BrightSide Theatre Sets MY WAY: A TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA Musical Revue Opening for June 15, Napervilleby BWW News Desk - May 7, 2012BrightSide Theatre wraps up their inaugural season with, “My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra” conceived by David Grapes and Todd Olson and book by Todd Olson. Frank Sinatra is the icon of cool – from classic elegance to contemporary “fedora” hipster. “My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra” celebrates the pivotal moments of Sinatra’s life which would solidify his legendary status. The show runs from Friday, June 15, 2012 8 p.m. (reception following) at the Theatre at MeileySwallow Hall, North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth, Naperville, IL 60540 until Sunday, July 1, 2012. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m. (more...)
Photo Flash: Bobby Cronin, Stevie Tate Bauer, Ceili O'Connor and Andrew Bryant & More in WAITING FOR MOREby BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012Bobby Cronin, who's shows Daybreak and Concrete Jungle are currently being premiered in London, performed songs from both shows with current cast members, James Darch, Tash Holloway and Kayleigh Lousie Smith, as well as performing a song himself, at WAITING FOR MORE, an evening of new American Musical Theatre writing presented by #1 Entertainment Sunday May 20th at Freedom Bar, Soho. Check out the photos of West End Performers, Stevie Tate-Bauer ("Wicked", "Lord of the Rings"), Andy Bryant ("Wicked", "Fresher"), Andrew Waldron ("A Chorus Line", "The Sound of Music"), Chantal Amber-Rose ("La Bohème", "Cinderella"), David Malcolm ("Kiss Me Kate", "An Ideal Husband"), Sian Walker ("Cinderella", "The Little Big Club"), Phoebe Fildes ("A Little Bit of Rogers and Hammerstein", "An Evening with Max Reinhardt"), Michelle LaFortune ("Joseph", "Oklahoma!"), Gareth Andrews ("Patience", "Dick Whittington"), James Darch ("Fresher"), Colin Burnicle, Tash Holloway and Angharad Sanders below. (more...)
Eduardo Placer Replaces Esteban Cruz as Angel in ATC/About Face's RENTby BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Esteban Cruz has had to permanently leave the cast of American Theater Company/About Face's production of RENT for undisclosed personal reasons. As of today, Wednesday, May 23, the role of Angel will be taken over by Eduardo Placer. (more...)
Photo Flash: #1 Entertainment's WAITING FOR MORE on Stage in Londonby BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012On May 20, 2012, #1 Entertainment presented Waiting For More, an evening of new American Musical Theatre writing with a special guest performance by Bobby Cronin, whose shows "Daybreak" and "Concrete Jungle" are currently being premiered here in London. Bobby performed songs from both Concrete Jungle and Daybreak with current cast members, James Darch, Tash Holloway and Kayleigh Lousie Smith, as well as performing a song himself. Check out photos from the production below! (more...)
Plays & Players Celebrates 100th Anniversary, 5/14by BWW News Desk - May 2, 2012Plays & Players celebrates their 100th Anniversary on May 14 at 7pm with a staged reading of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband featuring local celebrities of stage, screen, politics, and more. An Ideal Husband was first performed on Plays & Players’ stage in the Spring of 1912, exactly 100 years ago. Tickets to this event are $25 for general admission or $50 for general admission and a “meet-the-artist” post-show reception from 9pm-10pm. Prior to the performance, there will be a pre-show reception and silent auction, with doors opening at 6pm.
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#1 Entertainment to Present WAITING FOR MORE With Bobby Cronin, May 20by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012#1 Entertainment presents Waiting For More, an evening of new American Musical Theatre writing with a special guest performance by Bobby Cronin, whose shows "Daybreak" and "Concrete Jungle" are currently being premiered here in London. Bobby will be performing songs from both Concrete Jungle and Daybreak with current cast members, James Darch, Tash Holloway and Kayleigh Lousie Smith, as well as performing a song himself. (more...)
Sylvia Kauders, Madi Distefano & More Lead 100th Anniversary Reading of Oscar Wilde's AN IDEAL HUSBAND, 5/14by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2012Plays & Players celebrates their 100th Anniversary on May 14 at 7pm with a staged reading of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband featuring local celebrities of stage, screen, politics, and more. An Ideal Husband was first performed on Plays & Players' stage in the Spring of 1912, exactly 100 years ago. (more...)
Cast and Creative Team Announced for the Old Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festivalby BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012The Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team for the 2012 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. (more...)
Gulfshore Playhouse To Present Tennessee Williams' Classic A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREby Beau Higgins - Mar 30, 2012The Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire follows the story of Blanche DuBois, a weak and disturbed woman on a desperate prowl for some place in the world to call her own. After losing their ancestral home, Belle Reve, Blanche shows up at the doorstep of her sister, Stella, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Putting on airs of refinement and Southern gentility, Blanche tries to impress her brother-in-law, and his gentle, good-natured friend, Mitch. Seeking to escape from reality, and an emblem of a lost traditional South, Blanche becomes a victim of the harsh present. Marlon Brando starred in the Broadway production and the 4-time Academy Award-winning film adaptation. This will mark the 65th Anniversary of this enduring Tennessee Williams classic.
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THE KING'S SPEECH Makes its West End Debutby BWW News Desk - Mar 27, 2012As Playful Productions and Michael Alden previously announced, THE KING'S SPEECH will open tonight, 27 March, at Wyndham's Theatre. (more...)
Gulfshore Playhouse To Present Tennessee Williams' Classic A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREby Beau Higgins - Mar 23, 2012The Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire follows the story of Blanche DuBois, a weak and disturbed woman on a desperate prowl for some place in the world to call her own. After losing their ancestral home, Belle Reve, Blanche shows up at the doorstep of her sister, Stella, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Putting on airs of refinement and Southern gentility, Blanche tries to impress her brother-in-law, and his gentle, good-natured friend, Mitch. Seeking to escape from reality, and an emblem of a lost traditional South, Blanche becomes a victim of the harsh present. Marlon Brando starred in the Broadway production and the 4-time Academy Award-winning film adaptation. This will mark the 65th Anniversary of this enduring Tennessee Williams classic.
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PTC Presents LAUGHING STOCK by Charles Morey, 3/23-4/7by BWW
News Desk - Mar 23, 2012 Pioneer Theatre Company presents Laughing Stock, written by PTC Artistic Director Charles Morey, March 23 – April 7, 2012.
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Gulfshore Playhouse To Present Tennessee Williams' Classic A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREby Beau Higgins - Apr 6, 2012The Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire follows the story of Blanche DuBois, a weak and disturbed woman on a desperate prowl for some place in the world to call her own. After losing their ancestral home, Belle Reve, Blanche shows up at the doorstep of her sister, Stella, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Putting on airs of refinement and Southern gentility, Blanche tries to impress her brother-in-law, and his gentle, good-natured friend, Mitch. Seeking to escape from reality, and an emblem of a lost traditional South, Blanche becomes a victim of the harsh present. Marlon Brando starred in the Broadway production and the 4-time Academy Award-winning film adaptation. This will mark the 65th Anniversary of this enduring Tennessee Williams classic.
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Mike Leigh's ABIGAIL'S PARTY to Transfer to Wyndham's Theatre from May 15 - Starring Jill Halfpennyby BWW News Desk - Apr 23, 2012Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Chocolate Factory Productions are have announced the transfer of Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party to Wyndham’s Theatre from Tuesday, 15th May. (more...)
END OF THE RAINBOW Opens Tonight at the Belascoby BWW News Desk - Apr 2, 2012The Broadway production of END OF THE RAINBOW will open tonight, April 2, at the Belasco Theatre. Michael Cumpsty, Tom Pelphrey and Jay Russell join two-time Oliver Award-winner Tracie Bennett in Peter Quilter's acclaimed play about the legendary Judy Garland, directed by the Tony Award winning Terry Johnson. (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...)
CSC Opens THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, 5/11by BWW News Desk - Apr 19, 2012Cincinnati Shakespeare Company concludes its fantastic and popular eighteenth season with William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” opening May 11. This production features CSC Producing Artistic Director Brian Isaac Phillips as Shylock, CSC Ensemble Member Kelly Mengelkoch as Portia and introducing to Cincinnati audiences, Jared Joplin as Antonio, the Merchant of Venice. “The Merchant of Venice” opens on May 11 and runs through June 3 2012. The production design is generously sponsored by Taft, Stettinius and Hollister. (more...)
Gulfshore Playhouse To Present Tennessee Williams' Classic A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREby Beau Higgins - Apr 17, 2012The Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire follows the story of Blanche DuBois, a weak and disturbed woman on a desperate prowl for some place in the world to call her own. After losing their ancestral home, Belle Reve, Blanche shows up at the doorstep of her sister, Stella, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Putting on airs of refinement and Southern gentility, Blanche tries to impress her brother-in-law, and his gentle, good-natured friend, Mitch. Seeking to escape from reality, and an emblem of a lost traditional South, Blanche becomes a victim of the harsh present. Marlon Brando starred in the Broadway production and the 4-time Academy Award-winning film adaptation. This will mark the 65th Anniversary of this enduring Tennessee Williams classic.
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Finborough Theatre Announces Cast for ALL GOOD MEN, April 29-May 14by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2012The Finborough Theatre presents the first UK production in nearly 40 years of Trevor Griffiths' All Good Men, last seen at the Young Vic in a production by the National Theatre in 1975, and opening at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of eight Sunday and Monday evening performances on Sunday, 29 April 2012. (more...)
Adelaide's YES MINISTER Adds May 22 Preview Dateby BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2012The producers of the current Australian tour of Yes, Prime Minister starring Philip Quast as the suave and cynical Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby and Mark Owen-Taylor as the embattled Prime Minister Jim Hacker, have announced an additional preview performance of the West End comedy hit on Tuesday 22 May at 6.30pm. (more...)
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