Penguin Rep Theatre Presents Richard Dresser's ROUNDING THIRD 10/14by BWW News Desk - Sep 26, 2011Penguin Rep Theatre presents Rounding Third, a comedy by Richard Dresser, Friday, October 14 through Sunday, November 6 at Penguin's intimate, 108-seat theatre in Stony Point (Rockland County), New York, executive director Andrew M. Horn announced today. (more...)
International City Theatre Closes Season with AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', 10/9-11/4by BWW News Desk - Sep 18, 2012The joint will be jumpin' when International City Theatre closes its 2012 season with Ain't Misbehavin', the Tony Award-winning musical revue based on the life of Thomas "Fats" Waller. Saundra McClain directs Phillip Brandon (national tour: The Color Purple), Niketa Calame (Celebration Theatre's The Color Purple), Amber Mercomes (San Francisco and Los Angeles Opera productions of Porgy and Bess), Lacy Darryl Phillips (Broadway: Fosse and A Raisin in the Sun) and Jennifer Shelton (first national tour of Ragtime; previously seen on the ICT stage in Songs for a New World, Five Course Love, The Story, Honk! and Swinging on a Star), with musical direction by Rahn Coleman and choreography by Stephen Semien. Performances take place October 12 through November 4 at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, with low-priced previews beginning October 9. (more...)
Jim Stanek Leads Engeman's CAMELOT, Previews 9/15by BWW
News Desk - Sep 17, 2011The John W. Engeman Theater has announced the cast and the creative team for the classic musical, Camelot. (more...)
Jim Stanek Leads Engeman's CAMELOT, Previews 9/15by BWW
News Desk - Sep 15, 2011The John W. Engeman Theater has announced the cast and the creative team for the classic musical, Camelot. (more...)
International City Theatre Closes Season with AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', Now thru 11/4by BWW News Desk - Oct 9, 2012The joint will be jumpin' when International City Theatre closes its 2012 season with Ain't Misbehavin', the Tony Award-winning musical revue based on the life of Thomas "Fats" Waller. Saundra McClain directs Phillip Brandon (national tour: The Color Purple), Niketa Calame (Celebration Theatre's The Color Purple), Amber Mercomes (San Francisco and Los Angeles Opera productions of Porgy and Bess), Lacy Darryl Phillips (Broadway: Fosse and A Raisin in the Sun) and Jennifer Shelton (first national tour of Ragtime; previously seen on the ICT stage in Songs for a New World, Five Course Love, The Story, Honk! and Swinging on a Star), with musical direction by Rahn Coleman and choreography by Stephen Semien. Performances take place October 12 through November 4 at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, with low-priced previews beginning tonight, October 9. (more...)
Penguin Rep Theatre Presents Richard Dresser's ROUNDING THIRD 10/14by BWW
News Desk - Oct 14, 2011Penguin Rep Theatre presents Rounding Third, a comedy by Richard Dresser, Friday, October 14 through Sunday, November 6 at Penguin's intimate, 108-seat theatre in Stony Point (Rockland County), New York, executive director Andrew M. Horn announced today. (more...)
THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS Extends Thru 11/20 at Ruskin Group Theatreby BWW News Desk - Nov 13, 2011Stephen Metcalfe has chosen the critically acclaimed Ruskin Group Theatre to launch the Los Angeles premiere of his play The Tragedy of the Commons. Audience demand has now extended the run through November 20th. (more...)
UPPER LIP Plays Theater for the New City, Now thru 5/19by BWW News Desk - May 2, 2013Theater for the New City presents 'The Upper Lip,' an adaptation by playwright/director David Willinger of William Saroyan's forgotten 1951 novel, 'Rock Wagram.' The piece has its premiere run tonight, May 2 to 19, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 3:00 PM. The running time is 1:30. Critics are invited on or after May 4. (more...)
BWW TV Exclusive: CUTTING-EDGE COMPOSERS CORNER - Zachary Prince Sings Joel Waggoner and Eric Price's 'Brooklyn's Union Hall'by BroadwayWorld TV - May 17, 2013Here's 'Brooklyn's Union Hall' by Joel Waggoner and Eric Price. 'The inspiration for the song was to write about the moment it was announced that Barack Obama had won the 2008 Presidential Election,' said Price. Zachary Prince (the Last Five Years) stars in this video from our most recent concert at Joe's Pub. (more...)
Photo Coverage: The Public Theater Celebrates 50 Years at the Delacorte & Honors Al Pacinoby Jennifer Broski - Jun 19, 2012Last night, June 18, The Public Theater celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Delacorte Theater, home of Shakespeare in the Park, and honored Al Pacino for his body of work at The Public. The evening included a benefit reading of Romeo and Julie featuring Kevin Kline as Romeo and Meryl Streep as Juliet. On hand to celebrate were the likes of Julia Stiles, Chelsea Clinton, Steve Martin and many more who have both particiated and enjoyed the works at the Delacorte. BroadwayWorld was also on hand and brings you photo coverage below! (more...)
Larry Cahn, Glory Crampton, Omar Lopez-Cepero et al. Set for FOREVERMAN at NYMF, 7/20by BWW News Desk - Jul 5, 2012The new musical Foreverman, with book, music, and lyrics by Brett M. Boles, will be presented as an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's (NYMF's) 2012 Next Link Project, beginning performances Friday, July 20 and running through Sunday, July 28, at the PTC Performance Space, 555 West 42 Street (between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues). (more...)
Larry Cahn, Glory Crampton, Omar Lopez-Cepero et al. Set for FOREVERMAN at NYMF, 7/20by BWW
News Desk - Jul 27, 2012The new musical Foreverman, with book, music, and lyrics by Brett M. Boles, will be presented as an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's (NYMF's) 2012 Next Link Project, beginning performances Friday, July 20 and running through Sunday, July 28, at the PTC Performance Space, 555 West 42 Street (between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues). (more...)
Village Theatre Announces 12th Annual Village Originals Festival, 8/10 -12by BWW News Desk - Jul 24, 2012Over one jam packed weekend, August 10-12, six new musicals will be brought to life with help from more than 100 artists and one dozen directors and authors from across the country. (more...)
Larry Cahn, Glory Crampton, Omar Lopez-Cepero et al. Set for FOREVERMAN at NYMF Tonight, 7/20by BWW News Desk - Jul 20, 2012The new musical Foreverman, with book, music, and lyrics by Brett M. Boles, will be presented as an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's (NYMF's) 2012 Next Link Project, beginning performances tonight, July 20 and running through Sunday, July 28, at the PTC Performance Space, 555 West 42 Street (between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues). (more...)
Jim Stanek Leads Engeman's CAMELOT, Previews 9/15by BWW News Desk - Aug 31, 2011The John W. Engeman Theater has announced the cast and the creative team for the classic musical, Camelot. (more...)
BWW Spotlight: Village Originals' 2012 Festival of New Musicalsby Jay Irwin - Aug 16, 2012Village Theatre was back this last weekend with their 12th Annual Village Originals Festival of New Musicals. A weekend packed with five new musicals presented as script in hand, staged reading workshops; the festival aids in the fostering and growth of these exciting new works. Some previous works have even gone on to Broadway success as "Next to Normal" (previous title "Feeling Electric") and "Million Dollar Quartet" had their start through the Village Originals Festival of New Musicals and went on to win multiple Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize ("Next to Normal"). And, as they did with last year's "Cloaked" Village also took a previous festival entry and gave it a larger production as "Lizzie Borden" had a three performance off book workshop of it's own at the First Stage Theatre down the street from their main stage Francis J. Gaudette Theatre.
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Village Theatre Announces 12th Annual Village Originals Festival, 8/10 -12by BWW
News Desk - Aug 10, 2012Over one jam packed weekend, August 10-12, six new musicals will be brought to life with help from more than 100 artists and one dozen directors and authors from across the country. (more...)
Actor Burt Grinstead Talks Deathtrap and the Actors He Most Admiresby Don Grigware - Apr 9, 2012Actor Burt Grinstead may have a short theatrical resume at this stage, but he has been working consistently over the past couple of years essaying plays in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Since coming back to LA last summer, he has been in the highly successful Esther's Moustache at Sidewalk Studio Theatre this past fall and is currently treading the boards once more in the all new critically acclaimed production of Deathtrap at the Gay and Lesbian Center in Hollywood. In our chat he discusses Deathtrap and the other roles he's played, his focus as an actor, and those actors who have had the most influence on him.
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UPPER LIP to Play Theater for the New City, 5/2-19by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2013Theater for the New City presents 'The Upper Lip,' an adaptation by playwright/director David Willinger of William Saroyan's forgotten 1951 novel, 'Rock Wagram.' The piece has its premiere run May 2 to 19, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 3:00 PM. The running time is 1:30. Critics are invited on or after May 4. (more...)
Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline Reunite in ROMEO & JULIET for The Public Theater's 50th Anniversary Gala, 6/18by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2012In honor and celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater, The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Patrick Willingham) will hold a special one-night-only gala event on Monday, June 18, featuring Kevin Kline as Romeo and Meryl Streep as Juliet in a star-studded staged reading of ROMEO AND JULIET, directed by Daniel Sullivan. For information on tickets for The Public Theater's Anniversary Gala, please call (212) 539-8547 or visit www.shakespeareinthepark.org. (more...)
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