Lee Roy Rogers, Susannah Flood and More to Join TRIBES in SeptemberAugust 20, 2012The producers of Off-Broadway's Tribes have announced new additions to the clan beginning September 4th: Lee Roy Rogers (Orson's Shadow) will assume the role of Beth and Dina Thomas (See How They Run) will assume the role of Ruth, and beginning September 25th: Susannah Flood (A Civil War Christmas) will assume the role of Sylvia, joining Will Brill (Our Town) as Daniel, Russell Harvard (There Will Be Blood) as Billy, and Jeff Still (August: Osage County) as Christopher.
Seanachaí Theatre Company to Present IN PIGEON HOUSE, Opening 10/17August 20, 2012Juxtaposed against the contemporary drug-fueled club scene in Dublin, In Pigeon House weaves together vaudeville, music hall, and cinema in this love letter to traveling shows. Moving between time and genres, the itinerant players Basher, Masher, Rasher and Dolly rip up the stage with a furious tornado of language and moving pictures. A startlingly theatrical and darkly comic oeuvre, In Pigeon House at once explodes and upholds the romantic myth of the traveling show.
Human Race Theatre's 26th Season Opens with MANAGING MAXINE, 9/6August 20, 2012The Human Race Theatre Company kicks off its 2012-2013 Season with Janece Shaffer's Managing Maxine, an unlikely love story with an unconventional heroine featuring Broadway actress Jana Robbins as Maxine and television veteran Steve Vinovich as Arthur.
Nathan Pacheco Comes to Chicago's Harris Theatre in NovemberAugust 20, 2012With two PBS concert specials and a new self-titled Disney Pearl debut album, Nathan Pacheco is headlining a North American tour, which will stop in Chicago at the Harris Theatre for Music and Dance at Millennium Park (205 East Randolph Street) Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 7 p.m. The PBS special, "Introducing Nathan Pacheco: Live in Concert" airs August 23, 2012 on WTTW in Chicago.
Common Ground Theatre Announces Upcoming EventsAugust 20, 2012Common Ground Theatre (www.cgtheatre.com) is a performance and teaching space located in west Durham, offering performing arts and educational groups a flexible, well-equipped alternative space.
TAP DOGS Comes to the Hershey Theatre, 11/28August 20, 2012TAP DOGS is taking the world by storm having performed in 330 cities worldwide with 12 million seats sold. The 2012 tour will stop at Hershey Theatre on Wednesday, November 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Bay Street Players Announce 2011-2012 Dolly Award WinnersAugust 20, 2012The 2011-2012 Bay Street Players Dolly Award winners were announced during the 37th Annual Dolly Award event, "Night of the Stars." The gala evening took place Saturday evening August 18, 2012 at the Historic State Theatre in Eustis. This event featured the opening of the theatre's newly remolded lobby extension.
Signature's HEARTLESS Sells Out Initial Run, Extends Through 9/30August 20, 2012Signature Theatre Company has announced a two-week extension for Sam Shepard's HEARTLESS, directed by Daniel Aukin. The production will now play through Sunday, September 30. The production began performances on August 7 and will open August 27 in The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). The initial run is already completely sold out. Tickets during the extension weeks are $75 each.
STAGE TUBE: Backstage With DIRTY DANCING's Jill WinternitzAugust 20, 2012American actress Jill Winternitz stars as idealistic 'Baby Houseman', the role taken by Jennifer Grey in the film, who discovers love and life in the summer she will never forget. Jill trained at RADA and her theatre credits include 'Ophelia' in Hamlet and 'The Prioress' in The Canterbury Tales (Queen Mary 2); Wounded (Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble); 'Nina' in The Seagull (MXAT) and Sunday in the Park with George (Interlochen Center for the Arts).
Go backstage with Jill in the video below!