The Corsair 1857 - Articles Page 59

In an initiative intended to attract diverse audience bases, Seattle Opera is Launching LGBT Nights, designed especially for Seattle's Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender community.

BBC News is marking 100 years since the creation of London's West End theatre industry with a series of television and radio reports to be aired in on July 8th

On Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 6:30pm the O'Neill Theater Center will host its Summer Gala honoring one of its flagship programs, the National Music Theater Conference (NMTC) and its founding Artistic Director, Paulette Haupt.

On Monday, July 21st Splash Bar will present a very special edition of Scott Nevins' Curtain Call with the return of one of our favorite belting beauties - Julie Garnye. Tonight, directly following the video madness of 'Musical Mondays', Julie Garnye returns from the West Coast where she is preparing for her performance in the All Star concert version of 'Les Mis' at the Hollywood Bowl!

Inspired by the real life story of a retired French army officer's attempts to set the world record for the longest and fastest free fall, THE WENDY COMPLEX draws upon his unrelenting ambition to do the seemingly impossibly as the creative backdrop for this new groundbreaking play. THE WENDY COMPLEX is a completely fictional account of this story, a fanciful one that worries mostly about the jumper's wife's response to such heroic recklessness.

Tony Award winner Beth Leavel will join the cast of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein as Frau Blucher on Tuesday, July 15, one week earlier than previously announced.

Performances begin tomorrow for the final week to see Signature Theatre Company's world premiere production of EDWARD ALBEE'S OCCUPANT starring Tony® and Academy Award®-winning actress Mercedes Ruehl and two-time Emmy® winner and Tony® nominee Larry Bryggman.

New Repertory Theatre in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, announces it will be extending the run of the World Premiere of 'According to Tip'.

Nine-time Obie Award-winning Soho Rep (46 Walker Street) will present a full slate of new works representing a diverse array of contemporary theater artists during the company's 2008-09 season, beginning with the New York premiere of English playwright Sarah Kane's BLASTED starting October 2, it has been announced by Sarah Benson, artistic director of Soho Rep.

'This Wide Night', the new play by Chloë Moss tackling the effects of imprisonment on women, debuts at the Soho theatre in late July before embarking on a tour.

Flamenco Flamen'ka, a new dance show directed and choreographed by Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood, will open for an eight-week season at the West End's Lyric Theatre from 22 September to 15 November 2008 (previews from 18 September).

Sarah Kane's bleak and controversial drama 'Blasted,' which drew outrage from audiences and critics when it had its premiere in 1995 at the Royal Court Theater Upstairs in London, will make its American debut at SoHo Rep as the first show in that theater's 2008-9 season.

Rising Sun Presents 'Perceptions' an Evening of One Acts at 8PM Thursday, Friday, Saturday 3PM Sunday July 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 17th, 18th, 19th, & 20th at UNDER St. Marks 94 St. Marks Place (between 1st Avenue and Avenue A).

American radio and television personality Joe Franklin, who has been entertaining New York audiences for more than half a century, will be the recipient of The Theatre Museum's Career Achievement Award at its 2008 Awards Gala.

SONNET REPERTORY THEATRE'S take on A Midsummer Night's Dream is straightforward. So reset your Midsummer tolerance clocks, erase all those preconceived notions, and bring along your love of Shakespeare to Manhattan's Bank Street Theatre, July 18 - 27.

A new production of the Broadway comedy 'A Shot in the Dark', about a sexy French maid accused of murdering her Spanish lover, will be presented at Where Eagles Dare Theatre as part of the ninth annual Midtown International Theatre Festival.

The award-winning intimate concert venue The Metropolitan Room has picked a unique cross-section of performers, journalists and industry figures to serve as judges for the club's first 'Metrostar Talent Challenge,' a seven-week jury and audience-voted elimination-round competition that begins July 7.

The classic American musical West Side Story plays at Toby's Baltimore location through August 24.

Screen actress Juliette Binoche and Akdram Khan have started a new contemporary dance theater piece called In-I. The piece will have its premiere at the National Theater where it will run from September 18th through October 9th 2008 before departing on a national tour.

According to UK's Now Magazine, a musical comedy about the lives of Victoria and David Beckham titled MacBecks is in the works.