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On Friday, February 25th, join Harlem Opera Theater in saluting black history month with excerpts from George Gershwin's jazz opera, Blue Monday, and Lost in the Stars by composer Kurt Weill at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Lost in the Stars, the second Encores! production of the New York City Center season, running February 3 - 6, will feature Chuck Cooper, Daniel Breaker, Patina Miller, Sharon Washington, Daniel Gerroll, John Douglas Thompson and Sherry Boone. Lost in the Stars has music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson. It will be directed by Gary Griffin and choreographed by Chase Brock, with music direction by Rob Berman.
Chuck Cooper, Daniel Breaker, Patina Miller, Sharon Washington,Daniel Gerroll, John Douglas Thompson and Sherry Boone will star in in Lost in the Stars, the second Encores! production of the New York City Center season, running February 3 - 6 at City Center. Lost in the Stars has music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson. It will be directed by Gary Griffin and choreographed by Chase Brock, with music direction by Rob Berman. Broadway Beat went behind the scenes in rehearsal to capture a first look!
Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Artistic Director) is proud to present MUSICAL LEGENDS, a series of four unique, self-contained theatrical tributes, each celebrating the music and life of one of the following legends: Pearl Bailey, Kaye Ballard, Marlene Dietrich, and Nat 'King' Cole at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street) from February 24 - March 13, 2011.
The Collegiate Chorale has announced casting for their upcoming production of Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's 'Knickerbocker Holiday,' a romantic musical concert set to debut at Alice Tully Hall on January 25 and 26 at 8 PM. The company will feature Broadway veterans Victor Garber (Stuyvesant), Ben Davis (Brom), Kelli O'Hara (Tina) and Christopher Fitzgerald (Tenpin), along with Bryce Pinkham (Washington Irving), David Garrison (Tienhoven), The Collegiate Chorale and the American Symphony Orchestra.
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance presents the 20th century musical theater milestone, The Threepenny Opera, written by Bertolt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill and directed by third-year MFA in Directing candidate, Halena Kays.
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the world premiere of the new musical Death Takes a Holiday, with a book by Peter Stone & Thomas Meehan, music & lyrics by Maury Yeston, directed by Doug Hughes. Death Takes a Holiday is based on the dramatic play by Alberto Casella, rewritten for the American stage by Walter Ferris, and originally produced by Messrs. Shubert.
Performing Arts Fort Worth welcomes the return of acclaimed singer-songwriter and pianist Randy Newman to Bass Performance Hall on Sunday, January 23, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $22-$55, and are on sale NOW!
Continuing Friday...Rosie's back with her unique, swingin', and sexy tribute to Sting! It's all the buzz!
After being absent from Seattle's professional stages for almost 30 years, Seattle Shakespeare Company revives Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's landmark musical The Threepenny Opera for 14 performances at the Intiman Theatre.
Kurt Weill's stage collaborations with Maxwell Anderson are being celebrated in New York this winter with rare back-to-back productions of "Knickerbocker Holiday" and "Lost in the Stars."
The award-winning Musical Theatre Guild, a company of professional performers who present concert-staged readings of seldom seen musicals, will continue its 15th season with Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash's 1943 rare classic ONE TOUCH OF VENUS.
The producers are thrilled to announce legendary songstress Camille O'Sullivan will join La Soirée for a limited run, from February 1st until February 14th 2011.
Step inside the South Bank Big Top on February 14th for a special performance of La Soirée. A fabulous line-up of world-renowned artists has been assembled for their take on variety this Valentine's Day.
Chuck Cooper, Daniel Breaker, Patina Miller, Sharon Washington, Daniel Gerroll, John Douglas Thompson and Sherry Boone have been cast in Lost in the Stars, the second Encores! production of the New York City Center season, running February 3 - 6 at City Center.
Chuck Cooper, Daniel Breaker, Patina Miller, Sharon Washington, Daniel Gerroll, John Douglas Thompson and Sherry Boone have been cast in Lost in the Stars, the second Encores! production of the New York City Center season, running February 3 - 6 at City Center. Lost in the Stars has music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson. It will be directed by Gary Griffin and choreographed by Chase Brock, with music direction by Rob Berman.
What started out as a simple schoolgirl crush has now grown into a serious passion of the highest order for the multi-award winning Rosemary Loar. For only four performances, she brings her new show Sting, Stang, Stung: Swingin' The Music of Sting! to the Metropolitan Room at Gotham on four dates in January and February where she will sing the songs of pop legend Sting.
What started out as a simple schoolgirl crush has now grown into a serious passion of the highest order for the multi-award winning Rosemary Loar. For only four performances, she brings her new show Sting, Stang, Stung: Swingin' The Music of Sting! to the Metropolitan Room at Gotham on four dates in January and February where she will sing the songs of pop legend Sting.
The Friend Center for the Arts at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) proudly presents the new Gershwin Musical, ‘S Wonderful, for two performances only on Saturday January 29 at 8 pm, and Sunday, January 30 at 2 pm.
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