Dark Prophet Productions to Present STUCK at NYMF, 7/13-22May 18, 2012Dark Prophet Productions will present the New York premiere of Stuck, a new musical with book, music and lyrics by Riley Thomas. Stuck centers on six strangers trapped on a stalled New York City subway who discover they're not so different after all. It will be presented at the 45th Street Theater as part of the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Pacific Symphony Performs Music for DIABLO IIIMay 18, 2012Known for three of the world's biggest gaming franchises ("Warcraft," "Starcraft" and "Diablo") played by millions of people, Blizzard selected the Symphony to perform the soundtrack for one of the most anticipated video games of the past five years. More than 100 Symphony musicians came together last July in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, where the score was performed under the baton of Eimear Noone and recorded live by Blizzard for "Diablo III."
Abby Bernstein to Play The Living Room, 6/5May 18, 2012New York-based pop singer-songwriter, Abby Bernstein, releases her sophomore album. Already having performed at renowned NYC venues such as B.B.King Blues Club & Grill, Rockwood Music Hall, and The Bitter End, Abby also recently toured with Barenaked Ladies as their opening act. Abby today announced her upcoming performance at The Living Room on June 5th to promote her second album,Talk in Tongues, which is set to release in early August.
Nick Offerman Sells Out First TBS Comedy Festival Show; Second Show AddedMay 18, 2012A second performance of Nick Offerman: American Ham at the Vic Theatre has been added to the TBS Just For Laughs Chicago lineup, Saturday, June 16, at 10 p.m. His previously announced 7:30 p.m. show is sold out. Tickets ($35) for the late show are available at the Vic Theatre box office, online at etix.com, or by phone at 800-514-etix (3849).
Theatricum Botanicum to Continue Season WIth HEARTBREAK HOUSE, 6/9-9/30May 18, 2012Theatricum Botanicumcontinues the 2012 Repertory Season with George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House. Theatricum artistic director Ellen Geer directs the Nobel Prize-winning author's "Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes" for Theatricum's outdoor stage in idyllic Topanga Canyon.
#1 Entertainment to Present WAITING FOR MORE With Bobby Cronin, May 20May 18, 2012#1 Entertainment presents Waiting For More, an evening of new American Musical Theatre writing with a special guest performance by Bobby Cronin, whose shows 'Daybreak' and 'Concrete Jungle' are currently being premiered here in London. Bobby will be performing songs from both Concrete Jungle and Daybreak with current cast members, James Darch, Tash Holloway and Kayleigh Lousie Smith, as well as performing a song himself.
ZEITGEIST to Feature Playwrights from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, 6/11-28May 18, 2012June 11-28, 2012 the international new play festival Zeitgeist: New Playwrights from Austria, Germany and Switzerland brings some of the most sought-after European playwrights and their works to Washington and New York for staged readings with the directors of leading theaters in each city: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, the Studio Theatre, and the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, and New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, and Soho Rep in New York City.
Way Off Broadway to Present FOOTLOOSE, 6/15-8/25May 18, 2012The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre is getting ready to cut loose this summer with the dance musical Footloose. The stage production, based on the Paramount Pictures film, will open at the Frederick theatre on Friday, June 15th and run through August 25th.
2012-13 Accordo Concert Season AnnouncedMay 18, 2012Accordo, established in 2009, is a Minnesota-based chamber group. Its fourth season (2012-13) will be presented by The Schubert Club, Northrop Concerts and Lectures, and Kate Nordstrum Projects at the National Historic Landmark Christ Church Lutheran, one of the Twin Cities' great architectural treasures designed by the esteemed architect Eliel Saarinen and his son Eero Saarinen.
Buck Creek Players to Present THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, 6/1-17May 18, 2012The most celebrated musical of the 2006 Broadway season, The Drowsy Chaperone, a new musical comedy, is coming to the Buck Creek Playhouse, 11150 Southeastern Avenue, for nine performances, June 1-17, 2012. With music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, this musical within a comedy takes a modern-day spin on musical comedies of old.
Kai Talim to Host WALK WITH CHILDREN Concert, 5/25May 18, 2012Kai Talim, an alumnus of the Music Institute of Chicago's Academy for gifted pre-college musicians, hosts the second annual Walk with Children benefit concert featuring other Academy alumni, current students, and friends. The program includes works by Handel, Schubert, Prokofiev, Ravel, Villa-Lobos, Smetana, Piazzolla and more.