Jennifer Mitchell News

This production offers the very best of Lamplighters Music Theater.  As of last week's opening, Barbara Heroux has now directed every Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Once again, she brings the finest ensemble (with leads double-cast) and a pleasant, character-driven staging.

That's what we, Oak Park Festival Theatre, hope to do for and with our community each December with Midwinter's Tales.

Underscore Theatre Company is pleased to present its third annual CHICAGO MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, featuring 14 new musical productions. Created to showcase and support Chicago's burgeoning field of musical theatre creators, this year's festival will be held August 9 - 28, 2016 at Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago. Each production will receive four performances during the Festival. The full schedule (Tuesdays - Sundays) and can be found at www.cmtf.org, with tickets currently on sale ($20 per show, $200 all-festival rush passes). The press "sneak preview," featuring a sampling of songs from the 2016 Festival, is Monday, August 8 at 7:30 pm.

Underscore Theatre Company is pleased to announce the full line-up for its third annual CHICAGO MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, featuring 14 new musical productions. Created to showcase and support Chicago's burgeoning field of musical theatre creators, this year's festival will be held August 8 - 28, 2016 at Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago. Each production will receive four performances during the Festival. The full schedule (Tuesdays - Sundays) can be found at www.cmtf.org, with single tickets and festival passes currently on-sale. The press preview, featuring songs from all of the 2016 productions, is Monday, August 8 at 7:30 pm.

Opera San José is pleased to announce it is taking opera into the community through different venues this summer starting with performance and lecture at The Ainsley House in Campbell on June 10 from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Bass Kirk Eichelberger will kick off the hour with a selection of songs followed by General Director Larry Hancock's lecture about the operas next season.

The musical OKLAHOMA! runs from June 3rd through June 19th at the historic Fox Theatre in Redwood City (2215 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA).

Spreckels takes audiences to Italy's Tuscan countryside for this musical based on the 1950s novella by Elizabeth Spencer. Gene Abravaya directs this multiple award-winning musical for the main stage with performances from Oct. 9 to Oct. 25.

Spreckels Theatre Company has announced its main stage and studio theater productions for its 2015 to 2016 season including an encore presentation of 'Mary Poppins' and award-winning musicals 'The Light in the Piazza' and 'Kismet'

Today women go to college to get their MRS degree, but apparently, back in the day, the youthful elite traveled to the south of France for school, and with great hopes of finding the perfect boyfriend. Such is the setting for 42nd Street Moon's latest production, "The Boy Friend," a delightful romp through the sunny beaches and high societies of 1920's Nice. It's nicer in Nice, but it's just as lovely at the Eureka Theatre in San Francisco, where director and choreographer Cindy Goldfield offers the most creative dancing and staging for the most adorable characters currently on stage.

Cinnabar Theater's popular production of Fiddler on the Roof has garnered rave reviews, standing ovations, and sold-out houses. So the beloved theater has extended the show again - adding two more performances at 8 PM on September 25 and 2 PM on September 27 - but this marvelous family musical must close on September 28!

Even before it opens, Cinnabar Theater's production of Fiddler on the Roof has sold out the first two weeks of its run and added extra dates. This marvelous family musical opens tonight and has been extended through September 28.

This fall, Cinnabar Theater kicks off its 42nd season by celebrating the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof. Stephen Walsh of La Cage aux Folles plays Papa Tevye with Cinnabar's own Elly Lichenstein as his wife. Talk about a match made in heaven! Experience the happiness and tears of Fiddler with 45 fantastic singers, dancers, and musicians in Cinnabar's intimate theater.

This fall, Cinnabar Theater kicks off its 42nd season by celebrating the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof. Stephen Walsh of La Cage aux Folles plays Papa Tevye with Cinnabar's own Elly Lichenstein as his wife. Talk about a match made in heaven! Experience the happiness and tears of Fiddler with 45 fantastic singers, dancers, and musicians in Cinnabar's intimate theater.

The Los Altos Stage Company presents a groundbreaking, award-winning musical by one of the most popular theater artists of all time. Stephen Sondheim's Company opens May 29 and runs through June 28 at the Bus Barn Theater in Los Altos.

EVITA, the story of political powerhouse Eva Peron, runs from March 28th through April 13th at the historic Fox Theatre in Redwood City (2215 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA).

Peter Dinklage (GAME OF THRONES) emceed a sold-out benefit for The Play Company on Monday, April 30 at the American Airlines Theatre in Manhattan. Among those who attended CABARET GOURMET 2012 were Dinklage's wife Erica Schmidt, who directed Play Co's Obie Award-winning production of Jonas Khemiri's play INVASION!, along with producer Ruth Hendel (FELA!), The Play Company's Founding Producer Kate Loewald and Executive Producer Lauren Weigel. Lauren Worsham (CANDIDE, WHERE'S CHARLEY?) performed. See photos of Dinklage, Schmidt, Lauren Worsham, Ruth Hendel and Andrew Gerle at the event below!

A distinguished author, artist, and space mathematician will share his insights on how art and space converge at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) on Thursday, March 31.

A distinguished author, artist, and space mathematician will share his insights on how art and space converge at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) on Thursday, March 31.

Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) is thrilled to present Puccini's most beloved opera LA BOHEME.