Women's Project Presents World Premiere of OR, 11/1October 8, 2009Women's Project will present the world premiere production of Liz Duffy Adams's restoration-style comedy Or, directed by Wendy McClellan and featuring Kelly Hutchinson, Andy Paris and Maggie Siff.
Musical Theatre Guild Presents FADE OUT - FADE IN, 11/9 & 11/15October 8, 2009The award-winning Musical Theatre Guild, a company of professional performers who present concert-staged readings of seldom seen musicals, will continue its 14th season with the Jule Styne/Comden & Green musical: FADE OUT - FADE IN. The opening performance will take place on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 7:30 PM at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. A second and final performance will occur on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 3:00 PM at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Bank of America Performing Arts Center's Scherr Forum.
'So You Think You Can Dance' Tour Hits Orleans Arena, 11/14October 8, 2009Audience favorites from the fifth season of the popular television program So You Think You Can Dance will appear live on stage at the Orleans Arena for a one-night-only event, November 14 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the So You Think You Can Dance Tour 2009.
Photo Flash: Cast of Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's 2009 NEW YEAR'S EVE REVIEWOctober 8, 2009The 2009 Season marked The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's 15th Anniversary Season. For the year, WOB brought many area premieres to the stage including a regional theatre premiere production of the musical comedy The Wedding Singer and Mel Brooks' The Producers. Capping off the year, WOB has added a New Year's Eve special event to the calendar to celebrate the end of 2009 and arrival of 2010.
Tickets on Sale for Pioneer Theatre Company's 2009 - 2010 Season, 10/14October 8, 2009Tickets for each of the six remaining shows in Pioneer Theatre Company's 2009-2010 Season, including the Utah premiere of the stage version of everyone's favorite holiday comedy 'A Christmas Story' and the tap-dancing musical extravaganza '42nd Street,' will go on sale Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
Drama Desk Winning CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY Celebrates GAYLIFENYC.ORG Launch, 10/12October 8, 2009The Drama Desk Award-winning show Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words is joining with Jesse Archer to celebrate the launch of the new not-for-profit entertainment news and AIDS health resources website GAYLIFENYC.ORG following the hit show's performance on Monday, October 12 at a reception sponsored by the show.
Hip-Hop Theatre Festival Now Underway Thru 10/17October 8, 2009Hip-Hop Theater Festival (HHTF) is back stretching from Brooklyn to Manhattan and bringing three culturally-packed weeks of art, dance, and theater. From October 1st-17th the HHTF will celebrate the foundational roots and evolution of Hip-Hop, along with the movement's groundbreaking journey through the arts in a series of shows. Broken into three overarching themes, the festival features the classical elements of hip-hop (music; break dancing; graffiti), family-friendliness (a children's show; a show for youth, by youth; spoken word performances) and finally women leading the way forward (reading series; women-centric performances).
The West End's ABBA MANIA Plays the State Theatre, 11/4October 8, 2009The official show from London's West End, ABBA MANIA comes to the State Theatre in Easton on Wednesday, November 4th to celebrate the music and style of when the super group ruled the airwaves. Showtime is 8PM.
Silent Theatre Company Presents World Premiere of CARNIVAL NOCTURNE, 11/19October 8, 2009Silent Theatre Company, in association with Chicago DCA Theater, presents the world premiere of Carnival Nocturne. The production, created by the Silent Theatre Company and directed by Artistic Director Tonika Todorova, comes to Chicago DCA Theater's Storefront Theater from November 19 - December 20, 2009.
Mayhem Poets Play Children's Theatre Company, 10/13 - 11/7October 8, 2009Mayhem Poets runs at Children's Theatre Company from Oct. 13 through Nov. 7, 2009. The Mayhem Poets opening night and pre-show party will take place on Friday, October 16 at 7:30pm at the Children's Theatre Company, Cargill Stage.
Maude Maggart Plays 'Parents and Children' at Feinstein's, 11/10 - 11/14 October 8, 2009FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will continue its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the celebrated chanteuse, MAUDE MAGGART. She will bring her critically-acclaimed show 'Parents and Children' back to New York. When it debuted last spring, The New York Times called Maude an 'increasingly fascinating entertainer' whose show was 'bewitching' and 'seductive.' The evening features songs by Stephen Sondheim ('Beautiful'), Rodgers & Hammerstein ('You've Got To Be Carefully Taught'), Dolly Parton ('Coat Of Many Colors'), George Gershwin ('The Man I Love'), Alec Wilder ('Be A Child') and Maury Yeston ('My Grandmother's Love Letters'). Maude is returning to Feinstein's for the first time since her New York nightclub debut as Michael Feinstein's guest in December 2001. All shows will take place at the Regency Hotel.
30 Days Of NYMF: Day 24 PLAGUEDOctober 8, 2009I was scraping snow off the windshield of my rental car with an unopened package of Dentyne and I was laughing. It was May - May! - and I hadn't seen snow since '07. The day before I was walking along the Chattahoochee River in sandals, jasmine filled the air and my azaleas had come and gone. I'd flown in from Atlanta to work on music with Casey Filiaci and I should have known. I grew up in Rochester - and with Casey. But, May?