The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre launches their season dedicated to celebrating women with a Maine premiere by Boston-based playwright, Joyce Van Dyke.
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA plays Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre October 9 to Oct. 20, 2019.
2019 TCG Peter Zeisler Memorial Award Recipient Bishop Arts Theatre Center presents The Wild Party, a steamy prohibition tale, by Andrew Lippa. Directed by Adam Adolfo at the Bishop Arts Theatre Center, The Wild Party runs October 10 through October 27. Press Night/Opening Night will be Saturday, October 12 at 8:00 p.m.
The Classical Actors Ensemble is a company that focuses on classic work and they are currently doing two shows in repertory: a?oeArden of Favershama?? and a?oeMuch Ado About Nothinga??. According to the program, the company wanted to explore a?oeboth sides of the coina?? and do two shows that are opposite from each other in style. Certainly, an interesting concept. I was able to see the shows for myself...
Produced by Ben Harper in Los Angeles earlier this year, Christopher Paul Stelling's new single “Have To Do For Now” is a song about September. “It's about the fear of losing memories and the relief of letting memories go,” Stelling explains. “When imagination starts spinning out and we return to the center, back to the present, where everything is a bit calmer. For me this was the end of something and the beginning of something entirely new.”
Bill Hanney's award-winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) announces that Cheaza Figueroa and Judson Mills will lead the cast of THE BODYGUARD as Rachel Marron and Frank Farmer, the roles made famous by Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner in the smash hit 1992 movie.
Arthur Miller's classic drama of piety and paranoia, THE CRUCIBLE, opens September 20 at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, SC.
“Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again.” Familiar lyrics to the familiar show LES MISERABLES. The story tells of redemption and unity. It also shares the hope of so many wishing for a better world to live in. LES MISERABLES continues to entertain audiences around the world and is currently touring North America with a stellar cast. Jillian Butler plays the role of young Cosette trying to find her own way in a world full of turmoil.
Interested in seeing a recent Broadway classic in Royal Oak? From September 13th to October 6th, you can check out Stagecrafters' production of Ragtime at their famous Baldwin Theatre. Here to tell you more about Ragtime and what you can expect from Stagecrafters' upcoming production is Dez Walker, who plays Coalhouse Walker Jr in this production.
Westport Country Playhouse will stage the powerful, theatrical fable, a?oeMlima's Tale,a?? written by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and directed by Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos, from October 1 a?" 19. This is the first production of the play since its world premiere Off-Broadway last year.
Finborough Theatre are presenting the European premiere of Anahera, a new play by Emma Kinane. Directed by Alice Kornitzer, it sees a young Māori social worker supporting the parents of a missing child. We caught up with the playwright and the director ahead of their opening.
Write Act Repertory's annual playwrights series returns in our NOHO home spotlighting prominent and award-winning Los Angeles playwright Rochelle Perry at the Brickhouse Theater as we continue our 21st season with UNFORGETTABLE.
Austin-based rock trio Tommy Rebel and the Righteous announce the upcoming release of their debut album, “Renaissance Dude,” on Friday, Nov. 1. There will be an official album release show on Saturday, Nov. 2 at The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., (located at 1305 W. Oltorf St., Austin, Texas 78704). Doors are at 8 p.m. and Tommy Rebel and the Righteous go on at 10 p.m. with Holy Motor, a new band fronted by Chris Hodge of Maxx Cherry fame, opening the show at 9 p.m. The show is free and open to the public. For more information on Tommy Rebel and the Righteous, please see www.tommyrebelatr.com.
Just before the company of Torch Song started their previews, director Drew McOnie and actor Matthew Needham took some time off from their hectic rehearsal schedule to sit down with us and talk about their show. The play follows drag queen Arnold Beckoff on his quest for true love in 1970s New York.
Since his appointment as General Director the end of the 2018 season, Robert Meya has provided the utmost in forward-looking executive leadership and strategic direction for Santa Fe Opera. Only the fourth General Director in the company's 62-year history, Meya succeeds Charles MacKay who followed General Director Richard Gaddes and Company Founder John Crosby. I spoke with Robert Meya at Santa Fe Opera.
Emmy-nominated editor, Vera Drew, discusses how she became an editor, her work on Sacha Baron Cohen's “Who Is America?” and launching Adult Swim's Channel 5.
Tickets for the Melbourne season of the lavish and fun multi-million dollar musical comedy SHREK THE MUSICAL will go on sale this Friday, 23 August. The Broadway smash hit will play at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne from 16 February 2020 following a short season at the Sydney Lyric Theatre. Waitlist now at ShrekTheMusical.com.au to be the first in line to purchase pre-sale tickets before Friday.
'Smoke on the Mountain' is a entertaining and uplifting show about a 1938 traveling family roadshow bringing gospel music, bluegrass and more. South City Theatre brings this touring performance from church to church for just a few weeks. Even if you are not a religious person, you will find this show to be fun and delightful in character work and music.
Jeremy Downer is the consulting bartender at Fish Cheeks, the critically acclaimed, vibrant NYC Thai restaurant in NoHo that has a seafood focus. We interviewed Jeremy for our 'Master Mixologist' feature.
Director/actress Linda Alznauer directed Trapped at Tea Time at the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival and Arthur Miller's All My Sons at Upstairs-at-the-Group-Rep (2018). Also Upstairs at the Group Rep, she directed and appeared in And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little by Paul Zindel (2017) and Another Antigone by A.R. Gurney (2016). Other LA credits include Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing at Two Roads Theater in Studio City (2014) and Visiting Oliver at JET Studios in NoHo (2014). NY credits include Blind Date at Open Pulse One Act Festival on Theater Row. Linda is a graduate of the USC Film School. She has recently opened Otherwise Engaged at Upstairs at the Group Rep.
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