Broadway's Future Songbook Series to Highlight Work by Lauren Taslitz and Danny Ursetti
by Marissa Tomeo - Apr 6, 2022
The Broadway's Future Songbook Series - produced and hosted by John Znidarsic - continues its 2022 season on Monday, April 25th at 6PM. The free evening will spotlight the songs of the acclaimed writing team of Lauren Taslitz and Danny Ursetti - highlighting their new musical, Mimosa. This special concert will be held in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center - 111 Amsterdam Avenue.
Corkscrew Theater Festival Launches Workshop Series CORKSCREW DOWNSTAIRS
by Julie Musbach - Jun 20, 2019
Corkscrew Theater Festival, which runs July 10-August 3, inaugurates its Corkscrew Downstairs series of workshop productions this summer in the lower level theater at the Paradise Factory (64 East 4th Street, Manhattan). The four projects all take classic texts as a starting point, including A Doll's House, Twelfth Night, the poetry of Walt Whitman, and Leslie Feinberg's 1993 novel Stone Butch Blues. The Downstairs series shares one team of designers -Dan Daly (sets), Christina Tang (lights), and Cinthia Chen (props)-and one flexible repertory set, deepening the festival's focus on exploring collaboration in different forms.
Winners Announcing for The 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition
by Julie Musbach - Apr 16, 2019
The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music awarded $71,000 in prizemoney at the finals of 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition, which took place in a packed Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, on April 13. The $20,000 First Prize went to Daniel Berryman, 28 of Seattle, WA. Andrea Wozniak, 28 of Boston, MA, won the $15,000 Second Prize, and Trevor Martin, 30 of Fayetteville, GA, received Third Prize of $10,000.
Lotte Lenya Competition Announces 2019 Finalists
by Stephi Wild - Mar 14, 2019
Kim H. Kowalke, President of the Kurt Weill Foundation, has announced the finalists for the 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition. Thirteen performers will compete for top prizes of $20,000, $15,000, and $10,000.
Announcing The 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition Semifinalists
by BWW
News Desk - Mar 7, 2019
Twenty-eight performers selected to compete for a chance to win top prizes of $20,000, $15,000, and $10,000; total prizes to exceed $75,000; an all-star team of musical theater, opera, and Kurt Weill experts to adjudicate semifinals and finals.
Announcing The 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition Semifinalists
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 12, 2019
Twenty-eight performers selected to compete for a chance to win top prizes of $20,000, $15,000, and $10,000; total prizes to exceed $75,000; an all-star team of musical theater, opera, and Kurt Weill experts to adjudicate semifinals and finals.
FRANKENSTEIN Adds New Year's Eve Performance
by Stephi Wild - Nov 24, 2018
FRANKENSTEIN, the Off-Broadway musical playing at St,. Luke's Theatre has added a New Year's Eve performance. Tickets are now on sale for the performance on Monday December 31 at 7 PM, Off-Broadway at St. Luke's Theatre, on Restaurant Row near Times Square. Based on Mary Shelley's novel, with book, music and lyrics by Eric B. Sirota, FRANKENSTEIN is directed by Clint Hromsco and produced by John Lant, Write Act Repertory and Tamra Pica.
Photo Flash: FRANKENSTEIN Extends At St. Luke's Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 15, 2018
FRANKENSTEIN, the Off-Broadway musical playing at St. Luke's Theatre, had been running now for over a year and will be extending into 2019. Based on Mary Shelley's novel, with book, music and lyrics by Eric B. Sirota, it is directed by Clint Hromsco and produced by John Lant, Write Act Repertory and Tamra Pica. An open-run, it plays Monday evenings at 7 PM. There will also be Friday 11 AM matinees scheduled for school trips in 2019.
IT CAME FROM BEYOND at Write Act Rep Extended Through Holidays
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 29, 2018
Producers John Lant and Cornell Christianson with ICFB Productions are pleased to announce the East Coast Off-Broadway premiere of IT CAME FROM BEYOND, a 1950's sci-fi, musical comedy with book by writer / producer Cornell Christianson, music and lyrics by Stephen M. Schwartz and Norman E. Thalheimer and directed by Jim Blanchette.