Full Cast of Matthew Bourne's PLAY WITHOUT WORDS UK Tour Announcedby BWW News Desk - May 28, 2012New Adventures and the National Theatre have announced full casting for MATTHEW BOURNE’S PLAY WITHOUT WORDS. The company will be Madelaine Brennan, Daniel Collins, Saranne Curtin, Daisy May Kemp, Anabel Kutay, Katy Lowenhoff, Adam Maskell, Anjali Mehra, Liam Mower, Jonathan Ollivier, Alastair Postlethwaite, Danny Reubens, Christopher Trenfield, Hannah Vassallo, Neil Westmoreland and Richard Winsor. (more...)
CINDERELLA & ROCKERFELLA Plays Tuar Ard Theatre, June 9-10by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2012Expressions School of Speech & Drama present "Cinderella & Rockerfella" in Tuar Ard Theatre, Moate on Saturday, 9th June 8pm and Sunday, 10th June, matinee 3pm. (more...)
Patrick Cassidy Joins Upright Cabaret's VIVA LAS VEGAS, 6/8by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2012Chris Isaacson has announced that Upright Cabaret’s AMERICAN ICON Series ends another stunning season with VIVA LAS VEGAS - a presentation of personality and pop that honors the flashiest performers of all time: Elvis, Cher and Elton John. Joining the group of all-star performers will be Patrick Cassidy. (more...)
Amy Adams Says Broadway Transfer of INTO THE WOODS Would 'Be Amazing'by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2012According to a report by Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch, Amy Adams, soon to be playing The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods, "would definitely consider," continuing her role in the production if it moves to Broadway. "That would be amazing," she said. (more...)
TAPA's Dora Mavor Moore Awards Set for 6/25; Thom Allison to Hostby BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) today announced that the 33rd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, celebrating extraordinary Toronto talent in the performing arts, will take place on Monday, June 25 at 8pm at the St.Lawrence Centre for the Arts in the Bluma Appel Theatre. (more...)
Playwrights Theatre Holds Broadway Showcase Informational Meeting, 6/12by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012The Madison Department of Recreation, in partnership with Playwrights Theatre will produce a Broadway showcase in August 2012. An informational meeting will be held on June 12, 2012, 4pm at Playwrights Theatre administrative offices, Madison Civic Center, 28 Walnut Street, Madison, NJ. (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...)
Daniel Berryman, Aaron C. Finley, Naomi Morgan & More to Star in 5th Avenue Theatre's RENT, 7/21-8/19by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012It’s a brand new season of love this summer when The 5th Avenue Theatre brings a bold and innovative production of RENT to the stage. Fresh from his smash success with First Date, Bill Berry directs this electrifying new staging of Jonathan Larson’s modern rock-opera classic. A cast of Seattle’s young rising theater stars, featuring Daniel Berryman, Aaron C. Finley, Naomi Morgan, Jerick Hoffer, Ryah Nixon, and Andi Alhadeff will take center stage, belting hits including “La Vie Boheme,” “Take Me or Leave Me,” “One Song Glory,” and “Rent.” Based on the Puccini opera La bohème, the hit musical premiered in 1996 to instant acclaim, and swept a host of theater awards — the Tony, the Obie, and the Pulitzer. (more...)
Music-Theatre Group Features Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner, 6/7by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012Music-Theatre Group has announced a special interview with Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner, to be moderated by Thomas Schumacher (Producer and President, Disney Theatrical Group) on Thursday, June 7th at the Dimenna Center for Classical Music (450 W. 37th Street between 9th and 10th) at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
BWW Interviews: Just in Time for the Opening of The Wedding Singer, TRAVIS KENDRICK's Friday Fiveby Jeffrey Ellis - May 25, 2012Today, the spotlight falls upon Travis Kendrick, who continues his run as one of the go-to guys at Clarksville’s Roxy Regional Theatre in The Wedding Singer, opening tonight. Coming up for Travis is the role of Chachi in Happy Days, which will close the company’s 2011-2012 season. Not only an actor, Travis is also a certified yoga instructor, teaching classes around Clarksville and at the Roxy, and he’s choreographer of note, having choreographed Just Another High School Musical at Clarksville’s Northeast High School, Gallantry for Austin Peay State University Opera and he’ll be doing a number for The Roxy’s 101 Dalmatians the Musical later this year. (more...)
Photo Coverage: Matt Doyle, Betsy Wolfe, et al. in York Theatre Company's NEO 8by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - May 23, 2012York Theatre Company presented the 8th Annual NEO 8 (an acronym for “New, Emerging, Outstanding”) on Monday, May 21, at The York Theatre at Saint Peter’s (Citicorp Building, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). The event celebrated songwriters primed to pen the next generation of musicals. BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the performers below! (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...)
STAGE TUBE: SOUND OF MUSIC Trailer Starring Jessica Grove and Ben Davis!by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Broadway veterans Jessica Grové and Ben Davis will star as Maria Rainer and Captain Georg Von Trapp in Studio Tenn Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, playing at the historic Franklin Theatre May 31-June 17. (more...)
Jessica Grove Stars as Maria in SOUND OF MUSIC, May 31 - June 17by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Broadway veteran Jessica Grové will star as Maria Rainer in Studio Tenn Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, playing at the historic Franklin Theatre May 31-June 17. (more...)
Late May Live Entertainment Options on the Central Coast of Californiaby Curt Miner - May 22, 2012As we make our way toward the end of May, I hope you will find or make the time to attend some of the many productions currently playing (a number of which will soon bring their runs to a close) at any of the various live performance and theatre venues that make their home here on the Central Coast of California! (more...)
Falling in Love With Nashville, Jessica Grové Stars in Studio Tenn's THE SOUND OF MUSICby Jeffrey Ellis - May 22, 2012For Jessica Grové, playing Maria Rainer in Studio Tenn’s production of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music is, quite simply, a part of the natural evolution of theater. After all, she’s already played Marta, Brigitta and Liesl—so playing the young novitiate who comes into the Austrian home of the Von Trapps to become governess to the seven children of the imperious Georg Von Trapp just makes sense. (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...)
CINDERELLA Comes to Center for Puppetry Arts, 5/29-6/10by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012Cinderella will be presented by Tears of Joy Theatre at Center for Puppetry Arts. (more...)
Fox Valley Repertory Announces Summer Season: SIRENS, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL and Moreby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012All summer and into the fall, Fox Valley Repertory presents beloved music, modern comedy, and staged readings of new plays never before seen on stage. The season includes: Theo Ubique's nostalgic musical revue, Some Enchanted Evening, the inquisitive innovation of Collider New Play Project, Heather Moran's musical story of Rosemary Clooney in Rosie! A Tribute..., FVR Youth Ensemble's return to Disney's High School Musical, Mike Toomey's multimedia comedic recollection of television in TV & Me, Chicago's finest improv troupe performing The Best of The Second City, and marriage, mermaids, and modern comedy in Sirens, at Pheasant Run Resort (4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; 630-584-6342). (more...)
Photo Flash: Christopher Sutton et al. in BUDDY at Walnut Street Theatreby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 203rd season with an all-new production of Broadway’s BUDDY: THE Buddy Holly STORY. Directed and choreographed by Casey Hushion, the show began previews on May 15th and opens on May 23rd, running through July 15th on the WST Mainstage. Christopher Sutton (Buddy), says this is the first time in the history of the Walnut Street Theatre that the same actor has played the same role twice. Sutton plays opposite his wife Lyn Philistine as Maria Elena. See photos of the couple and the rest of the cast on stage below! (more...)
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