Ken Davenport News

Tickets are on sale now for ALTAR BOYZ at the Pollard Theatre, running tonight, October 4th - 26th. Get ready to raise the praise! ALTAR BOYZ features book by Kevin Del Aguila, music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker, and is conceived by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport.

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig just announced that Kinky Boots, this year's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, has recouped its costs in just 30 weeks. Capitalized at $13.5 million, Kinky Boots achieved this milestone faster than any big budget musical in recent history. With a Tony Award-winning score by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, a book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, and direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell, the smash hit musical plays to standing-room-only crowds nightly and continues to shatter box office records at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street), where it started previews on March 4 and officially opened on April 4, 2013.

9 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick has been rockin' every night since September 24 with music and laughter and we've got a first look at photos.

The third-annual TEDxBroadway-a one-day event about the highest aspirations of Broadway - returns Monday, February 24th, 2014 at New World Stages in New York City.

After nine years of partying like it's 1989, on Saturday, November 2, Off-Broadway's smash-hit theatrical event THE AWESOME 80s PROM will conclude its celebrated NYC run at The Wall (251 West 30th Street), due to a programming change at the venue.

9 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick will be rockin' every night beginning September 24 with music and laughter. George Street Playhouse and Artistic Director David Saint have announced casting for the opening production for the venerable theatre's fortieth season. Gettin' The Band Back Together (formerly titled Garage Band) is a rockin' valentine to the Garden State, and will be directed by Tony Award-winner John Rando - who also helmed The Toxic Avenger in New Brunswick (and New York) a few seasons back. Gettin' The Band Back Together will rock the house beginning Tuesday, September 24 and continue through Sunday, October 27. Opening night is set for Friday, October 4. Gettin' The Band Back Together is performed by special arrangement with Davenport Theatrical Enterprises, Inc. and Roy Putrino.

Tickets are on sale now for ALTAR BOYZ at the Pollard Theatre, running October 4th - 26th. Get ready to raise the praise! ALTAR BOYZ features book by Kevin Del Aguila, music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker, and is conceived by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport.

As the new director of programming for 54 Below, Jennifer Ashley Tepper is looking to bring together new generations of musical theater performers and fans.

Last week I began a quest to unite two quintessentially American institutions; sports and musical theatre. Though this might be nothing more than an impossible dream, this is my quest, to follow that goal, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far... I have to take this metaphor. In this week's edition of TRASLATING SPORTS, I will attempt to provide you with enough college football information so that you won't be left with nothing more than a vegetarian bratwurst and a confused look on your face at your neighbor's Labor Day cookout.

9 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick will be rockin' every night beginning September 24 with music and laughter. George Street Playhouse and Artistic Director David Saint have announced casting for the opening production for the venerable theatre's fortieth season. Gettin' The Band Back Together (formerly titled Garage Band) is a rockin' valentine to the Garden State, and will be directed by Tony Award-winner John Rando - who also helmed The Toxic Avenger in New Brunswick (and New York) a few seasons back. Gettin' The Band Back Together will rock the house beginning Tuesday, September 24 and continue through Sunday, October 27. Opening night is set for Friday, October 4. Gettin' The Band Back Together is performed by special arrangement with Davenport Theatrical Enterprises, Inc. and Roy Putrino.

Zachari Productions presents the world premiere of the sci-fi drama THE 3RD GENDER as part of this summer's 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC today. Director-playwright Peter Zachari returns to the Fringe Festival after his successful extended-run production of PARKER & DIZZY'S FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE RAINBOW with this futuristic thriller. The production is set for The Connelly Theater, and runs today, August 10, 15, 18, 20 and 25. To order tickets, visit FringeNYC.org.

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Kinky Boots, this year's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, has set a new box office record at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, for the fifth time since the week ending June 16, 2013. Kinky Boots' gross for the week ending July 28, 2013 was $1,612,845.00, the highest for any eight-show week at the Hirschfeld Theatre. Prior to Kinky Boots, the holiday favorite Elf held the Hirschfeld's house record for an 8-performance week, grossing $1,464,912.50 in December 2010.

Zachari Productions presents the world premiere of the sci-fi drama THE 3RD GENDER as part of this summer's 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC. Director-playwright Peter Zachari returns to the Fringe Festival after his successful extended-run production of PARKER & DIZZY'S FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE RAINBOW with this futuristic thriller. The production is set for The Connelly Theater, and will run August 10, 15, 18, 20 and 25. Meet the cast in the photos below!

Zachari Productions presents the world premiere of the sci-fi drama THE 3RD GENDER as part of this summer's 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC. Director-playwright Peter Zachari returns to the Fringe Festival after his successful extended-run production of PARKER & DIZZY'S FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE RAINBOW with this futuristic thriller. The production is set for The Connelly Theater, and will run August 10, 15, 18, 20 and 25. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast onstage!

Zachari Productions presents the world premiere of the sci-fi drama THE 3RD GENDER as part of this summer's 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC. Director-playwright Peter Zachari returns to the Fringe Festival after his successful extended-run production of PARKER & DIZZY'S FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE RAINBOW with this futuristic thriller. The production is set for The Connelly Theater, and will run August 10, 15, 18, 20 and 25. To order tickets, visit FringeNYC.org.

North Carolina Theatre (NCT), the region's premier producer of professional Broadway musicals, is excited to welcome the Altar Boyz to "rock the masses of all denominations by spreading the good news and soothing the troubled souls of Raleigh through the glory of sweet pop music." The runaway off-Broadway sensation, Altar Boyz plays July 12th through 21st for thirteen performances in AJ Fletcher Theater at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts (formerly Progress Energy Center). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below!

Producer Ken Davenport has announced an expanded rush ticket program for two of the final performances of Tony and Olivier Award winner Alan Cumming's acclaimed one-man Broadway production of Macbeth.

North Carolina Theatre (NCT), the region's premier producer of professional Broadway musicals, is excited to welcome the Altar Boyz to 'rock the masses of all denominations by spreading the good news and soothing the troubled souls of Raleigh through the glory of sweet pop music.' The runaway off-Broadway sensation, Altar Boyz plays today, July 12th through 21st for thirteen performances in AJ Fletcher Theater at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts (formerly Progress Energy Center).

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Kinky Boots, this year's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, has implemented a new lottery ticket policy, following the show's recent record-breaking weeks at the box office. Beginning Tuesday, July 9, a general ticket lottery will replace the previous general rush policy (for which many fans began sleeping outside the theater to be first in line when the box office opened). Lottery entries will be accepted outside the Al Hirschfeld Theatre box office (302 West 45th Street) beginning two and a half hours prior to each performance, and names will be drawn at random, for a limited number of $37 tickets, two hours before curtain time. See below for complete rules and regulations.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announced on June 28 the nine musicals selected to be part of the 25th Annual Festival of New Musicals on Thursday, October 17 and Friday, October 18 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).