Live Music Society Announces Third Round Of Grants For Small Venues
by A.A. Cristi
- Aug 31, 2021
Nonprofit philanthropic organization, Live Music Society, announced a third round of grants to be awarded this fall to live music venues across the United States with a maximum sellable capacity of 300. Grant applications will be accepted from September 28 – October 20, 2021 via the organization's website.
Theatre Communications Group Announces New Officers for Board of Directors
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Aug 12, 2021
Theatre Communications Group has announced new trustees and an updated list of officers for its board of directors. Members of TCG’s board serve up to three two-year terms. Board officers serve terms of one-year, renewable, and concurrent with the fiscal year of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.
Louis St. Louis, Music Director and Composer Best Known For GREASE, Has Passed Away
by Stephi Wild
- Mar 30, 2021
St. Louis served as musical director or arranger for several Broadway productions, including Soon (1971), Grease (1972 and 2007), Over Here! (1974), Truckload (1975), Raggedy Ann (1986), Roza (1987), and Smokey Joe's Cafe (1995).
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Streams UNTIL THE FLOOD
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 3, 2021
Until the Flood, was originally commissioned and produced by The Repertory Theatre of St Louis, and subsequently produced around the United States and in Ireland, Scotland, and England, with the same performer, director, and creative team.
St. Louis Theatre Community Joins Forces for Covid-19 Task Force
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 20, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a multitude of obstacles to overcome for organizations of all types, and theater groups are no exception. Sharon Hunter, Artistic Director-Producer of Moonstone Theatre Company, aims to help address some of the virus-related challenges that the St. Louis theatre community faces by forming the St. Louis Theatre Community Task Force.
Jeffrey Seller, Producer of HAMILTON, Helps Fund JumpStart Theatre in Detroit
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 27, 2020
Detroit middle schoolers will get their shot to experience the educational benefits of theatre starting next school year, thanks to the producer of Hamilton, the University of Michigan, and the Educational Theatre Foundation (ETF). A new partnership between ETF and the University's School of Music, Theatre & Dance (STMD) will bring JumpStart Theatre (JST), a program that creates sustainable theatre arts programs in middle schools where there previously were none, to Detroit in 2020-21 a?" growing JST's reach to six areas around the country.
Three Atlanta Middle Schools Awarded Fully Funded Three-Year JumpStart Theatre Program
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 9, 2019
After an extensive selection process, the Alliance Theatre named the three Atlanta area middle schools they will partner with for the regional launch of The JumpStart Theatre program, developed by the Educational Theatre Association. JumpStart Theatre is a three-year program that will equip faculty and administrators with the skills and resources to produce their school's first musical theatre production.
BWW Review: Stages St. Louis' GREASE Is the One That You Want (Oh Yes Indeed)
by Tanya Seale
- Jul 26, 2019
WOW is the word right now, as Grease, with direction and musical staging by Michael Hamilton, plays at Stages St. Louis! In this automatic, systematic, hyyyydromatic show, it's 1950s USA, and a new school year is beginning at Rydel High. A feisty Miss Lynch (Kendra Lynn Lucas) greets us as her students with the morning announcements (and theatre etiquette, too a?" thank you Miss Lynch), using a training clicker to keep us in check lest we get too rowdy. She knows her students, after all. Moving into the musical, we encounter Sandy Dumbrowski (Summerisa Bell Stevens) and Danny Zuko (Sam Harvey), who met at the beach over summer break and had a sweet little romance. Both will be attending Rydel for their senior year, unbeknownst to one other, so that makes for a scrumptiously awkward...
TCG Announces New Appointments To Board Of Directors
by A.A. Cristi
- Jul 8, 2019
Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, welcomes six new members to its board of directors: May Adrales, associate artistic director, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee, WI; John Fontillas, planner, architect, partner, H3, New York, NY; Angela Gieras, executive director, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Kansas City, MO; Mara Isaacs, founder and executivecreative producer, Octopus Theatricals, New York, NY; Anthony Rodriguez, producing artistic director and co-founder, Aurora Theatre, Lawrenceville, GA; and Hana S. Sharif, artistic director, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Libera Boys Choir Returns to the USA for Shows This Summer
by Kaitlin Milligan
- Jun 24, 2019
Libera's performance in Saint Paul will be their first in the area since 2011; and their Oklahoma City concert will be their first ever. They will also be returning to venues in Saint Louis and California where they have impressed audiences for many years.
Casting Announced For Stages St. Louis' 2019 Season
by Julie Musbach
- Apr 25, 2019
STAGES St. Louis is thrilled to announce casting for its 33rd Season: THE BOY FROM OZ, GREASE, MAN OF LA MANCHA, and its Emerson Family Theatre Series production of Disney's 101 DALMATIANS. 'The tagline at STAGES is 'Experience The Story' and our 2019 Season stays true to these words offering something special for everyone,' expresses Associate Producer Andrew Kuhlman.
Three Tri-State Area Middle Schools Awarded Fully Funded Three-Year Jumpstart Theatre Program
by Stephi Wild
- Mar 5, 2019
After a three-month selection process, Mountain City Center for the Arts (MCCA) has named the three tri-state area middle schools they will partner with for the regional launch of the JumpStart Theatre program. JumpStart Theatre is a three-year program that will equip faculty and administrators with the skills and resources to produce their school's first musical theatre production.
Breaking: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Will Play Final Off-Broadway Performance Next Month
by Nicole Rosky
- Oct 17, 2018
Producers Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel and Tom Viertel announced today that Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller, the all-new incarnation of the record breaking Broadway hit, will close on Sunday, November 4, 2018. The show will have played 20 previews and 121 performances at Stage 42 (422 West 42nd Street). Previews began on Friday, July 6 and the production officially opened on Sunday, July 22.
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