Mark Twain News

The Apple Tree, a musical comedy at Crown City Theatre Company, is extended through July 26th. Half-price tickets are now available July 4th weekend.

OpenStage Theatre & Company will hold two individual rounds of auditions for its upcoming 2009-10 season. Open auditions for the first three shows of the season will be held on Monday, July 20, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Professional Facilities Management (PFM) is pleased to announce Veterans Memorial Auditorium's (VMA) 2009/2010 season. Tickets for these performances go on-sale Monday, July 27 at 10A. J.L. 'Lynn' Singleton, PFM President, said, 'I am very happy that PPAC and the VMA are PFM members. PPAC is looking forward to having a stronger relationship with the VMA for the approaching performance season and in the coming years. Both theatres are important and historic cultural centers in Rhode Island, and with the help of PFM, we hope to make major strides in the coming season.'

The Apple Tree, a musical comedy at Crown City Theatre Company, is extended through July 26th. Half-price tickets are now available July 4th weekend.

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION by George Bernard Shaw plays Monday JULY 20 at 7pm at THE PLAYERS, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av.)

AN EVENING AT THE CARLYLE, A New Musical Revue presented by Algonquin Theater Productions, will extend its previously announced four-week engagement to an open-ended run at The Algonquin Theater (123 East 24th Street) where it plays in repertory with the musical Sessions, now in its 2nd year. In the tradition of Off-Broadway revues like The Shoestring Revue, Starting Here Starting Now and Upstairs at O'Neil's, AN EVENING AT THE CARLYLE is a musical entertainment featuring a talented young cast and a bright, original score commenting on current events, celebrities and life and love in the Big Apple.

Crown Center announces its schedule of events from July 2009 through August 2010. Located in the heart of downtown Kansas City, Crown Center is often called a city within a city.

Mark Twain docks in the Hudson for the World Premiere of THE REPORT OF MY DEATH On the Lilac Steamship (July 22-August 15)

It was announced today that Billy Crystal will bring 700 SUNDAYS, his Tony Award-winning Broadway blockbuster, to six cities for limited engagements this fall, launching at Washington, D.C.'s National Theatre September 8 - 17. The tour will also play Philadelphia, Dallas, Palm Beach, Miami and Atlanta. 700 SUNDAYS, a play performed and written by Mr. Crystal with additional content by Alan Zweibel is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff.

The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities presents 'Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' running July 14 - August 9, 2009 in the Main Stage Theater.

Marin Theatre Company launches it's 43rd season with Aaron Posner's exquisite adaptation of the classic novel by Chaim Potok, My Name is Asher Lev. MTC's West Coast premiere is one of only two U.S. productions during the 2009-10 season, after the critically acclaimed world premiere at Arden Theatre Company in January 2009.

Rover Dramawerks is pleased to announce their Tenth Anniversary Season. Rover Dramawerks' 2009-10 Season will be A Year of Premieres.

Producers Emanuel Azenberg and Ira Pittelman are pleased to announce that THE NEIL SIMON PLAYS, new productions of Neil Simon's BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS and BROADWAY BOUND, will play Broadway's beautifully restored Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). The productions will be directed by David Cromer (Our Town).

Fidelity Investments®, in partnership with Billy Elliot the Musical, the Viertel/Frankel/Baruch/Routh Group, LeAp (Learning through an Expanded Arts Program) and Camp Broadway®, today announced that entertainment icon Queen Latifah will host the Fidelity FutureStage® 2009 Finale on Monday, June 15. The gala event will be held at Broadway's Imperial Theatre, home of the Tony-nominated production of Billy Elliot the Musical.

There's something special about hearing the natural sound of human voices in the theater. They become a symphony of verbosity akin to a chamber ensemble performing in a first rate concert hall. There are nuances and colors that are to be detected without the aid of amplification. Such is the case with the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of THE PHILANTHROPIST which is currently on stage at the American Airlines Theatre.

Bill Cosby, one of the most influential comedians and storytellers of his generation, will give a solo stand-up comedy performance - his only scheduled New York appearance - on Saturday, October 17, 2009, at 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. at Avery Fisher Hall.

Auditions for the second show in Pioneer Theatre Company's 2009- 2010 Season, Is He Dead? will be held on Friday, June 5th, 2009 from 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. Noon to 1 p.m. is reserved for AEA (Equity) members only, but AEA members may sign up for any time slot. Callbacks will be the morning of Saturday, June 6th, 2009; the time will be announced. Auditions will be held in Room 245 at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. Auditioners will be required to read from the script.

Local Equity Principal Auditions (EPAs) for Pioneer Theatre Company's 2009-2010 Season will be held on Friday, June 12th, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. If these slots are 75% filled in advance, additional time will be made available.

The Apple Tree is an evening of three funny, poignant and fascinating one-act musicals about men, women and temptation with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (the team that created Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me and The Rothschilds), and a book by Bock and Harnick with contributions from Jerome Coopersmith.

Crown City Theatre Company is set to present The Apple Tree. Previews will take place June 3 & 4 at 8 pm. The show runs from June 5 - June 28. General admission tickets cost $20, tickets for students and seniors cost $15. Tickets to preview shows cost $15, $10 students and seniors.