Jonathan Larson News

The American Theatre Wing announced today that the recipients of the 2012 Jonathan Larson® Grant are Julianne Wick Davis (Composer) and Dan Collins (Book, Lyrics) for their work on Southern Comfort. The prestigious grant, totaling $10,000, will be presented on Tuesday, March 27 at a private event in New York City. The event will feature special performances from Southern Comfort.

Village Theatre's complete 2012-2013 Season schedule includes the following.

Producer John Johnson announced today the complete cast for the New York premiere of 35mm A Musical Exhibition, written by Ryan Scott Oliver based on the photography of Matthew Murphy.

MusicalFare Theatre's 2012-2013 Subscription Season consists of a world premiere musical, two regional premieres, and two reconceived classics.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that the New York premiere of An Iliad, by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson, based on Homer's Iliad translated by Robert Fagles, directed by Ms. Peterson, will open this week at NYTW, 79 East 4 Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue. Denis O'Hare and Stephen Spinella alternate performances of the play. Mr. O'Hare opens Tuesday, March 6; Mr. Spinella Wednesday, March 7.

Talk Is Free Theatre (TIFT) and Show One Productions are thrilled to announce that Dora Award winner Jeff Madden will be joining the cast as Rafe in the upcoming Toronto production of Dani Girl, by Christopher Dimond and Michael Kooman. A touching, humorous and inspiring tale, this dark, original musical comedy follows a young girl's battle with cancer. Dani Girl runs until March 4, 2012 at the Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace.

El próximo 14 de marzo regresa a la capital el musical de Jonathan Larson 'Tick, tick... BOOM!' de la mano de la compañía TELA-KATOLA, esta vez al Teatro Arlequín. Esta producción, protagonizada por Jorge Gonzalo como Jon, David Tortosa como Michael y la ganadora del premio BWW Spain 2011 Laura Castrillón como Susan, se estrenó el verano pasado en el hall del Teatro Lara, y ahora podrá verse todos los miércoles a las 20h y domingos a las 21.30h.

The smash-hit musical Rent is coming to Casa Mañana Theatre March 3 - 11. Tickets are on sale now.

RENT is set for the Centrepointe Theatre from March 2nd-11th with direction by Nicole Milne, musical direction by James Caswell and choreography by Debbie Millett.

RENT is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, La Boheme. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of AIDS. MCC's Act I Musical Productions is presenting the full, uncut version of RENT March 1 - 10, 2012 at MCC's Theatre Outback, 1833 W. Southern Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85202. For ticket information call (480) 461 - 7172 or purchase your tickets online (and pick your own seats) at www.ezticketlive.com/mcc.

The Department of Theatre at Barnard College has initiated a collaboration with the award-winning nonprofit company New Georges to launch "New Plays at Barnard," a program to showcase works by emerging playwrights.

Porchlight Music Theatre will present the premiere of BEST MUSICAL! A Completely Improvised Musical Comedy conceived by Matthew Loren Cohen and directed by Amanda Blake Davis, at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.

According to the NY Daily News, the Life Cafe, the setting that inspired Jonathan Larson's RENT, has been closed since September and is now available for rent. The Alphabet City restaurant, which is where the La Vie Boheme scene takes place, is where Larson penned a great deal of the iconic musical.

According to their website, Atlantic Productuctions will present the Asian premiere of Disney's Aladdin. The show will open at Manila's Meralco Theatre in November 2012. Casting has not yet been announced.

Broadway composer Andrew Lippa ("The Addams Family," "The Wild Party") is among three master teachers leading the 2012 Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project at Northwestern University. Lippa will be joined by Tony Award-nominated composer and lyricist Craig Carnelia and three-time Grammy winning singer and songwriter Lari White to conduct the weeklong program for emerging songwriters.

RENT is set for the Centrepointe Theatre from March 2nd-11th with direction by Nicole Milne, musical direction by James Caswell and choreography by Debbie Millett.

Libra Theater Company presented Songs You Should Know, a concert of new and rarely performed songs by some of today's most prolific music theater writers on Monday, February 6th at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. Video clips have just been released and BroadwayWorld brings you NEWSIES' Jeremy Jordan performing 'If the World Looked Like You' by Will Reynolds. Check it out below.

92YTribeca is set to host BEHIND THE MUSIC-AL: TEENAGE DREAMS, moderated by Steve Fickinger, Vice President of Creative Development for Disney Theatrical Group on Wed, Feb 22, 8pm, tickets from $10 adv / $12 door.

Porchlight Music Theatre will present the Chicago premiere of John Bucchino and Harvey Fierstein's A Catered Affair, directed by Nick Bowling with music direction by Doug Peck, at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.

The songwriting team of Michael Cooper and Hyeyoung Kim have written a short musical that will be presented as part of an evening called "Rites of Passage" at the Prospect Theater Company at the West End Theatre, at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, through February 20.