York's Musicals in Mufti Continues With THE GAME OF LOVE, 5/11-13by BWW News Desk - May 8, 2012York Theatre Company celebrating the legendary librettist and lyricist Tom Jones with Musicals in Mufti: The Tom Jones Festival, concludes the spring series with the New York premiere of The Game of Love, with book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by classical composer Jacques Offenbach, and arrangements & additional music by Nancy Ford. The Game of Love is based The Anatol Plays by Arthur Schnitzler. (more...)
Women's Project's WE PLAY FOR THE GODS Begins Rehearsals Today, 5/8by BWW News Desk - May 8, 2012Rehearsals began today (5/8) for Women's Project off-Broadway world premiere play titled from the famous Ellen Stewart quote We Play for The Gods, a the seven-playwright, four-director, three-producer and five-actor collaborative show. (more...)
Lyricist Jack Lechner Brings 'HERE GOES NOTHING' to Birdland, 6/25by BWW News Desk - May 8, 2012The Broadway at Birdland concert series presents “Here Goes Nothing,” an evening of songs by Drama Desk-nominated lyricist Jack Lechner, on Monday, June 25 at 7pm. Guest performers will include Jill Abramovitz, Desmond Dutcher, Jeannine Frumess, Jose Llana, Lucas Steele, and Karen Ziemba. The music director will be Boko Suzuki. (more...)
BWW TV Exclusive: Seth's Broadway Chatterbox With Andre De Shields! by Seth's Broadway Chatterbox - May 6, 2012 In this edition, De Shields tells stories about THE WIZ's journey to Broadway, starring in Ain't Misbehavin', getting naked for the Queen, and more! (more...)
Women's Project Presents World Premiere of WE PLAY FOR THE GODS, 6/1-6/23by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012Women's Project will end its 34th season with an off-Broadway show of epic proportions when seven playwrights, four directors, three producers and five actors collaborate on one world premiere play titled from the famous Ellen Stewart quote We Play for The Gods. We Play for The Gods stars Annie Golden, Amber Gray, Alexandra Henrikson, Irene Sofia Lucio and Erika Rolfsud. It begins performances Friday, June 1, at 8:00pm, opens Monday, June 11, at 7:30pm for a run through Saturday, June 23, at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street. (more...)
Ray of Light Theatre Presents THE FULL MONTY, Beginning 5/31by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012Ray of Light Theatre (www.roltheatre.com) will present Terrence McNally’s award-winning musical The Full Monty to San Francisco. (more...)
Full Cast Announced for THE NORMAL HEART Tour!by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater produces the 2011 Tony Award-winning production of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart, directed by George C. Wolfe. Wolfe, who directed the show’s sold-out Broadway engagement last season, mounts the professional D.C.-area premiere of this production, which features returning Broadway cast members Patrick Breen and Luke MacFarlane, among others. Presented by special arrangement with Daryl Roth, The Normal Heart runs June 8-July 29, 2012 in the Kreeger Theater. (more...)
Daniel Berryman, Aaron C. Finley, Naomi Morgan & More to Star in 5th Avenue Theatre's RENT, 7/21-8/19by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012It’s a brand new season of love this summer when The 5th Avenue Theatre brings a bold and innovative production of RENT to the stage. Fresh from his smash success with First Date, Bill Berry directs this electrifying new staging of Jonathan Larson’s modern rock-opera classic. A cast of Seattle’s young rising theater stars, featuring Daniel Berryman, Aaron C. Finley, Naomi Morgan, Jerick Hoffer, Ryah Nixon, and Andi Alhadeff will take center stage, belting hits including “La Vie Boheme,” “Take Me or Leave Me,” “One Song Glory,” and “Rent.” Based on the Puccini opera La bohème, the hit musical premiered in 1996 to instant acclaim, and swept a host of theater awards — the Tony, the Obie, and the Pulitzer. (more...)
Tickets Now on Sale for Birmingham's FULL MONTYby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Oscar winning writer SIMON BEAUFOY has adapted his smash hit film for the stage and this brand new production will have its world premiere at the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield in February 2013 before arriving at Birmingham Hippodrome from Tuesday 26 February – Saturday 2 March 2013 prior to London. Tickets are on sale now. (more...)
Chris Diamantopoulos Joins Cast of EMPIRE STATEby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Deadline.com reports that Chris Diamantopoulos has joined the cast of the upcoming film EMPIRE STATE. The actor joins previously announced cast members Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Emma Roberts and Liam Hemsworth. (more...)
David Yazbek's WOMEN ON THE VERGE... Set for West End?by Rialto Chatter - May 23, 2012In an interview with thecraptacular.com, David Yazbek revealed that he and Jeffrey Lane have been rewriting WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN ahead of a new production in London next year. (more...)
Bloomington Civic Theatre Opens 2012-2013 Season With 42ND STREET, 8/17-9/16by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012Bloomington Theatre and Art Center (BTAC) today announced the tap dancing musical 42nd Street. This Bloomington Civic Theatre (BCT) production will run August 17 – September 16, 2012. 42nd Street will be directed and choreographed by Michael Matthew Ferrell, with music direction by Anita Ruth. The cast of 24 includes Larissa Gritti as ‘Peggy’, C. Ryan Shipley as ‘Billy’, Michael Fischetti as ‘Julian Marsh’, and Bonnie Erickson as ‘Dorothy Brock’. (more...)
Pittsburgh CLO Announces Full Casts of Local Productions - Starring Sally Struthers, Hunter Herdlicka, Liz Callaway and More!by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2012Pittsburgh CLO has announced casting for its summer season, which includes six shows, featuring the national tours of Come Fly Away and The Addams Family, and CLO original productions of A Chorus Line, Annie, Fiddler on the Roof and Sunset Boulevard. Notably, A CHORUS LINE brings on board a slew of the show's national tour veterans, ANNIE stars Sally Struthers as Miss Hannigan, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF features Broadway's Lewis J. Stadlen, Susan Cella, Hunter Herdlicka, Joel Robertson, Emily Shoolin and Kay Walbye. Liz Callaway and Walter Charles are set to star in SUNSET BOULEVARD. (more...)
MACBETH, A TASTE OF HONEY, DC Moore's STRAIGHT & More Set for Sheffield Theatres' New Season Sept-Janby BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012A season of high drama and razor-sharp comedy takes to the stage this autumn as Sheffield Theatres unveils its new season from September 2012 – January 2013. The season opens with Sheffield Theatres’ Artistic Director Daniel Evans directing a new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, followed by the regional première of Penelope Skinner’s The Village Bike and a major revival of Shelagh Delaney’s seminal work, A Taste of Honey. Other highlights include the world première of DC Moore’s latest play Straight, and a major revival of the classic musical My Fair Lady at Christmas. (more...)
THE FULL MONTY Kicks Off Seacoast Repertory Theatre's Seasonby BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012The Rep's summer season opens by baring baring the souls (and the bodies) of our actors in The Full Monty. (more...)
Way Off Broadway to Present FOOTLOOSE, 6/15-8/25by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre is getting ready to cut loose this summer with the dance musical Footloose. The stage production, based on the Paramount Pictures film, will open at the Frederick theatre on Friday, June 15th and run through August 25th. (more...)
Nikkieli DeMone to Bring HOW GLORY GOES Benefit to New World Stages, 6/6by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2012EMMY and JOSEPH JEFFERSON AWARD winner and Broadway performer, Nikkieli DeMone, takes center stage at the Time Out New York Lounge at NEW WORLD STAGES on June 6, 2012 in a new theatrical concert: NIKKIELI DEMONE HOW GLORY GOES. The concert is billed as a celebration of the music of today's most celebrated Broadway and Film composers and will benefit THE CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. (more...)
CBS Cancels Patrick Wilson's A GIFTED MANby BWW News Desk - May 14, 2012CBS has pulled the plug on its freshman drama series A GIFTED MAN starring Broadway star Patrick Wilson. (more...)
Simon Beaufoy's New Adaptation of THE FULL MONTY Set for Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield Feb 1-23by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012Daniel Evans today announces the world première of a new stage play version of The Full Monty which Oscar-winning writer Simon Beaufoy, who wrote the screenplay, has adapted for the stage using songs from the film. This announcement realises a long held ambition for Evans who on his appointment as Artistic Director wanted to bring The Full Monty home to Sheffield. The production will be presented at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield from Friday 1 – Saturday 23 February 2013. (more...)
ABC Renews ONCE UPON A TIME For Second Seasonby BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012ABC has renewed its freshman hit ONCE UPON A TIME for a second season. Co-creator Adam Horowitz broke the news via his Twitter feed this afternoon: "It's official -- #OnceUponATime has been picked up for season 2. Thank you all so much for watching, we're beyond thrilled to continue on!" (more...)
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