7TH MONARCH, Featuring Michael Rupert, to Begin 6/12 at Theatre Rowby BWW News Desk - May 7, 20127th MONARCH, a new play by Jim Henry, featuring Tony Award winner Michael Rupert, is set to play an Off-Broadway limited engagement at Theatre Row’s Acorn Theatre June 12th through September 9th. Opening night is Sunday, June 24th. In addition to Michael Rupert, the cast of 7th MONARCH features Michael Cullen, Gretchen Hall, Leslie Hendrix and Matthew Humphreys, under the direction of Scott C. Embler. (more...)
ATG Announces Casting Department Changesby BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) today announced changes within its Casting Department, based at the company’s Charing Cross Road offices. (more...)
It's Official, REBECCA is Back On! To Play Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre, Opening November 2012 - Mason, McGillin, Barbour & Moreby BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012It's back on! REBECCA, the new musical based on the classic novel by Daphne du Maurier novel (and later turned into an Oscar-winning film by Alfred Hitchcock) which was postponed earlier this year, will now open on Broadway Sunday, November 18 at The Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). Previews will begin Tuesday, October 30. REBECCA will be produced by Ben Sprecher and Louise Forlenza; with The Shubert Organization, DC Tours Pty Ltd, Manderley Partners, Julian Spencer, Paul Abrams, Tony Fusco, Nanda Anand, Peter Bogyo, Peter Bezemes and Dennis Grimaldi, in association with David Mirvish, Stage Entertainment and Larry Feinman and by special arrangement with Vereinigte Bühnen Wien GmbH. The executive producer is Marshall B. Purdy.
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Buck Creek Players Announces Upcoming Season, CITY OF ANGELS, GENDER SOUFFLE And Moreby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Buck Creek Players (BCP), the award-winning all-volunteer community theater on the southeast side of Indianapolis, is today announced the 39th season of quality theater, In the Spotlight, as they present six entertaining productions for 2012-2013. (more...)
Stratford Shakespeare Festival to Host Shakespeare Symposium, 6/2by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012The Festival celebrates 60 years of excellence with a special symposium that will feature influential theatre artists and intellectuals in discussion about how Shakespeare’s work lends itself to a broad range of media, interpretations and settings. The event will be held at the Studio Theatre on June 2. (more...)
2012 World Science Festival Launches 5th Anniversary Gala, 5/29by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012The 2012 World Science Festival opens its 5th anniversary season with two star-filled nights dedicated to Science and the Arts: The 5th Anniversary Gala Celebration, “A Performing Arts Salute to Science” on Tuesday, May 29th, The Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle, 7:30 pm. The 5th Anniversary World Science Festival Gala will feature Broadway and Classical Music stars in a performing arts salute to science. Broadway celebrities and classical music stars will perform. In addition to the starry musical performances, Festival co-founder Brian Greene will conduct two mind-blowing and rarely-seen-in-public Physics experiments: the “Quantum Levitation” and “Double-Slit” experiments. (more...)
54 Below to Launch BACKSTAGE Series with SMASH Cast, 6/17by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012?54 BELOW, the nightclub and restaurant to open next month at 254 West 54th Street, has announced three exciting new series. 54 BELOW is the new Broadway nightclub in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife. (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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Gregg Edelman, Melissa Errico, et al. Set for Prospect Theater Company Gala, 5/21by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director / Melissa Huber, Managing Director) presents its annual gala, 2012’s Spring Soirée, in the Harbor View Room at Battery Gardens in Battery Park. This special one-night-only event will be held on Monday, May 21 with an 8 pm concert performance, to feature performances by Broadway friends as well as Prospect stars. (more...)
Photo Flash: Daniel Davis et al. in Hartford Stage's THE TEMPESTby BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012The Tony Award-winning Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Darko Tresnjak, Artistic Director, and Michael Stotts, Managing Director, presents William Shakespeare’s magical masterwork, The Tempest, directed by Darko Tresnjak, playing now through June 10, 2012 (press opening: Wednesday, May 16 at 7:30pm). Tony Award nominee Daniel Davis, best known for his recent NYC roles in Classic Stage’s The Cherry Orchard, Lincoln Center’s The Invention of Love, and the 2004 Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles, as well as six seasons as Niles the Butler on TV’s “The Nanny, plays Prospero. See photos of Davis and the rest of the cast on stage below! (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Highlights of DWTS Semi Finalsby Stage Tube - May 15, 2012After last week's nerve-racking double elimination, the four remaining couples faced off in the semifinals of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS last night. The couples performed one new Ballroom and one new Latin dance to determine which three couples will land in the finals. View highlights of the show below! (more...)
7TH MONARCH, Featuring Michael Rupert, Begins Rehearsalsby BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012Rehearsals begin today, May 15th for 7th MONARCH, a new play by Jim Henry, featuring Tony Award winner Michael Rupert. The Off-Broadway premiere of 7th MONARCH is set to play a limited engagement at Theatre Row’s Acorn Theatre June 12th through September 9th. Opening night is Sunday, June 24th. In addition to Michael Rupert, the cast of 7th MONARCH features Michael Cullen, Gretchen Hall, Leslie Hendrix and Matthew Humphreys, under the direction of Scott C. Embler. (more...)
The Route 66 Reading Series Continues With Wandachristine, 5/21by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2012The Route 66 montly reading series continues this month with the veteran of Stage, Screen, Film, and soon-to-be-published author Wandachristine. May 21, at 7:30 PM Upstairs at Mrs. Murphy's Irish Bistro, Chicago IL.
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BROADWAY RECALL: Some Like It Brunetteby Michael Dale - May 12, 2012While diamonds may be a girl’s best friend at this weekend’s Encores! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, there’s a feisty flapper getting pretty chummy with a gang of hunky Olympic athletes and a wildly frenetic chorus of Charleston dancers. (more...)
Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project Set for 6/18-23by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2012The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University will once again produce a weeklong songwriting intensive for emerging songwriters and writing teams, 18-30 led by award-winning master teachers Andrew Lippa, Craig Carnelia and Lari White. (more...)
Gregg Edelman, Ann Harada and Alexander Gemignani Join Prospect Theatre Gala, 5/21by BWW News Desk - Apr 30, 2012Prospect Theater Company presents its annual gala, 2012’s Spring Soirée, in the Harbor View Room at Battery Gardens, a waterside location nestled at the southernmost corner of Battery Park. (more...)
Photo Flash: ROCKERS ANONYMOUS: SOUTHERN COMFORT 4/16 - Feat. Barrett Wilbert Weed, Mark Ayesh & Moreby BWW News Desk - Apr 30, 2012Rockers Anonymous returned to The Underground Lounge for its fourth installment entitled Rockers Anonymous: Southern Comfort on April 16th. Check out the photo coverage of the concert below, featuring a taste of Southern Rock n' Roll as performed by the Rockers Anonymous band, Stirfry Massacre, and a selection of rock and pop talent from the New York Musical Theatre scene. (more...)
ALLEGIANCE - A NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL Starring Lea Salonga & More Set for The Old Globe 2012-13 Season - Full Season Announcement, San Diegoby BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2012The Old Globe’s 2012-13 Season will feature the World Premieres of two new musicals: Allegiance – A New American Musical by Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Thione and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak. The season also includes George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion in celebration of the classic play’s 100th anniversary and the World Premiere of a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House by Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey and Kirsten Brandt. Two recent Broadway hits will make their San Diego debuts at the Globe: David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People and Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities. Rounding out the season are the West Coast Premiere of Bekah Brunstetter’s Be a Good Little Widow and the Southern California Premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brothers Size. (more...)
THE BIKINIS Plays Goodspeed Musicals This Summer; Opens 8/9by BWW News Desk - Apr 25, 2012Get ready for a heat wave of hot tunes at The Norma Terris Theatre this summer! Goodspeed Musicals, the first two-time Tony Award-winning theatre in the country, announced today on Facebook and Twitter that the fab new musical The Bikinis will round out their three-show season. Destined to be a summer smash, this fun-loving, finger-snappin’ blast-from-the-past is chock-full of hit tunes from the 60s and 70s. Don’t miss The Bikinis August 9 through September 2, 2012; it’ll be a gas! (more...)
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