Quinn Lemley's BURLESQUE TO BROADWAY Tour Comes to the State Theatre, 3/1February 18, 2013Friday, March 1st 8:00PM, State Theatre, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Tickets start at $30.00 and can be purchased by visiting the State Theatre NJ Box Office, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ or by calling the Box Office: 732-246-7469 or Online at www.statetheatrenj.org
Hard Rock Launches U2 Signature SeriesFebruary 18, 2013The world's top artists and bands have collaborated with Hard Rock International for more than two decades as part of the brand's acclaimed Signature Series program, helping to raise millions for a variety of worthy endeavors globally. Hard Rock is proud to launch its U2 Signature Series: Edition 30 T-shirt in support of human rights around the globe. Through a partnership between EDUN LIVE and Hard Rock, the limited-edition shirt is now available in stores and online, with 15% of the retail price benefitting Amnesty International in support of the organization's human rights campaigning efforts worldwide.
THE BOOK OF MORMON and More Set for Broadway San Diego SeasonFebruary 18, 2013Broadway/San Diego - A Nederlander Presentation has announced their upcoming 2013-2014 season, packed with Tony Award Winning, world-class productions of musicals presented at The San Diego Civic Theatre. From the creators of "South Park" and winner of nine Tony Awards, THE BOOK OF MORMON will play a limited two-week engagement May 27-June 8, 2014. The New York Times calls it "the best musical of this century" and Entertainment Weekly says it's "the funniest musical of all time.'
THE ADDAMS FAMILY Comes to Philadelphia, 3/19-24February 18, 2013THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its Philadelphia premiere March 19 - 24 at the Academy of Music as part of the Broadway Season, presented by The Kimmel Center and The Shubert Organization. The press opening is Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30 pm.
New Collaborators, Cast Members and More Set for MAMA AND HER BOYSFebruary 18, 2013The New York premiere of the new musical Mama and Her Boys will feature brand new material contributed by some of musical theatre's most exciting up and coming composers. Sam Carner and Derek Gregor, Drew Overcash and Tony nominee Lucy Simon have all contributed material to the new Off-Broadway musical.
Nathan and Julie Gunn, Pacifica Quartet Postpone 2/19 ConcertFebruary 18, 2013Carnegie Hall today announced that the concert by baritone Nathan Gunn with pianist Julie Gunn and the Pacifica Quartet, scheduled for this Tuesday, February 19 in Zankel Hall, has been postponed due to illness. A replacement date for this performance will be announced in coming days.
Silver Spring Stage Presents THE REAL THING, Opening 2/22February 18, 2013Silver Spring Stage presents The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard, directed by Joseph Coracle and produced by Jason Damaso and Bob Scott, a two-time Tony Award winning comedy about love, marriage and fidelity. The Real Thing will perform weekends February 22 to March 16.
New Zealand Opera Presents MADAME BUTTERFLY, Opening 18 AprilFebruary 18, 2013Aidan Lang, General Director of NZ Opera, has put the company's new production in the hands of award-winning Australians, director Kate Cherry and designer Christina Smith. "Kate's productions are always striking," Lang says, "and this one will be no exception. Kate hasn't been tempted to meddle with the essence of Madame Butterfly or stamp her mark on it by modernising it or changing the setting. So Puccini's classic will remain as the composer conceived it: a timeless tale of love and loss set in the Japanese city of Nagasaki around the turn of last century."
KUT 90.5 and Texas Performing Arts Present A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION Broadcast, 4/20February 18, 2013KUT 90.5 and Texas Performing Arts present a live broadcast of Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion," Saturday, April 20 at Bass Concert Hall. Tickets ($54.50-$79.50) go on sale Friday, March 1 at 10:00 a.m. at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.
WICKED Returns to Chicago, Beginning 10/30February 18, 2013Broadway In Chicago has announced that WICKED will return to Chicago in celebration of its 10th anniversary on Broadway and play the Oriental Theatre (24 West Randolph) for a limited eight-week engagement, Oct. 30 to Dec. 21, 2013.
Photo Flash: First Look at MACBETH with James McAvoy and Claire FoyFebruary 19, 2013Macbeth, Jamie Lloyd's inaugural production in a season of work for Trafalgar Transformed, will be staged at Trafalgar Studios from 9 February until 27 April, with press night on 22 February 2013. Design for Jamie Lloyd's season is by Soutra Gilmour, who won the 2012 Evening Standard Award for Best Design for Inadmissible Evidence at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Lloyd, and Antigone at the National Theatre.
Hennepin Theatre Trust's 8th Annual SpotLight Showcase Set for Monday, June 3February 18, 2013The SpotLight Showcase, the eighth annual event celebrating Minnesota's best high school theatre talent as part of Hennepin Theatre Trust's SpotLight Musical Theatre Program, will be held at the Orpheum Theatre at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 3, 2013. Tickets, available for only $15, go on sale at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. This professionally produced show highlights the state's finest musical theatre programs and the students who participate in them by featuring dynamic performances and honors young artists from among 56 participating schools. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call 1.800.982.2787. Exclusive red carpet packages, including programming and gift offers, are also available online.
2013 Brits Off Broadway Festival AnnouncedFebruary 18, 2013The critically acclaimed Brits Off Broadway festival, host to the UK's most innovative and provocative theater in New York City, returns for its ninth season of New York premieres of new British theater. Presented by 59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer), Brits Off Broadway launches on Wednesday, March 27 and runs through Sunday, June 30. The single ticket prices range from $25 - $70 ($17.50 - $49 for 59E59 Members). Tickets to Brits Off Broadway are available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.59e59.org. For more information on Brits Off Broadway, visit www.59E59.org or www.britsoffbroadway.com.
Hampton Theatre Company Presents THE DRAWER BOY, Opening 3/21February 18, 2013The Long Island premiere of 'The Drawer Boy,' Canadian playwright Michael Healey's award-winning play about two farmers whose lives are turned upside down when a young actor comes to visit, will be the third production of the 2012-2013 Hampton Theatre Company season. Opening at the Quogue Community Hall on Thursday, March 21, 'The Drawer Boy' runs for three weekends, though April 7.