Frances Mercanti-Anthony News

'The Marriage Play', starring Alex Brightman, Autumn Hurlbert, and Frances Mercanti-Anthony, Begins Ebay Auction featuring Special Broadway Packages.

Broadway's Sean Bradford (The Lion King) and Adam Kantor (RENT),in association with The Present Company, will present the world-premiere of A Contemporary American's Guide to a Successful Marriage © 1959 written by Robert Bastron and directed by Adam Fitzgerald at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street, as part of the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.

Broadway's Sean Bradford (The Lion King) and Adam Kantor (RENT),in association with The Present Company, will present the world-premiere of A Contemporary American's Guide to a Successful Marriage © 1959 written by Robert Bastron and directed by Adam Fitzgerald at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street, as part of the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.

After an amazing run from Off-Broadway sleeper to Tony Award winning Best Musical Spring Awakening ended its run on Broadway last night, Sunday, January 18, following the 7pm performance. After the cast gave the final bows, it was time to celebrate the music, memories and magic that was Spring Awakening. Current cast members, show alumni and the creative team headed to Bond 45 on 45th St. to get the bittersweet yet joyous festivites started and 'not do sadness', BroadwayWorld tagged along to join in the emotional closing night party. When Spring Awakening closed, it had played 859 performances and 29 previews. Its eight 2007 Tony? Awards, including Best Musical, made Spring Awakening one of the biggest Tony winners in the past decade. In addition to the Tony Award wins, Spring Awakening won four Drama Desk Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the NY Drama Critics Award for Best Musical, the Drama League award for Distinguished Production of a Musical, and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, among other notable citations.

Cast members from the Tony Award- winning Best Musical SPRING AWAKENING, including Hunter Parrish, Alexandra Socha, Gerard Canonico, Matt Doyle, Emily Kinney, Zach Reiner-Harris, Morgan Karr, Frances Mercanti-Anthony and others will appear on ABC-TV's GOOD MORNING AMERICA on Tuesday, December 30th, as part of the 'Warm Coats, Warm Hearts Coat Drive,' from their Times Square Studios. The 2nd Annual 'Warm Coats and Warm Hearts Drive,' sponsored by Burlington Coat Factory, to benefit the nonprofit organization, One Warm Coat, kicked off its 2nd annual drive last month on the popular morning show. Each of the cast members will bring one or more coats and make a donation. (GMA airs 7am-9am weekdays on ABC-TV).

Cast members from the Tony Award- winning Best Musical SPRING AWAKENING, including Hunter Parrish, Alexandra Socha, Gerard Canonico, Matt Doyle, Emily Kinney, Zach Reiner-Harris, Morgan Karr, Frances Mercanti-Anthony and others will appear on ABC-TV's GOOD MORNING AMERICA on Tuesday, December 30th, as part of the 'Warm Coats, Warm Hearts Coat Drive,' from their Times Square Studios. The 2nd Annual 'Warm Coats and Warm Hearts Drive,' sponsored by Burlington Coat Factory, to benefit the nonprofit organization, One Warm Coat, kicked off its 2nd annual drive last month on the popular morning show. Each of the cast members will bring one or more coats and make a donation. (GMA airs 7am-9am weekdays on ABC-TV).

Friends in Theater Company presents YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN, a one-night only benefit production for the Make-A-Wish Foundation to be presented Monday, December 15, 2008 at 8:00pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College 899 10th Ave. NY, NY.

Friends in Theater Company has announced the casting of YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN, a one-night only benefit production for the Make-A-Wish Foundation to be presented Monday, December 15, 2008 at 8:00pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College 899 10th Ave. NY, NY.

BLOOD MANOR, NYC's Premier Haunted Attraction: The Nightmare on 27th St., returns with a depraved appetite for gore and a twisted thirst for blood! On Sunday October 5th, the cast of the hit musical Spring Awakening, joined by friends and fans paid a visit to the haunted halls of horror at BLOOD MANOR to see what all the screaming is about!

Spring Awakening, the hit musical at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, will be spreading its wings in the coming seasons, both this year and next.

After Spring Awakening opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on December 10th, a star-studded after-party was held at Tavern on the Green

The Committee Theatre will present the New York premiere of I (Heart) Kant, a new play by Ken Urban, directed by Dylan McCullough, from September 8th through October 2nd