Drew Fornarola News

The Devil Boys are back! We're reviving our 2011 production that started it all. Flying Saucers...Backstabbing Bitches...Muscle Hunks and Men in Pumps! Wake up and smell the alien invasion in this outrageous comedy. Devil Boys from Beyond is an uproarious homage to C-movies, lead-ing ladies, low-budget sci-films of the 50's and the golden age of camp. Cheap in all the right ways, you'll laugh your a#@^ probe off! Performances are September 20th thru September 29th at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215. For tickets or more information, visit: http://evolutiontheatre.org/

Cabaret patroness Madame Mathieu has selected Devin Ilaw (Les Miserables, Miss Saigon) and AJ Shively (Bright Star, La Cage aux Folles) as guests of honor at the September edition of Bistro Awards Critics' Pick Madame's Soiree. The Broadway duo will be joined on the program by a distinguished group of emerging artists from a variety of disciplines.

Uptown Players, a professional theater group located in the Uptown area of Dallas, has announced its programming for its upcoming Gay History Play Festival. From September 28 through October 19, 2018, Uptown Players will present three plays with themes that focus on Gay History.

Broadway's Devin Ilaw (Les Miserables, Miss Siagon) and Jonah Platt (Wicked, Jesus Christ Superstar Live) will complete the cast of Starring Buffalo's upcoming concerts of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. They play Clopin and Captain Phoebus, respectively, and join previously announced visiting artists Alex Wyse (Spring Awakening, Lysistrata Jones) as Quasimodo, and Dan'yelle Williamson (Memphis, Rocky The Musical) as Esmeralda. Noted Buffalo vocalist and conductor Keith Ersing plays Frollo, and all will be joined by a company of star Buffalo actors including Leah Berst, Charmagne Chi, Arianne Davidow, Matthew Iwanski-Jackson, Dudney Joseph, Ben Michael Moran, Katy Miner, Raphael Santos.

Founders Drew Fornarola, Laura Brodie, and Steven Tartick are proud to announce the creation of STARRING BUFFALO, a new not-for-profit arts organization that brings together Broadway's best performers, Buffalo's top theater and music professionals, and talented area students to create unforgettable theatrical experiences.

Honeck-Moss Productions presents "In The Works." This exciting series is in it's second season was conceived as an opportunity for composers to try out new work in front of an audience and see how it plays in a supportive environment. It is also an opportunity to create community among the composers and their performers.

Cabaret patroness Madame Mathieu has selected two-time Tony Award nominee Bob Stillman (Grey Gardens, Kiss of the Spider Woman) and MTV's Paul Iacono (The Hard Times of RJ Berger, FAME) as guests of honor at the July 26th edition of Bistro Awards Critics' Pick Madame Mathieu's Soiree. The duo will be joined on the program by a distinguished group of emerging artists from a variety of disciplines.

Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director / Melissa Huber, Managing DIrector) is pleased to announce additional songwriters contributing material to its next IGNITE Series concert event, The Rave Revue. 

Cabaret patroness Madame Mathieu has selected two-time Tony Award nominee Bob Stillman (Grey Gardens, Kiss of the Spider Woman) and MTV's Paul Iacono (The Hard Times of RJ Berger, FAME) as guests of honor at the July 26th edition of Bistro Awards Critics' Pick Madame Mathieu's Soiree. The duo will be joined on the program by a distinguished group of emerging artists from a variety of disciplines.

Prospect Theater Company announces the line-up of artists participating in its next IGNITE Series event, an ongoing concert series featuring today's new voices shaping tomorrow's musicals.

SHEL: A Historically Fictionalized Musical will be the latest new musical to benefit from Broadway Dreams' New Works Development Project. With a book, music, and lyrics by Noah Kieserman, SHEL will receive workshops this summer at Theatre Calgary in Canada, the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Charlotte, NC, and the Herb Alpert Center at Harlem School of the Arts in NYC as part of the non-profit's Summer Performing Arts Intensive Tour, The Hits Reimagined.

Cabaret patroness Madame Mathieu has selected Lindsey Brett Carothers (Bring it On, Wicked), and Josh Walden (Ragtime, A Chorus Line) as guests of honor at the May 17th edition of Bistro Awards Critics' Pick Madame's Soiree. The Broadway duo will be joined on the program by a distinguished group of emerging artists from a variety of disciplines.

Cabaret patroness Madame Mathieu has selected Lindsey Brett Carothers (Bring it On, Wicked), and Josh Walden (Ragtime, A Chorus Line) as guests of honor at the May 17th edition of Bistro Awards Critics' Pick Madame's Soiree. The Broadway duo will be joined on the program by a distinguished group of emerging artists from a variety of disciplines.

Last night triangle productions! announced it's 29th season to a packed house. Here's the shows and some of the stars that will be appearing in them:

A Little New Music returned to the Catalina Jazz Club in the heart of Hollywood on Tuesday, March 6 with a stellar lineup of singers and new musical theatre songs. Scroll down for photos from this exciting evening!

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) is pleased to announce names of our 2018 MAC Award Songwriting nominees.

An overcapacity audience enthusiastically greeted Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola, the award-winning playwrights of the off-Broadway hit STRAIGHT, at Utah Repertory Theater Company's regional premiere production in Salt Lake City.

A Little New Music returns to the Catalina Jazz Club in the heart of Hollywood on Tuesday, March 6 at 8:30pm, with a stellar lineup of singers and exciting new musical theatre songs! Scroll down for photos of the cast in rehearsal.

Cabaret patroness Madame Mathieu has selected Charlie Franklin (The Book of Mormon, The Bridges of Madison County), and Emily Rodgers (If/Then) as guests of honor at the March 15th edition of Bistro Awards Critics' Pick Madame Mathieu's Soiree. The Broadway duo will premiere new songs by award winning composer Ryan Scott Oliver (Jasper in Deadland, 35MM) and will be joined on the program by a distinguished group of artists from a variety of disciplines.

A Little New Music will spotlight a diverse array of artists performing new and unheard musical theatre songs in a classic cabaret setting at Hollywood's historic Catalina Jazz Club on Tuesday, March 6 at 8:30pm.  Audiences of A Little New Music's concert series discover firsthand pieces of musical theatre that could become Broadway hits.