June Havoc News

Now that the July 4th celebrations have finished, it's time to get back to enjoying all the theatre New York City has to offer, and what better way to do so than with the Ninth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival, running from July 14 through August 10th, and presenting approximately 50 shows (you could say one for each state) in seven different venues, all within walking distance of one another.

ROSS-EYED BEAR PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce the world premiere production of PRINCE TREVOR AMONGST THE ELEPHANTS, directed by Duncan Pflaster. PRINCE TREVOR AMONGST THE ELEPHANTS will play a limited engagement as part of the Midtown International Theater Festival at the June Havoc Theater (312 West 36th Street). Performances begin Wednesday, July 16th.

'Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants' begins July 16th. Prince Trevor is a satire of Contemporary Politics, reflected in the Magic Mirror of Fairy Tales injected with 42 ccs of Shakespearean Verse, and dissected through the Ridiculous Theatrical style of Charles Ludlam.

Ninth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival Announces Line Up.

In the entire world, few names can conjure up powerful images of beauty and sensuality as 'Cleopatra.' Now, her timeless story is brought musically to life in Cheryl E. Kemeny's CLEOPATRA - A LIFE UNPARALLELED, as part of the Ninth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival.

Abingdon Theatre Company's Artistic Director, Jan Buttram, announced today the forthcoming 16th season lineup, which includes five plays by American playwrights.

CROSS-EYED BEAR PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce the world premiere production of PRINCE TREVOR AMONGST THE ELEPHANTS, directed by Duncan Pflaster.

Today's New York Post reports the Broadway production of Gypsy is looking like a hit at the St. James box office.

On Thursday, March 27th the musical Gypsy opened at the St. James Theater. The after party was held ad the NYC club 'The Mansion' Gypsy tells the dramatic musical tale of the legendary stage mother of Gypsy Lee Rose and June Havoc, a woman who drove her two daughters into show business with a misguided and terrifiying passion. The classic musical is a journey that travels from the slowly fading vaudeville venues of yesterday to backstages of it's often unseemly replacement the strip-tease house. Gypsy starsTony Award winner Patti LuPone. The Broadway production reunites LuPone with her City Center co-stars Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti.

Lone Wolf Series, Coyote REP Theatre Company's repertory stage production of one-woman shows offering unique takes on their season's theme of 'Isolation.' The series features original works by Coyote REP members Andrea Caban, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Jeanne LaSala and Heidi Tokheim. Each performance will showcase two of the four pieces running in repertory for two weeks.

The MITF is still accepting submissions for its Ninth Annual presentation of plays and musicals, spanning all types and genres - they want to hear from you! To that end the Festival, which will run from July 13-August 10, and take place in seven different theatres in five separate venues, has extended its submission deadline to March 15, 2008.

Abingdon Theatre Company officially opens the Off-Broadway premiere of the critically acclaimed one-woman show Rum & Coke, featuring Carmen Peláez, on Wednesday February 13, with performances through March 2, 2008 in the June Havoc Theatre.

The February 20, 2008 deadline for submitting scripts and materials for consideration for the Ninth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival, running from July 14 - August 10, is drawing near. So, theatre producers wanting to be part of MITF9, which takes place in seven different theatres at five separate venues, need to submit their work as soon as possible.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's 'One-on-One Conversation Series' will feature Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell with moderator Hal Luftig (producer, Legally Blonde) on Monday, March 3 at 6:30 PM at Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, June Havoc Mainstage (312 W. 36th Street).

The Midtown International Theatre Festival, now gearing up for its ninth annual offering of wide-ranging works, will take place in seven different theatres (at five separate venues) and will run from July 14 through August 10, 2008.

Abingdon Theatre Company will present the Off-Broadway premiere of the critically acclaimed one-woman show Rum & Coke, featuring Carmen Pelaez, February 1 - March 2, 2008 in the June Havoc Theatre. Previews begin February 1st and the production will have its official opening on Wednesday, February 13, 2008.

The second interactive Sweeney Todd character card features Mrs. Lovett!

September 10th, the Equilateral Theatre Company will present a staged reading of Mother of Mine, a new comedy by Broadway performer Erin Leigh Peck

Abingdon Theatre Company has announced its 2007/8 season.

For over half a century, Stuart Vaughan has been - in every sense of the phrase - a true Renaissance man of the theatre. Vaughan's latest project is a new stage version of The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic 1850 novel about the conflict between Puritanism and passion. With honesty, eloquence and insight, Vaughan recently answered some questions about his incredible life in the theatre - and about a career that shows no signs at all of slowing down!