Jackie Hoffman Among May/June Line Up at Joe's Pub
by Caryn Robbins - May 3, 2011
Joe's Pub Announces the following line up for May: LADY RIZO: AN UNESCORTED TRIBUTE TO NINA SIMONE Friday, May 20 at 9:30 PM; $15 in advance / $20 at the door 'I've always been drawn to Nina Simone's music- the strength, versatility, the raw emotion. She is, simply put, a badass diva and did something with popular music that I aim to do today- to mix, separate and explore.' - Lady Rizo
Photo Coverage: 26th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards: Winners, Presenters and Performers
by Kevin Thomas Garcia - May 2, 2011
Last night, the 2011 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out to recipients in 14 categories and 3 special awards. This year's ceremony will benefit The Actors Fund. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the special night including the winners, presenters and performers.
Photo Coverage: 26th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards: Arrivals
by Kevin Thomas Garcia - May 2, 2011
Last night, the 2011 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out to recipients in 14 categories and 3 special awards. This year's ceremony will benefit The Actors Fund. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the special night including the red carpet arrivals.
2011 Bard SummerScape Fest presents Die Liebe der Danae
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 27, 2011
Reviving an important but rarely performed opera is one of the ways the Bard SummerScape festival paints a nuanced portrait of the past, and this year's exploration of "Sibelius and His World" is no exception.
Arcelus, Davie, Graham & More to Star in Rupert Holmes' Pre-Broadway A TIME TO KILL at Arena Stage
by Robert Diamond - Apr 14, 2011
What is the true meaning of justice? That is the question posed to audiences in A Time to Kill, the world premiere and first stage adaptation of a novel by John Grisham. By special arrangement with Daryl Roth and adapted for the stage by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), A Time to Kill brings the heat of the Deep South to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Directed by Ethan McSweeny (Broadway's Gore Vidal's 'The Best Man'), A Time to Kill runs May 6-June 19, 2011 in the Kreeger Theater.
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Host G & S Sing-Along 5/22
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 14, 2011
For the first time in New York, the Gilbert and Sullivan community will come together to celebrate the incredible G & S canon of legendary songs and perform a "G & S Sing-Along" on Sunday, May 22nd (5PM) at Peter Norton Symphony Space (2535 Broadway at 95th Street).
CSA Announces Lineup for Season Under Jean-Marie Zeitouni
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 13, 2011
Subscriptions go on sale today for the Columbus Symphony's 2011-12 Masterworks and Pops Seasons, the first full schedule under the leadership of recently installed Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni.
Grant Llewellyn And NC Symphony Announces 2011/12 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 21, 2011
The North Carolina Symphony's 2011/12 season promises the same masterful programming and compelling guest artists that concertgoers have come to expect of the state's premier performing arts organization.
CSA Announces Lineup for Season Under Jean-Marie Zeitouni
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 21, 2011
Subscriptions go on sale today for the Columbus Symphony's 2011-12 Masterworks and Pops Seasons, the first full schedule under the leadership of recently installed Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni.
Review Roundup: West End's MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
by BWW - Mar 4, 2011
On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley together. The place was Sun Records' storefront studio in Memphis. The man who made it happen was Sam Phillips, the 'Father of Rock and Roll,' who discovered them all. The four young musicians united for the only time in their careers for an impromptu recording that has come to be known as one of the greatest rock jam sessions of all time.
Second Stage Theatre to Premiere SEX LIVES OF OUR PARENTS and THE TALLS This Summer
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 23, 2011
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced the two world premiere plays which will be presented as part of the company's ninth annual Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series this summer: Michael Mitnick's Sex Lives of Our Parents, directed by Davis McCallum, and Anna Kerrigan's The Talls, directed by Carolyn Cantor.
Seven New Productions Headline Met Opera's 2011-12 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 16, 2011
The Metropolitan Opera's 2011-12 season will feature the world's leading singers, conductors, and stage directors in seven new productions, including a world premiere, a Met premiere, and the first complete performances of a new Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Lepage.
Photo Flash: First Look at Reprise Theatre Company's GIGI
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 15, 2011
William Atherton, Matt Cavenaugh, Lisa O'Hare, Millicent Martin and Jason Graae are the acclaimed film, Broadway and West End stars who will lead the cast of Reprise Theatre Company's second production of the 2010-2011 season, "Gigi", playing February 15 to February 27, 2011 (press opening February 16, 2011) at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. The musical - with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe -- will be directed by veteran musical theatre director David Lee, with choreography by Peggy Hickey and musical direction by Steve Orich.
New Jersey Symphony Announces 2011-12 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 15, 2011
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra today announced its programs for the 2011-12 concert season, conductor Jacques Lacombe's second year as the Orchestra's Music Director.
Cavenaugh, O'Hare, et al. Set for GIGI at Reprise Theatre Company, 2/15-27
by BWW
News Desk - Feb 15, 2011
William Atherton, Matt Cavenaugh, Lisa O'Hare, Carol Lawrence, Millicent Martin and Jason Graae are the acclaimed film, Broadway and West End stars who will lead the cast of Reprise Theatre Company's second production of the 2010-2011 season, 'Gigi', playing February 15 to February 27, 2011 (press opening February 16, 2011) at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. The musical - with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe -- will be directed by veteran musical theatre director David Lee, with choreography by Peggy Hickey and musical direction by Steve Orich.