Reynard Loki - Page 63

Ambassador Groups were named Runners-Up in the Best Ticketing Agency category at this year's Group Travel Awards.

Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, stars of the original Broadway production and film adaptation of RENT, reprise the roles they made famous in this exciting new tour! Over the course of its groundbreaking 12-year New York run, RENT transformed the definition of musical theater -- and changed Broadway forever. Set in NYC's East Village, RENT is a modern take on the classic Puccini opera, La Boheme. It tells the unforgettable story of a group of young artists learning to survive, falling in love, finding their voices and living for today.

Songwriting team Don Seaver and Sean Owens are back at the EXIT Theatre?s Café, once again joining forces with powerhouse performer Shannon Day for Lady of the ?Loin, a sizzling tribute to San Francisco's raciest, raunchiest, most unrepentant neighborhood: the Tenderloin. A dozen stories-in-song, about good girls gone wrong, wronged girls getting the goods, and low-lifes living the high life. Four Saturdays only, July 25, August 1, 8, 15. All shows are at9:00 p.m. EXIT Café is located at 156 Eddy St., San Francisco. Tickets cost $15. For more information, call (415) 673-3847, or visit www.theexit.org.

West Virginia Public Theatre?s Founder and Executive Producer Ron Iannone has announced the line-up for the 2009 summer season, which runs June 23 through August 9, 2009. WVPT will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary Season and has, once again, lined up another summer filled with ?Broadway?s best? productions.

West Virginia Public Theatre continues its 25th Anniversary Summer Season by bringing back a cult-classic musical comedy thriller after fourteen years absence from the WVPT stage. Little Shop of Horrors runs from June 30th through July 5th in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre of the WVU Creative Arts Center. First appearing at WVPT in 1995, this audience favorite was written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken?the team behind such Disney favorites as Aladdin and The Little Mermaid?and tells the story of a nerdy florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical was based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman.

Wolf 359 presents a new, full-length play by NYFA Fellow Michael Yates Crowley, directed by Michael Rau. Evanston: A Rare Comedy will debut in July 2009 as part of the undergroundzero festival at P.S. 122, and then in August will be performed at HERE Arts Center as part of their Summer Sublet Series. From the writer/director team behind The Ted Haggard Monologues, this black comedy begins with the disappearance of a teenage girl in deepest suburbia and ends when a meeting of The Evanston Women?s Book Club goes horribly awry.

No.11 Productions presents two offerings as part of their summer residency @Seaport! The Elephant Man ? The Musical is a comedy in which John Merrick (the Elephant Man) breaks through the social barriers his deformity forces him to deal with and finally gets his dream of singing and dancing on Broadway. This irreverent musical celebrates the idea that if you dream big, big things are going to happen. After all, ?Ever?body wants their life to be a musical.? The cast features Ryan Emmons, Haley Greenstein, Roger Mulligan and Ira Sargent.

The Sixteenth Season of Broadway Onstage Live Theatre, and the Twenty-Ninth Season of Dennis Wickline Productions, opens on Friday, July 24 with a new version of the Renee Taylor/Joseph Bologna comedy Lovers and Other Strangers. Playing Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Select Sundays at 2pm, the hilarious comedy will run through Saturday, August 22.

Cast members from The Strip?s hottest shows, Jersey Boys and Phantom ? The Las Vegas Spectacular, will lend their powerful talents to the worthy 23rd annual ?Ribbon of Life? stage spectacular and fundraiser Sunday, June 28 at the Las Vegas Hilton.

Etta James, who was scheduled to appear on the KCRW World Festival series at the Hollywood Bowl on June 28, 2009, has been forced to cancel due to illness. James is replaced by legendary music icon Chaka Khan. Janelle Monáe opens the show and Adele with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Strings headlines.

Village Theatre Kidstage?s Summer Independent gears up to produce the classic musical West Side Story, set to run July 18?July 25, 2009 at the Francis J. Gaudette Theatre in downtown Issaquah.

Due to popular demand, Girls Night the Musical has extended until August 30. Share the fun and laughter at this hilarious, feel-good comedy as five girlfriends, to whom we can all relate - go from heartbreak to happiness during a wild night out.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is delighted to announce its latest production, Crazy For You. You'll be swept up in this artfully constructed tale of boy meets girl in the Wild West! The songs of George and Ira Gershwin are the inspiration of this Tony Award winning musical comedy that brings to the stage the nostalgic showmanship of 1930's Broadway. With a book written by Ken Ludwig, Crazy For You is perfect blend of classic American music, unforgettable dancing and riotous laughter, featuring such Gershwin hits as I Got Rhythm, Someone To Watch Over Me, Embraceable You, and They Can't Take That Away From Me. Crazy For You will play the following performance schedule: Thursdays at 8:00 p.m., Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

Auditions for Twelve Angry Men will be held Monday, August 31, and Tuesday, September 1, from 7 to 9 pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Franklin. Roles are available for 13 men ranging in age from 20 to 70. There will be cold readings from the script. Production dates are October 23-24, 29-31, November 1, and November 6-7. Contact Beth Woodruff at 591-9824 or woodruffbeth@comcast.net with any questions.

The Junior Youth Actors' Guild is taking their show on the road! They'll be touring five Williamson County libraries presenting poems and skits such as 'The Ugly Duckling,' 'Madeline,' and 'The Stinky Cheese Man,' a modern retelling of the Gingerbread Man tale. They also have an exciting lineup of guest clinicians for their monthly workshops this year, including sign-language expert Harriet Harms and the Nashville Opera Educational Tour! Please spread the word about our meetings, which are for ages 6-12 and take place from 10:30 am to 12 noon on the last Saturday of most months.

Curtain Call's Youth Actors' Guild summer production of An Evening of Culture opens July 10th and runs for two weekends. This hilarious comedy follows the Mineola County Community Theatre as they rehearse their production of Romeo and Juliet. Even though they don't know their lines, the set isn't finished, and a dog keeps barking offstage, they're going to give it a go! Come watch this crazy cast of characters give new meaning to the words 'the show must go on!'

Between 55 & 60 children will be cast in the Missoula Children?s Theatre?s original musical adaptation of ?The Little Mermaid,? and some of those young stars could very well be yours! All youths between the ages of 6 & 17 are welcome to the free audition and no experience is necessary. Auditions will start at 9 a.m. Monday, July 6 at the Ruidoso Middle School gymnasium at 134 Reese Drive. (Parents or guardians are asked to arrive at the audition shortly before the start time so that they may fill out a basic permission slip with contact information). Children are asked to wear comfortable clothing and sneakers, to wear their best smiles and to speak out loud! They also have to be willing to commit to the daily rehearsals held at the Spencer immediately following the auditions. (The show?s directors will issue rehearsal schedules to the children at the close of the audition).

Celtic Thunder is set to take place at the Citi Performing Arts Center's Wang Theatre on Saturday, October 10 at 8pm. Doors open at 7:15pm, the performance begins promptly at 8pm.

Court Theatre's Board of Trustees and Artistic Director Charles Newell announce the election of Virginia Gerst as the company's Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Gerst replaces Lawrence Strickling who was recently nominated for the position of Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ABroad Stage Company (ABSCo) is gearing up for its debut performance of Jose Rivera?s new version of his best-known play, ?References To Salvador Dali Make Me Hot,? which originally premiered at The Public Theater in 2000. Directed by Pippin Parker, the play will open on Friday, July 10, at the New School for Drama Theater at 151 Bank Street, in the West Village.