CST Adds A Quiz With The Chance Of A Prize To Their IS HE DEAD? PageSeptember 29, 2009And finally, when you go to the "Is He Dead" page, you'll find a fun little quiz with a great prize (Hint: all of the answers can be found on various pages of the website and by clicking on links to their sponsors and partners). Have fun honing your detective skills and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Photo Flash: BOYS' LIFE's Sold Out Run At Zombie Joe's Ends 10/3; Moves To Sky Lab On 10/9September 28, 2009Doesn't Suck Productions, in association with Vox Box Arts Collective, announces their hit production of Howard Korder's Boys' Life, which opened Friday, September 18, completes its sold out run at Zombie Joe's Underground Theater in the NoHo on October 3. The production will immediately transfer to the Sky Lab Theatre in Hollywood for a four week run, beginning Friday, October 9.
Photo Flash: Chekhov's IVANOV Hits The SiNNERMAN Ensemble On 10/1; Previews Begin 9/30September 28, 2009SiNNERMAN Ensemble presents Anton Chekhov's "Ivanov," in the first professional production of a contemporary American language adaptation by Sheldon Patinkin, who also directs, featuring eight ensemble members in a passion-filled production of this classic story that swings wildly from comedy to tragedy. In a community obsessed with gossip and greed, the brilliant Ivanov has fallen out of love with his wife and his friends and bankrupted his land, only to be dangerously attracted to the beautiful young daughter of his creditor. Chekhov's most accessible play asks the burning question "How do you live without hope?" Patinkin is Chair Emeritus of the Theater Department of Columbia College, and Artistic Consultant to The Second City and Steppenwolf Theatre. "Ivanov" runs about two hours and thirty minutes with one intermission. SiNNERMAN, formed out of a Steppenwolf Theatre summer program, is spelled with all caps except for the "i", and is named after the Nina Simone song.
SHOW BOAT And SIGNATURE SINGS Cabaret Show Among Signature Theatre's Upcoming October And November EventsSeptember 25, 2009Signature Theatre, winner of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award®, continues its 20th anniversary season in October and November with the two types of musical productions for which the company has become renowned: musical theater and cabaret performances. November 10, 2009 through January 17, 2010, Signature reinvents the 1927 classic American musical, Show Boat, with Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer creating an intimate new staging in the 300-seat MAX Theatre, complete with a special new approved script and new orchestrations. Cabaret shows take over Signature?s other house, the 120-seat ARK Theatre, when Signature begins a year-long ?best of? salute to its 20 years of musicals. From October 13 through 18, the cabaret offering Signature Sings: 1989-1994 will feature music from Company, Wings, Assassins, and Into the Woods. Cabaret performances will again return from November 17 through 22 with Signature Sings: 1995-1999, featuring select songs from First Lady Suite, Cabaret, A Grand Night for Singing, Passion, The Rink, Sunday in the Park With George, Working, The Fix, A Little Night Music, Over and Over, and Tell Me on a Sunday.
WIZARD OF OZ Touches Down in Memphis 12/15-20September 24, 2009In celebration of its 80th anniversary, the 1939 MGM classic The Wizard of Oz will perform at The Orpheum beginning Tuesday, Dec. 15 through Sunday, Dec. 20 for eight performances only.
Broadway In South Africa Offers Discount Tickets To Their Second Annual Benefit Concert 10/5 September 24, 2009Broadway in South Africa's Second Annual Benefit is less than two weeks away and now, more than ever, they need your support. Over the course of two weeks in January 2009, Broadway in South Africa conducted 54 hours of hands-on workshops and programming for over 400 under privileged children in the townships of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.
Please join them Monday, October 5, 2009, for the Second Annual Broadway in South Africa Benefit Concert, featuring world-premiere songs based on essays from the children they work with in South Africa.