This Week's New Classifieds on BWW - 5/28/12by - May 28, 2012
This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 5/28/12.
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Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot: MATTHEW HAYES HUNTERby Jeffrey Ellis - May 26, 2012Who's who in Tennessee theater? Sometimes, without a program in your hand, it’s difficult to know who’s playing whom—hence, our newest feature: Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot...featuring some of the Volunteer State's best-known—or soon-to-be-known all over the freakin’ world—thespians. And have you ever wondered who the amazing photographers are who make them look damn good? We’re gonna tell ya…Today’s actor/subject/model is the handsome and talented Matthew Hayes Hunter, photographed by Elizabeth Fletcher. (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...)
FREDDY High School Musical Theater Awards Announces 2012 Awardsby BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012The 2012 FREDDY Awards recipients were announced tonight, May 24th, during the 10th Annual live ceremony from the State Theatre, broadcast on WFMZ Channel 69 and wfmz.com. (more...)
CATHY RIGBY As PETER PAN Flies To The Kravisby Beau Higgins - May 25, 2012Audiences are invited to discover the magic all over again of the two-time Emmy Award winning, and two-time Tony® Award-nominated production: Cathy Rigby is PETER PAN. Families and fans alike have their chance to “fly”into the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts for this magical production running August 1-5, 2012. Tickets are on sale to the public this Saturday, May 19 at 10am. Tickets start at $25 and are available at the Kravis Center’s official web site www.kravis.org/peterpan; the Kravis Center Box Office (561) 832-7469 or (800) 572-8471, and at all Ticketmaster outlets.
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Imagination Stage Announces 2012-13 Season: Roald Dahl in Rep and Moreby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Dancing birds. Flying peaches. Magical pixie dust. Bullying ogres. Not so clever pirates. Imagination Stage, the region’s leading theatre dedicated to children, will be flying high during its 2012-2013 season of professional theatre. The upcoming season features the world premiere of Roald Dahl’s The Magic Finger, and the East Coast premiere of the action-packed Anime Momotaro.
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Newnan Theatre Company Holds Auditions for SEUSSICAL, 6/10-11; Show Replaces 'FIDDLER'by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Newnan Theatre Company has just announced auditions for “Seussical the Musical,” a family-friendly show based on books by Dr. Seuss. This production replaces the previously announced “Fiddler on the Roof,” which NTC is unable to present at this time, but hopes to do so sometime in the near future. (more...)
Cortland Rep Announces Pavilion Award Nominations for High-School Theaterby BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Cortland Repertory Theatre has announced the nominees for their tenth annual “Pavilion Awards” which recognize Outstanding Achievement in local high school theatre. For the sixth year, First Niagara Bank serves as the Corporate Sponsor for this program, which allows for many categories within the musical and non-musical genres. Musicals in consideration were held at the Cortland, Dryden, Groton, Homer, McGraw and Tully High Schools. Non-musical plays were also presented at Cortland, Homer and Tully. (more...)
This Week's New Classifieds on BWW - 5/21/12by - May 21, 2012
This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 5/21/12.
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Barksdale Theatre and Theatre IV Merge to Form Virginia Repertory Theatreby BWW News Desk - May 20, 2012Barksdale Theatre and Theatre IV announce that the two nonprofit theaters will formally merge effective July 1, 2012 under a new name - Virginia Repertory Theatre (Virginia Rep). With a budget exceeding $5 million, four distinct venues, and an annual audience over 550,000, Virginia Rep will become the largest professional theater and one of the largest performing arts organizations in Central Virginia along with the Richmond Ballet, Richmond Symphony, and the Virginia Opera. Barksdale and Theatre IV celebrated the announcement and the unveiling of the new Virginia Rep sign today, May 20, at the November Theatre (formerly the Empire Theatre) at 114 West Broad Street at 4:00 p.m. after the closing of Seussical, thelast mainstage children’s production under the Theatre IV name. Virginia Rep will transition into the new organization between now and July 1. (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...)
Photo Flash: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY In Manilaby Oliver Oliveros - May 17, 2012Theater actor, writer, and director Gerard Alessandrini’s brainchild, the 30-year-old Off-Broadway hit parody series FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, finally premiered at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza in Makati City last weekend. Joel Trinidad, Upstart Productions’ president and the show’s director, had picked FORBIDDEN BROADWAY'S GREATEST HITS, which has two volumes to date, and features some of the more popular spoofs of Broadway musicals and theater legends culled from more than a dozen FORBIDDEN BROADWAY editions. (more...)
SEUSSICAL: THE MUSICAL Set for The Rose Theater, 6/1-17by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012In Seussical: The Musical, playing June 1-17 at The Rose Theater, Horton the elephant attempts to save JoJo and the Whos and protect Mayzie La Bird’s egg, in this production of the Broadway show. (more...)
Christopher Ashley to Direct Film Adaptation of Ahrens & Flaherty's LUCKY STIFF, Starring Jason Alexander, Nikki James et al.by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012Several Tony Award-winners are teaming up to bring an adaptation of the 1988 musical “Lucky Stiff” to the screen. The show, based on Michael Butterworth’s 1965 novel “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo,” was written by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty and first performed at New York’s Playwright’s Horizons where it won the Richard Rogers Production Award before going on to London and hundreds of international productions. Ahrens & Flaherty went on to win the Tony for their musical “Ragtime” as well as two Academy Award nominations. Other notable credits include “Once On This Island” and “Seussical.” Ahrens has adapted the play for the screen, while Flaherty and Ahrens have written additional songs. (more...)
Theatreworks USA Presents Off-Broadway Premiere of SKIPPYJON JONES, 7/17-8/17by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012Theatreworks USA (Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Director; Ken Arthur, Producing Director), the nation’s leading not-for-profit professional theatre for young audiences, has announced the Off-Broadway premiere of the new children’s musical SKIPPYJON JONES. (more...)
The Coterie to Present ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, 6/19-8/5by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairytale, “The Princess and the Pea,” comes to the stage as a musical comedy in Once Upon a Mattress June 19 – August 5 at the Coterie Theatre in Crown Center. (more...)
BWW TV: Behind-the-Scenes of APAC's THE SECRET GARDEN with Jennifer Evans & Moreby BroadwayWorld TV - May 16, 2012THE ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER reunites the creative team behind their The Human Comedy and Children of Eden with THE SECRET GARDEN, musical staging by Christine O’Grady, musical directed by Jeffrey Campos and directed by APAC Artistic Director Tom Wojtunik. Check out the production in rehearsal and go behind the scenes below! (more...)
Paper Mill Announces Rising Star Award Nominationsby BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012Among the former Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre nominees and winners are Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway, Tony award winner Laura Benanti and 2011 Tony Award winner, Nikki M. James. (more...)
CATHY RIGBY As PETER PAN Flies To The Kravisby Beau Higgins - May 15, 2012Audiences are invited to discover the magic all over again of the two-time Emmy Award winning, and two-time Tony® Award-nominated production: Cathy Rigby is PETER PAN. Families and fans alike have their chance to “fly”into the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts for this magical production running August 1-5, 2012. Tickets are on sale to the public this Saturday, May 19 at 10am. Tickets start at $25 and are available at the Kravis Center’s official web site www.kravis.org/peterpan; the Kravis Center Box Office (561) 832-7469 or (800) 572-8471, and at all Ticketmaster outlets.
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Broadway's ANNIE Names Orphans!by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012After more than 5,000 auditions in a coast-to-coast search, ANNIE has announced casting for the orphans for the new production of the classic Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. ANNIE will open on Broadway in Fall 2012 at a Nederlander theatre to be announced. The production will be directed by three-time Tony Award winner James Lapine and choreographed by Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler. (more...)
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