Michelle DeJean, Michael Tapley to Lead TUTS' BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXASby BWW News Desk - May 9, 2012Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) just announced the cast of The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, running June 5 – 17 at the Hobby Center for The Performing Arts. It’s all big songs and big hair in this sassy, spirited musical about a real-life brothel in Texas. Based on the “Chicken Ranch”, the infamous, long-running house of ill repute, this tongue-in-cheek story chronicles Miss Mona Stangley, a classy yet brassy madam with a heart of gold, as her “business” becomes the center of a media controversy. Thrusting the Chicken Ranch into the spotlight is Melvin P. Thorpe, a loud-mouthed reporter based on Houston’s own late Marvin Zindler. Spicing up the story line is a hot-headed, trigger-happy town sheriff, the Texas A&M football team, and Miss Mona’s risqué girls. The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas will be a feisty, fun-filled treat that includes favorites such as “A Lil' Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place” and “Hard Candy Christmas”. (more...)
Florida Rep Closes Season With THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEPby Beau Higgins - May 7, 2012Florida Repertory Theatre announced the opening of the final show in its 2011-2012 season, The Mystery of Irma Vep, a funny, and fast-paced spoof of classic melodrama. Running May 4-20, with three nearly sold out discounted previews on May 1, 2, and 3, The Mystery of Irma Vep is two parts The 39 Steps, one part Jane Eyre, and four parts witty.
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Get Ready to Rock with Broadway San Jose's MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, May 8th-13thby Linda Hodges and Nick Hodges - May 5, 2012"One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready now go-go-go" to Broadway San Jose to experience Million Dollar Quartet, May 8 - 13th for a limited engagement. It's a good bet that you'll be dancing all night long with rock and roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lewis as they bring you along on their famous jam session. (more...)
Everyman Theatre Opens YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, 5/16by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012Meet the Sycamores – the delightfully eccentric family at the center of the action in the madcap comedy classic, You Can’t Take It With You. They revel in day-to-day occurrences such as collecting snakes, making fireworks in the basement, and practicing ballet steps in the parlor. When their daughter Alice, decides to invite her conservative boyfriend’s family to dinner, they promise to be on their best behavior. However...! Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and adapted into an Academy Award winning film, this beloved comedy has been a perennial favorite to theatre-goers for more than 70 years. (more...)
Full Cast Announced for THE NORMAL HEART Tour!by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater produces the 2011 Tony Award-winning production of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart, directed by George C. Wolfe. Wolfe, who directed the show’s sold-out Broadway engagement last season, mounts the professional D.C.-area premiere of this production, which features returning Broadway cast members Patrick Breen and Luke MacFarlane, among others. Presented by special arrangement with Daryl Roth, The Normal Heart runs June 8-July 29, 2012 in the Kreeger Theater. (more...)
25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Launches Bus Barn Stage Company's 2012-13 Seasonby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Bus Barn Stage Company in Los Altos comes home where the heart is for its 2012-2013 season, the 17th season in residence at Bus Barn Theater in Los Altos. (more...)
'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for May 23rd, 2012by Paul W. Thompson - May 23, 2012The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Three shows make a PR appearance at Sidetrack, ATC plans a "Hair" re-do, "Camelot," "Floyd Collins," three new mainstage musicals, a reading, a benefit and more! (more...)
The Civilians Announces LET ME ASCERTAIN YOU: DEATH As Final Joe's Pub of the Season, May 18by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012The Civilians, the award-winning New York-based theater company known for projects investigating real life topics, presents Let Me Ascertain You: Death on May 18, 2012 at 9:30 PM at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater at 425 Lafayette St. (more...)
HE'S NOT HIMSELF TO PLAY PTC Performance Space, 7/9-15by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Aron Lewis Productions present He’s Not Himself a new musical comedy by Marc Silverberg. Michael Pantone directs a cast of five including Keith Panzarella, Marc Silverberg, Taylor Sorice, Dexter Thomas-Payne, and Carly Voight. Performances for He’s Not Himself will be held at the PTC Performance Space, 555 West 42nd Street (bet. 10th & 11th Avenues) in NYC for six performances from Monday, July 9 through Monday, July 16, 2012. (more...)
Chicago's American Theatre Company to Bring Back Original Off-Broadway Version of HAIR in 2013by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012American Theater Company today announced Season 28, which kicks off with two American classics in rotating repertory – The Catholic Repertory: Doubt & Agnes of God – featuring Ensemble Member Sadieh Rifai; and a Chicago holiday repertory – The Radio Repertory: The Wizard of Oz & It’s A Wonderful Life – directed by ATC Artistic Associate Jason W. Gerace. (more...)
THE SPIRITUALIST, THE FOOTBALL PROJECT & More Set for Arkansas New Play Festival 2012by BWW News Desk - Apr 30, 2012TheatreSquared today announced the lineup for the 2012 Arkansas New Play Festival, the theatre’s fourth annual celebration of new works for the stage. The festival will feature staged reading performances of four professional plays, a showcase of ten-minute plays by Arkansas high school students, and Northwest Arkansas’s sixth annual 24-Hour Play-Off. In partnership with the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, T2’s lineup of new works will also be presented at Oxford American Magazine’s new venue in Little Rock (1300 Main Street, May 17-18). The lineup of events in Northwest Arkansas will take place at Walton Arts Center’s Nadine Baum Studios (505 W. Spring St., Fayetteville). Each new play reading will be followed by a conversation with the playwright, director and cast. (more...)
NOW. HERE. THIS. Closes Tonight at the Vineyard Theatreby BWW News Desk - Apr 28, 2012NOW. HERE. THIS. closes tonight, April 28, after playing an extended run at the Vineyard Theatre. (more...)
Florida Rep Closes Season With THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEPby Beau Higgins - Apr 25, 2012Florida Repertory Theatre announced the opening of the final show in its 2011-2012 season, The Mystery of Irma Vep, a funny, and fast-paced spoof of classic melodrama. Running May 4-20, with three nearly sold out discounted previews on May 1, 2, and 3, The Mystery of Irma Vep is two parts The 39 Steps, one part Jane Eyre, and four parts witty.
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Robert Hancock, Megan McGinnis Join BROADWAY RECYCLED at Joe's Pub, 4/22by BWW News Desk - Apr 20, 2012AT HAND THEATRE COMPANY's 3rd annual Earth Day concert, BROADWAY RECYCLED,will take place on Sunday, April 22nd at 7pm at Joe's Pub. The concert of songs cut from musicals – songs that shouldn't go to waste - benefits the Broadway Green Alliance and At Hand Theatre Company. The concert will be directed by Jennifer Ashley Tepper with musical direction by Julie McBride. It is produced by Justin Scribner and Matthew DiCarlo. (more...)
Shalloo To Star In STOP SEARCH, Broadway Theatre, Catford From April 27, Featuring Nighy and Phillipsby Carrie Dunn - Apr 19, 2012Stop Search, a hard-hitting drama, exploring the contentious and widespread use of stop and search practices disproportionately targeting young black men in the UK, will run in the Broadway Theatre, Catford, London from 27th April to 26th May. (more...)
Cygnet Theatre Announces Mae West Play DIRTY BLONDE for May-Juneby BWW News Desk - Apr 18, 2012Artistic Director Sean Murray today announced DIRTY BLONDE, a bawdy, brassy, funny, sexy and touching contemporary love story that captures the essence of Mae West and two fans who loved her, for May 17 to June 17 at the The Old Town Stage in San Diego State Historic Park. (more...)
Stephen House, Rebecca Morton et al. Headline the Butterfly Club in Mayby BWW News Desk - Apr 18, 2012Alex and Nilusha, Stephen House, Angela Lumicisi, and Rebecca Morton headline cabaret performances during the month of May at the Butterfly Club. The Butterfly Club is located in an oversized dollhouse at 204 Bank Street, South Melbourne, Vic 3205 - Open Tuesday to Sunday, 5pm till late. For more information, visit: www.thebutterflyclub.com. (more...)
[title of show] Florida Rep Stages Fun & Quirky Musical EXTENDED Through April 22ndby Beau Higgins - Apr 18, 2012[title of show] offers a humorous look a the challenges of writing a musical, and chronicles four friends on a funny and harrowing biographical journey from the page to the stage. The New York Times called [title of show] "Broadway’s most profound exercise in postmodernism…the scrappy little musical about trying to put on a scrappy little musical." Now a cult-classic among 'theatre-nerds' all over the world, [title of show] features an inventive musical score by Jeff Bowen, an intelligent and witty book by Hunter Bell, and carries a very poignant message about living your dreams, being yourself, and it includes some of the most delightful new songs to make their mark in the American musical theatre canon such as, "Monkeys and Playbills," "Die Vampire, Die," "Part of it All," and the touching ballad, "A Way Back to Then."
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Nathan Brown Directs CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES at Gaslight Dinner Theatreby Jeffrey Ellis - Apr 18, 2012Church Basement Ladies will serve up fun, food and a “delicious musical comedy,” April 24-May 26, at The Gaslight Theatre in Dickson. Written by husband and wife team Jim Stowell and Jessica Zuehlke, with music and lyrics by Drew Jansen, the musical comedy is based on the humorous novel Growing Up Lutheran by Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson. (more...)
BROADWAY RECYCLED Set for Joe's Pub, Featuring Kait Kerrigan, Krysta Rodriguez and More, 4/22by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2012Broadway Recycled features Broadway performers singing songs cut from shows - that shouldn’t go to waste! Now in its third year, this Earth Day concert at Joe’s Pub has previously featured some of the most talented performers on Broadway, including Anthony Rapp, Ann Harada, Andy Karl, Mario Cantone, and composer Jason Robert Brown. The concert is directed by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, with music direction by Julie McBride. (more...)
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