ALLEGIANCE - A NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL Starring Lea Salonga & More Set for The Old Globe 2012-13 Season - Full Season Announcement, San Diego
by James T Harding - Apr 27, 2012
The Old Globe's 2012-13 Season will feature the World Premieres of two new musicals: Allegiance - A New American Musical by Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Thione and A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak. The season also includes George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in celebration of the classic play's 100th anniversary and the World Premiere of a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House by Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey and Kirsten Brandt. Two recent Broadway hits will make their San Diego debuts at the Globe: David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People and Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities. Rounding out the season are the West Coast Premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's Be a Good Little Widow and the Southern California Premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brothers Size.
Judy Kuhn and Melissa Errico Set to Lead PASSION at Classic Stage Company in 2013
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 19, 2012
Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner announced today that acclaimed/awarding winning actresses Judy Kuhn and Melissa Errico will star as Fosca and Clara in the company's new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning musical PASSION, to be directed by John Doyle (the Tony Award-winning revivals of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and Company). PASSION is slated to begin performances in February, 2013. Additional casting will be announced in the coming weeks and months, as well as full creative team. PASSION opened on Broadway in May of 1994 and received the Tony Award that year for Best Musical.
Arden Theatre Company Closes CYRANO
by BWW News Desk - Apr 15, 2012
Arden Theatre Company 2011/12 mainstage season continues with Edmond Rostand's Cyrano in a new version translated by Michael Hollinger, co-adapted with director Aaron Posner.
Arden Theatre Company Presents CYRANO 3/8-4/15
by BWW
News Desk - Mar 14, 2012
Arden Theatre Company 2011/12 mainstage season continues with Edmond Rostand's Cyrano in a new version translated by Michael Hollinger, co-adapted with director Aaron Posner.
Arden Theatre Company Presents CYRANO 3/8-4/15
by BWW News Desk - Mar 8, 2012
Arden Theatre Company 2011/12 mainstage season continues with Edmond Rostand's Cyrano in a new version translated by Michael Hollinger, co-adapted with director Aaron Posner.
Arden Theatre Company Presents CYRANO 3/8-4/15
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 8, 2012
Arden Theatre Company 2011/12 mainstage season continues with Edmond Rostand's Cyrano in a new version translated by Michael Hollinger, co-adapted with director Aaron Posner.
Blitzstein Music Donated to Weill Foundation
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 11, 2012
Composer Marc Blitzstein's nephew Stephen Davis has donated his 50% share of Blitzstein's musical and literary estate to the Kurt Weill Foundation.
Janeane Garofalo Joins New Group's RUSSIAN TRANSPORT
by Robert Diamond - Nov 20, 2011
Comedian, film and TV star Janeane Garofalo has just joined the New Group's production of Russian Transport by Erika Sheffer, directed by Scott Elliott. The production's run begins on January 17, 2012 at the Acorn Theater, with tickets on sale December 5th.
Long Wharf Theatre Presents AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ 10/26-11/20
by BWW
News Desk - Oct 26, 2011
Long Wharf Theatre, under the director of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Interim Managing Director Joshua Borenstein, presents the Tony Award-winning musical Ain't Misbehavin' on the Mainstage from Oct. 26 through Nov. 20.
ROCK OF AGES Comes To Philadelphia, Opens October 18
by BWW
News Desk - Oct 18, 2011
In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small-town girl met a big-city dreamer - and in L.A.'s most legendary rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the ‘80's. It's ROCK OF AGES, a hilarious, feel-good love story told through the hit songs of iconic rockers Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, and many more.
La Mirada Theater Presents NOISES OFF, Opens 9/23
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 23, 2011
LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & MC COY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT will open their 2011-2012 season with one of the funniest comedies of all time, NOISES OFF written by Michael Frayn and directed by Richard Seyd.
Long Wharf Theatre Presents AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ 10/26-11/20
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 20, 2011
Long Wharf Theatre, under the director of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Interim Managing Director Joshua Borenstein, presents the Tony Award-winning musical Ain't Misbehavin' on the Mainstage from Oct. 26 through Nov. 20.
La Mirada Theater Presents NOISES OFF, Opens 9/23
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 19, 2011
LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & MC COY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT will open their 2011-2012 season with one of the funniest comedies of all time, NOISES OFF written by Michael Frayn and directed by Richard Seyd.
ROCK OF AGES Comes To Philadelphia, Opens October 18
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 12, 2011
In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small-town girl met a big-city dreamer - and in L.A.'s most legendary rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the ‘80's. It's ROCK OF AGES, a hilarious, feel-good love story told through the hit songs of iconic rockers Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, and many more.
La Mirada Theater Presents NOISES OFF, Opens 9/23
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 30, 2011
LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & MC COY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT will open their 2011-2012 season with one of the funniest comedies of all time, NOISES OFF written by Michael Frayn and directed by Richard Seyd.
PORGY AND BESS Starts Performances at A.R.T. 8/17
by BWW - Aug 17, 2011
A.R.T. American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) will present The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, opening the A.R.T.'s 2011-2 season on August 117 at the Loeb Drama Center. The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin, is adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre Murray, and directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus.
Full Cast Announced for THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS at A.R.T.
by Robert Diamond - Jun 30, 2011
A.R.T. American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) opens its 2011-12 season with The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin. The adaptation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and Obie Award-winning composer Diedre L. Murray, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus, with choreography by Ronald K. Brown, begins previews on August 17 and opens for the reviewing press on August 31 at 7pm. Performances are at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge. Tickets for preview performances are currently on sale, remaining tickets for the run go on sale on July 12.
Linda Park, J. Michael Flynn Featured in Love in American Times 5/12-6/5
by BWW
News Desk - May 12, 2011
An experienced, talented cast takes on the age-old tradition of matchmaking with a contemporary twist in San Jose Repertory Theatre's world premiere of Love in American Times, by Philip Kan Gotanda. Love in American Times is directed by San Jose Rep's Artistic Director Rick Lombardo, and will run from May 12 through June 5, 2011.
Photo Coverage: The New Group Honors Shawn & Wistow
by Kevin Thomas Garcia - May 10, 2011
The New Group honored Wallace Shawn and Fred Wistow with the fifth annual Michael Mendelson Award. Founded in 2005, this award recognizes individuals who show outstanding commitment to the theatrical community. Past recipients include Robyn Goodman, Ethan Hawke, Ruth and Stephen Hendel, Wendy Ettinger and Derek McLane. BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below.