Alliance Theatre News

Manhattan Theatre Club will present its annual Winter Benefit, an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show featuring some of the biggest stars of musical theatre on Monday, January 30, 2012 at The Plaza (58th Street & Fifth Avenue).

Pioneer Theatre Company will present the next production in its New Plays Initiative, the world premiere of Find and Sign by Wendy MacLeod.

Florida Rep Crosses the Pond with Comedy, BEDROOM FARCE! Florida Repertory Theatre is pleased to announce the opening of Bedroom Farce, a wickedly funny comedy from England's favourite playwright, Alan Ayckbourn. Playing January 31 - February 25 with three nearly sold-out discounted previews on Jan. 31, Feb. 1 and 2, Bedroom Farce proves hilariously that sometimes marital discord can be fun...as long as it's someone else's.

One of the most belovedcharacters of American literature comes to life in an imaginative new adaptation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Twain's enduring paean to the joys of childhood is adapted for the stage by Laura Eason and directed by Jeremy B. Cohen. The production runs January 20-February 12 at Spencer Theatre in the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center on the UMKC campus.

Signature Theatre is offering a special "20 for $20" ticket special to see the world premiere of the Generation Me tragic comedy Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo.

Happy Medium Theatre, Inc. (HMT) will present Election Day, written by Josh Tobiessen and directed by Lizette M. Morris.

Staff Conductor Jere Flint will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in The Fabled Cinderella with the Enchantment Theatre Company on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.

Writers' Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, continues its 20th Anniversary Season with Hesperia by Randall Colburn, directed by Associate Artistic Director Stuart Carden.

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) has announced the cast and special events for its presentation of Bring It On: The Musical, which runs January 24 - February 5, 2012 atHobby Center for the Performing Arts.

Rehearsals are underway for the world premiere of Danai Gurira's The Convert at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ, January 13 through February 12, 2012 (press opening: January 20). Directed by Emily Mann, The Convert is produced in association with Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles) and The Goodman Theatre (Chicago). The cast features Pascale Armand, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Zainab Jah, Kevin Mambo, LeRoy McClain, Warner Joseph Miller, and Harold Surratt.

The landmark trial of the Scottsboro Boys is brought to life in Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of the multiple Tony-nominated musical The Scottsboro Boys with music and lyrics by the legendary team of John Kander and Fred Ebb and book by David Thompson, running January 20-February 19 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets).

Atlanta Lyric Theatre today announced the casting for "Ain't Misbehavin'.

The Carbonell Awards, the arts organization that 'recognizes and awards excellence in South Florida theatre,' today announced the nominations for the 2011 season.

Aurora Theatre invites you to curl up with the psychological drama A Body of Water, by nationally renowned playwright and Pulitzer Prize nominee Lee Blessing, running January 19 - February 12, 2012.

Atlanta Lyric Theatre Artistic Director and General Manager Brandt Blocker announced today that Bobby Johnston has been hired as full-time production manager and technical director for the 32-year-old musical theatre company.

Lookingglass Theatre Company will present Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting, written by Ed Schmidt and directed by ensemble member J. Nicole Brooks.

Pioneer Theatre Company will present the next production in its New Plays Initiative, the world premiere of Find and Sign by Wendy MacLeod.

Cleveland Play House (CPH) will to produce Jeffrey Hatcher's backstage comedy Ten Chimneys as the inaugural production in the new Second Stage, one of only three fully outfitted, flexible theatres in the nation.

After an intense internal auditing process, the results are in for the 2011 Florida Awards! This year's awards broke traffic records and we couldn't be more excited to announce the 2011 BroadwayWorld Florida Award winners!