The Music Teacher 2006 - Articles Page 23

Los Angeles City College Theatre Academy (LACCTA) will present the World Premiere of a new musical comedy, 'THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X,' with a book by award-winning writers, David Wechter and LACCTA alumna, Bruce Kimmel, who also wrote the Music and Lyrics for the show.

The New Group will present A Spalding Gray Matter, written and performed by Michael Brandt, from May 3rd through 27th

Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.

Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre announces its 2006 slate of plays for its thirty-fourth continuous season of producing high quality live theatre at CCBC Essex. The 2006 season includes the first Baltimore production of a new musical, the revival of an American classic, and one of the grandest adventures in children's literature

Mike Leigh's play Abigail's Party, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, has extended an extra four weeks, through February 1st, in its New Group production