David Johnson News

Midtown Direct Rep (MDR) will present LET IT SING! Broadway Comes Home for the Holidays, a one-night-only benefit concert on Monday, December 21, 2015 at 7:30pm at the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC, One SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ 07079).

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is proud to announce full casting for the Theatre Company's production of Robert Schenkkan's Tony-Award winning drama, All The Way.

The award-winning comic sensation THE PRODUCERS takes the stage at Mayo Performing Arts Center this weekend, November 19-20, 2015 at 8 pm.

AMERICAN PSYCHO just announced that Tony Award-winner Alice Ripley(Next to Normal), Tony Award nominee Jennifer Damiano (Next to Normal) and Helene Yorke (Bullets over Broadway, 'Masters of Sex') will join previously announced Benjamin Walker (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) in the cast of the highly-anticipated musical. Directed by Rupert Goold (King Charles III), AMERICAN PSYCHO, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, has music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winner Duncan Sheik, a book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa ('Glee') and choreography by Lynne Page (La Cage Aux Folles).

Midtown Direct Rep (MDR) continues its 2015-16 Theater in the Loft series at the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) with a staged reading of WHAT GOD HATH WROUGHT ~ A TRANSATLANTIC FARCE, written by John Walch, with songs by Rachel Peters.

Mel Brooks' outrageously funny, smash-hit musical comedy THE PRODUCERS takes the Palace Theater stage for a special one-night-only performance today, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets for the Waterbury theater's presentation of the record-breaking, twelve-time Tony Award winning and three-time Oliver Award winning musical is sponsored by Ion Bank. Tickets are $64, $57, and $52 and can be purchased online at www.palacetheaterct.org, by phone at 203-346-2000, or in person at the Box Office, 100 East Main St. in Waterbury.

American Psycho is still months away from its Broadway debut, but that doesn't mean you have to wait that long for a taste of Duncan Sheik's new music. The show's official website is featuring clips from some of the songs, including: 'Selling Out,' 'You Are What You Wear,' 'Not a Common Man,' 'Killing Spree,' and 'This Is Not an Exit.' CLICK HERE to listen now!

When author David Johnson was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, he knew he wasn't going to just lie down and accept it. He decided that diabetes would have to learn to live with him. His new self-help book, 'Diabetes, I Ain't Having It!' (published by Balboa Press), describes how he maintains his life even while dealing with this disease.

The award-winning comic sensation THE PRODUCERS takes the stage at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Thursday-Friday, November 19-20, 2015 at 8 pm.

Award-winning comic sensation THE PRODUCERS takes the stage across the U.S. as Big League Productions, Inc. brings the musical theater masterpiece to more than 50 cities starting tonight, October 20, in Elmira, NY. THE PRODUCERS is the hilarious Mel Brooks smash-hit that took Broadway by storm in 2001, winning a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: RIPCORD pits two stage legends off-Broadway, Colin Quinn returns to New York, THE PRODUCERS heads out on tour, and THE BATTERY'S DOWN reunites!

The producers of the American premiere of AMERICAN PSYCHO announce that tickets will go on sale exclusively to Audience Rewards members this coming Monday, October 19th. The pre-sale allows members of the rewards program an opportunity to purchase full price tickets to AMERICAN PSYCHO from Monday, October 19th - Thursday, October 22nd, before tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 23rd.

If you  like to be in-the-know about what's trending in the arts, entertainment and lifestyle scene, the place to get that information and much more is 'Your Palace - Your Place'  the rebranded name of the Palace Theater's radio show heard over WATR 1320AM from 9:10a.m. 10a.m., on the first and third Todays of the month. It is a fast paced 50 minutes  intended to bring listeners an eclectic mix of  celebrity interviews,  theater news from Broadway  and other arts venues and attractions from across the state,  foodie segments featuring chefs and owners from area restaurants, and  other special guests dropping by to dish on fun and fascinating topics.

Award-winning comic sensation THE PRODUCERS takes the stage across the U.S. as Big League Productions, Inc. brings the musical theater masterpiece to more than 50 cities starting October 20 in Elmira, NY. THE PRODUCERS is the hilariousMel Brooks smash-hit that took Broadway by storm in 2001, winning a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards. Go inside rehearsals below!

BroadwayWorld has just learned that film, television, and theatre actor Geoffrey Arend (MADAM SECRETARY on CBS) will be joining previously announced Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus in Midtown Direct Rep's staged reading of THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF NOW, a new play written by Y York and directed by Will Pomerantz.  Broadway actress Marni Raab (The Phantom of the Opera) will read the stage directions. 

If you  like to be in-the-know about what's trending in the arts, entertainment and lifestyle scene, the place to get that information and much more is "Your Palace - Your Place"  the rebranded name of the Palace Theater's radio show heard over WATR 1320AM from 9:10a.m. 10a.m., on the first and third Fridays of the month. It is a fast paced 50 minutes  intended to bring listeners an eclectic mix of  celebrity interviews,  theater news from Broadway  and other arts venues and attractions from across the state,  foodie segments featuring chefs and owners from area restaurants, and  other special guests dropping by to dish on fun and fascinating topics.

North Bay's Watershed Shakespeare Festival Collective is proud to present their highly-acclaimed production of KING LEAR, starring the incomparable David Fox as he makes his return to Theatre Passe Muraille. Set in the British court during the Rebellion of 1837 in pre-Confederation Upper Canada, KING LEARis directed and adapted by Rod Carley.

Mel Brooks' outrageously funny, smash-hit musical comedy THE PRODUCERS takes the Palace Theater stage for a special one-night-only performance on Friday, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets for the Waterbury theater's presentation of the record-breaking, twelve-time Tony Award winning and three-time Oliver Award winning musical is sponsored by Ion Bank. Tickets are $64, $57, and $52 and can be purchased online at www.palacetheaterct.org, by phone at 203-346-2000, or in person at the Box Office, 100 East Main St. in Waterbury.

The China Doll will be followed by an AMERICAN PSYCHO. Based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, AMERICAN PSYCHO the musical will start previews Thursday, March 24th, 2016 at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theater at 236 West 45thStreet. The production will star BENJAMIN WALKER (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) as Patrick Bateman.

Midtown Direct Rep (MDR), kicks off its 2015-16 season at the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) with Theatre in the Loft, a series of staged readings of new plays and musicals. The Impossibility of Now, written by Y York and directed by Will Pomerantz, will be performed for one night only on Sunday, October 18, 2016 at 7pm at SOPAC (One Sopac Way, South Orange, NJ, 07079).