STAGE TUBE: MATILDA's Leading Ladies Perform at the Olivier Awards!April 29, 2013The Royal Shakespeare Company's world premiere production of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical has captured the imagination of young and old alike and continues to play to packed houses at London's Cambridge Theatre. It swept the board at last year's Laurence Olivier Awards, winning a record-breaking seven awards.
Lifeline's THE EMPEROR'S NEW THREADS: A FASHION STATEMENT ExtendsApril 12, 2013To accommodate extraordinary ticket demand, Lifeline Theatre will add four additional performances to the run of its family musical, The Emperor's New Threads: A Fashion Statement, based on the folktale The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen. The additional performances are Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Music Box Theater's THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEEApril 8, 2013Music Box Musicals' first production, Stephen Sondheim's Assassins was a huge success, selling out almost every performance and hailed by every local critic as a 'not to be missed theatrical event'. As a follow up to Assassins, Music Box Musicals will present Houston's first professional regional production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at The Music Box Theater, 2623 Colquitt, Houston, TX., April 11 through May 4, 2013. For showtimes and more information on the cast and production, visit Facebook.com/MusicBoxMusicals.
STAGE TUBE: Josh Groban in LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER'S Hot Seat!April 5, 2013Live From Lincoln Center features a special concert with internationally renowned, multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban, performing songs from his most recent album release All That Echoes (Reprise) as well as other popular favorites.
STAGE TUBE: Get a First Look at THE NETHER in LAMarch 21, 2013The world premiere of 'The Nether,' a new play by Jennifer Haley that explores the moral complexity of our increasingly virtual existence, opens at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre this Sunday, March 24 at 6:30 p.m. Performances continue through April 14, 2013.
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Kristin Chenoweth's THE DAMES OF BROADWAY on PBS!March 20, 2013Live From Lincoln Center presents 'Kristin Chenoweth: The Dames of Broadway...All of 'Em!!!', a specially conceived concert for Lincoln Center's 2013 American Songbook series, which salutes the great roles for leading ladies and the sidekick scene stealers from an array of Broadway composers and lyricists, creating a performance that promises to be at once intimate and filled with her trademark 'razzle dazzle.'
STAGE TUBE: Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley Talk ART AND SCIENCEMarch 15, 2013Art and Science, written by James Wesley and directed by Antoinette DiPietropolo, stars Tony nominee Tony Sheldon (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) and Tony nominee John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, Shrek). The show opened last night at The Bridge Theater at Shetler Studios.
Buca di Beppo Opens First NYC LocationMarch 8, 2013Meatballs 'as big as your head' are coming to Times Square as Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant opens its first New York City location today at 4 p.m. ET.
New York Theatre Ballet Presents LEGENDS AND VISIONARIES: PROGRAM B, 3/22-23March 8, 2013New York Theatre Ballet presents the second installment of Legends and Visionaries: Program B on March 22-23 at 7pm at Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street, NYC. The evening features works by Richard Alston, Antony Tudor, James Waring, and a world premiere by Gemma Bond, commissioned by New York Theatre Ballet. Tickets start at $30 and are available for purchase at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-982-2787.
KBEM Jazz88 Announces Jazz Noir Series PremiereMarch 8, 2013For those who long for "the grand old days" of radio, Jazz88 KBEM has answered the call. Jazz Noir is a new original radio series complete with live voiceover actors in front of a studio audience, just like in the days of radio's infancy. Jazz88's first episode is an original drama, Charles & Avon, that will be performed, recorded and broadcast in front of a live audience from the Artists' Quarter in downtown Saint Paul on Sunday, April 28, with shows at 5 and 8 p.m. The 8 p.m. performance will be broadcast live. Ticket information will be available at www.jazz88fm.com. The radio show will be re-broadcast on Jazz88 KBEM in June 2013 and on several AMPERS radio stations throughout Minnesota, with potential broadcasts on several public radio jazz stations nationwide.