Cameron Wood News

Dedicated to the development of performing arts through education and scholarships, Las Casas Foundation has announced its annual scholarship program historically held at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre will culminate in an online variety show on Sunday, May 17, 6:00 PM CST.

In the spirit of show business, 'The show must go on!' and for Las Casas Foundation, the show will indeed go on...line! Las Casas Foundation, in partnership with Blanchard Creative Group and Walley Films, has announce dthat 25 finalists will step into the spotlight through a digital variety show to premiere on Sunday, May 17.

After ten years, Rajendra Moodley's hit play THE PERFUME GARDEN is returning to Melbourne for a strictly limited season at Chapel off Chapel's main stage.

Performance Space 122's annual performance festival, Coil, returns for its twelfth edition with 13 individual events. The festival explores the constant vitality of live performance in New York City through contemporary artists from diverse genres, cultures and perspectives. Featuring work created locally, across the U.S., and around the world, Coil is known for its groundbreaking contemporary performance across interdisciplinary art, working with new technologies and forms. Through installations, live and virtual practices, PS122 is committed to redefining how, where, and when performance is experienced.

We've all sat through that show... It's, like, totally unique and the songs are so obscure you probably haven't heard them before. You're there because a friend swears they knew about the performer before they were cool. But the show is Just. So. Indie.Featuring obscure instruments, luscious loops and original songs soaked in satire. See her before she totally becomes a sell out.  I mean… do you even indie?

Hugh Jackman is currently polishing his dancing shoes for an all-new stage show BROADWAY TO OZ, touring throughout his native Australia. The show kicked off in Melbourne earlier this week.

Let's see what the critics had to say...

Acorn Productions, a non-profit theater company based in the Dana Warp Mill in downtown Westbrook, presents a new work by the company's Fairy Tale Players, a group of experienced students from the company's Acorn Acting Academy.

In response to Woodhead's comments, Australian theatre star Eddie Perfect took to Facebook, saying: 'I agree with Cameron [Woodhead], and I'd add something further. There's a convenient narrative springing up online (and elsewhere) that the creator's of Kong spent five years of developmental resources on the gorilla but neglected the book, music and lyrics. Without putting it too harshly, I think that's idiotic.'

The new stage musical KING KONG just opened last night, June 15, at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Australia. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the show is already casting its eye toward Broadway, with a hopeful launch as early as 2014. Let's see what the critics had to say...

'Red Riding Hoods' opens its run at Westbrook Together Days with a performance in Riverbank Park at 11am, and then continues with 5 more performance from today, June 3 to June 17 on Saturdays at 11am and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Call Acorn at 854-0065 or visit www.acorn-productions.org for more information or to order tickets. See photos from the production below!

'Red Riding Hoods' opens its run at Westbrook Together Days with a performance in Riverbank Park at 11am, and then continues with 5 more performance from June 3 to June 17 on Saturdays at 11am and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Call Acorn at 854-0065 or visit www.acorn-productions.org for more information or to order tickets. See photos from the production below!

This winter, Acorn Productions' "Fairy Tale Players," an ensemble of children, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy, continues its third season of productions with Producing Director Michael Levine's adaptation of Puss 'n Boots.

This October, Acorn Productions' 'Fairy Tale Players,' an ensemble of children, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy, opens its third season of productions for kids in the Acorn Studio Theater.

This October, Acorn Productions' 'Fairy Tale Players,' an ensemble of children, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy, opens its third season of productions for kids in the Acorn Studio Theater.