Photo Flash: Harry Melling, Indira Varma and More at THE HOTHOUSE's West End Openingby BWW News Desk - May 9, 2013Harold Pinter's macabre tragicomedy returns to London's West End in this new production directed by Jamie Lloyd (Donmar's Passion, Broadway's Cyrano de Bergerac, National Theatre's She Stoops to Conquer, Royal Court's The Pride). It follows the critically acclaimed and sold out Macbeth, starring James McAvoy, in a thrilling season of work for Trafalgar Transformed. Starring Simon Russell Beale (Privates on Parade, National Theatre's Timon of Athens and Collaborators) and John Simm (Elling, Sheffield Theatres' Hamlet and Betrayal), The Hothouse opened tonight, May 9, 2013, and BroadwayWorld has photos from the festivities below! (more...)
BWW TV Exclusive: Meet the 2013 Tony Nominees- Carolee Carmello on Representing the SCANDALOUS Familyby BroadwayWorld TV - May 9, 2013BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today we bring you Carolee Carmello, a nominee for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Scandalous. Check out what she had to say below! (more...)
FAR FROM HEAVEN Begins Tonight at Playwrights Horizonsby BWW News Desk - May 8, 2013Previews begin today, Wednesday, May 8 for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) World Premiere production of FAR FROM HEAVEN. (more...)
ANYTHING GOES National Tour To Make Its St. Louis Premiere At The Fabulous Fox Theatre, 5/28by BWW News Desk - May 8, 2013The national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES, the new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece, will make its St. Louis premiere May 28 - June 9 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. (more...)
BWW Exclusive: Hugh Panaro and Norm Lewis to Star in LES MISERABLES at the Muny July 15 - 21; Highly Anticipated Cast Announced!by BWW Special Coverage - May 8, 2013The Muny announced principal casting for the fifth show of its fantastic 95th season, Les Miserables. Broadway veterans Hugh Panaro and Norm Lewis make their Muny debuts starring as Jean Valjean and Javert, respectively. Also starring is Michael McCormick as Thenardier. The production is directed by Richard Jay-Alexander, who served as the associate director and executive producer of the original Broadway, touring and Canadian companies of Les Miserables. (more...)
Kelli O'Hara & Steven Pasquale Lead FAR FROM HEAVEN Musical at Playwrights Horizons, Beg. Tonightby BWW News Desk - May 8, 2013Playwrights Horizons presents Far From Heaven, a new musical with book by Tony Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain, the current Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Assembled Parties both now on Broadway), music by Tony Award nominee Scott Frankel (Grey Gardens at PH and on Broadway, Finding Neverland) and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Michael Korie (Grey Gardens at PH and on Broadway, The Grapes of Wrath, Finding Neverland). The musical is choreographed by Alex Sanchez (Giant, Fiorello!) and directed by three-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Grey Gardens at PH and on Broadway; Rent, Next to Normal, Giant). The musical is based on the Focus Features/Vulcan Productions motion picture Far From Heaven, written and directed by Todd Haynes. (more...)
Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie & More Set for NewNJTV Cabaret Seriesby TV News Desk - May 8, 2013NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced the production of a new music television series, American Songbook at NJPAC, taped before a live audience at the Arts Center and airing on NJTV and WNET this fall. (more...)
Brian Stokes Mitchell Plays the Kennedy Center, 5/12by Charles Shubow - May 7, 2013Tony Award-winning Mitchell to perform with the Choral Arts Chorus of the Choral Arts Society of Washington and co-presented by the Washington Performing Arts Society. (more...)
FLASHDANCE Makes Orange County Premiere at Segerstrom Center, Now thru 5/19by BWW News Desk - May 7, 2013FLASHDANCE - THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation, will make its Segerstrom Center premiere tonight, May 7 - 19, 2013. (more...)
Photo Coverage: THE HOTHOUSE Starring Simon Russell Beale!by BWW News Desk - May 7, 2013John Heffernan (Lush), Harry Melling (Lamb), Clive Rowe (Tubb), Christopher Timothy (Lobb) and Indira Varma (Miss Cutts) will join the previously announced Simon Russell Beale (Roote) and John Simm (Gibbs) to complete the cast for The Hothouse, Jamie Lloyd Productions' second show for Trafalgar Studios. (more...)
Westchester Broadway Theatre's GUYS & DOLLS Continues Through 6/6by BWW News Desk - May 6, 2013Guys and Dolls, subtitled "A Musical Fable of Broadway" is set in the colorful world of New York City in the mid 20th century. It is considered one of the greatest musicals of all time. Guys and Dolls is populated with gangsters and gamblers, missionary dolls and beautiful showgirls, and has one of the greatest musical scores in the history of American theatre. Including Frank Loesser hits; "Luck Be A Lady", "Guys and Dolls", "If I Were A Bell", and "Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat". (more...)
Theo Ubique's 'A Cole Porter Songbook' Begins Performances 5/31by BWW News Desk - May 6, 2013Hot off the success of 2012?s Time after Time: The Songs of Jule Styne, Theo Ubique tackles renowned composer-lyricist Cole Porter's vast and enormously entertaining catalog. Porter's sophisticated music and notoriously witty lyrics come alive in unique Theo Ubique style under the direction of 4-time Jeff-award winning director Fred Anzevino, with new arrangements by music director Aaron Benham and choreography by David Heimann. (more...)
Max Von Essen, Daniel Breaker and More Set for BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE: THE BARD AND THE BROADWAY MUSICAL, 6/1-3by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2013Petruchio and Katherine backstage. Romeo and Juliet on a fire escape. From Kiss Me, Kate to West Side Story, Shakespeare has left his mark on the American Songbook. Tony Award-nominated director Mark Lamos (Cymbeline, Seascape) makes his Lyrics & Lyricists debut revealing the ties between Stratford-on-Avon and Shubert Alley in the 2013 season closer, Brush UpYour Shakespeare: The Bard and the Broadway Musical, on June 1, 2 and 3. Lamos is joined by vocalists Christine Andreas, Daniel Breaker, Britney Coleman, Max Von Essen, and Heather Jane Rolff. (more...)
Robert Picardo and Lee Wilkof to Appear in THE SUNSHINE BOYS at Totem Pole Playhouse, 7/9-21by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2013Famous funny men ROBERT PICARDO and LEE WILKOF will appear in Neil Simon's THE SUNSHINE BOYS for director JOHN PUTCH at Totem Pole Playhouse, for its 63rd summer season. (more...)
No Exit Cafe to Present A COLE PORTER SONGBOOK, 5/31-7/21by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2013No Exit Cafe (6970 N Glenwood Avenue, Chicago) presents A COLE PORTER SONGBOOK on Thursday, June 6 at 7:30 pm. (more...)
Executive Director Ray Cullom Joins Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment at New Istanbul Performing Arts Complexby BWW News Desk - May 16, 2013Robert Nederlander, Jr, President and CEO of Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment, announced today the appointment of Ray Cullom to the position of Executive Director of the ZORLU CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, a major new multi-venue performing arts complex set to open fall 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. (more...)
No Exit Cafe to Present A COLE PORTER SONGBOOK, 5/31-7/21by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2013No Exit Cafe (6970 N Glenwood Avenue, Chicago) presents A COLE PORTER SONGBOOK on Thursday, June 6 at 7:30 pm. (more...)
ANYTHING GOES Comes to the Kennedy Center, 6/6by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2013The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes in the Kennedy Center Opera House from June 11 to July 7, 2013. Winner of the 2011 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes sails direct from Broadway under the direction of Kathleen Marshall, who won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Choreography. The production features music and lyrics by Cole Porter; original book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse; and new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. Press opening night is Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
BWW Reviews: Brian Stokes Mitchell In Concert at the Kennedy Centerby Charles Shubow - May 14, 2013Packed audience at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall hears a perfomrance to treasure. (more...)
Photo Flash: Chita Rivera Receives 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award from Boston Theater Critics Associationby BWW News Desk - May 14, 2013The Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA) previously announced that Broadway icon Chita Rivera will be the recipient of the 2013 Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's awards ceremony set for last night, May 13 at the Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston. (more...)
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