'FLOWER DRUM SONG' Among 25 Films Inducted Into Registry
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 31, 2008 Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Flower Drum Song,' the 1961 movie musical based on the Broadway production of the same name, is among the 25 films selected for the National Film Registry. The holiday season is usually a busy time for moviegoers, but December is also the time of year when attention is ...
Ford's Theater Sets Daytime Programming For Spring 2009
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 03, 2009 The Ford's Theatre Society announced that the daytime programming schedule for spring 2009 will include performances of the one-act plays One Destiny and The Road From Appomattox by Richard Hellesen....
Verdi's Popular Masterpiece RIGOLETTO Returns To The Met
by Reynard Loki - January 19, 2009 Verdi's popular masterpiece Rigoletto returns to the repertory on January 24 with baritone Roberto Frontali making his Met role debut as the hunchback jester and conductor Riccardo Frizza in his company debut. They are joined by Aleksandra Kurzak as Gilda and Giuseppe Filianoti as the Duke of Mantu...
A.C.T Announces 'A Landmark Celebration'- Its 100th Birthday In January 2010
by Gabrielle Sierra - October 14, 2009 The historic home of American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) celebrates its 100th birthday in January 2010, and A.C.T. is proud to announce a free open house party, 'A Landmark Celebration: A.C.T.'s Home . . . 100 Years and Counting,' honoring a century of craft, design, and performance. The Bay Area...
'The World Emperor' Returns To Met Opera 5/10
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2008 Composer Tan Dun's epic opera The First Emperor, which had its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera last season, returns to the stage on Saturday, May 10, for the first of three performances. ...
Martin Sheen to Return to Stage in 'The Subject Was Roses' with Conroy & Geraghty at LA Music Center
by Robert Diamond - December 21, 2009 Martin Sheen will return to the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that brought him a Tony Award nomination in 1964, and join with Frances Conroy and Brian Geraghty in 'The Subject Was Roses' by Frank D. Gilroy, it was announced today by Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie...
50th Anniversary West Side Story Coming to NCSA and Ravina
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2007 The North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA), one of the premier arts conservatories in the United States, will present a new production of West Side Story to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the work....
SHEAR MADNESS Returns To Queen City, Starts 4/9 At Stage Door Theater
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 03, 2009 The hilarious SHEAR MADNESS, Charlotte's all time longest running theatrical hit, returns to the Queen City for another run of side-splitting laughs starting April 9 at the Stage Door Theater. This worldwide hit played 210 performances in the Booth Playhouse in 2006 during its inaugural engagement ...
ActorQuest - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Bway 9
by Kristin Huffman - March 02, 2007 In November, Kristin Huffman made her Broadway debut as Sarah (flute, piccolo and sax) in John Doyle's production of Company. The actress continues her collection of stories about a 15-year career that has led her to the door of the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. ...
Walking With Dinosaurs Comes To New York 5/18
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2008 Dinosaurs return to the earth in a live theatrical arena show, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Live Experience, based on the award-winning BBC Television Series. WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Live Experience is now on tour in North America for two years and will perform 12 performances MADISON SQUARE GA...
L'Elisir d' Amore Returns To The MET Starring Gheorghiu 3/31
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 27, 2009 Donizetti's comic masterpiece L'Elisir d'Amore returns to the Met with Angela Gheorghiu reprising her acclaimed portrayal of Adina and three tenors singing the role of Nemorino for the first time with the company: Massimo Giordano, Rolando Villazón, and Joseph Calleja. Other members of the cast also...
T Fellowship Created to Help Aspiring Bway Producers
by BWW News Desk - June 27, 2005 The T Fellowship, developed by T. Edward Hambleton and Harold Prince, among others, will involve would-be Broadway producers in a two-phase program...
Martin Sheen to Return to Stage in 'The Subject Was Roses' with Conroy & Geraghty at LA Music Center
by Robert Diamond - December 21, 2009 Martin Sheen will return to the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that brought him a Tony Award nomination in 1964, and join with Frances Conroy and Brian Geraghty in 'The Subject Was Roses' by Frank D. Gilroy, it was announced today by Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie...
Guleghina, Domingo, Borodina Star In Adriana Lecouvreur 2/6
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 30, 2009 Maria Guleghina and Pl?cido Domingo star in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, which opens at the Metropolitan Opera on February 6 with Domingo returning to sing the role of his Met debut 40 years ago. Guleghina sings Adriana, the famous actress in love with the military hero Maurizio, sung by Domingo. Olg...
You're In Good Company With 'Urinetown'
by Olena Ripnick - September 13, 2005 The Lyric Stage Company kicks off their thirty-first season in Boston with 'Urinetown: The Musical,' the Tony award winning show that spoofs the very best of Broadway....
Diaghilev's Theater of Marvels Exhibit Opens At NYPL 6/26
by Ali Leskowitz - June 22, 2009 Igor Stravinsky, Vaslav Nijinsky, Léon Bakst, Pablo Picasso, and George Balanchine are among the great collaborators who worked in Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, where they changed the face of modern ballet and influenced the course of the arts in the 20th century. Diaghilev's Theater of Marvels:...
You're In Good Company With 'Urinetown'
by Olena Ripnick - September 13, 2005 The Lyric Stage Company kicks off their thirty-first season in Boston with 'Urinetown: The Musical,' the Tony award winning show that spoofs the very best of Broadway....
Race to the End of the Earth Exhibition to Open at AMNH in May
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 26, 2010 The American Museum of Natural History today announced a major new exhibition, Race to the End of the Earth, which will open May 29 and remain on view through January 2, 2011....
Philip J. Smith and Robert E. Wankel Named New Heads of Shubert Organization
by Eddie Varley - December 02, 2008 The New York Times is reporting that Philip J. Smith was named today the chairman of both the Shubert Organization and Foundation , a position many consider to the most powerful of all in the theatrical world. Mr. Smith, 77, the organization's president for the past dozen years, is taking over the s...
Americans for the Arts and NEA Vs. The Washington Times, False Accusations?
by Rialto Chatter - September 17, 2009 The Clyde Fitch Report addresses today a nasty he-said-she-said between the Washington Times on the one side and the lobbyist group Americans for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts on the other....
Renee Fleming Reprises Her Role In RUSALKA 3/9
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 02, 2009 Ren?e Fleming reprises one of her most renowned portrayals when she sings the title role of Dvoř?k's fairy-tale opera Rusalka, which opens March 9. Stephanie Blythe sings the role of the witch Je?ibaba for the first time at the Met. Rusalka's beloved Prince will be played by tenor Aleksandrs An...
WALKING WITH DINOSAURS Comes To The Allstate Arena 7/28-8/1/2010
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 08, 2009 Dinosaurs once again roam the earth in a spectacular theatrical arena show, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Arena Spectacular, based on the award-winning BBC Television Series.... |
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