Dinah Manoff News

Alison Smyth, an Ottawa-born actress who now resides in Toronto, returns to the Classic Theatre Festival this June and July to play Libby Tucker in Neil Simon's I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES.

Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for filmed Conversations Q&A series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the union actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen. The most recent conversation featured stage and screen legend Stockard Channing, moderated by BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge. Below, check out what she had to say about her journey with IT'S ONLY A PLAY, which is currently playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

The Northwest Actors Lab and Bainbridge Performing Arts join forces in January to present the 5th Annual ONE ACT FESTIVAL. The festival showcases the very best talent Bainbridge has to offer in a selection of short comedies by renowned playwrights, along with several pieces written by our own talented scribes.

The cornerstone of theatre, music, and dance in the community, Bainbridge Performing Arts was recently named 'one of the exceptional performing arts organizations in the country' by Kris Tucker, Executive Director, Washington State Arts Commission. A combination of hit shows, stellar on-stage performers, and gifted behind-the-scenes artists yielded rave reviews this season, and BPA's 2014 - 2015 lineup is bursting with entertainment options to please audience members from all walks of life.

Dinah Manoff and Northwest Actors Lab present the 2014 One Act Fest, running today, February 7 - 9, Friday & Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 3:00 p.m., plus a Pay-What-You-Can-Preview on Thursday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m. All performances take place at Bainbridge Performing Arts.

The 2014 One Act Fest is a festival showcasing the very best talent Bainbridge has to offer in a selection of comedic and dramatic one act plays from playwrights, familiar and obscure.

Embrace the magic of live theatre...at BPA Theatre School. Fall registration is now underway for Pre-K through adult students. BPA Theatre School has a long history of providing quality performing arts education with experienced teaching artists and staff. This fall, we're pleased to offer the return of Imagination Station and Beginning Broadway for our youngest students. Creative Drama and Youth Production I will be available for Grades 1 - 2 and Grades 2 - 4, respectively. We'll offer a new Group Voice Class for Grades 4 - 8 and bring back Youth Production II, Dance for Theatre II, and Acting II for Grades 5 - 8.

Dinah Manoff and Northwest Actors Lab present the 2013 One Act Fest, today, January 17 - 20 at Bainbridge Performing Arts. The festival showcases the very best talent Bainbridge has to offer in a selection of comedic one act plays from playwrights, familiar and obscure. Get a first look in the photos below!

Dinah Manoff and Northwest Actors Lab present the 2013 One Act Fest, January 17 - 20 at Bainbridge Performing Arts. The festival showcases the very best talent Bainbridge has to offer in a selection of comedic one act plays from playwrights, familiar and obscure. Get a first look in the photos below!

Upon its premiere at the Mark Taper Forum in 1979, I Ought To Be in Pictures was clearly Neil Simon in a new light. There were less laugh-out-loud one-liners and more meaningful dialogue dealing with tattered relationships in a realistic, true-to-life manner. Mind you, he had not yet reached the level of sophistication of the Brighton Beach trilogy and Lost in Yonkers, but it was definitely a step in that direction, employing autobiographical as opposed to fictional elements as plot. Herb Tucker is... Neil Simon. In a rarely produced revival, I Ought To Be in Pictures resurfaces at the Falcon Theatre with skilled direction and a genuinely wonderful cast through November 11.

With the anticipation of the holiday season steadily approaching, ABC Family launches the thirteenth year of its must see '25 Days of Christmas' event featuring over 200 hours of holiday-themed entertainment for the whole family from December 1-25 - the biggest cable programming event of the year. Viewers will celebrate the season with an all-new original movie, specials and, of course, the return of Christmas favorites during primetime as well as a full week of all day holiday programming from Saturday, December 18 - Saturday, December 25.

A DVD re-release of the film version of Grease will be released on September 19th