STAGE TUBE: Opening Night of SWEENEY TODD Starring Ball and StauntonMarch 22, 2012Oh yes! We've got a red carpet video for the opening night of SWEENEY TODD, which opened on the 20th on the West End. The video features interviews with stars Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton as well as Jason Manford, David Mitchell, Jim Broadbent and Tom Jones. Plus, there's a little peek of an onstage kiss.
Greenway Arts Alliance Announce THE BEWILDERED HERD for April 12-May 6March 22, 2012Greenway Arts Alliance has announced the world premiere production of THE BEWILDERED HERD by LA Weekly Award and Ovation Award nominee Cody Henderson, directed by Laurie Woolery. There will be two preview performances on April 12 and 13, and opening night is set for Saturday, April 14 at 8:00. The limited engagement will run through Sunday, May 6.
Crystal Theatre Announces SILENT KNIGHT, Norwalk 3/31-4/1March 22, 2012Silent Knight: This original show with book, music and lyrics by Norwalk's Kyle Brenn follows the adventures of Amber, a tomboy on the verge of womanhood, and her dreams of becoming a knight and doing something more than what her village has to offer. It will be performed by Crystal Theatre High School from March 31 to April 1 at the Ben Franklin Theater: 66 Bayview Ave. South Norwalk, 06854.
ArtsWest Announces EXIT, PERSUED BY A BEAR for 4/18-5/13March 22, 2012Opening Wednesday, April 18, 2012, and playing through May 13, ArtsWest presents EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR. Part I Love Lucy, part Jacobean revenge tragedy, part feminist manifesto, part beautiful ballet, part nature special, and part 80's power ballad, EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR is written by San Francisco based writer, Lauren Gunderson, and is in the midst of what's called a 'rolling' World Premiere - with separate productions in Atlanta's Synchronicity, San Francisco's Crowded Fire Theater and here in Seattle at ArtsWest.
San Jose Rep's GOD OF CARNAGE Begins Previews Tonight; Full Cast InfoMarch 22, 2012The Bay Area premiere of San Jose Rep's God of Carnage begins previews tonight. This winner of the 2009 Tony Award® for Best Play was written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton. The production runs from March 22 to April 15, 2012, with Opening Night on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:30 pm.
NAKED BOYS SINGING Begins Previews TonightMarch 22, 2012Naked Boys Singing!, the outrageous musical comedy that ran off Broadway for thirteen years before closing five weeks ago, is back - bigger and better than ever! New staging, new boys, same costumes. Based on the successful long-running Provincetown production, from Drama Desk nominee Tom D'Angora (NEWSical The Musical) and Michael D'Angora, the show is an hour of non-stop comedy, nudity, dancing, and as the title says, singing!
FESTEN Set for St. Ann's Warehouse, April 20-29March 21, 2012For its final international theater production at 38 Water, St. Ann's Warehouse will present the U.S. premiere of TR Warszawa's Festen (The Celebration), one of the most acclaimed works by perhaps Poland's foremost company. Festen is a stage adaptation of The Celebration, the beloved prize-winning Danish Dogma 95 film (1998) by Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov, about the 60th birthday party of a family patriarch, at which a dark family secret is revealed. Written for the stage by Vinterberg and translated into Polish by the director, TR Artistic Director Grzegorz Jarzyna, Festen exposes the depths of a family dynamic passed on from generation to generation, a rich metaphor for the slow, inexorable workings of power, history, guilt and responsibility.
Photo Flash: First Weekend of Kentwood Players' OLIVERMarch 21, 2012Check out these production photos of the Kentwood Players' production of OLIVER!, which runs from March 16 to April 21, 2012, with performances on Friday and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm at the Westchester Playhouse located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Los Angeles, CA 90045. With music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, and based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, this much-loved British musical won several Tony Awards on Broadway. The production is directed by Harold Dershimer, with musical direction by Catherine Rahm, choreography by Anna Rubin, and produced by Rocky and Victoria Miller by special arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Gay Play Weekend's HELLO NORMA JEANEMarch 21, 2012egyufCheck out this sneak preview of the cast in costume for HELLO NORMA JEANE by Dylan Costello. The show is one of the five finalists in the 2012 Great Gay Play and Musical Contest and will be performed on Saturday, April 14, 7:30 at Center on Halsted.
DOG IN THE DOOR Announce Kids' Theatre Camp for April, WoodburyMarch 21, 2012Dog in the Door Theater for Kids (DITD) has announced an exciting, new partnership with Woodbury Community Theater (WCT). Saturdays in April will find the up-and-coming children's theater school 'acting out' in the freshly renovated Merrill Community Arts Center at 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200, Woodbury.
Jimmy Smits & Jenn Colella to Star in DEADLINE Reading, 3/26March 21, 2012A reading of DEADLINE, written and directed by Sabina Berman and starring Jimmy Smits and Jenn Colella, will be presented at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater at the Pershing Square Signature Center on March 26, 2012 ar 7:30PM.
Outer Critics Circle to Announce 2011-12 Season Nominees 4/23March 21, 2012Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, is proud to report that Multi Award-winning stars Lily Rabe and Richard Thomas will announce the nominees for the 2011-12 season on Monday, April 23rd (11AM) at The Friars Club (57 East 55th Street- between Park and Madison Avenues).