Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening may have been banned from the stage in the 1890s, but unlike the troubled adolescents whose lives it chronicles, the play survived those growing pains to become one of the seminal works of German drama, not to mention the template for just about every teen tragedy from Rebel Without a Cause onward.
Marni Nixon will appear in person at The Film Forum for an on stage interview with Bruce Goldstein and award winning musical theater writer Stephen Cole. They will discuss her career and autobiography 'I Could Have Sung All Night', which will be avaliable for sale at the Forum. Admission is $20, $10 for Film Forum members. This event is on Monday February 23, and begins at 7:30pm.
The Jewish Alliance for Change (Doni Remba, President) will present 'BROADWAY FOR A NEW AMERICA' ? Standing Up for Marriage Equality and a Progressive Agenda for Change, on Monday, March 2nd at 7:00 PM, at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway (at 95th Street). The benefit concert will feature a host of Broadway singers, performers and cast members from leading shows, including Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award winners, stars from the worlds of television, film, music, and comedy, plus prominent political leaders, progressive and LGBT activists.
The Manitoba Theatre Centre, in co-production with David Mirvish (Toronto), is pleased to present Medea at the John Hirsch Theatre at the MTC Mainstage from November 20 to December 13.
The Manitoba Theatre Centre, in co-production with David Mirvish (Toronto), is pleased to present Medea at the John Hirsch Theatre at the MTC Mainstage from November 20 to December 13.
The Laurie Beechman Theatre will present SAY Something: A SPOKEN WORD SALON featuring Phil Geoffrey Bond, Sonny Fox, Carl Kissin, Marni Nixon, Christine Pedi, Seth Rudetsky, Sarah Schulman and James Wesley. Sunday, October 12th @ 6pm.
The Laurie Beechman Theatre will present SAY Something: A SPOKEN WORD SALON featuring Phil Geoffrey Bond, Sonny Fox, Carl Kissin, Marni Nixon, Christine Pedi, Seth Rudetsky, Sarah Schulman and James Wesley. Sunday, October 12th @ 6pm.
It was announced today that the upcoming previously announced revival of West Side Story will begin previews on February 23, 2009 with an official opening slated for March 19, 2009.
WEST SIDE STORY, the landmark American musical, will return to Broadway in a new production directed by two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents.
The classic American musical West Side Story plays at Toby's Baltimore location through August 24.
Whether you like your theatrical holiday fare to wax nostalgic or break with traditional sentiment, you're bound to find something in the Boston area to brighten your days now that the Winter Solstice is upon us.
The New School for Liberal Arts has announced the accomplished singer and actress Marni Nixon as its Fall 2007 Visiting Artist. Nixon's residence will kick off with a free public lecture, 'An Evening with Marni Nixon,' on her illustrious stage and film career on Thursday, September 27 at 6PM at The New School, Wollman Hall (65 West 11th Street, fifth floor). The lecture is free and open to the public.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of screen icon Fay Wray (1907-2004), Second Act Productions announces a new feature-length documentary based on her life and her relationship with her friend, the award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay. Fay Wray: A Life
Legendary nanogenarian director Arthur Laurents - whose production of Gypsy is currently playing as part of Encores! Summer Stars with Patti LuPone and Laura Benanti as stars - will next helm a production of his 1957 classic West Side Story
The New York Philharmonic presents Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady in four semi-staged performances, March 7-10, 2007. The musical - a New York Philharmonic premiere - will star Kelli O'Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Charles Kimbrough, Brian Dennehy, Marni Nixon and Tim Jerome.
WHO: Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia WHAT: Meredith Willson’s Here’s Love WHEN & HOW MUCH: Through January 14th. Show times and prices vary. Go to www.tobysdinnertheatre.com for more information.
Marni Nixon, who provided the singing voice for the leading ladies of numerous classic movie musicals, celebrated the publication of her memoir I Could Have Sung All Night by appearing at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center on September 18th at 7 p.m. for a book discussion and signing
Marni Nixon, who provided the singing voice for the leading ladies of numerous classic movie musicals, will celebrate the publication of her memoir I Could Have Sung All Night by appearing at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center on September 18th at 7 p.m. for a book discussion and signing
Marni Nixon will play the Mother Abbess in the upcoming Hollywood Bowl staged concert presentation of The Sound of Music on July 28th and 29th
A hell of a time for baseball and/or theater fans.
