STAGE TUBE: Load-In of Tennessee Rep's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTOctober 8, 2013So what happens next? We've built and painted the set pieces and props. We've constructed and fit the costumes. And all the while the actors and director have been shaping and refining a fabulous performance in rehearsal. Tennessee Rep's production of The Importance of Being Earnest looks like it's close to being ready to open on October 12th, right?
Comedian Dane Cook Returns with UNDER OATH TourOctober 8, 2013The 'Under Oath' tour marks Dane's first live tour since his highly successful 'ISolated INcident' tour in 2009. Check out the video below featuring Dane's interview on the Late Show with Jay Leno!
TV: Sneak Peek at Bare Bones' THREE: An Evening of One-Act PlaysOctober 8, 2013Bare Bones Theater Company presents "THREE," a trio of one-act plays including a drama, a mystery, and a comedy, at the Bare Bones Theater, 57 Main St., Northport, N.Y. Featured plays are "Your Life Is a Feature Film,' by Alan Minieri, 'Specter" by Don Nigro, and 'Don't Forget to Write,' by Christopher Hackert. Show dates and times for "THREE" are October 10-12 and 17-19 at 8 p.m., with matinee performances Sundays, October 13 and 20, at 3 p.m. Reserved seating $25. Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com. Website: www.barebonestheater.com. Phone 631-606-0026. Check out a sneak peek below!
STAGE TUBE: First Look at Highlights of Old Globe's THE LAST GOODBYEOctober 3, 2013The Old Globe presents The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with the incendiary songs of the legendary singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley. Conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, the rock musical is directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers (Peter and the Starcatcher, Bloody BloodyAndrew Jackson). Choreography is by Emmy Award nominee Sonya Tayeh ('So You Think You Can Dance'), and orchestrations, music direction and arrangements are by Kris Kukul. The Last Goodbye will run on the Donald andDarlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, now through Nov. 3, 2013. Check out highlights below!
TV: First Look at Highlights of CST's CYRANO DE BERGERACOctober 2, 2013Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Cyrano de Bergerac, launching the Theater's 2013-2014 Season. CST's new production of Edmond Rostand's timeless classic, adapted and translated by Anthony Burgess, marks the return to CST of director Penny Metropulos and film and stage actor Harry Groener, the duo behind the Theater's award-winning 2011 production of The Madness of George III. Featuring some of the most romantic and witty verse written for the stage, Cyrano de Bergerac is a poignant and entertaining homage to poetry, love and panache which will run in CST's Courtyard Theater now through November 10, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights below!
STAGE TUBE: Marc Jacoby, Gregg Edelman, Johnny Rabe & More in Highlights of SECONDHAND LIONSSeptember 30, 2013An all-star cast takes the stage at The 5th Avenue Theatre in the celebrated organization's 15th new musical, Secondhand Lions. Based on the beloved film starring Michael Caine and Robert Duvall, Secondhand Lions springs to musical life in Seattle with a superbly talented cast of Broadway stars and Seattle musical theater actors. Check out some highlights below!
STAGE TUBE: First Look at Bill Nolte, Mamie Parris & More in Highlights of Goodspeed's THE MOST HAPPY FELLASeptember 27, 2013Goodspeed Musicals will transport audiences to beautiful Napa Valley with its production of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella. This all-new production of the beloved musical that Goodspeed sent to Broadway in 1991 will run from September 20 - December 1 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. The Most Happy Fella will be sponsored by Connecticut Light and Power. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights below!
STAGE TUBE: National Museum of American History Receives Jim Henson Puppets for BirthdaySeptember 25, 2013The National Museum of American History received a new donation of more than 20 Jim Henson puppets and props on the anniversary of his birthday—Sept. 24, 1936—from the Henson family. Miss Piggy and the Swedish Chef from The Muppet Show, Bert and Elmo from Sesame Street, and Red Fraggle and Traveling Matt from Fraggle Rock are among the new additions. They will join the museum's current Jim Henson Collection, which includes Oscar the Grouch, Kermit the Frog and the cast of Sam and Friends.
BWW Reviews: CCT's 50th Birthday Celebration with Josh Radnor, Jessica Grové, Michael Milligan & More!September 25, 2013Columbus Children's Theatre (CCT) celebrated 50 years of live theatre on Sunday, September 22, 2013 with an incredible lineup of accomplished alumni, along with current casts, board members, and other featured guests. Performing were Josh Radnor of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Jessica Grove, Mike Milligan, Steve Boyer, Kristin Reitter, Valerie Accetta, Dionysia Williams, Camille Mancuso, Cherish Myers, Ryan Scarlata, Molly Camp, Jake Borelli, and the current casts of THE LITTLE MERMAID JR and SHREK THE MUSICAL.
STAGE TUBE: Behind-the-Scenes with Tennessee Rep's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTSeptember 24, 2013Tennessee Repertory Theatre continues its 2013-2014 season with Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People. The classic comedy opens October 12th with a scheduled run thru October 26th (previews October 10-11), but the crew here at Tennessee Rep has already been in the thick of Earnest for quite some time.
STAGE TUBE: ETHEL's Documerica Returns to BAM, 10/2September 24, 2013Acclaimed nationwide for eclectic programming and virtuoso performances, string quartet ETHEL returns to the BAM Next Wave Festival to premiere its largest and most ambitious undertaking to date,Documerica. Inspired by the Environmental Protection Agency's Project Documerica-a massive 'snapshot' of America showcased in an astonishing archive of images captured during the recession-plagued, tumultuous 1970s-this multimedia meditation interweaves over 3,000 vintage photographs with commissioned contemporary music for a landmark work.
Review Roundup: HYSTERIA Starring Antony Sher at the Hamstead TheatreSeptember 24, 2013Antony Sher as Sigmund Freud leads a cast of David Horovitch, Adrian Schiller and Lydia Wilson in Terry Johnson's Hysteria at the Hamstead Theatre, a hilarious and insightful farce that raises intriguing questions about freud's radical revision of his theories on hysteria. The production runs Thursday 5 September to Saturday 12 October 2013.