Photos: The Cast of Edinburgh Fringe Show CLASSIC! Visits National Library of Scotland
The cast of Edinburgh Fringe show Classic! enjoyed a visit to The National Library of Scotland this week. The show sees the cast perform 42 classic novels in 60 minutes. The library holds many rare first editions of books that are featured in the show as well as handwritten letters by Jane Austen and Robert Louis Stevenson. Check out photos here!
Hope Mill Theatre Announces Edinburgh Fringe Debut
Manchester's Award-winning Hope Mill Theatre is set to makes its Fringe debut with Classic! a new comic play, that races through a multitude of classic novels in 60 minutes. At lightning speed and utilising multiple costume changes, Classic! races you from Black Beauty to Wuthering Heights via Moby Dick and many, many more ...
MINE EYES HAVE SEEN and WAR BRIDES to be Presented by Ghostlight Ensemble
Ghostlight Ensemble will continue its series on historically overlooked female playwrights with two one act plays - Mine Eyes Have Seen by Alice Dunbar Nelson and War Brides by Marion Craig Wentworth - that deal with wars and the battles families are forced to fight amongst themselves when someone is called to 'serve.'
Netflix Announces Six New Animated Projects
Nearly 60% of Netflix members on a global basis enjoy kids and family content every month, so the company today unveiled a robust slate of animated event programming - both feature films and original series - to give kids and families around the world more of what they love.
Photo Flash: Opening Night Photos for Porchlight Music Theatre's END OF THE RAINBOW at Stage 773
It's December 1968 and Judy Garland is about to make her comeback....again. In a London hotel room, with both her new young fiance and her adoring accompanist, Garland struggles to get 'beyond the rainbow' with her signature cocktail of talent, tenacity and razor-sharp wit. Featuring some of Garland's most memorable songs, this savagely funny play with music offers unique insight into the inner conflict that inspired and consumed one of the most beloved figures in American history.
JUSTICE DISORDERED Gets Reading as Part of Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival
Justice Disordered, a co-production between The Rainbow Theatre Project and The Law Theater Project, will be presented as part of the Kennedy Center's annual Page-to-Stage Festival. Along with two other works by playwright Dr. Samantha McDermitt, Justice Disordered will be performed on Monday, September 5 at 6pm in the Israeli Lounge.
The Rainbow Theatre Project to Stage Tennessee Williams' SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER
The Rainbow Theatre Project's Generation Q Staged Reading Series is back in the new year with a presentation of Tennessee Williams' harrowing Southern Gothic classic, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER. It will be paired with a reading of a short-play by Dr. Samantha McDermitt, JUSTICE DISORDERED. The readings take place Monday, February 22, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at Source in the District.
Actors' Shakespeare Project Names New Marketing Director
Actors' Shakespeare Project (ASP) is fulfilling a promise made earlier this year to strengthen its staff structure, as evidenced by its most recent hire of Mia Tavan as Director of Marketing and the three internal promotions including Heather Stern, General Manager; Lindsay Williams, Education and Project Associate; and Laura Bakopolus, Marketing and Development Associate/Patron Services Manager. All positions will take effect in August 2015.
BY FAR THE GREATEST TEAM to Play The Lowry in September
This September, Manchester's award winning Monkeywood Theatre, in association with The Lowry, are set to stage the world premiere of By Far The Greatest Team, four new Manchester stories by four outstanding writers exploring and celebrating what it means to be a football fan in Manchester.
'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for January 28th, 2015
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Musical television series abound! Also special nights for 'Allegro' and 'Reefer Madness,' that Dolphin show at Annoyance, Mercury's 'Addams Family,' a big children's premiere, the return of 'Option Up!' and a surprising, real live 'Beauty!'
Photo Flash: First Look at Opening Night of Mercury Theater's AVENUE Q
Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N. Southport Avenue, presents Chicago's home-grown version of the hilarious Broadway musical AVENUE Q, running from April 24 through June 29, 2014. Winner of the Tony 'Triple Crown' for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book in 2004, AVENUE Q is part flesh, part felt, and packed with heart. The production will be led by Jeff Award winners L. Walter Stearns (Director),Eugene Dizon (Musical Direction), and Kevin Bellie(Choreography) and features custom made puppets by Russ Walko. Check out the photos from opening night below!
Bailiwick Chicago Presents Chicago Casting Auction's THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, Beg. Tonight
It's no ordinary cast! Dozens of competitors bid for roles in a professionally produced stage production of the hit musical comedy parody THE DROWSY CHAPERONE at Bailiwick Chicago's annual Chicago Casting Auction. Now, they're ready to take the stage for six performances only, tonight, February 4 - 8, 2014 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago.