Alex Timbers News

The Public Theater recently announced that Louis Cancelmi, last seen as Caliban in the Shakespeare in the Park production of The Tempest, had stepped into the company of Troilus and Cressida as Achilles, replacing David Harbour, who suffered an injury during previews and will be unable to complete the run. The play celebrates its opening tonight, August 9, after a short delay.

This weekend's big news: Norbert Leo Butz returns to Feinstein's/54 Below, KINKY BOOTS performs at 'Broadway in the Boros', and newest edition of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES premieres in Houston!

Variety reports exclusively that director Alex Timbers has exited the highly anticipated Broadway adaptation of Disney's FROZEN.

It wouldn't be surprising if the OH, HELLO pair were around for the 1939 release of T.S. Eliot's collection of poems, 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.'

The Public Theater announced today that Louis Cancelmi, last seen as Caliban in the Shakespeare in the Park production of The Tempest, has joined the company of TROILUS AND CRESSIDA as Achilles. He is replacing David Harbour who suffered an injury during previews and will be unable to complete the run. The new press opening will now be Tuesday, August 9.

The word 'unauthorized' has been used to promote numerous musical spoofs, but does the word protect the creators from claims of copyright infringement?

Last Summer, Theatre Horizon began a new Summer Concert Series called 42nd and Main. Each year, Theatre Horizon brings together Philadelphia and Broadway stars for a one-night only concert reading. This year, the theatre brings audiences Alex Timbers' raucous musical about America's First Political Populist President, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Thursday, August 4 at 7:30 p.m. Along with this extremely relevant musical, Theatre Horizon is introducing an innovative ticketing system for this event. With this event, Theatre Horizon will institute a test run of Pay What You Decide Ticketing. Tickets can be reserved online at www.theatrehorizon.org.

Azuka Theatre invites audiences to pay-what-you-decide for the entire 2016-2017 theater season with an innovative new approach to ticketing. A city that celebrates so many historic "firsts" is the perfect place to launch the only full-season model of this kind in the United States.

Kroll and Mulaney's wildly popular alter egos Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland are determine to have the biggest hit on Broadway.

The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) will celebrate its 20th Anniversary August 12 - 28, 2016. This year the festival presents programming by nearly 200 of the world's best emerging theatre troupes and dance companies. With attendance topping 75,000 people, FringeNYC is New York City's fifth largest event (just behind New York International Auto Show, Tribeca Film Festival, New York City Marathon, and New York Comic Con).

Nick Kroll and John Mulaney's wildly popular alter egos Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland will make their debuts on the Great White Way in their acclaimed masterpiece, Oh, Hello on BROADWAY at The Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). In preparation for the show's Broadway run, the Nick Kroll and John Mulaney's wildly popular alter egos Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland will make their debuts on the Great White Way in their acclaimed masterpiece, Oh, Hello on Broadway at The Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). In preparation for the show's New York run, the pair posted some vintage footage for Throwback Thursday - check it out below! posted some vintage footage for Throwback Thursday - check it out below!

Presented by The Barn Stage Company, the 2016 Summer Series opens in July with the Tony Award-winning play, Peter And The Starcatcher! The show runs Thursday-Sunday for three weekends at The Truax Building in Old Town Temecula. This production comes to Temecula for the first time! An Inland Empire Premiere! Peter And The Starcatcher will be directed by J. Scott Lapp, with Movement by Chelsea Nicole and Musical Direction by Leigh Sutherlin.

Presented by The Barn Stage Company, the 2016 Summer Series opens in this month with the Tony Award-winning play, Peter And The Starcatcher!

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing professionals, presented the 6th annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards on June 21st at Sardi's, honoring outstanding achievement in Off Broadway theatre for the 2015 - 2016 season. Honorees were on hand to receive their awards and Anne Jackson & Eli Wallach, Anne Meara, and Elizabeth Swados were posthumously inducted into the Off Broadway Hall of Fame. Scroll down for photos from the event!

Get ready for a night of laughter on the Great White Way! As BroadwayWorld has recently reported, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney will be taking their famed alter egos Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland to the Broadway stage with Oh, Hello this fall. After a successful off-Broadway run, OH, HELLO will return to New York at The Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Performances will begin on September 23, and will run through January 8 2017. Alex Timbers directs. OH, HELLO on BROADWAY is Gil and George's 'memoir for the stage' - a laugh-a-minute two-man tour-de-force that's part scripted, part spontaneous comedy, and totally unprecedented. Tickets for Oh, Hello on BROADWAY are now on sale through www.telecharge.com, The Lyceum Theatre box office opens on August 26.

After a sold-out Off-Broadway run, the outrageously-opinionated 70-somethings come to Broadway.

Nick Kroll and John Mulaney announced today that at long last, their wildly popular alter egos Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland will make their debuts on The Great White Way in their acclaimed masterpiece, OH, HELLO on BROADWAY at The Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street).

The new attraction features all new special effects, animatronic figures and a special visit with Queen Elsa in her ice palace.

Currently performing at the Lyric Stage in Boston is PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, Rick Elice's (Jersey Boys, The Addams Family) theatrical prequel to Peter Pan based on the best-selling children's novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. On and Off-Broadway, this high-energy, whimsical back story, directed by Alex Timbers and the late Roger Rees, took riotous, magical flight. At the Lyric, Peter barely gets off the ground.

A Disney Cruise Line show will join the upcoming Broadway production and the recently opened Disneyland Resort attraction.