MINDGAME, Starring Keith Carradine Begins Performances at SoHo Playhouse 10/28
by BWW News Desk - Oct 28, 2008
This fall, Tony Award nominated actor Keith Carradine (The Will Rogers Follies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 'Nashville,' 'Dexter') returns to the New York stage in the New York premiere of Anthony Horowitz's acclaimed thriller, MINDGAME. Ken Russell, the celebrated director of the films Tommy, Woman In Love and The Boyfriend, makes his New York stage directorial debut with MINDGAME.
Goodspeed Musicals Presents World Premiere of EMMET OTTER's JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS
by Faetra Petillo - Oct 23, 2008
Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, is proud to announce the cast of its upcoming world premiere production of Jim Henson's classic holiday favorite Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, adapted for the stage. Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas will run December 7, 2008, through January 4, 2009, at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut.
PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY Rehearsals Underway, Opens 11/14
by Reynard Loki - Oct 22, 2008
Rehearsals are now underway for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) New York premiere of PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY, a new play by two-time Tony Award nominee, Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Obie Award winner Craig Lucas (Small Tragedy at Playwrights Horizons, The Light in the Piazza, Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, The Dying Gaul).
AVENUE Q to Close on the West End 3/28; Atherton Returns to Cast
by Faetra Petillo - Oct 20, 2008
Official London Theatre is reporting that Julie Atherton will be returning to the cast of AVENUE Q on December 1st, 2008. It has been announced that the show will be concluding its three year run in the West End at the Noel Coward theatre on March 28th, 2009.
'Glimpses of the Moon' Returns to the Oak Room 10/20 With Hurlbert and Peluso
by Faetra Petillo - Oct 20, 2008
SHARON CARR ASSOCIATES, LTD announces the return engagement of GLIMPSES OF THE MOON, a Jazz Age musical with book & lyrics by Tajlei Levis and music by John Mercurio, directed by Marc Bruni. GLIMPSES OF THE MOON is back by popular demand for an ongoing run at Off-Broadway's Oak Room in the Algonquin Hotel (59 West 44th Street, between 5th and 6th Ave.).
Michele Pawk Joins Cast of Playwrights Horizons' 'Prayer'
by Faetra Petillo - Sep 30, 2008
Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional casting and details for the third production of its 2008/2009 Season, the New York premiere of PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY, a new play by two-time Tony Award nominee, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Obie Award winner Craig Lucas (Small Tragedy at Playwrights Horizons, The Light in the Piazza, Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, The Dying Gaul). PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY is the first of two plays by Mr. Lucas that will receive their New York premiere this season.
'Glimpses of the Moon' Returns to the Oak Room 10/20
by Faetra Petillo - Sep 26, 2008
SHARON CARR ASSOCIATES, LTD is pleased to announce the return engagement of GLIMPSES OF THE MOON, a Jazz Age musical with book & lyrics by Tajlei Levis and music by John Mercurio, directed by Marc Bruni. GLIMPSES OF THE MOON is back by popular demand for an ongoing run at Off-Broadway's Oak Room in the Algonquin Hotel (59 West 44th Street, between 5th and 6th Ave.).
Keith Carradine to Star in NY Premiere of 'Mindgame'
by Faetra Petillo - Sep 25, 2008
This fall, Tony Award nominated actor Keith Carradine (The Will Rogers Follies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 'Nashville,' 'Dexter') returns to the New York stage in the New York premiere of Anthony Horowitz's acclaimed thriller, MINDGAME. Ken Russell, the celebrated director of the films Tommy, Woman In Love and The Boyfriend, makes his New York stage directorial debut with MINDGAME.
Retro Productions to Present 'The Tender Trap' November 6-22
by Jordan Westfall - Sep 17, 2008
At the dawn of the atomic age, before Boeing Boeing and Doris Day rom-coms, there was THE TENDER TRAP, a light sex comedy about a New York bachelor and the various women seeking to marry him. This will be the first New York production of THE TENDER TRAP since its 1954 Broadway
premiere.
Bogardus, O'Malley, Denman and More Cast in Broadway's 'White Christmas'
by Faetra Petillo - Sep 3, 2008
The upcoming Broadway production of IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, a new musical stage reinvention of the beloved classic film, is pleased to announce that Stephen Bogardus, Kerry O'Malley, Jeffry Denman, Meredith Patterson, Charles Dean and Susan Mansur will lead a cast of 33 in the highly anticipated holiday engagement.
Tickets for 'The Seagull' at Walter Kerr Theatre Go On Sale 8/25
by Faetra Petillo - Aug 20, 2008
The complete company of the Royal Court Theatre's critically acclaimed production of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, in a new version by Christopher Hampton, will begin rehearsals on Monday, August 25 in London, under the direction of Ian Rickson.
Ken Russell Makes Stage Directorial Debut This Fall
by Faetra Petillo - Aug 1, 2008
This fall, Tony Award nominated actor Keith Carradine (The Will Rogers Follies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 'Nashville,' 'Dexter') returns to the New York stage in the New York premiere of Anthony Horowitz's acclaimed thriller, MINDGAME. Ken Russell, the celebrated director of the films Tommy, Woman In Love and The Boyfriend, makes his New York stage directorial debut with MINDGAME.
Full Cast Announced for BILLY ELLIOT; Gwynne, Jbara, Shelley
by BWW News Desk - Jul 15, 2008
The full cast of the Broadway production of Billy Elliot the Musical has been announced by Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions in association with Weinstein Live Entertainment.
Photo Flash: 'crooked' at the Women's Project
by BWW News Desk - Apr 21, 2008
Catherine Trieschmann's comedy CROOKED is a comedy centered on a 14-year-old's warped and wry storytelling that forces the people around her to grapple with matters of faith, fantasy, and flesh.
'No, No Nannette' Final 2008 Encores Production
by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2008
Charles Kimbrough and Michael Berresse will join previously announced cast members Sandy Duncan, Rosie O'Donnell, Beth Leavel, Mara Davi and Shonn Wiley in No, No, Nanette, the final 2008 Encores! presentation of the New York City Center season.
'Jersey Boys' Las Vegas to Star Bergen, Faugno, Kushnier & Leibow
by BWW News Desk - Jan 18, 2008
Casting has been announced for the Las Vegas production of Jersey Boys, which opens for previews at the lavish Palazzo on April 4, 2008. The cast of Jersey Boys will be led by Erich Bergen, Rick Faugno, Jeremy Kushnier and Jeff Leibow as The Four Seasons
Webber Casts UK Star Summer Strallen as Maria in 'Sound of Music'
by BWW News Desk - Jan 3, 2008
Andrew Lloyd Webber is set to make his acting debut with a cameo appearance in the United Kingdom on Channel 4's hit teen drama 'Hollyoaks.' Summer Strallen is being lined to take over as the next Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music