Robert Dalton

Backbeard: A New Musical found its first audiences this past Wednesday, and we were tremendously busy leading up the first performance. Regardless of what time of day it was, a plethora of artists were working around the clock to see the visions of Backbeard's creators through to opening day. The final week before opening was an integral period of growth for artists, creators, designers, and technical staff. After weeks (or in Backbeard's case, years) of immersion in the text and the projected visions of artists, the final stretch presented the actualization of the piece, and the monstrous effort of a family of artists was realized.

We are about to enter our final week of rehearsal for Backbeard: A New Musical at the Theatre Institute at Sage! This Friday, we will begin technical rehearsals for the show, and we open for school groups next Wednesday, June 1st. It will be an exciting last week as the final details are hammered out and we finally see the results of our efforts come to fruition.

Exciting things are happening with Backbeard here at the Theatre Institute at Sage! This past week, as we've finished staging the piece and other creative elements have started surfacing in rehearsal, has been an exciting reminder of how many different mediums of art are synthesized in the creation and construction of theatrical work. Musical theatre itself is an amalgamation of several different art forms, and all of these forms must be cohesively unified in the construction of a musical theatre piece. Backbeard, which was birthed from a brilliantly illustrated book series by Matthew McElligott, has been a constant reminder of how many different types of artists with their respective mediums of art must be engaged with the piece in order to ensure its faithfulness to McElligott's illustrations while still catering to the tried-and-true guidelines of theatrical work.

We've just finished our first week of music rehearsals for Backbeard at the Theatre Institute at Sage! Because Backbeard has been workshopped with our department a couple of times now, most of the cast is already very familiar with the music, so the trajectory of our music rehearsals was naturally a bit different than it would have been if we were rehearsing a licensed show. The familiarity that the cast has with the material already allows for the polishing of the music earlier in the rehearsal process than is standard, and this musical stability will assist with the fluidity of rehearsal once staging begins.

London's UNION THEATRE will produce the World Premiere of a brand new British Musical - DUNCTON WOOD - playing now through 20th June 2015. Already acclaimed for innovative revivals and reinventions of well-known pieces and rarities, the Union Theatre now produces this ambitious work staged by award-winning director Michael Strassen. Click below to watch a just-released trailer for the musical!

London's UNION THEATRE is to produce the World Premiere of a brand new British Musical - DUNCTON WOOD - playing 27th May to 20th June 2015. Already acclaimed for innovative revivals and reinventions of well-known pieces and rarities, the Union Theatre now produces this ambitious work staged by award-winning director Michael Strassen.

Island Theatre's 2103 Ten-Minute Play Festival presents fourteen plays by local playwrights over two days at Bainbridge Performing Arts. The plays were chosen from sixty-three submissions from throughout Kitsap County and include ASSIGNED BLESSING (recipient of First Prize) by Connie Bennett, SUPER-CITIZEN AND THE PARKING SPACE (awarded Runner-Up) by Steve Palay, ADRASTEIA by Charlie Hamilton, ANASTASIA by Ned Thorne, DINNER TABLE by Robert Dalton, GINGERBREAD by Wendy J. Wallace, HELPING HANDS by Keiko Green, HOFFMEISTER'S HYPOTHESIS, OR LUCKY DUCKS by Paul Lewis, ICHAT by Judith Glass Collins, LUNATIC by Miller Shor, SCUZZYBUNNY by Karen Polinsky, THE BUTLER by George Shannon, THE CONSORTIUM by Erik Van Beuzekom, and THE OPENING by Jeff Fraga.

Island Theatre's 2103 Ten-Minute Play Festival presents fourteen plays by local playwrights over two days at Bainbridge Performing Arts. The plays were chosen from sixty-three submissions from throughout Kitsap County and include ASSIGNED BLESSING (recipient of First Prize) by Connie Bennett, SUPER-CITIZEN AND THE PARKING SPACE (awarded Runner-Up) by Steve Palay, ADRASTEIA by Charlie Hamilton, ANASTASIA by Ned Thorne, DINNER TABLE by Robert Dalton, GINGERBREAD by Wendy J. Wallace, HELPING HANDS by Keiko Green, HOFFMEISTER'S HYPOTHESIS, OR LUCKY DUCKS by Paul Lewis, ICHAT by Judith Glass Collins, LUNATIC by Miller Shor, SCUZZYBUNNY by Karen Polinsky, THE BUTLER by George Shannon, THE CONSORTIUM by Erik Van Beuzekom, and THE OPENING by Jeff Fraga.

The producing team behind The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Arts Theatre) and The Children of Eden Gala Concert (Prince of Wales Theatre), Aria Entertainment and Knockhardy Productions are delighted to announce that their concert revival of Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's three times Tony Award winning musical The Secret Garden will transfer to the Greenwich Theatre for one night only as part of the Greenwich children's theatre festival following a successful run at The King's Head Theatre.

The producing team behind The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Arts Theatre) and The Children of Eden Gala Concert (Prince of Wales Theatre), Aria Entertainment and Knockhardy Productions present a concert revival of Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's three times Tony Award winning musical The Secret Garden.

Joining the cast of The Secret Garden at The King's Head is veteran comedian and actor Freddie Davies who is recreating the role of Ben Weatherstaff for this concert staging having appeared in the original R.S.C and West-End production. The concert version will play 10 February - 17 March, 2013. Press night is 11 February at 7:15pm.

The producing team behind The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Arts Theatre) and The Children of Eden Gala Concert (Prince of Wales Theatre), Aria Entertainment and Knockhardy Productions are delighted to announce the cast for their forthcoming concert revival of Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's three times Tony Award winning musical The Secret Garden.

There's a time (NOW) and place (Pittsfield, MA) for us to experience one of the great pieces of American musical theatre in an exhilarating production, featuring the original Jerome Robbins choreography

This year marks the 50th anniversary of West Side Story, and Barrington Stage Company pays homage to this iconic American musical by producing a version that features an 11-piece orchestra and cast of 25 actors, singers and dancers.

Ths year marks the 50th anniversary of West Side Story, and Barrington Stage Company pays homage to this iconic American musical by producing a version that features an 11-piece orchestra and cast of 25 actors, singers and dancers.

Under the mentorship of Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist William Finn, Barrington Stage Company will present a new musical, The Burnt Part Boys, the inaugural production of its new Musical Theatre Lab. The show will be presented June 21 through July 9,