Long Beach Playhouse to Present CHEKHOV SHORTS
by Tyler Peterson - June 10, 2014 Long Beach Playhouse audiences are in for a very original and unique treat because opening this weekend in the Studio Theatre is a production called Chekov Shorts: The Proposal and The Bear. Diane Benedict is not only the director for the show but has translated these two one act plays from Russian...
Venus Pool Club to Host Fantasy Football Parties with VIP Packages
by Tyler Peterson - August 12, 2014 The Strips' premier adults-only daytime experience Venus Pool Club within Garden of the Gods Pool Oasis at Caesars Palace welcomes football fans and partygoers alike as they gather with their fantasy football leagues poolside and indulge in unrivaled VIP packages. Now through Sunday, Sept. 14 guests...
Sam's Town Hotel Lights Up Winter Display at Mystic Falls Park Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 2014 Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall will light up the celebrated winter display at Mystic Falls Park for the 20th time tonight, November 26, at 5:45 p.m....
NYC & Company's Comedy Week Returning 4/6-19
by Tyler Peterson - March 23, 2015 NYC & Company, New York City's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, today announced the return of NYC Comedy Week, April 6–19. The fourth NYC Comedy Week, presented in partnership with Carolines on Broadway, is a two-week celebration highlighting New York City's famous comedy sc...
Long Beach Playhouse Extends JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
by Tyler Peterson - July 29, 2015 Due to capacity crowds, the final show of Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage season, Jesus Christ Superstar, will extend one additional weekend and will close on Saturday night, August 22. Tickets can be purchased online at lbplayhouse.org or by calling the box office at 562-494-1014 X 1....
Long Beach Playhouse to Present TWELFTH NIGHT
by Tyler Peterson - September 04, 2014 Twelfth Night is Shakespeare's most popular play and one of his greatest comedies. Written in 1601, it takes place in the mythical land of Illyria. Twins Viola and Sebastian go down in a shipwreck. Believing her brother is dead Viola dresses up as a man and takes the name Cesario. Viola/Cesario bec...
Long Beach Playhouse to Present A CHRISTMAS CAROL, 12/12-20
by Tyler Peterson - December 01, 2015 Long Beach Playhouse's family invites you and yours to a great holiday treat that everyone will enjoy: a fast paced, highly theatrical retelling of the Dickens tale directed and adapted by Phie Mura who was recently seen in BAt Boy the Musical in the Playhouse's Studio Theater, complete ghosts, vibr...
Jennifer Mudge, Stephen Plunkett, Liv Rooth and More Join Three Day Hangover's BIG BOOZY BENEFIT, 3/30
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2014 New cast members have been announced for Three Day Hangover's Big Boozy Benefit, an event supporting the company's awesome 2014 Season! Jennifer Mudge (Rocky), Autumn Hurlbert (NBC's The Sound of Music Live!), Allison Guinn (Hair), Stephen Plunkett (War Horse, The Mend), Chad Goodridge (Passing Stra...
Adam Cayton-Holland to Release New Comedy Album BACKYARDS, 4/7
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2015 Denver-based comedian Adam-Cayton Holland is releasing his second comedy album through Greater Than Collective, Backyards. For a limited time, those who pre-order the album will receive a two-for-one CDs as well as 2 baseball cards....
Long Beach Playhouse to Stage HAY FEVER
by Tyler Peterson - October 21, 2015 The Long Beach Playhouse continues their 87th Mainstage Season with Noel Coward's classic comedy Hay Fever. The play examines what was supposed to be a quiet weekend away with the Bliss family, while it turns into a ridiculous, banter filled farce....
Centenary Stage Co. to Welcome Back Holiday Favorite A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL, 11/27-12/13
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2015 Centenary Stage Company's family favorite Holiday Spectacular, A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL, returns to the Sitnik Theater on November 27 until December 13 in the Lackland Center. ...
Long Beach Playhouse's TWELFTH NIGHT Opens Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2014 Tonight, September 6, the Long Beach Playhouse production of Twelfth Night opens in the Studio Theatre. Directed by Gregory Cohen, Twelfth Night (As You Will), is one of Shakespeare's romantic comedies. Its title refers to the 12th day of Christmas, the traditional close of the holiday. Twins - Viol...
Broadway Week Will Return in September; IF/THEN, ALADDIN, CABARET & More to Participate
by Tyler Peterson - August 04, 2014 NYC & Company, New York City's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, today announced that Broadway Week will return this fall September 1-14. Broadway Week gives theatergoers the opportunity to purchase two-for-one tickets to 21 of Broadway's top shows for performances September ...
THE 39 STEPS Opens Long Beach Playhouse's 86th Mainstage Season Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2014 The 39 Steps, a suspenseful-romantic-comedy, based on the 1935 movie by Alfred Hitchcock, opens the Mainstage Season tonight, Sept. 27. Four actors play over 100 characters in this Tony-winner that kept Broadway rollicking for the past three years. It is part juicy spy novel, part Monty Python, and ...
Adam Cayton-Holland Releases New Comedy Album BACKYARDS Today
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2015 Denver-based comedian Adam-Cayton Holland is releasing his second comedy album through Greater Than Collective, Backyards. For a limited time, those who pre-order the album will receive a two-for-one CDs as well as 2 baseball cards....
Long Beach Playhouse to Present 'MEET VERA STARK'
by Tyler Peterson - March 26, 2015 Lynn Nottage's most recent play, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, takes a look at a serious topic in a lighthearted way. Through humor tinged with pathos, we see Vera Stark shapeshift to fit the expectations of the racial stereotypes of the 1930s....
Centenary Stage Company to Present Ken Waldman: Portrait of an Artist, 11/13-16
by Tyler Peterson - October 17, 2014 Just in time to get a jump on the Holidays, Centenary Stage Company will present Ken Waldman, Alaska's Fiddling Poet: Portrait of an Artist as Santa Claus as part of the Kutz Theatre Series. Waldman brings a show that is one part Appalachian - string band concert, one - part riveting storytelling, ...
Long Beach Playhouse Presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Now thru 12/20
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2015 Long Beach Playhouse's family invites you and yours to a great holiday treat that everyone will enjoy: a fast paced, highly theatrical retelling of the Dickens tale directed and adapted by Phie Mura who was recently seen in BAt Boy the Musical in the Playhouse's Studio Theater, complete ghosts, vibr...
Long Beach Playhouse to Present DEATH OF A SALESMAN, 5/23-6/20
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2015 The Long Beach Playhouse proudly presents Death of a Salesman on its Mainstage Theater from May 23 to June 20, 2015. Written by Arthur Miller, the play centers on the life of Willy Loman, a traveling salesman who is past his prime, is struggling to remain relevant and is seeing his life and values r...
Long Beach Playhouse's ARMS AND THE MAN Opens Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2014 Long Beach Playhouse presents a production of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man, the classic 'anti-romantic' comedy. Featuring Hallie Mayer, Sarah Genevieve Green, Charlotte Williams, Michael J. Knowles, Doyle Smiens, Mitchell Nunn, and Alex Bennett, Arms and the Man opens tonight, Nov. 8th, 20...
SPRING AWAKENING to Play the Studio at LBP
by Tyler Peterson - October 02, 2014 Duncan's Sheik's indie rock musical, Spring Awakening, is a coming of age story based on the controversial German play Spring Awakening (1891) by Frank Wedekind. The play was banned in Germany for some time due to its frank portrayal of abortion, homosexuality, rape, child abuse and suicide. The mus...
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Opens 3/1 at Long Beach Playhouse
by Tyler Peterson - February 11, 2014 Community theatre is no stranger to William Shakespeare. And so Shakespeare's spirited romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing opens on the Playhouse main stage March 1 and runs through March 29, 2014....
THE 39 STEPS to Open Long Beach Playhouse's 86th Mainstage Season, 9/27
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2014 The 39 Steps, a suspenseful-romantic-comedy, based on the 1935 movie by Alfred Hitchcock, opens the Mainstage Season on Saturday, Sept. 27. Four actors play over 100 characters in this Tony-winner that kept Broadway rollicking for the past three years. It is part juicy spy novel, part Monty Python, ...
Long Beach Playhouse Studio Theatre to Present COCK
by Tyler Peterson - May 28, 2015 In 2009, British playwright Michael Bartlett received the prestigious Lawrence Olivier award for his play entitled Cock. In the play, John, having taken a break from his relationship with his somewhat controlling boyfriend, has managed to fall in love with someone else... a woman. The work examines ...
MURDER ON THE NILE Set for Long Beach Playhouse, Now thru 2/14
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2015 Christie's thrilling whodunit will be getting a fresh staging on the Mainstage to start 2015 off right. Murder on the Nile promises a host of colorful characters and all the twists and turns of a classic Christie to keep you guessing to the final shattering climax.... |