What happens after Happily Ever After, after all? In Sondheim and Lapine’s beloved musical retelling of the Grimm classics, a parade of familiar folktale figures find their way “Into the Woods” and try to get home before dark—under the guidance of Mark Lamos, who dazzled us with A Little Night Music in 2008.
The City of Cleveland Heights and Cain Park proudly announce that Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler) opens Cain Park's 2010 season in the Alma Theater June 11-27 (preview June 10). Paul Gurgol, founder/artistic director of Kalliope Stage, directs this 1979 Tony Award-winning musical thriller with music direction by Jodie Ricci.
The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) 2009-10 season culminates in the highly anticipated world premiere production of The Tosca Project, created and staged by A.C.T. Artistic Director Carey Perloff and San Francisco Ballet's Val Caniparoli. Conjuring a world in which love, betrayal, and hope emerge from the shadows and disappear with the clink of a glass, this gorgeously choreographed and achingly moving dance-theater piece brings together internationally acclaimed artists from San Francisco Ballet with a cast of renowned actors.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, presented locally by Omaha Performing Arts and Broadway Across America, is coming to Omaha. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Orpheum Theater, Tuesday, June 22 through Sunday, June 27, 2010.
Diversionary Theatre will stage the musical play Moscow as the sixth and final show of their 2009-2010 season. Moscow is a musical play involving three men attempting to define who they are and why they are confined together in an abandoned theatre. While enduring their 'soul searching,' they make use of their time by playing sockball and by acting out various roles from Anton Chekhov's play The Three Sisters. While self exploration, relationship conflict and gay romance are part of the chemistry, Moscow amplifies universal and eternal questions: 'Who are we, Where are we, and Why are we here?'
New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is thrilled to present Hot Mikado, book and lyrics adapted by David H. Bell with musical adaptation and arrangements by Rob Bowman. Hot Mikado opens for the press on Monday, May 3, 2010 at 7:30pm and plays through Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in the Charles Mosesian Theater.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, presented locally by Omaha Performing Arts and Broadway Across America, is coming to Omaha. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Orpheum Theater, Tuesday, June 22 through Sunday, June 27, 2010.
Eric Rosen and Matt Sax, creators of the Rep's hip hop sensation Clay, present their new musical, Venice, April 11-May 9 at Copaken Stage. Rosen, who is artistic director of Kansas City Rep, directs. Choreography is by John Carrafa (Tony Award nominations for Urinetown and Into the Woods) and Tanisha Scott (video choreography for Sean Paul, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Rihanna and many additional recording artists).
Bobby Steggert (Yank!, Ragtime), Aaron Simon Gross (13 the Musical) and the full cast of [title of show] -- Hunter Bell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jeff Bowen, Susan Blackwell and Larry Pressgrove -- join
previously announced stars Tim Anderson (9 to 5), Annaleigh Ashford (Hair), Jennifer Balagna (9 to 5), Paul Castree (9 to 5), Mario Cantone (Assassins), Erin Davie (Grey Gardens, A Little Night Music), Jeffry Denman (White Christmas), Jerry Dixon (Once on This Island), Kathy Fitzgerald (9 to 5), Gaelen Gilliland (Legally Blonde), Josh Grisetti (Enter Laughing), Adam Gwon (Ordinary Days), Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A Little Night Music), Van Hughes (American Idiot), Tyler Maynard (Altar Boyz), Euan Morton (Taboo), Kerry O'Malley (Into The Woods), Charlie Pollock (9 to 5), Tory Ross (Cry Baby), Andrew Samonsky (South Pacific), Joseph Zellnik (Yank!),
and Anthony Rapp (Rent) for At Hand Theatre Company's BROADWAY RECYCLED, an Earth Day concert benefitting the Broadway Green Alliance and At Hand Theatre Company.
Erin Davie (GREY GARDENS, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC), Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC), Aaron Lazar (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC), and Andrew Samonsky (SOUTH PACIFIC) will join previously announced stars Tim Anderson (9 TO 5), Annaleigh Ashford (HAIR), Paul Castree (9 TO 5), Mario Cantone (ASSASSINS), Jeffry Denman (WHITE CHRISTMAS), Jerry Dixon (ONCE ON THIS ISLAND), Kathy Fitzgerald (9 TO 5), Josh Grisetti (ENTER LAUGHING), Adam Gwon (ORDINARY DAYS), Ann Harada (AVENUE Q), Van Hughes (AMERICAN IDIOT), Tyler Maynard (ALTAR BOYZ), Kerry O'Malley (INTO THE WOODS), Charlie Pollock (9 TO 5), Tory Ross (CRY BABY), Joseph Zellnik (YANK!), and Anthony Rapp (RENT), plus some surprise special guests, for At Hand Theatre Company's BROADWAY RECYCLED, an Earth Day concert benefitting the Broadway Green Alliance and At Hand Theatre Company. It will be presented for one night only, April 18th at 7pm at Joe's Pub.
Agoraphobia, adultery, spray cheese, road kill, hysterical pregnancy, kleptomania, flan and disco - these are just a few of the subjects covered in hit Off-Broadway musical comedy THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL, which will have its Boston-area premiere April 30-May 30, produced by SpeakEasy Stage Company.
New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is thrilled to present Hot Mikado, book and lyrics adapted by David H. Bell with musical adaptation and arrangements by Rob Bowman. Hot Mikado opens for the press on Monday, May 3, 2010 at 7:30pm and plays through Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in the Charles Mosesian Theater.
Bobby Steggert (Yank!, Ragtime), Aaron Simon Gross (13 the Musical) and the full cast of [title of show] -- Hunter Bell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jeff Bowen, Susan Blackwell and Larry Pressgrove -- join
previously announced stars Tim Anderson (9 to 5), Annaleigh Ashford (Hair), Jennifer Balagna (9 to 5), Paul Castree (9 to 5), Mario Cantone (Assassins), Erin Davie (Grey Gardens, A Little Night Music), Jeffry Denman (White Christmas), Jerry Dixon (Once on This Island), Kathy Fitzgerald (9 to 5), Gaelen Gilliland (Legally Blonde), Josh Grisetti (Enter Laughing), Adam Gwon (Ordinary Days), Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A Little Night Music), Van Hughes (American Idiot), Tyler Maynard (Altar Boyz), Euan Morton (Taboo), Kerry O'Malley (Into The Woods), Charlie Pollock (9 to 5), Tory Ross (Cry Baby), Andrew Samonsky (South Pacific), Joseph Zellnik (Yank!),
and Anthony Rapp (Rent) for At Hand Theatre Company's BROADWAY RECYCLED, an Earth Day concert benefitting the Broadway Green Alliance and At Hand Theatre Company.
Angela Lansbury will receive the Stephen Sondheim Award in Washington this Monday. In a recent interview with the Washington Post, Lansbury said she had never even considered performing in musicals until being approached by Arthur Laurents and Sondheim for Gypsy.
Rossini's rarely performed Armida has its Met premiere on April 12 with a gala performance of Mary Zimmerman's new production. Renowned soprano Renée Fleming stars as the mythological sorceress, Armida, one of the greatest virtuoso roles from the bel canto repertory. Fleming is joined by Lawrence Brownlee, who sings Armida's chief love interest, Rinaldo, and five more tenors in the roles of the crusader knights. José Manuel Zapata portrays Rinaldo's deadly rival Gernando.
Diversionary Theatre will stage the musical play Moscow as the sixth and final show of their 2009-2010 season. Moscow is a musical play involving three men attempting to define who they are and why they are confined together in an abandoned theatre. While enduring their 'soul searching,' they make use of their time by playing sockball and by acting out various roles from Anton Chekhov's play The Three Sisters. While self exploration, relationship conflict and gay romance are part of the chemistry, Moscow amplifies universal and eternal questions: 'Who are we, Where are we, and Why are we here?'
Eric Rosen and Matt Sax, creators of the Rep's hip hop sensation Clay, are set to open their new musical, Venice, April 11-May 9 at Copaken Stage. Rosen, who is artistic director of Kansas City Rep, will direct. Choreography is by John Carrafa (Tony Award nominations for Urinetown and Into the Woods) and Tanisha Scott (video choreography for Sean Paul, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Rihanna and many additional recording artists).
Rossini's rarely performed Armida has its Met premiere on April 12 with a gala performance of Mary Zimmerman's new production. Renowned soprano Renée Fleming stars as the mythological sorceress, Armida, one of the greatest virtuoso roles from the bel canto repertory. Fleming is joined by Lawrence Brownlee, who sings Armida's chief love interest, Rinaldo, and five more tenors in the roles of the crusader knights. José Manuel Zapata portrays Rinaldo's deadly rival Gernando.
The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, nationally known for its interpretation of Stephen Sondheim musicals, celebrated its 20th anniversary season by presenting Sondheim's most popular musical SWEENEY TODD, directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The production will end its run in the 276-seat MAX Theater, April 4, 2010.
Broadway In Chicago will end its run of the award-winning worldwide smash-hit musical, Disney's Beauty and the Beast on April 4th. The production is produced by NETworks Presentations.
Erin Davie (GREY GARDENS, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC), Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC), Aaron Lazar (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC), and Andrew Samonsky (SOUTH PACIFIC) will join previously announced stars Tim Anderson (9 TO 5), Annaleigh Ashford (HAIR), Paul Castree (9 TO 5), Mario Cantone (ASSASSINS), Jeffry Denman (WHITE CHRISTMAS), Jerry Dixon (ONCE ON THIS ISLAND), Kathy Fitzgerald (9 TO 5), Josh Grisetti (ENTER LAUGHING), Adam Gwon (ORDINARY DAYS), Ann Harada (AVENUE Q), Van Hughes (AMERICAN IDIOT), Tyler Maynard (ALTAR BOYZ), Kerry O'Malley (INTO THE WOODS), Charlie Pollock (9 TO 5), Tory Ross (CRY BABY), Joseph Zellnik (YANK!), and Anthony Rapp (RENT), plus some surprise special guests, for At Hand Theatre Company's BROADWAY RECYCLED, an Earth Day concert benefitting the Broadway Green Alliance and At Hand Theatre Company. It will be presented for one night only, April 18th at 7pm at Joe's Pub.
Eric Rosen and Matt Sax, creators of the Rep's hip hop sensation Clay, are set to open their new musical, Venice, April 11-May 9 at Copaken Stage. Rosen, who is artistic director of Kansas City Rep, will direct. Choreography is by John Carrafa (Tony Award nominations for Urinetown and Into the Woods) and Tanisha Scott (video choreography for Sean Paul, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Rihanna and many additional recording artists).
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to present the award-winning worldwide smash-hit musical, Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Cadillac Palace Theatre March 23 - April 4, 2010. Tickets go on sale at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 22, 2010.
After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2006 and 2007, the smash-hit musical WICKED returns to the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center), February 3-28.
Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.
Finally appearing together again after their Tony Award® winning performances in Evita, Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin bring their critically acclaimed theatre concert to The Royal Alexandra Theatre for 6 performances only, from February 9 through 14. Tickets are now on sale.
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