Representing the print and electronic media, 23 members of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announce the winners of 37 Drama awards and 37 Musical awards from 257 nominated actors, designers, productions, and more reviewed in 2008. Over 400 productions were seen in 2008 by Circle critics reviewing theatre from San Jose to Santa Rosa, San Francisco to Concord.
THE 30thth ANNUAL SHELLIE AWARDS gala celebration honoring outstanding achievement in the performing arts in Central Contra Costa County was held Saturday, January 17th at 7:30pm at the Lesher Center for the Arts. The black-tie event featured production numbers from each of the nominated musicals along with scenes from each of the nominated plays. Ken Bergmann conducted the Shellie Awards Orchestra and the MC's for the evening were Jeff Collister, Jerry Motta, Kerri Shawn, and Michael White. Throughout the evening the audience was entertained with live and 'remote' video broadcasts from backstage and other areas throughout the Center. Shellie Awards innovator, Scott Denison, says 'The Shellie Awards were founded thirty years ago in order to recognize outstanding achievement in the performing arts in Central Contra Costa. This is an evening to honor the nominees, as well as the winners.' Patterned after Broadway's Tony awards, this year's Shellie Awards honored over 120 individuals and their work in musical and non-musical theatrical productions, which took place between September 1, 2007 and August 31, 2008. The 12 regional companies participating were: Act Now!, Antioch Rivertown Theatre, Center REPertory Company, Contra Costa Musical Theatre, DLOC, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre, Onstage Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Community Theatre, Role Players Ensemble Theatre, Town Hall Theatre Company, The Vagabond Players, and Willows Theatre Company.
THE 30thth ANNUAL SHELLIE AWARDS gala celebration honoring outstanding achievement in the performing arts in Central Contra Costa County was held Saturday, January 17th at 7:30pm at the Lesher Center for the Arts. The black-tie event featured production numbers from each of the nominated musicals along with scenes from each of the nominated plays. Ken Bergmann conducted the Shellie Awards Orchestra and the MC's for the evening were Jeff Collister, Jerry Motta, Kerri Shawn, and Michael White. Throughout the evening the audience was entertained with live and 'remote' video broadcasts from backstage and other areas throughout the Center.
The original off-Broadway cast of the musical FIVE COURSE LOVE (Minetta Lane Theatre, 2005) went into the studios on January 9th and 10th in New York City to record the show's cast album. FIVE COURSE LOVE, with book, music and lyrics by Gregg Coffin, tells the story of five entangled encounters with love in five different restaurants. The scores varied musical styles reflect the cuisines of the different eateries: Country & Western, Italian, German cabaret, Mexican and 50's Doo Wop.
Columbia Gorge Repertory Theatre/Jesse Merz, Artistic Director and Lisa Dozier announce that The Gospel According to Tammy Faye, a new two-act musical based on the life of televangelist Tammy Faye Messner, will be presented in three special industry readings in New York City, on Sunday, December 16 at 7PM; Monday, December 17 at 4PM and Tuesday, December 18 at 2PM.
The first night of the Second Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival was full of the sophistication and taste that we've come to expect from Scott Siegel and Town Hall
Geva Theatre Center (Mark Cuddy, Artistic Director) and Five Course Love Company LLC has announced the final performance of the lip-smacking new musical comedy Five Course Love with Book, Music & Lyrics by Gregg Coffin at the Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane (between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street).
We took over a dozen characters from the Off-Broadway musical 'Five Course Love' and put them in the 'real' world just for kicks. Check out what happened in this exclusive video!
You can now see clips from Five Course Love here on BroadwayWorld.com!
The off-Broadway musical Five Course Love has a new performance schedule for the holiday season
The cast and creative team of Five Course Love, a musical that opened off-Broadway on October 16th, got together for an opening night party
Five dates. Five restaurants. One chance at love. Five Course Love is a new musical that is equal parts comedy and music with heaping portions of that elusive search for love thrown in for good measure. Check out these photos from the sneak peek press preview!
Geva Theatre Center (Mark Cuddy, Artistic Director) and Five Course Love Company LLC will present the lip-smacking new musical comedy Five Course Love with Book, Music & Lyrics by Gregg Coffin at the Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane (between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street).
John Bolton, Heather Ayers and Jeff Gurner will star in Gregg Coffin's 'Five Course Love'
Tony Award nominees Tom Hewitt and Melissa Errico, stars of DRACULA, THE MUSICAL, will be interviewed on XM-28 On Broadway, XM Satellite Radio as follows:
Tony Award nominee Tom Hewitt, and Kelli O'Hara, stars of DRACULA, THE MUSICAL, will appear at the Chelsea Barnes & Noble (675 Sixth Avenue at 22nd Street) on Friday, October 29 from 11:00am to 12:00pm.
Tony® Award nominee Tom Hewitt who stars as Count Dracula in DRACULA, THE MUSICAL, will perform and be interviewed by Scott & Todd and the morning crew on WPLJ Radio (95.5 FM) on Friday, October 29 in the 8:30am half-hour.
Tony® Award nominees Tom Hewitt and Melissa Errico, stars of DRACULA, THE MUSICAL, will appear at the Greenwich Village Barnes & Noble (396 Sixth Avenue at 8th Street) on Saturday, October 23 from 11:00am to 12:00pm. Celebrating Halloween, Tom (who plays Count Dracula) and Melissa (who plays his love interest Mina Murray) will read selections from Bram Stoker's Dracula, do a question & answer session and sign autographs.
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