Freddie News

The Barnyard Theatre presents three varied shows this month, beginning with 'Six of the Best' tribute show and concluding with 'Sultans of Swing,' another tribute show.

The Arvada Center will open the regional premiere of a new restaging of Chess, A Musical directed by Rod A. Lansberry on March 27 running through April 15, 2012 in the Main Stage Theater. Performances are Tuesday - Saturday at 7:30 pm, Wednesday at 1pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Preview performances are March 23 - 25. Moderated talkbacks with the cast are offered on Friday, April 6 after 7:30 p.m. show and Wednesday, April 11 after 1:00 p.m. show. Ticket prices range from $35 (previews) - $72. Group rates are available. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.arvadacenter.org or call 720-898-7200.

Award winning and acclaimed original series Being Human returns to Supernatural Saturday for its fourth season.

Channeling Kevin Spacey, currently playing off-Broadway, announced today that Justin R.G. Holcomb has re-joined the cast. Holcomb, who premiered with the show when it opened last April at the St. Luke's Theatre, replaces Josh Levine as the play's affable anti-hero, Charlie.

Am 20. April veroffentlicht Rufus Wainwright bei Decca sein sehnsuchtig erwartetes neues Album "Out Of The Game", das von Mark Ronson produziert wurde. Es ist das siebte Studioalbum des vielleicht besten, sicher aber vielseitigsten Songwriters der Gegenwart.

According to USA Today, American Idol alum Adam Lambert will front the legendary rock band Queen when the group headlines England's Sonisphere Festival on July 7th.

The Barnyard Theatre has announced that its Rivonia venue is now open for bookings for its first show. This new 500-seater theatre will open its doors to the public on 20 March 2012 for SIX OF THE BEST, a tribute to Freddie Mercury, Bon Jovi, Meat Loaf, Billy Joel, Cher & Pink which then runs until 29 April.

When Jim and Kay Thigpen announced at the beginning of their 27th Season that they would be officially retiring from Trustus Theatre - South Carolina's premiere professional theater which they co-founded in 1985 - the Trustus Board of Directors instantly formed a committee to fill their positions. In a meeting on Valentine's Day 2012 the Trustus Board of Directors officially announced that Larry Hembree will become the new Executive Director of the theatre with long-time Trustus Company Member and Associate Artistic Director Dewey Scott-Wiley taking the reigns as the new Artistic Director in the 28th season.

The Metropolitan Room announces March performances.

Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre, in partnership with the University of Oklahoma's A. Max Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre, will present, just in time for Valentine's Day, MY FAIR LADY with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.

Joining Lindsay Duncan (Judith Bliss), Jeremy Northam (Richard Greatham), Kevin R McNally (David Bliss) and Olivia Colman (Myra Arundel) in Howard Davies' production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever are Sam Callis (Sandy Tyrell), Freddie Fox (Simon Bliss), Jenny Galloway (Clara), Amy Morgan (Jackie Coryton) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Sorel Bliss). Running at the Noël Coward Theatre from 10 February - 2 June 2012, Coward's sublime comedy of bad manners has designs by Bunny Christie, lighting by Mark Henderson and sound by Mike Walker. Hay Fever press preview performances are Thursday 23 February at 7pm, Friday 24 February at 7.30pm and Saturday 25 February at 2.30pm and 7.30pm, with reviews embargoed until Monday 27 February 2012. Hay Fever is produced in the West End by Richard Willis, Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions.

The Musical Theatre of Los Angeles will present 'JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT: IN CONCERT,' a benefit for Josh Groban's Find Your Light Foundation, on Wednesday, February 15. The event will start with a "red carpet" at 6:30 p.m., and the performance, starring David Burnham and Misty Cotton, will start at 8 p.m.

The Pit Stop Players, a twelve-member instrumental ensemble composed of veteran Broadway pit musicians, will present its second annual "Snapshots" concert on Monday, February 13, at 7:00 pm, at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street.

Aurora Theatre invites you to curl up with the psychological drama A Body of Water, by nationally renowned playwright and Pulitzer Prize nominee Lee Blessing, running through February 12, 2012.

The Musical Theatre of Los Angeles will present 'JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT: IN CONCERT,' a benefit for Josh Groban's Find Your Light Foundation, on Wednesday, February 15. The event will start with a "red carpet" at 6:30 p.m., and the performance, starring David Burnham and Misty Cotton, will start at 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre, in partnership with the University of Oklahoma's A. Max Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre, presents, just in time for Valentine's Day, one of the most romantic musicals of all time, MY FAIR LADY with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. MY FAIR LADY, based on Bernard Shaw's PYGMALION, tells the story of the transformation of a Cockney flower girl to a lady of society.

Performance Space 122 is pleased to announce that three popular theater works from the contemporary performance festival COIL will extend. Young Jean Lee's Untitled Feminist Show, the TEAM's Mission Drift, and Temporary Distortion's Newyorkland will now run thru February 4, 2012. Additional production information can be found below and online at ps122.org.

According to the Toronto Sun, Adam Lambert has just confirmed that he will be joining the legendary band Queen as it's new lead singer for an upcoming tour this summer.

On Twitter Watch, Betty Buckley wrote 'OK, I just have to say this: I am sick & tired of Randy Jackson bashing what they think is Bway singing! It's soo ludicrous!'

Three outstanding maestros-Kurt Masur, Christoph Eschenbach, and Stephane Deneve-will each conduct a program by the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in its annual visits to Carnegie Hall this March, with music ranging from large-scale Romantic choral music to twentieth-century Russian works. Between the second and third BSO programs, the Boston Pops returns to Carnegie Hall with conductor Keith Lockhart for the first time since 2000, for a program featuring the acclaimed trio Time for Three (making its Carnegie Hall debut) and a special tribute to the "King of Swing," Benny Goodman, featuring BSO clarinetist Thomas Martin.