Eric Schaeffer News

This summer, the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre features exciting performances ranging from its specialty, fully staged musicals with Ititle of show] and Chess, to its popular cabaret evenings of show tunes, jazz, blues, and rock.

Signature Theatre, winner of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents the Washington premiere of the hit musical comedy [title of show], winner of three Obie Awards and a Tony nomination.

This summer, the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre features exciting performances ranging from its specialty, fully staged musicals with Ititle of show] and Chess, to its popular cabaret evenings of show tunes, jazz, blues, and rock.

Last night, Etheridge took the stage of the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street) to join the cast with special performances of 'Ball and Chain' and 'Trouble.'

Yesterday, June 23, Eddie Clendening, Lance Guest, Tony Award® winner Levi Kreis, Robert Britton Lyons, Tony Award® nominee Hunter Foster, Elizabeth Stanley, Corey Kaiser and Larry Lelli were joined onstage for the MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET finale by special guest Melissa Etheridge! BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the backstage celebration with the 15-time Grammy nominee (and winner of two) and Broadway's beloved QUARTET!

Yesterday, June 23, Eddie Clendening, Lance Guest, Tony Award® winner Levi Kreis, Robert Britton Lyons, Tony Award® nominee Hunter Foster, Elizabeth Stanley, Corey Kaiser and Larry Lelli were joined onstage for the MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET finale by special guest Melissa Etheridge! BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the 15-time Grammy nominee (and winner of two) jam with the QUARTET!

This summer, the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre features exciting performances ranging from its specialty, fully staged musicals with Ititle of show] and Chess, to its popular cabaret evenings of show tunes, jazz, blues, and rock.

Yesterday, June 22, Eddie Clendening, Lance Guest, Tony Award® winner Levi Kreis, Robert Britton Lyons, Tony Award® nominee Hunter Foster, Elizabeth Stanley, Corey Kaiser and Larry Lelli celebrated the release of the MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET cast album at Barnes and Noble in Lincoln Triangle. BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the event!

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, Broadway's new hit musical, is pleased to announce that Academy Award winner and two-time Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge will join the cast of the Tony nominated Best Musical for a special performance during the finale of the Wednesday evening, June 23 performance.

The cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the new hit Broadway musical, will perform live and be on hand to sign copies of the Original Broadway Cast album tomorrow, June 22 starting at 4 PM at the Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble (1972 Broadway, between West 66th Street and West 67th Street).

On Tuesday, June 22, Signature Theatre will host the writers and original Broadway stars of its current musical [title of show] in a free 'Talk Back' discussion with the audience following the 7:30 pm performance. Writer/actors Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell will have the mind-bending opportunity to watch themselves played by Washington actors, Sam Ludwig and James Gardiner, at the performance then discuss the show afterwards in Signature's remarkably intimate 110-seat ARK Theatre. [title of show], winner of three Obie Awards and a Tony nomination, is a zany take on two friends' decision to write a musical, running through June 27.

Beginning Friday, June 18, a new block of tickets will be on sale for performances through January 2, 2011, of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the Tony-nominated musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together legendary rock ‘n' roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley. The production continues to break box office records at the Apollo Theater, 2540 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. Tickets are available at the Apollo box office, phone (773) 935-6100, and online through Ticketmaster, www.ticketmaster.com.

This morning, June 17, the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET performed live on 'Imus in the Morning' hosted by Larry Gatlin. The performance was simulcast on News Talk Radio on 77 WABC (770 AM) and on FOX Business Network (channel 43) between 6:00-9:00AM. Below we bring you their performance of Blue Suede Shoes!

On Thursday, June 17, the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will perform live on 'Imus in the Morning' hosted by Larry Gatlin. The performance will be simulcast on News Talk Radio on 77 WABC (770 AM) and on FOX Business Network (channel 43) between 6:00-9:00AM.

The Tony Award(r)-winning Signature Theatre is searching for the ten best new solo singers in the DC region to compete in 'Signature Idol' on Saturday, July 17. Judged by Signature Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer, Washington Post theater critic Peter Marks, and a special Broadway guest, the 'Signature Idol' competition is a highlight of the Target Open House where the ten finalists will audition publicly in the 276-seat MAX Theatre at 5:00 pm.

On Thursday, June 17, the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will perform live on 'Imus in the Morning' hosted by Larry Gatlin. The performance will be simulcast on News Talk Radio on 77 WABC (770 AM) and on FOX Business Network (channel 43) between 6:00-9:00AM.

The Saint Michael's Playhouse opens its 2010 season of professional summer theater Tuesday, June 15, in the McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael's College, with the Broadway musical comedy, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.

DirectorsLabChicago, founded in 2005 by Chicago-based directors Elizabeth Margolius and Karin Shook, has grown into an international yearly event at the Chicago Cultural Center. Directors from around the world gather to exchange ideas and discuss what it means to be a director.

Previews will begin today at Virginia's Signature Theatre for the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees written by Ricky Ian Gordon, the award-winning composer of the opera The Grapes of Wrath and the musicals Dream True and My Life with Albertine. A starry Broadway cast portrays Gordon's own family story - complete with a tough Bronx-born father and former 'Borscht Belt' singer/comedian mother - in a tale of two generations' struggles and triumphs in the decades from World War II through the 1990s.

Signature Theatre, the current recipient of the Tony Award® for Regional Theatre, presents the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees by Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of the acclaimed opera The Grapes of Wrath and the OBIE Award-winning Orpheus and Euridice, as well as the musicals My Life with Albertine and Dream True.