In a relaxed and wide-ranging interview with the Washington Post on the eve of her Kennedy Center honor, Barbra Streisand revealed that she would like to have her next directorial duty for film be 'The Normal Heart'. Streisand has long desired to bring Larry Kramer's powerful AIDS drama to the stage.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts selected the individuals who will receive the Kennedy Center Honors of 2008. Recipients to be honored at the 31st annual national celebration of the arts are: actor Morgan Freeman, singer George Jones, actress and singer Barbra Streisand, choreographer Twyla Tharp, and musicians Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who. They were given personal kudos by some of their talented peers in Variety.
EOnline.com is reporting that amongst those paying tribute to Barbra Streisand on December 7 at the Kennedy Center Honors will be Queen Latifah, Ne-Yo and Beyonce Knowles.
Brett Batterson, executive director of the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (ATRU), is pleased to announce the return of Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah to Chicago's National Historic Landmark Auditorium Theatre. For two performances only, Friday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 14 at 3 p.m., the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 East Congress Parkway, will be filled with the sounds of this soulful reinvention of Handel's Messiah. This joyful musical experience is quickly becoming one of Chicago's favorite annual events. Tickets are now on sale.
Fox News is reporting that the talk of the AUSTRALIA movie premiere the other night was the exciting 'news' that the film's star, Hugh Jackman, is all set to 'reappear' on Broadway in original musical, HOUDINI in the spring of 2010.
The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd St.) presents some of the best music in town as it announces its next production, Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, directed by Charlotte Moore with traditional and original music. Previews begin Wednesday, December 3,2008. The official opening will be on Sunday, December 7, 2008.
Brett Batterson, executive director of the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (ATRU), is pleased to announce the return of Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah to Chicago's National Historic Landmark Auditorium Theatre. For two performances only, Friday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 14 at 3 p.m., the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 East Congress Parkway, will be filled with the sounds of this soulful reinvention of Handel's Messiah. This joyful musical experience is quickly becoming one of Chicago's favorite annual events. Tickets are now on sale.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents three-time Tony nominee Rebecca Luker in 'Songs for the Theater: The Next Generation' on November 8, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the Terrace Theater. The evening is part of Barbara Cook's Spotlight, which features theater cabaret performances throughout the 2008-2009 season by Broadway artists chosen by Barbara Cook.
Martin McDonagh's comedy is creepy,bloody, grotesque,and funny - all at the same time.
News from Broadway and theater in the Baltimore/Washington area
Rock-It Science Records presents Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Volume 10. Featuring highlights from the Volumes 1-9, as well as the incredible talents of stars from the 2008 Broadway season, the annual holiday CD benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). This two-disc set offers 36 original and traditional holiday songs recorded especially for this benefit CD, and features the cast of Billy Elliot with the premiere of an original song by Elton John, 'Cold Christmas.' Included are the voices of Antonio Banderas, Harvey Fierstein, Idina Menzel, Bernadette Peters, and Andréa Burns, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nick Jonas and American Idol's Constantine Maroulis and Ace Young, plus new recordings with performances by stars from In the Heights, South Pacific, Wicked plus many more! Also performing on this year's CD are Rosie's Broadway Kids, young students in the performing arts program founded by Rosie O'Donnell.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents three-time Tony nominee Rebecca Luker in 'Songs for the Theater: The Next Generation' on November 8, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the Terrace Theater. The evening is part of Barbara Cook's Spotlight, which features theater cabaret performances throughout the 2008-2009 season by Broadway artists chosen by Barbara Cook.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces new casting for Broadway: Three Generations, a three act evening featuring condensed versions of Girl Crazy, Bye Bye Birdie, and Side Show.
Screen and stage actor GLEN BOLES will offer a talk back on Weds. Oct. 1 following the final performance of THE ROAD TO RUIN at The 45th Street Theater.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents DRUID theater company in a double bill of The Shadow of the Glen and The Playboy of the Western World in the Terrace Theater October 22-25, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Center's etcetera! series.
Maestro Lorin Maazel and his wife, Dietlinde Turban-Maazel will inaugurate a new, annual music festival on their 550-acre property in Castleton, Virginia in July 2009. To help launch the fundraising campaign for the Castleton Festival, the Oscar/Tony/Grammy/Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch and Maestro Maazel will participate in a benefit concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Jack W. Batman, Executive Producer of the White Plains Performing Arts Center, announced that Robert Cuccioli will be returning to the theatre to play King Arthur in this season's opening production, Camelot. This is a brand new production of the Tony Award-winning musical that will play a limited engagement from September 26 - October 5, 2008.
In Conflict, the first show of Culture Project's (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) fall season, has won a 'Fringe First' Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, it was announced today.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents Emmy Award winner Richard Thomas in Blanche and Beyond September 24-26, 2008 in the Terrace Theater. The one-man show is adapted and directed by Steve Lawson from the correspondences of Tennessee Williams between 1945 and 1957, and is a sequel to A Distant Country Called Youth, staged during the Center's Tennessee Williams Explored festival in 2004. This production is part of Prelude 2008: Arts Across America. Language and content for Blanche and Beyond is intended for mature ages, high-school age and above.
New York Musical Theater Festival will present the World Premiere of THE ROAD TO RUIN.
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