The musical comedy takes place in turn-of-the-century Paris, where La Mome Pistache, proud owner of the Bal du Paradis, famous for its sexy can-can girls, spars with Aristide Forestier, a self-righteous judge determined to close all Parisian dance halls.
JOHNNY BOY PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce the world premiere production of JOHNNY LAW, Courtroom Crusader, the newest solo show from Tim Ryan Meinelschmidt whose last solo show ALL THE HELP YOU NEED, The Adventures of a Hollywood Handyman was honored with the Overall Excellence Award in the 2004 NY Fringe Festival. JOHNNY LAW, directed by Christopher Fessenden, will play a limited engagement as part of the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival-FringeNYC at The Schaeberle Studio Theatre (Venue #2, 41 Park Row at William Street). Performances begin August 9th and continue through August 22nd.
In war, the most tragic loss is that of innocence, and especially the innocent. Conversely, the most redeeming element can be the friendship - indeed, the love -- that guys in war have for one another, as shown in James L. Larocca's stark drama of hope and despair, PENANG. The play begins performances on July 14th, during the opening night of the Ninth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival. Directed by Donya K. Washington and co-produced by Dana Monagan, PENANG will be performed at the WorkShop Theater's MainStage space, located at 312 West 36th Street.
The Jove's recent appearances include the 2007 Miami Improv Festival opening for The Groundlings from Los Angeles and Upright Citizens Brigade from New York City. It was their third straight year performing at the Miami Improv Festival, a collection of the nation's best Improv comedy troupes. The Jove has also been invited to perform on the main stage at Artigras 2006, as well as countless corporate training and entertainment events all across Palm Beach County, including the Kravis Center, The Maltz Jupiter Theater, Duncan Theater and The Cuillo Centre for the Arts. The group received a 2005 Impy award for best sketch comedy in Palm Beach County. They were also an integral part in raising thousands of dollars for the American Red Cross in 2004 and 2005, donating proceeds from their show to benefit hurricane victims.
San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater continues its 2008 season of critically acclaimed stage-work with Avant GardARAMA! Like Cutting Ball's 2004 edition of Avant GardARAMA!
The show will be presented by The Jove, a 6 member troupe of professional actors and comedians: including former Blue Man Group member Frank Licari. Founded in November of 2004, this improv and sketch comedy troupe can best be described as a combination of 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'
ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman is pleased to announce that singer-songwriter and 2004 ASCAP Founders Award honoree Jackson Browne will be a special guest at the 3rd annual ASCAP 'I Create Music' EXPO on April 10. Browne will be interviewed and will answer questions from the audience of songwriters and composers. The EXPO will take place April 10-12 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles.
'Homecoming' is the theme of Barrington Stage Company's 14th Season. The theatre that developed and premiered William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on its Stage II in 2004 welcomes home the award-winning Broadway hit to its Mainstage from June 11 through July 12. Long-time BSC director Rob Ruggiero returns to direct Richard Greenberg's The Violet Hour, which will play July 17 through August 2. Julianne Boyd will direct Noel Coward's delicious battle-of-the-sexes comedy Private Lives starring Christopher Innvar from August 7 through 24. Private Lives marks the fifth stage collaboration between Boyd and Innvar.
Emmy Rossum, star of the 2004 film adaptation of 'The Phantom of the Opera,' is set to release her debut EP Inside Out, through Geffen Records, exclusively through iTunes on July 31st, 2007...
Multi award-winning actress and recording artist Elaine Paige will return to the West End to take the title role in the Broadway smash hit musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, with music by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, the five-time Tony Award winning musical will preview at the Novello Theatre from 14 May, with press night on 5 June and opening night on 6 June.
The Milk Can Theatre Company has announced two upcoming productions of plays by Bethany Larsen and Charles L. Mee running in rep Saturday, September 9 through Sunday, September 24, 2006 at the Michael Weller Theatre
A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical, proudly
announces the 2006 cast.
National Public Radio's feature on Lisa Kron's play Well is now available on NPR's website. The feature originally aired on Saturday, April 1 on NPR's Weekend Addition; site visitors can listen to the feature as well as unaired interview footage with Kron and director Leigh Silverman
January 27, 2006 Preview Performance of Hamlet is Pay What You Can
2004 Tony Award Nominee for FIDDLER Turns Playwright
Talent abounds, but a few too many spritzes of megahold have made this stylish do a bit stiff
Director Michael Stich, who has won two Directors Guild Awards and two Emmy Awards, and actor Ryan Link, who made his Broadway debut as Roger in Rent, are slated for the film adaptation of All Good Things.
The complete cast for the upcoming, and highly anticipated revival starring Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris has now been anounced. Previews begin on October 3, for a November 3, 2005 opening.
Reported here back on April 27th, the news is now official that Lupone will star alongside Michael Cerveris for the show's fall opening.
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BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Donna Lynne Champlin is likely to star as Pirelli and Fogg in the Sweeney Todd Revival.
Reported first here on BroadwayWorld, Michael Cerveris is now confirmed, and Patti LuPone is said to be next for the Sweeney Todd revival.
Brooke Tansley, who started her run as Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast in September 2004 has been extended through September 18, 2005.
Poor Billy. At 14, he's woken up to discover that he's growing hair in all the wrong places.
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