Joe Mantello News

MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) will celebrate the company's 25th anniversary by honoring a host of MCC artists past and present at Miscast 2011. This highly anticipated annual gala will take place on Monday, March 14, 2011 at The Hammerstein Ballroom (311 West 34th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues). Andy Cohen (Host of Bravo TV's 'Watch What Happens Live') will host the evening. David Duchovny (star of the recent MCC Theater hit, The Break of Noon), Téa Leoni, Hugh Dancy (star of yet another recent MCC hit, The Pride) and Claire Danes are this year's honorary chairs. Funds raised from Miscast help MCC Theater produce some of the most talked-about new work Off Broadway and support their Youth Company and in-school partnerships that serve New York City public high school students, as well as their literary development work with emerging playwrights.

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be performing from January 26 - February 20 at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center.

The company of the second North American tour of WICKED welcomes Anne Brummel as Elphaba on Wednesday, January 26 in Albuquerque, NM.

After breaking ticket office records and selling out in record time in 2009, WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton January 26 through February 20.

'9 to 5' is a campy evening of harmless fun and 15 original toe-tapping ditties supplied by Miss Parton herself. It's nowhere near a perfect show, but for a strong dose of women power, this tour is a sure bet.

Lincoln Center Theater production of Jon Robin Baitz' OTHER DESERT CITIES, directed by Joe Mantello, opened on January 13 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The cast features Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Linda Lavin, Elizabeth Marvel and Thomas Sadoski. Today, the New York Times suggests that the show is looking to transfer to Broadway, however, a full house on the Great White Way will prevent the show from making a spring move.

Broadway's biggest blockbuster, WICKED, grossed $1,986,319 in a single week this past Fall at Toronto's Canon Theatre making it the highest-grossing musical in Canadian theatre history.

Superstar vocalist Idina Menzel, star of Wicked, Rent and Fox's hit television show Glee, lends her powerhouse talents to the North Carolina Symphony for her first-ever Raleigh concert.

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be performing from January 26 - February 20 at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center.

Lincoln Center Theater production of Jon Robin Baitz' OTHER DESERT CITIES, directed by Joe Mantello, opened last night, (January 13) at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The cast features Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Linda Lavin, Elizabeth Marvel and Thomas Sadoski. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening night party and brings you photo coverage below.

Lincoln Center Theater production of Jon Robin Baitz' OTHER DESERT CITIES, directed by Joe Mantello, opened last night, (January 13) at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The cast features Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Linda Lavin, Elizabeth Marvel and Thomas Sadoski. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening night and brings you photo coverage below.

Lincoln Center Theater production of Jon Robin Baitz' OTHER DESERT CITIES, directed by Joe Mantello, opens Thursday (January 13) at 6:45pm at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 W. 65 Street.).

Lincoln Center Theater production of Jon Robin Baitz' OTHER DESERT CITIES, directed by Joe Mantello plays the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 W. 65 Street.). The cast features Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Linda Lavin, Elizabeth Marvel and Thomas Sadoski.

The company of the second North American tour of WICKED welcomes Anne Brummel as Elphaba on Wednesday, January 26 in Albuquerque, NM.

Lincoln Center Theater production of Jon Robin Baitz' OTHER DESERT CITIES, directed by Joe Mantello, opens Thursday (January 13) at 6:45pm at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 W. 65 Street.).

ABC President Paul Lee spoke with reporters in more detail about the announced WICKED miniseries. 'It's epic, it's romantic, and it's very much within our brand,' he said. 'We're in the development stage. I don't know if we're going to get there, but the notion of having it resonate elsewhere in the company [is] a very good thing for us.'

Naked Angels will celebrate its 25th Anniversary as one of the most innovative theatre companies in New York with a spectacular Gala at Roseland Ballroom (239 West 52nd Street). Naked Angels company members Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are Honorary Co-Chairs for the event. Conceived as an imagined history of Naked Angels - and promising to be bigger than all of the company's previous parties put together - One Big Ball will be a frivolous and inauthentic romp through Naked Angels' 25 years, written and performed by Naked Angels members, with many friends and surprise guests. Naked Angels company member and Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello directs the evening.

Gregory Maguire's 'Wicked' will be hitting the small screen. The novel, source material for the enormously successful musical adaptation by Stephen Schwartz, will be produced by ABC Studios.

Lincoln Center Theater production of Jon Robin Baitz' OTHER DESERT CITIES, directed by Joe Mantello plays the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 W. 65 Street.). The cast features Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Linda Lavin, Elizabeth Marvel and Thomas Sadoski.

Lincoln Center Theater production of Jon Robin Baitz' OTHER DESERT CITIES, directed by Joe Mantello, opens Thursday, January 13 at 6:45pm at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 150 W. 65 Street.. The cast features Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Linda Lavin, Elizabeth Marvel and Thomas Sadoski.