Eric Schaeffer News

On August, 14th at 11:30PM, a concert reading of the new musical SSA (Ass Backwards) will be presented at Joe's Pub

Broadway's Sally Murphy and DC theatre veteran Andrew Long will headline Signature Theatre's upcoming production of the Lerner and Loewe classic My Fair Lady, running from September 26th through November 19th

The New York Post's Michael Riedel has reported that the Kennedy Center's hit production of Mame, starring Christine Baranski, may settle for a Broadway run at the Palace for a limited run beginning in July--if the show isn't curtailed by production expenses

Mame, starring Christine Baranski as the glamorous aunt of the title, opened at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theatre on June 1st after beginning previews on May 27th

In the famous Act One finale of Mame, the musical's irresistible title character single-handedly revives the drowsy South, sending its courtly gentlemen and Georgia peaches into an ecstatic serenade of acceptance and very high octaves. It's a rousing number in the Kennedy Center's gorgeously-mounted production, but it's hard to find the same kind of enthusiasm with Christine Baranski filling Mame's jodhpurs

The production of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA has extended through July 23rd due to popular demand

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming production of John Weidman and Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, presented at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA from May 30-July 16

Mame, starring Christine Baranski as the glamorous aunt of the title, will begin previews at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theatre on May 27th, open officially on June 1st and run through July 2nd

The American Musical Voices Project's presentation of composer grants and Leadership Awards took place on Monday, May 15, at a cocktail reception at New World Stages; Michael John LaChiusa, Ricky Ian Gordon and Audra McDonald were among those honored

Eric Schaeffer will helm the American premiere of the musical The Witches of Eastwick; due to a postponement of Signature Theatre's move into a new theatre in Shirlington, VA, the musical has been added to the acclaimed theatre's 2006-2007 season line-up

Complete casting is now set for the upcoming Kennedy Center production of Mame, which will open at the Eisenhower Theatre at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on June 1st after beginning previews on May 27th; the show, starring Christine Baranski, will run through July 2nd

The Helen Hayes Awards honor achievement, celebrate, and promote the Washington D.C. professional theatre.

Goodspeed Musicals will present three new shows--Caraboo, Princess of Javasu, The '60s Project and Meet John Doe--at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut as part of its Brand New Musical! program

A New Two-Theatre Complex in Shirleyton, VA Opens in September, 2006

Erin Elizabeth Coors has been cast in the title role of Barbie Live in Fairytopia, whose national tour will kick off in Columbus and then come to Chicago from April 11th through 16th

Jeff McCarthy will play Beauregard Burnside in the Kennedy Center's starry summer production of Mame

A Weekly Column on theater in the Baltimore/Washington area.

Alan Muraoka will play Ito in the Kennedy Center production of Mame, which will star Christine Baranski and run from June 1st through July 2nd

New Haunting Musical about Edgar Allen Poe gets World Premiere at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia...and don't miss it!

Thirty-one dates have been announced for the national tour of the musical spectacle Barbie: Live in Fairytopia, which kicks off in April of 2006