Arlington News

Penumbra Theatre Company, the nation's preeminent African American theatre, proudly announces the opening of Sleep Deprivation Chamber, by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy, directed by Robbie McCauley on Thursday, September 16, 2010. The production will run September 16 - October 10, 2010.

Anthony Kearns, acknowledged as Ireland's Finest (Living) Tenor at the Dublin National Concert Hall's Silver Jubilee in 2006, performs an extraordinary repertoire, with music from Ireland to Broadway, to Viennese romance to Italian Classics, French art songs, and traditional German Lieder, the inspirational to the spiritual, and from operetta's light comedy to the sweeping drama of grand opera.

The Philhallmonic Society will present two special benefit concerts, 'Bewitched, The Songs of Rodgers and Hart,' at The Triad Theatre on October 14 at 7 p.m. and October 22 at 9 p.m. KT Sullivan will host the first performance on October 14.

Scott Siegel has announced via his blog that he will present Marc Kudisch in concert at The Town Hall on January 15, 2011 at 8:00pm. The concert is entitled The Lower Depths: A Concert In Defense of the Baritone Voice.

Reprise Theatre Company presents two one-night only special events: An Evening with Sutton Foster for one performance only on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 8:00 pm, and Betty Buckley in Concert with Seth Rudetsky on Monday, February 21,2011 at 8:00pm. Both events will be presented at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. An Evening with Sutton Foster Betty Buckley in Concert with Seth Rudetsky are the latest in Reprise Theatre Company's tradition of presenting Broadway stars in concert, which have included Patti LuPone, Carol Burnett, Ben Vereen, Kristin Chenoweth, and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/03 for Richmond

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/03 for Norfolk

Anthony Kearns, acknowledged as Ireland's Finest (Living) Tenor at the Dublin National Concert Hall's Silver Jubilee in 2006, performs an extraordinary repertoire, with music from Ireland to Broadway, to Viennese romance to Italian Classics, French art songs, and traditional German Lieder, the inspirational to the spiritual, and from operetta's light comedy to the sweeping drama of grand opera.

College-bound high school students interested in pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies in the areas of music, dance, theater, visual arts, graphic design, and other related disciplines are encouraged to attend the National Association for College Admission Counseling's (NACAC) Cincinnati Performing and Visual Arts College Fair.

There will be two casts for the special concert / benefits of "Bewitched, The Songs of Rodgers and Hart" at The Triad Theatre 158 West 72nd Street NYC (east of Broadway) by The Philhallmonic Society. The shows will be performed on Thursday, October 14th at 7:00 pm and Friday, October 22nd at 9:00 pm.

Theatre Arlington presents an enjoyable production of The Full Monty with several outstanding performances in supporting roles.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced back in August that Bernadette Peters will star as Sally Durant Plummer in the Kennedy Center production of Follies in the Eisenhower Theater May 7 to June 5, 2011. Additionally, BroadwayWorld.com had heard that starring alongside Peters could be Sex and the City star and Golden Globe winner Kim Cattrall as Phyllis, Danny Burstein as Buddy and John Dossett as Ben, all of whom were cast and were then in contract negotiations. We've now heard from reliable sources that neither Cattrall or Dossett were able to work out their contract deals for the production and that both sides have moved in. Now said to be in talks? First lady of the British Musical Theatre Elaine Paige and Linda Lavin, who was most recently a 2010 Tony nominee for Collected Stories. More information to come soon...

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 9/26 for Norfolk

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 9/26 for Richmond

Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director of the Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, today announced the company's 2010-2011 season of four musicals and three plays, with the innovative company producing three world premieres and one regional premiere.

The American Theatre Wing has announced the 10 recipients of its 2010 National Theatre Company Grants, who are the first group of theatres receiving ATW support following its revision of its long-standing theatre company grants program.

Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre today announced that, due to popular demand, the world premiere comedy, starring Helen Hayes Award winners Sherri L. Edelen (Signature's Sweeney Todd and Les Miserables) and Nancy Robinette, written and directed by Helen Hayes Awardee Joe Calarco (Signature's Side Show and Assassins), will now run from October 26 through December 26, 2010.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Sutton Foster, the Broadway Playhouse, 'Rock Of Ages,' 'Glee,' 'She Loves Me,' 'Seven Brides For Seven Brothers,' Patti LuPone, more....

R&H Theatricals, a division of Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagem Company, has acquired the performance rights to Adam Gwon's musical ORDINARY DAYS, and will begin accepting applications for professional productions starting Tuesday, September 21. On the same day, Ghostlight Records will release the Original Cast Album CD of ORDINARY DAYS.