Today it was announced that GUYS AND DOLLS will open on Broadway for the first time in 17 years in the spring of 2009 at a Nederlander Theatre to be announced. With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, this production is the first joint Broadway project by director Des McAnuff and Sergio Trujillo since Jersey Boys.
For its holiday feature, the San Jose Rep will present This Wonderful Life, a visually stunning stage adaptation of the 1946 Frank Capra classic film It's a Wonderful Life. In this theatrical twist, San Jose Rep's associate director Kirsten Brandt directs actor Dan Hiatt, who plays all 35 characters in a one-man tour de force. The show runs from Saturday November 24 through Sunday December 23 at the San Jose Repertory Theatre.
Ford's Theatre, 'America's most famous theatre,' Ford's Theatre, will host a free panel discussion making of Meet John Doe, a new musical, Monday, March 26 at 7 PM.
Full casting has been announced for the Washington, D.C. premiere of Meet John Doe, which will be presented from March 16th through April 29th at Ford's Theatre.
WHO: Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore WHAT: It's a Wonderful Life: The Musical WHEN: Through January 14th, Thurs - Sun, with select Weds and Thurs matinees HOW MUCH: Prices vary. Go to www.tobysdinnertheatre.com
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Donna Lynne Champlin, James Moye, Patrick Ryan Sullivan, Melanie Vaughan and more have been cast in Goodspeed Musicals' upcoming production of the new musical Meet John Doe
Start with the gentle humor and imagination of a James Thurber, combine it with a mixture of hip and cute reminiscent of Charles Schulz and propel it with the humanistic passion of Frank Capra and you'll find yourself in the crazy and charming world of this off-the-wall musical
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
Godspell, the musical A Wonderful Life, Summer and Smoke, Romance/Romance, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Pirates! will comprise the Paper Mill Playhouse's 2006-2007 season
BroadwayWorld was there for the after-party of The Actors' Fund of America's benefit reading of the musical version of Wonderful Life, which was presented at the Shubert Theatre on December 12th
Karen Ziemba, Phylicia Rashad, Chuck Cooper and Nancy Anderson will appear in the Actors' Fund benefit reading of the musical version of It's a Wonderful Life on December 12th