John Mercurio News

Tintypes, a patriotic musical revue, will be presented by the Maltz Jupiter Theatre from Feb. 9-28, 2010.

Tintypes, a patriotic musical revue, will be presented by the Maltz Jupiter Theatre from Feb. 9-28, 2010.

Tintypes, a patriotic musical revue, will be presented by the Maltz Jupiter Theatre from Feb. 9-28, 2010.

Santa Monica Playhouse & The Lord Chamberlain's Players present the Los Angeles premiere of New York-based Actor Mary MacDonald Hamill's solo show 'William & Mary (in Search of the Miraculous)' written and performed by Hamill with excerpts from William Shakespeare and incidental music by Michael Welsh, and directed by Rod Menzies. For two performances only, opening Sunday, January 17, 2010.

Sometimes good theater is simply about numbers. Take the show Academy, for example. Simple math reveals what it took for the show to become a winner at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, or NYMF

Santa Monica Playhouse & The Lord Chamberlain's Players present the Los Angeles premiere of New York-based Actor Mary MacDonald Hamill's solo show 'William & Mary (in Search of the Miraculous)' written and performed by Hamill with excerpts from William Shakespeare and incidental music by Michael Welsh, and directed by Rod Menzies. For two performances only, opening Sunday, January 17, 2010.

'Tis the season of buying new and replacing old electronics, and to commemorate its one year anniversary, the Broadway Green Alliance hosted an industry-wide electronic waste (e-waste) collection for actors, stage crew, producers, general managers and theaters from across the Great White Way, sponsored by WeRecycle! on Wednesday, December 16.

A Broadway Green Alliance E-Waste event, hosted by Kerry Butler and Valerie Smaldone, will be held on Wednesday, December 16, in Duffy Square at noon. The Broadway Green Alliance, with the support of WeRecycle!, encourages the New York City theatre community to come deposit their Electronic Waste (broken cell phones, computers, printers, and dry batteries) in the center of Times Square for safe disposal and recycling.

A Broadway Green Alliance E-Waste event, hosted byKerry Butler and Valerie Smaldone, will be held on Wednesday, December 16, in Duffy Square at noon. The Broadway Green Alliance, with the support of WeRecycle!, encourages the New York City theatre community to come deposit their Electronic Waste (broken cell phones, computers, printers, and dry batteries) in the center of Times Square for safe disposal and recycling.

A Broadway Green Alliance E-Waste event, hosted by Kerry Butler and Valerie Smaldone, will be held on Wednesday, December 16, in Duffy Square at noon. The Broadway Green Alliance, with the support of WeRecycle!, encourages the New York City theatre community to come deposit their Electronic Waste (broken cell phones, computers, printers, and dry batteries) in the center of Times Square for safe disposal and recycling.

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) announces casting for Arturo's Window and In the Theatre, the next offerings in its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series this December.

York Theatre Company Reading Series Presents ARTURO'S WINDOW A REAL NEW YORK STORY BOOK BY CHERYL KING & ROD MENZIESMUSIC AND LYRICS BY JOHN MERCURIO

NYMF has just announced the winners of their Best of Fest awards. Set to perform at this year's gala are the casts of the winning shows, as well as Sh-K-Boom's own Sherie Rene Scott, Alice Ripley, Gavin Creel, and Kelli O'Hara. The event will take place on Sunday, November 22nd, at 6:30pm at the Edison Ballroom.

York Theatre Company Reading Series Presents ARTURO'S WINDOW A REAL NEW YORK STORY BOOK BY CHERYL KING & ROD MENZIESMUSIC AND LYRICS BY JOHN MERCURIO

The New York Musical Theater Festival will honor the winners of the NYMF 2009 Awards for Excellence as well as NY1 'On Stage' and Sh-K-Boom Records at the Sixth Anniversary Season Awards Gala taking place Sunday, November 22nd at The Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street). Two additional awards, presented by Daegu International Musical Festival and Stage Entertainment USA, will also be presented.

You would think that Edith Wharton's fizzy little comic novel, The Glimpses Of The Moon, might have been a perfect property for Rodgers & Hart or Kern, Wodehouse & Bolton to musicalize when it was fresh off the presses in 1922.  But no, it took until 2008 for New Yorkers to get a glimpse, not to mention a pleasant earful, of a brand new frothy little musical charmer based on her book, courtesy of a couple of moderns, Tajlei Levis (book and lyrics) and John Mercurio (music).

NYMF has just announced the winners of their Best of Fest awards. Set to perform at this year's gala are the casts of the winning shows, as well as Sh-K-Boom's own Sherie Rene Scott, Alice Ripley, Gavin Creel, and Kelli O'Hara. The event will take place on Sunday, November 22nd, at 6:30pm at the Edison Ballroom.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is excited to announce the all-star cast of Academy, part of the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF)'s Next Link Project. Originally part of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's inaugural Emerging Artist Series in Musical Theater Playwriting, Academy will perform for six performances in New York from October 6 - 17, 2009 at NYMF.