Molly Brown News

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Neil Bartram: 'New Songs for a New Year'; Broadway Is A Drag: Celebrating Drag Queens for BC/EFA; Lorna Luft at 54 Below; 54 Sings Kiss Me Kate; and Melba Moore: I Got Love.

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) has announced full casting and creative teams for the Theatre Company's world premiere productions of Theresa Rebeck's The Nest and Tanya Saracho's FADE.

Today in 1991, the second Broadway revival of Peter Pan opened at the MInskoff Theatre, where it ran for 48 performances. Peter Pan is a musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and Barrie's own novelization of it, Peter and Wendy. The music is mostly by Mark 'Moose' Charlap, with additional music by Jule Styne, and most of the lyrics were written by Carolyn Leigh, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The original 1954 Broadway production, starring Mary Martin as Peter and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook, earned Tony Awards for both stars.

Happy Birthday, Ron Raines! His Broadway credits include Follies (Tony Award nomination), Chicago, Show Boat, Teddy and Alice. he has performed with over fifty symphonies including Chicago, Cleveland, BBC, Royal Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Philly Pops. National Tours & Regional credits include: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, A Little Night Music, Annie, The King and I, Kiss Me Kate, South Pacific, Kismet, etc.

The play submission gates were thrown open on November 1 when the Table|Room|Stage (T|R|S) new play development program at Artists Repertory Theatre began accepting submissions for the new Oregon Play Prize.

Come see all the unforgettable characters in The Unsinkable Molly Brown at the Hope Box Theatre in Kaysville, the show opens on November 6th and runs through November 21st with evening performances: (7:00pm) November 6, 7, 9 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21; matinee performance: (2:00pm) November 21st.

The Old Globe today shared its 2016 Summer Season, which will feature new and familiar works directed by four major American stalwarts. The season features the welcome return of Steve Martin (Bright Star) with the World Premiere of his new play Meteor Shower, an adult comedy, directed by Gordon Edelstein, in a co-production with Long Wharf Theatre, where he serves as Artistic Director. Paul Gordon's musical Sense and Sensibility will have its West Coast premiere, presented in association with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where it had its world premiere in February 2015, directed by CST Artistic Director Barbara Gaines. The Summer Shakespeare Festival will include Macbeth, directed by Brian Kulick, Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company, and Love's Labor's Lost, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall.

Come see all the unforgettable characters in The Unsinkable Molly Brown at the Hope Box Theatre in Kaysville, the show opens on November 6th and runs through November 21st with evening performances: (7:00pm) November 6, 7, 9 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21; matinee performance: (2:00pm) November 21st.

The Theatre Company at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts is proud to announce the four selected playwrights for the 2016 Colorado New Play Summit. The festival of new work will take place over two weekends, 2/13-2/14 and 2/19-2/20 and will feature new plays by Jose Cruz Gonzalez, Lauren Gunderson, Tira Palmquist, and Mat Smart.

Olivier Award-winning West End stars Sheila Hancock and Jenna Russell are to star in the eagerly awaited European premiere of Grey Gardens.

Kritzerland at Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal presents THE SHOWS OF MY LIFE – A PERSONAL DISCOVERY on Sunday, October 18, 2015 (5:30 PM dinner, 7:00 PM show).

Artists Repertory Theatre names ambitious new play development program Table|Room|Stage (T|R|S). This wide-ranging program is led by Director of New Play Development & Dramaturgy Luan Schooler. Artists Rep welcomes playwright Yussef El Guindi to develop his play The Talented Ones as the first project of this notable program.

Barbara Eden, star of NBC-TV's long-running 1960s comedy smash I DREAM OF JEANNIE, caught a recent performance of the Off-Broadway hit RUTHLESS! and she visited with the entire cast after the show. Scroll down for photos of her with the company!

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and newly-formed Clique Hospitality, founded by Andy Masi, have partnered to bring Clique, a new avant-garde lounge concept, to the resort this winter.

Beth Malone, Best Actress Tony nominee and star of the 2015 Tony winning best musical Fun Home, returns to Joe's Pub for one night only tonight, August 31st at 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM, with her one woman show BETH MALONE: SO FAR.

Berkeley Rep has announced the full company for its 2015-16 season opener Amelie, A New Musical, starring award-winning actress Samantha Barks.

As reported yesterday, Tony Award-nominee Montego Glover and Alex Finke will join Alfie Boe, the internationally-acclaimed performer who takes over the role of Jean Valjean in Claude-Michel Schonberg & Alain Boublil's Les Miserables, on Sept 1. Glover succeeds Erika Henningsen as Fantine, while Finke (making her Broadway debut) replaces original cast member Samantha Hill. In honor of the trio boarding of one Broadway's most beloved hits, BWW brings you a brief look at their past performances!

Tony Award-nominee Montego Glover (Memphis) will assume the role of Fantine beginning Tuesday, September 1 in Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new Broadway production of Claude-Michel Schonberg & Alain Boublil's LES MISERABLES, now in its second year at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). She succeeds Erika Henningsen in the role.  Glover, who also received the Drama Desk and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for her acclaimed performance in Memphis, most recently co-starred on Broadway in the musical It Shoulda Been You.   Also on September 1, Alex Finke makes her Broadway debut in the role of Cosette, succeeding Samantha Hill. 

Lorna Luft has shared on her official Facebook page that she has undergone mastectomy surgery and is recovering well. 

Beth Malone, Best Actress Tony nominee and star of the 2015 Tony winning best musical Fun Home, has sold out the house less than 24-hours after the announcement that she will be returning to Joe's Pub for one night only on Monday, August 31st at 7:30 PM, with her one woman show Beth Malone: So Far. Due to popular demand, Malone has added a second performance that evening at 9:30 PM. Tickets are on sale now, and range from $15 to $25 and can be purchased at www.joespub.publictheater.org. There is a $12 food/drink minimum.