The Visceral Company is will present the Los Angeles premiere of dark, abstract horror play KILL ME, written by Chicago playwright Scott T. Barsotti and directed by Dan Spurgeon (Visceral's Artistic Director and LA Weekly Theater Award winner). KILL ME will play Today and Saturday evenings at 8 pm and Sunday matinees at 3 pm, from tonight, April 19 through June 2, 2013, at the Lex Theatre, 6760 Lexington Ave., Hollywood, Calif.
Harlem Stage is hosting music events May 8-10 including original and tribute artists, as well as an open mic night on May 16. All of the music events are presented as part of the Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival 2013.
The Visceral Company is will present the Los Angeles premiere of dark, abstract horror play KILL ME, written by Chicago playwright Scott T. Barsotti and directed by Dan Spurgeon (Visceral's Artistic Director and LA Weekly Theater Award winner). KILL ME will play Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 pm and Sunday matinees at 3 pm, from April 19 through June 2, 2013, at the Lex Theatre, 6760 Lexington Ave., Hollywood, Calif.
Tazewell Thompson's world premiere drama Mary T. & Lizzy K. throws open the doors to the Lincoln White House at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. As one woman's skilled hands work overtime, creating the most beautiful garments of her career, the other's reality continues to slip ever further from her grasp. Old wounds and new recriminations explode in this riveting drama about loss, love and the importance of promises, both kept and broken. BroadwayWorld has highlights of the production below.
Tickets go on sale at 9.00am this Monday 8 April for the new multi-million dollar production of GREASE, opening as an Australian premiere at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) on 27 August 2013.
NBC Sports Network will air live coverage of the 111th Paris-Roubaix cycling race on Sunday, April 7 at 8 a.m. ET. Also referred to as the "Queen of the Classics," Paris-Roubaix is a one-day 254km road race in northern France. The challenging route starts in Compiegne and races to Roubaix over 27 cobbled sectors.
On the day that rehearsals commence for its forthcoming production of Travels with My Aunt, the Menier Chocolate Factory is delighted to announce that Iain Mitchell and Gregory Gudgeon will be joining the previously confirmed cast members, David Bamber and Jonathan Hyde. Adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal and directed by Christopher Luscombe, the production has a strictly limited 8 week season, 2nd May to 29th June.
Mary T. & Lizzy K. stitches together an insider's look at the unique friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her talented dressmaker, the successful freed slave Elizabeth 'Lizzy' Keckly. Written and directed by Thompson, Mary T. & Lizzy K. runs now through April 28, 2013 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle at Arena Stage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
GREASE is still the word, as Australian theatre producer John Frost today revealed the cast and tour dates for his new multi-million dollar production of GREASE, which will open as an Australian premiere at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) on 27 August 2013.
Moonbox Productions and Director Allison Olivia Choat have reverted to the familiar terrain of musical theater with this intimate, sung-through look into the heart and mind (er, brain) of Tony Award-winning composer William Finn (FALSETTOS, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE) who grew up in Natick, Massachusetts. The cast of ten is bursting with new talent alongside three actors who have been in previous Moonbox shows, all of whom have incredible vocal chops.
English National Ballet dancers turn choreographers when five of them get a chance to create new works in collaboration with students from the Royal College of Music. In a new partnership, Choreographics, A Letter To ... will bring together aspiring choreographers and composers to create new work which will be performed by English National Ballet dancers at The Place, in London, May 3-4, 2013.
Kitty Warren has worked hard to provide a good life for her daughter. But when Vivie finds out the truth about her mother's profession, sparks fly. The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s multiple award-winning classical theater company, presents Mrs. Warren's Profession, the superbly intelligent-and still shocking- powerhouse of a play by George Bernard Shaw that was banned for eight years on the English stage. Robin Larsen directs the double-cast production now through April 21, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at both casts onstage below!
Mary T. & Lizzy K. stars D.C.-area actress Kathryn Kelley (Round House Theatre's Next Fall) as Mary Todd Lincoln and Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris (Urban Stage's ReEntry) as Elizabeth Keckly. They are joined by noted local actors Thomas Adrian Simpson (last seen at Arena Stage as Col. Pickering in My Fair Lady) as Abraham Lincoln and Joy Jones (Studio Theatre's Invisible Man) as Ivy.
Immigrant Artists and Scholars in New York (IASNY) and Nuyorican Poets Cafe present NEW YORK WITH AN ACCENT tonight, March 13, 6-9 pm. Tickets: $8 online; $10, $5 (for students) - at the door.
Multi-talented Ashley Tisdale and snowboarding superstar Shaun White are the executive producers of the Disney Channel Original Movie, CLOUD 9, an exhilarating story set in the world of competitive snowboarding.
Kitty Warren has worked hard to provide a good life for her daughter. But when Vivie finds out the truth about her mother's profession, sparks fly. The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s multiple award-winning classical theater company, presents Mrs. Warren's Profession, the superbly intelligent-and still shocking- powerhouse of a play by George Bernard Shaw that was banned for eight years on the English stage. Robin Larsen directs the fully double cast production March 14 through April 21, with low-priced previews beginning tonight, March 7.
Immigrant Artists and Scholars in New York (IASNY) and Nuyorican Poets Cafe present NEW YORK WITH AN ACCENT on Wednesday, March 13, 6-9 pm. Tickets: $8 online; $10, $5 (for students) - at the door.
