Genevieve News

Reasons to be Pretty by Neil LaBute concludes Philadelphia Theatre Company's 2011-2012 season tonight May 25 through June 24 at PTC's home at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets). Directed byMaria Mileaf, the ensemble cast features Paul Felder, James McMenamin, Genevieve Perrier, and Elizabeth Stanley.

Following its limited engagement of Into the Woods and its co-production of The Rocky Horror Show in 2011, Stocking Productions previously announced that it would bring RENT to Frederick for the first time for a special Memorial Day weekend presentation at The Way Off Broadway Theatre.

The admirable mission of Gigi Naglak and MeghAnn Williams, writer/performers of Chlamydia Dell'Arte: A Sex Ed Burlesque, is to remove some of the awkwardness in open discussions about human sexuality by treating intimate issues with humor.  Their modestly produced show, which just completed a week-long run at Los Kabayitos, is obviously built to travel, coming to Gotham via stints in Philly and DC, and the amiable pair pulls off their mission with endearing enthusiasm.

Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz will be honored with Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's inaugural Melpomai Award at When You Believe: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz tonight, May 19 in Palm Springs.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK: SONS OF THE PROPHET wins big at DCC Awards, Town Hall celebrates 1975, THE NORMAL HEART cast preps for tour, and so much more!

The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre is getting ready to cut loose this summer with the dance musical Footloose. The stage production, based on the Paramount Pictures film, will open at the Frederick theatre on Friday, June 15th and run through August 25th.

The NHTP Senior Repertory Company presents Antigone, running tonight, May 18 through May 27, in a translation by Lewis Galantiere from the play by Jean Anouilh, which was adapted from the original Greek play by Sophocles. Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, is sentenced to execution for burying her dead brother after her uncle, King Creon, declares that his body is to be left for the vultures. The prohibition against desecrating the dead is almost as old as war itself; and recently brought swift punishment to American Marines in Afghanistan.

The NHTP Senior Repertory Company presents Antigone, a translation by Lewis Galantiere from the play by Jean Anouihl. First performed in Paris in 1944 during the German occupation under censorship, the play is clearly a metaphor for the French Resistance movement and its rejection of fascist authority.

The Town Hall's critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year's® 12th Season continued this week with The Broadway Musicals of 1975 on Monday, May 14th. 1975 was a year that brought us famous shows by musical theater icons including Marvin Hamlisch, (A Chorus Line), John Kander and Fred Ebb (Chicago), and Richard O'Brien (The Rocky Horror Show), among others. Produced by The Town Hall, The Broadway Musicals of 1975 was created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel. Casting for The Broadway Musicals of 1975 included Ashley Brown, Lari White, Bob Stillman, Maya Days, Scott Coulter, Carole J. Bufford, Patrick Page and more.

After sell-out seasons of FAT SWAN at the Seymour Centre Sydney and at the Spigeltent in Melbourne, Natalie Portly is back - but this time she has brought with her a couple of new friends.

Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz will be honored with Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's inaugural Melpomai Award at When You Believe: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz May 19 in Palm Springs.

Emerging Artists Theater will make its third trip to the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival May 14-20 with the world premiere of Kathleen Warnock's "Outlook," directed by Mark Finley ("Penny Penniworth" Off-Broadway, "The Secretaries," NY Fringe).

BroadwayWorld captures Glory Crampton, Santino Fontana, Romona Mallory, Steve Routman, Robb Sapp, Erin Davie, Janet Dacal, Jillian Louis and Tom Aulino on stage at York Theatre Company's New York premiere of The Game of Love. Check out photos of the cast on stage below!

The Shubert Organization and Career Transition For Dancers along with the host committee: Josh Bergasse, Caitlin Carter, Charlotte D'Amboise, Krisha Marcano, Kathleen Marshall, Jerry Mitchel, Kirk Sprinkles and Sergio Trujillo welcomed The Broadway Dance Community for a Buffet Dinner & Between-Shows-Get-Together at Sardi's, Eugenia Room yesterday, May 9, 2012.

The Irish Repertory Theatre and Gingold Theatrical Group opened MAN and SUPERMAN by George Bernard Shaw, directed by David Staller, now playing through June 17th. BroadwayWorld was on hand to celebrate the opening and brings you photo coverage below!

The NHTP Senior Repertory Company presents Antigone, a translation by Lewis Galantiere from the play by Jean Anouihl. First performed in Paris in 1944 during the German occupation under censorship, the play is clearly a metaphor for the French Resistance movement and its rejection of fascist authority.

Emerging Artists Theater will make its third trip to the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival May 14-20 with the world premiere of Kathleen Warnock's "Outlook," directed by Mark Finley ("Penny Penniworth" Off-Broadway, "The Secretaries," NY Fringe).

This exhibition brings together three bodies of work generated from Ondrizek's two-year collaboration with the department of Medical Genetics at the University of Washington.

EBE Ensemble presents the fifth installment of its award-winning one-act play festival with performances running from today, May 3 to May 12 at the 4th Street Theatre (83 E 4th Street, between 2nd Ave and Bowery). Elephants on Parade 2012 will feature new plays by Jeff Carter, Patrick Gabridge, Barbara Lindsay, Jen Silverman, Sonya Sobieski, and John Weagly.

Monday, April 30, The New York Pops marked its 29th birthday with a grand gala evening titled 'Journey On' honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of such renowned Broadway musicals as Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones and the feature film Anastasia.