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Minneapolis Musical Theatre's SUNSET BOULEVARD Opens 5/31

Sunset Boulevard, Minneapolis Musical Theatre's (MMT) production of the Broadway hit based on the 1950 Oscar-winning movie about faded glory and unfulfilled ambition, debuts May 31-June 23, 2013 at Hennepin Theatre Trust's New Century Theatre (Street Level of City Center in downtown Minneapolis). Directed by Steven Meerdink, MMT's artistic director, this is the second production in the partnership between Hennepin Theatre Trust and Minneapolis Musical Theatre. The original Broadway musical, directed by Trevor Nunn with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, won seven 1995 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Single tickets are on sale now. For tickets or more information, visit www.HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call 1.800.982.2787.

Liza Minnelli & More Set to Present at Chaplin Gala Honoring Barbra Streisand Tonight

The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents the 40th Chaplin Award honoring Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand, this evening, April 22nd, at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The celebration in honor of the international film legend's groundbreaking career will feature musical performances and film and interview clips culminating in the presentation of The Chaplin Award by President Bill Clinton.

Falcon Theatre Announces Extension for BILLY & RAY

Falcon Theatre has extended the world premiere of Billy & Ray through May 5. Written by Mike Bencivenga and directed by Garry Marshall, the play tells the incredible true story of how Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler wrote the screenplay for Double Indemnity, invented film noir and nearly killed each other in the process.

BWW Interviews: Katharine Mehrling

Frau Mehrling, in kurzem Abstand spielen Sie zwei der interessantesten und vielschichtigsten Figuren der Musicalgeschichte: 'Funny Girl' Fanny Brice und die Showlegende Judy Garland. Beide Rollen sind ziemliche Kraftakte...

David Lynch and Russell Brand Join “Meditation in Education” Global Outreach Campaign

David Lynch and Russell Brand joined forces to help bring Transcendental Meditation to 1,000,000 at-risk youth at the U.S. premiere of Meditation Creativity Peace at the Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 2. The premiere marked the launch of the "Meditation in Education" global outreach campaign.

Kristin Chenoweth, Liza Minnelli & More Set to Present at Chaplin Gala Honoring Barbra Streisand, 4/22

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the presenter line up for the upcoming 40th Chaplin Award honoring Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand, on the evening of April 22nd at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The celebration in honor of the international film legend's groundbreaking career will feature musical performances and film and interview clips culminating in the presentation of The Chaplin Award by President Bill Clinton.

BWW Special Report: PIPPIN's Motown Magic Returns to Broadway

As an undergraduate theater major in the early 1970s, I heard music everywhere. It seemed to pour out of every office and workspace around the department. (And in the LP era, if you wanted more than the radio, this meant schlepping a twenty pound record player and a dozen or so albums from your home to the campus, sometimes requiring back-and-forth trips from the car. If you go to that much trouble, you want to keep the music playing.) In the hushed costume shop with its quietly industrious all female staff, Broadway ruled, with Stephen Sondheim's recent Company and Follies in heavy rotation. It was 'men only' in the scene shop where I listened to male balladeers like James Taylor and Gordon Lightfoot while unhappily working off assigned crew hours. Jazz classes (my favorites) in the dance department were conducted to the pre-disco sounds of Isaac Hayes and the Temptations. And late night cast parties were never complete without spins of Bette Midler's first two albums.

BWW Review: The Rep's Moody and Engaging Production of DOUBLE INDEMNITY

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis closes their season with a bang, literally, presenting a dramatically atmospheric production of novelist James M. Cain's classic work, DOUBLE INDEMNITY (lovingly adapted by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright). It's a script that overflows with double entendres, and is populated by the kind of hard boiled characters you would expect from this famous piece of pulp fiction. It even manages to outdo Billy Wilder's film noir version to a degree because it doesn't have to deal with the censor's deep cuts that left the movie a lot less racy and edgy than the book. Suffice to say, this is an incredibly cool, and surprisingly amusing, presentation that is another example of the kind of must-see theatre the Rep consistently produces.

Photo Flash: First Look at Gardner Reed and David Christopher in The Rep's DOUBLE INDEMNITY

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the suspenseful play Double Indemnity, based on the novel by James M. Cain, adapted for the stage by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright, and directed by Michael Evan Haney. This crime-filled caper will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, tonight, March 13-April 7, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Bellevue Little Theatre Begins SUGAR, 4/12

Bellevue Little Theatre. 203 W. Mission in Bellevue, will present 'Sugar' 'The Some Like It Hot Musical', its third offering of the 2012--13 season on April 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, and 27 and 28. Due to production conflicts we have been forced to cancel the Friday April 26 evening performance and have added an additional 2 pm matinee on Saturday April 27. Evening performances begin at 8 pm on the first two Friday and Saturday evenings, and all matinees begin at 2 pm. on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Noir Thriller DOUBLE INDEMNITY Concludes The Rep's 46th Season, Now thru 4/7

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the suspenseful play Double Indemnity, based on the novel by James M. Cain, adapted for the stage by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright, and directed by Michael Evan Haney. This crime-filled caper will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, tonight, March 13-April 7, 2013.

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