A chance encounter at a hotel plays upon Kitty's mind in the dark comedy Happy Now? by Lucinda Coxon, as she struggles to balance personal freedom with family life, fidelity and a demanding job. Her husband is more interested in misplaced apostrophes than in their marriage, her parents are looking down the barrel of oblivion, and although she toys with the idea of joining a gym, Kitty's running out of time for big changes. Happy Now? dares to ask just that, in this painfully truthful, darkly comic take on contemporary life and how to survive it.
The Tony Awards Nominations were announced Tuesday, May 4th and the Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 13, 2010.
The day after the nominations, on Wednesday, May 5th, Broadway Beat talked to nearly all of the nominated stars in advance of a special two-part Broadway Beat Tony Awards extravanganza. Every day, we'll be presenting unedited, raw 'Short Takes' sneak peeks of some of these amazing interviews. Next up - Barbara Cook, nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM. Read the transcript of her interview below!
Nashville Ballet celebrates its 25th Anniversary and announces the 2010/2011 season. Packed with crowd pleasers, the Ballet will offer some of the most requested ballets for a full year of favorites. This season will also see the addition of a special family performance, Peter and the Wolf, a production created specifically for a younger ballet audience.
The Columbus Symphony Orchestra today announced the 2010 season lineup for its two annual summer outdoor concert series, the Nationwide Insurance Picnic with the Pops and Popcorn Pops. A Highlight of the season includes a special performance by former Elphabas Julia Murney and Stephanie J. Block singing songs from Wicked.
Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith announces the D.C.-based pioneering theater company's 60th season filled with award-winning artists and projects to celebrate the grand opening of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. The 2010/11 inaugural season includes eight full productions, seven presentations from the National Endowment for the Arts New Play Development Program and public readings from all 30 of Edward Albee's works, totaling at least 45 projects produced and presented by Arena Stage in the inaugural year at the Mead Center. With the opening next fall, Arena Stage will fully become a national center for production, presentation, development and study of American theater.
The San Francisco Fleet Week Association is proud to present San Francisco Fleet Week 2010, to be held October 7-12, 2010. To kick off fundraising efforts for Fleet Week 2010, a special benefit performance of Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show will be held on Wednesday, May 19 at 7 p.m. at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St., 2nd floor).
Puppet cops, 80's hair bands, Jesus Christ, a modern day take on 'The Odd Couple,' race relations, office politics in Deep Space and a live sex show. These ideas and many, many more make up COMEDY CENTRAL's 2010-2011 development slate announced today by Kent Alterman, head of original programming and production, COMEDY CENTRAL.
ACT NOW! Drama Company Presents THE ADVENTURES OF ROYSTON COCKFOSTERS July 6-18 at the Greenwich Playhouse. Written & directed by David Hunt, THE ADVENTURES OF ROYSTON COCKFOSTERS is a comedy that follows the incompetent adventurer and explorer, Royston Cockfosters.
California International Theatre Festival 2010 season is presented by the City of Calabasas with Linda Purl as Festival Director, M. Edgar Rosenblum as Executive Director and Tammy Taylor as Festival Producer. The Festival will take place in several Calabasas locations and will include distinguished international productions.
By popular demand, a sixth performance has been added to Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family engagement at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, May 6 at 8:00 p.m.
City Parks Foundation (David Rivel, Executive Director) has announced their 25th Anniversary season of SummerStage, with twenty free performance dates and six unique theater productions from June 11 - August 27, 2010.
The Tony Awards Nominations were announced this morning on Tuesday, May 4th. The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 13, 2010.
Click here for the full list of nominations! BroadwayWorld.com will be talking to nominees throughout the day so keep checking back!
The Whole Backstage Children's Theatre is VERY HAPPY to announce Camp Broadway Kids 2010! This summer camp AUGUST 2-6, 2010 will center around all things Broadway and will give children the opportunity to experience theatre on a new level. The week will be a Broadway 'Theme' where children will learn about 'The Great White Way' What that is..and its influence on today's theatre. All classes --costumes, set design, acting, etc. will center around what you might see on a trip to the Big Apple!
The Whole Backstage Children's Theatre is VERY HAPPY to announce Camp Broadway Kids 2010! This summer camp will center around all things Broadway and will give children the opportunity to experience theatre on a new level.
Lortel Statues for 14 categories and 2 special awards were handed out by celebrity presenters at the 2010 Lucille Lortel Awards at a live awards ceremony tonight at Terminal 5. Hosted by the Off-Broadway League, the live show was co-hosted by Bryan Batt and Bebe Neuwirth and featured performances by Alan Menken, STOMP, Seth Rudetsky, Edward Watts of The Fanasticks and LaChanze.
Tthe 55th Annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 23, 2010 at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. Former Drama Desk Award winner Patti LuPone will host the awards ceremony.
The New York Drama Critics' Circle met on April 30, 2010, to determine the winners of its annual awards. The results were as follows:
In April 2010, the Overtime Theater will proudly present the world premiere production of The Happy Couple, a new drama by playwright James Venhaus.
Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation, continues its 34th Season of great theatre with a variety of choices for all audiences. We offer the hottest ticket in town to ten of Broadway's best, from classic musicals to rock icons to beloved family fare - not to mention dance!
Looking Glass Theatre proudly announces its exciting Spring 2010 lineup featuring special V-Day New York City 2010 events, a return engagement of its popular children's show Ready, Set, Story! How Katie Saved the Sneaky Spider's Tales, new multimedia show Shriek! and a new family-friendly comedy about the environment, 70 Million Tons.
All tickets for the Spencer Theater's Summer Season 2010 are on sale now at the Spencer Box Office. The solid gold season runs from Memorial Day Weekend through August!, kicking off with Motown's Mary Wilson of The Original Supremes and continues with the Billboard Top 10 solid gold sounds of Herman's Hermits, The Turtles, a Nearly Neal (Diamond) tribute and country legends Ray Price, Roy Clark and Johnny Cash's amazing band.
Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith announces the D.C.-based pioneering theater company's 60th season filled with award-winning artists and projects to celebrate the grand opening of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. The 2010/11 inaugural season includes eight full productions, seven presentations from the National Endowment for the Arts New Play Development Program and public readings from all 30 of Edward Albee's works, totaling at least 45 projects produced and presented by Arena Stage in the inaugural year at the Mead Center. With the opening next fall, Arena Stage will fully become a national center for production, presentation, development and study of American theater.
Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) today announced that the State Theater of California will host events beginning in May 2010 for Pasadena Jazz Institute, Lyric Opera and Blair IB School, as the organization continues its process of financial reorganization.
Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith announces the D.C.-based pioneering theater company's 60th season filled with award-winning artists and projects to celebrate the grand opening of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. The 2010/11 inaugural season includes eight full productions, seven presentations from the National Endowment for the Arts New Play Development Program and public readings from all 30 of Edward Albee's works, totaling at least 45 projects produced and presented by Arena Stage in the inaugural year at the Mead Center. With the opening next fall, Arena Stage will fully become a national center for production, presentation, development and study of American theater.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) proudly announces the return of NEW WORK NOW!, the popular reading series that allows audiences an opportunity to experience new work by a diverse selection of established and emerging theater artists-all for FREE.
Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents the Jubilation Choir on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 4pm in the Claire Shulman Playhouse Main Stage Theatre at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are free. Reservations required by phone at 718-760-0064. Jubilation Choir is part of the American Express Cultural Heritage Series.
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