STAGE TUBE: Talking With the Stars of ANYTHING GOES on Opening Night!April 16, 2011Directed & choreographed by Tony® Award winner Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes began performances March 10th, 2011 and officially opened on April 7th, 2011 on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd Street). Check out opening night footage below!
STAGE TUBE: Liza Minnelli Kicks Off the TV Land Awards With New York, New York!April 16, 2011Renowned singer and actress Liza Minnelli starts off the 'TV Land Awards 2011' with a bang on Sunday, April 17 at 9 PM ET/PT with a rousing performance of her classic hit 'New York, New York'! For the first time ever in the show's nine-year history, the awards were held in good old New York, and television's finest came out to celebrate. Be sure to tune on Sunday at 9 PM ET/PT to see what John Travolta called 'absolutely the coolest night in television.' In the meanwhile, check out Liza Minnelli performing New York, New York to open the show!
Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities Announces THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, 4/20-5/8April 16, 2011Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities and Executive Producer James A. Blackman III continue their 20th Anniversary Season with Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas' sweeping musical, The Light in the Piazza. Performances begin on Wednesday April 20 (with a gala press opening on Saturday April 23) and will run through Sunday May 8 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.
STAGE TUBE: 5-Year-Old Media Theater TOMMY Actor Sings Pinball Wizard!April 15, 2011Pete Townshend's score won the Tony Award in 1993 when The Who's concept album from the late 1960's was transferred to the Broadway stage. Townshend said he used Tommy's afflictions to represent the 'basic blindness to reality' shared by most of the general population. The role of Tommy will be portrayed on The Media Theatre stage by Peter Kriss who has been seen in regional productions of 'Footloose' and 'Fame'. View 5-year-old John Michael Daily of Glen Mills performing 'Pinball Wizard', in a clip provided by his parents, by clicking below!
Portland Center Stage Announces Events in Support of OPUSApril 15, 2011What happens when some of the world's most highly-strung artists become...unstrung? Portland Center Stage is proud to present Opus, by Michael Hollinger, the tart, witty play about the politics and passions that threaten a classical string quartet.
Oaklandon Civic Theatre Announces PINK LACE DIAMOND, 4/29-5/8April 15, 2011At the Prince Regent Hotel, guests in the dining room are enjoying dessert and live music in the elegant building where the upper crust and powerful congregate. Soon the festivities will be interrupted by the discovery of a dead body.
Daniel Beaty Nominated for United Solo uAwardApril 15, 2011Daniel Beaty, writer, director and co-composer of Tearing Down The Walls, has been nominated for a United Solo uAward for his performance in his acclaimed solo show Through the Night (www.unitedsolo.org).
Pianist Shai Wosner to Appear on A Prarie Home Companion, 4/16April 15, 2011Pianist Shai Wosner will join Garrison Keillor and guests on A Prairie Home Companion, broadcast live from New York's Town Hall tomorrow, April 16 at 6:00 p.m. The program will feature regular contributors including the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and vocal sound effect artist Fred Newman, Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest 'News from Lake Wobegon.'
Kevin Murphy Announced as Director for Ravinia's Vocal ProgramApril 15, 2011North America's oldest and most programmatically diverse music festival, Ravinia, has named renowned pianist, music administrator and educator Kevin Murphy director of the festival's summer music conservatory, the Steans Music Institute.
CABARET Opens at Dallas Theatre Center, 4/22April 15, 2011Dallas Theater Center presents Cabaret directed by Joel Ferrell and staring Wade McCollum, Kate Wetherhead and DTC Resident Acting Company members Chamblee Ferguson, Lee Trull and Sally Nystuen Vahle April 22 - May 22 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center.
Bay Street Announces Upcoming SeasonApril 15, 2011Bay Street Theatre is celebrating its 20th season and has announced the 2011 Mainstage productions. From the insightful look into the life of Truman Capote, to the wild comedy of Christopher During, and a Broadway bound musical.
STAGE TUBE: BRING IT ON Tour - First Commercial!April 15, 2011The team behind the world premiere of Bring It On: The Musical (which took place at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre in January) was an extraordinarily rare union of some of Broadway's most acclaimed, award-winning, young creators. With an original book by Tony Award® winner Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q), music and lyrics by Tony Award®-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights), music by Pulitzer and Tony Award®-winning composer Tom Kitt (next to normal) and lyrics by Broadway lyricist Amanda Green (High Fidelity), the production is directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler (In the Heights).