Railroad Playhouse Announces 2012-2013 SeasonAugust 2, 2012The Railroad Playhouse (RRP) is delighted to announce its 2012-2013 season, commencing on October 19, 2012 with the world premiere of playwright-in-residence Alex Goldberg's AMERICA'S BRIGHTEST STAR. Starting in December, there will be four staged readings introducing four new plays. In May 2013, the 2nd Annual One Act Play Festival will feature short plays from the current and new playwrights-in-residence. RRP friend Mission: Improv-able returns as the resident Improv troupe. Educational programs will continue with the after school workshops, Expanded In-School Playmaking Residency, and Glee Summer Camp.
Fourth London Show Added to JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Arena TourAugust 1, 2012Celebrating 40 years since it first opened in London's West End, the Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour, which kicks off in London on 21 September before visiting Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham, Belfast, Dublin, Liverpool, Nottingham, and Sheffield, added another date due to popular ticket demand.
KD Studio’s Imagination Players Presents FAME JR., Now thru 8/5August 1, 2012A host of talented actors, singers and dancers will burst on to the stage for FAME JR. when the KD Studio's Imagination Players and director Terri Ferguson open the doors for the explosive first performance tonight, August 2 at the KD Studio Theatre/Trinity River Arts Center (TRAC).
Peter Gallagher, Tommy Tune, Christine Ebersole & More to Play Feinstein's This FallAugust 1, 2012This fall, performers at Feinstein's On Loews Regency, the 'Nightclub of New York', include Peter Gallagher, Tommy Tune, Kenny Loggins, Christine Ebersole, and many more!
Olympic Story THREE YEAR SWIM CLUB Returns By Popular Demand At East West Players, Through 8/19August 1, 2012The popular and critically-acclaimed production THREE YEAR SWIM CLUB has returned to East West Players (EWP) for a second run. This play is inspired by the true life story of legendary swim coach Soichi Sakamoto, who trained Maui youth for the Olympics in the plantation irrigation ditches. Set on the island of Maui in the 1930's, this heartwarming play turns transcendent as the art of hula becomes the metaphor for competitive swimming.
No Name Presents THE UPTOWN CABARET, 8/13August 1, 2012No Name Presents: THE UPTOWN CABARET is an opportunity to play; to enjoy your music; your art; an opportunity to share this joy with your fellow singers, composers and lyricists. Bring that new audition song! Bring that song that you'd never get to sing otherwise! Bring that new material for your BMI class and test it out in a safe and fun place!
Tituss Burgess Appears in Debut of CURTAINS UP at XL Nightclub, 8/6August 1, 2012XL Nightclub will be premiering their new weekly show CURTAINS UP with nightlife host Marti Gould Cummings beginning on Monday, August 6th. The show will begin with an old fashioned musical theatre sing along and happy hour at 7PM followed by live performances by Cummings and a new weekly guest at 9PM. The concert is a free event.
United Solo Festival Presents One Hundred Productions in Its Third Year, 10/11-11/18August 1, 2012The world's largest solo theatre festival, established in 2010 at Theatre ROW on 42nd Street in Manhattan, has grown to more than twice its original size. One hundred solo productions will be presented between October 11 and November 18, 2012, among them fifteen shows by artists who successfully performed at the United Solo Festival in the past.
STAGE TUBE: Laura Bell Bundy Impersonates Sophia Grace and Rosie!July 30, 2012Laura Bell Bundy pulled double duty as she impersonated excitable six year old web sensations Sophia Grace and Rosie in a new video on her YouTube channel. The little girls, made even more noticeable by their appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, are known for their hot pink ensembles and high-pitched squeals.
STREEP TEASE Honored, Returning With Extended Run, 8/4-25July 30, 2012On the heels of their 'Best of Hollywood Fringe' Award for their sold-out headlining performances at the Outlaugh Comedy Festival/Hollywood Fringe Festival, STREEP TEASE: AN EVENING OF MERYL STREEP MONOLOGUES, performed by an all-male cast returns for an extended run Aug. 4-25 at Theatre Asylum, announced by the show's creator & co-Executive Producer Roy Cruz. A celebratory, wicked, yet loving satire of scenes from the most unforgettable movies from one of our greatest contemporary actresses, STREEP TEASE is performed by an ensemble cast.
SONGS FROM A GLASS HALF FULL Gets Sharon Springs Workshop, 7/27-28July 27, 2012Gail P. Luna and 204 Main presents SONGS FROM A GLASS HALF FULL, a musical revue, about the different perspectives we take toward the moments in our lives, with lyrics by Sharon Springs' very own Drew Taylor and music by Robert Cioffi, will be tested tonight, July 27 and July 28th at BANK in Sharon Springs, New York, in anticipation for its Manhattan premiere. The premiere in Sharon Springs will help to benefit the renovation/restoration of Chalybeate Park.