Ben Simpson News

Get in line! The Lyceum Theatre box office (149 West 45th Street) opens today, August 26th, at 10am for tickets to OH, HELLO on BROADWAY.

Get in line! The Lyceum Theatre box office (149 West 45th Street) opens this Friday, August 26th at 10am for tickets to OH, HELLO on BROADWAY.

In one of the first festivals of its kind, a panel of Broadway Producers and Emmy winning writers has compiled its final list of performances for the upcoming New York New Works Theatre Festival (August 29th - October 5).

Last Monday, October 27, the Midtown International Theater Festival presented the awards for its 15th anniversary season. Meshelle, 'The Indie-Mom of Comedy,' hosted this New York independent theatre tradition which celebrates the outstanding work of the festivals and productions found in the Midtown International Theatre Festival, Midwinter Madness Fest, Commercial Division, Children's Theatre Program, Cabaret Showcase, Staged Reading Series, and the Short Play Lab. BroadwayWorld brings the results and pictures from the evening below!

TheatreWorks Kids registration is now open for four brand-new fall programs for area youths. INDIVIDUAL VOCAL LESSONS with professional Zoe Vandermeer will begin on Tuesday September 17 for 10 weeks. Students will learn how to breathe for singing, improve their range, develop strength, power and flexibility in their voice, and gain confidence through a step by step training method that is clear, concise and reliable. Ms. Vandermeer has 23 years of experience as a voice teacher and specializes in training children, actors, speakers, and those in need of vocal rehabilitation. Fees and forms are available on the website: http://theatreworks.us/kids.php.

Today's photos come from the casts of KINKY BOOTS and SOUL DOCTOR celebrating 'Shark Week,' a Vine from Gavin Creel of West End's BOOK OF MORMON, shots from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE NANCE, the national tour of ANYTHING GOES, and more!

Get out your dancing shoes!

TheatreWorks New Milford announces three summer programs for kids and teens. A one day-only workshop, TRIPLE THREAT INTENSIVE will be offered by Broadway professionals Ben Simpson, Dan Micciche and Caley Crawford and Tony Award Nominee Robin DeJesus on Sunday June 9 from 12pm to 6pm. The cost is $165.

TheatreWorks New Milford's is now offering new opportunities for local youths to learn key performance techniques with a new course for kids ages 10 to 15 entitled STAGE ACTING FOR YOUTHS beginning Saturday April 6. Instructor Robin Frome, who has an MA in Dramatic Literature and a BFA in Acting, will be the instructor for this three week course taking place on Saturdays and Tuesdays. The course includes the basics of auditioning, improvisation, solo performance, stage dialects and Shakespeare with ample opportunity for individualized attention. These concepts and skills help strengthen the young thespian so that he or she has the abilities and confidence to pursue a performance career in high school and college theater, from first audition to final curtain. Fee is $125.00 for six classes.

Broadway Sings for PKD, a concert benefiting the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation, will be offered tonight, August 20th at The Duplex in Manhattan. The evening will feature musical theatre classics and 1950s bubblegum pop.

Broadway Sings for PKD, a concert benefiting the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation, will be offered August 20th at The Duplex in Manhattan. The evening will feature musical theatre classics and 1950s bubblegum pop.

Broadway Sessions, in association with TheBestArts.com, will present a concert/showcase event featuring Alumni and graduates from The Boston Conservatory on Thursday, May 5th.