The world premiere musical FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE, written by Michael John LaChiusa, and debuting at The Public Theater, directed by Kirsten Sanderson, officially opens tonight, October 21, 2015. Let's see what the critics had to say...
The world premiere musical First Daughter Suite, written by Michael John LaChiusa, and debuting at The Public Theater, directed by Kirsten Sanderson, runs now through Sunday, November 15, with an official press opening tonight, October 21.
The Canadian Opera Company opens its 2015/2016 season with Verdi's enduring masterpiece, La Traviata. This sumptuous new COC production is set in the demi-mondeof glittering 1850s Paris, evoking the social realities, rhythms and debauchery of a rapidly changing society.
An Evening of Classic Broadway comes to NYC's Metropolitan Room as a benefit for The Actors Fund on Tuesday, October 27th at 7PM. Tony Award-winner Daisy Eagan (THE SECRET GARDEN) and leading Broadway performer Sean McDermott join the line-up. Michael Lavine serves as host and musical director.
Toronto – Out of a pool of 120 aspiring opera singers from across the country, the Canadian Opera Company has selected eight to compete at Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition on November 3, 2015 at Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Centre Stage is the COC's annual celebration of the next generation of opera stars. The Ensemble Studio Competition is the evening's feature event: an exhilarating vocal showcase with the singers, selected from nationwide auditions for the COC Ensemble Studio – Canada's premier training program for young opera professionals – vying for cash prizes ranging in value from $1,500 to $5,000.
The 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games will air during three prime-time windows on ESPN2 during October, beginning Thursday Oct. 15 with three consecutive one-hour episodes
Pop-opera-soul diva N'Kenge (Motown: The Musical, Sondheim on Sondheim) will be starring along with Seph Stanek and Tony LePage in the Broadway-bound musical production AKHENATEN: THE MUSICAL, set for a concert at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Temple of Dendur, 1000 5th Avenue, New York NY, tonight, October 13, 2015 at 6 p.m.
Westchester Broadway Theatre presents SHOW BOAT, with music by Jerome Kern and book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, directed and choreographed by Richard Stafford, Musical direction by Ryan Wise, and Designed by Michael Bottari & Ronald Case, now through November 29, 2015 and December 30, 2015 - January 31, 2016. Check out first footage from the show below!
Pop-opera-soul diva N'Kenge (Motown: The Musical, Sondheim on Sondheim) will be starring along with Seph Stanek and Tony LePage in the Broadway-bound musical production AKHENATEN: THE MUSICAL, set for a concert at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Temple of Dendur, 1000 5th Avenue, New York NY, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 6 p.m.
Canadian multi-Platinum, JUNO® Award-winning vocal group THE TENORS--Clifton Murray, Victor Micallef, Remigio Pereira and Fraser Walters-have launched a massive U.S. and Canada Fall/Winter tour, which started October 7 in Edmonds, WA at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, in support of their latest #1 album,UNDER ONE SKY. Even more dates for 2016 are currently being confirmed and will be announced in the coming weeks.
Tonight, October 8, 2015 from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Autism Speaks will host its first ever AUTISM SPEAKS TO LOS ANGELES CELEBRITY CHEF GALA, in which 100 award-winning chefs will cook tableside for guests to honor Autism Speaks co-founders Suzanne & Bob Wright and celebrate the organization's 10th anniversary.
A new musical by Michael John LaChiusa and directed by Kirsten Sanderson, FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE is running at The Public Theater through Sunday, November 15, with an official press opening on Wednesday, October 21. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the production below!
The world premiere musical FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE, written by Michael John LaChiusa, and debuting at The Public Theater, directed by Kirsten Sanderson, begins previews tonight, October 6, and runs through Sunday, November 15, with an official press opening on Wednesday, October 21.
After months of fund raising and preparation, the inaugural season of Bingham Camp Theatre Retreat (BCTR) is in full swing. The innovative program, which was dubbed 'a theater camp for Broadway professionals' by Seth Rudetsky, and is aimed at developing new works, is in the process of workshopping two-time Harrington Award winning composer and librettist Adam Overett's CALL IT COURAGE, a musical adaptation of the beloved coming of age children's' novel.
Sponsored in part by 4Culture, the 2015-16 season of Mirror Stage's popular Feed Your Mind staged reading series traces commences with An Issue of Blood by Marcus Gardley, on October 24 & 25, 2015 at the Ethnic Cultural Theatre in Seattle's University District. Directed by Suzanne M. Cohen, Feed Your Mind: An Issue of Blood features Marlette Buchanan, Ian Fraser, Reginald Andre Jackson, Pilar O'Connell, Shaunyce Omar, and Tyler Trerise.
Jackalope Theatre Company is proud to announce that it has selected Cor Theatre for participation in The Pioneer Series. The Pioneer Series is Jackalope's continuous initiative to cultivate bold new theatre in Chicago. Through an extensive application process, Jackalope selected Cor Theatre to receive a free primetime 4-week run in The Frontier, at 1106 W Thorndale in Chicago, in the spring of 2016.
THE IT GIRL, a family friendly musical based on the 1927 Paramount picture, will receive its Canadian premiere when it bows this fall in a new production from Vancouver's DramaNatrix Productions.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, in association with Theatre Replacement, Neworld Theatre and Crow's Theatre of Canada, is pleased to announce that Canadian theatre artists James Long and Marcus Youssef will bring Winners and Losers to DC this fall. Since its premiere in December 2012 at British Columbia's Gateway Theatre, the show has enjoyed successful performances at international venues and festivals including Denmark's Aarhus Festival and the INTERsection festival in Terni, Italy. Winners and Losers runs at Woolly from October 26 to November 22, 2015.
The multi-platinum, JUNO Award-winning band The Tenors have been thrilling audiences around the world with their powerful voices and memorable melodies. Blending classical music and contemporary pop, the vocal supergroup has achieved international success, showcasing their undeniable charm and diverse vocal styles in their newest release, Under One Sky (June, 2015). The music of Clifton Murray, Victor Micallef, Remigio Pereira, and Fraser Walters is rich and soulful with powerful anthems, classic covers, and songs written and co-written by The Tenors themselves.