Theater Wit's annual holiday classic The Santaland Diaries, based on David Sedaris's true, hilarious holiday tale, returns for its eighth consecutive outing in 2011 featuring a newly-enhanced set and once again starring Mitchell Fain who always plays to rave reviews and sold out houses.
As we celebrate Thanksgiving and move toward the end of November, I trust you will want to plan on availing yourself of at least one or two of the theatre and live performance productions currently (or soon to be) playing at one of our several live entertainment venues here on the California Central Coast!
Inspecting Carol opens this Friday evening at 7pm. Shows are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 PM and Sunday afternoon at 3 through December 23. ACT has a 'pay what you can' preview night this Wednesday at 7 PM.
Last year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the country. This free service makes it easier for prospective students by showcasing programs searchable by schools, location, degrees and concentrations.
Just like Pope Paul VI figured when The Vatican told followers to go ahead and celebrate mass in the vernacular, John-Michael Tebelak figured that if the musical he penned with Stephen Schwartz, based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, was going to connect with young people, it had to be done in their language. So when Godspell premiered Off-Broadway forty years ago, the son of God and his disciples were depicted as soft pop and folk singing flower children who were too busy learning how to spread love to be bothered with sex, drugs and burning their draft cards. Arriving on Broadway after Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar, it was the first major rock musical that didn't scare the hell out of parents.
In many ways, Adam Perry's life may be described as ‘surreal'. The talented performer from a small town in Tennessee is currently dancing up a storm in the Tony Award Winning revival of ANYTHING GOES.
The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will begin a new Trimester on December 12th. New students are welcome to register for classes continuing throughout the school year. FSPA brings together all performing arts disciplines including Music, Dance and Drama under one roof in downtown Franklin.
The third annual production of The Santaland Diaries is set to return to Portland Center Stage's Ellyn Bye Studio with a new Crumpet the Elf in tow, actor Jim Lichtscheidl.
As we continue on into November, I trust your plans will include attending one or more of the theatre and live performance productions that are currently running (or soon will be) at one of the several live entertainment venues here in the heart of the California Central Coast!
Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J. Albert present the regional premiere of An Iliad, adapted from Fagles' translation of Homer's Iliad by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson, directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell.
As we continue on into November, I trust your plans will include attending one or more of the theatre and live performance productions that are currently running (or soon will be) at one of the several live entertainment venues here in the heart of the California Central Coast!
New Village Arts continues its holiday tradition with Joe Mantello's adaptation of David Sedaris' highly acclaimed The Santaland Diaries, directed by Ensemble Member Samuel Sherman and starring NVA Ensemble and Actors Equity Member Daren Scott. The Santaland Diaries follows one out of work actor who decides to become a Macy's elf to pay the holiday bills.
As we bid farewell to October and move on into November, I hope you are planning to avail yourself of at least one or two of the live performance and theatre productions that presently (or soon will be) running at any number of the live entertainment establishments that make their homes here on the California Central Coast!
Olney Theater Center's Chairman Emeritus William H. Graham, Sr. was recognized for his lifetime commitment to the arts by Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett at the Arts and Humanity Executive Ball on October 24.
Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J. Albert present the regional premiere of An Iliad, adapted from Fagles' translation of Homer's Iliad by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson, directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles (BAFTA Los Angeles) announced today that it will rename its Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment in honor of Albert R. 'Cubby' Broccoli, pioneering producer of the James Bond franchise.
The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will present an abbreviated version of Disney's Beauty and the Beast on stage in front of The School at 38 Main Street during the Franklin Harvest Festival on October 2nd.
Albuquerque Theatre Guild October 2011 Performances begin.
Berkshire Theatre Group is proud to announce that David Sedaris, NPR Humorist and Bestselling Author of Naked, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, will be speaking at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield on Wednesday, October 19 at 7:30pm.
The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will present an abbreviated version of Disney's Beauty and the Beast on stage in front of The School at 38 Main Street during the Franklin Harvest Festival on October 2nd.
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