Studio Theatre News

Wagner College Theatre Advisory Board (TAB) presents Wagner Sings the 1980s!, a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) on Saturday, October 18 at 8:00 pm in Wagner College's Stage One Studio Theatre (1 Campus Road, Staten Island, NY).

Philadelphia Theatre Company's continues its 40th Anniversary season with the Tony Award-nominated play Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley November 28-December 28. Directed by Mary B. Robinson, the cast features Beth Dixon, David Howey, Anthony Lawton, and Kathleen McNenny.

Curve today announce casting for their production of The Sound of Music. Paul Kerryson will direct a cast including Emma Clifford (Baroness Elsa Schraeder), Michael French (Captain Von Trapp), Emma Harrold (Liesl Von Trapp), Mark Inscoe (Max Dettweiler),Laura Pitt-Pulford (Maria Rainer), Lucy Schaufer (Mother Abbess), Annie Wensak (Frau Schmidt), and Jack Wilcox (Rolf Gruber).

VH Theatrical Development Foundation proudly announces the Off-Broadway premiere of THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN, a new play by acclaimed author Laura Pedersen, directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser. THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN will be performed tonight, October 16th through Sunday, December 14th at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street, Manhattan). The Press Opening is Sunday, October 26th, 2014 at 3PM.

One of NY's hottest theaters is stepping up it's late night game. Ensemble Studio Theatre is in its second season of LAST CALL, and the theatre has had tons of off-Broadway and Broadway performers showcasing their hidden talents.

Collaborative Artists Ensemble presents the West Coast Premiere of the modern romantic comedy HOW I FELL IN LOVE by Joel Fields, the producer/writer of the immensely popular and critically acclaimed television series 'The Americans,' from today, October 17 through November 16, 2014.

Core Artist Ensemble, the theater company born from a Barrow Group Theatre master class in 2011 and hailed for 'their eye for quality and their penchant for collaboration' (http://drama-queens.net), will showcase 7 new one-acts this October in 'Twisted Shorts.' These 7 plays were chosen from a pool of over 40 works that were featured this summer in Core's 3rd annual Summer Reading Series.

Lisa Renee Jordan, David Margolin Lawson and Betsy Heffron have joined the creative team of BIRDS, Marcina Zaccaria's provocative new play which premieres Today, October 17 at 10PM, kicking off the THIS/THAT Festival at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

After the critically acclaimed, opening Summer Season of the Musical Comedy, 'CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES', the World Premiere Musical Comedy, 'COUPLED', and the Musical Cabaret, 'The SINGING DIVAS of BROADWAY & HOLLYWOOD', Jimmy Ferraro's STUDIO THEATRE, 5732 Main Street, New Port Richey, FL presents the GRAND OPENING Main Season, with the hilarious NEW Musical, 'AIN'T RETIREMENT GRAND'. The production stars MATTHEW RULEY, VICKY STINNETT, PETE CLAPSIS, and TRACIE CALLAHAN.

Education classes are in full swing at Florida Studio Theatre. On November 1, FST offers a live, in-action glimpse of the inner workings of FST's theatre school at the Education Open House. Showcasing the various educational programs FST has to offer, parents and potential students will get an inside look at the Florida Studio Theatre School between 10am and 12pm. For more information, please contact Pamela Smith, Education Administrator, at 941-366-1350.

Huntington Theatre Company and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) mark Ether Day today, October 16, in recognition of the 168th anniversary that ether anesthesia was first used during surgery. The groundbreaking medical advancement was achieved by dentist William T. G. Morton during a procedure performed by Dr. John C. Warren at Boston's own MGH. MGH celebrates Ether Day annually, honoring its employees for their years of service.

One of NY's hottest theaters is stepping up it's late night game. Ensemble Studio Theatre is in its second season of LAST CALL, and the theatre has had tons of off-Broadway and Broadway performers showcasing their hidden talents.

The kids from Florida Studio Theatre's Kids Komedy Club are back, performing their knee-slapping sketches on the Goldstein Cabaret stage on select Saturday mornings at 11:00am. The Kids Komedy Club (KKC) Season opens on October 25 and will leave you in pain from side-splitting laughter.

The Warner Theatre will present its 3rd Annual International Playwrights Festival today, October 16-18, in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents environmental activist Severn Cullis-Suzuki and celebrated Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq tonight and tomorrow, October 16 & 17, 2014 at 7:30pm, as part of the Beyond Words series at the Telus Studio Theatre. This original collaboration masterfully combines words and music -- Tagaq will be joined on stage by acclaimed violinist, Jesse Zubot - to address a pressing range of political, ecological, and cultural issues.

Tim Firth's award-winning musical plays in the newly refurbished Lyceum Theatre

Writer, director, and actor James Gardiner directs a short film musical WARNING: Take Only as Directed, presented by Adventure Theatre MTC.

The Colony Theatre will present the third production of its historic 40thAnniversary season, the West Coast Premiere of HANDLE WITH CARE by Jason Odell Williams, directed by Karen Carpenter. HANDLE WITH CARE will preview on Wednesday, November 5; Thursday, November 6; andFriday, November 7 at 8:00pm. It will open on Saturday, November 8 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, December 14, with no performances Thanksgiving week.

The National Alliance For Musical Theatre (NAMT) is proud to announce final casting for the 26th Annual Festival of New Musicals. Michael Cassara Casting serves as the resident casting office for the 26th Annual Festival of New Musicals, taking place on Thursday, October 23, 2014 and Friday, October 24, 2014 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). Online Festival registration ends Friday, October 17.

Collaborative Artists Ensemble presents the West Coast Premiere of the modern romantic comedy HOW I FELL IN LOVE by Joel Fields, the producer/writer of the immensely popular and critically acclaimed television series "The Americans," from October 17 through November 16, 2014 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 7:00pm at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre, located at 5636 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038. The production is directed by Steve Jarrard by special arrangement with the author. Featured in the cast are Austin Iredale, Kenny Leu, Desire Noel, and Meg Wallace.