Eric Schaeffer News

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will be launching a national tour in 2011-2012, which will kick off in Cleveland at the PlayhouseSquare in October 2011.

On Friday, May 21, the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will perform 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' on ABC's 'The View' between 11:00AM-12:00PM on channel 7. On Monday, May 24, go behind the scenes at 'The View' with the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET in a special episode.

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.

On Saturday night, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET was featured on CBS' National 'Evening News.' The cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET features Eddie Clendening (Elvis Presley), Lance Guest (Johnny Cash), Levi Kreis (Jerry Lee Lewis), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins), Tony Award nominee Hunter Foster (Little Shop of Horrors, Urinetown) and Elizabeth Stanley (Cry-Baby).

On Saturday, May 15, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will be featured on CBS' National 'Evening News' between 6:30PM-7:00PM on WCBS Channel 2 in New York - check local listings.

Last night at 11:35 PM (Eastern Time), the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET performed on CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman.'

This year, the beloved Berenstain Bears may be coming to a theatre near you. Presented by Matt Murphy Productions, The Berenstain Bears in Family Matters, the Musical is touring throughout the east coast this spring, including a performance on May 11th for New York City school students at The Town Hall in Manhattan's theatre district.

Tickets are now on sale through Sunday, November 21, 2010 for MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the Tony nominated Best Musical, currently playing at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street).

On Monday, May 10, the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will perform on CBS' 'The Late Show with David Letterman' between 11:35AM-12:35AM on channel 2.

This year, the beloved Berenstain Bears may be coming to a theatre near you. Presented by Matt Murphy Productions, The Berenstain Bears in Family Matters, the Musical is touring throughout the east coast this spring, including a performance on May 11th for New York City school students at The Town Hall in Manhattan's theatre district.

On Monday, May 10, the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will perform on CBS' 'The Late Show with David Letterman' between 11:35AM-12:35AM on channel 2.

Arlington's Signature Theatre, which won the 2009 Tony Award for Regional Theater, will welcome the next Tony nominees into the club on Tuesday, May 4 - the Tony nomination day - by giving away a free subscription of seven shows to anyone named 'Antoinette' and by offering special ticket discounts.

During the first week in May, Signature Theatre offers two free events to the public. On Monday, May 3 from 7 to 8 pm, Michael Baron, Signature Theatre's Associate Director, will give a 'Page to Stage' talk at Arlington Public Library's Shirlington Branch. On Thursday, May 6 from 1 - 2 pm, [title of show] director Matthew Gardiner and cast members Erin Driscoll, James Gardiner, Sam Ludwig and Jenna Sokolowski, will talk about their show in a 'Brown Bag Thursday' Q&A at Signature.

Arlington's Signature Theatre, which won the 2009 Tony Award for Regional Theater, will welcome the next Tony nominees into the club on Tuesday, May 4 - the Tony nomination day - by giving away a free subscription of seven shows to anyone named 'Antoinette' and by offering special ticket discounts.

Two sneak preview episodes from the new Starz original series, 'Gravity,' will be made available for free on-demand and online viewing beginning April 21st. 'Gravity,' an offbeat series about a support group for people who have attempted suicide, follows the return of 'Party Down' and will air on Friday, April 23rd at 10:30 PM (ET/PT).

CHESS opened at the Signature Theatre on August 10 and will run through September 26. The cast is lead by Jill Paice (Curtains, The 39 Steps) as Florence Vassy, Euan Morton (Boy George in Taboo, Sondheim on Sondheim) as Anatoly Sergievsky and Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose, Rent) as Freddie Trumper. The rock musical is directed by Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. Written by Mamma Mia! composers Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson with Evita and Lion King lyricist Tim Rice, the 1984 cult musical of Cold War competition in love and chess is being given its first major Washington area production. Chess is being performed in the fabulous intimacy of the 276-seat MAX Theatre.

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. A zany take on two friends' decision to write a musical, [title of show] runs April 6 through June 27 in Signature's remarkably intimate 110-seat ARK Theatre.

Two sneak preview episodes from the new Starz original series, 'Gravity,' will be made available for free on-demand and online viewing beginning April 21st. 'Gravity,' an offbeat series about a support group for people who have attempted suicide, follows the return of 'Party Down' and will air on Friday, April 23rd at 10:30 PM (ET/PT).

New York Times ArtBeat has featured an article about Million Dollar Quartet called 'The Men Behind The Musicians Of 'Million Dollar Quartet'. The article is written by Erik Piepenburg.