Northwestern University News

Broadway In Chicago and the producers of WORKING are thrilled to announce that Chicago star Rebecca Finnegan is joining the cast of WORKING, beginning tonight, April 26, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut).

The Lucille Lortel Awards announced today the details for the 26th Annual Lortel Awards Reception & Ceremony. The Awards Ceremony will be held on May 1, 2011 at 7 p.m. EST at NYU Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place, at Washington Square. Members of the industry may purchase tickets through the Off-Broadway League, while public tickets are $75.00 and are available via phone (212.352.3101), online (http://skirballcenter.nyu.edu) or in person at the Skirball Center's Shagan Box Office (566 LaGuardia Place, Tuesday-Sunday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.).

Emma Hunton, currently appearing as Natalie in the National Tour of Next to Normal, will make a one-night only concert appearance at Northwestern University to benefit Broadway in South Africa on Monday, May 2nd.

Two River Theater Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias, announces the full company and creative team for its production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.

The Music Institute of Chicago's (MIC) Academy orchestras will perform a free concert Friday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Roosevelt University's Ganz Hall in downtown Chicago.

Roger Kumble, David Elzer and Molly O'Keefe are thrilled to announce that Eileen Galindo has joined the cast of the world premiere play, GIRLS TALK, written and directed by Roger Kumble (turnaround, d girl) and also starring Andréa Bendewald ('Suddenly Susan'), Leslie Bibb ('Talledega Nights'), Brooke Shields ('Lipstick Jungle'), and Constance Zimmer ('Entourage'). GIRLS TALK will close Sunday, April 24 at the Lee Strasberg Theatre, 7936 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood.

Diehard Waa-Mu fans can expect some changes when the curtain rises on Northwestern University's 80th anniversary stage production of the acclaimed student revue that has featured Tony Award-winning actress and Grammy Award-winning singer Heather Headley and Tony and Drama Desk Award winning-Broadway composer Larry Grossman.

The 18th Annual Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration program, honoring and celebrating the work of scenic designer Walt Spangler (Desire Under the Elms, King Lear), will take place on Monday, May 2, at Goodman Theatre. Goodman Theatre's Artistic Director Robert Falls, a founding member of the Michael Merritt Endowment Fund Steering Committee, will present the award to Mr. Spangler. Sound designer, composer, musician and DJ, Mikhail Fiksel (Old Town, Last of the Dragons) will receive The Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award. There will also be a presentation of three student scholarship recipients representing The Theatre School at DePaul University (sound designer Jeff Gary), Northwestern University (scenic designer Scott Davis) and from Columbia College Chicago for The John Murbach Scholarship for Collaborative Design (lighting designer Claire Chrzan).

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee- Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) is proud to announce that New Season Subscriptions go on-sale Monday, May 2nd, for the 2011-2012 season.

Celebrating its 80th Anniversary, Northwestern University's Waa-Mu show enters a new chapter with award-winning faculty member David Bell directing "the greatest college show in America" for the first time with WAA-MU: WHAT'S NEXT?

Playwright Andrea J. Fulton's powerful One Drop, will be shown at the National Black Theatre in Harlem, April 30, and Paul Robeson Theatre in Brooklyn (total of 8 performances in May and June).

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced today four musicals to be developed at its 2011 National Music Theater Conference under the leadership of Artistic Director Paulette Haupt.

Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J. Albert present the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell, with Artistic Consultant Ron OJ Parson and Music Direction by Doug Peck. Porgy and Bess will run May 12-June 19, 2011 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. Press Opening is Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 8PM.

F*It Club Presents THE SPRING FLING: 8 Brand New Plays by Berman, Brunstetter, Halfnight, Keller, McGraw, Oliver, Schultz, & Ziegler

Loretta Michael Productions is pleased to present the world premiere of The Other Day, a new drama written by New York Innovative Theatre award nominee Mark Jason Williams, as part of the 3rd Annual Planet Connections Theatre Festivity.

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) is will soon open CURTAINS, directed by Mark S. Hoebee, with choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. Curtains will run at the Millburn theater from April 27 through May 22, 2011. Family Week is April 27 through May 1 and during this period, children 18 and under receive half off the regular ticket price (certain restrictions apply). In Additio to previously announced cast members, the show will also feature Daniel Marcus in the role of Sidney Bernstein.

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) is will soon open CURTAINS, directed by Mark S. Hoebee, with choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. Curtains will run at the Millburn theater from April 27 through May 22, 2011. Family Week is April 27 through May 1 and during this period, children 18 and under receive half off the regular ticket price (certain restrictions apply). In Additio to previously announced cast members, the show will also feature Daniel Marcus in the role of Sidney Bernstein.

The Hamptons International Film Festival will host its 11th annual Screenwriters' Lab co-sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation April 15 - 17 in East Hampton, NY.

Northwestern University student actors and drama pupils from Haven Middle School in Evanston will appear on stage together before live audiences for the first time in Edward Mast's 'Jungalbook' from April 8 through 17.

Lookingglass Theatre Company proudly announces its 2010-2011 season, featuring three new productions by Ensemble Members Laura Eason and David Kersnar and Northwestern University's Amanda Dehnert. Lookingglass' 23rd season features PETER PAN, ETHAN FROME, and THE LAST ACT OF LILKA KADISON.