THE LION KING Tour Opens Tonight in MiamiMay 17, 2012The Miami premiere of Disney's THE LION KING opens tonight at 8 p.m. at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County for a limited engagement of four weeks through Sunday, June 10. THE LION KING plays Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m. Matinee performances are Saturdays at 2 p.m., Sundays at 1 p.m. with an additional performance on Friday, June 8 at 2 p.m.
The New Theatre Project and Fratellanza Present THE MUTE QUIRE, 6/17-7/1May 17, 2012Fratellanza-a new collaboration between Michigan brothers Jim and Paul Manganello-is creating a new show for The New Theatre Project imagining the circumstances around the creation of Shakespeare's First Folio. The Mute Quire runs June 17-July 1 at Mix Studio Theater, 130 W. Michigan Ave, Ypsilanti, MI.
Cast Announced for TERMINATOR TOO at Santos Party HouseMay 17, 2012Just in time for summer blockbuster season, Thomas Blake, director of Los Angeles' long running hit Point Break Live!, returns to New York with the World Premiere of TERMINATOR TOO, JUDGMENT PLAY. Previews of this new interactive spoof of the classic 1991 Schwarzenegger/James Cameron action blockbuster Terminator 2 begin June 23 at downtown's Santos Party. Opening night is slated for July 14 (Bastille Day).
Horse Trade Theater Group Extends THE H.P. LOVECRAFT FESTIVAL Through 7/29May 17, 2012The previously scheduled RADIOTHEATRE HOUR presentation of THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU has been cancelled and will now be replaced by the extension of the popular H.P. LOVECRAFT FESTIVAL, a repertory of cult horror classics by the Grandmaster of 20th Century American Horror. Stories will include REANIMATOR; THE CALL OF CTHULHU; THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN; COOL AIR; THE THING IN THE MOONLIGHT… live, onstage for the first time, complete with award-winning sound design and original orchestral scores.
Roger Adams, Music Hall Technical Director, Passes Away at 68May 17, 2012The Cincinnati Arts Association, the Music Hall resident arts organizations, and friends and family of Music Hall mourn the loss of Roger Adams, Music Hall's beloved Technical Director since 1994. Roger died at his home on Monday, May 14.
Bang on a Can Marathon Opens River To River Festival, 6/17May 17, 2012On Sunday, June 17, from noon until midnight, Bang on a Can continues celebrating its 25th year with the annual Bang on a Can Marathon, free for the public at World Financial Center Winter Garden (220 Vesey Street, NYC), presented by River To River® Festival, Arts Brookfield, and Bang on a Can.
Riverdance to Perform Final U.S. Engagement at Wolf Trap, 6/15-17May 17, 2012The producer of RIVERDANCE, Moya Doherty, has announced that the United States/North American touring production of the internationally-acclaimed worldwide phenomenon will play its final performances Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17, 2012 at WolfTrap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, VA.
COT Presents OPERA FOR ALL in Schools, 6/1-8May 17, 2012Chicago Opera Theater's (COT) Opera For All, an education program that brings opera to the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders of three Chicago Public Schools - Dewitt Clinton Elementary, Lionel Hampton Fine & Performing Arts School, and Reilly Elementary - is finishing its 12th year with three fun operas written and performed by the students themselves!
Roscommon Arts Centre Welcomes Ardal O'Hanlon, May 23May 17, 2012Award winning comedian, actor, writer - and star of Father Ted (C4); My Hero (BBC 1), Val Falvey (RTE) and Leagues Apart (RTE), Ardal O'Hanlon brings his unique brand of stand up comedy back to Roscommon next Wednesday 23rd May, 8pm.
Inside Broadway to Offer MAMMA MIA! Workshops, 6/14May 17, 2012To celebrate the end of their 30th anniversary and season, the not-for-profit Inside Broadway will partner with the hit, long-running production of Mamma Mia! to offer two free 'Creating the Magic' workshops on Thursday, June 14th at the Winter Garden Theatre.
Austin Pendleton to Receive Active Theater's 2012 Arts Award, 6/6May 17, 2012Actor, playwright and director AUSTIN PENDLETON will be the recipient of the 2012 ACTIVE ARTS AWARD, it was announced today by Nathaniel Shaw, Artistic Director of The Active Theater. A ceremony will take place on Monday, June 4th at the Active Theater's Spring Gala at the Whaler Lounge at the Madison Towers Hotel (22 East 38th Street).
STAGE TUBE: The Cast of GODSPELL Celebrates 10,000 Facebook Fans With Music VideoMay 17, 2012blurbThe company of Broadway's first-ever revival of Stephen Schwartz's rock musical GODSPELL last month welcomed a new leading man - stage and screen star Corbin Bleu (Disney's 'High School Musical,' Broadway's In the Heights) - to the starring role of Jesus. This month, the show just passed 10,000 Facebook fans and star Julia Mattison wrote a song to celebate the ocassion. Check out the video below!