Tom Sawyer News

Singing OnStage Productions is pleased to present Side By Side By Sondheim, a fundraiser launching the new company's inaugural season of shows. Artistic Director Richard Biever will direct a cast of four, including Sally Wilfert* (Assassins, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) Kate Wetherhead* (Legally Blonde, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Paul Anthony Stewart* (The People in the Picture, Cyrano: The Musical, Fiddler on the Roof; TV: The Guiding Light, Loving), and Barbara Walsh* (Company, Hairspray, Falsettos) as the Narrator. Side By Side By Sondheim will be performed at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Café, 407 West 42nd Street, NYC 10036 on September 13 & 15, 2011 at 7pm. Tickets are $20 with a $15 food/beverage minimum and can be purchased by calling 212-695-6909. Side By Side By Sondheim is a musical revue of works from the legendary Stephen Sondheim's musicals. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Music by Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers and Jule Styne. *Member, Actors' Equity Association.

The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia today announced 121 nominations in 23 categories for the 2011 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 66 voters who each saw 8 of the 147 shows nominated this year. Four additional awards-Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, the Ted and Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations, Brown Martin Philadelphia Award and the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist-will also be distributed at the ceremony.

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston makes a big splash with the Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' the stories of an adventure-seeking boy and a runaway slave as they journey down the mighty Mississippi River.

Albuquerque Theatre Guild sets their September 2011 Performance Calendar. More theatrical performances take place every weekend here in Albuquerque than in any other U.S. city of its size.

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, adapted by Timothy Mason from Mark Twain's novel will be directed by Warren Wilgus at the Albuquerque Little Theater from September 2 through September 18, 2011.

People's Light & Theatre presents The Return of Don Quixote, by Kira Obolensky, freely adapted from Cervantes' Don Quixote of La Mancha.

Classic drama returns to Hartford Stage this season, beginning with Arthur Miller's Tony Award-winning play The Crucible.

After being postponed due to hurricane Irene Rising Phoenix Repertory HAS RESCHEDULED the TENTH PLAY IN THE CINO NIGHTS SERIES- the undeniable sound of right now. This is a new play by Laura eason / directed by laura eason & kirsten kelly.

Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl's new version of Anton Chekhov's THREE SISTERS, based on a literal translation by Elise Thoron with Natalya Paramonova and Kristin Johnsen-Neshati, directed by Les Waters.

Rising Phoenix Repertory announces the TENTH PLAY IN THE CINO NIGHTS SERIES the undeniable sound of right now a new play by Laura eason and directed by laura eason & kirsten kelly with Assistant director Chinasa Ogbuagu

North Coast Repertory Theatre Presents The Premiere Show of NCR's Thirtieth Anniversary Season LEND ME A TENOR by Ken Ludwig and directed by Matthew Wiener

Rising Phoenix Repertory announces the TENTH PLAY IN THE CINO NIGHTS SERIES the undeniable sound of right now a new play by Laura eason and directed by laura eason & kirsten kelly with Assistant director Chinasa Ogbuagu

Classic drama returns to Hartford Stage this season, beginning with Arthur Miller's Tony Award-winning play The Crucible.

According to EW.com, stage and screen star Harvey Fierstein has signed on to join the third season of CBS' THE GOOD WIFE as a judge. He'll play 'a liberal, ex-hippie type who marches to a different drummer. He'll preside over a case Alicia (Julianna Margulies) is working on with a sharp eye, but rather laid-back speech.'

Albuquerque Theatre Guild sets their September 2011 Performance Calendar. More theatrical performances take place every weekend here in Albuquerque than in any other U.S. city of its size.

The Denver Center Theatre Company will begin selling single tickets to the upcoming 2011/2012 season on Sunday, August 14. Tickets may be purchased online at www.denvercenter.org, by phone at 303.893.4100 (TTY 303.893.9582) or at the Denver Center Ticket Services in the lobby of the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex, Mon - Sat from 10am to 6pm. Special hours on Sunday, August 14 are from 10am to 2pm at the walkup counter in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex. Phone agents will also take calls during this time.

On Wednesday August 10 thirteen year-old triple threat performer Melody Hollis debuted her one-woman show Melodyland @ Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's to a packed house of enthusiastic fans. Produced and directed by Bruce Kimmel, Melodyland is perhaps the only cabaret show for a talented young lady ... that young. However, it's a great idea for such an amazing talent. Hollis can not only sing, dance and patter with the best of them, but she has a certain savoir faire and wisdom that go far beyond her years. And she understands the meaning behind the lyrics of the songs she sings. Not easy, considering she sang Stephen Sondheim's 'Children Will Listen' - has a child ever sung this before? - and an expert rendition of Kander & Ebb's 'A Quiet Thing'. Usually reserved for older people, who have had more experience with love and life, these songs require a rich understanding and interpretation, which, somehow, Hollis was able to supply. Her voice with time will be richer and more beautiful, so I can only imagine how dreamlike these will sound then. It doesn't hurt that your musical director is also your father - the wonderful Steve Hollis, giving the impression that Melody has been superbly trained and nurtured for seven years in the world of musical theatre.

The Denver Center Theatre Company will begin selling single tickets to the upcoming 2011/2012 season on Sunday, August 14. Tickets may be purchased online at www.denvercenter.org, by phone at 303.893.4100 (TTY 303.893.9582) or at the Denver Center Ticket Services in the lobby of the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex, Mon - Sat from 10am to 6pm. Special hours on Sunday, August 14 are from 10am to 2pm at the walkup counter in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex. Phone agents will also take calls during this time.