Austin Pendleton Directs Boston Midsummer Opera's DON PASQUALE, Now thru 7/29
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 25, 2012
For its seventh season Boston Midsummer Opera (BMO) presents the comic piece, Donizetti's Don Pasquale, playing at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University for three performances only, tonight, July 25, 27, and 29. Obie Award winner/Tony Award nominee Austin Pendleton directs the fully staged and costumed production. Music director and nationally acclaimed conductor Susan Davenny Wyner leads the performances, which will be performed with orchestra and sung in English. Metropolitan Opera bass Ricardo Lugo will sing the role of Don Pasquale.
Rev. Drexel Morton Featured in Penny Seats' SHE LOVES ME, 7/26-8/11
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 20, 2012
Director Jacqui Robbins cast Rev. Drexel Morton in this summer's production of the musical 'She Loves Me' (opening July 26 - www.pennyseats.org) as parfumerie owner, amateur ballroom dancer, and occasionally cantankerous boss Mr. Maraczek.
Weston Playhouse Presents FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, 8/2-25
by Kelsey Denette
- Jul 18, 2012
Fiddler on the Roof is the Tony Award®-winning smash that has delighted audiences around the world for generations. And now, it returns to Weston Playhouse Theatre Company for a mid-summer run from August 2nd through 25th to transport audiences all over again with its unforgettable tale of family and love, narrated by the inimitable Tevye the milkman.
WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Plays Berkeley Playhouse, Now thru 8/19
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 14, 2012
Berkeley Playhouse closes its 2011-12 main stage season with a delicious adaptation of Roald Dahl's WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Berkeley Playhouse founding Artistic Director Elizabeth McKoy helms this musical treat, based on Roald Dahl's stylish children's story about the world famous candy man, starring noted Bay Area singer/songwriter, musician, and recording artist Vernon Bush in the title role. Roald Dahl'S WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY plays tonight, July 14 through August 19 at the Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/9- FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
by Nicole Rosky
- Jul 9, 2012
Today in 1981, the second Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof opened at the New York State Theatre, where it ran for 53 performances. Featuring music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, the story centers on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his family and Jewish religious traditions while outside influences encroach upon their lives. The original Broadway production of the show, which opened in 1964, had the first musical theatre run in history to surpass 3,000 performances. It spawned four Broadway revivals, a successful 1971 film adaptation, and the show has enjoyed enduring international popularity.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Opens at Pittburgh CLO, 7/13
by Kelsey Denette
- Jul 5, 2012
Pittsburgh CLO will present Fiddler on the Roof, July 13-22 at the Benedum Center. This classic tale is filled with 'memorable music, rousing dances and a touch of human wisdom.'
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