RENT A WHITE GUY Receives NY Premiere Tonight, 9/19
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2012 Rent A White Guy, a new multilingual musical fable about life for laowai (foreigners) living in China, will get its New York premiere at the Secret Theatre in Long Island City this September....
ALKY reading presented at the Laurie Beechman, 2/21
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2011 On February 21, a reading of ALKY will be presented at the Laurie Beechman, directed and produced by Ryan Duncan (Shrek, Altar Boyz) and performed by members of Honorable Mention, Waterwell, and more....
A Noble Failure to Close at CoHo, 1/29
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2012 A NOBLE FAILURE, winner of NEWXNW Play Competition, featuring Bruce Burkhartsmeier, Jacklyn Maddux, Duffy Epstein, Eleanor O'Brien, Dennis Kelly and Kenneth Sergienko will close this weekend with a performance on January 29th....
Reading of THE ZERO HOUR Slated for Diversionary on March 8
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2010 Diversionary Theatre will do a reading of Madeleine George's play The Zero Hour on Monday, March 8 at 7:30pm at the Theatre (one night only!). The reading will be performed by Amanda Sitton and Jacque Wilke, and directed by Dan Kirsch, Diversionary's Executive & Artistic Director. ...
FOX Orders Pilot for New Drama RAKE, Starring Greg Kinnear
by TV News Desk - January 22, 2013 Kicking off its drama pilot orders, FOX Broadcasting Company (FOX) has given a pilot order to RAKE, a character-driven comedic drama by Peter Duncan (creator of the original Australian series) and executive-produced by Peter Tolan ('Rescue Me,' 'Analyze This') and Michael Wimer ('2012'). Academy Awa...
CTG Announces Chase Theatre Educators Fellows for 2011
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 25, 2011 Center Theatre Group (CTG) has selected four teachers for the 2011 Chase Theatre Educators Fellowship Program. ...
ABC Family Starts Production on Comedy Pilot PHYS ED
by Tyler Peterson - November 12, 2012 ABC Family begins production this week in Los Angeles on the multi-camera comedy series pilot "Phys Ed," starring Ryan Sypek ("Wildfire"), Kate Lang Johnson ("Persons Unknown"), Sunkrish Bala ("I Just Want My Pants Back"), Samm Levine ("Freaks and Geeks"), and Chelsea Harris ("Grey's Anatomy"). ...
Alden Theatre Presents Cinderella—The World’s Favorite Fairy Tale
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 18, 2011 The Alden Theatre will present Cinderella-The World's Favorite Fairy Tale at 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 2-3 and 9-10....
Sara Gilbert to Co-Star in CBS' BAD TEACHER Adaptation
by Tyler Peterson - March 06, 2013 Sara Gilbert, current co-host of THE TALK, has officially been tapped for CBS' upcoming adaptation of the 2011 film BAD TEACHER, Deadline has confirmed....
Alden Theatre Presents Cinderella—The World’s Favorite Fairy Tale
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2011 The Alden Theatre will present Cinderella-The World's Favorite Fairy Tale at 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 2-3 and 9-10....
Egads Theatre Company Presents IN TROUSERS, 3/11-26
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2011 Egads Theatre Company presents the Kansas City premiere of In Trousers by contemporary musical master William Finn (composer of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee). In Trousers is Finn's earliest work and the first (and often over-looked) one-act musical of the Falsettos trilogy (AKA the 'Ma...
MTI to Honor Drama Teacher Lou Volpe with Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education, 3/9
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2013 Longtime Bristol Township Harry S. Truman High School teacher Lou Volpe is being honored with the first-ever 'MTI Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education' by Music Theatre International (MTI), one of the world's largest licensors of Musical Theatre. Mr. Volpe is retiring from teaching after...
Aurora Theatre Ends Run of THE STORYTELLING ABILITY OF A BOY 5/2
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2010 After a world premiere at Palm Beach's Florida Stage last December, Carter W. Lewis' Storytelling Ability of a Boy will end its run at Aurora Theatre as part of the GGC Lab Series, May 2. This new series of plays is made possible through the generous support of an inspired sponsor, Georgia Gwinnet ...
Egads Theatre Company Presents IN TROUSERS, 3/11-26
by Nicole Rosky - February 14, 2011 Egads Theatre Company presents the Kansas City premiere of In Trousers by contemporary musical master William Finn (composer of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee). In Trousers is Finn's earliest work and the first (and often over-looked) one-act musical of the Falsettos trilogy (AKA the 'Ma...
Broadway Comedy Club Presents ALKY
by Nicole Rosky - April 19, 2011 After a successful performance at the Laurie Beechman Theatre last month, the Marumsco Valley Players are back, this time presenting their teen drinking drama, ALKY: only the luckiest victims die, to more impressionable people at the Broadway Comedy Club on W. 53rd Street. Alky was written by Jerome...
HEY YOU MILLIONAIRES Play Final Chicago Performances 7/30-31
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 27, 2010 After a 5+ year stint calling Chicago home, eminent sketch comedy trio Hey You Millionaires is picking up their giant bags of comedy money and saying farewell to Chicago with two final performances at iO and the Annoyance respectively....
Norbert Leo Butz Joins Cast of NBC Drama Pilot COUNTRY
by Caryn Robbins - March 02, 2012 As first reported on Deadline.com, two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz has joined the cast of Jason Katims' NBC drama pilot COUNTRY, starring Jason Ritter. ...
LOVE, LUST & LUNACY Set for The Ice House Comedy Club, Run Thru 9/25
by Lauren Wolman - August 15, 2011 How do you build a strong, sexy relationship, or, get your relationship back on track? Insert a little bit of LOVE, LUST & LUNACY! Comedian and Talkshow Host Debi Gutierrez delivers THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS in the funniest, most honest and blame-free comedy show about relationships to com...
Acorn Prod Contines Monthly Poetry Readings At The Studio Theatre 2/10
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 26, 2012 Acorn Productions offers the second installment of the company's new performance series entitled "Lowry's Lodge," a monthly series of poetry readings hosted by Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel....
Mysterious Papers Lead to Adventure in New Release by B P Wicker, SWEET BUTTONS
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2013 Finding mysterious and crumbling papers in an old chest in a reputedly haunted garage is just one adventure for young Bo Homer. Just as Bo and Katie, the central characters in this new adventure/love story, frolic on the beach and explore the Okefenokee Swamp - the pages also resonate with a shanty ...
Sharon Gless Returns To The London Stage In A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 27, 2011 Multiple Emmy & Golden Globe award-winning actress Sharon Gless returns to the London stage to star in the British premiere of A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN based on Jane Juska's best selling true-story book of the same name....
Egads! Theatre Company Presents In Trousers 3/11-12
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 09, 2011 Egads! Theatre Company presents the Kansas City premiere of In Trousers by contemporary musical master William Finn (composer of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee). ...
SPIDER-MAN Honors English Teacher Jacqueline Morelli as 'Everyday Hero'
by Nicole Rosky - October 21, 2011 SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark (Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris, Producers) announced the second honoree of the newly developed 'Everyday Heroes' initiative: Horace Greeley High School English teacher, Jacqueline Morelli of Putnam Valley, New York. The 'Everyday Heroes' program seeks to shine the ...
Mark Grist Set to Bring ROGUE TEACHER Rap Battle Show to Edfringe
by James T Harding - May 18, 2012 In 2011, Mark Grist went from being an English teacher in the fens to defeating a teenage grime artist in a rap battle that has attracted over 2 million hit on YouTube. In his first solo Edinburgh show, ROGUE TEACHER, he shares his eventful journey from the classroom to the battlefield through his u...
Egads! Theatre Company Presents In Trousers 3/11-12
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2011 Egads! Theatre Company presents the Kansas City premiere of In Trousers by contemporary musical master William Finn (composer of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee). ... |