Little Theatre of Manchester's popular script-in-hand play-reading series, begins on March 14, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. with a reading of John Logan's dramatization of the 1920's Leopold and Loeb crime and trial, NEVER THE SINNER.
Back by popular demand, productions by noted author and playwright Mitch Albom, Ernie and Hockey - The Musical!, will return to the City Theatre inside Hockeytown Cafe for the Mitch Albom Summer Series. Ernie will play Thursday, June 8 through Sunday, June 25 and Hockey - The Musical! will play Thursday, July 13 through Sunday, August 6.
Sports and theater fans alike will rejoice in the new musical comedy Hockey - The Musical!, by acclaimed author Mitch Albom. The first of its kind, this musical celebrates the beloved sport of hockey in the most unlikely way possible! Hockey - The Musical! skates into East Lansing on Thursday, August 24, through Saturday, August 26, 2017.
WARREN, Mich., Nov. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Art Van Furniture, the Midwest's number one furniture and mattress retailer, will be hosting award-winning Detroit journalist and New York Times best-selling author Mitch Albom for a book signing event as a part of their Wonderlandholiday extravaganza. The event will take place on Saturday, December 3 from 2-4 p.m. at 6500 E. 14 Mile Road.
Actress Anika Noni Rose stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about her new drama series POWER and her role in the recently broadcast remake of ROOTS.
With reviewers unanimously agreeing that multitalented entertainer BOBBY RYDELL has told one hell of a story in his compelling new autobiography, TEEN IDOL ON THE ROCKS, the Justin Bieber of the 'Camelot' era will be bringing his brutally candid and compelling 'Tale of Second Chances' directly to his fans with an extensive nationwide Special Events & Book Tour.
Either late last winter or early spring, 2nd Story theatre's Artistic Director, Ed Shea, announced that he was looking for less cynicism and revamped the schedule. Out went SPEED THE PLOW and in came CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRLS. In Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom's adaptation of TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE (based Albom's book), Shea has struck the mother lode of positivity. In this play (and in the book, and in life) Mitch (Jeff Del Sisto) a young, career-driven journalist learns of his former professor Morrie's (Jay Burke) battle with Lou Gehrig's disease and a one-time visit becomes a weekly pilgrimage and a graduate seminar on the meaning of life and death. The book has sold over fourteen million copies and been translated into fourteen languages. Cynical it is not. The question is, how does into translate onto the stage?
Rhode Island theaters are gearing up for another sizzling summer season. Here's a look ahead at what's on stage in the Ocean State from June through August.
Wharton Center announces its 2016-2017 presentations - a season that Executive Director Mike Brand calls, "...an amazing lineup of firsts, favorites and homecomings." The season features eight incredible Broadway smash hits in the MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton Center series, including the return of the most requested production in Wharton Center's history - the ever-"Popular" WICKED, flying into East Lansing for the fourth time. Winner of over 100 international awards, including a Grammy® and three Tony® Awards, Wicked is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" (The New York Times).
MATRIX:MIDLAND at Midland Center for the Arts has announced the lineup for its 39th annual MATRIX:MIDLAND Festival, featuring world-class performers, musicians and professional speakers.
Olympia Entertainment is proud to announce that Ernie - A play by Mitch Albom, will return for a sixth unforgettable season at the City Theatre, located inside of Hockeytown Cafe. As Detroit buzzes with excitement on the verge of the 2016 Detroit Tiger's season, Ernie invites fans to celebrate and remember "The Voice of Summer" with an opening performance on Thursday, July 28 and running through Sunday, August 14. The two-man play is dedicated to the late and beloved Hall of Fame Detroit Tigers announcer, Ernie Harwell.
J.P. McCarthy - The Voice of Detroit will air TONIGHT (Sunday, March 13), 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Detroit Public Television and will also stream online at http://dptv.org/jp. J.P. McCarthy - The Voice of Detroit will also repeat on Thursday, March 17th at 8:00 P.M.
Provision Theater Company will continue its 12th season with TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom. The play will run tonight, February 10, through March 20.
Noted author and playwright Mitch Albom dives into the world of musical comedy with the irresistible new show 'Hockey, The Musical!' a show Albom laughingly describes as 'Spamalot - with hockey sticks.' The musical makes its debut at the City Theatre Thursday, May 19 through Sunday, June 19.
As the temperature outside dips across most of the country, we are warming up for second day of extensive coverage of the 2015 Miami Book Fair, live from Miami Dade College. All this weekend, PBS audiences across the country are invited to take part in one of the nation's oldest and largest literary festivals—the 32nd annual Miami Book Fair at Miami Dade College (MDC), featuring interviews with dozens of authors, illustrators and celebrities led by Jeffrey Brown, Chief Correspondent for Arts, Culture, and Society for PBS NewHour and Book View Now host Rich Fahle.
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (FAC) presents Jeffery Hatcher's new adaptation of Frederick Knotts' classic thriller, WAIT UNTIL DARK, directed by Producing Artistic Director, Scott RC Levy (tonight, Oct 15 - Nov 1).
The Wetumpka Depot Players are inviting audiences to curl up with a good 'script' and cup of coffee. The fall slate of shows wrapping up the Depot Player's 35th Anniversary Season are based on best selling books. Tuesdays with Morrie, opens for a two week run on the Depot stage, tonight, October 15. This play follows a successful run of Love, Loss and What I Wore, another play based on a best seller
The moving and powerful drama Tuesdays With Morrie continues its run at Playhouse on Park. An exclusive Tuesday matinee with specially priced seating has been planned for Tuesday, October 13 at 2pm.
At the beginning of the premiere production of Playhouse on Park's seventh season, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, we learn that we are present for the last class taught by Morrie Schwartz, and that Mitch Albom, the author of the book on which the play is based, will be the sole student. But seated in the audience, I felt that wasn't exactly true. I too, was a student of Morrie's, learning along with Mitch, the life lessons that he conveyed in such a straightforward and loving way.