Mary VanArsdel

Musical Theatre Guild Announces Casting For Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 30, 2023

Musical Theatre Guild, a Southern California theatre institution for over a quarter century, has announced casting for its upcoming production of FOLLIES. Stephen Sondheim's classic 1971 musical reflecting the collapse of American innocence and naivete in the post-Kennedy years, will take place on Sunday, October 1st, 2023 at Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center's Eli and Edythe Broad Stage.

NOISE, A New Musical By Rachel Covey, Comes To The Tank This October
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 9, 2022

The Tank (Meghan Finn, Artistic Director; Johnny G. Lloyd, Director of Artistic Development) will present a workshop production of Noise, a new musical with book, music and lyrics by Rachel Covey this Fall. Noise will run October 18-22nd at The Tank (312 W 36th Street, New York, NY 10018).

Photo Flash: Dramatists Guild Foundation Hosts Presentation Of New Works By DGF Fellows
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 29, 2019

Last night, the 2018-2019 class of Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellows presented excerpts of full length works at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center.

BWW Review: HEARTBREAK HOUSE at Hartford Stage
by Joseph Harrison - May 21, 2017

From the very moment audiences enter the theater at Hartford Stage for its final production of the 2016-17 season, George Bernard Shaw's HEARTBREAK HOUSE, it is immediately apparent the evening is going to be quite unique. In what has been called Shaw's "most ambitious and prophetic achievement", HEARTBREAK HOUSE manages to bring to life the signature wit and social dialogue of Shaw's other works but with a sense of danger, intrigue and fascination - and under the direction of Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak, the Hartford Stage production accomplishes this and more.

Miles Anderson to Play Patriarch in HEARTBREAK HOUSE at Hartford Stage
by BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2017

Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts announced today the creative team and cast for George Bernard Shaw's comic and caustic masterwork Heartbreak House, directed by Tresnjak. The show plays May 11 to June 11.

BWW Review: Quirky Musical Farce GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE Kills at OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael L. Quintos - Mar 3, 2017

Genuinely one of the funniest musical comedies to ever grace Broadway, A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER easily proves quite early on---and pretty much throughout its two uproarious acts---why it won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Musical. Filled with hilarious sight gags, wickedly witty banter, and some of the silliest characters to ever be dropped into a musical (many of which are portrayed by one actor in a dizzying tour-de-force), the show's first national tour continues its way-too-short, week-long stop at Orange County's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through March 5.

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER to Play Sacramento Community Center Theater Next Month
by BWW News Desk - Feb 24, 2017

The Tony Award winner for Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, will play Community Center Theater in Sacramento from March 7 through 12 in its First National Tour.

BWW Review: Exquisite Lunacy in A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at the Hippodrome
by Tina Collins - Dec 29, 2016

Can murder be funny? It is when a group of eccentric aristocrats are involved with all the frills and trills of the Edwardian Age in A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER currently playing at the Hippodrome

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER To Play Shubert Theatre This October
by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2016

The Tony® Award winner for Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, will play the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre in Boston October 18-23, 2016 in its First National Tour. Presented by the Citi Performing Arts Center, tickets are on sale at the Citi Center box office, through www.citicenter.org  or by calling (866) 348-9738. Press night is set forWednesday, October 19, 2016 at 7:00 pm.

BWW Review: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER Is the Perfect Serial Murderer Musical
by Anton Anderssen - Oct 12, 2016

If you like your Halloween entertainment a little on the wacky-creepy side, you will love Broadway in Detroit's “A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER” now on stage at the beautiful Fisher Theatre. A musical about a serial killer could never be more funny. This show won four Tonys at the 68th Tony Awards in June 2014, including Best Musical. It is based on the 1907 novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman and its screen adaptation, the 1949 British film Kind Hearts and Coronets. Characters in the play are penned after real-life English aristocrats, primarily a frivolous British Prime Minister.

BWW Interview: Mary VanArsdel Says A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER Will Be Spectacularly Funny at the Fisher Theatre!
by Katie Laban - Sep 29, 2016

Broadway in Detroit starts the new theatre season with A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Tony Award winner for Best Musical, on October 4th at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. "I know you are going to have a spectacularly good time because everybody in every city always has," said Mary VanArsdel. "I think we live in times where people really need to laugh right now. This show will do it, more than just about anything because it's funny - really, really funny."

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER To Play Shubert Theatre This October
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 23, 2016

The Tony® Award winner for Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, will play the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre in Boston October 18-23, 2016 in its First National Tour. Presented by the Citi Performing Arts Center, tickets are on sale at the Citi Center box office, through www.citicenter.org  or by calling (866) 348-9738. Press night is set forWednesday, October 19, 2016 at 7:00 pm.

GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER Welcomes Original Broadway Stars on Tour Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Sep 13, 2016

Three members from the original Broadway Production of A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder - Kristen Hahn, Jennifer Smith, and Catherine Walker - join the cast of the First National Tour during its St. Louis engagement at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, tonight, September 13, through September 25, 2016.

GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER to Welcome Original Broadway Stars on Tour
by BWW News Desk - Sep 8, 2016

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder announced today that three members from the original Broadway Production - Kristen Hahn, Jennifer Smith, and Catherine Walker - will join the cast of the First National Tour.

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER Kicks Off the 2016/17 U.S. Bank Broadway Series at the Fox!
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 7, 2016

The 2014 Tony® Award winner for Best Musical, A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER, will make its St. Louis premiere at the Fabulous Fox Theatre September 13 - 25, 2016. The First National Tour of the award winning musical comedy will not only kick off the St. Louis Broadway season brimming with award winning musicals, it will also celebrate one year of entertaining audiences around North America.

BWW Review: GENTLEMEN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at Starlight Theatre
by Alan Portner - Aug 12, 2016

'A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder' is a delightful current work that leans heavily on the British Music Hall tradition of broad comedy and clever plot twists. 'The Gentlemen's Guide' won the 2014 Tony Award for best new musical play. Imagine a game of 'Clue' writ large. 'Gentlemen's Guide' is pure cleverness and fun.

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER Comes to the Fabulous Fox This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Aug 2, 2016

The Tony Award winner for Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, will play at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis September 13 - 25 in its First National Tour.

Photo Flash: Drew Carey Visits 'GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE' at 5th Avenue Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Jul 18, 2016

Drew Carey visited the company of A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder on Friday evening at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle. The first national tour will be playing in Seattle through July 31, 2016. Scroll down for a photo!

BWW Review: Outrageously Fun GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE Hits 5th Ave
by Jay Irwin - Jul 15, 2016

When you're catching the touring production of a show you saw with it's original cast on Broadway, you hope that the folks on tour will be up to par at least somewhat. Such was my fear catching the touring company of the Tony Award winning Best Musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" currently playing at the 5th Avenue Theatre especially for one quite daunting role where the actor must play nine different people. Well, luckily the touring company was completely up to the task especially in that one role making for a hilarious and rousing evening that only did honor to my memory of the original.

5th Avenue Theatre Hosts Free 'Spotlight Night' for 'GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE'
by BWW News Desk - Jun 22, 2016

The 5th Avenue Theatre welcomes audiences to Spotlight Night, an exciting and exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse at the final production in the 2015/16 season, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder.