REBECCA Tickets On Sale NowMay 31, 2012Tickets to the general public are now available for REBECCA, the new musical based on the classic novel by Daphne du Maurier novel (and later turned into an Oscar-winning film by Alfred Hitchcock) which will open on Broadway Sunday, November 18 at The Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street).
Westport Country Playhouse Welcomes Author Joan Didion, 6/17May 31, 2012Joan Didion will be a guest at a Westport Country Playhouse Sunday Symposium on June 17, following the 3 p.m. matinee performance of Ms. Didion's play, "The Year of Magical Thinking," based on her 2005 National Book Award-winning memoir. She will converse on the Playhouse stage with David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director. Following the symposium, Ms. Didion will sign copies of her books which will be available for purchase.
Tennessee Repertory Theatre Receives First Regional Rights for THE COLUMNISTMay 31, 2012Tennessee Repertory Theatre announced the regional premiere of The Columnist by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner David Auburn. This major new play was featured in staged reading form as a part of the Ingram New Works Festival in 2010 and premiered on Broadway in the spring of 2012. Tennessee Rep is the first regional theatre in the country to receive the rights to produce The Columnist.
BILLY ELLIOT's Alex Ko to Guest Star on BUNHEADS, 6/25May 31, 2012The new ABC Family series, Bunheads, starring Sutton Foster, is set to premiere Monday, June 11 at 9/8c. Alex Ko, who played the title role of "Billy" in the Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadway from October 2009 to May 2011 will guest star during the first season of the new series.
Gotye to Play Radio City Music Hall, 9/25May 31, 2012The Bowery Presents welcome multi-platinum recording artist Gotye to Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 8PM. Special guests include acclaimed Australian singer/songwriter Missy Higgins and South African born multi-instrumentalist Jonti.
Shuler Hensley Joins SILENCE! THE MUSICAL TomorrowMay 31, 2012Beginning tomorrow, June 1st, Shuler Hensley will star as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Off-Broadway's SILENCE! The Musical through June 24th, filling in for the vacationing David Garrison. Winner of the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical, SILENCE! is the unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, with book by Hunter Bell, music & lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan, and direction & choreography by Christopher Gattelli, and is currently playing to sold out crowds at The 9th Space Theatre at Performance Space 122, 150 First Avenue (at 9th St.)
COCK to Offer Saturday Matinees Beginning 6/2May 31, 2012The Royal Court Theatre's Olivier Award-winning hit play COCK now plays Saturday matinees at 2:30pm starting this Saturday, June 2. Written by Mike Bartlett, directed by James Macdonald and starring Harner as M, Amanda Quaid as W, Cory Michael Smith as John and Cotter Smith as F, COCK is now playing Off-Broadway at The Duke on 42nd Street, a NEW 42ND STREET project, 229 West 42nd Street.
AFA to Present Maurice Sendak Retrospective, Opening 6/9May 31, 2012AFA announces a retrospective in loving memory of Maurice Sendak. The exhibition will open on Saturday, June 9th, the day before what would have been the artist's 84th birthday, and will remain on display through Labor Day.
Profiles in History Announces SUPERMAN Costumes for AuctionMay 31, 2012Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, has announced that a complete Christopher Reeve Superman costume and complete Marlon Brando 'Jor-El' costume from Superman: The Movie will be for sale at their July Hollywood auction. These items are a part of the Dreier Collection.