Broadway Across America News

Get ready to wind your Swatch watch, fill your mouth with Pop Rocks and Coke, and dust off your Rubik's Cube as the talented cast of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway Across America presentation of Legally Blonde The Musical presents a like totally ‘80s-themed cabaret on the night of May 21 at Below Zero Lounge.

Seattle Theatre Group and Showtunes present WEST SIDE STORY Stories - Memories of Lenny by Martin Charnin on Monday, June 7, 2010 at 7:30pm in The Paramount Theatre lobby.

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2007, the smash-hit musical WICKED will return to the Ohio Theatre for five weeks only July 28-August 29. Tickets for the return engagement will go on sale to the public Thursday, May 20.

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will be launching a national tour in 2011-2012, which will kick off in Cleveland at the PlayhouseSquare in October 2011.

The Artist Series announces its INCREDIBLE 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Jacksonville/The Artist Series' Broadway Season. Experience the best Broadway has to offer this 2010-2011 season with such extraordinary productions as the RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR, LEGALLY BLONDE, CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION, SHREK THE MUSICAL, and our subscriber special CATS!

HAIR is cutting for a cause! Producers of the Tony Award-winning musical announced today that the show is partnering with Bumble and bumble to throw a 'CUT-IN' on Monday, May 24 from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. at Bumble and bumble's Uptown location (146 East 56th Street, between 3rd and Lexington).

The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical has partnered with Clear Channel New York to create 'Love Out Loud: A Donation of LOVE from HAIR on Broadway,' a series of fundraising auctions benefitting The Fresh Air Fund.

On Friday, May 21, the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will perform 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' on ABC's 'The View' between 11:00AM-12:00PM on channel 7. On Monday, May 24, go behind the scenes at 'The View' with the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET in a special episode.

The Irish Repertory Theatre continues its New Works Reading Series with a free reading of BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR, a new musical featuring music by Adam Gwon and book and lyrics by Julia Jordan on Friday, May 21 at 2:00pm at the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) in Manhattan. Joe Calarco to direct.

Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America are bringing their latest theatrical production Storytime Live! to Charlotte, NC from June 25-27 for six performances. Storytime Live! is the first-ever live family theatrical tour featuring characters from four of the current top-rated preschool shows on television today: Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, The Wonder Pets! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan. Preschoolers and their parents can see their favorite Nick Jr. characters come to life in one action-packed on-stage adventure hosted by Nick Jr.'s Moose A. Moose and Zee. The tour will visit more than 70 cities in 2010.

After playing successful engagements in 11 cities throughout North America since opening in Chicago in March 2009, the tour of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's MARY POPPINS welcomed its one millionth guest during its final week of performances at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, nominated for 11 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical, is pleased to announce CLUB LA CAGE, the official post-theatre entertainment and dining experience!

Hennepin Theatre Trust hosts free baseball talk and photo presentation about Twin Cities ballparks featuring local historian Stew Thornley. Celebrate America's national pastime and the opening of the Twins' new ballpark, Target Field, with a visual journey of local baseball history told through the photos of storied Twin Cities ballparks including Nicollet Park and Metropolitan Stadium.

On Saturday night, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET was featured on CBS' National 'Evening News.' The cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET features Eddie Clendening (Elvis Presley), Lance Guest (Johnny Cash), Levi Kreis (Jerry Lee Lewis), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins), Tony Award nominee Hunter Foster (Little Shop of Horrors, Urinetown) and Elizabeth Stanley (Cry-Baby).

Producers Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher announced full casting for the Fort Lauderdale engagement of MARY POPPINS. Fort Lauderdale's most eagerly anticipated stage production will begin performances at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, June 9th for a limited engagement of 3 weeks through Sunday, June 27th. The opening night is Friday, June 11 at 8:00pm.

The Boston Theater Critics Association has announced its nominees for this year's Elliot Norton Awards, which recognize excellence in Greater Boston theater. The awards will be given at the 28th annual ceremony, to be held at 7 p.m.

Writers often meet producers at a party, and have two minutes to interest them in their work. Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) now offers twenty-two writers a chance to practice their pitching skills with real producers who are open to and looking for new work. TRU's unique WRITER-PRODUCER SPEED DATE will take place on Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 5:30pm and 6:30pm at The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street (below W. 3rd Street), NYC.

Fiddler on the Roof has captured the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal and timeless message. The North American Tour continues the tradition of the 1964 Jerome Robbins Tony® Award-winning production playing at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center May 11-16, 2010. Robbins won twin Tony awards for his direction and choreography of Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof. In this national tour, both are faithfully recreated by Director Sammy Dallas Bayes, choreographer of the Broadway reviv

Pittsburgh International Children's Theater, a division of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, presents the 24th annual Pittsburgh International Children's Festival from May 12-16, 2010, in the green spaces surrounding Schenley Plaza and the University of Pittsburgh, and at various indoor theaters in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh. Giant Eagle is the lead sponsor of the 2010 Pittsburgh International Children's Festival.

CATS, one of the longest running and most successful musicals in Broadway history, returns to Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis for five performances only, May 14-16, 2010.