David Wicks News

The Program Launch for the second half of 2015 shows that the Independent Music Theatre team comprising Luckiest Productions (David Campbell, Lisa Campbell and Richard Carroll), Neglected Musicals (Michelle Guthrie), and Neil Gooding Productions, the driving force behind Hayes Theatre Company, have no intention of slowing down are staying true to their vision to provide a permanent home for small-scale musical theatre and cabaret.

The Sound of Music has seen several UK tours and productions over recent years and the Curve has decided to produce yet another version of the show for its Christmas production this year. Some say it's been done to death and Bill Kenwright has just announced another tour featuring Danielle Hope as Maria but the Curve somehow always manages to find something fresh. Artistic Director Paul Kerryson leaves the Curve on a massive directorial high.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Award-winning photographer Henry Dallal was joined by leaders from across governments, academia, civil society, media, and entertainment to commemorate the launch during Climate Week in New York of Addressing Climate Change: An Illustrated Biography of the Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (Gilgamesh Publishing, bit.ly/AClimateChange), his new book that captures the art, science, and diversity of climate change negotiations. The book launch will continue with additional major events in Europe, the Middle East, and South America in the lead-up to the December 2014 round of climate negotiations in Lima, Peru and 2015 negotiations in Paris, France.

Curve today announce casting for their production of The Sound of Music. Paul Kerryson will direct a cast including Emma Clifford (Baroness Elsa Schraeder), Michael French (Captain Von Trapp), Emma Harrold (Liesl Von Trapp), Mark Inscoe (Max Dettweiler),Laura Pitt-Pulford (Maria Rainer), Lucy Schaufer (Mother Abbess), Annie Wensak (Frau Schmidt), and Jack Wilcox (Rolf Gruber).

Founder Miral Kotb and cast members from the Off-Broadway smash spectacle iLUMINATE presided over the opening bell at NASDAQ MarketSite yesterday July 10th. The ceremony was broadcast live on the 7-story-tall NASDAQ Tower looming over Times Square at Broadway & 43rd Street. iLUMINATE opened its new 2014 edition on January 27th to unanimous rave reviews, led by The New York Times which dubbed the hit show 'Spectacular, magical and dazzling!' iLuminate wowed the nation with their groundbreaking light suits and innovative dance moves on NBC's 'America's Got Talent,' where the dance-in-the-dark sensation was selected as one of the hit show's top finalists after judge Piers Morgan called them 'The Best New Act in America!'

Starz brought Miami Beach to Tar Beach with a day-long consumer event featuring 'summer fun' vintage beach wear fashion shows (50s & 60s period designs, bikinis and one pieces), styled by Emmy Award winning costume designer, Carol Ramsey showcasing and inspired by the period series that premieres Friday, June 14th. Fans had a chance to view a classic 1959 convertible, take part in beach blanket bingo and other fun in the sun activities and be served by some of the most handsome cabana boys ever to take Manhattan. Scroll down for photos from the festivities!

The stars of Off-Broadway's newest hit comedy How To Be a New Yorker presided over the closing bell at NASDAQ MarketSite on November 5th. The ceremony was broadcast live on the 7-story-tall NASDAQ Tower looming over Times Square at Broadway & 43rd Street. Check out photos of Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle at NASDAQ below!

In honor of her recent extension at Off-Broadway's DR 2 Theatre, Judy Gold, star of The Judy Show - My Life As A Sitcom, visited the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to ring the Opening Bell on Tuesday morning, August 16th. Introduced by David Wicks, VP, NASDAQ OMX, Judy rang the opening bell surrounded by friends and colleagues as the ceremony was broadcast onto the NASDAQ jumbo-tron in Times Square.

The stars of Off-Broadway's hit play FREUD'S LAST SESSION, Mark H. Dold and Martin Rayner, presided over the closing bell at NASDAQ MarketSite on November 11th (Veterans Day).

Playwright Luigi Creatore, director Kim Weild and the cast of AN ERROR OF THE MOON, a speculation of jealousy, madness and the brothers Booth, presided over the closing bell at NASDAQ MarketSite yesterday, August 24th.

It was a starry night on Broadway, as theater legends and American icons came out to support the launch of the Broadway Walk of Stars project. Arlene Dahl, creator of the project, had dreamt for years of lining New York's most famous thoroughfare with stars.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center will present their 3rd Annual Rock & Run on the River, a 5K run/walk and outdoor celebration benefiting survivorship programs at MSKCC. Participants can use the secure site http://www.rockandrunontheriver.org/ to register for the event, which is scheduled for Sunday, June 7, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon at Hudson River Park's Pier 84.

Leslie Kritzer and Doug Kreeger, stars of the new hit Off-Broadway musical ROOMS a rock romance, rang the NASDAQ closing bell in Times Square on Wednesday, April 29th. Introduced by NASDAQ Vice President David Wicks, Leslie and Doug addressed market-followers from around the world via satellite feed and the ceremony was broadcast live on the NASDAQ jumbotron looming over Times Square at Broadway & 43rd Street.

Alan Rickman directs a play, tickets soar above Broadway prices and Brad Oscar gives us Max in London