Genesis Theatrical Production Presents FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION at Stage 773, 3/31 - 5/1March 1, 2011Genesis Theatrical ProductionNFP, Inc presents the Chicago premiere of FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago. The production previews March 26, opens March 31 at 7:30 p.m., and runs through May 1, 2011. Lively with humor, anecdote, sorrow, and songs, the musical will without a doubt tug at the audience's heartstrings.
JACQUES BREL RETURNS Extends at The Triad Through MarchMarch 1, 2011Jacques Brel Returns announced that it will be extending its run through March at The Triad, 158 West 72nd Street, NYC. March dates are Wednesday, March 16, Wednesday, March 23 and Wednesday, March 30 All at 8pm. Presented by Dan Whitten, Mark Beigelman, Peter Martin and Tiger Theatricals, Jacques Brel Returns is a new cabaret production featuring highlights from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris as well as Brel songs not in the original score.
Florida Grand Opera Announces 2011 - 2012 SeasonMarch 1, 2011Florida Grand Opera has announced the productions for the 2011-2012 season, which will be the Company's 71st consecutive season of producing grand opera in South Florida. The season includes two important 'firsts' for FGO: the first presentation of a zarzuela, Torroba's Luisa Fernanda, and the first production of Puccini's La rondine. The season will also include Verdi's Rigoletto and Gounod's Rom o et Juliette.
Gloria Steinham to Moderate Sexual Violence During the Holocaust Panel at BK Museum, 3/20March 1, 2011For centuries, brutality against females in war and genocide has been considered an almost inevitable by-product of conflict. The Holocaust was no exception. Sexual abuse of Jewish women was not part of German genocidal policy, but nevertheless occurred. A new book, Sexual Violence Against Jewish Women during the Holocaust, documents the sexual violence against Jewish and other women that has been relegated to the fringes of Holocaust history or even denied.
The Landor Theatre Presents West End Star Sam Harrison, March 20thMarch 1, 2011The Landor Theatre welcomes back this phenomenal young talent for one night only in the theatre where his career began as part of The Landor Theatre's 'A Spotlight On' Series. A Spotlight On was created as an opportunity for leading West End and Broadway performers to share the music that is important to them and the great stories from their careers and life.
Stephen Fry Among Stars Set for The Great British Musical Fundraising Event at the Criterion Theatre, April 10thMarch 1, 2011A dazzling array of West End stars will showcase the very best in British Musical Theatre in an evening comp red by the inimitable Stephen Fry. Other stars set to perform on the night include Peter Polycarpou, Michael Xavier, Emma Williams, Hadley Fraser, Paul Keating, Julie Atherton, Steven Webb, Sophia Ragavelas, Jack Shalloo, Dougal Irvine, Jodie Jacobs, John Addison and Stuart Matthew Price.
The Waterloo Station Theater Presents THE RAILWAY CHILDREN, June 18 - Sept 4March 1, 2011After last year's hugely successful run, tickets go on sale today for Damian Cruden's acclaimed production of The Railway Children which is returning to The Waterloo Station Theatre from 18 June until 4 September with press night on 28 June 2011. Award-winning designs are by Joanna Scotcher with lighting by Richard G. Jones, music by Christopher Madin and sound by Craig Vear. Casting for the 2011 production will be announced shortly. Last year's production of The Railway Children - seen by over 165,000 people at Waterloo Station - has received two 2011 Laurence Olivier Award nominations, Best Entertainment and Best Sound Design.
Rogue Machine's THE SUNSET LIMITED Extended Through, 3/27February 23, 2011Multi-award winning writer Cormac McCarthy is having a successful run for his play THE SUNSET LIMITED (CRITIC'S CHOICE-LA Times; GO-LA Weekly, CRITIC'S PICK-Backstage, RECOMMENDED-Ovation ) presented for the first time in Los Angeles, as part of Rogue Machine's 2010/11 season. Set in a subway tenement apartment of the ex-con, Black, who has forcibly prevented the college professor, White, from casting himself in the path of an on-rushing subway train. Black keeps White a virtual prisoner while he probes the roots of White's suicide attempt. Black is no stranger to the violence of human nature, but his life has changed drastically since a near death experience.
'Law & Order's' Richard Brooks to Star in Geva Theater's RADIO GOLF, 3/22 - 4/17February 23, 2011Geva Theatre Center announces that Richard Brooks, best known to TV viewers as Assistant D.A. Paul Robinette in NBC's 'Law & Order' and bounty hunter Jubal Early in 'Firefly' will play the central role of Harmond Wilks in its forthcoming production of August Wilson's Radio Golf in the Mainstage March 22 - April 17.
ECP to Hold Auditions for MOON OVER BUFFALO, 2/28 & 3/1February 23, 2011Moon Over Buffalo', a fast paced comedy set in a theater in Buffalo, NY in 1953, was written by Ken Ludwig, who wrote 'Lend Me a Tenor, and will be directed by Steve Schultz. It will run Thurs-Sun, April 7-17, with rehearsal beginning in early March
Bluesman Jimmy Vaughan to Play The Cotillion, 3/30February 23, 2011Blues, Ballads and Favorites is exactly what the title describes, Vaughan's hand-picked favorites, including covers of songs by artists such as Little Richard, Jimmy Reed, Willie Nelson, Roy Milton, and Roscoe Gordon. Without any outside constraints, Vaughan was free to whittle down a list of favorite blues and R&B songs, ending up with a total of 13, each of which has special meaning to him.
Mel Brook's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN to Play at the Orpheum Theater, 3/29 - 4/3February 23, 2011The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, a musical comedy from the creative team of the 12-time Tony®-Award winning smash The Producers, is coming to Omaha, Tuesday, March 29 through Sunday, April 3, 2011. The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein will be presented at the Orpheum Theater by Omaha Performing Arts and Broadway Across America.
Flutist Eugenia Zuckerman to Perform at Hartt School's Berkman Recital Hall, 3/3February 23, 2011As part of her residency at the University of Hartford, exploring collaborations in the arts and relationships between words and music, world renowned flutist Eugenia Zukerman hosts a concert featuring four new works created by student teams of poets, composers, and actor-narrators from the College of Arts and Sciences (poets) and The Hartt School (composers and actor-narrators).