NAMT Announces Lineup for 20th Annual Festival at New World Stagesby BWW News Desk - Sep 9, 2008The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and Executive Director Kathy Evans announced the directors and preliminary casts for the eight musicals being presented at its 20th Annual Festival of New Musicals at New World Stages (340 West 50th St) on Monday, October 20 and Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (more...)
BC/EFA Auctioning Off Frankie Valli Prize Packageby BWW News Desk - Sep 9, 2008Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS has started bidding on eBay for their latest auction: OH WHAT A NIGHT! (more...)
Cory Grant is Chicago's New Frankie Valli in 'Jersey Boys'by BWW News Desk - Sep 9, 2008The Chicago company of Jersey Boys is thrilled to welcome Chicagoan Cory Grant to the role of Frankie Valli beginning Saturday, September 27, 2008. (more...)
Boggess, Butler, Hanks, Ellis and MORE Added to 'Broadway on Broadway' Performance Lineupby BWW News Desk - Sep 8, 2008Spamalot's Drew Lachey will host Broadway on Broadway 2008 on Sunday, September 14th at 11:30 a.m., it was announced today by The Broadway League and The Times Square Alliance. (more...)
BC/EFA Announces Complete List of Celebrities for Sept 21st Flea Marketby BWW News Desk - Sep 8, 2008Theatre and daytime television stars are coming out to support Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS at the 22ND ANNUAL Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction to be held on Sunday, September 21 from 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM in Shubert Alley (225 West 45th Street). (more...)
Miranda, Finley, Denman and More Lend Hand with 'Broadway United for Barack'by BWW News Desk - Sep 5, 2008Broadway United for Barack will take place on Monday, September 15th at 9:45pm at The Metropolitan Room. All proceeds benefit Obama For America. Shonn Wiley, Meredith Patterson, and Ryan J. Davis produce. (more...)
Berkley Rep To Premiere Itmar Moses's New Play 'Yellowjackets'by BWW News Desk - Sep 3, 2008Berkeley Repertory Theatre kicks off its 2008/09 Season with the world premiere of a provocative new play set in Berkeley and written by a Berkeley native: renowned playwright Itamar Moses returns to his hometown with Yellowjackets, a script set just around the corner in the halls of his alma mater. (more...)
La Jolla Announces Casting and Creatives for 'Memphis'by BWW News Desk - Sep 3, 2008La Jolla Playhouse announced today the initial lineup of cast and creatives for the upcoming musical 'Memphis - The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll' slated for August 19th through September 28th in the Mandell Weiss Theatre. (more...)
Matt Bogart To Replace Spencer in 'Jersey Boys' on 9/30by BWW News Desk - Sep 3, 2008Matt Bogart will join the Broadway cast of Jersey Boys, the Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning smash hit musical, in the role of Nick Massi on Tuesday, September 30. J. Robert Spencer, who originated the role at La Jolla Playhouse and on Broadway, will play his final performance on Sunday, September 14. In the interim, the role of Nick Massi will be played by John Leone. (more...)
GYPSY OF THE MONTH: Elise Kinnon of 'Half a Sixpence'by Adrienne Onofri - Sep 3, 2008Elise has followed her theater dreams all the way from Australia and is now appearing in her 2nd show at Goodspeed. (more...)
Reprise Theatre Co Presents 'Once On This Island' 9/2by BWW News Desk - Sep 2, 2008Director Billy Porter and Grammy nominee Ledisi mark their debuts with Reprise Theatre Company in the 1990 musical 'Once on This Island,' opening the 2008-2009 season, September 2 to 14 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. The press opening is September 3. (more...)
'Sophia's Fall' Announces Band Members for NYMF Premiereby BWW News Desk - Sep 11, 2008SOPHIA'S FALL, a musical by Benjamin Birney and Rob Seitelman, will perform at The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) as part of their new Dance Series. Jason Summers (Growing Up 70's) will choreograph and direct. Performances will begin on Thursday, September 18th, continuing through Saturday, September 20th. (more...)
‘JERSEY BOYS' WELCOMES CHICAGOAN CORY GRANT !by Chicago News Desk - Sep 11, 2008 The Chicago company of Jersey Boys is thrilled to welcome Chicagoan Cory Grant to the role of Frankie Valli beginning Saturday, September 27, 2008. A native of Winnetka, IL, and graduate of New Trier High School, Grant returns to his hometown after 10 months in the Broadway ensemble of Jersey Boys. (more...)
Photo Flash: Once On This Island at Freud Playhouseby BWW News Desk - Aug 27, 2008Director Billy Porter and Grammy nominee Ledisi mark their debuts with Reprise Theatre Company in the 1990 musical 'Once on This Island,' opening the 2008-2009 season, September 2 to 14 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. The press opening is September 3. Bradley Rapier, founder of the Groovaloos, choreographs and Darryl Archibald is the music director. Reprise Theater Company is led by Artistic Director Jason Alexander and Producing Director Susan Dietz. (more...)
Signature Theatre Opens ACE Tonight, August 27thby BWW News Desk - Aug 27, 2008Signature Theatre is pleased to announce complete casting for the opening show of its 2008-2009 season, ACE. With music by Richard Oberacker and book and lyrics by Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker, ACE will be directed by Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer with choreography by Karma Camp. Set just after WWII, ACE is an epic story of a young boy's search to come to terms with his past and unlock his future. A tale of triumph, humor, and heart as seen through a child's eyes, ACE magically explores the heroic lives and unforeseen legacies of the men and women of America's Greatest Generation. (more...)
Broadway Talent Creates 'Man of the People' - New Online Comedy Seriesby BWW News Desk - Aug 27, 2008From the award-winning imagination of 2007 Kleban Award recipient and theatre scribe Jeremy Desmon, Man of the People: The Only-Recently Discovered Secret Political Recordings of Acting Mayor Francis 'Woody' Woodson is a weekly, audio-only web series. Akin to comedic serials 'Prairie Home Companion' or Joss Whedon's 'Dr. Horrible,' Man of the People echoes radio plays of the past, while providing an up-to-the-minute, satirical take on the 2008 election through the guise of a heated mayoral race in the fictional hamlet of Daltonville (pop.. 1799) (more...)
Burgess, Butler, Murney and More Added to Wesport's Galaby BWW News Desk - Aug 26, 2008Broadway talents Tituss Burgess ('The Little Mermaid'), Kerry Butler ('Xanadu'), Gavin Lee ('Mary Poppins'), Nedra McClyde, Julia Murney, Q. Smith and Aurelia Williams will join previously announced Laura Benanti ('Gypsy'), Raúl Esparza ('Company') and Steven Pasquale ('The Light in the Piazza') on Monday, September 15, at the annual gala for the venerable 78-year-old Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director), Westport, Connecticut. (more...)
Photo Flash: 'Memphis- The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll' at La Jollaby BWW News Desk - Aug 26, 2008
Memphis - The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll began previews on August 19th at La Jolla Playhouse and will run through September 28th in the Mandell Weiss Theatre. Memphis is the first production directed by Christopher Ashley at La Jolla Playhouse since becoming Artistic Director. Rehearsals begin July 8th. (more...)
Review: 'Jersey Boys' in Torontoby Mark Andrew Lawrence - Aug 26, 2008Dancap's production of the 2006 Tony Award winning musical Jersey Boys is already a smash hit in Toronto. The production more than lives up to the advance hype.
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Learn The Story Behind The Story of 'Jersey Boys'by Chicago News Desk - Aug 26, 2008The Chicago company of Jersey Boys is thrilled to offer audience members exclusive stage side chats with the cast to kick off the fall season following Tuesday performances in September. (more...)
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