BWW met with Lyric Theatre's own Frank-N-Furter, Eric Ulloa, for an in-depth look beneath the layers of glue stick and glitter at Ulloa's physical and mental transformation into the cult classic's sweet transvestite.
Having been a Chiswick resident myself for over 15 years, I'm aware of the remarkable history of artists and theatre practitioners who have lived and worked in the area. Not only have a raft of famous actors chosen Chiswick as their home (Colin Firth, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Briers to name a few), but also the playwrights who have lived there include some of the great names in British theatre a?' John Osbourne, Harold Pinter, Arthur Pinero and Patrick Hamilton, amongst others.
The Blue Hill Troupe, New York City's only philanthropic musical theater group, will kick off its 96th season with The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a crowd-pleasing interactive whodunita?'based on Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novela?'that invites the audience to help solve a hilariously madcap murder mystery. One audience member in particular may have a distinct advantage: the show's composer, lyricist, and book writer, Rupert Holmes (honored with Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score of a Musical when the show premiered on Broadway in 1985), who will attend the show at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, and give a talk-back following the performance.
One of the biggest hits in theatrical history, CATS will come to Baltimore from January 21 to January 26 as part of a multi-season North American tour. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on October 4.
This evening, Opera 4.0, a Berlin-based production company presented their supposedly 'updated' version this Rossini masterpiece. The press materials for this performance read as follows: 'Intelligible opera at last! Come and see Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville' and enjoy a whole new opera experience: a richer soundworld and more lively than a musical!' Regarding this completely misguided, idiotic mess of a show thrust upon an unsuspecting audience, I can only say 'Nothing could be further from the truth.'
Broadway In Boston announced today that tickets for one of the biggest hits in theatrical history, CATS will go on sale to the general public on Monday, September 9, 2019. CATS will play the Citizens Bank Opera House January 8 a?" 19, 2020 as part of a multi-season North American tour and the Lexus 2019-2020 Broadway In Boston Season.
The popular duo KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar bring a new night of music and a new tribute to Broadway composers to The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
One of the biggest hits in theatrical history, CATS will come to Dallas November 5-17, 2019 presented by Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) and Broadway Across America (BAA), as part of a multi-season North American tour.
The company of the Cats first national tour headed to the diner for a special cover of Waitress's iconic song 'She Used to Be Mine' featuring cast members Maria Failla and Laura Katherine Kaufman. For Maria, creating this video was a way of sharing her story of letting the theatre industry define her beauty and taking that definition back. Check out the full video!
Celebrity Attractions and the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust are thrilled to announce one of the biggest hits in theatrical history, CATS, will return to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for a limited eight performance engagement October 9 a?" 13. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 16 at 10:30 a.m.
The producers of Cats announced today that the North American tour achieved a historic milestone during its week at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta a?" the show's highest grossing week ever in the 38-year worldwide history of the show. The production grossed $1,964,933.50 and played to more than 34,740 audience members during the show's August 6 - 11, 2019 eight performance engagement, part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway In Atlanta series.
Go behind the scenes at Cats the Musical with Keri René Fuller as she prepares for a performance and transforms into Grizabella the Glamour Cat while in Chicago! Check out the video!
One of the biggest hits in theatrical history, CATS will come to Houston from October 22 to October 27, 2019 as part of a multi-season North American tour. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 2, 2019.
The Carpenters transformed music in the 1970s and '80s as one of the biggest-selling American acts, and their legacy lives on. The Carpenter's Tribute Concert, recreating the 1976 United Kingdom tour, will be performed in Las Vegas for one night at the Starbright Theatre on Aug. 10.
Today, Australian indie-pop outlaw Phebe Starr has premiered a new song “Bad News”, alongside a music video animated by Brisbane artist HelenaPapageorgiou. Written as a response to someone who told Starr “I thought you would eventually change,” the video finds Starr holding her ground, confident and honest as she sings about the fight of staying true to herself in a relationship. The track comes after lead single “TOUCH XXX”, off Starr's highly-anticipated Ice Tea Liberace EP due out August 30 on PALACE. The 4 song EP featuring rebellious indie-pop about losing innocence and coming to terms with growing up has received accolades from NYLON, BlackBook, andNorthern Transmissions.
Your invitation to the Jellicle Ball has arrived! The global phenomenon, CATS, will play Jan. 16 through Feb. 2 at Istana Budaya.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2015 West End revival production of 'Cats' plays a strictly limited run at the Theatre at Solaire starting November 6, 2019. It will feature star world-renowned musical theater star Joanna Ampil ('Miss Saigon,' 'Jesus Christ Superstar'), who reprises her role as Grizabella.
Birdland Theater has announced that singer Eve Marie Shahoian will perform in concert on Sunday, July 7 at 7pm.
Movie producer David Permut, who recently produced the Mueller Report reading, has gotten the rights to HBO's award winning mini series, "Behind the Candelabra," and will turn it into a musical, according to Showbiz411.
Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced Andrea McArdle and Donna McKechnie: Celebrate Sondheim & Hamlisch on Monday, July 8 at 8 pm as part of Bay Street Theater's Music Mondays concert series. Tickets range from $79 - $125 and are on sale now at baystreet.org and through the Box Office at 631-725-9500, open daily from 11am to showtime.
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