Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd with its complex through-composed score and dark ironies is an ambitious undertaking for any company, but South Portland's Lyric Music Theater rises to the challenge in an economical and electrifying performance that keeps the audience riveted to its seats.
The Rose Theatre Kingston today announces its full spring season with an array of the finest drama, children's theatre, comedy and music.
Through out the past week, BroadwayWorld has been brinigng you coverage of the 67th Annual Emmy Awards with a decidedly theatre-specific focus, and tonight will be no different. At some point during the tedious Red Carpet, I will begin live blogging everything from the Andy Samberg's hosting performance to the awards to the acceptance speeches, and everything inbetween. That being typed, I will be doing this in shorts and a t-shirt, so don't expect too much fashion commentary.
Lyric Music Theater of South Portland opened its 2015-16 season with the wacky musical The Addams Family, which examines the flip side of normal in the zany antics of a ghoulish family made famous by the Charles Addams comic strip, as well as various television and screen incarnations. The show, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, book by Marshall Brickman/Ricky Elice, offers a cast of crazy misfits, a script with wickedly macabre humor, and a series of musical numbers that are rousing, exotic, sometimes even romantic. Lyric Music Theater's elaborate production attempts to do the piece full justice, though it succeeds more in the individual moments than in the whole.
Stage Door Fine Arts patrons and participants were in for a special surprise this evening when Broadway star Sierra Boggess (THE LITTLE MERMAID, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA) announced the theatre's 2016 season. Below, watch Boggess use her own unique flair and creativity to make the announcement!
Steele Spring Stage Rights announced today that two new musicals are the recipients of the 2014 Stage Rights/NYMF Publishing Award: "The Snow Queen" and "Searching For Romeo."
'IT'S ALIIIIIVE!' From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers, comes this monster of a new musical, based on the 1974 comedic film masterpiece written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder! This winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award is not without scary and hilarious complications. The story follows bright, young Dr. Frankenstein (that's 'Fronkensteeen') as he attempts to complete his grandfather's masterwork and bring a corpse to life.
"IT'S ALIIIIIVE!" From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers, comes this monster of a new musical, based on the 1974 comedic film masterpiece written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder! This winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award is not without scary and hilarious complications. The story follows bright, young Dr. Frankenstein (that's "Fronkensteeen") as he attempts to complete his grandfather's masterwork and bring a corpse to life.
The New Hampshire Theatre Awards have announced the finalists for both the professional and community productions for 2013. Each year these awards recognize the talent and dedication necessary to produce outstanding theatrical productions across the state.
On the next all-new episode of NBC's PARENTHOOD titled 'Promises', Julia (Erika Christensen) gets confronted by Ed (David Denman) and Joel (Sam Jaeger) steps in.
Madison Square Garden today marked the completion of its three-year, top-to-bottom Transformation, which significantly enhanced every aspect of the historic Arena, from the first row to the last. The completed Transformation, which has been designed to improve the experience of fans, partners, suiteholders, athletes and entertainers, was unveiled at a star-studded, standing-room-only press event in the Garden's re-imagined 7th Avenue entrance, Chase Square.
The hardest working theater troupe in Central Ohio is currently delivering its Stev Guyer-ized version of "Monty Python's Spamalot." The 2005 musical by Eric Idle and John Du Prez was "lovingly ripped off" from the motion picture 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail," and while audience members will appreciate some uniquely Shadowbox additions and a bit of Central Ohio humor (notably, among others, Gym Ganahl as "Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Show"), Python fans will find this version to be of the goofy, flamboyant, and totally inane flavor expected.
Liberty Town Productions, Libertyville's not-for-profit entertainment company, hosts its fifth annual Musical Summer Showcase featuring the Best of Broadway tonight, Aug. 3, in The Fuel Room of Austin's Saloon & Eatery. Show times are 6:00 and 8:15 pm.
Liberty Town Productions, Libertyville's not-for-profit entertainment company, hosts its fifth annual Musical Summer Showcase featuring the Best of Broadway on Saturday, Aug. 3, in The Fuel Room of Austin's Saloon & Eatery. Show times are 6:00 and 8:15 pm.
Hale Center Theater Orem presents Disney's Aladdin Jr. beginning tonight, featuring Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Jim Luigs, Music Adapted and Arranged by Bryan Louiselle, and based on the 1992 Disney film Aladdin.
Hale Center Theater Orem will present Disney's Aladdin Jr., featuring Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Jim Luigs, Music Adapted and Arranged by Bryan Louiselle, and based on the 1992 Disney film Aladdin.
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