MTC Announces New Plays By Nottage, Shanley and Krieger.
by BWW News Desk - Jul 23, 2008
Manhattan Theatre Club announced casting for two of its upcoming productions: ROMANTIC POETRY, the world premiere musical by John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger, and RUINED, a world premiere play by Lynn Nottage.
9 to 5 Begins Previews On 3/24 at Marquis Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Jul 15, 2008
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.
MTC Announces Lenox to Star in 'Ruined'
by BWW News Desk - Jun 27, 2008
Manhattan Theatre Club is pleased to announce that Tony Awardâ winner Adriane Lenox will return to MTC next spring to head the cast of the world premiere production of Lynn Nottage's RUINED.
Bill T. Jones to Direct New Musical 'Fela!'
by BWW News Desk - Jun 23, 2008
Ruth & Stephen Hendel and Roy Gabay present the world premiere of Fela!, a new musical based on the life of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Directed and choreographed by Tony® Award winner Bill T. Jones (Spring Awakening) with a book by Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones, Fela! will feature Kuti's rousing music performed live onstage by Antibalas and other members of the New York Afrobeat community.
TheatreWorks Presents Schwartz's 'Snapshots' Starting 6/18
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2008
TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, opens its 39th season with the dazzling West Coast Premiere of Snapshots, the latest musical from legendary Broadway (Wicked) and Hollywood (Enchanted) composer Stephen Schwartz.
'Caroline, or Change' Opens at TheatreWorks April 5
by BWW News Desk - Feb 20, 2008
TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, closes its 38th season with the daring, joyous, Tony nominated musical Caroline, or Change; plays April 2 through 27 (press opening: April 5) at TheatreWorks at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
ShowBusiness DVD On-Sale Today, Oct. 16
by BWW News Desk - Oct 16, 2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is a new documentary film by Dori Berinstein that follows the productions of four of Broadway's biggest shows during the 2003-2004 season. The film will debut on DVD with all new special features on October 16 from Genius Products and Liberation Entertainment at a suggested SRP of $28.95.
'ShowBusiness' Fantastic Peek Behind the Curtains
by James Sims - May 11, 2007
'ShowBusiness' follows four hotly discussed musicals during the 2003-2004 Broadway season, 'Wicked,' 'Avenue Q,' 'Caroline, or Change' and 'Taboo,' as they develop from a fledgling workshop production into Tony Award contender...
Broadway Bullet Interview: Dori Berinstein
by Michael Gilboe - May 7, 2007
We talk to Three Time Tony Award Winning Producer Dori Berinstein about the new documentary she directed,'ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway.' She also talks about her new production 'Legally Blonde' and the changing role of the Broadway producer.