Gregory Pember News

There's just 4 weeks left to go in voting for the 2011 Boston Awards and here is the latest update! Have you voted yet, and helped to spread the word to support your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Boston Award? There is no time to waste, click on the voting link and make your opinion count! Below are the stats so far as of Monday November 28, 2011.

Voting is now well underway for the 2011 Boston Awards and here is the latest update! Now, it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Boston Award. No time to waste, click on the voting link and make your opinion count! Below are the stats so far as of Monday November 21, 2011.

Tony Award Nominee Michael Hayden (Carousel, Judgment at Nuremburg, 'Murder One') and Drama Desk Award winner Rachel York (Victor/Victoria, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) will star in the new musical Ghostlight, which will open on September 26th as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. According to press notes 'Ghostlight excavates the true story of Olive Thomas, a small-town girl who rises to headline alongside Fanny Brice in the Ziegfeld Follies. Seduced by the decadent world of the theatre, Olive stumbles into a secret affair, an unfulfilling Hollywood marriage, and a downward spiral into drugs and alcohol. An homage to Broadway's Golden Age, Ghostlight captures the glamorous and tragic lives of those who changed the face of the American musical forever.' Hayden will play legendary showman Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. with York as Billie Burke, his scorned wife, who was most famous for portraying Glinda in The Wizard of Oz.

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE), a panel of critics from media outlets around the state of Massachusetts, have announced the winners for the 2011 IRNE Awards honoring the best of the 2010 Theatre Season. A list of the nominees and winners is below.

'A ghost and a prince meet and everyone ends in mincemeat" at the Roxy Regional Theatre with the opening of HAMLET on Friday, March 11, at 8pm.

'A ghost and a prince meet and everyone ends in mincemeat" at the Roxy Regional Theatre with the opening of HAMLET on Friday, March 11, at 8pm.

Eight of the leading lights of Nashville theater were announced Monday night as the Class of 2010 Honorees for the First Night Nashville Theatre Honors, to be presented Sunday, September 19. The Hard Rock Cafe Nashville's Reverb Room was the setting for the preview party and announcement of honorees.

Some 20-plus years after its Broadway debut - and about 15 or more years since I last saw the musical's first production at The Roxy - Into the Woods retains its powerful storytelling technique, made all the more memorable by Sondheim's beautiful score, and presents a plethora of characters from childhood storybooks in a way that remains contemporary and compelling. With Tom Thayer's strong direction and artistic vision, this production soars, taking audiences along for an imaginative and creative journey.

The Roxy Regional Theatre ventures into the fractured fairy tale world of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning INTO THE WOODS, beginning Friday, July 16, at 8pm.

The Roxy Regional Theatre ventures into the fractured fairy tale world of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning INTO THE WOODS, beginning Friday, July 16, at 8pm.

Audiences will be humming along to some of the pop hits of the 1950s when the Roxy Regional Theatre opens the musical Forever Plaid on Friday, June 11 at 8 p.m.

Audiences will be humming along to some of the pop hits of the 1950s when the Roxy Regional Theatre opens the musical Forever Plaid on Friday, June 11 at 8 p.m.