Mary Ann News

A world famous yet mysterious candy man is about to invite five lucky children into his magical chocolate factory, where delicious adventures await. The Yardley Players present 'Willy Wonka,' a musical based on the famed Roald Dahl book, at Mercer County Community College's (MCCC's) Kelsey Theatre Fridays, July 1 and 8 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, July 2 and 9 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, July 3 and 10 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college's West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance on July 1.

A brand new original dark comedy musical will be premiering in Los Angeles this June as part of the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

?Company of Fools (COF) opens its 21st season with the haunting and often hilarious  musical, Grey Gardens, with book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie. Performances run June 28-July 20 at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey. When it premiered on Broadway in 2006, Grey Gardens was hailed as Time magazine's number one show of the year and garnered 10 Tony Award nominations.

Music Mountain, America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, continues its extraordinary 87th Anniversary Season with the inspiring Cassatt String Quartet with guest artist, Colin Carr, cello on Sunday, June 26th (3PM) performing Tchaikowsky and Shubert. The New Black Eagle Jazz Band returns to Music Mountain on Saturday, June 25th (6:30pm) playing the best of traditional New Orleans jazz plus blues and rags. The summer will feature 15 weekends of incredible music including returning favorite chamber ensembles and musicians (pianists Peter Serkin and Julia Hsu), first-time guests (pianist Richard Goode), the ever-popular Saturday Evening Twilight Series, featuring an array of Jazz ensembles and musicians, including the talented artists of the Catskill Jazz Factory, and the second season of the new Music Mountain Master Classes for Young Artists plus so much more! See why the New Yorker called Music Mountain 'The Summer Shrine of the String Quartet.' Concerts are scheduled through September 11.

Composer and pianist Jennifer Castellano doesn't stick to the conventional major and minor key systems of classical music.

?The first two weekends in June bring a hilarious murder mystery to South Bend Civic Theatre. Director Tucker Curtis leads his team of actors and designers to bring Ken Ludwig's The Game's Afoot to the stage from June 3rd through the 12th in what promises to be a laugh-riot of holiday hijinx! Scenic Designer Damen Mroczek transforms the Wilson Theatre into William Gillette's New England mansion.

WAM Theatre has announced the cast for the third in their 2016 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series, The Oregon Trail by Bekah Brunstetter, directed by Estefania Fadul. The reading will take place on Sunday, June 19 at 3 pm at No. Six Depot Roastery and Cafe, 6 Depot Street in West Stockbridge, MA.

Fox 5 anchor Ernie Anastos checked out the hilarious whodunit Shear Madness at the holiday weekend matinee.  

Mu Performing Arts released casting and thematic details today for the World Premiere production of ?tot: THE UNTOLD, YET SPECTACULAR STORY OF ?(a filipino)?HULK HOGAN?, June 17 - 26, 2016, written by playwright ?Victor Maog?and directed by ?Randy Reyes at Park Square Theatre's Boss Thrust Stage. This production is the final play of the 2015?2016 season and marks Mu's 50th World Premiere of new works by Asian American artists and playwrights.

ANNA IN THE TROPICS begins its run with a preview today Thursday, May 26th and runs through Sunday, June 19th. Opening night is Friday, May 27th at 8PM. For more information, visit www.rossvalleyplayers.com.

Nunsense was a night out that had the audience laughing and applauding from start to finish.

Coronado Playhouse is the longest running community theatre in San Diego County and Coronado's oldest arts organization. The 2016 season marks 70 years of entertainment, service and outreach to Coronado and Southern California audiences. 

DIRTY ME DIVINE is an autobiographical one-woman show written and performed by Christina Dunbar. It is a sexy, raw ride that showcases the struggle between the Nice Jewish Good Girl and the Badass Rebel Rouser within.

After a sold-out run at the 1998 Lincoln Center Festival, the opera PATIENCE & SARAH returns to New York as a staged concert performance for two nights only - Thursday, June 23rd and Friday, June 24th at 7PM at the Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street).

Matrix Theatre Company, Michigan's premier producer of community-based, social justice theatre, announced their new Executive Director, Mary Ann McCourt, one month ahead of its 25th Anniversary Extravaganza.

Ross Valley Players is pleased to present the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ANNA IN THE TROPICS by Nilo Cruz.

Dead Writers Theatre Collective brings a new level of appreciation to the Oscar Wilde classic, The Importance of Being Earnest, opening July 1 at The Athenaeum Theatre. "To showcase this classic concoction of whipped cream and razor blades, we're juxtaposing the subversive deceit of Wilde's classic while also emphasizing the love story of the two couples," states Collective Artistic Director Jim Schneider. "We're literally staging it in a series of Victorian Valentines -- complete with costumes that are a little over-the-top as they were in Wilde's original production."

A brand new original dark comedy musical will be premiering in Los Angeles this June as part of the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

?The first two weekends in June bring a hilarious murder mystery to South Bend Civic Theatre. Director Tucker Curtis leads his team of actors and designers to bring Ken Ludwig's The Game's Afoot to the stage from June 3rd through the 12th in what promises to be a laugh-riot of holiday hijinx! Scenic Designer Damen Mroczek transforms the Wilson Theatre into William Gillette's New England mansion.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth (HTY) performed "The Tiny Tree," an interactive theater production, for 35 enthusiastic preschoolers in the Head Start program at Kapalama Elementary School this morning. The production, designed specifically to promote positive growth and healthy living concepts to young children, is midway through its eight-show run at federally funded Head Start preschool programs across Oahu.