COME FROM AWAY Announces 15 Week Extension in Toronto Following Record-Breaking Advanced Sales
by Alan Henry
- Nov 16, 2017
Due to overwhelming demand, 15 more weeks of performances 149,280 tickets, to be exact to the highly anticipated return engagement of COME FROM AWAY will go on sale 9AM Monday November 20, 2017. The multi-award-winning show set a record for theatre sales in Canada last month when it achieved $12M at the box office after only one week of public sales.
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's GYPSY
by Jeffrey Kare
- Nov 15, 2017
Loosely based on the 1957 memoir by renowned stripetease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy follows the dreams and efforts of her mother, Rose, who raises two daughters to perform onstage and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships of show business life. The idea to musicalize this story came about when producer David Merrick read a chapter of Lee's memoirs in Harper's Magazine. From there, he quickly got in touch with her in order to obtain the rights.
THE WONDER YEARS Musical and More Highlight Riverside Theatre's 2017-18 Season
by BWW
News Desk
- Oct 24, 2017
Riverside Theatre, led by Producing Artistic Director/CEO Allen D. Cornell and Managing Director/COO Jon R. Moses, is excited to announce its 2017-2018 Season. Building on the success and support the theatre has attained over the last few years, Riverside is proud to present our magnificent season of music, comedy, and drama.
THE LAST FIVE YEARS Opens at Le Petit Theatre
by Rebecca Russo
- Oct 18, 2017
The Last Five Years is award-winning composer and pianist Jason Robert Brown's autobiographical exploration of his own love, relationship, and marriage over a 5-year span. Featuring a complex piano score and dazzling lyrics, The Last Five Years has earned a place amongst musical theatre lovers as a contemporary classic.
Photo Flash: A Fabulous First Look at PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT at BPA
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 17, 2017
Take a journey to the heart of FABULOUS! Based on the smash-hit movie, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT - THE MUSICAL recounts the heartwarming, uplifting adventure of three friends - Tick, Bernadette, and Adam, a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio, who take their show to the middle of the Australian outback. They hop aboard a battered old bus (nicknamed Priscilla) searching for love and friendship and end up reaching their wildest dreams.
Mirror Stage Launches New Expand Upon Staged Reading Series with a Focus on Institutional Racism
by Julie Musbach
- Oct 17, 2017
Sponsored in part by ArtsWA and the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Mirror Stage is thrilled to launch its new Expand Upon staged reading series responding to the community-selected theme 'Institutional Racism.' For this first round of Expand Upon, Mirror Stage commissioned Seattle playwrights Rachel Atkins and Seayoung Yim to each develop a short play using the same multi-generational, multi-racial cast. The plays will be presented in tandem, with a oderated discussion following every performance.
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT to Bring Fabulous Journey to BPA
by BWW
News Desk
- Oct 13, 2017
Take a journey to the heart of FABULOUS! Based on the smash-hit movie, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT - THE MUSICAL recounts the heartwarming, uplifting adventure of three friends - Tick, Bernadette, and Adam, a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio, who take their show to the middle of the Australian outback. They hop aboard a battered old bus (nicknamed Priscilla) searching for love and friendship and end up reaching their wildest dreams.
Lesley Ann Warren and Joyce Bulifant to Reprise Roles from THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE to Benefit BC/EFA
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 11, 2017
Joe's Pub at The Public Theater welcomes Lesley Ann Warren (Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, Drat! The Cat!, 110 in the Shade, Dream) and Joyce Bulifant (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Airplane!), as they reprise their roles from the 1967 movie musical spectacular, Walt Disney's The Happiest Millionaire, celebrating its 50th anniversary in a concert benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Iconic Musical GYPSY Comes to Hayes Theatre Co
by Julie Musbach
- Oct 8, 2017
The award-winning producer of Sweet Charity and Little Shop of Horrors, Luckiest Productions, is combining forces with One Eyed Man Productions (Calamity Jane), in association with Hayes Theatre Co, to present the celebrated musical Gypsy. With a toe-tapping, hugely acclaimed score and heralded by many as the greatest musical ever created, Gypsy will run from 18 May 2018 at the Hayes Theatre Co.
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