Austin Regan News

MAD LIBS LIVE! the official musical inspired by the popular fill-in-the-blanks game, Mad Libs premiered earlier this week at New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, NYC for a limited run through January 3, 2016. Check out photos from opening night below!

 Jeanfranco Cardentey (Spring Awakening/Hangar Theatre), Lindsey Brett Carothers (Bring It On:The Musical/Broadway), Max Joseph (Curious George/TheatreWorks USA), Melody Madarasz (Academia Nuts/NYMF), Zachary Noah Piser(Godspell/Marriott Theater) and Santina Umbach (Mamma Mia!/Broadway) will star in the Off Broadway premiere of the interactive family musical, MAD LIBS® LIVE! based on the classic fill-in-the-blank word game Mad Libs®, which will begin performances on November 1 at New World Stages for a limited engagement.

Book Writer/Lyricist, Robin Rothstein (Samuel French Short Play Festival Winner) and Composer Jeff Thomson's (Trails) new, interactive family musical, MAD LIBS LIVE! based on the classic fill-in-the-blank word game Mad Libs, comes to New World Stages for a limited engagement beginning November 1, 2015. 

Tony and Olivier Award winning producers, Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley hosted a luncheon in honor of the 2015-2016 Directors Project fellows on Thursday, May 14th.

The Drama League have announced the exceptional stage directors who have been selected as the 2015 Directing Fellows of The Drama League Directors Project: Paul Bedard, Estefania Fadul, Aneesha Kudtarkar, Emily Lyon, Brad Raimondo, Austin Regan, Daniel Rogers, Annie Tippe, Sarah Wansley and Brandon Woolf. In addition, an eleventh fellow has been selected for a brand-new fellowship program, which will be revealed during the 81st Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony, which will be held on Friday, May 15, 2015 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square (1535 Broadway). More information can be found at www.dramaleague.org

The Flea Theater opens Pod 3 of their terrifying 4 part theatrical event - THE CUTTHROAT SERIES: GRAND GUIGNOL DUELS.

The Flea Theater opens Pod 3 of their terrifying 4 part theatrical event - THE CUTTHROAT SERIES: GRAND GUIGNOL DUELS.

On Monday, July 28 at 8PM Musical Theatre Factory (MTF) will present an acoustic concert of songs from Peter Lerman's new musical play, THE SACRED HARP, about the nephew of a preacher who tries to break free from his Appalachian confines by building an enchanted guitar. The concert, directed by Austin Regan features Van Hughes (American Idiot, 9 to 5, Hairspray) and Christy Altomare (Mamma Mia!, Carrie: the Musical), as well as a full chorus performing traditional Sacred Harp hymns.

The Musical Theatre Factory (MTF), under the leadership of founding Artistic Director Shakina Nayfack and Managing Director Danny Abosch, announces the opening of a new midtown black box rehearsal and performance space with a full summer season dedicated to the development of new musical theatre. Musical Theatre Factory operates as a volunteer-based cooperative of artists and arts administrators committed to a process of peer evaluation and the cultivation of new work, free from the pressures of critical or commercial success.

Hamish Jenkinson, The Old Vic Tunnels' Artistic Director and Douglas Mclannet, its Administrative Director, flew in from London to attend the Sept. 6th premiere of "Damascus Square" at the United Nations. In front of a VIP crowd of Ambassadors, producer Richard Frankel, Ira and Inge Rennert, among others, Hamish took the stage post performance and said that the Old Vic Tunnels is committed to staging "Damascus Square" in the coming season.

A concert of the new musical "Damascus Square" will be performed at the United Nations on Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 5:30 pm.

Michael Holt Productions presents #MormonInChief, a world premiere play written by Matthew Greene about a young Mormon man who becomes the center of a national media frenzy after his inflammatory tweets inspired by a Mormon Presidential Candidate go viral, as part of the 16th annual New York International Fringe Festival- FringeNYC.

Michael Holt Productions presents #MormonInChief, a world premiere play written by Matthew Greene about a young Mormon man who becomes the center of a national media frenzy after his inflammatory tweets inspired by a Mormon Presidential Candidate go viral, as part of the 16th annual New York International Fringe Festival- FringeNYC.

Book of Mormon cast members Nic Rouleau, Will Blum, and Jason Michael Snow are set to perform on Monday, July 16 in MORMONS: A Musical Cabaret of Godly Proportions, a special benefit cabaret at Triad NYC. They will be joined by a host of Broadway performers singing musical theater songs for 'saints and sinners alike'. All proceeds will benefit the 2012 FringeNYC production of #MormonInChief, a new play by Matthew Greene.

The Old Vic Tunnels, the sister theater company to The Old Vic, whose Artistic Director is Kevin Spacey, has expressed interest in staging the new musical DAMASCUS SQUARE during its 2012 calendar.

Grammy and Emmy Award winner, Tony Award nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Harry Connick, Jr. stars as Dr. Mark Bruckner in the newly imagined production of ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER, which opened last night, December 11, 2011 on Broadway at The St. James Theatre. Previews began on November 12, 2011. Want a peak inside the party? BroadwayWorld brings you photo coverage below!

Last week, July 21, Kyle Ewalt and Michael Walker's Bromance: The Dudesical, featuring Adam Chanler-Berat (Next to Normal), Andrew Durand (Spring Awakening, Burnt Part Boys), Kevin Greene (TV's Grease: You're the One that I Want, A Tale of Two Cities), Molly Pope (The Molly Pope Show at Joe's Pub), and Cole Burden (Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Tour), played NYC's 92YTribeca. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings you complete photo coverage below.

Andrew Durand (Spring Awakening, Burnt Part Boys) has joined the cast of the upcoming concert presentation of Kyle Ewalt and Michael Walker's Bromance: The Dudesical, completing the previously-announced lineup of Adam Chanler-Berat (Next to Normal), Kevin Greene (TV's Grease: You're the One that I Want, A Tale of Two Cities), Molly Pope (The Molly Pope Show at Joe's Pub), and Cole Burden (Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Tour).

Tony Award-winner Cady Huffman (The Producers, The Will Rogers Follies), Elizabeth Stanley (Company, Cry-Baby), and Celina Carvajal (Cats, 42nd Street, Dracula, Tarzan) are set to appear in the special one-night only performance of Hey, You Know What Movie Would Make a Good Musical? being presented by New York Theatre Barn on Monday, April 6th at the Julia Miles Theatre. Seen any good movies on Broadway lately?

Tony Award-winner Cady Huffman (The Producers, The Will Rogers Follies), Elizabeth Stanley (Company, Cry-Baby), and Celina Carvajal (Cats, 42nd Street, Dracula, Tarzan) are set to appear in the special one-night only performance of Hey, You Know What Movie Would Make a Good Musical? being presented by New York Theatre Barn on Monday, April 6th at the Julia Miles Theatre. Seen any good movies on Broadway lately?