Rick Lewis News

Having already extending the run of the show twice, Artists Rep will present Noel Coward's elegantly comedic classic, Blithe Spirit, this holiday season. This production is directed by Christopher Liam Moore, an Oregon Shakespeare Festival company member, who directed our 2013 hit comedy Red Herring, and who recently returned from a stint on Broadway with the Tony Award-winning All the Way. Blithe Spirit starts previews November 25 and has already been EXTENDED through January 4. BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the show below!

Having already extending the run of the show twice, Artists Rep will present Noel Coward's elegantly comedic classic, Blithe Spirit, this holiday season. This production is directed by Christopher Liam Moore, an Oregon Shakespeare Festival company member, who directed our 2013 hit comedy Red Herring, and who recently returned from a stint on Broadway with the Tony Award-winning All the Way. Blithe Spirit starts previews November 25 and has already been EXTENDED through January 4.

Fox Valley Repertory concludes their 2014 theater series with Rick Lewis' holiday music revue, Christmas on Broadway. Directed by Kyle Donahue and music directed by Ilana Atkins, performances will take place on the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage tonight, November 13 - December 31, 2014.(4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; box office 630-584-6342).

Artists Rep will present a two-night concert event called Noel at Noel - Susannah Mars & friends sing Noel Coward on the set of Blithe Spirit. This is the first of a new series at the theatre, called Artists Rep in Concert, which adds a musical programming complement to the play being presented on stage.

Fox Valley Repertory concludes their 2014 theater series with Rick Lewis' holiday music revue, Christmas on Broadway. Directed by Kyle Donahue and music directed by Ilana Atkins, performances will take place on the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage November 13 - December 31, 2014.(4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; box office 630-584-6342).

There's so much plot crammed into the show, and so many songs (many of them performance pieces that have little to do with story or character), that it hurtles by too quickly for us to get to know the people we're watching.

Fox Valley Rep, in residence at Pheasant Run Resort, announces their calendar-year 2014 season of nostalgic memoirs and memorable musicals, including the international musical hit, Nunsense, the coming-of-age comedy and memoir, Cheaper by the Dozen, followed by the story of the real Andrews Sisters, Sisters of Swing, then to Neil Simon's heart-warming memoir, Brighton Beach Memoirs, concluding with the holiday music revue, Christmas on Broadway.

The Portland Area Musical Theatre Awards have announced this year's nominations! See the full list below. This year's PAMTA ceremony will take place at the Dolores Winningstad Theatre tonight, June 24, 2013, at 7 pm.

The Portland Area Musical Theatre Awards have announced this year's nominations! See the full list below.

Phoenix Theatre will present Kaputnik by Frank Semermano, directed by Erick Lewis, tonight, May 31 thru June 23, 2013.

Phoenix Theatre will present Kaputnik by Frank Semermano, directed by Erick Lewis, May 31 thru June 23, 2013.

Jill Corcoran, compiler and contributing poet to the award-winning Dare to Dream … Change the World, a children's collection of biographical and inspirational poems, has announced the Dare to Dream … Change the World Annual Writing Contest for Kids. The grand-prize winner will receive $1500 worth of books for a school or public library of their choice. The top thirty entries will be published as a free e-book by Kane Miller Books.

From a cable TV show to a prestigious award show, producer/host Kathy Bee believes that this is a perfect way to kick-off the Touching Lives resurgence is by celebrating and saying "Thank You" to past guests and other extraordinary people, for their generosity, caring and unwavering devotion to improving the lives of their fellow man "People Helping People."

From a cable TV show to a prestigious award show, producer/host Kathy Bee believes that this is a perfect way to kick-off the Touching Lives resurgence is by celebrating and saying "Thank You" to past guests and other extraordinary people, for their generosity, caring and unwavering devotion to improving the lives of their fellow man "People Helping People."

The Playhouse, San Antonio is pleased to announce its 2012-2013 Season. For this season, The Playhouse has decided to focus on Stories of America.

Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents The Drowsy Chaperone, tomorrow, August 2 through August 19, 2012 at the Deb Fennell Auditorium in Tigard, Oregon. Check out highlights from the show in the video below!

Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET), North Fulton's only professional theatre company, will commemorate its 20th anniversary with a season-long celebration honoring those who have contributed to the Theatre's success in making it to this milestone anniversary.

Oklahoma! will close October 30 at Portland Center Stage. Artistic Director Chris Coleman has set the iconic musical in an all-black town in the Oklahoma territories right as the region gained statehood in 1907.

There's a bright golden haze filling the theater! Oklahoma! opens September 23 at Portland Center Stage. Artistic Director Chris Coleman has set this beloved all-American musical in an all-black town in the Oklahoma territories right as the region gained statehood in 1907.