Matthew LaBanca News

Get ready for some holiday cheer because A Christmas Carol's Hannah Elless is taking over BroadwayWorld's Instagram Story this Thursday, November 7th! Be sure to tune in throughout the day to get a peek inside the show's first preview at the Lyceum Theatre. You're not gonna want to miss this takeover that is sure to bring joy to the world!

A Christmas Carol is now in previews on Broadway! The holiday masterpiece, A Christmas Carol, comes to Broadway this holiday season for eight weeks only following critically acclaimed runs at London's Old Vic. Two visionary talents, playwright Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and director Matthew Warchus (Matilda), offer a magical new interpretation of Charles Dickens' classic story, starring Campbell Scott ('House of Cards,' Dying Young) as Ebenezer Scrooge. Beginning previews on Thursday, November 7 at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street), with the opening night set for Wednesday, November 20, A Christmas Carol will play a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, January 5, 2020 only.

The producers of A Christmas Carol announced today that starting with the first preview on November 7, 2019 there will be a limited number of $40 rush tickets available for each performance throughout the run.

Complete casting has been announced today for the holiday masterpiece, A Christmas Carol, coming to Broadway this holiday season for eight weeks only, following critically acclaimed runs at The Old Vic, London. Two visionary talents, playwright Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and director Matthew Warchus (Matilda The Musical), offer a magical new interpretation of Charles Dickens' classic story. Beginning previews on Thursday, November 7 at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street), with the opening night set for Wednesday, November 20, A Christmas Carol will play a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, January 5, 2020 only.

Lorin Latarro will direct an industry presentation of the dark comedy, ALIVE! The Zombie Musical on September 28. Leading the show are Betsy Wolfe (Waitress), Ben Fankhauser (Newsies), Lauren Zakrin (Great Comet), and Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A Little Night Music).

Rebecca Faulkenberry (Groundhog Day), Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A Little Night Music), and Carrie Manolakos (Mamma Mia) will lead a closed industry reading of the new musical ALIVE! by Josh Canfield on March 21.

In The Apple Tree, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick show us that women have been smarter than men from as far back as Eden when Adam says to Eve, 'I remember when you invented fire.'

In The Apple Tree, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick show us that women have been smarter than men from as far back as Eden when Adam says to Eve, 'I remember when you invented fire.'

Get ready to 'do the time warp again' with the cult-classic musical, The Rocky Horror Show, live and interactive at The Gateway in Bellport from August 24-September 10.  Tickets start at $59. For tickets, contact the Box Office at (631) 286-1133 or visit the website at www.TheGateway.org. 

Secret Theatre Musicals and Richard Mazda, Producer, present the legendary Broadway musical A CHORUS LINE at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, opening tonight, January 28, for a three-week run.

Secret Theatre Musicals and Richard Mazda, Producer, will be presenting the legendary Broadway musical A CHORUS LINE at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, opening January 28 for a three-week run.

Secret Theatre Musicals and Richard Mazda, Producer, will be presenting the legendary Broadway musical A CHORUS LINE at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, opening January 28 for a three-week run.

The world's largest solo theatre festival concluded its season with an awards ceremony held on Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Theatre Row in New York City. It was the closing night for a ten-week season of solo theatre and the fifth anniversary of the festival, a resident company at Theatre Row.

Good Enough comes to NYC's Theatre Row for a second performance tonight, October 7. Written and performed by Broadway actor Matthew LaBanca, and directed by Kira Simring, Good Enough is the current Bestseller in the United Solo Theatre Festival.

Good Enough comes to NYC's Theatre Row for three performances this fall: September 22, October 5, and October 7. Written and performed by Broadway actor Matthew LaBanca, and directed by Kira Simring, Good Enough is a current Bestseller in the United Solo Theatre Festival.

Good Enough comes to NYC's Theatre Row for two performances this fall: September 22 and October 7. Written and performed by Broadway actor Matthew LaBanca, and directed by Kira Simring, Good Enough is the current Bestseller in the United Solo Theatre Festival.

Good Enough comes to NYC's Theatre Row for two performances this fall: September 22 and October 7. Written and performed by Broadway actor Matthew LaBanca, and directed by Kira Simring, Good Enough is the current Bestseller in the United Solo Theatre Festival.

The Award-Winning Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC) and Artistic Director Tom Wojtunik are pleased to announce the one-week extension of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II's ALLEGRO, choreographed by Christine O'Grady, musical directed by Julianne B. Merrill and directed by Wojtunik, as his last production as Artistic Director. ALLEGRO, of which Theatermania says, Wojtunik brings 'to elegant life,' will extend a week at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 30-44 Crescent St (@30th Rd), in Astoria, Queens. began Thursday, May 1 and will now continue through Saturday, May 24. Opening Night was Saturday, May 3 (8 p.m.).

Matthew LaBanca and Deb Lyons are starring in MY WAY, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA at the Gretna Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!