EVITA to Launch National Tour in Rhode Island, Fall 2013!May 15, 2012Producers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders announced today that the Tony Award Nominated Best Revival of a Musical, Tim Rice's and Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA, will launch a first national tour in the fall of 2013 at Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Casting and additional information will be announced at a later date.
FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES Set for 5/24-6/9May 14, 2012From May 24 to June 9, 2012 the Festival TransAmériques (FTA) will set the city of Montreal ablaze with 28 diverse dance, theatre and performance art productions from Canada, the United States and abroad.
Christine Pedi, Michael West and More Extend in NEWSICAL Through 12/21May 14, 2012Christine Pedi, Michael West, Christina Bianco and Tommy Walker - the four principal cast members in NEWSical the Musical: End of the World Edition - have extended their contracts in the show through December 21, 2012 at which point the world will definitely end. A new block of tickets is now on sale at Telecharge.com.
Ben Howard Plays the Boulder Theater, 9/29May 14, 2012The surf community proved to be a big stepping stone for Howard, who found himself playing to packed audiences long before his music spread beyond the U.K. beaches. He continued developing his style, too, adding a percussive element to his playing by learning to rap his knuckles across the guitar body between strums.
Playwrights Horizons' FAR FROM HEAVEN, TheatreWorks' WHEELHOUSE and More Awarded NAMT GrantsMay 14, 2012The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announces 15 awards granted from their National Fund for New Musicals, a major funding program to support NAMT member not-for-profit theatres in their collaborations with writers to create, develop and produce new musicals. Now in its fourth year, the Fund will provide grants totaling $48,000 to 14 organizations across the country.
The National New Play Network Announces 30th Rolling World Premiere: GUAPA by Caridad SvichMay 14, 2012The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces its 30th Rolling World Premiere: Caridad Svich's Guapa will receive three productions through the Network's Continued Life of New Plays Fund in the 2012/13 season, the Network's 15th.
Marcy Heisler, Andrew Gerle and Matt Schatz Named 2012 Recipients of Kleban PrizeMay 14, 2012The Kleban Foundation today announced that the 22nd Annual Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre lyricist has gone to Marcy Heisler. For the Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre librettist, the judges declared a tie between Andrew Gerle and Matt Schatz. The 2012 prizes will be presented on June 18, 2012, in a private ceremony (by invitation only) at ASCAP.
A Noise Within Announces SUMMER WITH SHAKESPEARE, for Ages 10-18May 14, 2012A Noise Within (ANW), the highly regarded classical repertory theatre company and a leading force in arts education, presents SUMMER WITH SHAKESPEARE, a three-week summer program for youth ages 10 to 18 which demystifies Shakespeare's verse and grooms young artists to be Shakespearean performers. On a deeper level, this camp, which runs from June 25 to July 14, 2012, at the company's new state-of-the-art theatre in Pasadena, illuminates a connection to the patterns of the human condition inherent in Shakespeare's works.
Tickets for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in Minneapolis Go On Sale 6/1May 14, 2012Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that individual tickets for Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the classic musical love story running at Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre October 16-21, 2012, will go on sale at 9 a.m. on Friday, June 1, 2012.
DESPERATELY SEEKING THE EXIT Extends Through 6/10May 14, 2012Writer/performer Peter Michael Marino presents a comic autopsy on his $6 million West End musical fiasco Desperately Seeking Susan in DESPERATELY SEEKING THE EXIT. Directed by Obie Award winner John Clancy, performances of this solo tell-all comedy run through May 18 at the Triple Crown Underground with newly added shows June 3 & 10 at The PIT Underground.
Roxy Regional Theatre Opens THE WEDDING SINGER, 5/25May 14, 2012Starting May 25, let the Roxy Regional Theatre's THE WEDDING SINGER 'take you back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room.'
Burning Coal to Present OAKWOOD UNPLUGGED, 5/18 & 19May 14, 2012Burning Coal is excited to premiere Oakwood: Unplugged, a musical performance in the historic Oakwood Cemetery, 701 Oakwood Avenue Raleigh, NC, Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19th at 6:30 pm and Sunday, May 20th at 2 pm. Adult tickets are $20, students $10, and are available by calling 919.834.4001 or visiting www.burningcoal.org.
THE BEAUTIFUL EMPIRE OF ORDINARY KINGS Opens This Week at Warner TheatreMay 14, 2012The Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education's Performance Lab students will present a world premiere performance of The Beautiful Empire of Ordinary Kings,written and directed by the Warner Theatre Director of Education, Isabel Carrington and featuring hit music of popular contemporary artists.