SESAME STREET LIVE: ELMO'S SUPER HEROS Comes to Hershey January 2013June 25, 2012Calling all super heroes! Super Grover needs your help, and it's Elmo and the Fabulous Five to the rescue when this fantastic musical production zooms into Hershey. Join Elmo, Zoe, Abby Cadabby, Telly Monster and Zoe's pet rock Rocco for Sesame Street Live "Elmo's Super Heroes" at Hershey Theatre from Friday, January 11 through Sunday, January 13. Tickets for all seven performances go on sale Wednesday, July 11.
Goodspeed Musicals Adds Audio Archive to LibraryJune 25, 2012A rare collection of complete live recordings of classic American musical theater will be made available over the next four years to visitors at two major venues: Goodspeed Musicals' Scherer Library of Musical Theatre in East Haddam, Connecticut, and Cleveland Public Library in Cleveland, Ohio.
Seth Numrich, Kathryn Erbe, et al. Set for SPARKHAMPTON, 6/25June 25, 2012HardSparks, a New York City-based theater company, will present first in a series of site-specific performances of new plays to take place in Southampton. SparkHampton: The Wickapogue Plays will feature work by Crystal Skillman (Cut, Wild), J.Stephen Brantley (Eightythree Down, Blood Grass), and Daniel Talbott (Slipping, Yosemite), who will also direct the three pieces.
Photo Flash: First Look at Sierra Rep's CAROUSELJune 25, 2012Sierra Repertory Theatre presents its first-ever production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic this summer. It plays June 29 through August 19 at SRT's historic Fallon House Theatre in Columbia. Sierra Rep Artistic Director Scott Viets directs the show. View photos below!
Riverfront Theater Presents SPIRIT OF THE DANCE, 7/11-15June 25, 2012Riverfront Theater has announced the third performance in their inaugural summer series, Spirit of the Dance, playing for one week only, July 11 - 15. All performances will take place at the new Riverfront Theater, located at 650 W. Chicago Avenue, just east of Halsted Street. Tickets for Spirit of the Dance, priced $29-$55, are currently on sale and may be purchased online at www.RiverfrontTheater.com or Ticketmaster.com and by phone at888.556.9484. To learn more about Riverfront Theater, visit www.RiverfrontTheater.com.
Tickets On Sale Today for BARE at New World StagesJune 25, 2012Producers Randy Taradash, Paul Boskind and Martian Entertainment, and Gregory Rae announced today that tickets are now on sale for the original musical BARE, beginning previews Off-Broadway at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) on Monday, November 19, 2012. Opening Night is set for Sunday, December 9, 2012.
THE MUSIC MAN Runs 7/5-29 at Westchester Broadway TheatreJune 25, 2012When fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill comes marching into town, you know there's going to be trouble right here in River City. His goal is to con the good townspeople out of their money, but Marian the Librarian has other plans.
New London Maritime Society Announces Celebration of Four Exhibitions, 7/5June 25, 2012 New London Maritime Society starts summer with a special Celebration of Four Exhibitions on Thursday, July 5, 2012, from 5 to 8 PM. The evening is really a Summer Block Party, with openings down Bank Street -- at the Hygienic, Expressiones and next door, at Studio 33. The four exhibitions include two shows about contemporary boat builders: ingenious small boats by David McCulloch, of Old Lyme, displayed in our new Pop-Up gallery (across the street in the former Modern Electric space); and Edward Hellenbrecht's photographs, which document the building of a cutting-edge racing sailboat, a GP-26; the photos will be shown at the Custom House.
Lamplighters Music Theatre Presents THE MIKADO This AugustJune 25, 2012Lamplighters open their 60th Season with Gilbert & Sullivan's greatest hit The Mikado. A playful tale set in a make-believe Japanese town where flirting is a capital offence, The Mikado is actually a satire on Victorian British society.
Billy Porter, Michael Dexter, et al. to Lead Creative Team for GIANT STEPS Workshop, 6/29June 25, 2012The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with Texas State University-San Marcos, is offering the inaugural Texas Musical Theatre Workshop. This unique program brings New York's Broadway talent to Texas, serving as an incubator for the development of new musicals by professional artists. The creative team of Giant Steps: An Urbean Musical has been invited to include their new musical as part of the workshop this year.
Olney Theatre Center Expands Free Summer Shakespeare ProgrammingJune 25, 2012Olney Theatre Center expands their free Summer Shakespeare offerings beginning with the National Players' production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare…[Abridged] by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfieldon July 27 and 28 at 8:00 pm on The Root Family Stage.
Lot in Life Productions and Egads! Theatre Company Present THANK YOU NOTES, 7/30-8/4June 25, 2012 Lot in Life Productions and Egads! Theatre Company, in association with the Midtown International Theatre Festival present the New York premiere of THANK YOU NOTES: Headed to Heaven with Flat Jimmy Fallon by playwright Vicki Vodrey (HANKY PANKY, 2011 Midtown International Theatre Festival - nominated for three MITF Awards including Outstanding New Play) and directed by Steven Eubank (Artistic Director, Egads! Theatre Company - Voted Kansas City's Best Local Theatre Company 2011) as part of the thirteenth annual Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre (312 W. 36th Street) with performances Mon, July 30th at 6pm; Wed, August 1st at 6pm; Fri, August 3rd at 9:15pm and Sat, August 4th at 8pm.