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...)
East West Players Announces 47th Anniversary Seasonby BWW News Desk - May 8, 2012East West Players (EWP), the nation's largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work and the longest-running professional theatre of color in the country, announces its 47th Anniversary Season, along with the return of THREE YEAR SWIM CLUB. This season, themed Spirited Away, includes the multidisciplinary ENCOUNTER by S.M. Raju and Aparna Sindhoor, the newly-reimagined TEA by Velina Hasu Houston, the world premiere of CHRISTMAS IN HANOI by Eddie Borey, and the Broadway musical Chess, music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus Ulvaeus & lyrics by Tim Rice.
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Suzy Bastone, Matt Stevens et al. Star in Notion Theatre Company's DAYBREAK, June 5-30; Full Cast Announcedby BWW News Desk - May 7, 2012Notion Theatre Company presents the European Premiere of Bobby Cronin’s DAYBREAK, with words & music by Bobby Cronin and additional lyrics by Brett Teresa. The production features musical direction by Richard Bates and direction by Haley Cusick and runs at the Tristan Bates Theatre 5 – 30 June, 2012. The schedule is Tuesday through Saturday 7.30pm and Sunday 3.30pm. TIckets are £10/£13. Visit http://www.TristanBatesTheatre.co.uk or call 020 7240 6283. (more...)
Notion Theatre Company Premieres Bobby Cronin's DAYBREAK, June 5by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Notion Theatre Company presents the European premiere of Bobby Cronin's new musical DAYBREAK, with words and music by Bobby Cronin and additional lyrics by Brett Teresa at London's Tristan Bates Theatre (1a Tower St, London WC2H 9PN), June 5-30, 2012, with an official press opening of June 8 at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
Norm Lewis to Receive Sardi's Caricature, 5/30by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Tony nominee Norm Lewis, currently starring on Broadway as Porgy in The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS, will join the legendary walls of Sardi’s (234 West 44th Street) when his caricature is unveiled and hung on Wednesday, May 30th at 5:00pm during a special ceremony. His portrait will be join the hundreds of Broadway and Hollywood celebrities, including his co-star and fellow 2012 Tony nominee Audra McDonald, as well as co-star David Alan Grier also Tony-nominated for his performance in The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS. (more...)
Ethan Hawke to Direct and Star in Jonathan Marc Sherman's CLIVE at New Group in 2013!by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012Off-Broadway’s The New Group has just announced its 2012-2013 season, featuring three world premiere productions. As the season launch in Fall 2012, Scott Elliott, Artistic Director of The New Group, directs Francine Volpe’s The Good Mother, featuring Gretchen Mol. Jonathan Marc Sherman’s new work Clive arrives in Winter 2013, directed by and featuring Ethan Hawke in the title role. Spring 2013 ushers in the premiere of a new musical at The New Group, Bunty Berman Presents..., by Ayub Khan Din (music, book, lyrics) and Paul Bogaev (music), directed by Scott Elliott. (more...)
John Davidson and Heather Provost Set for MAN OF LAMANCHA 6/19-7/8by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012The Ocean Professional Theatre Company will present MAN OF LAMANCHA on 6/19-7/8 at the Bengal Theatre, 180 Bengal Blvd, Barnegat, NJ 08005 to open their Premiere Summer Season. The production will star John Davidson as Don Quixote with Broadway Producer and actress Heather Provost as Aldonza. (more...)
THE BIG BANG THEORY Announces Ultimate Fan Giveawayby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012THE BIG BANG THEORY will be back at Comic-Con International: San Diego for its fourth consecutive year in 2012 - and this year, fans have a chance to come along. (more...)
Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekendby BWW News Desk - May 20, 2012Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, May 20, 2012 - Sunday, May 20, 2012.
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STAGE TUBE: On This Day 5/20- Judy Kuhnby Stage Tube - May 20, 2012Happy Birthday, Judy Kuhn! Kuhn made her Broadway debut was in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. She then played Cosette in the 1987 multiple award winning Broadway production of Les Misérables brought her the first Tony Award nomination. The following year, Kuhn took on a transfer from London's West End, playing one of the main roles (Florence Vassy) in the Trevor Nunn-directed Chess, with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (formerly of ABBA) and lyrics by Tim Rice. Later in 1993, Kuhn played the role of Betty Schaefer in the U.S premier production of Sunset Boulevard at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles. Kuhn sang the title role in the 1995 Disney animated film, Pocahontas, the film included her rendition of the song Colors of the Wind, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for its composers Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. On October 23, 2007, Kuhn returned to the Broadway Production of Les Misérables after 20 years, but this time assuming the role of Fantine. (more...)
Brooklyn Film Festival Announces DECOY Lineupby BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) today announced the film line up for its 2012 festival, themed DECOY. The competitive event will run from June 1st through 10th at indieScreen and Brooklyn Heights Cinema. (more...)
Breaking News: Brooke Shields & Richard Chamberlain to Star in Premiere of THE EXORCIST at Geffen Playhouse; Full Cast Announced!by BWW - May 17, 2012Stage and screen stars Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain will take on the iconic roles of Chris MacNeil and Father Merrin in playwright John Pielmeier’s world premiere of The Exorcist at the Geffen Playhouse. Helmed by acclaimed director John Doyle, who won a Tony Award for his striking reimagining of Sweeney Todd, this stage adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s famous 1971 novel transforms the unsettling battles of good versus evil, faith versus fact and ego versus ethos into a uniquely theatrical experience as sophisticated as it is suspenseful.
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2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown - Day 5: Neil Patrick Harris Raps-Upby Pat Cerasaro - May 16, 2012Today we continue BroadwayWorld’s extensive look at highlights from the sixty-plus years of the Tony Awards as we anticipate this year’s ceremony on June 10 on CBS with the absolutely riveting final moment of last year’s telecast, featuring peerless host Neil Patrick Harris performing a verbally dexterous and dizzying - and damn good - wrap-up/rap-up penned by Tony-winning IN THE HEIGHTS composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and director Tommy Kail. (more...)
MAMMA MIA! Welcomes Judy McLane, Felicia Finley, Aaron Lazar & More!by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome new principals Christy Altomare, Lauren Cohn, Daniel Cooney, Felicia Finley, Aaron Lazar, Graham Rowat and Zak Resnick who will join Judy McLane as “Donna Sheridan” at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) on Monday, June 4, 2012. (more...)
BWW Interviews: FOLLIES Star Elaine Paige Talks Follies, Sondheim, Lloyd Webber and Other Career Highlightsby Don Grigware - May 14, 2012Actress/singer Elaine Paige, having originated Evita, Chess, Piaf and Anything Goes in London, is unquestionably the queen of the West End, and with a Drama Desk nomination securely in place for her Broadway performance in the new Kennedy Center production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, which opened at the Ahmanson May 9, Paige is fast becoming a theatrical sensation in the US as well. In our chat, she says what she thinks about Stephen Sondheim, Follies, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Barbara Cook, her favorite career highlights including her leading men, as well as her popular radio talk show for the BBC entitled Elaine Paige on Sunday. (more...)
Elaine Paige to Launch Australian Concert Tour in Octoberby BWW News Desk - May 14, 2012Following her current run in Sondheim's 'Follies' in Los Angeles Elaine Paige will return to the UK and prepare for a tour 'down under' which kicks off in Hamilton, New Zealand on 14th October, Christchurch on 16th and then travels across to Australia for Perth on 20th, ending in Brisbane on 30th. (more...)
Photo Flash: WPPAC's SECRET GARDEN Opens Tonightby BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012A timeless tale turned Broadway hit, The Secret Garden is the final production of the White Plains Performing Arts Center’s 2011-2012 Mainstage season. This award winning family musical is based on the beloved classic novel of the same name, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Secret Garden runs from tonight, May 11 through May 27. The show stars Salena Qureshi, Lilli Jacobs, Stephen Tewksbury and Kristoffer Lowe. See below for photos from the production! (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - Tonight's Season Finale of THE BIG BANG THEORYby Stage Tube - May 10, 2012On tonight's fifth season finale of CBS's THE BIG BANG THEORY entitled "The Countdown Reflection", when Howard and Bernadette decide they want to be married before his NASA launch, the gang rushes to put on a wedding. (more...)
René Pape Announces Upcoming Performancesby BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012After performances in Franz Schmidt’s oratorio The Book With Seven Seals under Fabio Luisi in Vienna (May 13-14), René Pape will sing in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under Daniel Barenboim at Milan’s La Scala, in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI (June 1). (more...)
Musical Theatre Guild Presents SHENANDOAH, 6/11 & 17by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012The award-winning Musical Theatre Guild, a company of professional performers who present concert-staged readings of seldom seen musicals, will conclude its 16th season with SHENANDOAH, a production commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War. The opening performance will take place on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 7:30 PM at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. A second, and final, performance will occur on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 3:00 PM at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza’s Scherr Forum. (more...)
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