Davenport Theatrical Enterprises News

BroadwayClubhouse.com is proud to present the return of MOST LIKELY TO: THE SENIOR SUPERLATIVE MUSICAL by Michael Tester as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival. With schools and regional theatres looking for alternatives to Grease or High School Musical compounded by the daunting challenge in finding suitable material for auditions, published and produced New York playwright, composer and drama mentor Michael Tester, an original co-author of Ken Davenport's long running Off-Broadway hit, The Awesome 80s Prom, has created his own solution in MOST LIKELY TO.

The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center) in association with Davenport Theatrical Enterprises presents the WORLD PREMIERE of Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage in the Jaeb Theater, beginning June 9 and continuing through July 3.

Jennifer Barnhart - the original AVENUE Q cast member who performed with the show for over seven years from the very beginning at the Vineyard Theatre through its entire run on Broadway - will once again join AVENUE Q when she resumes the roles of Mrs. T, Bad Idea Bear and other characters on Sunday, May 2nd at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) in Manhattan.

Jennifer Barnhart - the original AVENUE Q cast member who performed with the show for over seven years from the very beginning at the Vineyard Theatre through its entire run on Broadway - will once again join AVENUE Q when she resumes the roles of Mrs. T, Bad Idea Bear and other characters on Sunday, May 2nd at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) in Manhattan.

Ann Sanders -- who enjoyed a long run as Christmas Eve in AVENUE Q during its record-breaking six-year run on Broadway -- returns to the Tony Award-winning musical to resume the role of the lovable, no-nonsense Japanese therapist starting Monday, April 5 at New World Stages (340 W. 50 St.) in Manhattan.

Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (author of the popular blog, www.TheProducersPerspective.com) will present THE DAVENPORT THEATRICAL DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES, four readings of new works (plays and/or musicals) beginning Monday, March 15th at a theater to be announced.

Celebrate Valentine's Day in style this year -- just like AVENUE Q's Rod (photo attached) -- and bring your sweetheart to AVENUE Q at New World Stages (340 West 50 Street) in Manhattan.

Broadway Clubhouse and Shortened Attention Span are proud to present the return of MOST LIKELY TO: THE SENIOR SUPERLATIVE MUSICAL by Michael Tester.

Celebrate Valentine's Day in style this year -- just like AVENUE Q's Rod (photo attached) -- and bring your sweetheart to AVENUE Q at New World Stages (340 West 50 Street) in Manhattan.

Broadway Clubhouse and Shortened Attention Span are proud to present the return of MOST LIKELY TO: THE SENIOR SUPERLATIVE MUSICAL by Michael Tester.

Sarah Stiles, who starred as Kate Monster and Lucy in AVENUE Q on Broadway, will re-join the cast of the musical now at New World Stages (340 W. 50 St. in Manhattan) starting Friday, January 8, 2010.

Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (author of the popular blog, www.TheProducersPerspective.com) will present THE DAVENPORT THEATRICAL DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES, four readings of new works (plays and/or musicals) beginning Monday, March 15th at a theater to be announced.

Broadway Clubhouse and Shortened Attention Span are proud to present the return of MOST LIKELY TO: THE SENIOR SUPERLATIVE MUSICAL by Michael Tester.

Broadway Clubhouse and Shortened Attention Span are proud to present the return of MOST LIKELY TO: THE SENIOR SUPERLATIVE MUSICAL by Michael Tester.

Broadway Clubhouse and Shortened Attention Span are proud to present the return of MOST LIKELY TO: THE SENIOR SUPERLATIVE MUSICAL by Michael Tester.

Broadway Clubhouse and Shortened Attention Span are proud to present the return of MOST LIKELY TO: THE SENIOR SUPERLATIVE MUSICAL by Michael Tester.

To honor the release on iTunes of the hotly anticipated cast album of ROOMS a rock romance, Celina Carvajal, Broadway starlet and ROOMS a rock romance cast member, will be performing a one night concert of songs by composer Paul Scott Goodman on December 7, 2009 at Sweet Caroline's Piano Bar in midtown.

To honor the release on iTunes of the hotly anticipated cast album of ROOMS a rock romance, Celina Carvajal, Broadway starlet and ROOMS a rock romance cast member, will be performing a one night concert of songs by composer Paul Scott Goodman on December 7, 2009 at Sweet Caroline's Piano Bar in midtown.

Some things aren't only for now! Announced from the stage tonight by producer Kevin McCollum was the unprecedented news that AVENUE Q was making theatre history by moving BACK off Broadway and that it will re-open on October 9, 2009 at New World Stages. The show will be presented in its entirety and from the same production, design and producer team as its current Broadway incarnation. An official announcement is expected tomorrow.

AVENUE Q, the Tony Award-winning musical that has delighted and surprised theatergoers since it first arrived on Broadway in 2003, had another surprise in store when the musical's producers announced from the stage at the conclusion of the show's final Broadway performance at the John Golden Theatre (252 W. 45 St.) on September 13, 2009 that AVENUE Q will, in fact, move to a new address in the Times Square neighborhood and begin performances on October 9 at New World Stages (340 W. 50 St.). BroadwayWorld.com was there as the stunning news broke and our cameras caught the exciting moment.