Hartley News

David Leonard will take over the role of Miss Trunchbull from Tuesday 3 July 2012 and Annette McLaughlin will join the company as Mrs Wormwood from Tuesday 21 August 2012. They will play alongside Haley Flaherty and Steve Furst who have recently joined the Company as Miss Honey and Mr Wormwood. Bertie Carvel's last performance as Miss Trunchbull will take place on Sunday 1 July and Josie Walker will perform as Mrs Wormwood for the last time on Sunday 19 August.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Three shows make a PR appearance at Sidetrack, ATC plans a 'Hair' re-do, 'Camelot,' 'Floyd Collins,' three new mainstage musicals, a reading, a benefit and more!

Sean Hartley counts on Lois Lowry's NUMBER THE STARS at Spirit of Broadway

As part of the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre's Summer Season, acclaimed US playwright Joshua Conkel makes his UK debut with the world premiere of the darkly comic The Sluts of Sutton Drive, opening at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited run of six Sunday and Monday performances from Sunday, 24 June 2012 to the 9th of July.

Stageworks holds auditions for Sylvia today May 14.

Cincinnati Music Theatre (CMT) will present a musical tribute to the dreams and aspirations of those who sailed aboard the greatest achievement of "The Remarkable Age," the RMS Titanic. Join us tonight, May 11 through May 19, 2012 at the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater as we honor the memories of those lost on the maiden voyage 100 years ago, with our production of Titanic: The Musical.

Tom Chambers and Summer Strallen take the lead roles of Jerry Travers and Dale Tremont in Top Hat which opened on Wednesday 9th May at the Aldwych Theatre in the West End where the show is currently booking until 26 January 2013. To celebrate the cast were treated to an evening of ballroom dancing and 1930's glamour at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych. Check out photos from the big opening below!

Fox Valley Repertory will kick off the 2nd Annual Summer Theater Fest in St. Charles with five singers, one baby grand piano, and more than 30 songs as they bring Chicago's critic-acclaimed and Jeff-Nominated Theo Ubique production of Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein on the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage (4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; box office 630-584-6342).

The annual season of new plays at Summer Works is presented the Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb -- has announced complete casting for its 17th season running May 26 to June 30 at the HERE Arts Center (145 Sixth Ave. at Dominick Street) in Manhattan.

C venues will operate the India Buildings on Victoria Street for this coming Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2012. One of Edinburgh's best-known A-listed buildings in the heart of the Old Town, India Buildings will operate under the festival name C nova.

Stageworks' production of ARMY BOOT CAMP opens today, May 4th, auditions for Sylvia are set for May 14, and TampaWorks, an evening of short plays featuring local talent, runs June 8-9. See details below.

Stageworks presents a lineup of shows and events this Spring, including BILOXI BLUES, opening tonight, May 4, and a Marquee Lighting Ceremony. For tickets and more information, visit: www.stageworkstheatre.org.

Tom Chambers and Summer Strallen take the lead roles of Jerry Travers and Dale Tremont in Top Hat, which is currently playing at the Aldwych Theatre in the West End. The show is currently booking until 26 January 2013 with press night on 9 May 2012. See photos of Chambers, Strallen and the rest of the company in Top Hat below!

Stageworks' production of ARMY BOOT CAMP opens Friday, May 4th, auditions for Sylvia are set for May 14, and TampaWorks, an evening of short plays featuring local talent, runs June 8-9. See details below.

Now in its final week, the New York premiere of The Morini Strad by Willy Holtzman will conclude its limited engagement at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters on Saturday, April 28. The final production of Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) 27th season, The Morini Strad is directed by Casey Childs, and features Michael Laurence (Krapp39, Broadway's Talk Radio, Opus at Primary Stages), Tony® nominee Mary Beth Peil ("The Good Wife," "Dawson's Creek," Follies, The King and I), and celebrated violin soloist Hanah Stuart (Chicago Symphony, Zankel Hall).

Founder and Artistic Director Ben Hartley, and Executive Director Amanda Edge are thrilled to announce the opening of Broadway Arts Factory; a 501(c)(3) triple threat educational institution devoted to the training of musical theatre students between the ages of 11 and 18.

Stageworks presents a lineup of shows and events this Spring, including BORN YESTERDAY, BILOXI BLUES, and a Marquee Lighting Ceremony. For tickets and more information, visit: www.stageworkstheatre.org.

Stageworks presents a lineup of shows and events this Spring, including BORN YESTERDAY, BILOXI BLUES, and a Marquee Lighting Ceremony. For tickets and more information, visit: www.stageworkstheatre.org.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's star-studded 12th Annual Monte Cristo Awards honored tonight, April 16, the distinguished accomplishments and contributions of long-time Trustee Michael Douglas to the American Theater. The award was presented to Mr. Douglas by his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. See photos of the honoree Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angela Lansbury and more below!

Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winner manages to set the roof on fire, but needs a little more heat.