Kathryn Erbe, Orfeh, et al. Set for 'Get Your Licks on Route 66' Pet Adoption DriveSeptember 15, 2011North Shore Animal League America will have three Mobile Rescue and Adoption Units filled with more than one hundred precious dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens looking for permanent and loving homes as the Celebrity Rescue Rally Pet Adoption Event - Mutt-i-grees® Mania - gets underway on Sunday, September 25 from 12:00Noon - 5:00pm at Hudson River Park Pier 40 in New York City.
The Ensemble Project at New Village Arts Continues With OF MICE AND MENSeptember 15, 2011New Village Arts continues Season 11: THE ENSEMBLE PROJECT with one of the best American stories of all time: John Steinbeck's OF MICE AND MEN. Directed by Daren Scott, OF MICE AND MEN is the unforgettable story of George and Lennie: two migrant workers during the Great Depression who dream of a place they can call their own, joined by an ensemble of characters each searching for their own version of the American Dream.
Berkeley Rep Announces Center for the Creation and Development of New WorkSeptember 15, 2011Today, Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced a bold new initiative designed to raise the bar on its already successful record of artistic innovation. The Tony Award-winning nonprofit is launching The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep's Center for the Creation and Development of New Work.
Theatre Out Presents BEYOND THERAPY, 9/23-10/15September 15, 2011Theatre Out, Orange County's gay and lesbian theatre, is proud to present the classic Christopher Durang absurdist comedy, Beyond Therapy. Bruce is in therapy. Bruce's girlfriend, Prudence, is in therapy. Bruce's lover, Bob, is in therapy. The waiter is in therapy and even the therapists are in therapy. Will there be a happy ending? Only if they can all learn to live beyond therapy.
Tickets Now On Sale for JERSEY BOYS in PhiladelphiaSeptember 15, 2011Tickets are now on sale for the Philadelphia return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Forrest Theatre Dec. 6 through *Jan. 14. JERSEY BOYS is part of the Broadway Season presented in Philadelphia by The Kimmel Center and The Shubert Organization. The official press opening is Friday, Dec. 9 at 8:00 pm.
El Capitan Theatre Screens 'The Lion King' in 3D, 9/16-10/6September 15, 2011Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre will welcome 'The Lion King' for the first time ever in Disney Digital 3DTM from September 16 through October 6, 2011, it was announced today by Lylle Breier, senior vice president of worldwide special events for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The El Capitan will even provide 'Kid Sized' 3D glasses for this one of a kind experience. A special live appearance by Timon is also featured at every performance.
'3 2's or AFAR' Opens Dixon Place Season, 10/7September 15, 2011Mac Wellman, one of today's most respected and studied playwrights working in the experimental world is debuting his new work, 3 2's or AFAR, on Dixon Place's main stage from October 6 - 29th at 7:30 on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Richard P.Garmany Chamber Music Series Opens With Emerson String Quartet, 10/13September 15, 2011The Hartt School, the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, will present the Emerson String Quartet on Thursday evening, October 13, 2011, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. Individual concert tickets are $35 and Series subscriptions are $120, with discounts on individual tickets and subscriptions for seniors, educators, University of Hartford alumni, students, and groups.
PRIVATE LIVES Tickets Now On SaleSeptember 15, 2011Tickets are now on sale to the general public for the Broadway production of Private Lives at www.Telecharge.com or 212-239-6200. Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross will star on Broadway this autumn in Noël Coward's Private Lives, directed by Richard Eyre at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). Previews begin on Sunday, November 6; opening night is Thursday, November 17. The limited engagement runs through February 5, 2012. It will play a limited run at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre prior to Broadway.
The United Solo Theatre Festival's MY THREE MOMS Opens 11/3September 14, 2011MY THREE MOMS: One birthed her, one nursed her, one raised her. Now she's burying all three. A daughter returns to the red clay of Georgia to bury her three moms and shape her own identity. Good Lord Almighty! Who are all these crazy people at the funerals?!
Disney Channel Celebrates Hispanic Heritage MonthSeptember 14, 2011Disney Channel celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month beginning Thursday, September 15 with a host of original programming, including kid-focused interstitials highlighting family heritage and cultural traditions. A brand new 'Handy Manny Great Garage Rescue' special, featuring guest stars Ed O'Neill ('Modern Family'), Freddy Rodriguez ('Ugly Betty'), George Takei ('Star Trek') and Harold Perrineau ('Lost') alongside series star Wilmer Valderrama, will also debut, along with a new episode of 'Special Agent Oso' featuring Rita Moreno ('West Side Story'), Rico Rodriguez ('Modern Family') and Raini Rodriguez ('Prom').
Cygnet Theatre Announces MAN OF LA MANCHA Reading CastSeptember 14, 2011Cygnet Theatre is pleased to announce a Concert Staged Reading of the Tony Award-winning musical MAN OF LA MANCHA, with book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion. The TWO NIGHT ONLY performance will feature an all-star cast headed by Artistic Director Sean Murray as the desperate novelist, Cervantes, and his beloved lead character - the mad and noble knight, Don Quixote.
Harlem Stage Announces Fall 2011 SeasonSeptember 14, 2011Harlem Stage, one of the country's leading producers and presenters of performances by artists of color, will present two family-friendly performances this fall as part of its ongoing Harlem Stage Family Series.
Jumbo Productions Presents TRUE WEST, 9/21-10/2September 14, 2011Jumbo Productions will present a limited engagement of Sam Shepard's True West which will be Directed by Bill Barry at the Michael Chekov Theatre 45th Street Theatre, September 21, 2011 to October 2, 2011. This production is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Gerard Alessandrini and Robert Hetzel's MADAME X Plays NYMF, Opens 9/26September 14, 2011From Gerard Alessandrini, the creator of the Tony-Award-Winning Forbidden Broadway, and Robert Hetzel, comes an over-the-top new musical: Madame X, a melodramatic yet comic take on the Douglas Sirk films of the 1950s, and the ever-durable genre of the altruistic, self-sacrificing mother. The show, which will be presented concert-style, stars Forbidden Broadway veterans Donna English as Madame X (Ruthless!, Lend Me a Tenor) Janet Dickenson (The Grinch, Nine to Five) Edward Staudenmayer (Frank Wildhorn's Alice in Wonderland, Spamalot), Michael West (Newsical), plus Bill Coyne, Sean Bell, and Mike Longo with Musical Direction by David Caldwell and Richard Danley.