Demond Green News

Barrington Stage Company has announced casting for 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' and 'Private Lives' as well as and related information on its 2008 line-up of summer productions.

The Zipper Factory proudly announces 'Words and Music By…', a celebration of the singer-songwriter, a new ongoing series that showcases new composer-performers, as well as musical artists on the verge of breaking out. The series commences in November, and in the coming weeks The Zipper

'Late Nite with Niko and Friends,' an evening of original songs by the ridiculously talented singer-songwriter Nikos Tsakalakos, will make its NYC debut at The Zipper Factory on Tuesday, November 13.

Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don't Know But Should will be presented on August 31st and September 1st at 8:00 p.m.

Funked Up Fairy Tales, the new hip musical by Kirsten Childs at Barrington Stage Company's Musical Theatre Lab, has been extended through August 18, due to popular demand

La Jolla Playhouse has announced a two-week extension of Des McAnuff's re-imagination of the Tony Award-winning classic, The Wiz

Variety reports the casting for the upcoming La Jolla production of The Wiz, directed by Des McAnuff. The show will feature Wayne Brady (Scarecrow), David Alan Grier (the Wizard), Nikki M. James, (Dorothy), Tituss Burgess (the Lion) and Michael Benjamin Washington (Tin Man).

Tina Landau's New Age-y production features music by GrooveLily

Tina Landau's production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, starring Lea DeLaria, runs at the Paper Mill Playhouse through May 21st

Lea DeLaria will star as Bottom in a new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Tina Landau, that will be presented as the first joint production of the McCarter Theatre and the Paper Mill Playhouse