Mourning America Tour Feat. Brother Ali Comes to the Fox Theatre, 10/13June 25, 2012Z2 Entertainment will present Mourning America Tour Feat. Brother Ali with Blank Tape Beloved, Homeboy Sandman, DJ Sosa & The Reminders at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, October 13th. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, June 29th for $15.00 in advance and $18.00 day of show.
Teaching Young Actors Extends LES MISERABLES, 6/28-29June 25, 2012Due to an overwhelming response to their current production of Les Miserables (School Edition), Drama Learning Center's Teen Professional Company, TYA (Teaching Young Actors), announces that it will be extending its performance schedule for one more weekend from June 28-29 at Drama Learning Center in Columbia.
ANNIE Tickets On Sale NowJune 25, 2012ANNIE, the new production of the classic Tony Award-winning musical, is now on sale. ANNIE, which features a Tony Award-winning score by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin and a Tony Award-winning book by Thomas Meehan, will be directed by three-time Tony Award-winner James Lapine and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Andy Blankenbuehler. The production begins previews on October 3 at the Palace Theatre (1567 Broadway at 47th Street). Opening night is Thursday, November 8.
The Manatee Players to Present Robin Givens Workshop, 8/2 & 3June 25, 2012The Manatee Players today announced a joint partnership with stage and screen actress Robin Givens to workshop a new play with music, JOY IN THE MORNING, written by Ms. Givens. The play, with cast coordination by Manatee Players' Producing Artistic Director Rick Kerby, will be work shopped and directed by Ms. Givens during the month of July at the Manatee Players. Performances at the Manatee Players will be held at 7:30 p.m. on August 2 and at 8 p.m. on August 3 as a benefit for the Manatee Players.
York Little Theatre Presents NUNSENSE, 7/27-8/5June 25, 2012York Little Theatre will present Dan Goggin's zany, comedy musical Nunsense. Winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Off-Broadway Musical, Nunsense is the story of the five surviving Little Sisters of Hoboken, a one-time Missionary order that runs a leper colony on an island south of France.
Beck Center Extends BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON Through 7/22June 25, 2012Beck Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the extension of their regional premiere of the award-winning rock musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, through Sunday July 22, 2012 in the Studio Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sundays. There are no Sunday matinee performances for this production. Tickets are now on sale.
CM Performing Arts Center Presents LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, 6/30-7/22June 25, 2012Georges is the suave owner of a glitzy drag club on the French Riviera. Partnered romantically with his high-strung star performer, Albin (who goes by the stage name Zaza), the pair live a charmed life-for better or worse. They get a bit of both when Georges' son, Jean-Michel, turns up engaged to the daughter of a conservative right-wing politician who's coming to dinner. Georges reluctantly agrees to masquerade as 'normal' when he meets the family of the bride-to-be. But Albin has other plans, with hilarious results.
Broad Brook Opera House Sets THE POOR MAN’S CABARET for 7/13 & 14June 25, 2012The Opera House Players will continue its summer Cabaret series with THE POOR MAN'S CABARET, a musical revue featuring music from 'New Broadway' composers while still featuring great songs from yesteryear, on Friday, July 13 and Saturday, July 14 at 8pm and Sunday, July 15 at 2pm at the Broad Brook Opera House, 107 Main Street, Broad Brook, CT, 06016.
Daniel Quadrino, Sara Kapner, et al. to Lead TROUBLE THE MUSICAL at NYMFJune 25, 2012The cast of TROUBLE THE MUSICAL, a new rock musical being presented in the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival, will feature DANIEL QUADRINO (Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie), SARA KAPNER (Broadway's Hollywood Arms), JUSTIN STEIN (Camelot at Lincoln Center), MATTHEW J. RIORDAN (Smile: A New Rock Musical), DAVI SANTOS (ABC's Don't Trust The B- In Apartment 23), WESLEY TUNISON (Freckleface Strawberry), KATIE MACK (Theatre 202's Comedy of Errors) and ABBE TANENBAUM (Theatreworks/USA's If You Give A Mouse A Cookie…).
Bickford Theatre Opens NUNSENSE, 7/19June 25, 2012The hit musical comedy, Nunsense, is coming to the Bickford Theatre's stage this summer, starring Gwendolyn F. Jones as Reverend Mother, with performances Thursday, July 19 through Sunday, August 12, 2012.
Ben Vereen Named NYMF Honorary ChairmanJune 25, 2012The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced that Tony Award winner Ben Vereen has been named the honorary chairman of the 2012 festival.
Terre Jones Receives NOVAForward AwardJune 25, 2012On June 20, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce (Fairfax Chamber) awarded Terrence D. Jones, President and CEO of Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, with the prestigious NOVAForward Award. Bestowed yearly upon a Northern Virginia influencer in honor of their commitment to advancing the region, Jones was recognized during a luncheon attended by 700 leaders of the corporate, nonprofit, and political community.
RENT's Morgan Weed and AVENUE Q's Jed Resnick Lead SWING STATE at NYMF, 7/20-7/29June 25, 2012Casting has been announced for the NYMF production of SWING STATE which will star Morgan Weed (currently in RENT at New World Stages, Saved and Next to Normal Off-Broadway) and Jed Resnick (Avenue Q on Broadway and currently in the Off-Broadway cast at New World Stages) at the 45th St. Theatre Mainstage from July 20th-29th. Set in Ohio, SWING STATE follows the unpredictable relationship that develops between Kindergarten teacher and Born Again Christian Bonnie (Weed) and her chiropractor Neil (Resnick), a gay atheist who arrives in Ohio fresh from New York City.
FABnyc Opens OUR LADIES OF INFAMY AND GRANDEUR, 6/26June 25, 2012On Tuesday, June 26, 2012, Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc) will present Our Ladies of Infamy and Grandeur by artist Graham Preston. The exhibition of five gilded paintings will honor the exploits, undertakings and legends of lost cultural heroines from the historical Five Points neighborhood.