Joe Paparella News

Pittsburgh Public Theater Producing Artistic Director Ted Pappas will stage a new production of Camelot, running January 20 - February 20, 2011 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District. For tickets call 412.316.1600 or visit www.ppt.org. Camelot is presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.

News from Broadway and theater in the Baltimore/Washington area

Sophia's Fall is an intense dance/rock retelling of the creation story... with a twist. Sophia, the feminine divine, drives the action and drama of the story toward an edge-of-your-seat conclusion. A four-piece rock band and fluid modern dance choreography round out a dark, tuneful score.

SOPHIA'S FALL, a musical by Benjamin Birney and Rob Seitelman, will perform at The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) as part of their new Dance Series.

Actors in the Baltimore production at Center Stage discuss their work.

REVIEW: CENTERSTAGE's starry revival of A Little Night Music opens triumphantly in Baltimore.

Centerstage has announced the casting for its upcoming production of A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's bittersweet masterpiece of musical romance. Directed by Mark Lamos, whose revival of Shakespeare's Cymbeline recently completed a limited Broadway run, A Little Night Music features an award-winning cast led by stage and screen veterans Polly Bergen, Stephen Bogardus, Barbara Walsh, and Maxwell Caulfield.

California Musical Theatre has announced its 2007 Music Circus season with seven large-scale musical productions and seasoned Broadway veterans helming casts! Nancy Opel, Laura Griffith, Adinah Alexander, James Barbour, Walter Charles, Michael Gruber and others star!

In April, Any Wednesday will continue in presenting performances by theatre and cabaret stars.

Barnes & Noble presents 'Live at Lincoln: Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg in Conversation with Margaret Vermette and Musical Guests,' an event featuring a discussion, musical performances and a book signing, on Tuesday, April 3rd, 6:00 PM, at Barnes & Noble

Complete casting is now set for the upcoming Kennedy Center production of Mame, which will open at the Eisenhower Theatre at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on June 1st after beginning previews on May 27th; the show, starring Christine Baranski, will run through July 2nd

GOOD VIBRATIONS, the new musical featuring the songs of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys and directed and choreographed by John Carrafa, will perform LIVE on PAX-TV's 'Variety's 20th Anniversary Children's Charity Telethon' on Sunday, April 17th from 1:00 - 1:45 PM.