David Evans News

If you're looking for a book on contemporary musicals that's as entertaining as it is informative, you can't go wrong with Scott Miller's new book, SEX, DRUGS, ROCK & ROLL, AND MUSICALS. Miller examines the post modern musical with a depth of knowledge that's astounding. His theatre company, New Line, has produced the majority of the shows mentioned in this work (with the exception of a few from the last chapter), and his understanding of their themes and underlying motivations will have you aching to see those shows again, or at the very least, you'll want to refer back to any original cast albums you may have in your collection.

From the producers of Downton Abbey and starring Rupert Penry-Jones (MI-5, Persuasion), Phil Davis (Sherlock, Bleak House) and Steve Pemberton (The League of Gentlemen), the six part series focuses on two internationally resonant crime stories with a stylish, cinematic and contemporary spin. Whitechapel premieres Wednesday, October 26, 10:00pm ET on Dramaville.

From the producers of Downton Abbey and starring Rupert Penry-Jones (MI-5, Persuasion), Phil Davis (Sherlock, Bleak House) and Steve Pemberton (The League of Gentlemen), the six part series focuses on two internationally resonant crime stories with a stylish, cinematic and contemporary spin. Whitechapel premieres Wednesday, October 26, 10:00pm ET on Dramaville.

MusicianWages.com, the website for working musicians, and Singing OnStage Productions have announced two winners of their scholarship to attend Singing OnStage Productions' Weekend Intensive Music Director Training Program to be held at Davenport Studio, 250 West 49th Street in NYC, from September 16-18, 2011.

MusicianWages.com, the website for working musicians, and Singing OnStage Productions have teamed to sponsor one music director to attend Singing OnStage Productions' Weekend Intensive Music Director Training Program to be held at Davenport Studio, 250 West 49th Street in NYC, from September 16-18, 2011.

MusicianWages.com, the website for working musicians, and Singing OnStage Productions have announced two winners of their scholarship to attend Singing OnStage Productions' Weekend Intensive Music Director Training Program to be held at Davenport Studio, 250 West 49th Street in NYC, from September 16-18, 2011.

MusicianWages.com, the website for working musicians, and Singing OnStage Productions have teamed to sponsor one music director to attend Singing OnStage Productions' Weekend Intensive Music Director Training Program to be held at Davenport Studio, 250 West 49th Street in NYC, from September 16-18, 2011.

Jessica Hynes (Doctor Who, Twenty Twelve) and Douglas Hodge (Robin Hood, Mansfield Park, Unforgiven) star in a tense and compelling new four-part drama by Paul Smith for BBC One made by BBC Drama Production.

Carmel Community Players (CCP) will present 'I Hate Hamlet', a comedy by Paul Rudnick from March 31 through April 10 at the Carmel Community Playhouse, 14299 Clay Terrace Blvd Suite 140 in Carmel.

Carmel Community Players (CCP) will present 'I Hate Hamlet', a comedy by Paul Rudnick from March 31 through April 10 at the Carmel Community Playhouse, 14299 Clay Terrace Blvd Suite 140 in Carmel.

Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre has announced the artistic team behind the upcoming world premiere of the musical comedy And the Curtain Rises (formerly known as Wheatley's Folly), which begins performances on Thursday, March 17, 2011. And the Curtain Rises marks the third production presented as part of Signature's groundbreaking American Musical Voices Project, the largest commissioning program for new musicals in the country, following Michael John LaChiusa's Giant in 2009 and Ricky Ian Gordon's Sycamore Trees last year.

Carmel Community Players (CCP) will present 'I Hate Hamlet', a comedy by Paul Rudnick from March 31 through April 10 at the Carmel Community Playhouse, 14299 Clay Terrace Blvd Suite 140 in Carmel.

Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre has announced the artistic team behind the upcoming world premiere of the musical comedy And the Curtain Rises (formerly known as Wheatley's Folly), which begins performances on Thursday, March 17, 2011. And the Curtain Rises marks the third production presented as part of Signature's groundbreaking American Musical Voices Project, the largest commissioning program for new musicals in the country, following Michael John LaChiusa's Giant in 2009 and Ricky Ian Gordon's Sycamore Trees last year.

The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard, Trustee) in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will present the sixth annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters to Douglas J. Cohen.

The OBIE Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) - now in its 21st season - presents the Off-Broadway, World-Premiere of JorDan Harrison's play FUTURA, with previews beginning October 23, prior to an official opening of October 26 at the TBG Theater (312 West 36th Street - between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan. Liz Diamond directs.

The OBIE Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) - now in its 21st season - presents the Off-Broadway, World-Premiere of Jordan Harrison's play FUTURA, with previews beginning October 23, prior to an official opening of October 26 at the TBG Theater (312 West 36th Street - between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan.

The OBIE Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) - now in its 21st season - presents the Off-Broadway, World-Premiere of Jordan Harrison's play FUTURA, with previews beginning October 23, prior to an official opening of October 26 at the TBG Theater (312 West 36th Street - between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan.

The OBIE Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) - now in its 21st season - presents the Off-Broadway, World-Premiere of Jordan Harrison's play FUTURA, with previews beginning October 23, prior to an official opening of October 26 at the TBG Theater (312 West 36th Street - between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan.

The OBIE Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) - now in its 21st season - presents the Off-Broadway, World-Premiere of Jordan Harrison's play FUTURA, with previews beginning October 23, prior to an official opening of October 26 at the TBG Theater (312 West 36th Street - between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan.

The cast of the historic Human Race Theatre Company/Wright State University Theatre Department collaborative production of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, August: Osage County, is now set. The 13-member ensemble of seven professionals and six WSU students includes two performers who were understudies during the play's five-Tony-winning run on Broadway.