Joe Hartman News

How to Get Away with Murder! The Panic Defense, a new play by Sam Affoumado, will be presented as a stage reading at The Playroom Theater, 151 West 46th St. (8th floor), NYC on November 14, 15, 16 @ 7:30 pm. Admission is free. For reservations email: Saffu@aol.com.

Joe Hartman is bringing '1958's big hearted songbird' back to Pangea September 22nd at 7PM in 'Cathy Dresden: An Old Fashioned Girl'. The show is a comedic and sentimental journey back to the 1950s directed by Daniel Adams, and featuring Michael Hicks on piano, accordion, and additional vocals.

Joe Hartman is bringing '1958's big hearted songbird' back to Pangea September 22nd at 7PM in 'Cathy Dresden: An Old Fashioned Girl'. The show is a comedic and sentimental journey back to the 1950s directed by Daniel Adams, and featuring Michael Hicks on piano, accordion, and additional vocals.

Cathy Dresden, Manhattan's big hearted songbird (as played by Joe Hartman) will take the stage at Don't Tell Mama, October 16th at 7PM in her performance Cathy Dresden: An Old Fashioned Girl , a musical trip back to the 1950s. The concert is directed by Daniel Adams, and features Michael Hicks on piano, accordion, and additional vocals.

Cathy Dresden (played by Joe Hartman), will take the stage at The Metropolitan Room this summer in 'An Old Fashioned Girl,' directed by Daniel Adams, with Michael Hicks on the piano and accordion.

Cathy Dresden (played by Joe Hartman), will take the stage at The Metropolitan Room this summer in 'An Old Fashioned Girl,' directed by Daniel Adams, with Michael Hicks on the piano and accordion.

Written by Michigan native (and film start) Jeff Daniels, this hilarious laugh fest is a hunting story to beat all hunting stories.  If you're looking for a hysterically funny glimpse into a traditional male rite of passage, all roads lead to the Soady deer camp.

'Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to see a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery, and treachery-all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts.' So begins the classic Kander and Ebb musical, Chicago. Of course, there are some other things that we hold near and dear to our hearts, such as pitch perfect voices, showy choreography, imaginative staging, and a good rum and coke. Thankfully, all are present and accounted for in Half and Half's current production of Chicago. Whether you've seen the show or the Oscar-winning movie before, you owe it to yourself to see this uniquely immersive production.

The grounds of the Kindred Oaks estate provide a beautiful, central Texas backdrop for guests to enjoy an elegant meal while singers from Austin's vibrant theatre community delight with selections from Wicked, The Wiz and The Wizard of Oz in honor of the classic film's 75th anniversary. The evening will end with the announcement of Penfold's 2014-15 Season!

A word of caution to writers everywhere. Never use a word as bland as 'ordinary' in the title of your work. Its use will either be prophetic or grossly inaccurate. In the case of Ordinary Days, it's a bit of both. While Penfold Theatre's production of the new chamber musical features some of the greatest talent that the Austin theater community has to offer, the material itself isn't up to par. The show is extraordinary, but the material is not.

Penfold Theatre Company presents the Texas premiere of Ordinary Days at the Off Center from March 20th to April 6th.

Different Stages closes its 2010-2011 season with W. Somerset Maugham's comedy TOO MANY HUSBANDS. A fast and frivolous comedy, the plot focuses on Victoria, a delectably pretty but ruthlessly self-centered young woman whose husband, William, was reported killed three years earlier in World War I.