National Tour Dates Announced For THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS August 3, 2009The Fellowship for the Performing Arts announces that their critically acclaimed production The Screwtape Letters, starring Max McLean, will embark on a national tour this fall. The Screwtape Letters will appear at The Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, on October 2nd and 3rd; The Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe, Phoenix, AZ on October 30th and November 1st; Brown Theatre, 315 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY on Friday, November 6th; Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive, Coral Springs, FL on November 14th and 15th; Tivoli Auditorium, 399 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, TN on November 21st and 22nd; and Lansburgh Theatre, 610 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. on December 16th through January 3rd. The riveting play has previously enjoyed sold-out runs and rave reviews in Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C.
Richard Skipper Celebrates His 30th Anniversary In New York At The Iguana On 8/5August 3, 2009Enjoy a night out in New York at a very affordable price. This week The Iguana celebrates Richard Skipper's 30th anniversary in New York!
Joan Crowe started this Wednesday night series. Dana Lorge and Richard Skipper have
now put their own spin on it and are now hosting this weekly variety show in NYC at The Iguana VIP Lounge (http://www.iguananyc.com) in the heart of NYC (240 West 54th Street). The show runs from 8-11PM, with an intermission.
Nora Ephron's JULIE & JULIA Opens In Theatres 8/7August 2, 2009Adapted from two best-selling memoirs, Julie Powell's Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, and Julia Child's My Life in France, Nora Ephron's film, Julie & Julia is the first major motion picture to be based on a blog. Julie & Julia is set to be released on August 7.
THE JUGGLEJOY SHOW Comes To The Ivoryton Playhouse 8/14July 31, 2009JuggleJoy?s fun-filled family show features juggling, unicycling, magic, and plenty of audience participation! Comic characters Felicity Fussenbother and Tobasco Peppar will delight children of all ages with circus stunts, wacky antics, and other silly surprises!
LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL, AVENUE Q, SOUTH PACIFIC, And A CHORUS LINE Come To The King Center For Its 2009/10 SeasonJuly 31, 2009The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Florida, proudly announces its 2009-2010 Harris Broadway Season. The King Center continues its fine tradition of bringing quality, heartfelt, classic entertainment direct from the Broadway stage to the Space Coast. This season?s line-up offers something everyone can enjoy. The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts is very pleased to once again recognize the Harris Corporation as the presenting sponsor of the upcoming Broadway season.
Michael Tilson Thomas Brings The Lower East Side To The Berkshires With His Original Music, The Thomashefskys 8/19-20July 31, 2009San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas will take the stage at Tanglewood on Wednesday, August 19 and Thursday, August 20, to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra for a production of his original musical, The Thomashefskys. Inspired by his grandparents, Boris and Bessie, The Thomashefskys tells the story of the early 20th-century birth of Yiddish theater in New York. Extensive research over the past decade has revealed thousands of documents related to their story. Acting as host for the evening, Tilson Thomas presents these stories via musical performances, film, audio clips and projections of archival materials.
Photo Flash: Westport Country Playhouse Presents The Comedy HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES 7/28-8/15July 30, 2009Westport Country Playhouse will reunite six audience favorites---playwright Alan Ayckbourn, director John Tillinger, and cast members Paxton Whitehead, Cecilia Hart, Geneva Carr and Carson Elrod---in the classic comedy, 'How the Other Half Loves,' playing July 28 through August 15. Over the past two seasons, the popular team brought to the Playhouse the smash hit comedies 'Time of My Life' and 'Relatively Speaking.' Darren Pettie and Karen Walsh will round out the cast of 'How the Other Half Loves.'
The Production Company Extends EQUUS Through 9/5July 30, 2009Critics and audiences alike have made The Production Company?s Equus an absolute smash hit, and now the company proudly announces the show?s first extension through September 5th due to continued sell-outs!
Photo Flash: STAR CHAMBER's Run At The Shaw Festival Theatre Ends 10/11July 30, 2009For its 2009 season, The Shaw takes on a monumental and historic project with full productions of each play in Noel Coward?s famous Tonight at 8:30 collection. The Shaw?s 2009 productions represent the first time all ten short plays have been performed in repertory by a professional company since they were first produced by London?s Phoenix Theatre in 1935-36. The plays will be performed in sets of three, one on each of the Festival?s Niagara-on-the-Lake stages, with the tenth, the rarely produced Star Chamber, being the lunchtime production in the Royal George. And to celebrate this idea for the event that it is, on two separate occasions, we will present all ten in one day ? an event we are appropriately naming ?Mad Dogs and Englishmen?.