George Street News

Connecticut's premier outdoor Shakespeare will present As You Like It, June 13-30, 2013. The show is one of Shakespeare's most beloved and pastoral comedies. Claire Shannon Kelly, currently the Director of Youth Programming for Shakespeare on the Sound and the director of the company's touring educational program, 'Speaking Daggers,' will direct. Kelly previously worked at the Ordway Theater, the Guthrie Theater, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and the George Street Playhouse. She is a resident of New Canaan.

Performances of Freckleface Strawberry The Musical run Saturday, June 8th at the George Street Playhouse and Saturday, June 15th at the Alexander Kasser Theater, at 11 AM and 2 PM. Off-Broadway performances will be held at the 47th Street Theater on June 12th and 13th at 6 PM. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal below!

The Ware Center kicked-off its second year last September with a concert by country great, grammy-winner John Berry. Now over 300 performances later, it is fitting then, that the Ware & Winter Centers of Millersville University should end their 2012-13 Season with another stellar musical group - one that offers a unique style of pop, jazz, Celtic and classical music with a contemporary influence -- The Annie Moses Band. The band, who recently debuted at the Grand Old Opry to a standing ovation, is composed of six siblings - all Juilliard-trained musicians -- with their parents spearheading the lyrics and arrangements. The Annie Moses Band will perform on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 7:30 PM at The Ware Center, 42 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA.

Long Wharf Theatre concludes its 2012-13 season with Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris, and directed by Associate Artistic Director Eric Ting. The play will take place on The Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Mainstage from tonight, May 8, 2013 through June 2, 2013.

Washington Ensemble Theatre presents Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys by Caroline V. McGraw, directed in its World Premiere by Jane Nichols, running May 31 - June 24, 2013.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, will present a new production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle featuring Christopher Lloyd (Azdak), directed by Brian Kulick (who directed Brecht's Galileo last season), and featuring new music by Tony Award-winning singer/songwriter Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening). The Caucasian Chalk Circle will begin performances tonight, May 3 at CSC (136 East 13th Street) for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 9. The official opening is Thursday, May 30.

Kathie Lee and Hoda bid farewell to NYC and say 'hey y'all' to Charleston, SC! The fourth hour of TODAY takes the show on the road and broadcasts from Charleston today, May 2 and Friday, May 3.

Kathie Lee and Hoda bid farewell to NYC and say "hey y'all" to Charleston, SC! The fourth hour of TODAY takes the show on the road and broadcasts from Charleston Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3.

Honus and Me is a charming and quaint crowd-pleaser concerning one pre-teen's struggle with adolescence, family and acceptance issues. Running this weekend at the Old Opera House in Charles Town, WV, the modern comedy portrays a young boy, Joey Stoeshack ( brilliantly played by Zachary Little) an avid baseball card collector, who struggles to succeed on his little league baseball team and deal with family drama surrounding his recently divorced parents

The plot: self-made vindictive wealthy person, inhibited daughter, handsome suitor who may be after her money, parent attempts to torpedo the relationship. Sound familiar? It should. That's basically the storyline of the Henry James novella WASHINGTON SQUARE and the play and film, THE HEIRESS. It's also the basic description of Victoria Stewart's RICH GIRL which takes from the past, but the play which is opening Cleveland Play House's 2013 NEW. THEATRE. FESTIVAL., adds comedy, infuses a little intrigue, and takes a 21st century twist.

Today we are talking to a versatile stage and screen actress who has scored in a number of unique roles on Broadway and around the country in addition to making a recent mark with her work on the Broadway-themed web series IT COULD BE WORSE - the passionate and compelling Alison Fraser. Discussing her vast resume and some of her most fondly remembered performances to date, Fraser opens up about her remarkable career thus far - including her work originating parts in IN TROUSERS, MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS, THE SECRET GARDEN, ROMANCE/ROMANCE, GUNMETAL BLUES, THE DIVINE SISTER and more - and looks ahead to her most recent projects, current, upcoming and beyond. Most importantly, Fraser details the finer points of LOVE THERAPY, the new Wendy Beckett play she stars in Off-Broadway and outlines her continuing collaboration onstage with the playwright, having previously starred in CHARITY CASE, as well as what we can expect from the realistic new drama, opening April 29. Additionally, Fraser sheds some light on her recent work in the world premiere of the Tennessee Williams play IN MASKS OUTRAGEOUS AND AUSTERE and how that led to her new solo revue, THE TENNESSEE WILLIAMS SONGBOOK. Plus, memories of appearing in GYPSY on Broadway with Patti LuPone and working with Arthur Laurents on that as well as his own final play, cameoing on SMASH, reflections on her memorable musical partnerships with husband Rusty Magee and noted FALSETTOS songwriter William Finn, as well as thoughts on the contemporary theatre scene and her various theatre-related web projects, favorite recent shows and much, much more!

Comedian Lewis Black returns to New Brunswick's George Street Playhouse for an exclusive event, Monday, May 20 at 7:30 pm.

Claire Kelly of New Canaan is directing the Shakespeare on the Sound's upcoming production of "As You Like It" as modern theater in a pastoral setting blending The Bard's the classic comic opus with the greenery and natural amphitheater of Pinkney Park in Rowayton.

This morning on 'LIVE with Kelly and Michael,' Broadway's David Hyde Pierce spoke about 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.' After discussing the production, hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan asked Pierce a series of rapid-fire questions in a fun game called 'Piercing Questions.' Check out the clip below!