Ryan Speedo Green rose from a tough upbringing amid the urban wastelands of southeastern Virginia to win a nationwide competition hosted by New York's Metropolitan Opera. Today he is a rising star, performing in Europe's major opera houses and at the Met (Colline in La bohème 2016), where the New York Times declared him “a show stopper.”
The Caleb Reese Festival of New Plays and Musicals is the future of new American theatre! The festival is a vibrant collaboration highlighting the incredible talent of playwrights, directors, composers, lyricists and actors from across the country. At the core of the festival are five staged readings of full-length plays. This year's selections are:
Just in, Broadway's first a cappella musical In Transit will play its final performance on Sunday, April 16, 2017 after playing 36 preview and 145 regular performances at Circle in the Square Theatre (235 West 50th Street).
Actor and musician Steven Van Zandt, best known for being a member of Bruce Springstein's E Street Band and the television show The Sopranos, attended In Transit this past weekend.
On the Series Finale episode of HBO's GIRLS titled 'Latching', Hannah (Lena Dunham) embarks on a new chapter.
Award-winning composer and lyricist Bobby Cronin will hold the final concert of his international tour at The Green Room 42 on April 19th at 8pm.
Megan Hilty, known for her amazing singing talents on the Broadway stage, film and the critically-acclaimed television series "SMASH," will serve as host for 2017 KC SuperStar finals on Sunday, August 27.
Voice for the Animals Foundation presents "Wait Wait...Don't Kill Me!," a night of unforgettable comedy and entertainment that will hilariously take on the year in animal news, views and other topical animal events.
Actress and Emmy award-winning commentator Nancy Giles (CBS NewsSunday Morning) curates / hosts 'The Mosquito' her free, fast and furious monthly variety show with storytelling, stand-ups, sit-downs and music at the Dixon Place Lounge on Manhattan's Lower East Side on Monday, April 10,2017 at 7:30pm.
On the next episode of GIRLS on HBO titled 'Goodbye Tour', after an important meeting, Hannah (Lena Dunham) reaches out to friends for advice, but has trouble reaching Marnie (Allison Williams).
Highland Park Players is holding a workshop series on THE GLORIOUS BROADWAY MUSICAL featuring professor and professional director, Dominic Missimi Founder of Northwestern Music Theatre Program, Marriott Theatre Director of 35 productions, Founder of Northwestern's American Music Theatre Project and 17 year director of Northwestern's famed Waa-Mu Show.
Effective Monday, April 3, ESPN 1000's Kap & Co. and Carmen & Jurko, will swap time slots, with Kap & Co. moving to 9 a.m. – noon CT and Carmen & Jurko to noon – 2 p.m. In the recently released Nielsen PPM ratings for February 2017, both programs led their current time slot among sports talk shows, as they did in January for adults 24-54.
Auditions for KC SuperStar 2017, Kansas City's high school singing competition ala 'American Idol/The Voice,' have been set for Wednesday, March 30, 4-8:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 2, 1-5 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City (The J), 5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park, KS. Singers only need to attend one audition for the competition, which is produced by The J. The final event will take place Sunday evening, Aug. 27, 2017.
The 13th Street Repertory Theater presents Perversion, a world premiere allegory of modern America written and directed by Judson Blake. The cast of eight includes Harry Bainbridge, Daniel Cuff, Tony Del Bono, Dana Jesberger, Irina Kaplan, Robert Lewis, Andy Nordin and Jenn Susi.
Janet B. Rosen, producer of Broadway's first a cappella musical IN TRANSIT, just announced that the Original Broadway Cast Recording will be released on Hollywood Records. The original cast album is now available for preorder at Amazon. The album will be available wherever digital music is sold and streamed on Friday, April 28 and wherever CDs are sold on Friday, June 9.
Angela Lansbury will appear in The Chalk Garden, after all!
Individual tickets for Pittsburgh CLO's 2017 Summer Season will go on sale Friday, April 7 at 9:00am. Patrons may purchase tickets by calling 412-456-6666, online at pittsburghCLO.org or at the Theater Square Box Office.
arold A. Brown, Partner at Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc., and one of the country's most sought-after entertainment attorneys and dealmakers, will be honored as the Beverly Hills Bar Association's (BHBA) 2017 Entertainment Lawyer of the Year by the BHBA's Entertainment Law Section at its prestigious annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at 5:30 p.m., at Montage Beverly Hills.
Highland Park Players' 'Triple Threat' is a four-week comprehensive musical theater workshop program for children, building and coordinating in acting, singing and dance.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) has announced its 2017-18 Season, the third under Artistic Director Sean Daniels.
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