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Former SNL Writer To Interview Norm MacDonald On Patchogue Theatre Stage
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2016
 Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) is proud to announce a very epic main stage book event featuring one of Comedy Central's '100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time,' NORM MACDONALD, who will discuss his first book BASED ON A TRUE STORY: A Memoir (Spiegel & Grau) on Today, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m.Macdonald will be interviewed on stage by a yet-to-be-announced special guest. He will signing copies of his memoir in the Theatre lobby following his book discussion.
The Space at the Westbury Theater Brings on New and Exciting Music Acts Through The Rest of 2016
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2016
With the Fall approaching, The Space at the Westbury Theater is getting ready to bring the sounds of some of Long Island and greater NY's hottest musical acts, tributes to great bands as well as the best decades in popular music, and national headliners to their Main Stage and the All Music Inc. Lounge at 250 Post Ave, Westbury NY!
Cabaret at Bridge Street Theatre Presents Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano in HELLUVA TOWN
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2016
Catskill's Bridge Street Theatre, already renowned for its ambitious mix of theater, music, magic, and more, is thrilled to announce the fourth and final installment (for 2016) in Tom Andersen's "Words & Music: The Songbook Series": Award-winning married musical partners Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano in a salute to the city that doesn't sleep called "HELLUVA TOWN: A New York Soundtrack." 
Westchester Broadway Theatre Presents SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2016
Dust off your hip-hugging flares, your platform shoes and warm up your disco dance moves! Saturday Night Fever is one of the most loved dance stories of all time. A stage version of the extraordinarily successful movie, It is a jam-packed, dance-crazed, fuel-injected show. Based on Nik Cohn's 1975 New York Magazine article 'Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night' and Norman Wexler's 1977 screenplay it inspired, it focuses on Tony Manero, a Brooklyn youth whose weekend is spent at the local discotheque. His very ordinary life is transformed when he steps on to the dance floor There he luxuriates in the admiration of the crowd and a growing relationship with Stephanie Mangano, and can temporarily forget the realities of his life, including a dead-end job in a paint store and his gang of deadbeat friends. Packed with over twenty legendary hits from The Bee Gees including the classics; Stayin' Alive, Night Fever, Jive Talking, You Should Be Dancing and How Deep is Your Love. Directed by WBT favorite, Richard Stafford and the Musical Director is Ryan Edward Wise. Our production stars: Jacob Tischler as Tony Manero, Alexandra Matteo as Stephanie Mangano, Gianna Yanelli as Annette, Chris Collins-Pisano as Bobby C., Pat McRoberts as Monty, Raynor Rubel as Gus, Joe Moeller as Double J., Chris Hlinka as Joey, Sandy Rosenberg as Flo Manero, Ray DeMattis as Frank Manero. Isabella D'Erasmo & Hannah Moore will alternate as Linda Manero, Featuring: Anthony Alvino, Josh Bates, Lauren Dalal, Michelle Dawson, Christopher DeAngelis, Walter Filmore IV, Brian Lego, Joe Moeller, Natalie Perez-Duel, Frankie Paparone, Kristyn Pope, Audrey Tesserot, Charity Van Tassel. Set & Costume design by Michael Bottari and Ronald Case, Lighting Design is by Andrew Gmoser, Sound Design is by Jonathan Hatton and Mark Zuckerman, Steve Loftus is the Technical Director. Wig & hair design by Gerard Kelly. The Production Stage Manager is Victor Lukas, and properties are by Grumpy Props. Lisa Tiso is the Associate Producer. Richard Stafford (Director/Choreographer) Returning to WBT, having directed and choreographed Show Boat, Mary Poppins, The Wizard Of Oz, Guys & Dolls, Fiddler On The Roof, Can-Can, George M!, Hairspray, Singin' In The Rain, A Wonderful Life, Beauty And The Beast, Gypsy, The Full Monty and Cats in past seasons. On Broadway, Mr. Stafford was the choreographer for In My Life (Music Box Theatre), the associate choreographer for Aspects Of Love (Broadhurst Theatre), and dance supervisor for Cats (Winter Garden Theatre). Off-Broadway credits include choreography for A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (St. Clements). Internationally he was director/choreographer for The Full Monty, Joseph...Dreamcoat (Mexico City), choreographer for Jesus Christ Superstar (Mexico City), Evita (Sydney), Cats (Mexico City, Buenos Aires) and director/choreographer for Cats (Copenhagen, Sao Paulo,Rio). National Tours include Cats (director/ choreographer), My Fair Lady (choreographer), Joseph...Dreamcoat (choreographer) and numerous Regional Theatre Productions. Reservations: Call (914)-592-2222. Also at: www.BroadwayTheatre.com Group Reservations: Discounts for Groups of 20 or More: Call 592-2225. Luxury Boxes: Call 592-8730, for private parties of 6 to 22. Enjoy dining and theatre in an elegant private box. Additional features include an expanded dinner menu, hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, private powder room, and Luxury Box reserved parking. Show Times: Wednesday & Thursday & some Friday Matinees: Lunch: 11:30 am & Show 1 pm. Thursday, Friday, & Saturday Evenings: Dinner: 6:30 pm & Show: 8 pm. Sunday Matinees: Lunch: 12 pm & Show: 1:30 pm Sunday Evenings: Dinner: 5:30 pm & Show: 7 pm. Ticket Prices Dinner & Show range between $56.00 and $84.00 PLUS TAX depending on the performances chosen. Beverage Service & Gratuities are not included in the ticket price. Discounts are available for children, students, and senior citizens at selected performances. Also check the website for on-going Special Offers! More news at: www.BroadwayTheatre.com
TADA Announces Youth Ensemble Auditions
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2016
The Drama Desk award-winning TADA! Youth Theater is holding auditions for the Resident Youth Ensemble Program for kids ages 8-18. Auditions will be held on five different days; October 5th for High School students, October 14th for Middle School students, October 15th for Elementary School students, October 19th, 21st and 22nd are open to all. TADA!'s Resident Youth Ensemble is a FREE pre-professional musical theater and youth development program. This unique multi-ethnic community of performers comes from all five NYC boroughs as well as New Jersey, Westchester, and Long Island.
BWW Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Entertains at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
by Natasha Ashley - September 19, 2016
The latest production entertaining audiences at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, New York is the highly entertaining Tony-nominated musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET. Featuring the familiar and classic tunes of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, the rock n' roll musical provides loads of entertainment with a 'whole lotta shakin' going on.
Cenango River Theatre Presents TAKING SIDES
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2016
Presented for the first time in the Southern Tier, Chenango River Theatre's final show of their 10th season features the regional premiere of Taking Sides, a provocative 1995 Holocaust drama written by Ronald Harwood (Academy-Award winning writer ofThe Pianist and The Dresser).  Set in the ruins of post-war Berlin and loosely based onworld famous German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler's own diaries, this provocative drama explores Furtwangler's possible complicity in Nazi war crimes.
Kitchen Theatre Company Announces the Cast of PRECIOUS NONSENSE
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2016
Kitchen Theatre Company's second show of the 2016/2017 season isPrecious Nonsense by Rachel Lampert directed by Sara Lampert Hoover, on stageOctober 16- November 8.
Kelly McDonald to Headline Cortland Rep Next Weekend
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2016
Kelly McDonald, a professional stand-up comedian and a graduate of SUNY Cortland (Class of '74) returns to his old stomping grounds for a hysterical night of comedy at Cortland Repertory Theatre Downtown, 24 Port Watson Street in downtown Cortland.
Cortland Rep Downtown to Host Trivia Night
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2016
Cortland Repertory Theatre Downtown, located at 24 Port Watson Street in historic downtown Cortland, is hosting a Trivia Night on Thursday, September 22. Doors will open at 6:30 and the contest will begin at 7:00.  
Tony Winner Christian Hoff of THE MIDTOWN MEN Talks Bringing 1960s Music To A Wider Audience
by Gianluca Russo - September 16, 2016
Acclaimed 1960s throwback group The Midtown Men are back on tour this fall, performing at Schenectady's Proctors Theatre tonight. The group, composed of Tony Award winner Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard, and Tony Award nominee J. Robert Spencer, performed on Broadway together in Jersey Boys for three years before forming The Midtown Men. With having performed over 2,000 live shows together, the group couldn't be more thrilled to be back on tour and bringing the music of the 60s to audiences both new and old. Tony Winner Christian Hoff was kind enough to speak with us and tell us a little about why The Midtown Men hold a special part in his heart.
Travel Through Time with SLEEPY HOLLOW – A MUSICAL TALE
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2016
Could time travel take you to the past? In a tale both spooky and hilarious, three modern day children in "Sleepy Hollow - A Musical Tale" get a Halloween trick they'll never forget at the old Crane house when they end up in 1790 in New Amsterdam, New York.
THE TARNATION OF RUSSELL COLVIN to Play Franklin Stage Company
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2016
On the weekends of September 16-18 and September 23-25, the Franklin Stage Company hosts the final production in its 20th season, The Tarnation of Russell Colvin, an original play created and performed by Oliver Wadsworth and directed by Kirk Jackson. 
TV: Groove to Highlights from MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Finger Lakes
by BroadwayWorld TV - September 15, 2016
The Tony nominated, rock n' roll megahit, Million Dollar Quartet, opens tonight, September 15, at The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival. The show runs until October 1 at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse as part of the Festival's 2016 season. Based on the Dec. 4, 1956 recording session between Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, 'Million Dollar Quartet' features over 21 hits by the legendary artists. Click below to watch highlights from the show!
Photo Flash: First Look at MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, Opening Tonight at Finger Lakes
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2016
The Tony nominated, rock n' roll megahit, Million Dollar Quartet, opens tonight, September 15, at The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival. The show runs until October 1 at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse as part of the Festival's 2016 season. Based on the Dec. 4, 1956 recording session between Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, 'Million Dollar Quartet' features over 21 hits by the legendary artists. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Redhouse to Stage Adult Puppet Comedy AVENUE Q This Fall
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2016
The Red House Arts Center in Syracuse, NY opens its Main Stage Season with the adult, puppet-filled musical Avenue Q September 15th - October 1st. Winner of the Tony 'Triple Crown' for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt, and packed with heart. 
White Plains Performing Arts Center presents LOUIS-AND-ELLA!
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2016
Former SNL Writer To Interview Norm MacDonald On Patchogue Theatre Stage
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2016
 Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) is proud to announce a very epic main stage book event featuring one of Comedy Central's '100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time,' NORM MACDONALD, who will discuss his first book BASED ON A TRUE STORY: A Memoir (Spiegel & Grau) on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m.Macdonald will be interviewed on stage by a yet-to-be-announced special guest. He will signing copies of his memoir in the Theatre lobby following his book discussion.
The National Theatre Radu Stanca Romania and Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu presents ANTISOCIAL
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2016
ANTISOCIAL is a detailed examination of the problems that ravage the Romanian educational system. In February 2015, in a provincial town in Romania, at one of the most prestigious high schools in the region, a group of students started a secret group on Facebook. In there, teachers and students were ridiculed and mocked. A teacher infiltrated the group by using a fake profile and discovered the contents. The students were threatened with expulsion. At this point the group had over 800 members. Soon after, most of the memes posted on the group were leaked to the local press. The scandal generated a debate around freedom of expression, privacy on social media, and the rights of students, but it faded shortly after. The school was only interested in covering up the case to save its prestige. Due to media pressure, the charges against students were dropped, but that was also the end of the public debate around the future of an educational system that privileges traditional methodologies and resists innovation.
Travel Through Time with SLEEPY HOLLOW – A MUSICAL TALE
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2016
Could time travel take you to the past? In a tale both spooky and hilarious, three modern day children in "Sleepy Hollow - A Musical Tale" get a Halloween trick they'll never forget at the old Crane house when they end up in 1790 in New Amsterdam, New York.
Tickets on Sale Now for YOU WILL REMEMBER ME - this Fall
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2016
Hudson Theatre Company present the American premiere of Francois Archambault's You Will Remember Me (translated by Bobby Theodore). Edouard's world is slowly changing. The highly respected professor, political figure and ladies' man can recite famous historical dates but can't remember what he ate for breakfast. When a suppressed memory springs to life in the form of a cell phone-obsessed young girl he confuses for a lost family member, he gets a chance to reinvent the past and heal old wounds. A touching and refreshingly funny story about family, memory, and connection.
Cortland Rep Announces Upcoming Fall Events
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2016
Cortland Repertory Theatre is announcing upcoming events for the fall months, most to be held at "CRT Downtown" located at 24 Port Watson Street in historic downtown Cortland. "This is our second year-round season, and we're planning more events than last year, with a wide variety to appeal to all tastes," Producing Artistic Director Kerby Thompson says. "Even though the summer is winding down, we've been keeping busy planning for the fall and winter months.  We're very excited about what is coming next!" 
Photo Flash: First Look at HAND TO GOD, Opening Tonight at Kitchen Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2016
Kitchen Theatre Company opens its 26th Main Stage Season with the regional premiere of Robert Askins' delightfully shocking Hand to God, directed by Rachel Lampert, now through September 25. Opening Night is tonight, September 8. Nominated for five Tony Awards, Hand To God is irreverent, hilarious and profoundly truthful about the human condition and its relationship to death, religion, sexuality, and family dynamics. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
PLANCHETTE Comes to 2016 Rochester Fringe Festival
by BWW News Desk - September 07, 2016
PLANCHETTE, an experiential production by Baltimore theater company the encounter, featuring Rochester-native actor/magician Brian M. Kehoe, will perform in the 2016 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival (Sept. 15-24) on September 21st, 22nd, and 24th at Writers & Books (740 University Ave. Rochester, NY).  Advance tickets are $18 online at www.rochesterfringe.com, where more information is also available.  Remaining tickets will be available at the door one hour before curtain.   
The Space at the Westbury Theater Brings on New and Exciting Music Acts Through The Rest of 2016
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2016
With the Fall approaching, The Space at the Westbury Theater is getting ready to bring the sounds of some of Long Island and greater NY's hottest musical acts, tributes to great bands as well as the best decades in popular music, and national headliners to their Main Stage and the All Music Inc. Lounge at 250 Post Ave, Westbury NY!

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