Berger News

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, Feinstein's at the Nikko is thrilled to announce the complete schedule for the month of August. Performers include The Monkees' Micky Dolenz, Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young, The 5th Dimension's Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., folk singer William Florian and Hair in Concert.

Victory Gardens Theater announces the lineup for the 2017 IGNITION Festival of New Plays, including Tuvalu, or The Saddest Song by Antoinette Nwandu; This Land Was Made by Tori Sampson; Spin Moves by Ken Weitzman; Tell Them I'm Still Young by Julia Doolittle; Wolf Play by Hansol Jung; and Suspension by Kristiana Rae Colon.

Victory Gardens Theater announces the lineup for the 2017 IGNITION Festival of New Plays, including Tuvalu, or The Saddest Song by Antoinette Nwandu; This Land Was Made by Tori Sampson; Spin Moves by Ken Weitzman; Tell Them I'm Still Young by Julia Doolittle; Wolf Play by Hansol Jung; and Suspension by Kristiana Rae Colon.

Community Matters at People's Light aims to spark conversation about relevant issues in the community with a diverse array of perspectives and voices. Performed readings of new plays are the centerpiece of each evening, followed by a discussion with community partners, special guests, artists, and audiences. The readings are free, but seating is limited; reservations are required.  To reserve, call 610.644.3500 or visit PeoplesLight.org. People's Light is located at 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern, PA  19355.  

Rather than looking ahead to 'Tomorrow,' ANNIE star Lilla Crawford (INTO THE WOODS) will be taking a look back into history for the new Netflix sketch comedy series THE WHO WAS? SHOW

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Tony Award winner Billy Porter (whose recent studio album: Billy Porter Presents The Soul of Richard Rodgers debuted at #2 on the iTunes R&B charts) and Tony Award nominee Stark Sands (who appears alongside Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in Spielberg's upcoming The Papers) will return to Kinky Boots this fall.

Saint Michael's Playhouse, Northern Vermont's Actors' Equity Resident Theater Company, has announced the August 2 opening of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning American comedy classic You Can't Take It With You, directed by Catherine Doherty.

The 67th Music Circus season continues with Damn Yankees, one of the most enduring Broadway musicals, featuring a score by legendary composers Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, and a cast that includes a number of veterans of New York City's Broadway stages.

Pig Iron Theatre Company, the internationally acclaimed, Philadelphia-based organization, has announced that the world premiere of its ambitious, timely production A Period of Animate Existence will take place September 22-24 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania in the 2017 Fringe Festival, co-presented by FringeArts and Annenberg Center Live.

YPC Concludes Season with its Mostly Mozart Festival Debut at Lincoln Center In a wonderfully auspicious debut, last week Young People's Chorus of New York City opened Mostly Mozart Festival, Lincoln Center's venerable and most beloved summer music series.

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (CCCMF), celebrating 38 years as Cape Cod's premiere presenter of summer chamber music, announces its 2017 summer season, presenting 12 compelling concerts from August 1 through 25 at 7:30 pm at locations throughout the region. 

Tickets are now on sale for Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (CCCMF)'s 38th season as Cape Cod's premiere presenter of summer chamber music. Twelve compelling concerts will be performed at venues across the Cape from August 1 through 25. Early purchases are recommended for discount tickets (available through June 30) and packages, limited to capacity.

Two of Toronto's most exciting indie theatre companies, UNIT 102 ACTORS COMPANY (named 2015's Best Small Theatre Company by NOW Magazine) and LEROY STREET THEATRE (The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?; Much Ado About Nothing) are joining forces to open a brand new theatre space in the heart of Parkdale.

Skydance Media has taken a significant step in the formation of its animation business by securing award-winning directors for its first two animated feature films.

Well, no one can accuse Mostly Mozart of being in a rut. Even though the name of this season's first program, “The Singing Heart,” under Music director Louis Langree (heard on the 26th), is not so different from last year's opener, “The Illuminated Heart,” the two evenings couldn't have been more different. They did have one thing in common: They were both wonderful.

A Broadway star is among the cast of talented actors who will take center stage at the Miller Outdoor Theatre this year for the 43rd season of the Houston Shakespeare Festival (HSF).

This summer, the annual Houston Shakespeare Festival presents TWELFTH NIGHT and RICHARD III, free and open to the public, at Hermann Park's Miller Outdoor Theatre.

Saint Michael's Playhouse, Northern Vermont's Actors' Equity Resident Theater Company, has announced the August 2 opening of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning American comedy classic You Can't Take It With You, directed by Catherine Doherty.

Berkshire Theatre Group will present a free, summer reading series, No Boundaries in Art. Originally a web series featuring artists expressing various points of view and social commentary, the No Boundaries in Art series will continue on stage this summer.

Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival 37th annual summer season present three concerts during its opening week, part of a season of 13 compelling concerts throughout August in locations throughout Cape Cod.