Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.
Wicked's Megan Hilty, as well as Leslie Kritzer and Sarah Stiles, will headline the cast of Vanities, a new musical premiering at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts in Palo Alto, CA from June 21st through July 16th
Nothing Like A Dame 2006, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, has raised a total of $300,000 for the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund of America.
On Sunday, December 4th at 7 PM, THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL will have its final performance at Dodger Stages…unless there is a dramatic increase in business. The show began performances on August 20 and will have played 121 performances by this Sunday's evening performance. A National Tour is in the works, as are productions in London and Las Vegas; with a cast album to be released in mid-December.
Contestants are being sought for The Great American Trailer Park Pageant, a benefit presented by The Great American Trailer Park Musical and hosted by Jerry Springer on November 17th
The Great American Trailer Park will be recorded by Sh-K-Boom records, with the cast going into the studio on October 26th; it will be released online in December and commercially in early 2006
The Great American Trailer Park Musical will now open at Dodger Stages on September 27th, after two new songs pushed back the previously-announced opening date of September 22nd
CONTEST CLOSED! There's a new tenant at Armadillo Acres-and she's wreaking havoc all over Florida's most exclusive trailer park. Win tickets to see THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL