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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF to Open at Saint Michael's Playhouse on June 18
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 10, 2013


Saint Michael's Playhouse has been producing professional theater since 1947 and is located in Colchester, Vermont minutes from downtown Burlington and Lake Champlain. For more information and tickets, visitsaintmichaelsplayhouse.org or call 802-654-2281 and www.saintmichaelsplayhouse.org

NANCE's Leon Rothenberg Wins Best Sound Design - Play
by Caryn Robbins - Jun 9, 2013


Leon Rothenberg has won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play for THE NANCE.

'VIRGINIA WOOLF' Wins Best Revival of a Play
by Caryn Robbins - Jun 9, 2013


The critically-acclaimed 50th anniversary Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.

Photo Flash: First Look at DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE, Opening Tonight at ICT
by BWW News Desk - Jun 7, 2013


An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet cafe. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man, with a lot of loose ends. Richard Israeldirects Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative and off-center romantic comedy by MacArthur 'Genius' Grant recipient Sarah Ruhl, opening tonight, June 7 at International City Theatre (ICT) in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below!

THE THEORETICAL PHYSICS OF PROCRASTINATION [THE SECOND PART] Plays The Brick, Now thru 6/21
by BWW News Desk - Jun 8, 2013


The Brick Theater Inc, in association with New York Neo Futurists' Christopher Loar, presents The Theoretical Physics of Procrastination [The Second Part] as part of sound scape: A Theatrical Festival of Sound Design at The Brick.

OUTwright Theatre Festival to Kick Off June 11
by BWW News Desk - Jun 6, 2013


The OUTwright Theatre Festival kicks off next week!

2013 Tony Awards: All the Winners' Speeches!
by BWW Special Coverage - Jun 9, 2013


THE 67TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS are being broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall, tonight, June 9th (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. The show returns to Radio City Music Hall after two years at the Beacon Theatre. Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris returns as host. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you the winners' speeches LIVE! Scroll down to read each winner's acceptance speech!

Tracy Letts & Carrie Coon Announce Engagement!
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 6, 2013


Today, Coon confirmed the celebratory news to The Capital Times that she and costar Letts are engaged.

E. Faye Butler and Nova Y. Payton to Star in SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE at Arena Stage; 2013-14 Season Additions Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Jun 5, 2013


Two area favorites E. Faye Butler and Nova Y. Payton will unite to star in Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber and Stoller in Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater's 2013/14 season.

Pat Sajak Stars in CRT's THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, Now thru 6/15
by BWW News Desk - Jun 6, 2013


Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present The Drowsy Chaperone, starring Pat Sajak as the Man in the Chair, as the first of its three-show Summer Nutmeg Summer Series, tonight, June 6 - 15 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre, Storrs.

SDCF to Present Broadway Directors Pam MacKinnon and Kathleen Marshall in Conversation, 6/12
by BWW News Desk - Jun 5, 2013


Please join SDCF for an upcoming One-on-One Conversation with Pam MacKinnon and Kathleen Marshall on Wednesday, June 12, 8:00pm - 9:30pm at the Axis Company, 1 Sheridan Square, New York, NY.

YOU ARE DEAD. YOU ARE HERE. Opens Tonight at HERE
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 5, 2013


As part of its 2012-2013 producing Season, HERE proudly presents You Are Dead. You Are Here. Together, playwright Christine Evans, director Joseph Megel and media designer Jared Mezzocchi have formed Transit Lounge, and You Are Dead. You Are Here. marks the company's debut production. This world premiere plays a limited engagement June 5-22, with Official Opening Night on Sunday, June 9 at 8:30PM at HERE (145 Sixth Avenue, just below Spring Street).

Philadelphia Young Playwrights to Launch Paula Vogel Mentors Project
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 5, 2013


Philadelphia Young Playwrights has kicked off its 25th anniversary celebration by announcing the launch of the Paula Vogel Mentors Project, a living award honoring the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and teacher and extending her mentorship legacy. The three-year pilot program will bring together five acclaimed professional playwrights as mentors for five promising young playwright fellows, who will embark on yearlong playwriting journeys.

New Musical Adaptation, A Minister's Wife Plays San Jose Rep - June 20 - July 14
by Robert Diamond - Jun 5, 2013


The poignant and provocative new musical, A Minister's Wife, makes its West Coast premiere at San Jose Rep June 20 - July 14, 2013.

Kalukango, Smith and Plummer Join Christiane Noll in Reading of COAL for The Fundamental Theater Projects Reading Series - MASS RHETORIC
by Robert Diamond - Jun 5, 2013


C.O.A.L. (confessions of a liar) by David Brian Colbert, will receive a reading in Manhattan as part of The Fundamental Theater Projects Bi-annual Reading Series- MASS RHETORIC. Each play in the series represents one of the five cannons of rhetoric: Style, Arrangement, Memory, Delivery and Invention.

Guthrie Theater Appoints Danielle St. Germain-Gordon as New Director of Development
by BWW News Desk - Jun 4, 2013


Guthrie Theater director Joe Dowling today announced the appointment of Danielle St. Germain-Gordon as the theater's Director of Development. St. Germain-Gordon comes to the Guthrie from Arena Stage in Washington, DC, where she served as Chief Development Officer since 2011. Prior to that, she spent three years with American Alliance of Museums (AAM) in Washington, DC, most recently as Vice President for Institutional Advancement.

HERE Presents Transit Lounge's YOU ARE DEAD. YOU ARE HERE., Now thru 6/22
by BWW News Desk - Jun 5, 2013


As part of its 2012-2013 producing Season, HERE will present You Are Dead. You Are Here. Together, playwright Christine Evans, director Joseph Megel and media designer Jared Mezzocchi have formed Transit Lounge, and You Are Dead. You Are Here. marks the company's debut production. This world premiere plays a limited engagement tonight, June 5-22, with Official Opening Night on Sunday, June 9 at 8:30PM at HERE (145 Sixth Avenue, just below Spring Street).

James Black and Elizabeth Bunch to Star in AGATHA CHRISTIE'S THE HOLLOW at Alley Theatre; Full Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Jun 4, 2013


Beginning in July 2013, the Alley Theatre will produce Agatha Christie's The Hollow during its popular ExxonMobil Summer Chills series. Under the direction of Gregory Boyd, the Alley's resident company of actors will bring to life the colorful cast of characters in Agatha Christie's The Hollow.

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