SOPHISTICATED LADIES Becomes Best Selling Show In Arena History
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 20, 2010
Arena Stage announced today that at 9:00 a.m. EST, Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright and starring and choreographed by Maurice Hines, officially became the best selling show in company history based upon gross sales.
Arena Stage Extends SOPHISTICATED LADIES Through 6/6
by Charlie Piane - May 19, 2010
Arena Stage has announced that its smash-hit production of Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies will extend its run at the historic Lincoln Theatre with six additional performances through June 6, 2010. The production, choreographed by and starring the legendary Maurice Hines and directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, has broken several long-standing sales records, and is on track to become the highest grossing show in Arena's history, replacing the 2002 production of South Pacific directed by Molly Smith.
Camp Florida Rep Now Enrolling Six Summer Sessions
by Beau Higgins - May 14, 2010
Camp Florida Rep 2010 will open with a one-week intensive, A Fairy Tale Fiasco (June 14-18), where campers will put on a musical showcase featuring the best of 'Fairy Tales'. Combining pieces of the classic musicals such as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and Once Upon a Mattress with new fantasy hits like Into the Woods and Wicked, it is sure to be a week full of ogres, distressed damsels, one-shoed women, sleeping beauties and maybe even a few princes in disguise.
Arena Stage's SOPHISTICATED LADIES Extends Through 6/6
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 12, 2010
Arena Stage today announced that its smash-hit production of Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies will extend its run at the historic Lincoln Theatre with six additional performances through June 6, 2010.
Frist Center Announces May-July 2010 Events
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 28, 2010
Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, located at 919 Broadway in downtown Nashville, Tenn., is an art exhibition center dedicated to presenting the finest visual art from local, regional, U.S., and international sources in a program of changing exhibitions.
3 top talents selected by Nolen, Vroman and Berman to win Lotte Lenya Competition
by Charlie Piane - Apr 20, 2010
Out of 230 contestants and 15 finalists - more participants than in any previous year - seven outstanding singer-actors rose to the top to win prizes in the 2010 Lotte Lenya Competition, held on April 17 at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. Winners were selected by a team of distinguished musical theater experts: Broadway and opera stars Timothy Nolen and Lisa Vroman, and Rob Berman, Broadway and Encores! music director, who served as judges for the competition finals.
NEXT TO NORMAL Wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama!
by Robert Diamond - Apr 12, 2010
Just in - NEXT TO NORMAL has one the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama!
As per the official Pulitzer's web site: For a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
2010 Pulitzer Prizewinners to Be Announced Today at 3pm
by Robert Diamond - Apr 12, 2010
The 2010 Pulitzer Prizewinners and Nominated Finalists in all categories will be announced on April 12, 2010 at 3 p.m. Eastern daylight time. Finalists are not announced in advance. The 2010 Prizes are awarded for work published, produced or premiered in 2009.
Pawk, McCartney, Stiles, et al. Set for Joan Crawford Reading, 4/9
by BWW News Desk - Apr 9, 2010
Tony Award winner Michele Pawk is set for a reading of Joan Crawford In...'Flesh and Blood!', written by Joe Major. The event is invitation only, and will take place April 8 -9 in Manhattan. With direction by Richard Roland, the show features Liz McCartney (South Pacific), Marcus Neville (The Full Monty), Roger Rifkin (Early to Bed), Ed Romanoff (Hairspray), Graham Rowat (The Boys in the Band) and Sarah Stiles (Vanities).
Pawk, McCartney, Stiles, et al. Set for Joan Crawford Reading, 4/8 & 4/9
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 8, 2010
Tony Award winner Michele Pawk is set for a reading of Joan Crawford In...'Flesh and Blood!', written by Joe Major. The event is invitation only, and will take place April 8 -9 in Manhattan. With direction by Richard Roland, the show features Liz McCartney (South Pacific), Marcus Neville (The Full Monty), Roger Rifkin (Early to Bed), Ed Romanoff (Hairspray), Graham Rowat (The Boys in the Band) and Sarah Stiles (Vanities).
Pawk, McCartney, Stiles, et al. Set for Joan Crawford Reading, 4/8 & 4/9
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 2, 2010
Tony Award winner Michele Pawk is set for a reading of Joan Crawford In...'Flesh and Blood!', written by Joe Major. The event is invitation only, and will take place April 8 -9 in Manhattan. With direction by Richard Roland, the show features Liz McCartney (South Pacific), Marcus Neville (The Full Monty), Roger Rifkin (Early to Bed), Ed Romanoff (Hairspray), Graham Rowat (The Boys in the Band) and Sarah Stiles (Vanities).
THE KING AND I Opens in Sao Paulo!
by Paulo Afonso De Lima - Feb 17, 2010
Dirigido por Jorge Takla e com direção musical do maestro Jamil Maluf, O REI E EU (THE KING AND I) finalmente estreia no proximo dia 27 de fevereiro em São Paulo.
Arena Stage Presents THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 11, 2010
The sights and sounds of Italy alight in Arlington's Crystal City as Arena Stage presents the lush and soaring The Light in the Piazza, directed by Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith.
PLAID TIDINGS Ends Run at Skylight Opera Theatre 1/3/2010
by BWW News Desk - Jan 3, 2010
Plaid Tidings will open at the Skylight Opera Theatre November 27 and run through January 3, 2010. A holiday treat for the entire family, it offers the best of Forever Plaid and more, tied up in a nifty package with a big plaid bow on top.
PLAID TIDINGS Comes To Skylight Opera Theatre 11/27-1/3/2010
by BWW News Desk - Nov 27, 2009
Plaid Tidings will open at the Skylight Opera Theatre November 27 and run through January 3, 2010. A holiday treat for the entire family, it offers the best of Forever Plaid and more, tied up in a nifty package with a big plaid bow on top.
THE FANTASTICKS to Charm Arena Stage, 11/20 - 1/10; Sebastian La Cause Leads Cast
by BWW News Desk - Nov 20, 2009
Arena Stage presents an innovative take on the world's longest-running musical, The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Director Amanda Dehnert (Oregon Shakespeare Festival‘s All's Well That Ends Well and Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Cabaret) and famed set designer Eugene Lee (Tony Award for Broadway's Wicked, Candide, Sweeney Todd) take a spin on this timeless love story by staging it in Rocky Point, an abandoned amusement park in Rhode Island. This whimsical twist on the classic musical is full of buoyant humor, charming music and incredible magic that will thrill audiences of all ages. The Fantasticks runs November 20, 2009 - January 10, 2010 at Arena Stage at the Lincoln Theatre, with an official opening on Friday, November 27, 2009.
Review - Pal Joey: I Could Rewrite A Book
by Kristin Salaky - Dec 19, 2008
In case this is your first time reading one of my reviews of a Broadway revival of a classic musical, allow me introduce you to my personal prejudice. I completely abhor the now very common practice of revising the book and messing with the score of any musical theatre piece after the authors are deceased. If a composer, bookwriter or lyricist is around to approve of changes, that's swell, but all too often their estates will allow anything from the sparse, but significant, tweaks to South Pacific to the wholesale revisions of The Pajama Game and The Music Man. Even more deplorable is the practice of letting these changes go uncredited, as was done in the three examples just cited, giving audiences no clue that what they are watching is not wholly the musical the original authors wrote.
THE FANTASTICKS to Charm Arena Stage, 11/20 - 1/10; Sebastian La Cause Leads Cast
by Jessica Lewis - Oct 30, 2009
Arena Stage presents an innovative take on the world's longest-running musical, The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Director Amanda Dehnert (Oregon Shakespeare Festival‘s All's Well That Ends Well and Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Cabaret) and famed set designer Eugene Lee (Tony Award for Broadway's Wicked, Candide, Sweeney Todd) take a spin on this timeless love story by staging it in Rocky Point, an abandoned amusement park in Rhode Island. This whimsical twist on the classic musical is full of buoyant humor, charming music and incredible magic that will thrill audiences of all ages. The Fantasticks runs November 20, 2009 - January 10, 2010 at Arena Stage at the Lincoln Theatre, with an official opening on Friday, November 27, 2009.
Centennial Celebration Of Frank Loesser Actors Fund Benefit Concert 10/26
by BWW News Desk - Oct 26, 2009
Chance and Chemistry: A Centennial Celebration of Frank Loesser, a concert to benefit The Actors Fund will take place at a Broadway theatre to be announced on Monday, October 26, 2009.
The event will be co-chaired by Jo Sullivan Loesser and Sir Paul McCartney.