The Alchemy Theatre's SWEET STORM Extended Until 7/12June 11, 2009The Alchemy Theatre, in association with LAByrinth Theater Company, are presenting ?Sweet Storm? by Scott Hudson, who was recently awarded the Daryl Roth 2009 Creative Spirit Award, Off Broadway at The Kirk Theatre (Theatre Row), 410 West 42nd Street, NYC. Padraic Lillis directs the new play that features Jamie Dunn and Eric T. Miller. The opening is next Wednesday, June 17 at 7 pm and the show has now been extended an additional week until July 12. The Scenic & Costume Designer is Lea Umberger; the Lighting Designer is Sarah Sidman and the Sound Designer is Elizabeth Rhodes. The Casting Director is Judy Bowman Casting and Production Supervisor: La Vie Productions. Running time = 90 minutes with no intermission
Sing Allellulia! JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Starring Ted Neeley Returns For 5 Performances Only At The San Diego Civic Theatre 1/15-17June 11, 2009Jesus Christ Superstar, the first masterpiece from the legendary writing team of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, exploded onto the scene in 1971 changing the world of musical theatre forever. With a score of amazing songs - ?I Don?t Know How to Love Him?, ?Hosanna?, ?Everything?s Alright?, ?What?s the Buzz?, ?Superstar?, and ?Heaven on Their Mind?, this original groundbreaking production stars Ted Neeley in the title role. This Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation will return for five performances only, at San Diego Civic Theatre, January 15 ? 17, 2010.
Traditional Dance, Step, And Modern Among STG's 11th Annual DANCE This PerformanceJune 11, 2009Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Dance This on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at The Paramount Theatre at 7:30pm. The annual performance features local teen artists and professional choreographers collaborating through cross-cultural Dance. Dance This 2009 includes over 120 performers featuring step, modern, acrobatics and traditional Dance from Mexico, Africa, the Middle East and Asia - all set to live music.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Returns To St. Louis' Fox Theatre 9/30-10/25June 11, 2009The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber?s The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince, returns to the Fox Theatre in St. Louis beginning Wednesday, September 30 through Sunday, October 25. The first performance is Wednesday, September 30 at 8pm. Tickets go on sale this Sunday, June 14 at the Fox Theatre box office (527 N Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO), all MetroTix outlets, online at www.metrotix.com or call 314-534-1111. Group orders of 20 or more may be placed by calling 314-535-2900.
Brian Stokes Mitchell To Headline A New Stage For The Moonlight Amphitheatre 6/27June 11, 2009Tony Award-winning Broadway star, Brian Stokes Mitchell will headline an evening of celebration, titled ?A New Stage for the Moonlight Amphitheatre,? located at Brengle Terrace Park, 1200 Vale Terrace Drive, on Saturday, June 27 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30pm. The cocktail attire event also includes an hors d?oeuvres and dessert reception and a special tribute by stars of the Moonlight Stage, all for the ticket price of $50, reserved seating only, which can be purchased at VisTix Ticket Office starting on June 15 by calling (760) 724-2110 or online at www.vistixonline.com.
Susan Claassen To Appear As Edith Head In A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD Beginning 6/19June 11, 2009Susan Claassen, who stars as legendary Hollywood designer Edith Head in ?A Conversation With Edith Head? will be appearing in California in June. Following her engagement in London last summer, Ms. Claassen began her US tour by opening the 16th season at Houston?s Theater LaB with a sold out 5-performance engagement. Her US tour also included appearances in Tucson at the Invisible Theatre, at Arizona?s Tubac Center of the Arts, and, most recently, at the 35th Annual Symposium of the Costume Society of America in Tempe and Phoenix, AZ where she, once again, received rave review's. Symposium attendee Nena Ivon, Manager, Special Events, Saks Fifth Avenue, Chicago, said: ?A Conversation With Edith Head was outstanding and a fitting finale to the symposium?.
Bill Irwin, Star Of Roundabout Theatre Company's Production Of WAITING FOR GODOT Joins The Panel Titled The Play's The Thing, Discussion Held 6/12June 11, 2009Bill Irwin, currently portraying Vladimir in the Roundabout Theatre Company?s production of Waiting for Godot, has joined the already distinguished panel titled The Play?s the Thing, a discussion of the proliferation of plays during the 2008-09 theater seasons, which will be held Friday, June 12, 2009 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM at Sardi?s Restaurant, 234 West 44th Street, 4th Floor.
The New Jersey Repertory Company Is Set To Present EVIE'S WALTZ 6/18-7/26June 11, 2009The New Jersey Repertory Company, located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch is set to present Carter W. Lewis' new play, 'Evie's Waltz' June 18 thru July 26. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays at 8pm; Saturdays at 3pm and 8pm; Sundays at 2pm. Special reduced price previews are Thursday and Friday June 18 & 19 at 2pm and 8pm. Opening night with reception is Saturday, June 20 at 8pm. Tickets are $40 for adults; $35 for previews, seniors and students; $60 for opening night. For tickets and additional information call 732-229-3166 or visit www.njrep.org.
Musical Theatre Meets Laugh-In 6/17-7/11 In The Ogunquit Playhouse's Production Of SHOUT! The Mod MusicalJune 11, 2009Musical theatre meets Laugh-In, June 17th through July 11th, in this frothy, infectious, all-new production of Shout! The Mod Musical. This bright vinyl time capsule tracks five groovy girls as they come of age in the 60s, and flips through the years taking you back to the music, fashion and freedom of that liberating decade. Packed full of songs, dance and nostalgia, Shout! features a cavalcade of hits such as ?Downtown,? ?Son of a Preacher Man,? 'You Don't Have to Say You Love Me' and many more.
Derek Walcott's New Play MARIE LAVEAU To have Reading Presented By NFT, 6/28June 10, 2009Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre will present the final reading in the Gurfein Foundation/Ntozake Shange Play Reading Series: Derek Walcott's new play Marie Laveau, with music by Galt MacDermot. The reading will take place Sunday, June 28th at 3pm, at Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues). Clinton Turner Davis directs a cast that features Arthur Bartow, Trazana Beverley, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Gerard Catus, Lia
Chaing, DK Dyson, Stu Richel, Martin Shakar, and Marie Thomas as Marie Laveau.
Berkeley's Aurora Theatre Company Presents The Final Aurora Script Club Meeting Of The Season With WAITING FOR GODOT 7/6June 10, 2009Berkeley?s acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company presents the final Aurora Script Club meeting of the season with Samuel Beckett?s Waiting for Godot. Aurora Theatre Company Education Director Michael Mansfield hosts this moderated discussion about what we do while we wait/live and what?s worth waiting/living for, examining the upcoming Aurora Theatre Company production of Bob Glaudini?s Off-Broadway hit Jack Goes Boating, written in 2007, and Beckett?s absurdist masterpiece, penned in 1948.