Good News is a musical with a book by Laurence Schwab and B.G. DeSylva, lyrics by DeSylva and Lew Brown, and music by Ray Henderson. The story is set in the Roaring Twenties at Tait College, where football star Tom Marlowe falls in love with studious Connie Lane, who is tutoring him so he can pass astronomy and be eligible to play in the big game.
People's Light & Theatre Company presents The Secret of Sherlock Holmes, by Jeremy Paul, from July 7 - August 8, 2010 on the Steinbright Stage. Artistic Associate Stephen Novelli directs. People's Light & Theatre is located at 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem announces its August 2010 Schedule. This month of public programs presented by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem features retrospectives (Louis Armstrong and Hank Jones), discussions with two of the most prominent and influential contemporary saxophonists (Joe Lovano and Steve Coleman) as well as a talk with top jazz journalist Bill Milkowski, and live performances that riff on the connection between visual art and jazz, by trumpeter Marcus Printup and trombonist Ryan Keberle at the Rubin Museum of Art, and the NJMH All Stars at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Whether your taste leans toward the historical and traditional, or to the futuristic and cutting edge, you'll find it this month. Mark your calendar and bring some friends!
Michael Attenborough will direct Dimitri Leonidas, Ian McElhinney, Justin Salinger and Ruth Wilson in the world premiere of a new stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's Through A Glass Darkly. Previewing from June 10 with press night on June 16 and booking until July 31, Jenny Worton's new adaptation of Through A Glass Darkly has designs by Tom Scutt, lighting by Colin Grenfell and sound and music by Dan Jones.
Three-time Tony Award winner Carol Channing is set to appear at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle on July 23 at 6pm. Channing will discuss her career and newest album 'For Heaven's Sake' with Richard Skipper. Channing will also be signing copies of the disc.
Earth, Wind & Fire is one of the most important, influential, innovative and commercially omnipotent contemporary funk pop music bands of the 20th century. Those three elementary words mean good vibes, sing-a-long hits and boogie dancing.
Arkansas Repertory Theatre announced today the playwrights participating in its biennial playwrights' residency program, Voices at the River II, to be held at The Rep July 5 - 18 this summer.
Artistic Director Dennis Za?ek today announces plans for his retirement from Victory Gardens, after 34 years at its artistic helm. Za?ek will continue his tenure through spring 2011, as the board conducts a national search for his successor. He will remain with the company as Artistic Director Emeritus and plans to remain active as an actor, director and board member.
Arkansas Repertory Theatre announced today that Ed Bullins will be honored at an awards ceremony July 14, 2010 during The Rep's Voices at the River II. The playwrights' residency program is designed to support Latino- and African-American playwrights nationally and in Arkansas.
Outrageous situations lead to hilarious complications in the legendary musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opening on the Main Stage at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Friday, June 25. With previews June 23 and 24, Forum continues through July 11. Ticket prices range from $25 to $53.
People's Light & Theatre Company presents The Secret of Sherlock Holmes, by Jeremy Paul, from July 7 - August 8, 2010 on the Steinbright Stage. Artistic Associate Stephen Novelli directs. People's Light & Theatre is located at 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern
The July 2010 National Jazz Museum in Harlem schedule puts particular focus on the visual side of the jazz genre, as we feature classic films in our Jazz for Curious Listeners series (inaugurating a new collaboration with The Maysles Institute), interview one of the premier jazz photographers in the nation, Frank Stewart, for our flagship Harlem Speaks public program, and screen a rare film of 'The High Priestess of Soul,' Nina Simone.
Arkansas Repertory Theatre announced today the playwrights participating in its biennial playwrights' residency program, Voices at the River II, to be held at The Rep July 5 - 18 this summer.
Outrageous situations lead to hilarious complications in the legendary musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opening on the Main Stage at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Friday, June 25. With previews June 23 and 24, Forum continues through July 11. Ticket prices range from $25 to $53.
Outrageous situations lead to hilarious complications in the legendary musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opening on the Main Stage at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Friday, June 25. With previews June 23 and 24, Forum continues through July 11. Ticket prices range from $25 to $53.
'I murdered Mozart!' rings out across Europe from Composer Antonio Salieri on his death-bed. Salieri had been the toast of Europe. He had been a devout Catholic all his life. He made a pact with God that he would be the vessel through which God's music would spring. All was good until Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrives in Vienna. In horror Salieri determines that it is Mozart instead who is his God's chosen voice.
The Garden Theatre is pleased to announce the 2010 Summer Movie Series, running from June 17 through September 16, sponsored by Progress Energy at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street). This summer's line-up includes 36 feature-length films; Thursdays are Vintage Favorites, Fridays are Family Nights, and Saturdays are Cult Classics.
Philadelphia Theatre Company concludes its 2009-2010 season with August Wilson's masterpiece and first Broadway success Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on May 21-June 13.
Michael Attenborough will direct Dimitri Leonidas, Ian McElhinney, Justin Salinger and Ruth Wilson in the world premiere of a new stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's Through A Glass Darkly. Previewing from June 10 with press night on June 16 and booking until July 31, Jenny Worton's new adaptation of Through A Glass Darkly has designs by Tom Scutt, lighting by Colin Grenfell and sound and music by Dan Jones.
Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater returns to the Blue Note with a tribute to Billie Holiday titled 'To Billie With Love - A Tribute To Lady Day' from June 3 - 6.
Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater returns to the Blue Note with a tribute to Billie Holiday titled 'To Billie With Love - A Tribute To Lady Day' from June 3 - 6.
Big band sound transforms the Lincoln Theatre into a Duke Ellington jazz club as Arena Stage presents Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, choreographed by and starring Maurice Hines (Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies and Uptown... It's Hot!) with direction by Charles Randolph-Wright (Arena's Guys and Dolls and Blue).
Big band sound transforms the Lincoln Theatre into a Duke Ellington jazz club as Arena Stage presents Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, choreographed by and starring Maurice Hines (Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies and Uptown... It's Hot!) with direction by Charles Randolph-Wright (Arena's Guys and Dolls and Blue).
Philadelphia Theatre Company concludes its 2009-2010 season with August Wilson's masterpiece and first Broadway success Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on May 21-June 13.
LET MY PEOPLE COME, Earl Wilson, Jr.s ultra-hot sexual musical revue, begins a three-week engagement as a party 'mash-up' at New York City's Ritz Bar and Lounge, 369 West 46th Street, on Saturday, April 17, 2010. LET MY PEOPLE COME - THE PARTY!, a clever, often 'outrageous,' and absolutely funny look at sex and all its complications, will be presented through Wednesday, May 5, 2010.
'The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein' transforms the Opera House into a Transylvanian castle with thunder, lightning, and a tap dancing Monster
1927 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1928 | West End |
London Production West End |
1974 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1977 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
2005 | Off-Off-Broadway |
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1975 | Theatre World Awards | Performance | Marti Rolph |
1975 | Theatre World Awards | Performance | Scott Stevensen |
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