Lauren Wolman - Page 86

Mad Horse Theater presents SPRING AWAKENING by Frank Wedekind, translated by Jonathan Franzen. The play runs Thursday - Sunday May 5th - 22nd at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, 899-3993. Tickets are $18.00& $20.00. Thursdays are pay-what-you-can. For reservations please call 899-3993. More information is available at www.madhorse.com.

Deep Dish Theater Company invites you to join a lively, informal discussion of Homer's Greek epic, The Odyssey, Monday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m. at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill. The conversation, presented in conjunction with the theater's production of Shakespeare's Othello, will be led by Evelyn Daniel and is free and open to the public. No prior attendance or registration is required.

The 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by founding sponsor American Express, announced the winner of the Heineken Audience Award - Give Up Tomorrow - tonight at Eye Beam in New York City. The film's director, Michael Collins, will receive a cash prize of $25,000.

On March 25th 2009, theater mogulas Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb were convicted on fraud and forgery charges. Justice Mary Lou Benotto of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto said they 'systemically manipulated the books' at the now defunct Livent Inc., behind Canadian and Broadway hits like PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

convergence-continuum, continues its 2011 Season at the Liminis theatre with the Mid-West premiere of The Museum Play by Jordan Harrison - a dark and comic exploration of untenable longings to posses the past, and the preservation of love and desire. The Museum Play will be the third work by playwright Jordan Harrison to be produced by convergence-continuum, who have previously presented Harrison's Act a Lady and Finn in the Underworld.

This weekend, WABC-TV aired a half-hour special on the best of the new Broadway season, including ANYTHING GOES, ARCADIA, THE BOOK OF MORMON, GHETTO KLOWN, THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, JERUSALEM, THE MOTHER WITH THE HAT, THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL, THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON and WONDERLAND. The special will aired Saturday, April 30 from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM and is now available online.

The Malcontent - The multiple award-winning Antaeus Company (winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle Award for Outstanding Season for 2010) opens its second season of classics with a fully double-cast production of John Marston's viciously funny, filthy, and surprising masterpiece. The usurped Duke of Genoa takes the disguise of the outrageous Malevole (the titular Malcontent) to spy on the corrupt foibles of the new Duke and his unctuous cronies. Disguises, false deaths, seductions, deceptions, and adulteries all drive the plot of this enormously entertaining play.

Supermodel Christie Brinkley made her Broadway debut April 8 as Roxie Hart in CHICAGO at the Ambassador Theatre and recently sat down on 'The View' to talk about how she landed the role and the rehearsal process. She also talked about all the encouragement she's received from her parents.

'Breaking Bad's' Bryan Cranston is set to play the mayor in the upcoming 'Rock of Ages' film, to be directed by Shankman and based on the Broadway musical, according to Deadline.com. Cranston will play the husband of an advocate who wants to ban rock and roll. That role will be played by Catherine Zeta-Jones and both were created specifically for the movie.

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Musical, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, May 1 at 3:00 PM at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street). At closing, the production will have played 433 performances and 15 previews. LA CAGE AUX FOLLES will be launching a national tour this fall, starting in October in Des Moines, IA.

With Annie returning to Broadway in 2012, Broadway Artists Alliance of New York City was pleased to present the first of several Annie-themed master classes on April 17th. 25 eager and very talented young ladies participated in a full day of triple threat training, including scene study, song interpretation, and learning choreography from a production number in the show.

In an upcoming episode of GLEE, the New Directions will sing the songs of Fleetwood Mac. Click below to watch Lea Michele as Rachel Berry rocking out to the band's "Go Your Own Way."

In spite of the various troubles that Broadway's SPIDER-MAN director Julie Taymor has recently encountered, on Friday she received the 'Failure is Impossible' award at the George Eastman House Film Festival in Rochester, N.Y.

Just in from TonyAwards.com is a list of shows and performers who are eligible for Tony nominations this season. The live webcast of the 2011 Tony Award® nominations will take place on May 3.

Stand (*an autumn play) ***

Don't miss this hilarious show! TBT and the St. Pete Times are calling it a hot ticket, but we still have seats available! The music is Puccini, so you can be sure it's beautiful (and everyone knows the famous aria - even if you think you don't, trust me, you've heard it ...). The cast is ready to go (and terrific in these roles) and the musical ensemble rocks! What with Mark Sforzini on bassoon and conducting, Josh Quinn on keyboard, Fred Gratta on cello, and Michael Galvin on violin, what's not to like?

Five years in the making, Chen Deming's Oscar-shortlisted animated feature blends Chinese history and mythology in a time-travel, fantasy adventure - as a young boy from Beijing hurtles back in time 3,000 years to the Jinsha Kingdom and finds himself at the center of an ancient prophecy.

Coyote REP is committed to nurturing the original work of the company's playwrights. The annual Works in Development Series is an intensive, ten-month program which provides a structured series of workshops culminating in a public presentation of readings in May. This year, Coyote REP is excited to present 4 wildly different and unique projects. Talk backs are featured after each reading.

The CRUNK Summer Youth Program is a five week project with youth apprentices in all aspects of theatre, from writing, directing, acting, technical production, marketing and promotions. The Shadow Youth Ensemble- through prose, poetry, song, dance and artistry; will create a wonderful journey of the rediscovery of the roots and beauty, all from 'the heart of the human condition.'

For the past week, the cast of GLEE has being filming Nationals in New York City. During the week, they got to dance on the TKTS booth and film with Patti LuPone at Sardi's. Most recently, they met with New York City major Michael Bloomberg outside of the entrance to the Gershwin Theatre.