New York Musical Theatre Festival Presents THE BIG BANK 9/27-10/4by BWW News Desk - Sep 27, 2011This year's New York Musical Theatre Festival will host the New York premiere of The Big Bank, a timely musical about a bank that loves to foreclose, written by Daniel and Jacob Seligmann, directed by David Glenn Armstrong. (more...)
Photo Flash: First Look at 42nd Street Moon's CARMELINAby BWW News Desk - Sep 18, 2012Bay Area audiences will have the opportunity to experience a lost musical theatre treasure when 42nd Street Moon presents the first ever post-Broadway production of a musical collaboration by the composers of My Fair Lady and Brigadoon, CARMELINA. The show has a beautiful score by Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane and a saucy book by Lerner and Joseph Stein, whose Fiddler on the Roof remains one of the world's most popular musicals, but CARMELINA nevertheless vanished from sight. CARMELINA plays October 31 - November 18, 2012 (press openings November 2 and 3) at the Eureka Theatre in San Francisco. Get a first look at the cast in the photos below!
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Berkeley Playhouse Opens 5th Season with THE SOUND OF MUSIC, 10/27-12/2by BWW News Desk - Sep 15, 2012Berkeley Playhouse opens its fifth season with Rodgers and Hammerstein's beloved final collaboration, THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Berkeley Playhouse founding Artistic Director Elizabeth McKoy helms this endearing family classic, featuring a cast of 40, with musical direction by Greg Mason and choreography by Staci Arriaga. THE SOUND OF MUSIC plays October 27 through December 2 (Press opening: October 27) at the Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley. (more...)
New York Musical Theatre Festival Presents THE BIG BANK 9/27-10/4by BWW
News Desk - Oct 3, 2011This year's New York Musical Theatre Festival will host the New York premiere of The Big Bank, a timely musical about a bank that loves to foreclose, written by Daniel and Jacob Seligmann, directed by David Glenn Armstrong. (more...)
Photo Flash: THE BIG BANK Takes the Stageby BWW News Desk - Oct 3, 2011This year's New York Musical Theatre Festival hosts the New York premiere of The Big Bank, a timely musical about a bank that loves to foreclose, written by Daniel and Jacob Seligmann, directed by David Glenn Armstrong. (more...)
Berkeley Playhouse Opens 5th Season with THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Now thru 12/2by BWW News Desk - Oct 27, 2012Berkeley Playhouse opens its fifth season with Rodgers and Hammerstein's beloved final collaboration, THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Berkeley Playhouse founding Artistic Director Elizabeth McKoy helms this endearing family classic, featuring a cast of 40, with musical direction by Greg Mason and choreography by Staci Arriaga. THE SOUND OF MUSIC plays tonight, October 27 through December 2 (Press opening: October 27) at the Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley. (more...)
Audrey Napoleon Releases 'Poison' with Remixes by Jupiter Ace, Taiki & Nulight & Designer Drugs; Announces The Rodnik Band for Collectionby BWW News Desk - Oct 2, 2012 After an incredible run opening for Avicii for his sold-out opening night show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, walking in the Alterier Dudik show during New York Fashion Week and then supporting her new line for The Rodnik Band during London Fashion Week, AUDREY NAPOLEON is ready for her next move. Today (October 2), the Los Angeles-based producer celebrates the release of a new single "Poison" for SQE Music. Available through iTunes and Beatport, the bundle also features brand new remixes By Jupiter Ace, Taiki & Nulight and Designer Drugs. The original version of the song appears on her debut EP, ORNAMENTAL EGOS.
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Light Opera Works Presents RODGERS & HART: A CELEBRATION, Begins Performances 10/2by BWW News Desk - Oct 2, 2011From their first hit song in 1925 through their final showstopper in 1943, the prolific team of Rodgers & Hart continually redefined the musical theater with their wit, freshness and intelligence in such shows as 'Pal Joey,' 'Babes in Arms,' 'The Boys from Syracuse,' 'I Married an Angel,' and 'By Jupiter.' (more...)
VIDEO: Maximilian Schell Performs on SWAN LAKE Videoby - Nov 16, 2012The album's launch date included the singer's special performance on Europe's famed The Carmen Nebel Show, with a rare performance by Oscar-winning actor Maximilian Schell; Schell also appears in and narrates an artful video for the single "Swan Lake" featuring Siegel in the dramatic title role, which she recorded in both English and German. (more...)
TV One to Premiere New Docu-Series FATAL ATTRACTION, 6/3by TV News Desk - May 13, 2013TV One adds another entry to its collection of popular docu-series when FATAL ATTRACTION premieres Monday, June 3, 9PM/ET. (more...)
Bob Dishy, Zach Grenier, Tonya Pinkins to Star in STOREFRONT CHURCHby BWW News Desk - Mar 30, 2012Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) presents the world premiere of STOREFRONT CHURCH, written and directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony AwardŽ winner John Patrick Shanley and starring Bob Dishy, Giancarlo Esposito, Zach Grenier, Ron Cephas Jones and Tonya Pinkins.
STOREFRONT CHURCH will begin previews Wednesday, May 16; officially open Monday, June 11; and play a limited engagement through Sunday, June 24 Off-Broadway as the first production to return to Atlantic's main stage Linda Gross Theater in Chelsea following completion of a historic $8.3M renovation. (more...)
Klea Blackhurst to Star in Goodspeed Musicals' HELLO, DOLLY!by BWW News Desk - Mar 20, 2013She'll be glowin', crowin', goin' strong - cabaret diva Klea Blackhurst is sure to delight Goodspeed audiences as Dolly Levi at the Goodspeed Opera House this summer. Goodspeed Musicals is thrilled to announce that this spirited vocal powerhouse will be right where she belongs beginning June 28th. (more...)
There's Something About Klea: The Nutty Professor's BLACKHURST Brings 'Miss Lemon' To Lifeby Jeffrey Ellis - Jul 22, 2012There's just something about Klea Blackhurst: The very first moment you meet her you know you're gonna like her and that, given the chance to perform for you, she's sure to wow you, to put you in your place, to make you fall in love with her. Consider yourself forewarned. (more...)
LUCKY STAR Sets Reading for 1/28 at Theater for the New Cityby BWW News Desk - Jan 4, 2013Lucky Star written by Ted Sod and Edie Demas will be read on Monday, January 28th at 7pm at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Streets) New York, NY 10003. Lucky Star is about Jill, a 16-year-old suburban rebel from Piscataway, NJ with an overactive imagination, who has been parented by an ex-drag queen turned florist named Coco Dependent. Jill thinks her biological mother is either Madonna, Beyonce or Amy Winehouse. (more...)
Fabulous Entertainment In March At The KRAVIS CENTERby Beau Higgins - Feb 21, 2012Kravis Center is Offering an Entertainment-Packed March with an Amazing Line-Up of Stars
+ Comedy with The Capitol Steps, Martin Short
& Seth's Big Fat 70's Show
+ Pop Stars Diana Krall, Johnny Mathis & Neil Sedaka
+ Jazz Greats Chris Botti & Wynton Marsalis
+Classical Headliners Itzhak Perlman, The Minnesota Orchestra, Richard Stoltzman, Ariel Quartet & Menahem Pressler
+ Solo Showstoppers Dudu Fisher & Debbie Reynolds
+ Musical Shows Come Fly Away, Taylor's Irish Cabaret & The Pink Floyd Experience
+ Family Fun with HOP & the New Shanghai Circus
Plus African-American Film Festival, Lunch & Learn about Elizabeth Taylor, The Joffrey Ballet, Peppino D'Agostino & The Kravis Center's 20th Anniversary Gala
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Oxygen Announces New Crime Series SNAPPED: KILLER COUPLESby TV News Desk - Feb 20, 2013Oxygen Media expands its true crime original programming with the new series SNAPPED: KILLER COUPLES, featuring couples whose passion drives them to commit terrible criminal acts. (more...)
THE BIG BANK Musical Launches Kickstarter for OWS-Inspired Productionby BWW News Desk - Dec 8, 2011THE BIG BANK, which had its New York premiere at NYMF earlier this year, is looking to put on another production of the musical, inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests. (more...)
Berkeley Playhouse Opens 5th Season with THE SOUND OF MUSIC, 10/27-12/2by BWW
News Desk - Dec 1, 2012Berkeley Playhouse opens its fifth season with Rodgers and Hammerstein's beloved final collaboration, THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Berkeley Playhouse founding Artistic Director Elizabeth McKoy helms this endearing family classic, featuring a cast of 40, with musical direction by Greg Mason and choreography by Staci Arriaga. THE SOUND OF MUSIC plays October 27 through December 2 (Press opening: October 27) at the Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley. (more...)
Drew Aber, Mary McElree and More Lead Lyric Stage's TOO MANY GIRLS - Full Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Apr 3, 2013Lyric Stage presents the premiere of the restored TOO MANY GIRLS April 26-May 5 in the Irving Arts Center's Carpenter Performance Hall. Performances are April 26, 27, May 2, 3 and 4 @ 8:00 PM and April 28 and May 5 @ 2:30 PM. Tickets are available online or by calling the box office @ 972-252-2787. (more...)
HARDCORE PAWN: CHICAGO Among truTV's New Series & Returning Favoritesby TV News Desk - Apr 17, 2013Hot off of scoring its youngest year and youngest first quarter ever in primetime median age, truTV is heading into Upfront season with an arsenal of comedic reality series designed to build on the network's remarkable success. (more...)
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