No Name Presents: The Uptown Cabaret, 5/19May 5, 2011No Name Presents: The Uptown Cabaret is an opportunity to play; to enjoy your music; your art; an opportunity to share this joy with your fellow singers, composers and lyricists. Bring that new audition song! Bring that song that you'd never get to sing otherwise! Bring that new material for your BMI class and test it out in a safe and fun place!
Parsons Dance Seeks Male and Female DancersMay 5, 2011Parsons Dance, praised around the world for its virtuosity, exceptional theatricality, athleticism, energy and accessibility, seeks male and female dancers. Auditions will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 12pm at New York City Center, Studio 5, 130 W. 56th Street, NYC. Appointments are required for the audition and dancers must bring headshots and resumes. To reserve an appointment, email info@parsonsdance.org. Questions are welcome by phone at 212-869-9275.
26 Classic Films Coming to DVD From MGM’s Limited Edition CollectionMay 5, 2011Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is bringing more classics to DVD in May through the unique 'manufacturing on demand' ('MOD'). The newest selection of available films is a part of MGM's Limited Edition Collection and available through major online retailers. The sixth installment of releases ranges from 1938's Mr. Wong, Detective starring Boris Karloff to 1992's Laws of Gravity with Edie Falco.
Sam Waterston, Brian Murray Set for THE OLD MASTERS Reading, 6/20 & 27May 5, 2011Simon Gray's intense drama of friendship, ethics, and doom involving two leading luminaries of the pre-World War II European art world-The Old Masters-will be revived for an exclusive, two-evenings-only staged reading at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on consecutive Mondays, June 20 and June 27, at 7 p.m.
Photo Flash: GLEE Academy Screening and Q&A!May 5, 2011In the short amount of time since GLEE hit the airwaves, the series has racked up two Platinum and two Gold albums, two Grammy Award nominations, more than 22 million song downloads, the No. 1 soundtrack of 2010 ('The Christmas Album') and an incredible 19 Emmy and 11 Golden Globe nominations, as well as four Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes, including the award for Best Television Series Comedy or Musical.
Yesterday, the GLEE cast sat down for a screening followed by a Q&A. View photos from the event below!
GIRLS NIGHT Comes to Stoneham Theatre, 6/12-19May 5, 2011Stoneham Theatre presents Girls Night: The Musical. Performances run June 2-19: Thurs. (7:30 pm), Fri. (8 pm), Sat. (4 pm & 8 pm), Sun. (2 pm & 6 pm). Tickets: $38-$44 regular admission; senior discounts apply; subscriber/member discount $5 off per ticket.
REDCAT Announces Line-up for RADAR L.A.May 5, 2011Co-curators Mark Murphy (REDCAT), Diane Rodriguez (Center Theatre Group) and Mark Russell (The Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival) announce the line-up for RADAR L.A., running June 14-19, 2011 at REDCAT, LATC and partner venues around the city.
Aurora Theatre Company's 'Aurora Borealis' Benefit Raises $172,000May 5, 2011Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company, now celebrating its 19th season, lit up the night on Monday, May 2 with an evening of heavenly wining and dining at Aurora Borealis, the company's 13th annual benefit, held at the historic Hotel Shattuck Plaza in Berkeley.
STAGE TUBE: LOVE NEVER DIES Loads into The Regent Theatre!May 5, 2011Love Never Dies is set to open this month at the Regent Theatre in Australia. The Australian production will not be a carbon copy of the London production, and instead utilizes a new design. Tickets for Love Never Dies in Australia have been on sale since October 2010, and are selling through July. Visit http://www.loveneverdies.com/ for tickets and more information; check out a behind the scenes clip of the load in to the Regent Theatre below!
Portland Center Stage Announces BUST Community ProgramsMay 5, 2011Actress Lauren Weedman finds herself clinging to the bottom rung of the Hollywood ladder. So, in a quest to escape the vapid demands of 'the business,' she volunteers in a women's prison. And quickly realizes she's in way over her head.
NYAWA Announces Championships Scheduled for 5/22May 5, 2011The New York Arm Wrestling Association (NYAWA) announced today that the Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Bronx Week Food and Arts Festival will host the White Castle 28th Annual Bronxboro Arm Wrestling Championships on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 1 p.m.
Telsey and Co. to Hold Open Call for ANNIE on BroadwayMay 5, 2011Telsey and Co., casting office for the new Broadway production of ANNIE, will hold an open call on Sunday, June 12, for girls ages 6-12 to audition for the roles of Annie and the orphans. The production, directed by Tony Award-winner James Lapine, will open in fall 2012 at a Nederlander theatre to be announced.
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS Returns to Southern California 7/21-24May 5, 2011THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will be presented in a limited engagement at Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, adjacent to University of California Irvine, from July 21 through July 24. The production returns to Southern California after selling out in Los Angeles and San Diego earlier this year.
Regional Theatre Tony Awarded to Lookingglass TheatreMay 5, 2011The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards has announced that Lookingglass Theatre is the recipient of the prestigious 2011 Regional Theatre Tony Award, marking the fifth Chicago company to receive the award. Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Theater and Chicago Shakespeare Theater are previous recipients of the Regional Tony.
FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK Details AnnouncedMay 5, 2011Two sets of long lost twins unknowingly cross paths, and set the stage for an evening of mistaken identity, mixed up confusion and mayhem! This comic master piece is full of slapstick and sight gags, puns and pratfalls. Keeping track of which twin is which is only half the fun, as Shakespeare also stacks the deck with some of his most outrageous characters, including a jealous wife, a seductive courtesan, a hapless old man seeking his sons, a zany conjurer attempting an exorcism, and even a nun who's not all she seems to be!
Cutting Ball Theater Announces STRINDBERG CYCLE and GrantMay 4, 2011San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater announces that the company has been awarded a grant for $150,000 from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation to produce all five of playwright August Strindberg's Chamber Plays, in new translations by Paul Walsh, in a festival entitled Strindberg Cycle: The Chamber Plays in Rep. Cutting Ball Theater's Strindberg Cycle: The Chamber Plays in Rep will debut in October of 2012 with full productions of all five plays running in repertory through November 2012