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THE THRILLING ADVENTURES OF LOVELACE AND BABBAGE World Premiere to be Presented at Guerilla Opera

The MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology, MIT Music and Theater Arts, and Guerilla Opera will present the world premiere of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage a comedic new opera that features Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage.
Guerilla Opera Introduces the GUERILLA PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL For 16th Season

In their 16th season, Guerilla Opera introduces the Guerilla Emergence Festival, a virtual festival of ground-breaking works commissioned by Guerilla Opera that runs from Tuesday, November 29, through Friday, December 2, 2022 streaming online and to all devices through Stellar Tickets.
Strange Trace Announces THE MISSING PIECE: A HORROR OPERA

Strange Trace, a new opera company in the Boston and New England area with world-wide digital reach, has released a recording of a new horror opera, The Missing Piece. 
NJ Poetry Out Loud 2019 State Champion Named

Joseph G. Kim Sexton, a student from Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School in Jersey City, was named State Champion at the 2019 New Jersey Poetry Out Loud (NJ POL) State Finals competition, part of the national poetry recitation program. The state finals took place Tuesday at The Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College. Joseph will now move on to represent New Jersey at the national finals in Washington, DC to compete against champions from every state and territory, all vying for the national title and the chance to win prizes including college scholarships.
ACTING DEAD Now Available for Streaming on Amazon

Acting Dead, a web series created by Brian Beacock and produced by Beacock, Susan Bernhardt, Paul Nygro, and Leonian Pictures, is now available for streaming at Amazon.com. Access is free for Amazon Prime members.
Laguna Playhouse to Present LOUIS & KEELY: LOVE AT THE SAHARA Opens 2/27

The Laguna Playhouse Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham and Hershey Felder Presents are thrilled to announce the fourth show in the Laguna Playhouse 2015-2016 season, Tony Award-winner Anthony Crivello and Vanessa Claire Stewart starring in LOUIS & KEELY: 'LIVE' AT THE SAHARA, written by Vanessa Stewart, Taylor Hackford & Jake Broder, choreography by Vernel Bagneris and directed by Taylor Hackford.  "Our subscribers and audiences are about the have the time of their lives as we transport them to 1950's Las Vegas and beyond and the incomparable song-stylings of Louis Prima and Keely Smith," says Wareham. LOUIS & KEELY: 'LIVE' AT THE SAHARA will begin previews on Wednesday, February 24; will open on Saturday, February 27 and will run through Sunday, March 27, 2016 at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach.
BWW Review: Louis & Keely: 'Live' at the Sahara Celebrates the Glory Days of an Early Las Vegas Duo

Louis Prima and Keely Smith shared a larger-than-life marriage and a groundbreaking Las Vegas act featuring unforgettable songs like "That Ol' Black Magic," "Pennies from Heaven," and "Embraceable You." These songs and many others are featured in the production which has grown from a local Los Angeles-created hit at Sacred Fools Theater Company to a national musical phenomenon. After earlier award-winning and extended productions in Los Angeles and more recent acclaim in Chicago, these outsized personalities and talents have returned to the city in which the show was born. The current production is directed by Taylor Hackford, who also wrote the show with Vanessa Clair Stewart and Jake Broder, and is presented by Hershey Felder (a musical talent in his own right).
LOUIS & KEELY 'LIVE' AT THE SAHARA Extends at The Royal George Theatre

The Chicago stage premiere of Academy Award winning director Taylor Hackford's LOUIS & KEELY 'LIVE' AT THE SAHARA has been extended by popular demand through Sunday, May 17 at the Royal George Theatre, 1641 North Halsted Street. Hackford, best known for his films An Officer and a Gentleman, Against All Odds, The Devil's Advocate,.
Photo Flash: Opening Night at SKETCHES FROM THE NATIONAL LAMPOON LA Premiere

Last night, February 15, 2013, the opening night of the SKETCHES FROM THE NATIONAL LAMPOON World Premiere, directed by Pat Towne, welcomed a slew of celebrity guests and more to the Hayworth Theatre. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening curtain call and celebrations below!
SKETCHES FROM THE NATIONAL LAMPOON World Premiere Plays Hayworth Theatre, Now thru 3/17

National Lampoon will present the World Premiere of SKETCHES FROM THE NATIONAL LAMPOON, conceived and produced by Matty Simmons, with original songs by Richard Levinson and directed by Pat Towne. SKETCHES FROM THE NATIONAL LAMPOON will begin previews tonight, February 7 at 8pm; will open on Friday, February 15 at 8pm and run through Sunday, March 17 at the Hayworth Theatre, 2511 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.
SKETCHES FROM THE NATIONAL LAMPOON World Premiere to Play Hayworth Theatre, 2/7-3/17

National Lampoon will present the World Premiere of SKETCHES FROM THE NATIONAL LAMPOON, conceived and produced by Matty Simmons, with original songs by Richard Levinson and directed by Pat Towne. SKETCHES FROM THE NATIONAL LAMPOON will begin previews on Thursday, February 7 at 8pm; will open on Friday, February 15 at 8pm and run through Sunday, March 17 at the Hayworth Theatre, 2511 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.
Indie Thriller THIS LAST LONELY PLACE Wraps Principal Photography

The Humphrey Bogart Estate and writer/director Steve Anderson are pleased to announce that the thriller THIS LAST LONELY PLACE , which filmed November-December 2012 in and around Los Angeles, has now wrapped principal photography. The project was fully financed through the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.
MUSIC CITY CONFIDENTIAL #6: All The News from Onstage, Offstage, Backstage and Beyond

We've been doing our part to prepare ye the way, watching the action onstage, taking some furtive peeks backstage, listening to all the offstage gossip and venturing beyond the confines of the theater to gain the informed knowledge to see more shows in the Volunteer State than you ever thought possible. So, good people of the theaterati, read on and get all the information you need to know in this, our latest installment of Music City Confidential. This is #6…
La Mirada Presents FLEETWOOD MACBETH 7/15-17

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is thrilled to present a very special (and quite the hilarious!) event - the Troubadour Theater Company presenting the tragic tale of FLEETWOOD MACBETH, a spectacular mash-up of the rocking music of Fleetwood Mac and the classic tale of the Bard's Macbeth!
La Mirada Theatre Presents FLEETWOOD MACBETH, 7/15-17

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is thrilled to present a very special (and quite the hilarious!) event - the Troubadour Theater Company presenting the tragic tale of FLEETWOOD MACBETH, a spectacular mash-up of the rocking music of Fleetwood Mac and the classic tale of the Bard's Macbeth!
La Mirada Presents FLEETWOOD MACBETH 7/15-17

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is thrilled to present a very special (and quite the hilarious!) event - the Troubadour Theater Company presenting the tragic tale of FLEETWOOD MACBETH, a spectacular mash-up of the rocking music of Fleetwood Mac and the classic tale of the Bard's Macbeth!
Photo Flash: Opening Night of Troubadour Theatre Company's FLEETWOOD MACBETH

Look below for photos taken from the opening night of FLEETWOOD MACBETH by the award winning Troubadour Theatre Company on July 8, 2011 at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, CA. FLEETWOOD MACBETH is a mash-up of the Shakespeare tragedy Macbeth with the music of Fleetwood Mac featuring the musical direction of Eric Heinly, choreography by Nadine Ellis and directed by (and featuring) Troubadour Artistic Director, Matt Walker.
La Mirada Theatre Presents FLEETWOOD MACBETH, 7/15-17

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is thrilled to present a very special (and quite the hilarious!) event - the Troubadour Theater Company presenting the tragic tale of FLEETWOOD MACBETH, a spectacular mash-up of the rocking music of Fleetwood Mac and the classic tale of the Bard's Macbeth!
LOUIS & KEELY Celebrates 200th Performance Tonight 9/18; Announces 6th Extension

On the heels of tonight's show, which marks Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara's 200th performance in the Audrey Skirball Theater at the Geffen Playhouse, the cast of the hit musical announces its sixth extension.
Louis & Keely Love At The Sahara Gets Fourth Extension, Runs Through 8/30

Now the cast of the award-winning show Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara has even more to sing about. The toe-tapping musical is announcing an unprecedented fourth extension and will run in the Geffen Playhouse's Audrey Skriball Kenis Theater through August 30, 2009. The extension comes on the heels of the news of the upcoming July 22 release of an audio CD featuring the music of Louis & Keely: Live at the Sarhara.

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