aging baseball fan who makes a deal with the Devil so his beloved hometown team can beat the Yankees in the race for the pennant. From the songwriting team of The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees is filled with hit songs including “Two Lost Souls” and the sultry favorite, “Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets.” The Paper Mill Playhouse production will slide into Seattle this April. The creative team includes direction by Mark S. Hoebee (Paper Mill’s Producing Artistic Director), music direction by Ben Whiteley, and choreography by Denis Michael Jones. (more...)

New Repertory Theatre and arsenalARTS join forces to present A Christmas Story. A Christmas Story is adapted/written by Philip Grecian and will be directed by Diego Arciniegas. (more...)

New Repertory Theatre and arsenalARTS join forces to present A Christmas Story. A Christmas Story is adapted/written by Philip Grecian and will be directed by Diego Arciniegas. (more...)

Holiday coverage would not be complete without an inclusion of Everett Bradley's acclaimed ‘HOLIDELIC'. With three new music videos and a series of upcoming concerts in New York, Philadelphia, Northampton and Hudson NY, 2011 is poised to be the biggest year ever for the unique Funk extravaganza. (more...)

New Repertory Theatre and arsenalARTS join forces to present A Christmas Story. A Christmas Story is adapted/written by Philip Grecian and will be directed by Diego Arciniegas. (more...)

Olympic Gold medalist Shaun White headlines the field as NBC Sports' coverage of the 2011 Dew Tour, the world's premier season-long action sports tour, continues this weekend with live coverage of the Dew Tour Championships in Las Vegas, Nev., Saturday at 3 p.m. ET and Sunday at 4 p.m. ET, where Dew Cups will be awarded to the season champions. Coverage begins with the half-hour Dew Tour Countdown that previews the day's events and competitors. (more...)

The new musical Peter & I opens tonight, October 6 at the Chernuchin Theater at the American Theater of Actors as part of The Araca Project, a new program created by The Araca Group to support emerging theatre artists. The production will run through October 16, 2011. (more...)

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (www.jamiesfoodrevolution.com) is celebrating victory today in its on-going campaign to get children fed properly at school. (more...)

FOX updates its summer schedule with a new time period for MASTERCHEF on Mondays, the two-night season premiere of HELL'S KITCHEN and the debut of new unscripted treasure-hunting series BURIED TREASURE. (more...)

FOX updates its summer schedule with a new time period for MASTERCHEF on Mondays, the two-night season premiere of HELL'S KITCHEN and the debut of new unscripted treasure-hunting series BURIED TREASURE. (more...)

Legendary pop music guitarist, songwriter and producer of Madonna’s blockbuster album Like a Virgin, Nile Rodgers, will participate in a “meet the artist” session to discuss his process and influences for writing the music and lyrics for the new musical DoubleTime. (more...)

Legendary pop music guitarist, songwriter and producer of Madonna’s blockbuster album Like a Virgin, Nile Rodgers, will participate in a “meet the artist” session to discuss his process and influences for writing the music and lyrics for the new musical DoubleTime. (more...)

As Hollywood heads into its annual summer blockbuster season, few if any, major films will feature minority characters, due to studio executives' fears that white audiences will stay away, which a new Indiana University study appears to confirm. (more...)

The JCC Thurnauer School of Music, named a 2011 Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, is pleased to announce the debut recital of its piano department in the rotunda of Steinway Hall (109 West 57th Street) in New York City. (more...)

Legendary pop music guitarist, songwriter and producer of Madonna’s blockbuster album Like a Virgin, Nile Rodgers, will participate in a “meet the artist” session to discuss his process and influences for writing the music and lyrics for the new musical DoubleTime. (more...)

The JCC Thurnauer School of Music, named a 2011 Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, is pleased to announce the debut recital of its piano department in the rotunda of Steinway Hall (109 West 57th Street) in New York City. (more...)

NBC will broadcast "Betty White's Off Their Rockers," (working title) a new hidden-camera comedy show hosted and executive-produced by seven-time Emmy Award winner Betty White, it was announced today by Paul Telegdy, Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, NBC and Universal Media Studios. (more...)

The National New Play Network (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, will produce six new plays in staged reading format at its National Showcase of New Plays, hosted December 3-5 in Denver by Curious Theatre Company. A committee of artistic, managing and literary leaders from across the country selected plays by Megan Breen, Jack Canfora, Dan Dietz, Meridith Friedman, A. Rey Pamatmat, and Stephen Sachs for the eighth annual showcase. (more...)

When people talk about Atlanta's Fabulous Fox Theatre, their conversations evoke a sense of history, preservation and grand community significance. Today, the Fox Theatre Institute partners with other historic theatres to restore, educate and collaborate within their communities. In effect, the Institute's outreach program focuses on sustaining, preserving and operating historic theatres to the highest level within the state of Georgia. (more...)

The Playhouse is the perfect place for a family outing! Family Events this Winter (more...)