A. Wilson News

The Smith Center announced today that individual tickets for the Las Vegas premiere of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage will go on sale today, May 22 at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at The Smith Center Box Office, located at 361 Symphony Park Avenue, by phone at 702-749-2000 or 808-326-6868 (TTY) and online at www.TheSmithCenter.com. For preferred seating and special rates for groups of 10 or more, contact 702-749-2348. The staged musical of this worldwide smash-hit film will play Reynolds Hall July 14-19, 2015.

Every year, since its creation 16 years ago, THE COLUMN Awards in Dallas, TX has donated to BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS. They hold the distinct honor of being the ONLY awards organization in the United States that uses their awards gala as a fundraiser for BC/EFA.

The Smith Center announced today that individual tickets for the Las Vegas premiere of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage will go on sale Friday, May 22 at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at The Smith Center Box Office, located at 361 Symphony Park Avenue, by phone at 702-749-2000 or 808-326-6868 (TTY) and online at www.TheSmithCenter.com. For preferred seating and special rates for groups of 10 or more, contact 702-749-2348. The staged musical of this worldwide smash-hit film will play Reynolds Hall July 14-19, 2015.

Gillian Abbott recently assumed the iconic role of Frances 'Baby' Houseman in the North American tour of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage. Check out a first look at Abbott in the production bleow!

BAM! (Bay Area Musicals), the newest non-profit theatrical organization to join the vibrant San Francisco Bay Area arts community, will kick-off its inaugural season with three of the most legendary musicals to ever hit the Great White Way!

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. is pleased to open its 29th Season with a restaging of its 2008 Jeff Award-nominated hit production OUR BAD MAGNET by Douglas Maxwell. Carlo Lorenzo Garcia returns to direct this Scottish dark comedy featuring most of the original Mary-Arrchie cast members. OUR BAD MAGNET will play March 24 - April 26, 2015 at Angel Island, 735 W. Sheridan Ave. in Chicago. Tickets for OUR BAD MAGNET are available at www.maryarrchie.com or by calling the Ticketweb at (866) 468-3401. The press performance is Thursday, March 26 at 8 pm.

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. is pleased to open its 29th Season with a restaging of its 2008 Jeff Award-nominated hit production OUR BAD MAGNET by Douglas Maxwell. Carlo Lorenzo Garcia returns to direct this Scottish dark comedy featuring most of the original Mary-Arrchie cast members. OUR BAD MAGNET will play tonight, March 24 - April 26, 2015 at Angel Island, 735 W. Sheridan Ave. in Chicago.

The League of Chicago Theatres, Goodman Theatre, the University of Illinois at Chicago and competition organizer Derrick Sanders announce the top three Chiacgo finalists of the 6th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition.

Twenty Chicago high school students will perform in the August Wilson Monologue Competition Finals tonight, March 10, 2015 at 6:00 pm at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. for a chance to represent Chicago in the National Competition in New York City. Esteemed judges for the Chicago finals will include Ron OJ Parson and August Wilson's daughter Sakina Ansari Wilson, as well as two judges yet to be announced.

Gillian Abbott assumes the iconic role of Frances "Baby" Houseman tonight in the North American tour of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage. Abbott joins the production as it begins performances at the Connor Palace at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, where it will continue through March 22.

Tony- and Pulitzer-winning playwright August Wilson developed six plays the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Seven Guitars, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, and Two Trains Running. In celebration of the PBS American Masters documentary 'August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand', RISK AGAIN! shares excerpts from The O'Neill: Transformation of Modern American Theater.

Twenty Chicago high school students will perform in the August Wilson Monologue Competition Finals on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 6:00 pm at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. for a chance to represent Chicago in the National Competition in New York City. Esteemed judges for the Chicago finals will include Ron OJ Parson and August Wilson's daughter Sakina Ansari Wilson, as well as two judges yet to be announced.

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. will open its 29th Season with a restaging of its 2008 Jeff Award-nominated hit production OUR BAD MAGNET by Douglas Maxwell. Carlo Lorenzo Garcia returns to direct this Scottish dark comedy featuring most of the original Mary-Arrchie cast members. OUR BAD MAGNET will play March 24 - April 26, 2015 at Angel Island, 735 W. Sheridan Ave. in Chicago. Tickets for OUR BAD MAGNET are available at www.maryarrchie.com or by calling the Ticketweb at (866) 468-3401. The press performance is Thursday, March 26 at 8 pm.

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. is pleased to open its 29th Season with a restaging of its 2008 Jeff Award-nominated hit production OUR BAD MAGNET by Douglas Maxwell. Carlo Lorenzo Garcia returns to direct this Scottish dark comedy featuring most of the original Mary-Arrchie cast members. OUR BAD MAGNET will play March 24 - April 26, 2015 at Angel Island, 735 W. Sheridan Ave. in Chicago.

UM Archives and Special Collections presents 'Entertainment Collectors, Authors, and Critics: Selections from the Mamie and Ellis Nassour Arts & Entertainment, Stark Young, and Herschel Brickell Collections', which celebrates a major gift by journalist and author Vicksburg native Ellis Nassour [Ole Miss 1960-1964] .

Fresh on the heels of winning Broadway World's 2014 Award for Best Community Theatre Musical, Reston Community Players opened the thrilling whodunnit Rehearsal for Murder, now playing through Jan. 31. Audiences are invited to test their wits as they enter a world of backstage drama where nothing is as it appears - or is it? Check out photos from the production below!

UM Archives and Special Collections presents 'Entertainment Collectors, Authors, and Critics: Selections from the Mamie and Ellis Nassour Arts & Entertainment, Stark Young, and Herschel Brickell Collections', which celebrates a major gift by journalist and author Vicksburg native Ellis Nassour [Ole Miss 1960-1964] .

Goodman Theatre, in collaboration with Chicago's various off-Loop theaters and Northwestern University, unveils partial programming in its spring 2015 citywide "August Wilson Celebration" -- an extensive retrospective of the late playwright's life, artistry and influence on American culture. The seven-week Celebration takes place in March and April 2015 on dual landmark occasions: the 70th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's birth and the 10th anniversary of his death.

The Classic Story On Stage, an unprecedented live experience exploding with heart-pounding music, passionate romance and sensational dancing, will play at Sacramento Community Center Theater from December 26, 2014 - January 4, 2015. Based on the tremendously popular classic 1987 film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage is part of the Broadway Sacramento series presented by California Musical Theatre. Performance times vary; for information visit BroadwaySacramento.com.