STAGE TUBE: Dutch Cast of GHOST Sings 'Here Right Now'May 11, 2012The Dutch production of GHOST the musical (currently running on Broadway and the West End) opens on 28th August 2012 starring Celinde Schoenmaker as Molly and Ton Sieben as Sam. In this video, Schoenmaker and Sieben perform 'Here Right Now.'
Episode 3 of 'The Rockettes Summer Intensive' Airs May 20May 11, 2012The third episode of MSG Varsity's Emmy award-winning hit series "The Rockettes Summer Intensive" will go on the road, visiting six of the twelve dancers in their hometowns throughout the tri-state area. The six dancers will discover in this episode whether they have been selected for the Rockettes Summer Intensive camp. The episode is slated to air Sunday, May 20th at 9:00 p.m. on MSG Varsity, Optimum channel 14.
Shadowbox Theatre Presents PLAY IT SAFE 5/23-6/01May 11, 2012The Shadow Box Theatre presents PLAY IT SAFE a *puppet & people* musical safety adventure May 23-June 1. Performances are May 23 - 25, 29 -31, and June 1 at 10:30am at PS 3, The Bedford Village School (50 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216). Chicken Little has just moved to the big city and thinks the sky is falling. But her wise new friends, Goosey Lucy, Ducky Lucky, and the grown-up puppeteers, help her learn that safety and common sense will get her though almost all new situations.
Selections from New Yorker-Inspired Musical FINAL ACT to Premiere at NYTB 5/14May 11, 2012Drama Desk-nominated composer Robert Waldman (The Robber Bridegroom) and librettist/lyricist Marjorie Duffield will premiere selections from their musical-in-process Final Act at New York Theatre Barn's monthly platform for new musicals, NYTB in the D-Lounge (at the Daryl Roth Theatre) on May 14, 2012.
Beach Blanket Babylon Announces $10,000 Arts Scholarship FinalistsMay 7, 2012Jo Schuman Silver, producer of Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, announced today the selection of nine Bay Area finalists for the Steve Silver Foundation and Beach Blanket Babylon "Scholarship for the Arts." One winner in each category will be presented with a check for $10,000 towards their college education.
Helen Hayes-Winning Factory 449 Productions Presents THE ICE CHILD 5/10-6/3May 7, 2012THE ICE CHILD, presented by Factory 499, performs May 10 to June 3 at the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint (916 G Street, NW). Performances are Thursday - Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm with Pay-What-You-Can performances May 17 & 18 (8pm). An additional Pay-What-You-Can Industry Night performance is scheduled for Monday, May 20 (8pm). Press night is May 19 at 8pm.
STAGE TUBE: Highlights from BROADWAY BARES: SOLO STRIPS!May 7, 2012Adam Fleming, Andy Mills, Brandon Rubendall, Cesar Abreu, Grasan Kingsberry, Guto Bittencourt, Josh Buscher, Nick Kenkel, Robb Sherman, and Sam Cahn from Broadway Bares performed in a one-night-only edition of BROADWAY BARES: SOLO STRIPS, a benefit event held on Sunday, May 6 at XL Nightclub.
STAGE TUBE: MEMPHIS Presents 'A Hockadoo Hair-Do How-Do'May 7, 2012Mary Kay Yezerski-Bondoc, of the MEMPHIS wig department, recently did an eight-step video about how to properly take curlers out of a wig and style it. Additionally, this video gives a glimpse at the astounding number of wigs used in the show.
Chichester Festival Theatre Opens New Theatre on the FlyMay 4, 2012As Chichester Festival Theatre celebrates 50 years of internationally renowned work, Festival 2012 looks to the future with Theatre on the Fly, a temporary new space for the next generation of theatre-makers and theatre-goers.
Photo Flash: Russell Crowe as Javert in LES MIS Film!May 4, 2012Russell Crowe often posts on Twitter about the Les Miserables film, sometimes in character, and he recently retweeted a picture of himself in his Javert garb, which was then posted by the Les Miserables movie's official Twitter.
The RATS Theatre Company Presents EURASIAN INVASION! RATS IN REPERTORY 6/08-7/01May 4, 2012Russian Arts and Theatre Studio (The RATS Company) announces the world premiere production of EURASIAN INVASION! RATS IN REPERTORY, a two show series, which includes Fred Pezzulli and Di Zhu's HOUSE OF CURIOSITIES and Aleksey Burago and Di Zhu's BILLY BOB BOILS THE SEA, both directed by Aleksey Burago. EURASIAN INVASION! will play a four-week limited engagement at The Connelly Theater (220 East 4th Street, NYC). Performances begin Friday, June 8 and continue through to Sunday, July 1.