'Vanities' Starring Kennedy Comes To Pasadena Before B'way
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2008
Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director, Brian Colburn, Managing Director, Tom Ware, Producing Director) announced casting today for VANITIES, A New Musical by Jack Heifner, with music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum, directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey. Set to star are Lauren Kennedy (Spamalot, Side Show) as Mary, Sarah Stiles (Avenue Q, …Spelling Bee) as Joanne and Anneliese van der Pol (Beauty and the Beast, TV's 'That's So Raven') as Kathy. Preview performances begin on August 22 with the official press opening on August 29 at Pasadena Playhouse (39 S. El Molino Avenue).
'Vanities' Heads To Broadway In Fall '08 Starring Kennedy
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2008
Casting has been announced for VANITIES, A New Musical by Jack Heifner, with music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum, directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey. Starring Lauren Kennedy (Spamalot, Side Show) as Mary, Sarah Stiles (Avenue Q, …Spelling Bee) as Joanne and Anneliese van der Pol (Beauty and the Beast, TV's 'That's So Raven') as Kathy, VANITIES will open on Broadway in the Fall of 2008 at a theatre to be announced.
Whoopi Goldberg & Caroline Rhea to Host Fire Island Dance Fest
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2008
The Fire Island Dance Festival returns to Fire Island Pines for a trio of outdoor party/performances on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20, 2008. Now in its 14th year, FIDF is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA), a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Northwestern Announces Summer Music Theatre Programs
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2008
This summer, Northwestern University's American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) and the Theatre and Interpretation Center will present the Summer 2008 musical theatre programs on the Evanston campus.
LAByrinth Reuintes Original 'A Train' Cast For One Night, 6/22
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2008
LAByrinth Theater Company (John Ortiz, Artistic Director; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Co-Artistic Director; John Gould Rubin, Co-Artistic Director & Executive Director) will reunite the original cast of the groundbreaking international hit, 'Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train' by Stephen Adly Guirgis for a one-night only benefit reading at Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street) on Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Cates and More Join 'Broadway Loves Country!' 6/1
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2008
Jamie McGonnigal and Joe's Pub present Broadway Loves Country, the next in the 'Broadway Loves' Series, following two sold-out rockin' evenings of Broadway Loves the 80's! The concert will feature a truckload of Broadway stars sangin' their hearts out to their favorite country tunes!
'Ugly Betty' Rumored To Be Coming To Broadway
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2008
Actor Michael Urie of the popular ABC television show 'Ugly Betty' told a British radio station today that rumors of the series being adapted for Broadway are true.