Christian Anderson News

Galli Theater adds third location to reach more children with its fairy tale performances in New York City.

The 2011 Festival of New American Musicals, a five-month musical theatre festival, will be held April 1 through August 28, 2011, throughout Southern California.

The 2011 Festival of New American Musicals, a five-month musical theatre festival, will be held April 1 through August 28, 2011, throughout Southern California. Marcia Seligson, Bob Klein, and Linda Shusett are the Executive Producers of the annual festival, now in its fourth year. This year's Festival includes 16 world premieres, and an additional 10 west coast premieres.

THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING, a ballet with music by the Pet Shop Boys, will premiere at London's Sadler's Wells on March 22, 2011, whatsonstage.com reports. The ballet, based on Hans Christian Anderson's story, tells of a quest to find 'the most incredible thing' in order to marry a princess, the report says. Javier de Frutos will direct and choreograph, and Ivan Putov will star. The production will run until March 26, and there will be a week of previews before the opening, the report says.

Galli Theater has children's favorite fairy tales coming up this spring on Saturdays, and Sundays at 2 p.m. at its new residence on 347 West 36th Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, Manhattan.

Galli Theater has children's favorite fairy tales coming up this spring on Saturdays, and Sundays at 2 p.m. at its new residence on 347 West 36th Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, Manhattan.

- Today, Jubilee Theatre's artistic director, Tre Garrett, announced the final production of the theatre's monumental 30th Anniversary Season.

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

TheatreWorks joins indie-pop trio GrooveLily to usher in the New Year with a special limited engagement of the smash holiday hit STRIKING 12.

GrooveLily, the trio behind the off-Broadway hit STRIKING 12, will revive their performance for a December 31st New Years Eve performance at the Merkin Concert Hall. The performance will mark GrooveLily's first and only appearance in Manhattan in 2009. STRIKING 12 is written by Brendan Milburn (book, music and lyrics), Tony Award winner Rachel Sheinkin (book and lyrics) and Valerie Vigoda (book, music and lyrics).

TheatreWorks joins indie-pop trio GrooveLily to usher in the New Year with a special limited engagement of the smash holiday hit STRIKING 12.

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

SpeakEasy Stage breaks from holiday tradition with New Year's Eve story by indie rock trio GrooveLily and Tony winner Rachel Sheinkin, with a big nod to Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Match Girl.'

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

TheatreWorks joins indie-pop trio GrooveLily to usher in the New Year with a special limited engagement of the smash holiday hit STRIKING 12.

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

Blue Spruce Theatre will present Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once on this Island October 7-24, 2010 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts (321 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA). Show times are 7:30 pm on Thursdays; Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm; matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $22-$25 (+$1.99 fee for credit cards) and are available by phone 1-800-838-3006. For more information visit http://www.bluesprucetheatre.org.