Single Tickets On Sale Now for Public Theater SeasonAugust 14, 2012The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham) announced today that single tickets are now on sale for the fall 2012 season which will begin in October with WILD WITH HAPPY by Colman Domingo. This fall will also mark the rededication of The Public's historic downtown home at Astor Place following the completion of a $40 million revitalization project. Single tickets are available by calling (212) 967-7555, www.publictheater.org, or in person at The Public Theater box office at 425 Lafayette Street.
Hennepin's 2012/13 Broadway Season Flexible Ticket Packages Go On Sale TomorrowAugust 14, 2012Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that flexible ticket packages including productions from the 2012/13 Broadway Across America-Minneapolis Season will go on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, August 15 at 10 a.m. Shear Madness and Monty Python's Spamalot have been added as season specials as well as Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, a co-production in partnership with Theater Latte Da. Aida, directed by the acclaimed Peter Rothstein, which runs January 3-27, 2013 at the Pantages Theatre. Shear Madness will be at the Pantages, February 27-March 17, 2013 and Spamalot at the Orpheum Theatre, March 15-16, 2013.
Lyric’s Broadway Ball 2012 Set for 10/19August 14, 2012Local arts supporters will don their finest formal attire and find out as Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma kicks off the Halloween holiday with its 17th annual gala fundraising event, the 2012 Broadway Ball presented by Devon Energy, at The Skirvin Hilton Hotel on Friday, October 19th at 6:30 p.m. The event will benefit Lyric's year-round, main stage productions as well as its Thelma Gaylord Academy.
Southern Rep Presents 3X3: THE ONE ACTS 8/27-29August 14, 2012Southern Rep continues its 'New Plays New Orleans' mission with 3X3: THE ONE ACTS by Jared Gore, Brian Sands and Paul Werner, the first production in a year-long cycle presenting works by eleven senior members of 6X6 Play Slam. The 6X6 Play Slam, now in its third year, is a group of local playwrights who write 10-minute plays which are presented monthly by Southern Rep Theatre. 3X3: THE ONE ACTS runs August 27-29, 2012, at 7:30pm, at Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse Street, New Orleans, LA.
CINDERELLA Tickets Go On Sale 8/17 at Water Tower PlaceAugust 14, 2012Broadway In Chicago has announced that single tickets for Emerald City Theatre's production of the beloved classic tale CINDERELLA will go on sale to the public Aug. 17, 2012 at 10 a.m. CINDERELLA is coming to the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St) Nov. 23, 2012 - Jan. 6, 2013.
NCShakes Presents ROMEO & JULIET, 9/9-30August 14, 2012The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival will present its 35th MainStage season production of Romeo and Juliet at the High Point Theatre Sept. 9-30.
GIRLS ONLY Comes to Houston, 9/6-10/14August 14, 2012GIRLS ONLY - THE SECRET COMEDY OF WOMEN, presented by I W Marks Jewelers, is an original comedy that 'celebrates the honor, truth, humor and silliness of being female. With a two-woman cast and audiences full of raucous laughing women, the show has found quick popularity in its unique examination of all things girly.'
LEGALLY BLONDE Opens 8/24 at Cecil CollegeAugust 14, 2012The hit musical about a Southern California sorority girl who travels across the country to Harvard Law School is coming to the Milburn Stone Theatre on Cecil College's North East campus, where "Legally Blonde" will be presented Aug. 24, 25, 26 and 31, and Sept. 1 and 2.
Stage Door Inc. Announces FRANKENSTEIN: THE NEW MUSICAL, 8/31-9/23August 14, 2012Frankenstein: The New Musical opens Friday, August 31, 2012 and runs, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sunday matinees at 3:00pm, weekends through September 23, 2012. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for seniors or students with ID. Group rates are available for all performances.
Metropolitan Opera Announces Return of Summer HD Festival, Beginning 8/25August 14, 2012The Met's popular Summer HD Festival returns for its fourth year on August 25, with ten free outdoor screenings of acclaimed performances from the Met's award-winning Live in HD series. The festival, which more than 40,000 people attended last year, kicks off with a screening of the Met's recent world premiere hit The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche which stars David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, and Placido Domingo.
ReVision Theatre Presents RED, Beginning 8/23August 14, 2012For the first time in its five year history in Asbury Park, ReVision Theatre will be producing a drama, Red. This gripping play by John Logan about the abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko was originally produced in London in December 2009 and transferred to Broadway in 2010.
GHOST Offers Free Lotto Tickets for Final PerformanceAugust 14, 2012Saturday, August 18th is the last chance to see Ghost The Musical. As a special thank you to fans, producers announced today that all 24 lottery tickets located in the first and second rows of the Orchestra will be complimentary for the final performance on Broadway.
Geva's Director of Artistic Engagement Set for Playwriting Seminar in EstoniaAugust 14, 2012Sean Daniels, Geva's newly appointed Director of Artistic Engagement/Artist at Large, will head off to Estonia this week for "Stage Island" the International Seminar on Contemporary Playwriting on Hiiumaa Island. The seminar gathers a director, playwright, and dramaturg or literary advisor and team of actors from the USA and each of four Baltic nations: Estonia, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland, to develop new scripts from the participating countries and secure English translations for the plays developed during the conference. The conference will also establish new artistic contacts and collaborations between countries.
Peter Gabriel's 'So' Album Remastered And Expanded For 25th Anniversary EditionAugust 14, 2012One of the most successful and iconic music releases of the Eighties, Peter Gabriel's 1986 album, So, has been digitally remastered for a special 25th Anniversary Edition to be released October 23rd (October 22nd internationally) by Real World Records/EMI in multiple physical and digital configurations. Peter Gabriel has confirmed a 16-date North American tour for September and October, with many of the musicians from his 1987 'So' tour joining him to perform the album from start to finish, as well as other hits spanning his solo career.