Westside Theatre News

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will be presented in a limited engagement at the Ferguson Hall at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 North W.C. MacInnes Place, in Tampa on Friday, October 7 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, October 8 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that Tony Award-winner Adriane Lenox (Doubt), two-time Emmy Award nominee Janel Moloney ('The West Wing') and film and TV veteran Joyce Van Patten will join the upcoming cast of the hit Off Broadway show Love, Loss, and What I Wore, beginning Wednesday, September 7 and playing through Sunday, October 2 at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43 Street).

Daryl Roth, producer of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE, has announced that the Chicago production, which kicks off the show's first national tour, is adding six more weeks to its premiere engagement now extending through Dec. 4, 2011.

VOCA PEOPLE (www.VocaPeopleNYC.com), the new hit musical currently performing at the Westside Theatre (407 W. 43rd Street, Upstairs), has been invited to perform at the 2011 Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Telethon airing live at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas.

The Marriott Theatre has long been known for fostering new works and bringing thrilling world premiere musicals to its stage.

Due to the impending hurricane, all performances of 'Voca People' at The Westside Theatre have been cancelled for August 27th and 28th.

The Marriott Theatre has long been known for fostering new works and bringing thrilling world premiere musicals to its stage. This August, The Marriott Theatre (10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire) will present the world premiere of FOR THE BOYS; based on the 1991 Twentieth Century Fox film which starred Bette Midler (Academy Award nomination) and James Caan.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will be presented for one day only at Miami's Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, 174 East Flagler Street, on Saturday, November 12 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

The Marriott Theatre has long been known for fostering new works and bringing thrilling world premiere musicals to its stage.

The international hit comedy My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy! is heading to Toronto's Bathurst St. Theatre for a 12-week engagement October 12, 2011-January 1, 2012, its producers announced today.

The new hit intergalactic musical Voca People, currently playing to standing ovations at the Westside Theatre, was honored by B. Smith's Restaurant with a new cocktail this weekend. On Friday evening, August 19, Voca People became the latest production to inspire a beverage on the restaurants Broadway Cocktail Menu ...'The Voca-tini' (infused vodka, triple sec, white cranberry juice). Emily Petrain. Beverage Director at B. Smith's, unveiled 'The Voca-tini' with the white-faced, red-lipped Voca People and their Consulate General, Christine Paterson, standing by.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will return to Dallas at the Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm Street due to popular demand.

The new hit intergalactic musical,VOCA PEOPLE, currently playing to standing ovations at Westside Theatre, will be honored by B. Smith's Restaurant (320 West 46th Street) with a new cocktail.

The Marriott Theatre has long been known for fostering new works and bringing thrilling world premiere musicals to its stage.

Nora Ephron will receive DGA Honors, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ephron is a screenwriters and directors. She recently wrote and directed the hit movie Julie & Julia, and has received Academy Award nominations for best original screenplay for the immensely popular and critically acclaimed When Harry Met Sally, Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also directed.

Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's hit Off Broadway show, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, welcomed its newest castlast night, AUgust 12, with a celebration immediately following the 8:00 PM performance. Love, Loss, and What I Wore's newest cast members include: Marylouise Burke (HBO's 'Hung'), Emmanuelle Chriqui (HBO's 'Entourage'), Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Roslyn Ruff (The Help) and Yeardley Smith ('The Simpsons').

Jeffrey Ash, a prominent theatrical advertising executive who helped revolutionize Broadway advertising with the first live-action television spot for 'Pippin' and who later became a successful producer for Broadway, off-Broadway, and London's West End, died suddenly August 8, 2011 at his home in Manhattan. He was 65 and for many years had suffered from inclusion body myositis, an autoimmune disorder.