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...
CHRISTMAS CAROL Ends Run at Centenary Stage, 12/15
by Tyler Peterson - December 05, 2013 "You will leave the theatre with the proper joyous holiday spirit," says Examiner critic Rick Busciglio about the Centenary Stage Company production of A Christmas Carol: The Musical, which runs through Dec 15th in the Lackland Center....
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...
The Gizmo Guys, IF YOU GIVE A MOOSE A MUFFIN, THE LIAR and More Set for Centenary Stage, Feb 2014
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2013 The Centenary Stage Company boasts a variety of live entertainment throughout the entire season. This February is the perfect example, providing a taste of music, theatre and family fun in all three theatre venues, from the Sitnik Theatre in the grand Lackland Center to the classic coziness of The L...
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...
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...
Avner Eisenberg Performs at Oakland University Tonight
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2014 The theatre program at Oakland University is delighted to host guest performer Avner the Eccentric in his show 'Exceptions to Gravity' set for 7:30 p.m. tonight, Jan. 16....
THE FOREIGNER Opens the 85th Season at Long Beach Playhouse this Saturday!
by Robert Diamond - September 23, 2013 The Long Beach Playhouse opens its Mainstage Theater season with The Foreigner. Written by Larry Shue, the play explores the comedic possibilities when a 'foreigner' is assumed to have no understanding of what is being said around him. The secrets and truths that are told under an erroneous assumpti...
Centenary Stage Presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL, Now thru 12/15
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2013 'A tonic for children and adults...a transfixing journey...,' raved the New York Times about the show that ran for ten years in Madison Square Garden. 2011's smash hit returns to the Centenary Stage Company in this season's Family Holiday Spectacular A Christmas Carol: The Musical, running tonight, ...
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 ...
Blue Man Group at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino Offers Nevada Residents Two-For-One Tickets
by Robert Diamond - September 30, 2013 Blue Man Group is offering Nevada residents two tickets for the price of one to its mega-enhanced show at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino now through January 31, 2014. A hit with adults and children alike, Blue Man Group's latest production amazes audiences with its energy-infused tunes, immersive tec...
Regina Carter to Play Oakland University, 1/18
by Tyler Peterson - January 13, 2014 Renowned jazz violinist Regina Carter will share the stage with the Oakland Jazz Quartet and the Oakland University Chamber Orchestra for a night of jazz with an orchestral hue on Saturday, Jan. 18 on the campus of Oakland University. The concert will feature some selections from Carter's new album...
Centenary Stage Company to Welcome Magician John B. Born, 11/14-17
by Tyler Peterson - November 06, 2013 Audiences will have the opportunity to be amazed with an evening of theatrical mindreading, skillful sleight-of-hand, and unparalleled magical mysteries on November 14-17 with master magician John B. Born's Miracles and Mindgames. Centenary Stage Company's third annual Black Box Festival is setting ...
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, ...
Centenary Stage Fills the Black Box with Laughs, Illusions, and a Language Lesson, Now thru 11/24
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2013 Music, mind-games, and laugh-out-loud comedy will fill CSC's third annual Black Box Festival providing an opportunity for audiences to explore different genres of theatrical entertainment. Held in the Kutz Black Box Theatre of the Lackland Center, the festival will run tonight, November 7-24 with th...
BITTERSUITE Revue World Premiere Set for Centenary Stage Company's Black Box Festival, 11/7-10
by Tyler Peterson - October 28, 2013 Composer Elliot Weiss and lyricist Mike Champagne have won several acclaimed awards over the years including the Eugene O'Neill Award for Musical Theatre. And now they're bringing a WORLD PREMIERE musical revue BITTERSUITE: SONGS OF MORE EXPERIENCE to the Centenary Stage Company's third annual Black...
Boiler Room Theatre to Present WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, 8/23-9/15
by Tyler Peterson - August 14, 2013 The Boiler Room Theatre, Williamson County's original and longest-running professional theatre company, will stage the classic American drama by Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The production will run from August 23rd through September 15th at the theatre's iconic namesake venue in th...
Boiler Room Theatre Presents PROMISES, PROMISES, Now thru 7/20
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2013 The Boiler Room Theatre, Williamson County's original and longest-running professional theatre company, will stage Neil Simon's Promises, Promises featuring the music of the great Burt Bacharach. The production will run from tonight, June 28th through July 20th at the theatre's iconic namesake venue...
CSC to Present THE ESSENCE: A YIDDISH THEATRE DIM SUM, 11/21-24
by Tyler Peterson - November 14, 2013 It's time to close up CSC's third annual Black Box Festival with the show that played to sold out audiences in last year's New York Fringe Festival. The Essence: A Yiddish Theatre Dim Sum is a rollicking comedy that lets audiences in on the best kept secret-Yiddish is actually cool-and it's playing ...
Centenary Stage Company to Present UP ON THE ROOF, 10/23-26
by Tyler Peterson - October 10, 2014 It's been said that if you take Andrea Bocelli, Sammy Davis Jr., and Billy Crystal and put them together you get Tony Pace. Running October 23rd through October 26th as part of the Kutz Theatre Series at Centenary Stage Company, his one-man, semi-autobiographical show, dubbed 'Up on the Roof' combin...
2-for-1 Tickets Now on Sale for Off-Broadway Week, 9/23-10/6
by Tyler Peterson - September 03, 2013 NYC & Company, New York City's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, and The Off-Broadway League today announced Off-Broadway Week two-for-one tickets are on sale for 42 participating shows. Tickets are available today atnycgo.com/offbroadwayweek for Off-Broadway performances fro... |