Macy News

This Autumn Season, join the New Wolsey Theatre as they present the brilliantly funny ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS by Richard Bean in association with Nuffield Southampton Theatres.

THML Theatre Company continues its spring season, 'Opening Doors, Closing the Gap,' with Elevator Heart by Amy Burgess, Sara Cooper, and Julia Meinwald. The production will run from March 27th-April 7th as part of the Access Association Series at Access Theater.

Author Howard Bloom is Tom Needham's special guest this Thursday at 6 pm EST on WUSB's 'The Sounds of Film.'

CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE is bringing the deliciously southern play 'THE CAKE' to it's stage April 4-21. Written by Bekah Brunstetter, Supervising Producer of NBC's hit show 'THIS IS US', this timely comedy comes to CFRT after successful runs throughout the country, including making its regional premier at Brunstetter's alma matter UNC-Chapel Hill (PlayMakers Repertory Company). CFRT will present the show just a few days after the highly acclaimed Off-Broadway run at the Manhattan Theatre Club closes. CFRT is among some of the first regional theatres to produce 'THE CAKE', proving its place as one of North Carolina's premiere theatres.

MCP is excited to announce the cast for the final show of its 27th season 'Annie - the musical'. The production won seven Tony Awards in 1977, including Best Musical, and there have been three different film versions of the musical. The show is being directed by Josie French of Lewiston, assistant directed by Tim MacLeod of Auburn, musical direction by Colleen Mahan of Green and produced by Cindy Dunham of Windham.

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with the following acts:

The world famous Troubadour in Los Angeles will host the Donny Hathaway Live Tribute this Friday March 15th at 9 p.m. An incredible group of musicians and singers will come together to perform the music featured on the classic album 'Donny Hathaway Live' which was released in 1972. Long considered one of the best live albums ever recorded, the songs are taken from a performance originally given by Donny Hathaway at the Troubadour back in 1971.

Freshly returned from rocking his way around the UK with Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees & Beyond, Corn Mo returns to bring the RAWK to The Love Show Dancers' ROLL at The Slipper Room!

THML Theatre Company continues its spring season, 'Opening Doors, Closing the Gap,' with Elevator Heart by Amy Burgess, Sara Cooper, and Julia Meinwald. The production will run from March 27th-April7th as part of the Access Association Series at Access Theater.

Klein and Alvarez Productions, LLC is proud to kick off its 2019 Magic Thread Cabaret sophomore season with Cory Lingner, who is already building quite an impressive resume on Broadway, back home to delight Central Indiana audiences with more than just his signature dance abilities.

The Actors' Gang presents One Act Festival, featuring two contrasting programs performed in repertory. Show one, entitled The Classic, begins performances March 14th (press opening March 23) and features two classic one-act plays -- Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit, directed by Brian T. Finney, and Samuel Beckett's Krapps's Last Tape, directed by Cynthia Ettinger. Show two, entitled The Original, begins performances March 16 (Press Opening March 29) and features three new one-act plays written, directed, and acted by The Actors Gang ensemble:  Tradition, written by James Edward Bane and directed by Tess Vidal, A Perfect World, written by Lynde Houck and directed by Danielle Powell, and Clean Slate, written by Bob Turton and directed by Zoe Hall. Both programs will run Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, through April 20th.  

The Jazz Bastards, nominated for a MAC Award in the duo and group category, announce their residency at Pangea, hailed by The New York Times as the alternative Cafe Carlisle. Aldo Perez and his co conspirators serve up standards bebop style with originals and vaudeville turns now at their monthly residency at Pangea, the last Friday of every month at 9:30pm, currently through June 28th with possible extension. Look out for special guests each month!

Little Orphan Annie will charm the hearts of all when she takes to the Irvington Town Hall Theater stage March 9-17. Clocktower Players, the award-winning community theater of the Rivertowns presents the beloved classic musical with a cast that's sure to bring smiles and happiness to the community.

Asolo Repertory Theatre proudly presents THE CAKE, written by Bekah Brunstetter, the Emmy Award-winning writer and producer of the hit TV series This is Us. Directed by Lavina Jadhwani, this heartfelt new comedy shines a bright light on both sides of the marriage equality debate.

Cincinnati Opera today announced news of a major transition to come in 2020: Patricia K. Beggs, The Harry Fath General Director and CEO, will retire at the close of the company's 100th anniversary season, after 35 years at the company. A national search for a new general director will begin immediately, to ensure a smooth transition.

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) brings an exciting 45-minute performance of RUMPELSTILTSKIN presented by TCT On Tour (TCT's touring division) to the Ralph and Patricia Corbett Showtime Stage March 15-17, 2019.

The conflict between seeing multiple sides of an issue and the insistence that there is only one correct side is the power that fuels Bekah Brunstetter's sweet and provocative multi-layered comedy/drama The Cake, a fictional story that offers evenly sliced arguments regarding the news-making debates involving same-sex couples planning their wedding receptions and bakers who decline their cake-creating business.

This Spring, Journey to Paradisios will be cleared for launch, as marvelous celestial blooms await spectators during the annual Macy's Flower Show. This year's space-inspired floral fantasy returns to Macy's Herald Square to the delight of flora fans from Sunday, March 24 through Sunday, April 7. Visitors will be transported into a multi-dimensional world of space, adventure and discovery through flora and eccentrically landscaped gardens that celebrate the wonder and mystery of the planet Paradisios.

Virginia Stage Company has announced their 41st season, spanning from September 2019 - June 2020: The Family You Choose. The season promises a vibrant array of productions where there is something for everyone - including the return of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize winning Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The electrifying Tony Award winning musical, Guys and Dolls, kicks off the season lineup in a reimagined production that will set the tone for Virginia Stage's continued commitment to inclusive theatre-making.

This past Saturday an impromptu performance at the Huntington Mall began with a shout known to all musical lovers: 'Pulitzer and Hearst, they think we're nothing' Are we nothing'?' To which an excited mob of newsies replied tenaciously, 'No!' Audiences were then treated to an impressive flash mob rendition of 'The World Will Know' during a lull in the Macy's Prom Fashion Event. After this commanding performance, there's no doubt in anybody's mind just how great First Stage Theatre Company's production of Newsies will be.