Darren Lee News

NYMF has just announced the winners of their Best of Fest awards. Set to perform at this year's gala are the casts of the winning shows, as well as Sh-K-Boom's own Sherie Rene Scott, Alice Ripley, Gavin Creel, and Kelli O'Hara. The event will take place on Sunday, November 22nd, at 6:30pm at the Edison Ballroom.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances this week: R.R.R.E.D: A Secret Musical - Thursday, Oct. 8 at 11pm Gay Bride of Frankenstein - Saturday, Oct. 10 at 11pm

Casting is complete for Andy Warhol Was Right, a new multimedia dance production conceived by Melinda Atwood, Sammy Buck, Dan Acquisto, Daryl Gray, Giovanna Sardelli, and Shea Sullivan, premiering in the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival at the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, running from September 30th through October 4th.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm

Andy Warhol Was Right By Sammy Buck, Book The best part of starting a new show is research. When Dan Acquisto and I began writing Like You Like It (NYMF 04), which sets Shakespeare's As You Like It in the 1980s, it was all about watching old John Hughes flicks (may he rest in peace).

Casting is complete for Andy Warhol Was Right, a new multimedia dance production conceived by Melinda Atwood, Sammy Buck, Dan Acquisto, Daryl Gray, Giovanna Sardelli, and Shea Sullivan, premiering in the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival at the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, running from September 30th through October 4th.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: Encore: Friday, October 2nd at 5pm Fat Camp: Friday, October 2nd at 4pm

In the glory days of the movie musical, folks joked that MGM stood for 'Makes Great Musicals' and it boasted more stars than in the heavens.

La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to present Herringbone, book by Tom Cone, music by Skip Kennon, lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh, directed by Roger Rees (La Jolla Playhouse's Peter and the Starcatchers), and starring Tony Award-winner BD Wong (M. Butterfly; Law & Order: SVU). Herringbone runs August 1 - 30 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre (press opening: Friday, August 7 at 8:00 pm).

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) today announced the complete schedule for the 2009 Festival, which will begin September 28th and continue through October 18th. A full breakdown of this year's performances and venues follows.

The Summer Solos Series (Scott Morfee and Darren Lee Cole, producers), a celebration of the best in solo performance and shows by acclaimed playwrights and performers, concludes its inaugural season with one-night only performances of 9 Parts of Desire: In Concert, written and performed by Heather Raffo with music by Amir ElSaffar on Thursday, July 30, 2009, followed by Underneath The Lintel by Glen Berger on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, and concluding the season with That Dorothy Parker by Carol Lempert on Wednesday, August 5, 2009.

Krapp, 39 is extending once again, recent Drama Desk nominee, Michael Laurence's Krapp, 39, inspired by Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, and directed by George Demas, will be extended again now through August 2, 2009 at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street). A highlight of the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival, Krapp, 39 was invited to be part of the Fringe Encores Series; it was then offered a legit Off-Broadway run at the SoHo Playhouse presented by Darren Lee Cole. Krapp, 39's Off-Broadway run began performances on January 13th, and officially opened on January 20, 2009 and has been extended several times since.

La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to present Herringbone, book by Tom Cone, music by Skip Kennon, lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh, directed by Roger Rees (La Jolla Playhouse's Peter and the Starcatchers), and starring Tony Award-winner BD Wong (M. Butterfly; Law & Order: SVU). Herringbone runs August 1 - 30 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre (press opening: Friday, August 7 at 8:00 pm).

The Summer Solos Series (Scott Morfee and Darren Lee Cole, producers), a celebration of the best in solo performance and shows by acclaimed playwrights and performers, concludes its inaugural season with one-night only performances of 9 Parts of Desire: In Concert, written and performed by Heather Raffo with music by Amir ElSaffar on Thursday, July 30, 2009, followed by Underneath The Lintel by Glen Berger on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, and concluding the season with That Dorothy Parker by Carol Lempert on Wednesday, August 5, 2009.

The Summer Solos Series (Scott Morfee and Darren Lee Cole, producers), a celebration of the best in solo performance and shows by acclaimed playwrights and performers, presents the one-night only return of the Obie Award-winning play Sakina's Restaurant, written and performed by Aasif Mandvi on Tuesday evening, July 28, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Immediately following the performance there will be a brief reception with the artist in the Huron Club, located inside the Soho Playhouse.

The heat is on in Saigon! MISS SAIGON comes to the Music Theatre of Wichita through July 26. From the creators of Les Miserables comes the international sensation MISS SAIGON. This heartbreaking and powerful love story is set against the backdrop of global conflict, and features an astonishing cast gathered from Broadway and all around the globe.

The heat is on in Saigon! MISS SAIGON comes to the Music Theatre of Wichita through July 26. From the creators of Les Miserables comes the international sensation MISS SAIGON. This heartbreaking and powerful love story is set against the backdrop of global conflict, and features an astonishing cast gathered from Broadway and all around the globe.

The Summer Solos Series (Scott Morfee and Darren Lee Cole, producers), a celebration of the best in solo performance and shows by acclaimed playwrights and performers, has announced the full cast for the one-night only special benefit performance of Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell on Thursday evening, July 16, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. with all proceeds going to the Spalding Gray Awards Fund.