Jane Roberts

Being involved in theatre takes both the audience and those on stage and backstage on a journey with each show. With each show, the journey is different. The best journeys are when the show leaves a little something with you that you carry with you for the rest of your life. One show has taken me on what so far has been a 17-year journey. That show is 'The Drowsy Chaperone.'

Crystal Kellogg (Broadway's Finding Neverland), Nathaniel Hackmann (Broadway's Les  Misérables) and Terra C. MacLeod (Broadway's Chicago and The Lizzy Maguire Movie) head Tuacahn Amphitheatre's 2021 season. For the 25th anniversary season, Tuacahn is  producing their biggest season ever with popular productions Disney's Beauty and the  Beast and Annie.

'Take off' to MPAC's spring fundraiser at Morristown Airport on Wednesday, June 7 at 6 pm and help Morris County's premier arts venue raise critical operating funds and support its growing education programs.

'Testament' was published on January 9, 1997 and chronicles how Mark Russell Bell became a metaphysical author after previously having worked in the Hollywood entertainment industry as a movie publicity writer.

?Three-time Tony Award nominee and Theater Hall of Fame inductee Brian Murray stars in the thriller, SIMON SAYS, a new play by Mat Schaffer, which will have its New York premiere at The Culture Project's Lynn Redgrave Theater (45 Bleecker Street) where it opens on Saturday, July 9th. Directed by Myriam Cyr,  SIMON SAYS will begin previews on Wednesday, July 6th and will play a limited engagement through Saturday, July 30th. Tickets are $20 for previews and $30 for all other performances.  Premium seating is available at $65.  For tickets visit: www.cultureproject.org  or call 866-811-4111.   

Playing a character is hard enough for many actors and actresses who are starting out in musical theater, but The Drowsy Chaperone throws its performers a curve because of the complicated nature of the show. A cloistered record collector, the character known only as Man in Chair, shares his favorite musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, with the audience, and as he talks about it, the characters come alive in front of them. But Man in Chair is also talking about the actors who play the characters in the faux musical. This causes a triple-layered dilemma for anyone who plays in the show because they have to fold two characters into their own personalities. We talked with three of the show's stars, who are all theater arts students at California Lutheran University. Kevin Repich is a third year Communications and Theater Arts major who is also in the college's Improv Troupe. Malissa Marlow, also a junior, is a Thousand Oaks High School graduate who has already appeared in productions of Spring Awakening (as Martha), Night of the Living Dead (as Corpse on the Stairs - really!), and Songs for a New World (Woman 1). Leah Dalrymple, also from Thousand Oaks High, is making her musical debut at CLU, but has received a Vee-Cee award for her performance as Fran Kubelik in Promises, Promises at Moorpark College. We talked with all three this week about this very funny show, which is packing in audiences at the CLU Black Box Theater.

Theatre UCF opens the fun and rambunctious musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone on Thursday, October 17 at the Main Stage Theater on the UCF Campus. The play runs through November 2 and includes guest artists at every performance and one performance with sign language interpretation.

The Drowsy Chaperone

A new exhibit at SMU's DeGolyer Library offers an insightful look at a beloved writer's life.

A new exhibit at SMU's DeGolyer Library offers an insightful look at a beloved writer's life.

With defying gravity Theatre Aspen Takes On Broadway's Biggest Hits from June 17-26. Kicking off our season is a very special musical concert called defying gravity: Theatre Aspen Takes On Broadway's Biggest Hits, featuring songs from megahits like Wicked, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and glorious musicals from the past like The King and I.

With defying gravity Theatre Aspen Takes On Broadway's Biggest Hits from June 17-26. Kicking off our season is a very special musical concert called defying gravity: Theatre Aspen Takes On Broadway's Biggest Hits, featuring songs from megahits like Wicked, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and glorious musicals from the past like The King and I.

Performance Network Theatre, Blackbird Theatre, Tipping Point Theatre and Williamston Theatre announce joint General auditions for their 2010-2011 seasons running September through August. Auditions will be held at Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor, MI.

With defying gravity Theatre Aspen Takes On Broadway's Biggest Hits from June 17-26. Kicking off our season is a very special musical concert called defying gravity: Theatre Aspen Takes On Broadway's Biggest Hits, featuring songs from megahits like Wicked, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and glorious musicals from the past like The King and I.

Performance Network Theatre, Blackbird Theatre, Tipping Point Theatre and Williamston Theatre announce joint General auditions for their 2010-2011 seasons running September through August. Auditions will be held at Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor, MI.

In response to continued overwhelming demand, INSIDE PRIVATE LIVES, the interactive theatrical experience where audiences go behind the headlines into the private lives of very public personas, has extended its run yet again at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena through August 30, 2009, which will mark its one year anniversary at this location.

In response to continued overwhelming demand, INSIDE PRIVATE LIVES, the interactive theatrical experience where audiences go behind the headlines into the private lives of very public personas, has extended its run yet again at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena through August 30, 2009, which will mark its one year anniversary at this location.

In response to overwhelming demand, INSIDE PRIVATE LIVES, the interactive theatrical experience where audiences go behind the headlines into the private lives of very public personas, has extended its run again at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena through June 28, 2009.

In response to overwhelming demand, INSIDE PRIVATE LIVES, the interactive theatrical experience where audiences go behind the headlines into the private lives of very public personas, has extended its run again at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena through March 1, 2009. The production was Los Angeles Magazine Pick of the Month (Sept. 2008) LA Weekly 'Pick of the Week' in 2007 and 'Pick of the Fringe' at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The production returned to Los Angeles this past September 7.

In response to overwhelming demand, INSIDE PRIVATE LIVES, the interactive theatrical experience where audiences go behind the headlines into the private lives of very public personas, has extended its run again at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena through March 1, 2009. The production was Los Angeles Magazine Pick of the Month (Sept. 2008) LA Weekly 'Pick of the Week' in 2007 and 'Pick of the Fringe' at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The production returned to Los Angeles this past September 7.