The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Spencer, is getting a second chance at a fully mounted production in Montreal this summer after its first attempt at a Broadway run in 1987. The musical, based on the Mordecai Richtler film and novel by the same name, is set to receive a full production at the Segal Centre in Montreal from today, June 7-28, 2015.
THEATRE EAST will present Dominic Chianese, best known for his role as Corrado "Junior" Soprano on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, with its 2014 LAURETTE TAYLOR AWARD on Monday, May 19, at Trinity Place, 115 B'way (between B'way and Trinity Place) in lower Manhattan. The benefit begins with a VIP Cocktail Hour at 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm begins the dinner, program and music. David Chase, who created the hit award-winning television series, will host the event. Also participating will be Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Lincoln), and Graham Russell (Air Supply) for cocktails, dinner, and music. Other special guests to be announced.
Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the winners of the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2013. The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at our 68th Gala Banquet, May 1, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.
Blue State Productions, in residence at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Clifton NJ, presents Broadway: The Blockbusters - Reversed!. A collection of Broadway and Off-Broadway classic songs celebrating life and love, with a twist! These tunes (some familiar, some not) are taken out of their original context, with males and females singing reverse roles.
Time has run out. Literally. Leaving her two sons to manage the ebb and flow of time on the Discworld. The only problem is, one of them is forever trying to steal it, and the other is trying to make it tick. Well what else should a neglectful mother expect when she has left one of her 'twins' with the Guild of Thieves and the other with the Guild of Clockmakers?
Saturday, May 17th you'll see…'It's gonna be May,' an improv comedy show. As always, every part of every show is unscripted, uncensored, and made up on the spot with the help of audience suggestions.
Some of the most exciting up-and-coming young singers in Southern California will share the stage with one Nashville's rising country artists, when Kaitlyn Baker headlines at AMPLYFi in Hollywood on today, May 3.
Pride Films and Plays (PFP) announces the launch of 'Proud of PFP,' a social media driven fundraising and marketing campaign. Running during Gay Pride Month, June 1-30, with a goal of 300 gifts in 30 days, PFP will encourage donations via the web on Facebook and Twitter. Using the interactive #ProudofPFP, supporters will be urged to post what they are proud of or why they have pride in the work done by PFP.
Standing Room Only Productions (SRO) is reviving FEELING ALRIGHT! - written by local, award winning playwright Michael Weems and conceived by Mary Minter, Rachel Landon and Wayne Landon.
Mid-Michigan's award winning professional theatre company, Williamston Theatre, located at 122 S. Putnam Street in downtown Williamston, presents Old Love by Norm Foster. Performances begin Thursday, May 15 and run through Sunday, June 15. Tickets for this insightful and sweet look at friendship and the possibility of romance between two unlikely companions are now on sale.
UP Comedy Club welcomes The Pajama Men – Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez – for a special run of their newest show, Just the Two of Each of Us. This hilarious tale blends their trademark wit, characters, improv and fast-paced physical comedy with plenty of surprises. Just the Two of Each of Us runs June 12 – 15, 2014 at the UP Comedy Club, located at 230 W. North Ave, 3rd Floor of Piper's Alley, Chicago.
Casting for the third and fourth weeks of American Ballet Theatre's 2014 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.
Artful Events announces the first SUMMER NIGHTS SERIES at The Abbey, featuring a wide array of offerings showcasing local talent and appealing to a broad spectrum of musical tastes. Davis Gaines kicks off the season with his show DOUBLE STANDARDS May 29 - June 1.
People's Light is proud to announce new play commissions for Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo, Kate Fodor, Karen Hartman, Dominique Morisseau, and Kathryn Petersen. These six playwrights are the first participants in our New Play Frontiers residency program. New Play Frontiers is an initiative to conceive, develop, and produce new plays that explore our American identity through stories of deep meaning to specific populations in the five-county region that surround our theatre.
On May 1, 2014, NYC Parks, the New York Tree Trust, and MillionTreesNYC joined the TREE Fund, Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy, Bartlett Tree Experts, Schichtels Nursery Oregon and John Bowne High School to plant clones from two historic 'mother' trees in Van Cortlandt Park. The white ash (Fraxinus americana) and crack willow (Salix fragilis) saplings represent two of eleven different tree species from 25 trees of historical and environmental significance that have been cloned as part of an initiative to preserve and protect New York City's historic trees.
Boise Contemporary Theater's education program, BCT Theater Lab, presents two new plays, US and HAS ANYONE SEEN CRAIG? written and performed by young artists of the Treasure Valley.
Kykuit, the six-story stone house and rolling hilltop estate that served as home to four generations of Rockefellers, opens to visitors beginning Saturday, May 4. The Kykuit season lasts through Sunday, Nov. 9.
Post5 Theatre is bringing back one of audience and critics' favorites for the third year in a row, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] - REVISED. Featuring a new director (Cassandra Boice), new bits (because there are ALWAYS new bits), this iteration of Complete Works will be in-your-face and quite possibly on-your-lap, and will, of course be done FASTER!
Arts Centre Melbourne welcomes the Victorian Government's commitment to substantially increased recurrent funding of $5 million a year for two years plus an additional significant amount for major capital works which will be announced in Tuesday's budget.
Los Altos Stage Company is pleased to announce the line-up for our 19th annual season at the Bus Barn Theater in Los Altos. Comprised of two musicals and three plays, next season's selections are rife with misunderstanding, misperception, and misdirection - just when you think you know what it's all about, you realize you don't. Think again.
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