Howard Ashman News

Everybody's favorite musical about a blood-thirsty plant is about to get a long-overdue Civic treatment! Little Shop of Horrors, one of storied writing duo Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's most treasured accomplishments, will open at Civic Theatre on Friday, February 19th and run through Sunday, March 7th, with all shows at Civic's 19th Street Theatre.

The MIT Musical Theatre Guild wants to invite YOU to the IAP 2010 Production of: Little Shop of Horrors, book by Howard Ashman. Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Based on the film by Roger Corman, screenplay by Charles Griffith

The MIT Musical Theatre Guild presents the IAP 2010 Production of 'Little Shop of Horrors'. The show will run January 29, 30, February 4-6 at 8pm; January 31 matinee at 2pm.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to present the award-winning worldwide smash-hit musical, Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Cadillac Palace Theatre March 23 - April 4, 2010. Tickets go on sale at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 22, 2010.

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & UPRIGHT CABARET are thrilled to announce the performers for their second sensational UPRIGHT CABARET experience at the NEW Cabaret Lounge at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.

DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, will launch its National Tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center, February 9 - 14, 2010, as part of the Inskip Lexus Contemporary Classics Series. DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is produced by NETworks Presentations.

Auditions for Civic Theatre of Allentown's production of Little Shop of Horrors will be held on Sunday, January 10th at 2pm in the rehearsal hall above Civic's 19th Street Theatre at 527 N 19th Street in Allentown.

Applause New York City announces their end of the semester shows with students performing the musicals The Magical Years, The Things I Learned in Grade School and Smile on Saturday, January 9th and Sunday, January 10, 2010

The much hyped re-release of Beauty and the Beast in Disney Digital 3-D, which has previously been scheduled for February 12, 2010, has been dropped from the 2010 schedule, a Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures PR confirmed to thedisneyblog.com today.

Applause New York City announces their end of the semester shows with students performing the musicals The Magical Years, The Things I Learned in Grade School and Smile on Saturday, January 9th and Sunday, January 10, 2010

Dare You Stay for Dinner? A down and out skid row florist assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discoveres an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for blood.

With the strains of 'Auld Lang Syne' mere moments away, minds are apt to be caught up in reflection, remembering the year now ending as a new one awaits just over the horizon. Certainly that's what I've been doing lately, looking back over the past year in Nashville theatre as I pencil in dates in my new 2010 (Here's a question to ponder: Is it 'two thousand ten' or 'twenty ten'...think about it and get back to me) calendar for the shows set to open in the months ahead.

South Bend Civic Theatre has announced it's 2010 season. Individual performance tickets will available for sale January 1, 2010. The schedule is as follows:

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Applause New York City announces their end of the semester shows with students performing the musicals The Magical Years, The Things I Learned in Grade School and Smile on Saturday, January 9th and Sunday, January 10, 2010 .

The MIT Musical Theatre Guild is looking for production staff candidates for the IAP 2010 production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

11th Hour Theatre Company alongside Theatre Horizon will present a unique interpretation of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical classic, Little Shop of Horrors at Prince Music Theater's Independence Black Box from November 27-December 20.

A Noise Within (ANW), the critically acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, presents a new adaptation of FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY's towering masterpiece CRIME AND PUNISHMENT created by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus, which opens Saturday, October 17 and closes Thursday, December 17, 2009 (previews begin Saturday, October 10).

Disney's Broadway Smash Hit BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is back by popular demand just in time for the holiday season! Disney's animated masterpiece attains new life and depth in this Tony Award-winning stage version.

The MIT Musical Theatre Guild is looking for production staff candidates for the IAP 2010 production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS