Beth Fowler News

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of "Scotland Road," a mystery/thriller involving a woman who may be a survivor of the Titanic, on Monday, February 8, at 7 p.m.  Written by Jeffrey Hatcher, the play will be directed by Anne Keefe, Playhouse associate artist and curator of the playreading series. Tickets are $20 each. 

Paul Chamlin and Rochelle Breyer Chamlin present 'Life Is...' at The Metropolitan Room tonight, November 4th at 7pm.

If there is one thing that's certain about Netflix's award-winning ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, it's that should the show ever get a musical episode or (dare we say) even a Broadway spin-off, the cast would have no problem making the transition.  Just last week it was announced that Emmy Award-nominated actress Laverne Cox will play Dr. Frank-N-Furter in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, which is set to air Fall 2016 on FOX. That got us thinking about all of the other actresses of the OITNB ensemble who have already made names for themselves onstage. From hopeful hippies to talking teapots, these ladies have taken on a wide variety of Broadway roles, whether you realized it or not! Below, we celebrate the stage work of some of Litchfield's finest!

Paul Chamlin and Rochelle Breyer Chamlin present 'Life Is...' at The Metropolitan Room on Wednesday, November 4th at 7pm.

Karen Carpenter (Delia & Nora Ephron's Love Loss and What I Wore) will helm three special presentations of CHASING THE RIVER in Midtown Manhattan tonight, October 19th at 6:30PM and tomorrow, October 20th at 12:30PM and 4:30PM.

With a cast that includes Annie Golden (Netflix's Orange is The New Black), Madeleine Martin (Showtime's Californication and Netflix's Hemlock Grove), Carolyn McCormick (Law & Order), EJ Bonilla (AMC's Unforgettable and Guiding Light) and Deborah Rayne (Off Broadway's Spirits of Exit Eleven), CHASING THE RIVER by Jean Giebel explores time, memory and how we remember the past when it's weighed down by trauma.

Now, to continue in the tradition of giving each of us the theatrical experience we truly relish and yearn for this time of year (if not always!), the Playhouse brings a stellar production of five-time Tony Award Winner The Drowsy Chaperone to a Cape Cod audience, and let me just put it out there now that this production does everything but cause any sort of drowsiness; that is reserved for the title character as she joins a cast of beyond talented performers who make this show the great experience we all so hope to have at the theater. As that lovable man in his chair states, audiences hope for a show that will whisk it away to another world for a couple of hours, sucking each of us into the plot of a new, interesting and at times slightly tumultuous show; hold on to your hats for this one.

How does one go about explaining what playwright Eric Coble describes as "the speed of the end?" Assuming a person knows what the end looks like and how it will come about, the mere realization that each of our lives will someday end and that we must deal with the complete decay of who each of us once was as that life fades away is daunting; it's almost too finite yet still so simple an idea to understand completely. So, what would a woman faced with the elimination of all that she has ever been do when confronted with the prospect of change - a change that will destroy her foundation but improve her life to the extent of prolonging it in a personally undesirable way?The Cape Playhouse begins its 89th season with The Velocity of Autumn; directed by Skip Greer, this is a beauty of a story written by Eric Coble and now brought to the Playhouse following its recent Broadway run.

Beth Fowler will star in the straight-from-Broadway comedy-drama THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN as Alexandra, a 79-year-old artist in a showdown with her family over where she'll spend her remaining years. The Cape Cod premiere takes place June 16 and will run through June 27, 2015.

Penguin Rep Theatre's 2015 season officially begins tonight, May 15, 2015, with the New York premiere of Small World by Frederick Stroppel, directed by artistic director Joe Brancato.

Penguin Rep Theatre's 2015 season officially begins May 15, 2015, with the New York premiere of Small World by Frederick Stroppel, directed by artistic director Joe Brancato.

Broadway luminaries and Riverdale's most talented performers will join forces for a Gala concert production of the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler musical A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. The one-night only event will feature an onstage 21-piece orchestra, and will be performed at the Riverdale YM-YWHA on Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 7:30pm.

The 'Tomatoes Got Talent' show took place, Tuesday, February10 at Stage 72/Triad. Randie Levine-Miller emceed and co-produced the talent show competition featuring women over 40, with Cheryl Benton of The Three Tomatoes.

The 'Tomatoes Got Talent' show will now take place tonight, February 10 at 7PM at Stage 72/Triad.

The 'Tomatoes Got Talent" show will now take place on Tuesday, February 10 at 7PM at Stage 72/Triad, 158 West 72nd St. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at www.thethreetomatoes.com/talentshow.html.(Show was originally scheduled for January 28)

Cole Mining: The Songs of Stephen Cole will be presented as part of Urban Stages' Winter Rhythms tomorrow, December 3, 2014 at 7pm at Urban Stages 259 W. 30th Street.

This December the national tour of SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL is coming to the Garden State with stops in New Brunswick and Morristown. First up, the show will play the historic State Theatre in New Brunswick for three performances on December 12th and 13th. The SISTERs then swing back through New Jersey to perform at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts in Morristown on January 31st and February 1st.

To celebrate HUNCHBACK's run, we've gone in-depth on Disney's animated films that have brought their music, magic, comedy and romance to the stage. Scroll down to learn more, and be sure to tell us which Disney film you'd like to see adapted next!

THAT PLAY: A Solo Macbeth, the 2013 Drama Desk Nominee for Unique Theatrical Experience, will offer three performances to benefit Stage Left Studio, today, Oct 28, Nov 4 and Nov 8.

THAT PLAY: A Solo Macbeth, the 2013 Drama Desk Nominee for Unique Theatrical Experience, will offer three performances to benefit Stage Left Studio, Oct 28, Nov 4 and Nov 8.