Christian Anderson News

TheatreWorks joins indie-pop trio GrooveLily to usher in the New Year with a special limited engagement of the smash holiday hit STRIKING 12.

GrooveLily, the trio behind the off-Broadway hit STRIKING 12, will revive their performance for a December 31st New Years Eve performance at the Merkin Concert Hall. The performance will mark GrooveLily's first and only appearance in Manhattan in 2009. STRIKING 12 is written by Brendan Milburn (book, music and lyrics), Tony Award winner Rachel Sheinkin (book and lyrics) and Valerie Vigoda (book, music and lyrics).

TheatreWorks joins indie-pop trio GrooveLily to usher in the New Year with a special limited engagement of the smash holiday hit STRIKING 12.

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

TheatreWorks joins indie-pop trio GrooveLily to usher in the New Year with a special limited engagement of the smash holiday hit STRIKING 12.

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

Looking for something different this holiday season? Need a break from seeing A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life yet again?

Blue Spruce Theatre will present Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once on this Island October 7-24, 2010 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts (321 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA). Show times are 7:30 pm on Thursdays; Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm; matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $22-$25 (+$1.99 fee for credit cards) and are available by phone 1-800-838-3006. For more information visit http://www.bluesprucetheatre.org.

Blue Spruce Theatre will present Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once on this Island October 7-24, 2010 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts (321 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA). Show times are 7:30 pm on Thursdays; Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm; matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $22-$25 (+$1.99 fee for credit cards) and are available by phone 1-800-838-3006. For more information visit http://www.bluesprucetheatre.org.

Portland Center Stage is pleased to welcome N. Christian Anderson III, the president and publisher of the Oregonian Publishing Company; Stoel Rives partner Randolph Foster; and Arcadia Investment Corporation co-founder John Taylor to the Portland Center Stage Board of Directors, with 3 year terms starting in July 2010. Also joining the PCS Board in January 2010 were City Center Parking VP Mark Goodman, ZGF Managing Partner Bob Packard, Footwear Specialties International CEO Pat Ritz and Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor Michael Sheridan.

A new developmental production of Platinum (www.PlatinumTheMusical.com) starring Tony Award nominee Liz Larsen (The Most Happy Fella, A New Brain) and Sarah Litzsinger (Beauty and the Beast, Amour) will be presented by UnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. as part of the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival.

Habitat Children's Summer Workshop in drama, music, movement and stagecraft musical will present Ek Katrina Aur Hum Banjare in Hindustani on July 29. The production will be directed by Sarita Vohra at Theatre at Habitat World.

A new developmental production of Platinum (www.PlatinumTheMusical.com) starring Tony Award nominee Liz Larsen (The Most Happy Fella, A New Brain) and Sarah Litzsinger (Beauty and the Beast, Amour) will be presented by UnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. as part of the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival.

Habitat Children's Summer Workshop in drama, music, movement and stagecraft musical will present Ek Katrina Aur Hum Banjare in Hindustani on July 29. The production will be directed by Sarita Vohra at Theatre at Habitat World.

I'm not going to lie. The show is about fifteen minutes too long, coming in at seventy five minutes. That's a lot to ask most eight year olds to sit through. Come to think of it, that's a lot for some thirty one year olds to sit through.

THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING, a ballet with music by the Pet Shop Boys, will premiere at London's Sadler's Wells on March 22, 2011, whatsonstage.com reports. The ballet, based on Hans Christian Anderson's story, tells of a quest to find 'the most incredible thing' in order to marry a princess, the report says. Javier de Frutos will direct and choreograph, and Ivan Putov will star. The production will run until March 26, and there will be a week of previews before the opening, the report says.

Galli Theater presents the last performances of THE LITTLE MERMIAD Saturday, June 26th and Sunday, June 27th at Galli's midtown theater at 38 West 38th Street, Manhattan. All show times are 3 p.m. Admission for adults are $20 and kids (2-17 years) are $15.