DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Opens in Bristol, Connecticut Following Dramatic Hotel Makeoverby BWW News Desk - May 9, 2013DoubleTree by Hilton, Hilton Worldwide's fastest growing full-service brand, today announced the opening of its newest hotel in Bristol, Connecticut. Formerly a Clarion hotel, the DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol, Connecticut opens following a 13-month and more than $20 million renovation led by internationally-renowned design firm Parker-Torres Design LLC. The property will continue to be directed by the hotel's seasoned management team, led by longtime general manager, Lynn Dell, and new director of sales, Mark Lombardi, who brings with him a decade of experience in the hospitality industry. The hotel is owned by Bristol Hotel, LLC and managed by Prestige Hospitality Group, LLC.
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CMSD Students Present AIDA as 14th Annual All-City Musicalby BWW News Desk - May 8, 2013The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) will present itsfourteenth annual All-City Musical, AIDA to crown the District's 2012-13 series of All-City Arts Programming. The production features the talents of over fifty CMSD students from across the District and will take place on the stage of the Ohio Theatre at PlayhouseSquare,May 31 - June 2, 2013. Tony Sias, Director of Arts Education for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, co-directs the production with Kimberly Brown. Aida, which features music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice, is based on the book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls and David Henry Hwang. It was originally directed on Broadway by Robert Falls and originally produced by Disney Theatrical Productions. The CMSD All-City Musical production is produced through special arrangement with Music Theater International (www.mtishows.com). (more...)
Ocean State Theatre Company's 2013-2014 Season Opens With LES MISERABLESby BWW News Desk - May 8, 2013Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC) has announced that its first full season in their new state-of-the-art theatre located at 1245 Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick, will open with the international smash hit, Les Miserables. (more...)
Live IN Theater Productions Presents CARLO D'AMORE'S THE RYAN CASE 1873 andTHE LOMBARDI CASE 1975by BWW News Desk - May 8, 2013Author/Director/Entrepreneur/Creative Director/Visionary CARLO D'AMORE is the owner and creative force behind Live IN Theater Productions, an extremely successful theatrical organization that has attracted tens of thousands of theatre- goers to his two highly unique, award-nominated, sold-out murder mysteries that unfold on the downtown gritty streets, back alleyways and crumbling tenements of Manhattan's very low Eastside. (more...)
Freestyle Love Supreme, Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda, to Play Joe's Pub, 5/29by BWW News Desk - May 7, 2013The electric hip-hop improv group FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME will return to Joe's Pub at The Public on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 for a night of unforgettable beats and inspired freestyle rap. (more...)
Verdi's JERUSALEM and More Set for Sarasota Opera's 55th Seasonby BWW News Desk - May 6, 2013Sarasota Opera has announced its 2013 - 2014 Fall and Winter programming which will mark the company's 55th consecutive season of performing grand opera on the Florida gulf coast. Highlights will include the return of some of Sarasota Opera's most acclaimed productions, the Sarasota Opera premiere of Verdi's Jerusalem as part of the ongoing Verdi Cycle, and the debut of new concerts to the Sarasota Opera Concert Series. (more...)
The Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival Begins 6/14by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2013The Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival, now in its 16th year, brings the Denver Center Theatre Company, Primary Stages (New York), and South Coast Repertory (California) to develop new pieces of theatre in the Rocky Mountains. Presented under the artistic direction of Andrew Leynse, (Artistic Director, Primary Stages), and with sponsorship from The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the New Works Festival continues Perry-Mansfield's founding principle of nurturing new talent with new work. The Festival is co-chaired by James Steinberg and Karolynn Lestrud and produced by Emily Tarquin. The companies will showcase three different new works in partnership with Perry-Mansfield: (more...)
Rogue Machine to Stage DYING CITY, 5/18-7/8by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2013Rogue Machine presents Los Angeles Premiere of DYING CITY by Christopher Shinn, opening May 18, 2013 with reception to follow. The production runs 5pm Saturdays, 7pm Sundays, and 8pm Mondays through July 8, 2013, with Memorial weekend performances on May 23rd at 8pm and Sunday, May 26th at 7pm (No performance on June 24th). (more...)
Vito D'Ambrosio, Caroline Hewitt and More Set for Alley Theatre's WARRIOR CLASSby BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announces the cast and creative team for Kenneth Lin's Warrior Class. Kenneth Lin is a staff writer on Netflix's House of Cards and the creator of a new limited series, American Way, for USA Networks. Warrior Class, which won the Theatre Communications Group Edgerton New Play Prize, is directed by Wilson Milam and runs May 3 through June 2, 2013 on the Neuhaus Stage. (more...)
Matt Dellapina, Aubrey Dollar and More Set for Second Stage's THE TUTORSby BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2013Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) kicks off the 2013 Uptown Series with the world premiere of The Tutors, written by Erica Lipez and directed by Thomas Kail. The Tutors will feature Louis Ozawa Changchien ( Second Stage's Warrior Class), Matt Dellapina (The Dream Of The Burning Boy), Aubrey Dollar ('Guiding Light'), Keith Nobbs (Lombardi) and Chris Perfetti (Picnic). Previews begin on May 22nd and opening night is Wednesday, June 5th. (more...)
THE MODEL APARTMENT Rounds Out Primary Stages' 2013-14 Seasonby BWW News Desk - Apr 25, 2013Primary Stages has announced the fourth production of their upcoming 29th Season: A new production of their 1995 Obie Award-winning THE MODEL APARTMENT by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies. (more...)
History Theatre Announces its 2013-2014 Seasonby BWW News Desk - Apr 23, 2013History Theatre's 2013-2014 season will include 3 world premieres, 2 regional premieres, and 1 returning favorite. These six distinct plays and musicals will explore what it means to be an American "hero." What is promised and sacrificed when ordinary people are faced with extraordinary circumstances? What is the measure of heroism and has that measurement changed over time? (more...)
PASSION's Melissa Errico on Vocal Rest; Cast Album Recording Delayedby BWW
News Desk - Apr 18, 2013BroadwayWorld has confirmed that the Classic Stage Company's production of Passion has delayed the recording of it's upcoming cast album, because Melissa Errico, who plays Clara in the show, is out on vocal rest. Errico has been out of the show since March 21 and the cast will not head to the recoding studio until she has fully recovered. In the mentime, Amy Justman has been filling in for Errico on stage. (more...)
Amy Justman to Replace Melissa Errico for Final Performances of PASSIONby BWW
News Desk - Apr 18, 2013Classic Stage Company announced today that Amy Justman will assume the role of Clara for the final 11 performances of their critically-acclaimed new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's PASSION through Today, April 19 at CSC (136 East 13th Street). Melissa Errico, who originated the role of Clara, has been out of the show with bronchitis since March 21. PS Classics announced today that they had postponed the cast recording of PASSION (which was scheduled for today) until Ms. Errico is fully recovered. A new recording and release date will be announced in the coming days. (more...)
BWW TV: Chatting with the Cast of THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES on Opening Night- Jessica Hecht, Judith Light & More!by BroadwayWorld TV - Apr 18, 2013Tony winner Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, The American Plan) and MTC begin their 10th collaboration with the world-premiere production of The Assembled Parties. MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow (Wit, Collected Stories) directs the cast that includes Tony nominee Jessica Hecht (A View from the Bridge, Harvey), Tony and 2-time Emmy winner Judith Light (Other Desert Cities, Lombardi) and Tony nominee Jeremy Shamos (Glengarry Glen Ross, Clybourne Park).
BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there for the opening night festivities, and you can check out what the cast and creative team had to say about the new play below! (more...)
Photo Coverage: The Stars Arrive for THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES Opening Night!by Jennifer Broski - Apr 18, 2013Tony winner Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, The American Plan) and MTC begin their 10th collaboration with the world-premiere production of The Assembled Parties. MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow (Wit, Collected Stories) directs the cast that includes Tony nominee Jessica Hecht (A View from the Bridge, Harvey), Tony and 2-time Emmy winner Judith Light (Other Desert Cities, Lombardi) and Tony nominee Jeremy Shamos (Glengarry Glen Ross, Clybourne Park). (more...)
Photo Coverage: THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES Celebrates Opening Night - Curtain Call and After Party!by Jennifer Broski - Apr 18, 2013Tony winner Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, The American Plan) and MTC begin their 10th collaboration with the world-premiere production of THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES. MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow (Wit, Collected Stories) directs the cast that includes Tony nominee Jessica Hecht (A View from the Bridge, Harvey), Tony and 2-time Emmy winner Judith Light (Other Desert Cities, Lombardi) and Tony nominee Jeremy Shamos (Glengarry Glen Ross, Clybourne Park).
The show opened yesterday; check out the curtain call and after party below! (more...)
PASSION Cast Album to Be Recorded on May 13by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2013BroadwayWorld has learned that the cast was informed today that they will be recording the CSC cast album of PASSION on May 13th. The good news is that it will feature the entire cast, including Melissa Errico. Amy Justman has been filling in for Errico on stage. (more...)
BWW Interviews: Buford Welcomes Award-Winning GTA SouthernStage to New Homeby Matt Tamanini - Apr 16, 2013For over three decades, the award-winning Gainesville Theatre Alliance (GTA), a collaboration between the recently renamed University of North Georgia and Brenau University, has been one of the premiere theatre's in Georgia. While many of GTA's shows feature guest professional actors, directors, and designers, the majority of the on and off-stage work is done by students. However, in 2012, in a collaboration with the city of Buford, they founded GTA SouthernStage, a professional resident company in the new Buford Community Center, Town Park, & Theatre. Through April 28th, GTA SouthernStage is concluding its first season with an outstanding professional production of 'Alfred Hitchock's The 39 Steps' (read BWW Atlanta's glowing review: 'You'd Be Psycho to Miss Amazing 39 STEPS at GTA's SouthernStage'), and has announced that a production of the recent Broadway hit 'Lombardi' will open their second season in their new home in August. (more...)
Doctors Health Press Reports that Isometric Exercises are Most Effective for Lowering Blood Pressureby BWW News Desk - Apr 15, 2013Doctors Health Press, a division of Lombardi Publishing Corporation and publisher of various natural health newsletters, books, and reports, including the popular online Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin, is reporting on a new study finding that isometric resistance training is the most effective exercise to keep blood pressure down. (more...)
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