ON BROADWAY GALA Raises $250K With Stunning Speed Painting, Entertainment, More
Diablo Regional Arts Association's annual On Broadway Gala returned this year to mark the official reopening of the Lesher Center for the Arts. Leaders in the arts and civic communities came together in downtown Walnut Creek to celebrate the organization's reopening and support its work at the forefront of arts and culture in the East Bay.
THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE Begins Performances Tomorrow Off-Broadway
Musicals Tonight!'s 20th Anniversary Spring Season opener of Rodgers and Hart's The Boys From Syracuse, begins performances Tuesday, February 13th at The Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street). The comedy farce about mistaken identity, as adapted by George Abbott, will play a limited engagement through February 25th. The Boys From Syracuse is directed and choreographed by Jonathan Cerullo who has given the musical a fresh new take with men cast in almost all of the female roles for the very first time. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased through www.telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.
New Musical GOD'S COUNTRY to Open 7/18 at NYMF
God's Country, an original musical by Erik Johnke (Book and Lyrics) and Elaine Chelton (Music) set in 19th Century New York City, will be presented at the 10th Annual New York Music Theatre Festival (NYMF) for five performances starting on Thursday, July 18, at 9:00 PM, at The Pershing Square Signature Center Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street. The musical is directed by Craig J. George and choreographed by Thomas-Sabella Mills. The Music Director is Bryan L. Wade.
Cape May Stage Presents A TUNA CHRISTMAS, 11/23-12/30
It's time to kick up your heels with "A Tuna Christmas," the hilarious sequel to the hit comedy, "Greater Tuna." In Cape May Stage's holiday production of 'A Tuna Christmas,' opening November 23 and running through December 30 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse, director Marlena Lustik takes you through a hilarious 24-hour yuletide journey of 24 comical characters being performed by only two multi-talented actors.
Cape May Stage Presents A TUNA CHRISTMAS, 11/23-12/30
It's time to kick up your heels with "A Tuna Christmas," the hilarious sequel to the hit comedy, "Greater Tuna." In Cape May Stage's holiday production of 'A Tuna Christmas,' opening November 23 and running through December 30 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse, director Marlena Lustik takes you through a hilarious 24-hour yuletide journey of 24 comical characters being performed by only two multi-talented actors.
Musicals Tonight Opens RED, HOT AND BLUE Tonight, 10/2
Red, Hot and Blue, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, is about a former manicurist ("Nails") Lauren Elaine Taylor, her square boyfriend (Bob) Christopher Ryan, and an ex-con ("Policy") Roger Rifkin. Graham Bailey, Tony Castellanos, Ashley Klanac, Rob Lorey, Megan Meyer, Molly Pope, Jeannie Schubitz, and Jacob L. Smith are either reporting on these happenings, trying to steal the proceeds or trying to re-arrest the felons. Musicals Tonight's show runs tonight, October 2 to the 14th, 2012.
Full Cast Announced for Musicals Tonight's RED, HOT AND BLUE, 10/2-14
Red, Hot and Blue, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, is about a former manicurist ("Nails") Lauren Elaine Taylor, her square boyfriend (Bob) Christopher Ryan, and an ex-con ("Policy") Roger Rifkin. Graham Bailey, Tony Castellanos, Ashley Klanac, Rob Lorey, Megan Meyer, Molly Pope, Jeannie Schubitz, and Jacob L. Smith are either reporting on these happenings, trying to steal the proceeds or trying to re-arrest the felons. Musicals Tonight's show runs October 2 - 14, 2012.
LI'L ABNER Plays the Lion Theatre Through April 1
LI'L ABNER will play at the Lion Theatre through April 1. Thomas Sabella-Mills directs with James Stenborg as the music director. Tickets are $25 available at the Box Office or thru Telecharge at 212-239-6200
Musicals Tonight! to Revive All American at The Lion Theatre, 10/25-11/6
Only Charles Strouse and Mel Brooks can mix Physics and Football and get musical comedy. Their 1961 show All American takes place at a college known more for its football team than its Physics Department but Dean Hawkes-Bullock (Kate Marilley) changes all that by hiring Professor Fodorski (Matt Wilson) from Vienna.
Musicals Tonight! to Revive All American at The Lion Theatre, 10/25-11/6
Only Charles Strouse and Mel Brooks can mix Physics and Football and get musical comedy. Their 1961 show All American takes place at a college known more for its football team than its Physics Department but Dean Hawkes-Bullock (Kate Marilley) changes all that by hiring Professor Fodorski (Matt Wilson) from Vienna.
TV NYMF Next Broadway Sensation 2011 - Jody Cook
The singing competition returns for its sixth year and will take place at New World Stages (340 W. 50th Street) on three subsequent Saturdays - September 17th, September 24th, and October 1st. Here's Jody Cook: 'You can be a New Yorker, too', Charles Strouse. Video by Shoshana Feinstein.