Actor's Express has announced Six Degrees of Separation, by John Guare, directed by Freddie Ashley. The production opens on Saturday night, January 11, 2013, 8pm curtain, preview performances are January 9 and 10, and the ever-popular pay-what-you-want sneak peek, "Director's Rough Cut", is Wednesday, January 8. The outstanding cast is led by Mary Lynn Owen and Doyle Reynolds as the affluent couple, and Jason-Jaml Ligon as Paul, the con artist. Complete cast list below. Three-show passes are available for the remainder of the company's season (and they make GREAT gifts!). Single tickets for Six Degrees are on sale now at the box office (404-607-7469) or online at www.actors-express.com. Preview tickets are $15, and single tickets start at $26; student and senior discounts available. Actor's Express is located at 887 W. Marietta Street, Suite J-107, Atlanta, Georgia 30318. The King Plow Arts Center parking lot construction is expected to wrap up prior to Opening Night. The new deck will have a fee for parking. An updated media advisory will be sent prior to Opening to confirm whether or not the new deck is open and at what rate. Please visit the website and click on PLAN YOUR VISIT for up-to-the-minute information.
Beginning January 2014, auditions for the children's cast of Billy Elliot the Musical will take place countrywide to find young boys and girls to join the internationally acclaimed show which is now in its ninth year at the Victoria Palace Theatre in the West End. 2014 auditions take place on 11 January in Leeds, 1 February in Newcastle, 15 March in London, 26 April in Bristol and 17 May in Manchester.
On Sunday, December 15, the Broadway at Birdland concert series presented multi-Grammy and Tony nominated composer Frank Wildhorn in his "2nd Annual Frank & Friends Holiday Concert." Joining Wildhorn onstage were Broadway performers Jeremy Jordan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Laura Osnes, Christiane Noll, Michael Lanning, Teal Wicks and award-winning jazz vocalist Jane Monheit. Check out a look back below!
Marriott Rewards is celebrating the New Year with its popular MegaBonus promotion. Make two paid stays between February 1 and April 30, 2014 and receive a free night at a category 1-4 hotel, up to two free nights. Free night certificates can be used around the world at hotels such as the new JW Marriott Hanoi in Vietnam, the AC Hotel Ciudad de Sevillia in Spain, or the Courtyard Orlando Lake Buena Vista in Florida. Some members may receive alternate MegaBonus offers.
Additional castmembers have joined the Austin-based production of the highly-anticipated, 'From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,' premiering in Q1 2014 on El Rey Network, the new 24-hour English-language cable network.
CHESS, the hit Broadway and London musical, was presented in Concert on December 8, 2013 at the Richland Performing Arts Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Check out a look back below!
Hollywood, CA -- The Hollywood Museum, the official museum of Hollywood located in the Historic Max Factor Building, rings in the holidays with 'Lights, Camera, 'Holly'- wood,' a unique tribute to the holidays - Hollywood Style. The holiday trees and extensive tinsel town decor are created by Dr. Christmas (Bob Pranga and Debi Staron), known as the celebrity holiday and special event designers to the stars. The exhibit will be on display through January 5, 2014.
The world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis arrives at Segerstrom Center for the Arts on Friday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Segerstrom Hall. The much admired and critically acclaimed orchestra performs the music of Count Basie and Duke Ellington for its return visit to the Center. "One rarely hears this music played with such technical brilliance, stylistic authenticity and tonal sheen...Here were the throaty reeds, percussive trumpet blasts and visceral sense of swing that have made the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra the greatest large jazz ensemble working today," notes Chicago Tribune.
On Sunday, December 15 at 6pm, Broadway at Birdland is proud to present multi-Grammy and Tony nominated composer Frank Wildhorn in his "2nd Annual Frank & Friends Holiday Concert." Joining Wildhorn onstage will be Broadway performers Jeremy Jordan, Laura Osnes, Christiane Noll, Michael Lanning, Teal Wicks and award-winning jazz vocalist Jane Monheit
Whishaw has now officially been cast in the role for the film penned by 'Frost/Nixon/ playwright and screenwriter Peter Morgan who received Academy Award noms for his screenplays of 'Frost/Nixon' and 'The Queen.'
Deadline writes that actor-director Dexter Fletcher will helm GK films and Sony Pictures' upcoming Freddie Mercury biopic. As BWW previously reported, Ben Whishaw is still being eyed to star as the iconic Queen frontman.
NYC rock singer Samia is releasing her smoldering new single 'Soul On Fire' with a full band show this Friday the 13th, 8:30pm, at Arlene's Grocery (95 Stanton St between Ludlow & Orchard.)
Today, 9 December 2013, 13 year old Mitchell Tobin from Florida, USA, will become the thirty-sixth boy and the eighth American to play Billy Elliot in the West End, having previously played the title role in the North American touring production. Billy Elliot the Musical is now in its ninth year at the Victoria Palace Theatre where it is currently booking to May 2015. Having now been seen by nearly 9.5 million people worldwide,Billy Elliot the Musical has been the recipient of over 80 major international awards.
CHESS, the hit London and Broadway musical, will be performed in a concert presentation on December 8, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Richland Performing Arts Center, on the campus of Richland High School in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry, featuring original music and musical arrangements by Kevin Connors, is directed by Robert Cacioppo at Orlando Shakespeare Theater, running now through December 29, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Scott D. Miller has announced a change in casting for the special concert presentation of CHESS, the hit Broadway and London musical, today, December 8, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Richland Performing Arts Center, on the campus of Richland High School in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
G. Garvin gets in the holiday spirit in his one-hour special G. Garvin's Southern Holiday tonight, December 8th at 8pmET/5pmPT as he highlights his favorite dishes and holiday traditions, and Cooking Channel serves up Holiday Weeks packed with themed episodes every night at 8pm from today, December 8th to Saturday, December 21st.
The classic 1946 holiday movie, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE comes to life on stage, but with an Orlando Shakes twist. Brilliantly staged as a live radio play, the audience gets to see and hear IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE as if it were being performed in as an old time radio show - cleverly branded WOST. This unique interpretation makes for a fun and thoroughly entertaining for young and old.
Third Rail Repertory Theatre Presents: Noises Off by Michael Frayn, Directed by Scott Yarbrough* at Winningstad Theatre, PCPA, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205.
