Kevin Murphy News

The Brown Paper Box Co. presents Reefer Madness! The Musical, the One-Night-Only 4/20 Staged Reading, April 20, 2012 at Stage 773. Based on their four-time BroadwayWorld.com Award-nominated run, The Brown Paper Box Co. presents Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney's award-winning spoof, REEFER MADNESS! THE MUSICAL, as a staged reading. This one-night-only performance is Friday, April 20, 2012 at Stage 773 (1225 West Belmont Ave.) at 11:30pm. Tickets and information can be found at www.brownpaperbox.org.

Comic Book Club's new show, COMIC BOOK CLUB LIVE, will premiere on the Nerdist YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/nerdist) on April 2, 2012. Based on Comic Book Club's live shows in New York City, the series will showcase hosts and the hottest guests discussing comics in a talk show format.

Syfy has announced that Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves) will join the cast of its upcoming drama series DEFIANCE. Greene will portray Rafe McCawley, a self-made success who owns and operates the largest mine in the territory.

Dr. Henry Ferrell plays MartinVanderhof in Leddy Center's upcoming production of the Moss Hart/George S. Kaufman hilarious comedy of the 1930's, "You Can't Take It With You", being presented for two weekends and one Wednesday, March 23- April 1.

Based on their four-time BroadwayWorld.com Award-nominated run, The Brown Paper Box Co. presents Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney's award-winning spoof, REEFER MADNESS! THE MUSICAL, as a staged reading. This one-night-only performance is Friday, April 20, 2012 at Stage 773 (1225 West Belmont Ave.) at 11:30pm. Tickets and information can be found at www.brownpaperbox.org.

Comic Book Club's new show, COMIC BOOK CLUB LIVE, will premiere on the Nerdist YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/nerdist) on April 2, 2012. Based on Comic Book Club's live shows in New York City, the series will showcase hosts and the hottest guests discussing comics in a talk show format.

Syfy has announced additional casting for its upcoming epic science fiction drama Defiance, inking Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran and Jaime Murray to co-star in the first-ever series to unite television and MMO gaming.

Syfy has announced additional casting for its upcoming epic science fiction drama Defiance, inking Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran and Jaime Murray to co-star in the first-ever series to unite television and MMO gaming. The pilot, slated to commence production this April in Toronto, is directed by Scott Stewart (Legion, Priest), and written/executive produced by Rockne O'Bannon (Farscape), Kevin Murphy (Desperate Housewives, Caprica; Hellcats) & Michael Taylor (Battlestar Galactica). Kevin Murphy serves as showrunner.

Ravinia Festival President and CEO Welz Kauffman announced the festival's 2012 season, which offers more than 100 separate events exemplifying most musical genres, including the 77th residency of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The summer boasts a variety of music's legends from Philip Glass to James Taylor, along with 43 debuts, including Glee and Wicked star Idina Menzel, reggae master Jimmy Cliff, classic rocker Santana, Grammy-and-Oscar sensation Esperanza Spalding, and Musical America's "conductor of the year" Jaap van Zweden. Ravinia Music Director James Conlon celebrates the 35th anniversary of his own festival debut as his contract is extended through 2014.

Dr. Henry Ferrell plays MartinVanderhof in Leddy Center's upcoming production of the Moss Hart/George S. Kaufman hilarious comedy of the 1930's, "You Can't Take It With You", being presented for two weekends and one Wednesday, March 23- April 1.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. 'Kinky Boots' and 'The Jungle Book' try out, Sarah Siddons and Windy City host benefit concerts, new works from Josh Schmidt and more, the Leap Day connection plus 'Mansical!'

Today, Hennepin Theatre Trust announced the launch of Talk-It Hennepin, a free, four-part series of public conversations and workshops bringing together today's foremost thinkers and professionals in city planning and urban design with Hennepin Avenue stakeholders. Running from March 8 into June 2012, the Talk-It series is part of the broader Plan-It Hennepin, a year-long initiative led by partners Hennepin Theatre Trust, Walker Art Center, Artspace and the City of Minneapolis. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the plan will re-imagine a stretch of this storied avenue as a revitalized cultural corridor from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to the Mississippi River.

A widely anticipated debut recital at Carnegie Hall on December 15 is among the highlights of countertenor Iestyn Davies's remarkable autumn, which saw the U.S. release in October of his most recent recording, Porpora Cantatas, a solo album on the Hyperion label that is already a sensation in Europe, and rave reviews for his Metropolitan Opera debut in Rodelinda in November.

A widely anticipated debut recital at Carnegie Hall on December 15 is among the highlights of countertenor Iestyn Davies's remarkable autumn, which saw the U.S. release in October of his most recent recording, Porpora Cantatas, a solo album on the Hyperion label that is already a sensation in Europe, and rave reviews for his Metropolitan Opera debut in Rodelinda in November.

On November 14, Iestyn Davies - named 2010's Royal Philharmonic Young Artist of the Year - makes his house and role debuts at the Metropolitan Opera, singing Unulfo in Handel's Rodelinda.

On November 14, Iestyn Davies - named 2010's Royal Philharmonic Young Artist of the Year - makes his house and role debuts at the Metropolitan Opera, singing Unulfo in Handel's Rodelinda.

British countertenor Iestyn Davies, named 2010's Royal Philharmonic Young Artist of the Year, looks forward to a landmark season.

Jack: Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer will be presented 7 p.m. Wednesday at Breckenridge Village, 1200 Breckenridge Drive and Tinseltown Benton, 17314 Interstate 30, Benton and Cinemark Towne Centre, 201 Skyline Drive, Conway.

Jack: Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer will be presented 7 p.m. Wednesday at Breckenridge Village, 1200 Breckenridge Drive and Tinseltown Benton, 17314 Interstate 30, Benton and Cinemark Towne Centre, 201 Skyline Drive, Conway.

Tickets are now on sale for The Brown Paper Box Co.'s one-night-only remount of Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney's award-winning spoof, REEFER MADNESS! THE MUSICAL.