Broadway Review Roundup: THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT, All the Reviews!April 12, 2011THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT is a new high-octane, verbal cage match about love, fidelity, and misplaced haberdashery from playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis. Jackie and Veronica have been in love since the 8th grade. But now, Jackie is on parole and living clean and sober under the guidance of his sponsor, Ralph D, while still living and loving with his volatile soul mate Veronica who is fiercely loving, but far from sober. Still, their love is pure. And true. Nothing can come between them - except a hat. Did the show earn critics' tip of the hat? Find out now!
MY SINATRA Plays Triad Theatre, 4/16-30April 11, 2011Cary Hoffman turns his celebrated PBS Special into a very true, hilarious, and poignant one-man musical play about his love and idolization for his hero Frank Sinatra and the perils of wanting to become somebody else. He captivates the audience with his very personal journey of what it was like growing up fatherless with three musician uncles, who played on some of Sinatra's greatest recordings, turning Sinatra into a fantasy father.
9 to 5, Jekyll & Hyde, et al. Lead Pittsburgh CLO's Summer SeasonApril 11, 2011Pittsburgh CLO's 2011 Summer Season will fill the Benedum Center with performances audiences will remember well into 2012. In addition to favorite local performers, this summer will be highlighted by talented Broadway stars, accomplished recording artists and veterans of the stage and screen.
ONCE UPON A TAP Concludes Harris Theater's Family SeasonApril 11, 2011Aimed at the young and young at heart, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance concludes its 2010-2011 Family Series with Once Upon a Tap, a high-speed, high-energy tap dance performance featuring Derick Grant and the Grant Family Tappers on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 2:00 pm.
Wagner College’s Annual Dance Project Features Claire Porter, 4/26-5/1April 11, 2011Each spring, the final production in Wagner College's Stage One studio theater lineup is a new program of choreography called the Dance Project. The 2011 Dance Project is an original piece called 'Looking for the Remote,' created by world-renowned performing artist Claire Porter, Wagner College Theatre's first artist-in-residence. 'Looking for the Remote' will be staged from April 26 through May 1.
Mixed Blood Announces Extension of AVENUE QApril 11, 2011Boasting sold-out shows and overwhelming demand, Mixed Blood Theatre has announced that it is adding 28 more performances, including new late night Saturday shows, and extending the run of the outrageous coming of age tale, AVENUE Q, from May 1 to May 29 inclusive. Tickets for the people-puppets-and-monsters comedy can be purchased online at www.mixedblood.com or by calling the box office at 612-338-6131.
Photo Flash: GLAAD Media Awards Honor Kristin Chenoweth!April 11, 2011Dolly Parton, Colin Farrell, Sean Hayes, Chris Colfer, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Allison Janney, Melissa Etheridge, Joel McHale, Kirsten Dunst, and Chaz Bono were among the celebrities who joined the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) as it honored Kristin Chenoweth, NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt, and the best in television and journalism last night at the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles, hosted by Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones.
'Rock the Audition' Book Receives May 24th ReleaseApril 11, 2011Broadway is being dominated by Rock Musicals. Both singers trained in legit musical theatre styles and Pop & Rock singers who are venturing into musical theatre now have a definitive guide on how to approach auditioning musicals that specifically ask for Pop, Rock, Motown, Disco, R&B, Folk and Gospel styles.
HOW TO SUCCEED in Recording Studio Today! Cast Album Gets June ReleaseApril 11, 2011BroadwayWorld has confirmed that the cast of HOW TO SUCCEED is in the recording studio today with Decca Records at work on the show's cast album. Radcliffe has hinted on Regis & Kelly recently that he and the cast would be recording sometime in April. Fans of the show will be able to hear their favorite songs in early June upon the album's release!
Christopher Hampton Celebrates Simultaneous Openings in LA 4/13April 8, 2011Acclaimed British playwright, screenwriter, translator and director Christopher Hampton will be in Los Angeles next week to celebrate simultaneous openings. Hampton's translation of Chekhov's The Three Sisters, starring Jon Hamm, Jennifer Westfeldt, Tessa Thompson, Sarah Zimmerman and Reid Scott in a radio theater production for L.A. Theatre Works, and the West Coast premiere of his translation of Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning God of Carnage, starring Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden at the Ahmanson Theatre, both open on Wednesday, April 13.
Terry Knowles Promoted to President and CEO of Los Angeles Master ChoraleApril 8, 2011Terry Knowles, long-time executive director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC), has been promoted to President and CEO of the world-renowned chorus effective immediately, announced LAMC Chairman Mark Foster. Terry has served as executive director since 2000. The Los Angeles Master Chorale is a resident company of the Music Center and is the resident chorus at Walt Disney Concert Hall. It is one of only a handful of professional choirs in the country.
Recess Monkey Returns to NYC 4/30 & 5/1April 8, 2011Fresh off their packed NYC February shows, Recess Monkey wlll return to the city this spring for another mini-tour of high-energy, dance-driven sets! Seattle's celebrated teacher-rockers will bring their special brand of 'undeniably hip, yet also kid-accessible' music and humor.
ANYTHING GOES Featured on Times Talk TonightApril 8, 2011Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes stars Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as 'Reno Sweeney' and Tony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey as 'Moonface Martin.' Anything Goes is directed & choreographed by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall.
Goodspeed Musicals Holding Auditions for SHOW BOATApril 8, 2011Calling all girls! Here's your chance to join a professional acting company. Goodspeed Musicals is holding auditions for local Non-Equity child actors (GIRLS ages 8-10) for its upcoming production of Show Boat. Auditions will be held on Saturday, April 23rd, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Goodspeed-at-Chester theatre in Chester, Conn. Auditions are for the understudy of Little Kim.