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Dianne Wiest Leads THE FOREST at Classic Stage, 4/23 - 5/30
by Jessica Lewis - Feb 25, 2010


Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will present two-time Academy Award-winner Dianne Wiest in THE FOREST, by Alexander Ostrovosky, translated by Kathleen Tolan, and directed by Brian Kulick, beginning performances Friday, April 23 at CSC with an official press opening Thursday, May 6 at 7pm. THE FOREST will also star Obie Award-winning actor John Douglas Thompson, who earned great acclaim last year for his title role performance in Othello at Theatre for a New Audience. THE FOREST will play a limited engagement through Sunday May 30 only.

World Premiere Musical WONDERLAND Closes at Alley Theatre, 2/14
by BWW News Desk - Feb 14, 2010


Alley Theatre's world premiere of the new musical Wonderland will close on Sunday, February 14.

February Performance Schedule at the Metropolitan Room
by BWW News Desk - Jan 21, 2010


FEBRUARY AT THE METROPOLITAN ROOM. Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge.

MAMMA MIA! Producer Judy Craymer Signs on for SPICE GIRLS Musical
by Jessica Lewis - Jan 21, 2010


Judy Craymer, producer of the global film and theatre smash hit, Mamma Mia!, has announced an agreement with Simon Fuller's new XIX company, The Spice Girls and Universal Music. Judy Craymer Productions is to create and produce a new musical, under the working title Viva Forever, based on the songs of another world-wide phenomenon, The Spice Girls.

World Premiere Musical WONDERLAND Moves to Alley Theatre; Opens 1/20
by BWW News Desk - Jan 20, 2010


Alley Theatre presents the world premiere of the new musical Wonderland about Alice, a children's book writer in Manhattan who is suffering through a creative block, estranged from her husband and alienated from her daughter. It takes a trip to a strange-yet-familiar Wonderland for her to regain her life's balance and again find the love and everyday magic that reside in us all - if we know how to look. With a book by Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy (The Civil War), lyrics by Jack Murphy, music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlett Pimpernel, The Civil War), and directed by Gregory Boyd, Wonderland begins previews Friday, January 15, opens officially Wednesday, January 20 and runs through Sunday, February 14.

Photo Flash: The Joffrey Ballet Stages CINDERELLA at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 1/28-1/31
by BWW News Desk - Jan 12, 2010


The Joffrey Ballet under the direction of Ashley C. Wheater, Artistic Director, presents 'Cinderella'. Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton. Music by Serge Prokofiev. 'Cinderella' will be performed from January 28 to 31, 2010 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

World Premiere Musical WONDERLAND Moves to Alley Theatre; Opens 1/20
by BWW News Desk - Jan 5, 2010


Alley Theatre presents the world premiere of the new musical Wonderland about Alice, a children's book writer in Manhattan who is suffering through a creative block, estranged from her husband and alienated from her daughter. It takes a trip to a strange-yet-familiar Wonderland for her to regain her life's balance and again find the love and everyday magic that reside in us all - if we know how to look. With a book by Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy (The Civil War), lyrics by Jack Murphy, music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlett Pimpernel, The Civil War), and directed by Gregory Boyd, Wonderland begins previews Friday, January 15, opens officially Wednesday, January 20 and runs through Sunday, February 14.

GYPSY OF THE MONTH: Michael X. Martin of 'Ragtime'
by Adrienne Onofri - Jan 4, 2010


Despite the acclaimed revival's premature closing, Michael X. will soldier on in this biz, as he has for 30-plus years.

Guthrie & MN Consortium of Theological Schools Offers Special Post-play FAITH Discussions 11/10, 11/17
by BWW News Desk - Nov 17, 2009


The Guthrie today announced that it will partner with the Minnesota Consortium of Theological Schools to offer 'Reflections by Theologians and Physicians,' two panel discussions following the November 10 and 17 performances of Brian Friel's Faith Healer on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.

Guthrie & MN Consortium of Theological Schools Offers Special Post-play FAITH Discussions 11/10, 11/17
by BWW News Desk - Nov 10, 2009


The Guthrie today announced that it will partner with the Minnesota Consortium of Theological Schools to offer 'Reflections by Theologians and Physicians,' two panel discussions following the November 10 and 17 performances of Brian Friel's Faith Healer on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.

Guthrie & MN Consortium of Theological Schools Offers Special Post-play FAITH Discussions 11/10, 11/17
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 27, 2009


The Guthrie today announced that it will partner with the Minnesota Consortium of Theological Schools to offer 'Reflections by Theologians and Physicians,' two panel discussions following the November 10 and 17 performances of Brian Friel's Faith Healer on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.

Met Presents Leos Janacek's Final Opera, FROM THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD, 11/12
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 15, 2009


Leo Janacek's final opera, From the House of the Dead, has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on November 12 in a new production by celebrated director Patrice Chereau, making his U.S. opera debut.

UNDER FIRE Plays The New York Musical Theater Fest The Theater at St. Clement's, Opens 9/30
by BWW News Desk - Oct 12, 2009


John Bonanni, Big Fish Big Pond, Ltd and the New York Musical Theater Festival present the world premiere of Under Fire, a new musical set in the late 1970's during the bloody revolution in El Mirado, and based upon the 1983 motion picture of the same title.

Cook, Williams, Kritzer and Arden Will Sing SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM for Roundabout Broadway Premiere
by Eddie Varley - Oct 1, 2009


Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to have Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine return to Studio 54 with Sondheim on Sondheim, a new original Broadway musical starring Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, Michael Arden & Leslie Kritzer. Music & lyrics are by Stephen Sondheim, conceived & directed by James Lapine. Sondheim on Sondheim will begin previews on March 19th, 2010 and open officially April 22nd, 2010 at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th Street). This will be a limited engagement through Sunday, June 13th, 2010.

UNDER FIRE Plays The New York Musical Theater Fest The Theater at St. Clement's, Opens 9/30
by BWW News Desk - Sep 30, 2009


John Bonanni, Big Fish Big Pond, Ltd and the New York Musical Theater Festival present the world premiere of Under Fire, a new musical set in the late 1970's during the bloody revolution in El Mirado, and based upon the 1983 motion picture of the same title.

UNDER FIRE Plays The New York Musical Theater Fest The Theater at St. Clement's, Opens 9/30
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 1, 2009


John Bonanni, Big Fish Big Pond, Ltd and the New York Musical Theater Festival present the world premiere of Under Fire, a new musical set in the late 1970's during the bloody revolution in El Mirado, and based upon the 1983 motion picture of the same title.

Signature Theatre Announces 3 New Musical Commissions & 2 Awards; Recipients Include Guettel, Foley, Michelson, Miller & Richards
by Charlie Piane - Jul 20, 2009


Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director of the Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, today announced that Signature Theatre is expanding its American Musical Voices Project (AMVP) for a fourth year with the commission and production of a new musical by Adam Guettel for its 2011-2012 season. Also announced as part of The Next Generation segment of the AMVP were two additional musical commissions awarded to Peter Foley and Marisa Michelson as well as honoree grants given to Chris Miller and Scott Davenport Richards for the development of future musical ideas. Signature, with the support of The Shen Family Foundation, has awarded $595,000 to artists in honors and commissions in the past three years. The American Musical Voices Project is the largest single musical theater commissioning and producing initiative at any non-profit theater in America.

Photo Flash: Paper Mill Playhouse Announces 2009 Rising Star Award Winners
by Eddie Varley - Jun 18, 2009


Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Artistic Director, Mark W. Jones-Executive Director) The Rising Star Awards are modeled after the Tony® Awards and Paper Mill's program serves the entire state of New Jersey with 100 entered productions from high schools. The 2009 Rising Star Award ceremony was held at Paper Mill Playhouse on Tuesday, June 16th in which the nominees performed and the award recipients were presented with a crystal award from Rising Star Award partner Tiffany's & Co. Investors Savings Bank Foundation is the title sponsor of the 2009 Rising Star Awards.

Paper Mill Playhouse Announces Rising Star Award Winners
by Reynard Loki - Jun 16, 2009


Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Artistic Director, Mark W. Jones-Executive Director) The Rising Star Awards are modeled after the Tony® Awards and Paper Mill?s program serves the entire state of New Jersey with 100 entered productions from high schools. The 2009 Rising Star Award ceremony was held at Paper Mill Playhouse on Tuesday, June 16th in which the nominees performed and the award recipients were presented with a crystal award from Rising Star Award partner Tiffany?s & Co. Investors Savings Bank Foundation is the title sponsor of the 2009 Rising Star Awards.

2009 Tony Award Winner: Angela Lansbury For 'Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play'
by Charlie Piane - Jun 7, 2009


BroadwayWorld Congratulates Angela Lansbury, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play'

Schwartz Receives Pittsburgh CLO's Richard Rodgers Award 5/9
by BWW News Desk - May 9, 2009


Pittsburgh CLO, with the families of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, will proudly present the 12th Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theater to award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. The ceremony will be held at the 2009 CLO Guild's Pink Frolic Ball on May 9, 2009, at the Omni William Penn Hotel. Established in 1988, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theater recognizes the lifetime contributions of outstanding talents in musical theater. Pittsburgh CLO has presented the Richard Rodgers Award 11 times in recent years to such luminaries as Mary Martin (1988), Dame Julie Andrews (1989), Harold Prince (1991), Sir Cameron Mackintosh (1992), Stephen Sondheim (1993), Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber (1996), Gwen Verdon (2000), Bernadette Peters (2002), Shirley Jones (2007), Kathleen Marshall (2008) and Rob Marshall (2008).

2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Performance By A Featured Actress In A Play'
by Charlie Piane - May 7, 2009


BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Performance By A Featured Actress In A Play'

Music Director Designate ALAN GILBERT Returns To Lead The New York Philharmonic In Two Programs, 4/30 - 5/9
by BWW News Desk - Apr 30, 2009


Alan Gilbert, who will become Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in September 2009, returns to New York to lead two weeks of programs with the Orchestra. The first series of concerts ? Thursday, April 30, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2, and 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. will comprise Dvorák?s The Golden Spinning Wheel; Saint-Saëns?s Violin Concerto No. 3, with Joshua Bell as soloist; and Martin's Symphony No. 4.

Music Director Designate ALAN GILBERT Returns To Lead The New York Philharmonic In Two Programs, 4/30 - 5/9
by Reynard Loki - Mar 24, 2009


Alan Gilbert, who will become Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in September 2009, returns to New York to lead two weeks of programs with the Orchestra. The first series of concerts ? Thursday, April 30, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2, and 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. will comprise Dvorák?s The Golden Spinning Wheel; Saint-Saëns?s Violin Concerto No. 3, with Joshua Bell as soloist; and Martin's Symphony No. 4.

Brian Dennehy Joins Goodman's Artistic Collective
by Eddie Varley - Mar 5, 2009


Robert Falls proudly names his longtime artistic collaborator Brian Dennehy-two-time Tony and Golden Globe Award winner and six-time Emmy Award nominee-the newest member of Goodman Theatre's Artistic Collective, a diverse group of outstanding American theater artists who make the Goodman their artistic home.

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