Broadway Vets Grové and Davis To Star in Studio Tenn's Upcoming SOUND OF MUSICby Jeffrey Ellis - May 9, 2012Broadway veterans Jessica Grové and Ben Davis will star as Maria Rainer and Captain Georg Von Trapp in Studio Tenn Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, playing at the historic Franklin Theatre May 31-June 17. (more...)
Playwrights Horizons Announces New Additions to Online Auctionby BWW News Desk - May 8, 2012Acclaimed Off-Broadway not-for-profit theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional details for its 2012 special online Auction. Bidding for the auction, which already features an outstanding array of unique opportunities and experiences, is now underway at www.BiddingForGood/PlaywrightsHorizons. Online bidding continues through Monday, May 14 (with items staggered to close at 8PM and 9PM). (more...)
Kennedy Center's FIRST YOU DREAM, Featuring Leslie Kritzer, Patina Miller, et al. Opens 6/8by BWW News Desk - May 8, 2012The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb in the Eisenhower Theater June 8 to July 1, 2012. (more...)
Mackintosh Announces Full Cast of PHANTOM UK Tour - Earl Carpenter as Phantom, Katie Hall as Christineby BWW News Desk - May 8, 2012Cameron Mackintosh announced today full casting for the spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. (more...)
Stephen Sondheim Documentary in the Works; James Lapine to Executive Produceby BWW News Desk - May 7, 2012Cindy Adams writes in today's New York Post that James Lapine will executive produce a documentary on Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim. The film, due out next year, will include 'material is on Sondheim’s life, fresh interviews he’s not given before, videos and new versions of his songs.' (more...)
A CHRISTMAS STORY to Open on Broadway This Holiday Season!by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012According to an Equity casting notice, A Christmas Story, The Musical!, which toured the US last year, will land on Broadway this holiday season, playing November 6- Decmber 30. The production, which begins rehearsals in October, will be directed by John Rando, music direction by Ian Eisendrath and choreography by Warren Carlyle. A Christmas Story features a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and a book by Joseph Robinette. (more...)
Photo Coverage: Joel Grey & More Honor Bernadette Peters with New Dramatists Lifetime Achievement Prizeby Walter McBride - May 25, 2012Yesterday, May 24, New Dramatists honored two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters with their 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 63rd Annual Spring Luncheon tribute at the New York Marriott Marquis. Among those who offered tributes were Emmy Award-winner Mary Tyler Moore, Peters’ Tony Award-winning A Little Night Music co-star Elaine Stritch, and New Dramatists Artistic Director Todd London. Tony and Academy Award-winner Joel Grey and Peters’ Tony-nominated Gypsy co-star John Dossett offered musical tributes. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings you photo coverage below! (more...)
BWW Interviews: Maria Friedman About Her Chickenshed Concert And MERRILYby Carrie Dunn - May 24, 2012It'll be a very special concert at Chickenshed this weekend when West End diva Maria Friedman takes to the stage for an evening of Sondheim.
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BWW TV Special: 2012 Tony Nominees - Kelli O'Hara on Showing a New Side of Herself in NICE WORK ...by BroadwayWorld TV - May 24, 2012BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tony Brunch on May 2, 2012, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today we bring you Kelli O'Hara, nominee for Best Actress in a Musical for Nice Work If You Can Get It. (more...)
Photo Flash: Neil Stuke, Philip Voss et al. in Steven Berkoff's 6 ACTORS IN SEARCH OF A DIRECTOR!by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Steven Berkoff directs the World Premiere of his latest play, 6 Actors in Search of a Director, a comedy set on a movie location set, for a West End season at Charing Cross Theatre now through Saturday 23rd June. See below for photos of Sarah Chamberlain, Philip Voss, Ruth Everett, Paul Trussell and Neil Stuke in the production, which opens tonight! (more...)
STAGE TUBE: SOUND OF MUSIC Trailer Starring Jessica Grove and Ben Davis!by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Broadway veterans Jessica Grové and Ben Davis will star as Maria Rainer and Captain Georg Von Trapp in Studio Tenn Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, playing at the historic Franklin Theatre May 31-June 17. (more...)
Jessica Grove Stars as Maria in SOUND OF MUSIC, May 31 - June 17by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Broadway veteran Jessica Grové will star as Maria Rainer in Studio Tenn Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, playing at the historic Franklin Theatre May 31-June 17. (more...)
CLYBOURNE PARK Cast, Santino Fontana and More to Perform at Playwrights Horizons Spring Galaby BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons has announced participating artists for its annual Spring Gala on Monday evening, June 11 at the event space 583 Park Avenue. (more...)
Bloomington Civic Theatre's 2012-2013 Season Announced: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, CABARET and Moreby BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Bloomington Civic Theatre (BCT) is pleased to announce its 2012-2013 season, featuring 5 musicals and three plays. On the Schneider Theater stage, BCT presents 42nd Street, Sunday in the Park with George, Cabaret and On The Town. (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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Michael Xavier, Jenna Russell et al. to Star in SOHO CINDERS World Premiere at Soho Theatre, Aug 2by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2012Following the sold-out concert performance of Soho Cinders at the Queen’s Theatre in October 2011, Stiles & Drewe’s new musical will receive its world premiere at Soho Theatre running from 2nd August to 9th September 2012. The full-scale production with a live band will feature an all-star cast including Jenna Russell and Michael Xavier, and featuring the voice of Stephen Fry. (more...)
Nancy Opel to Host Abingdon's 6th Annual AB*IE Award Presentation, 5/21by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012Tony Award-nominee Nancy Opel is set to host Abingdon Theatre Company's Sixth Annual AB*IE Award Presentation at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex's June Havoc Theatre (312 West 36th Street, First Floor) on Monday, May 21, beginning at 7:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public. (more...)
'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for May 16th, 2012by Paul W. Thompson - May 16, 2012The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. The "Apocalyptour," two Sondheim/Lapine productions, Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen visit Northlight, "The Last Five Years," Spider Saloff writes and stars, that "Smash"ing season finale, and more.... (more...)
Joel Grey, Mary Tyler Moore, et al. to Honor Bernadette Peters at New Dramatists Galaby BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012NEW DRAMATISTS, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, today announced that two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters will be honored with their 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 63rd Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, to be held Thursday, May 24th at the New York Marriott Marquis. Among those on the program offering tributes will be Emmy Award-winner Mary Tyler Moore, Peters’ Tony Award-winning A Little Night Music co-star Elaine Stritch, and New Dramatists Artistic Director Todd London. Tony and Academy Award-winner Joel Grey and Peters’ Tony-nominated Gypsy co-star John Dossett will offer musical tributes. (more...)
EASTLAND: A NEW MUSICAL To Make World Premiere at Chicago's Historic Water Tower Works 6/16 - 7/29by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012Lookingglass Theatre Company presents the world premiere of EASTLAND: A NEW MUSICAL, written by Artistic Director Andrew White with music by Ben Sussman and Artistic Associate Andre Pluess and directed by Amanda Dehnert. The production runs June 6 – July 29, 2012 at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago's historic Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. at Pearson. The Press Opening is Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
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