James T Harding - Page 72

Steps off Broadway Productions, Inc., will be performing their stage production of Willy Wonka on April 28, May 4 & 5 at 7:30 PM and April 29 & May 6 at 2:00 PM.

Cartwright Productions and Creature of London have announced the cast for their production of The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neill, which is scheduled to play 16th of May to 9th June, 2012 at the Southwark Playhouse. The opening night is the 18th of May. The show is directed by Kate Budgen and designed by Jean Chan, with lighting design by Richard Howell and sound design by Tom Gibbons.

The New Conservatory Theatre Center will present a Public Community Performance of THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CLOSET, written by Ed Roy and directed by Sara Staley, at NCTC on May 7, 2012 at 7pm.

The Menier Chocolate Factory will present Harvey Fierstein's acclaimed Torch Song Trilogy, 30th May to 12th August, starring David Bedella and Sara Kestelman and directed by actor/director Douglas Hodge.

Artistic Director Sean Murray today announced DIRTY BLONDE, a bawdy, brassy, funny, sexy and touching contemporary love story that captures the essence of Mae West and two fans who loved her, for May 17 to June 17 at the The Old Town Stage in San Diego State Historic Park.

After selling out every performance of its January run, the Balagan Theatre will bring the coming-of-age rock musical, Spring Awakening, back to Seattle in April, with a weekend tour to Mount Vernon in May. Check out the production photographs below.

Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright, Nilo Cruz ("Anna in the Tropics") will attend the Opening Night performance of the American Premiere of "The Imaginary Life of the Street Sweeper, August G.," to be presented at Josefina Lopez's ("Real Women Have Curves") Casa 0101 Theater this Friday, April 20, 2012.

City of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proclaimed Monday, April 23, Talk Like Shakespeare Day, an occasion for citizens from Chicago and across the globe to celebrate Shakespeare's 448th birthday by bringing the spoken words of Shakespeare into their daily lives. The holiday, which originated in Chicago in 2009, became a worldwide sensation garnering extensive national and international media coverage and more than one million hits to TalkLikeShakespeare.org.

West End Eurovision will be held on Thursday 26th April at The Dominion Theatre in London's West End, with no fewer than ten West End show casts performing fully costumed and choreographed versions of Eurovision Song Contest numbers. Audience members will be treated to unique, fully staged Eurovision entries performed by the London West End casts of: Billy Elliot, Les Miserables, Mamma Mia!, Phantom of the Opera, Rock of Ages, Shrek, Sweeney Todd, The 39 Steps, The Wizard of Oz and Wicked. In addition, there will be a one off extravaganza of a performance by international recording artist and television personality Javine Hylton as she reprises her 2005 UK entry 'Touch My Fire'.

Edward Hall's Hampstead Theatre production of Chariots of Fire will transfer to the Gielgud Theatre from 22 June 2012, following its run at the North London venue. Award-winning playwright Mike Bartlett's new adaptation, inspired by Colin Welland's original screenplay, is now booking in the West End until 10 November 2012.

Tickets are now on sale for David Watt's retro 1920s show 'The Silent Movie Experience' at the 2012 Brighton Fringe Festival. The show will take place at 2pms on the 13th and 27th of May at the Komedia Studio Bar.

4@15: Four New Fifteen-Minute Musicals, performed in conjunction with University of California, Irvine, will commence performances Friday, April 20, for three performances only at Roy Arias Theatre Center. Tammy Holder serves as Music Director; Brian Blythe directs.

Premiere Props announced today that they will be auctioning iconic Hollywood memorabilia at their first EXCLUSIVE HOLLYWOOD VIP AUCTION on Saturday, April 28th at their headquarters in El Segundo, CA. Their live auction will begin at 10am PST and fans from around the world can bid on-line, on the phone, or in person.

Art and class collide, as a group of Northern English miners unexpectedly ascend to the top of the art world in The Pitmen Painters at ACT - A Contemporary Theatre. Penned by playwright Lee Hall, author of the celebrated Billy Elliot, this critically acclaimed play from London and Broadway will receive its regional premiere in ACT's dynamic in-the-round Allen Theatre directed by ACT's Artistic Director Kurt Beattie this Friday, April 20. The official opening night is April 26, and the show is scheduled to run until May 20.

The Broadway Theatre of Pitman's Children's Theatre will present THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE on April 20 at 10am and April 21 at 10am and 1pm.

The Emelin Theatre will host concerts by The Grascals and Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks this weekend, as well as the puppet show HUDSON VAGABOND PUPPETS: THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF.

ELAL Productions will present THEY LIVED IN BRIGHTON, a tribute to pre-war musicians Ray Noble and Jack Strachey, as past of the Brighton Fringe Festival on three evenings 23rd, 24th, 25th May at 6 o'clock. Created by Alan Felton, accompanied on the piano by Mick Hamer, the unusual venue for this show is the comfortable ambience of Alan's parlour on the seafront in Hove.

EMMA award winner Ria Lina will debut her first solo show at the Brighton Fringe Festival, 5-24th of May at the Laughting Horse @ The Hobgoblin. Shows are 5, 6, 7, 17 and 24 of May at 9.30pm.

With stage direction by Wade Willis and musical direction by Alan D. Lytle, City of Angels, a deliciously funny spoof of 1940s film noir and hard-boiled detective fiction, opens Friday, May 4 and continues through Sunday, June 10, 2012. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 7:00 PM (May 6, 13 and 20), and Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM (May 13, 27 and June 3 and 10). The show sponsor is The Richard & Janet Geary Foundation.

Burning Coal Theatre Company's Education Director and Piedmont Laureate Ian Finley will teach a 4-week class on the art of public speaking this May 7-28, 2012. THE IDEAL SPEAKER: Actor's Tools for All Professions will teach students how to utilize an actor's tools of Confidence, Articulation, and Improvisation in their professional life.