Arizona Broadway Theatre proudly adds another classic
play to its production roster. The Odd Couple, the Tony
Award-winning masterpiece by Neil Simon, had its debut
in 1965. Felix Ungar, a neurotic, neat freak news writer
– having been thrown out by his wife – moves in with
his friend Oscar Madison, a messy sportswriter. The
Broadway play ran for nearly 1,000 performances and
inspired not only a successful film, but also the TV series
starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman.
Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce William Inge's Picnic directed by David Cromer. The production runs September 16-November 16, 2008, at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe.
Connie Fisher makes a welcome return to the stage this week as she begins previews in the Marvin Hamlish/Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Simon musical They're Playing Our Song at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Previews of the show, which will be directed by Fiona Laird, begin on July 25 prior to an August 4 opening. The production will run till September 28.
Broadway by the Bay, the largest theatre organization on the Peninsula, has announced the appointment of Jim Gardia as its new Executive Director, effective July 1, 2008, bringing the company's national search to an end.
Producer Robert Greenblatt announced today that 9 To 5: The Musical, based on the 20th Century Fox motion picture, will begin previews on Broadway Tuesday, March 24, 2009, and will open Thursday, April 23, 2009, at the Marriott Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway). 9 To 5: The Musical marks the Broadway debut of seven-time Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and musician Dolly Parton as composer and lyricist. The musical's book by Patricia Resnick is based on her original story and screenplay for the smash 1980 film comedy.
Producers Ben Sprecher and Louise Forlenza announced today the formation of GLOBAL BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS INC., a new production entity created to develop and produce new musicals for Broadway, the road, and international stages.
Playwright David Mamet's mastery of comedy, however shoddily displayed in Broadway's current offering of November, stands strong at the Kirk Douglas Theatre with the world premiere of his one-act period laugher Keep Your Pantheon. Coupled with Mamet's youthful foray into the contemplation of life, in The Duck Variations, two distinct aspects of the always-intriguing scribe are perfectly realized under the direction of Neil Pepe...
Award-winning Broadway favorite Rachel York brings her acclaimed cabaret 'For the Love of It' to the Metropolitan Room for one night only Sunday, May 4 at 9:30 pm
Encore Entertainment presents James Sherman's popular comedy, Beau Jest, at the Toronto Centre for the Arts (Studio Theatre), April 24 to May 4, 2008.
Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, presents Happy Days: A New Musical. This tuneful musical comedy comes to the Goodspeed after a sold out run last summer at the Goodspeed's smaller musical performance space. The full scale musical celebration of 50's nostalgia begins April 11th and runs through June 29, 2008
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announces the cast for Christopher Durang's award winning comedy The Marriage of Bette and Boo directed by Walter Bobbie, featuring Terry Beaver (Father Donnally), Heather Burns (Emily Brennan), Victoria Clark (Margaret Brennan), John Glover (Karl Hudlocke), Julie Hagerty (Soot Hudlocke), Kate Jennings Grant (Bette Brennan), Adam Lefevre (Paul Brennan), Charles Socarides (Matt), Christopher Evan Welch (Boo Hudlocke).
Producers Randall L. Wreghitt, Chris Presley and Ellen Rusconi announced today that PURE COUNTRY, a brand-new original musical, will have its World Premiere as part of the 2008-2009 Broadway Season.
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, continues its Spring 2008 season with the return engagement of Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner RITA MORENO from April 1 - 5. Her show will include songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Kander & Ebb, Harold Arlen and Charles Strouse. Also added to the Feinstein's season will be LINDA EDER, who will return to the club for five shows only from April 24 - 26. All performances will be at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).
Taboo star spreads his wings to perform in concerts at the Oak Room.
Broadway, film, television and recording star Rachel York will be the special guest performer at the 2008 San Francisco Equality Awards to be held on Saturday, February 9 at historic San Francisco City Hall.
Reprise! Broadway's Best, headed by artistic director Jason Alexander, announces that Rachel York and Olivia d'Abo are joining Jason Alexander and Martin Short in the staged reading of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple for its two performances January 25 and 26 at the Wadsworth Theatre.
Encore Entertainment presents the Pullizter prize-winning play Driving Miss Daisy at the Toronto Centre for the Arts from Jan.31-Feb.10, 2008
Martin Short and Jason Alexander will star in a staged reading of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, for two performances only, January 25 and 26, at the Wadsworth Theatre.
The Falcon Theatre is thrilled to present Penny Marshall in the comedy, Sheldon & Mrs. Levine, written by Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein, directed by John Bowab. Marshall, famed actress and director, stars as the overbearing mother, with Desmond Harrington as her put-upon son, in the second production in Falcon Theatre's 2007-2008 all-comedy subscription season.
Nathan Lane and Christian Borle star in a July workshop of Catch Me If You Can, the new Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman musical adapted from the hit 2002 Steven Speilberg film.
Paper Mill Playhouse, during its 2007-2008 season, will explore six outstanding titles with intergenerational appeal - some new to the Paper Mill stage and some returning favorites.
Nathan Lane will take on the role of President Charles Smith in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet's previously announced November, a new play about a presidential election.
Kenneth Lonergan's new play The Starry Messenger will be performed as part of Manhattan Theatre Club's 2007-2008 season - in a production starring Matthew Broderick.
Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre has announced its 2007-2008 season
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg's THE PIRATE QUEEN, the spectacular new musical from the authors of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, will play a pre-Broadway, World Premiere engagement in Chicago from October 3rd through November 26th, 2006.
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