TheatreWorks Kids (TW Kids) registration is now open for a three week-long program beginning Monday, July 21, 2014. Led by instructor Amy Emke and musical director Joanne F. Archibald, students ages 7 to 18 will rehearse and perform a newly adapted production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Classes begin with a two hour introduction on Saturday July 19 and continue from Monday July 21 to Friday August 8 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm each day.
The Alexander Children's Theatre School (ACTS) of Concord, MA is pleased to announce their Spring, 2014 production of Once On This Island. The Tony Award-nominated musical will play four performances, May 30 through June 1 at the Umbrella Community Arts Center (40 Stow Street, Concord, MA).
On tonight's episode of CBS's UNFORGETTABLE titled 'Reunion,' when a high school classmate of Carrie's is murdered at her reunion, she must revisit her memories as a teenager for clues to the motive.
The Ogunquit Playhouse, America's Foremost Summer Theatre, kicks off its 82nd season with Grease, the musical that Ogunquit audiences rated as the No. 1 show they wanted to see in 2014. It's the beloved rock n' roll celebration of teen angst, fast cars and first loves all set in the fabulous fifties. This all-new production is on stage May 21 to June 21 and features the irresistible songs from the Tony Award nominated Broadway show and hit movie, including 'You're The One That I Want,' 'Grease Is The Word,' 'Summer Nights,' 'Hopelessly Devoted To You,' 'Greased Lightnin' and many more.
We've been reporting on the buzz since January, but now Hugh Jackman is making Broadway fan's May dreams come true! It's just been officially announced that Sonia Friedman Productions will present the Royal Court Theatre production of THE RIVER, a new play by Jez Butterworth, starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Donnelly and Cush Jumbo, and directed by Ian Rickson.
King Lear comes to The Ridgefield Playhouse Live in HD on Thursday, May 22, followed by A Small Family Business on Wednesday, June 11, Live in HD from National Theatre.
Damian Lewis will play Henry VIII opposite Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in the much anticipated adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novels which has begun filming.
Chip Danver will be hitting a personal milestone when Imagine Productions' presentation of RENT opens tonight, 7:30 p.m. May 7 at the Wall Street Night Club. Opening night will mark the first time Danver, who plays Mark Cohen in the Jonathan Larson musical, has seen the show in person.
Imagine Productions of Columbus will present RENT, Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson, Musical Arrangements by Steve Skinner, Original Concept/Additional Lyrics by Billy Aronson, Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements by Tim Weil, Dramaturg by Lynn Thomson, from today, May 7 - May 18, 2014 at Wall Street Night Club. Directed by Jonathan Collura.
The Marsh presents the World Premiere of the newest solo show by award-winning actor/playwright Dan Hoyle, EACH AND EVERY THING, a search for connection in the digital age.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the TRU Professionals Workshop Series on Tuesday evenings, May 6, June 3 and July 1, 2014 at 7pm at The Weist Barron Studios, 35 W. 45th Street, 6th floor. Tickets are $25 ($15 for TRU members and students) for each individual workshop, or $60 ($30 for TRU members and students), for the set of three workshops, and may be reserved by emailing TRUStaff1@gmail.com or phoning the TRU message line at 212-714-7628. Please note that limited slots are available for non-TRU members. For more information visit http://www.truonline.org/MemberWorkshopSeries.htm.
As one of the nation's leading regional theaters and producing partners for Broadway, Paper Mill Playhouse has a well-earned reputation for launching both performers and shows for Broadway. Since their inception in 1996, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre have ignited the careers of many notable performers, all of whom attended high school in New Jersey.
As first reported by TVLine.com, AMERICAN IDOL's Top-4 Week is going to take a very IF/THEN look at love with the theme 'Love: Break-Ups and Make-Ups.' So, after last night's elimination of personality vacuum Sam Woolf, IDOL's Final Four; Jena Irene, Caleb Johnson, Jessica Meuse, and Alex Preston, will each take their turns with two songs each that 'celebrate the agony and the ecstasy of music's greatest theme.'
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce is just that; a pilgrimage that was not planned and not one that Harold particularly wanted to make. Rather it was a pilgrimage that he was driven to make by a particular set of circumstances that coincided with a particular set of emotional demons that he had been suppressing for a particularly long period of time. We never know, and Harold certainly didn't, when those things that we have carefully placed beneath the surface surface eliciting erratic, unplanned, unpredictable behavior.
The Richmond Symphony is proud to announce a new summer concert series starting in July, 2014 entitled Summer at CenterStage. In its inaugural season, the eight one-hour long recital style concerts will feature the complete sonatas of Johannes Brahms as well as other works for piano and solo instrument. Summer at CenterStage is perfect for those new to the classical music experience, as well as for the most die-hard listeners and offers fantastic music in a relaxed environment.
On tonight's episode of CBS's UNFORGETTABLE titled 'Omega Hour,' Eliot and the mayor are trapped in an elevator by a cybercriminal who threatens to send them to their death, forcing Carrie to work from within the building to thwart his plans.
Walnut Street Theatre is pleased to announce that it will honor US Airways, the official airline for Walnut Street Theatre, with the 2014 Edwin Forrest Award. The award will be presented to Robert Ciminelli, VP of Customer Experience and a Walnut Street Theatre Trustee, at its annual Gala. The evening's events will begin with a 90-minute concert hosted by Ben Lipitz, who Walnut audiences will remember from The Producers and God of Carnage. Featuring some of Philadelphia's favorite performers, including Rachel Beiswenger, Rachel Camp, Jeffrey Coon, Ben Dibble, Jennie Eisenhower, Sarah Gliko, Scott Langdon, Mary Martello, Ben Michael, Cary Michele Miller, Ellie Mooney, Michael Philip O'Brien, Lyn Philistine, Fran Prisco, Christopher Sutton, Tara Tagliaferro, Lilly Tobin and Denise Whelan, voices will fill the theatre with unforgettable musical moments from stage and screen. All proceeds from the Gala benefit the Walnut Street Theatre's Education and Outreach programming, which reaches over 120,000 students, teachers and families annually in the Delaware Valley.