Open Fist Presents SORORITY QUEEN IN A MOBILE HOME, Opens 6/16
by BWW News Desk - Jun 16, 2010
The Open Fist Theatre Company presents a new show in their 2010 season SORORITY QUEEN IN A MOBILE HOME, written by Michael DiGaetano & Kevin A. Mahoney and directed by Paul Kampf . SORORITY QUEEN IN A MOBILE HOME will preview on Wednesday, June 9 at 8pm; Thursday, June 10 at 8pm; and will open on Wednesday, June 16 at 8pm and run through Thursday, July 15 at The Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.
Brancati, Martin, & Pitre Set For LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE in Toronto, 7/21 - 9/4
by Mary Hanrahan - Jun 9, 2010
Paula Brancati, Lauren Collins, Wendy Crewson, Cynthia Dale, Andrea Martin, and Louise Pitre are officially set to be the first cast of the Toronto production of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE. As in the initial New York staging of the play by Nora and Delia Ephron, the production will feature a company of six that rotates in four-week cycles. The next cast will be announced in the next upcoming weeks.
Open Fist Presents SORORITY QUEEN IN A MOBILE HOME, Previews 6/9
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 8, 2010
The Open Fist Theatre Company presents a new show in their 2010 season SORORITY QUEEN IN A MOBILE HOME, written by Michael DiGaetano & Kevin A. Mahoney and directed by Paul Kampf . SORORITY QUEEN IN A MOBILE HOME will preview on Wednesday, June 9 at 8pm; Thursday, June 10 at 8pm; and will open on Wednesday, June 16 at 8pm and run through Thursday, July 15 at The Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.
HERE Arts Center Presents MILK With Jordan Baker & Peter Bradbury Through 5/22
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2010
New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director), the OBIE Award-winning downtown theater company founded in 1992, and New Feet Productions will present the world premiere of Emily DeVoti's thought-provoking new play 'MILK,' directed by Jessica Bauman.
Brandon Victor Dixon to Lead UNCHAIN MY HEART as 'Ray Charles' on Bway; Opens Nov. 7
by Jessica Lewis - Apr 29, 2010
The cast of UNCHAIN MY HEART, The Ray Charles Musical, will be lead by Brandon Victor Dixon (2010 Lortel, Drama League & Outer Critics Circle nominee for The Scottsboro Boys, 2006 Tony nominee for The Color Purple) starring as 'Ray Charles' and Nikki Renée Daniels (Promises, Promises, Nine) as 'Della'.
HERE Arts Center Presents MILK With Jordan Baker & Peter Bradbury, Previews 4/26
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 26, 2010
New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director), the OBIE Award-winning downtown theater company founded in 1992, and New Feet Productions will present the world premiere of Emily DeVoti's thought-provoking new play 'MILK,' directed by Jessica Bauman.
San Diego's Balboa Theatre Welcomes Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour, 4/21
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 21, 2010
San Diego Theatres' presentations for this season at the historic and nationally acclaimed Balboa Theatre close with the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour on April 21 at 7:30PM. Celebrating the upcoming 53rd anniversary of the famous Monterey Jazz Festival, this amazing concert will feature the endlessly creative master pianist Kenny Barron, the daring and swinging violinist Regina Carter, the dangerously hip vocalist Kurt Elling and the soulful guitarist Russell Malone. These four musical greats will come together for a very special concert of exceptional jazz in the intimate and acoustically brilliant Balboa Theatre. One performance only...don't miss it!
Kohl, Marcus et al. Join Patinkin, Baldwin, Opel in PARADISE FOUND; Rehearsals Start 5th April; Opens 19th May
by Jessica Lewis - Apr 5, 2010
Rehearsals begin today, Monday, April 5 for the World Premiere production of PARADISE FOUND, a new musical under the combined direction of Theater legend and 21-time Tony Award winner Harold Prince (the original productions of Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, The Phantom of the Opera, Company, Follies, Evita) and 5-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (Crazy For You, Show Boat, The Producers, Contact). This is their first collaboration since the landmark, Tony Award-winning revival of Show Boat. Following the New York rehearsal period, the production will open at London's acclaimed Menier Chocolate Factory with performances running May 19 through June 26.
HERE Arts Center Presents MILK With Jordan Baker & Peter Bradbury, Previews 4/26
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 30, 2010
New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director), the OBIE Award-winning downtown theater company founded in 1992, and New Feet Productions will present the world premiere of Emily DeVoti's thought-provoking new play 'MILK,' directed by Jessica Bauman.
San Diego's Balboa Theatre Welcomes Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour, 4/21
by BWW News Desk - Mar 22, 2010
San Diego Theatres' presentations for this season at the historic and nationally acclaimed Balboa Theatre close with the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour on April 21 at 7:30PM. Celebrating the upcoming 53rd anniversary of the famous Monterey Jazz Festival, this amazing concert will feature the endlessly creative master pianist Kenny Barron, the daring and swinging violinist Regina Carter, the dangerously hip vocalist Kurt Elling and the soulful guitarist Russell Malone. These four musical greats will come together for a very special concert of exceptional jazz in the intimate and acoustically brilliant Balboa Theatre. One performance only...don't miss it!
Stuart Thompson To Be Presented With Robert Whitehead Award
by BWW News Desk - Mar 9, 2010
Stuart Thompson, two-time Tony award-winning and six time Tony award-nominated Broadway producer, will be presented The Commercial Theater Institute's Robert Whitehead Award for 'outstanding achievement in commercial theatre producing' at a reception at Sardi's Restaurant on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Stuart Thompson To Be Presented With Robert Whitehead Award
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 19, 2010
Stuart Thompson, two-time Tony award-winning and six time Tony award-nominated Broadway producer, will be presented The Commercial Theater Institute's Robert Whitehead Award for 'outstanding achievement in commercial theatre producing' at a reception at Sardi's Restaurant on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
MTC Opens Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL, 1/28
by BWW News Desk - Jan 28, 2010
Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce that Tony Award nominee Brian d'Arcy James will join the cast of the New York premiere of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).
Asolo Repertory Theatre Set for HEARTS; Runs 1/22-4/11
by BWW News Desk - Jan 22, 2010
Asolo Rep Proudly Presents
HEARTS
January 22 -April 11, 2009
Willy Holtzman's Pultizer Prize nominated play;
Winner of the Arthur Miller Award for Dramatic Writing and
Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
Asolo Repertory Theatre Set for HEARTS; Runs 1/22-4/11
by BWW News Desk - Jan 19, 2010
Asolo Rep Proudly Presents
HEARTS
January 22 -April 11, 2009
Willy Holtzman's Pultizer Prize nominated play;
Winner of the Arthur Miller Award for Dramatic Writing and
Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
Broadway and TV Veteran Rosemary Prinz To Star In LOST IN YONKERS At Cleveland Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Jan 8, 2010
Rosemary Prinz, a veteran of Broadway and the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns, leads the cast in The Cleveland Play House production of Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, Lost in Yonkers is a touching and hilarious coming of age story and a very eccentric family.
Broadway and TV Veteran Rosemary Prinz To Star In LOST IN YONKERS At Cleveland Playhouse
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 16, 2009
Rosemary Prinz, a veteran of Broadway and the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns, leads the cast in The Cleveland Play House production of Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, Lost in Yonkers is a touching and hilarious coming of age story and a very eccentric family.
Con O'Neill to Replace Matt Lucas in PRICK UP YOUR EARS, 10/22
by BWW News Desk - Oct 22, 2009
Whatsonstage.com has confirmed that actor Con O'Neill will take over Matt Lucas' role of Kenneth Halliwell in the West End production of Simon Bent's Prick Up Your Ears at the Comedy Theatre on October 22. He will replace Matt Lucas, who left the production last week in the wake of the suicide of his ex-partner, Kevin McGee, as previously reported.
Con O'Neill to Replace Matt Lucas in PRICK UP YOUR EARS, 10/22
by Jessica Lewis - Oct 12, 2009
Whatsonstage.com has confirmed that actor Con O'Neill will take over Matt Lucas' role of Kenneth Halliwell in the West End production of Simon Bent's Prick Up Your Ears at the Comedy Theatre on October 22. He will replace Matt Lucas, who left the production last week in the wake of the suicide of his ex-partner, Kevin McGee, as previously reported.
Additional Casting for National Tour Of IN THE HEIGHTS Announced
by Jessica Lewis - Sep 28, 2009
As previously reported, Kyle Beltran, Rogelio Douglas Jr., Natalie Toro and Shaun Taylor-Corbett are set to star in the upcoming National Tour of IN THE HEIGHTS, which will launch October 27 at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. Complete casting has been announced today.
Zakes Mokae, Tony Award Winning Actor Dies at 75
by Jessica Lewis - Sep 15, 2009
Zakes Mokae, apartheid activist and Tony Award winning actor for Master Harold...And The Boys died on Friday of complications from a stroke in Las Vegas at age 75. The South African actor additionally appeared on Broadway in The Song of Jacob Zulu, Blood Knot, and A Lesson From Aloes. His work was largely focused on bringing attention to the brutality of the apartheide. Mokae also suffered from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.