Transport Group, the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and OBIE Award-winning theatre company, has announced its 2015 summer production Three Days To See, a performance piece conceived and directed by Jack Cummings III, slated to run July 12 - August 16 at Theatre 79. The cast includes Ito Aghayere (Orange is the New Black, The Liquid Plain), Patrick Boll (Mamma Mia, All the Way Home), Marc De La Cruz (If/Then, Allegiance), Theresa McCarthy (Queen of the Mist, Floyd Collins), Chinaza Uche (Bintou, The Day On Which a Man Dies), Barbara Walsh (Company, Falsettos), and Zoe Wilson. Transport Group's 2015 season will also include the previously announced revival of Once Upon a Mattress starring John 'Lypsinka' Epperson and Jackie Hoffman, slated for the fall. The previously announced musical, The Blonde Streak, has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts.
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces a Pittsburgh International Children's Theater presentation of Theatreworks USA in Click, Clack, Moo from January 11-18, 2015, at six performance locations throughout the region. Citizens Bank is the season sponsor of 2014 ? 2015 Pittsburgh International Children's Theater Family Series.
Donnie Kehr's Rockin' Dueling Pianos, a high energy, all request, rock 'n roll dueling pianos and sing along experience, will debut at 42West (514 W. 42nd Street) tonight, November 14th at 8:00pm. Kehr will be joined by guest stars from Broadway, film and television, including Brad Alexander, Paul Leschen, and Matthew Friedman who will participate in singing the top requested songs of the evening. Additional performances will take place at 42West on November 21st, December 12th and December 19th.
Donnie Kehr's 'Rockin' Dueling Pianos' is an energetic, all request, rock experience with dueling pianos and a sing along experience. Shows will be at 42West on 11/14, 11/21, 12/12 and 12/19.
This week's featured composer is Brad Alexander, whose children's musical Lilly's Big Day opens at The Kaye Playhouse on October 18th! Brad adapted the popular children's story by Kevin Henkes with director Kevin Del Aguila as part of Theatreworks USA's musical revue Fly Guy & Other Stories. Theatreworks USA is America's largest and most prolific professional not-for-profit theatre for young and family audiences, with an unparalleled roster of distinguished alumni. For tickets to Lilly's Big Day, and other shows in Fly Guy and Other Stories, visit http://www.theatreworksusa.org/show_detail.cfm?show=1585
For the first time, the critically acclaimed off-Broadway musical See Rock City and Other Destinations, will be introduced to the UK for a two-week strictly limited run at the Union Theatre. Previews start today 15 August and press night on Tuesday 19 August at 7.30pm. On sale now.
Betsy Wolfe, Andrew Samonsky, John Ellison Conlee, Ann Harada and more join Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana and more in Transport Group's concert presentation of THE MUSIC MAN. Hosted by Joe Iconis,the evening will include 58 actors, and the original orchestration featuring 20 instruments, conducted by Joey Chancey, original choreography by Jeffry Denman, to The Irene Diamond Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center tonight, August 11th, 2014. The evening will be directed by five-time Drama Desk nominee, Jack Cummings III.
Betsy Wolfe, Andrew Samonsky, John Ellison Conlee, Ann Harada and more complete casting for Transport Group's concert presentation of The Music Man. Hosted by Joe Iconis,the evening will include 58 actors, and the original orchestration featuring 20 instruments, conducted by Joey Chancey,original choreography by Jeffry Denman,.to The Irene Diamond Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center on Monday August 11th, 2014. The evening will be directed by five-time Drama Desk nominee, Jack Cummings III.
The July installment of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series features selections from new musicals written by Andy Monroe (The Kid) and Amanda Yesnowitz (the Broadway bound Somehwere in Time), on Monday, July 21, 2014 at 7:30pm at the Daryl Roth Theatre's D-Lounge. The monthly New Works Series, now in its 7th year at the Daryl Roth Theatre, is the core of New York Theatre Barn's new work development process for emerging writers and new musicals.
Transport Group's concert presentation of The Music Man has sold out The Pershing Square Signature Center's Irene Diamond Stage. Both general admission and premium reserved seating sold out within 24 hours of the initial casting announcement. Transport Group is taking names for a waiting list for cancellation tickets.
LIKE BREATHING: MUSICAL THEATRE SONGS FOR A NEW GENERATION, a special one-night cabaret of contemporary musical theatre songs by the new generation of up-and-coming show composers, will take place tonight, Friday, July 11, 2014 at 8:00PM at Cafe l'Artere, 7000 avenue du Parc, Montreal.
For the first time, the critically acclaimed off-Broadway musical See Rock City and Other Destinations, will be introduced to the UK for a two-week strictly limited run at the Union Theatre. Previews start on Friday 15 August and press night on Tuesday 19 August at 7.30pm, it was announced today. On sale now.
Initial casting for Transport Group's concert presentation of The Music Man has been announced. The evening will feature Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Alexandra Silber, Mary Testa, Jill Paice, Heather Mac Rae, Jeffry Denman, Stanley Bahorek, David Greenspan, and D.C. Anderson. Complete casting will be announced at a later date. The concert will be held at the Irene Diamond Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42 Street, on Monday, August 11, 2014, directed by five-time Drama Desk nominee, Jack Cummings III.
Casting has been announced for B-Side Productions upcoming staged reading of See Rock City and Other Destinations, which will be offered this weekend, June 20th & 21st at the June Havoc Theatre.
See Rock City & Other Destinations- winner of the 2011 drama desk for best book and the 2008 richard rodgers award, this bold and daring new contemporary musical is about connections missed and made at tourist destinations across america. with a score that incorporates pop, rock, folk and more, each story builds on the last to create a vivid travelogue of americans learning to overcome their fears and expectations in order to connect.
Casting has been announced for B-Side Productions upcoming staged reading of See Rock City and Other Destinations, which will be offered June 20th & 21st at the June Havoc Theatre.
In the season finale, another month has passed and 'Jeremy's Fort' is now closed, allowing Penny (Kate Wetherhead) to explore her career options . Agnes (Marilyn Sokol) delivers some news to Tim (Colin Hanlon) and Gail (Lindsay Nicole Chambers), who later attend the presentation of Vincent Savio's (Nehal Joshi) 'Light Me Up!' reading. Steven (Stephen Bienskie) and Cameron's (Max von Essen) engagement party brings everyone together in celebration. Guest stars for Episode 8 include Judith Light, Thomas Schumacher, Jenn Colella, Lucas Papaelias and Kimiko Glenn. The episode will also feature an original song, 'Kind of Crazy,' written by Jill Abramovitz and Brad Alexander and sung by 'The X Factor's Rachel Potter.
