Irene Ryan News

The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House (CWRU/CPH) MFA Acting Program will open its 2016 - 2017 season in December with the multi-award-winning Clybourne Park.

Popular local vocalist and performer Cami Miller, will premiere her holiday solo cabaret, Merry Christmas With Love... in the Winter Park Playhouse Spotlight Cabaret Series December 14 and 15. Playhouse Music Director, Christopher Leavy, will accompany on piano.

The Dramatists Guild of America is pleased to announce Tina Fallon as its new Executive Director of Creative Affairs. She succeeds Gary Garrison, who recently retired from the position after a ten-year tenure.

Nothing Important Productions returns to The Lounge Theatre with Seven Decembers, winner of the Hollywood Fringe Encore! Producer's Award. Seven Decembers made its official debut to sold-out audiences in June, and has been invited back to the stage on August 19th and 20th.

Fifth Wall Productions is proud to present Hysterical! by Elenna Stauffer, making its world premiere at the Players' Club Theatre as part of the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival- Fringe NYC, a production of the Present Theatre Company.

Virginia Rep announces that beginning July 14, Courtney Jamison will replace Zuri Washington in the role of Deena in the current production of Dreamgirls. Jamison opened the show in the ensemble and as the understudy for Washington.

Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre is proud to present Buyer & Cellar directed by David Arisco and starring Carbonell Award-winning actor Chris Crawford. The production will play July 13 - August 7, 2016.

Today in 1977, Pippin closed at the Minskoff Theatre, after having played 1944 performances. Pippin is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto. The musical uses the premise of a mysterious acting troupe, led by a Leading Player, to tell the story of Pippin, a young prince on his search for meaning and significance. The original cast included: Eric Berry, Jill Clayburgh, Leland Palmer, Irene Ryan, Ben Vereen, and John Rubinstein.

Ryan Repertory Company (Founded 1972) and Film School Dropout Productions present an entertaining and adventurous multimedia performance, Decades Apart: Reflections of Three Gay Men by artist, performer and writer Rick Pulos and directed by Barbara Parisi. Visit www. decadesapart.org for more information. Decades Apart has been performed all over the United States including New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco to acclaim as well as to surprising reactions.

Bay Street Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, the Tony Award-winning play by Alfred Uhry, directed by Will Pomerantz. The production will run June 28 - July 24.

Ryan Repertory Company (Founded 1972) and Film School Dropout Productions present an entertaining and adventurous multimedia performance, Decades Apart: Reflections of Three Gay Men by artist, performer and writer Rick Pulos and directed by Barbara Parisi. Visit www. decadesapart.org for more information. Decades Apart has been performed all over the United States including New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco to acclaim as well as to surprising reactions.

Nothing Important Productions takes to the Hollywood Fringe Festival with its original play, Seven Decembers. First presented to sold-out audiences as a workshop at LACC's Theatre Academy, Seven Decembers makes its official debut this June.

?The Blue Horse Repertory Company present an evening of comedic readings of one-act plays and monologues for women called "Leading Ladies" at the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill. The show is directed by Flo Hayle and features Elizabeth Breslin, Lora Lee Ecobelli, Sarah Jane Fawcett, Flo Hayle. Gayle Hudson, Nancy Rothman, and Doris Seipel performing works by Christopher Durang, Jane Martin, and Charles George.

Ryan Repertory Company (Founded 1972), Onyx Theatre and Film School Dropout Productions present an entertaining and adventurous multimedia performance, Decades Apart: Reflections of Three Gay Men by artist, performer and writer Rick Pulos and directed by Barbara Parisi.

Broadway's Hannah Elless, from the hit musical BRIGHT STAR, performed the National Anthem at last night's METS Game against the Cincinnati Reds. Click below to watch her sing The Star-Spangled Banner, plus follow this link for photos!

Broadway's Hannah Elless, from the hit musical BRIGHT STAR, performed the National Anthem at last night's METS Game against the Cincinnati Reds. Scroll down for photos of her singing!

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts more than 150 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the 48th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), which runs April 12-16, 2016 in multiple locations throughout the Center. Thousands of student artists from eight regions across the country presented their work at regional festivals from January 5 through February 27, 2016 and more than 150 were selected to travel to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., for an all-expenses-paid trip to participate in the national festival.

The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA (CWRU/CPH MFA) Acting Program will present Mary Zimmerman's METAMORPHOSES in the Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre ('The Helen') at Playhouse Square for 10 performances only, tonight, March 16, through Mrach 26, 2016.

Award Winning Playwright, Vanda, presents a monthly stage performance of her recently published released book, Juliana. The novel and live performance centers around LGBT life in New York City in the 1940's. The performance is directed by Ray Fritz. The final chapter of Vol. 1 will be performed on Tuesday, March 8th at 7:00 pm. Volume 2 will return to the stage at a later date in 2016.

The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA (CWRU/CPH MFA) Acting Program will present Mary Zimmerman's METAMORPHOSES in the Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre ('The Helen') at Playhouse Square for 10 performances only, March 16-26, 2016.