Castillo News

Bay Area Musicals (Matthew McCoy, Founder & Artistic Director, and AeJay Mitchell, Managing Director) has announced the full cast and creative team for the final production of the 2017-2018 season, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME showcases the film's Academy Award-nominated score, as well as new songs by Tony and Academy Award-winners Alan Menken (LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN, POCAHONTAS) and Stephen Schwartz (GODSPELL, PIPPIN, WICKED, POCAHONTAS). Peter Parnell's new book embraces story theatre and features verbatim passages from Hugo's gothic novel.

Nora's Playhouse will present the World Premiere of whatdoesfreemean?, a new play about women and mass incarceration by award-winning human rights playwright Catherine Filloux.

“El Festival de monólogos Teatro a una sola voz, a diferencia de otros festivales teatrales, es uno de los más importantes generadores de público de todas las edades”, mencionó en conferencia de prensa Alberto Lomnitz, coordinador nacional de teatro del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA).

Musicals at Richter (MAR), celebrating its 34th season as the longest-running outdoor theater in Connecticut, kicks off the summer with 'Legally Blonde,' the effervescent and wildly upbeat musical based on the popular 2001 film comedy starring Reese Witherspoon. Staged on the grounds of the Richter Arts Center in Danbury, performances take place outdoors under the stars Today through Sunday evenings at 8:00 p.m., with additional specially discounted performances on Thursday, July 5 and 12. There is no show today, July 13.

Art Factory presents the 2018 Concert Series! Presented three-nights-only throughout the year, Art Factory invites you to a live music experience like no other! These explosive concerts are presented in two forty-five minute acts, packed wall-to-wall with songs performed by entirely local casts of Houston's finest singers. With no lengthy introductions or sketch comedy, our concerts are just ninety solid minutes of incredible music. Join us for a mind-blowing live music experience with the 2018 Art Factory Concert Series.

Sony Crackle announced today that Grammy-nominated artists Christina Milian and Leona Lewis and actress Zulay Henao ('Meet the Blacks 2') will join the cast of season two of its original drama series 'The Oath,' from executive producer Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson and his G-Unit Film and Television Inc. and creator/executive producer Joe Halpin. Additionally, actor and director Kevin Connolly will guest star and direct multiple episodes for the gritty drama series. Production for season two of 'The Oath' has commenced in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater is pleased to announce the complete cast and creative team for the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights with music and lyrics by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and book by Quiara Alegria Hudes. 

Este viernes el musical de Richard O'Brien regresa a la Gran Via coincidiendo con las Fiestas del Orgullo de la capital

Peter Pan is possibly one of the most commonly adapted and re-adapted works for the stage. From Peter and the Starcatcher to Finding Neverland and everything in between, there are constant tweaks and updates to this classic that make it resonate with new generations. Adventure Theatre's newest adaption, Tinker Bell, is a good family-friendly adaptation and is worth visiting just for the sheer fun. Patrick Flynn's script, however, runs out of pixie dust before the work can reveal anything about the story that hasn't already been heard.

Siete monólogos provenientes de cuatro entidades federativas del país conformarán la decimocuarta edición de Teatro a una sola voz, Festival de Monólogos. Los montajes que lo conforman recorrerán del 5 de julio al 2 de agosto, en el siguiente orden, los estados de Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Colima, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, Michoacán y Veracruz, para finalmente realizar el cierre en la Ciudad de México.

Por 50 años de trayectoria artística ininterrumpida, Arturo Beristain, actor de número de la Compañía Nacional de Teatro del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, recibió el día de ayer por la tarde la medalla de oro Eduardo Arozamena, otorgada por la Comisión de Honor y Justicia de la Asociación Nacional de Actores (ANDA).

Just last night, Transport Group presented Promises, Promises- its second musical in this season's Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series- featuring John Cariani (The Band's Visit; Tony nominee Fiddler on the Roof), Donna Lynne Champlin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Sweeney Todd; Obie Award for TG's The Dark at the Top of the Stairs), Jessica Fontanta (Cinderella; TG's Once Upon a Mattress), Santino Fontana (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Tootsie ; Tony nominee Cinderella), Stanley Bahorek (Amazing Grace, Queen of the Mist), Lauren Blackman (Anastasia), Hannah Corneau (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Marc Kudisch (Finding Neverland, Hand to God), Sean McLaughlin (Hello Dolly), Bruce Sabath(Cagney), Tally Sessions (War Paint), and Ali Stroker (Spring Awakening).

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and CineFestival are excited to announce the 2018 Premios Mesquite winners, the Third Annual Ya'Ke Smith Filmmaker Award, master classes for directors, a free punk rock show featuring Fantástico and the official list of CineFestival after parties and receptions.  The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) will also present the inaugural NALAC Fund for the Arts Adán Medrano Legacy Award in Film.

Utah Film Center announced today the films selected for the 15th annual Damn These Heels Film Festival and new elements to the festival for film lovers, filmmakers and all storytellers. Damn These Heels will run July 20 - 22, 2018 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center and is a festival for all that explores LGBTQ issues, ideas, and art through independent, documentary, and foreign films from around the world. Passes and tickets are now on sale on the Utah Film Center's website. Additional titles will be announced on the website leading up to the Festival.

Into the Valley festival 2018 will take place next 28th to 30th September in Andalusia, Spain, with the amazing and ancient Castle of Sohail in the town of Fuengirola as main location. The ITV concept has been evolving through the years, and after last year's experience, we decided we needed a fresh start. This comes in the shape of a move, from the cold and rainy North to the sun at the very southernmost end of Europe. This is why the home to the next chapter of the Into the Valley legacy will be the bright and sunny Andalusian coast of Spain, with its breath-taking beaches, wonderful cuisine and warm exuberant people. The festival venue is the 1000-year-old Castillo Sohail.

To kick off the start of their first season, Davisson Entertainment's BLK BOX PHX is excited to present 'Stripped Cabaret: Un-Censored, Un-Hinged, Un-Derwear', an original benefit concert hosted and directed by Valley favorite, Seth Tucker, with performances by Matravius Avent, Brandi Bigley, Jacqueline Castillo, Cassie Chilton, Trisha Ditsworth, Lynzee Foreman, Adrienne Goglia, Joey J. Grado , Barbara McBain, Brant Michaels, Sarah Pansing, Cassie Chilton, Toby Yatso and many other surprise guests! Raise a glass and enjoy tunes from a host of musicals, including numbers from Kinky Boots, Bo Burnham, Book of Mormon, Spamalot, Spamilton and other Spam-like musicals. Enjoy this escape from the stresses of the day, as we poke fun, in our undies, at Broadway, pop music and tacky gimmicks! Produced by Davisson Entertainment and Seth Tucker, Music Directed by Kurtis W. Overby.

PTP/NYC (Potomac Theatre Project), in association with Middlebury College, proudly presents its 32nd repertory season, its 12th consecutive in New York City, running July 10 - August 5, 2018 in a limited Off-Broadway engagement at The Atlantic Stage 2, located at 330 West 16th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues.

Corkscrew Theater Festival presents Pie Shop Play, written by Alice Pencavel and directed by Sivan Battat. Running July 20-29, Pie Shop Play concerns two sisters whose big dreams are derailed when the pipes in their pie shop burst, leaking toxic unknowns that rob them of coherent speech. As the shop slowly floods, buried trauma, and secrets pour forth as well, forcing the sisters to work it out (through garbled English) before they drown. Performed by Devin Kessler, Futaba Shioda*, Kaylee Simonson, Eliza Simpson*, and Madame Vivien V, Pie Shop Play is the third production in the second annual season of Corkscrew Theater Festival, a new summer theater festival that provides early-career artists with a high level of production support.

Musicals at Richter (MAR), celebrating its 34th season as the longest-running outdoor theater in Connecticut, kicks off the summer with 'Legally Blonde,' the effervescent and wildly upbeat musical based on the popular 2001 film comedy starring Reese Witherspoon. Staged on the grounds of the Richter Arts Center in Danbury, performances take place outdoors under the stars Friday through Sunday evenings at 8:00 p.m., with additional specially discounted performances on Thursday, July 5 and 12. There is no show on Friday, July 13.

Pedro Pan, winner of the 2017 NYMF Developmental Reading Series Award with book by Rebecca Aparicio and music and lyrics by Stephen Elkins, will be presented as an official selection of the 2018 New York Musical Festival's Next Link Project beginning July 10th at the Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row.