Fun, Food And Frivolity At The Red Cedar Grill To Benefit The Williamston Theatre On 10/13October 2, 2009On Tuesday, October 13 the Red Cedar Grill will hold a special event to benefit the Williamston Theatre. During the evening, customers will be treated to the talents of local singer/songwriter Ed Groves as well as a host of acts performed by regular actors on the Williamston Theatre stage. WMMQ's Deb Hart will be the Celebrity Host of the event. The restaurant will donate 20% of all proceeds for the evening to the Williamston Theatre, mid-Michigan's newest professional, not-for-profit, live theatre.
Burning Coal Presents ELM Collective In Concert On 10/11October 2, 2009Burning Coal Theatre Company, a small professional theatre located in Raleigh, North Carolina, will conclude the second "Sunday Afternoon Music Series" with a concert of the ensemble "ELM collective". The concert will take place in the newly renovated Meymandi Theater at the Murphey School Auditorium in 224 Polk Street in downtown Raleigh on Sunday, October 11 at 7pm. Information may be obtained by calling 919.834.4001 or by visiting Burning Coal's website at www.burningcoal.org. Tickets are $15.
Burning Coal Returns To Explore Fayetteville Street With FAYETTEVILLE STREET FOLLIESOctober 2, 2009Following the success of last year's Main Street/Fayetteville Street, Burning Coal is excited to announce our next collaboration with Raleigh City Museum, Fayetteville Street Follies. The production, with a script by Oakwood writer Ian Finley, and featuring actors from Burning Coal Theatre Company, will visit several sites along Fayetteville Street to bring to life the stories of Raleigh's hooligans, heroes, crooks and cowards.
Photo Flash: BEN FRANKLIN: UNPLUGGED Opened At The Portland Center Stage On 10/2October 2, 2009Portland Center Stage invites you meet one of America's unlikeliest Ben Franklin scholars, monologist and fringe theater performer Josh Kornbluth, as he loses some hair and gains a fresh perspective on the costs of independence, the meaning of revolution and the vagaries of Founding
Fatherhood in Ben Franklin: Unplugged. Ben Franklin: Unplugged previews on Tuesday September 29th, opens on Friday, October 2nd and runs through November 22, 2009. Tickets start at $24, with student and under 30 discounts available. Rush tickets for Ben Franklin: Unplugged are $20. Show times are 7:30 pm Tuesday through Saturday, with a 2:00 pm Sunday matinee and alternating Saturday 2:00 pm and Sunday 7:30 pm performances. See the show calendar http://tickets.pcs.org/buytickets/calendar.asp for the complete performance schedule.
GayComedy's THE AUDACITY OF NOPE! Begins Previews On 11/6October 2, 2009GayComedy is set to present The Audacity of Nope!. The show is written by and featuring Jim Bennett, directed by Sean Cusick, musically directed by Jeffrey Bouthiette, and features Andy Eninger, Kelly Yacono, Vincent Kracht, Kathy Betts, John Loos, and Michelle Marquardt.
Gamm Theatre Boosts Management During 25th Anniversary SeasonOctober 1, 2009Yvonne Seggerman, Executive Director of The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, is pleased to announce the hiring of Jessica Hill as the non-profit theater's first general manager, as well as the promotion of former Development Associate Brian Platt to development manager, also a newly created position. The combined hiring and promotion within the professional non-profit theater's staff is expected to help manage the company's consistent growth and new opportunities.
Village Players Training Center Announces Fall Intensive Workshops For Adults And TeensOctober 1, 2009Village Players Theater is proud to announce two new Educational Opportunities housed under the Village Players Training Center: Village Players Youth Training Center and Village Players Professional Training Center. This fall the Village Players Professional Training Center will be offering Weekend Intensive Workshops at Village Players Performing Arts Center on Sundays in November and December from 9am-2pm for Adults. There will also be accompanying Weekend Intensive Workshops for Teens offered through the Village Players Youth Training Center in 'Mastering the Audition Process' and 'Off of the Page and Onto the Stage: A Shakespeare Intensive'. Cost is $75 per Adult Intensive; $50 per Teen Intensive.
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS Opens MTW's 57th Season On 10/30October 1, 2009Musical Theatre West is proud to present Meet Me in St. Louis. Meet Me in St. Louis previews on October 30th and opens October 31, 2009 and runs through November 15, 2009 at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC Hits The Rosemont Theatre This NovemberOctober 1, 2009Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, directed by Bartlett Sher, will premiere in Chicago coming in November at the Rosemont Theatre. Based on James Michener's Pulitzer Prize winning book Tales of the South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific swept the 2008 Tony Awards®, winning seven honors including Best Musical Revival and Best Director for Bartlett Sher.