STAGE TUBE: MAMMA MIA! Star Carolee Carmello Visits BETTER TVApril 17, 2009Two-time Tony Award nominated Broadway favorite, MAMMA MIA! star Carolee Carmello visited the daily lifestyle television show 'Better' to chat with host Audra Lowe about starring as 'Donna Sheridan' eight times a week at the Winter Garden Theatre and raising a family with her Broadway leading man husband, four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman.
ATC's 'HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH' Extends Thru 5/31April 17, 2009American Theater Company announces the addition of new performance dates for its hit production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli. The production has added four performances and is extended through May 31, 2009 at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron in Chicago.
Ruskin Group Theatre Extends BURN THIS Again Thru 5/9April 17, 2009RUSKIN GROUP THEATRE will continue to run BURN THIS by Landford Wilson through April 25, 2009. Lanford Wilson's 38th play first opened in Los Angeles in January 1987 and put John Malkovich on the 'international' road to stardom shortly afterwards. Garnering multiple awards in several categories, and written with a ?pas de quatre' style in mind, this contemporary and romantic story begins shortly after a funeral brings four self-distancing and comical characters together.
UK 'GODOT' Star Stewart Lashes Out at Picture Taking Audience MemberApril 17, 2009Scotland's Daily Record reports that Patrick Stewart upset fans following a theater performance of 'WAITING FOR GODOT' in Scotland by launching a 'foul-mouthed tirade at a man who allegedly took a picture of him onstage', according to people who attended the show.
TV: David Shiner Brings 'KOOZA' to LifeApril 17, 2009David's first formal association with Cirque du Soleil came in 1990, when he performed in Nouvelle Expérience, touring for 19 months throughout Canada and the USA and playing for another year in Las Vegas. Thanks to such antics as stepping through, on and over much of the audience and his classic improv-based staging of a mock silent-movie melodrama with four members of the audience, he is probably the best-remembered of Cirque's clowns.
STAGE TUBE: Susan Boyle Sings 'CRY ME A RIVER'April 17, 2009Susan Boyle recorded this charity recording of 'Cry Me A River' back in 1999. The UK Daily Record has uncovered the only CD ever made by Scotlands singing sensation Susan Boyle.
STAGE TUBE: Susan Boyle Sings on CNN!April 17, 2009Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle continues to charm the world. Boyle is making the talk show rounds and appeared on CNN this morning discussing her sudden fame and her inspiring performance. She even sang a bit for the cameras!
Burstein and Luker Will Announce Outer Critics Circle Nominees 4/20April 17, 2009Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, is proud to report that Broadway stars, and husband and wife team, Rebecca Luker and Danny Burstein will publicly announce the nominees for the 2008-09 season on Monday, April 20th (11AM) at the historic Algonquin Hotel (59 West 44th Street).
'FORBIDDEN BROADWAY' Set for Limited Menier Chocolate Factory Run Starting 6/25April 17, 2009Gerard Alessandrini (creator, writer and director) and Philip George (director) will bring their multi-award winning satirical musical, Forbidden Broadway, for a limited run only at the Menier Chocolate Factory from 25 June to 13 September, with press night on 02 July. Tickets go on sale today. The show, which last month wrapped up its record-breaking 27-year run in New York makes its first visit to London in 10 years.
'WHY TORTURE IS WRONG' Extends One Final Week Thru 5/10April 16, 2009The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will extend Christopher Durang's WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM one final week through Sunday, May 10. Directed by Nicholas Martin, this world premiere comedy opened to rave reviews and has been extended twice. Extension tickets are on-sale now at (212) 967-7555 or www.publictheater.org.
SESSIONS Continues Run at the Algonquin TheaterApril 16, 2009SESSIONS, a musical in therapy, continues its off-Broadway run at the Algonquin Theater (123 East 24th Street). Directed by Thomas Coté, SESSIONS is a candid and witty new musical by Albert M. Tapper (From Where I Stand, Broadway: The Golden Age) about the trials and tribulations of everyday life as seen through the eyes of a New York therapist and his patients. Tony Sportiello/Algonquin Theater Productions and Jason Hewitt are the producers.