Cortland Repertory Theatre To Hold Auditions For 2010 Summer Season 3/27March 9, 2010Cortland Repertory Theatre will hold auditions, by appointment, for its upcoming 39th annual summer season. Auditions will be held on Saturday, March 27 from 10:00 - 4:00 at Homer High School, 80 South West Street (Route 281), Exit 12 off Route 81 in Homer. Productions include 'Spider's Web,'
'See How They Run,' 'The Pajama Game,' 'Brigadoon,' 'Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks,' and 'The Andrews Brothers'.
Raven Playhouse & Fremont Centre Theatre Present Staged Readings of JUST PASSING 3/28 & 5/16March 9, 2010Initial staged readings with fully-staged songs of new 'dramedy' Just Passing by Candyce Columbus are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 28 at The Raven Playhouse in North Hollywood and Sunday, May 16 at Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena. Directed by Ken Salzman with music direction by Manuel Saldana the show features lyrics by Columbus, additional lyrics by Esther Posner and music by Wes Hambright.
Actors Studio at Pace University Presents 2010 Repertory Season 3/24-5/1March 9, 2010This year's 31 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidates of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University have lived throughout the world (six countries, 19 states and two Caribbean islands). They've played professional tennis, recited slam poetry, and pirouetted in a tutu, as well as acted classically, comedically and experimentally. But all have chosen to spend the last three years in New York City, two express subway stops from Broadway, following their dream and refining their craft as actors, directors or playwrights in the only Masters' theater program endorsed by the renowned Actors Studio.
Edward Watts is FANTASTICKS' New El Gallo; Cleale Departs 3/14March 9, 2010Edward Watts, most recently seen on Broadway in Finian's Rainbow, will assume the role of El Gallo in The Fantasticks, the world's longest-running musical, on Monday, March 22, 2010. He replaces Lewis Cleale, who will play his final performance on March 14.
Town Hall Theater Presents Benefit Performance of LOVE LETTERS 3/28March 9, 2010A. R. Gurney's LOVE LETTERS will be performed by Cathy Walsh and Tim Barden on Sunday, March 28, as a fund-raiser for Middlebury's Town Hall Theater. The event begins as a reception in a lovely Cornwall home, with delicious refreshments. Then Walsh and Barden will perform the play in this intimate setting.
Town Hall Theater Presents Woods Tea Company Feat. Patti Casey 3/10March 10, 2010A musical group that defies categorization, Woods Tea Co. performs bluegrass, Celtic tunes, sea chanties, and folk songs with an equal ease and skill. The Vermont-based group employs as many as a dozen different instruments from banjos, bezoukis and bodhrans, guitars and tin whistles.
Paramount Theatre Presents RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES 5/7-5/9March 9, 2010The award-winning Beatles concert, RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles, returns to Seattle at STG's Paramount Theatre, with four shows only on May 7-9. In a show the Denver Post calls 'the next best thing to seeing The Beatles,' RAIN boasts a repertoire of nearly 200 Beatlemaniac favorites, ranging from such beloved songs as 'Yesterday' and 'Hey Jude' to classic hits including 'Revolution' and 'Come Together.'
20th-Century Opera Takes Center Stage in New York City Opera's 2010-2011 SeasonMarch 9, 2010New York City Opera General Manager and Artistic Director George Steel today announced the company's 2010-2011 season, which spotlights American composers and 20th-century works within a mix of world premieres, New York premieres and new productions. Offering audiences the opportunity to experience new and rarely performed operas as well as modern interpretations of traditional repertoire, the 2010-2011 season will also feature the launch of a concert series showcasing the non-operatic works of several of the composers of this season's operas. Taking advantage of the possibilities offered by the recent renovation of the company's home, the David H. Koch Theater, the concert series expands the repertoire and programming of City Opera and casts new light on the season's productions.
Full Creative Team Announced For Galleon Theatre's THE CHERRY ORCHARD; Opens 3/30March 9, 2010In 2010, internationally acclaimed Galleon Theatre Company celebrates its second decade of presenting exceptional theatre; whilst the Greenwich Playhouse enjoys the 15th anniversary of its inception; and it is 150 years since the birthday of Anton Chekhov. To mark this triple celebration, Galleon is delighted to present Chekhov's last play - The Cherry Orchard.
Three Cat Productions Brings Children's Theatre Camps to Skokie TheatreMarch 9, 2010Three Cat Productions is excited to announce Three Cat Education and 'A Summer in the Theater' programs that will be offered at Skokie Theatre Music Foundation beginning in June 2010. Lead by Jacque Lueken, Three Cat Education Executive Director, 'A Summer in the Theater' offers children and teens an opportunity to experience the world of theater and cabaret in a safe nurturing environment. Exploring musicals, plays, cabaret, and show choir, our camps teach kids the fundamentals of performance with potential opportunities to appear in one of Three Cat Productions 'Cabaret Concerts' as well as in venues throughout the Chicagoland area.
Open Auditions Announced for North American Tours of BILLY ELLIOT 3/13March 9, 2010Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions will be holding open auditions in Toronto on Saturday, March 13 to find boys ages nine through twelve to play the roles of ‘Billy' and ‘Michael' in the North American companies of Billy Elliot the Musical. The auditions will take place at 509 DANCE (509 Parliament Street at Carlton Street) in Toronto. Sign-up will begin at 12:30 p.m.
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden Presents AMERICA'S SEED HOUSES 4/2March 9, 2010The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden presents America's Seed Houses: The D. Landreth Seed Company and the Story of America's Great Seedhouses on Thursday, April 22nd at 6:30 PM. A talk that traces the history of the American seed trade and its traditions, America's Seed Houses explains how the seed industry leaders helped to build a nation. Visitors will learn about the relevance of fruit, vegetable and plant seed in our day-to-day lives and explore the fascinating world of horticulture.
Actors Theatre Presents Nilaja Sun's NO CHILD 4/23-5/9March 9, 2010Nilaja Sun spent eight years as a teaching artist in some of New York City's toughest schools. She brings those diverse, often startling experiences to The Herberger Theater's Stage West in 'No Child,' described by The New York Times as a 'lightning-paced, multi-character solo play.'
Directed by Hal Brooks, 'No Child,' which runs from April 23 through May 9, offers a glimpse of life in the New York City Public School System and its powerful lessons of struggle, hope and laughter.
Producer's Club Presents Davenport-Produced Reading of AMELIA 3/15March 9, 2010Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (author of the popular blog, www.TheProducersPerspective.com) will present the first selection of THE DAVENPORT DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES, four readings of new works (plays and/or musicals) on Monday, March 15th at the Producer's Club (358 West 44th Street, between Eighth & Ninth Avenues).
Covedale Center for the Performing Arts To Host Free Backstage Tours 4/10March 9, 2010The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue will be hosting free Backstage Tours on Saturday, April 10, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the theatre. Since 2002, 'the Covedale' has undergone an exciting transformation, from a venerable, 1940's era movie house to one of the regions newest and most popular, landmark live theatres!
MGM Resorts Announce St. Patrick's Day EventsMarch 9, 2010MGM MIRAGE resorts are celebrating St. Patrick's Day with festivities that are sure to paint The Strip green. Events featuring live music, drink specials and exciting nightlife offer a variety of options for guests to shake their shamrocks all night long.