Gerri Weagraff News

Premera Blue Cross Broadway at The Paramount will present ANASTASIA from January 25 – 30.

Russian-set musicals figure highly in this actor's nontraditional path to the tour stage. ANASTASIA, the new Broadway musical, and its Dowager Empress are on the Orpheum's stage till Dec. 19.

From the Tony Award-winning creators of the Broadway classic Ragtime and inspired by the beloved films, ANASTASIA: THE NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL premieres in Boston Summer, 2022.  Performances at the Citizens Bank Opera House August 17 – 28, 2022 as part of the Lexus Broadway In Boston season. 

State Theatre New Jersey presents ANASTASIA - The New Broadway Musical on Friday, December 3, 2021 at 8pm; Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 2pm and 8pm, and Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 1pm. Tickets range from $40-$98.  

The North American Tour of Anastasia-the sweeping, alternate-history/fairytale musical based on the animated 1997 film-journeyed to Philadelphia's Merriam Theater last night. Anastasia features a book by theatre luminary Terrence McNally, and a score by the Tony Award -winning team of Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics).

The Best of Broadway announced today that the individual tickets for the tour of ANASTASIA, coming to the North Charleston Performing Arts Center May 14-15, 2022, will go on sale Monday, November 22 at 10AM.

The national tour of ANASTASIA will visit EJ Thomas Hall as part of the Broadway in Akron series November 30 and December 1, 2021.

Today's top stories: Joshua Henry and Tyrone Davis, Jr. join the cast of Waitress, check out an all new West Side Story trailer, Broadway extends its vaccine and mask requirement, and more!

New production photos have been released for the non-Equity, North American tour of Anastasia! The cast stars Kyla Stone as Anya, Sam McLellan as Dmitry, Brandon Delgado as Gleb, Gerri Weagraff as Dowager Empress, Bryan Seastrom as Vlad, Madeline Raube as Countess Lily and Taya Diggs and Marley Sophia as Little Anastasia.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Kyla Stone as Anya in the non-equity National Tour of ANASTASIA!

The critically-acclaimed Broadway touring production of ANASTASIA will return to Philadelphia, presented by the Kimmel Cultural Campus in partnership with The Shubert Organization. The blockbuster runs November 23 – 28 at the Campus’ Merriam Theater.  

Casting has been announced for the return of the North American tour of the critically-acclaimed Broadway production of ANASTASIA. The ANASTASIA tour will launch in Connecticut (the Palace Theatre in Waterbury October 19-21, 2021 and the Shubert Theatre in New Haven October 22-24, 2021) and will go on to play over 40 cities this season. 

Resident Theatre Company of West Chester, in its 2nd year under the direction of Kristin McLaughlin Mitchell, staged a vibrant, harmonious and poignant rendition of one of Sondheim's most difficult to stage, INTO THE WOODS.

I understand why actors have a passive-aggressive relationship with critics. Over 30+ years of reviewing regional theatre, some don't make eye contact with me when they feel I have slighted or criticized them unfairly in a previous review…or worse yet…never mentioned them!

The beloved farce LEND ME A TENOR opens May 11 at The Candlelight Theatre with a stellar cast all of whom can launch a laugh line.

Surflight Theatre, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Steve Steiner, presents Bright Star for its NEW JERSEY PREMIER! Featuring the Grammy-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Set in the American South of the 1920s and '40s.,BRIGHT STAR won the 2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music. It also received five 2016 Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, Best Lead Actress in a Musical, and Best Orchestrations.

The Board of Directors and Artistic Director, David Leidholdt, are excited to present THE SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, playing from June 8th to the 17th in the Poorman Cabaret.

Passions run high on the mighty Mississippi as the paddle-steamer Cotton Blossom sets sail. With its powerful story of love, loyalty, and freedom, Show Boat is a thrilling musical spectacle that features some of the most memorable songs of the era, like Ol' Man River and Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (of Mine). Its message of acceptance and inclusion resonates vibrantly even today.

Candlelight Music Theatre- already the best theatrical value in the state - pulled out all the stops for this captivating production of DISNEY BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

Humble paint store clerk by day, stallion dance king by night, Tony Manero lives for Saturday night at the disco! Based on the 1977 film that became a cultural phenomenon starring John Travolta, this mega-musical explodes with breathtaking and dazzling choreography and songs from the chart-topping soundtrack including "If I Can't Have You" and "Disco Inferno." Catch the fever all over again!