Lakewood Theatre Company will present in December 2019 an all-new version of their annual Holiday Magic Breakfast Theatre production with the presentation of The Peppermint Bear Show 2019: Seasoned Greetings.
The Country Music Association will honor Conway Entertainment Group/Ontourage Management founder/owner Tony Conway with its 2019 CMA Touring Lifetime Achievement Award. Conway received the news during last week's CMA Board of Directors meeting in Nashville, where he received a standing ovation from Board members and CMA staff.
Following a recent injury to his shoulder, pianist Nelson Freire has been regretfully forced to withdraw from his planned performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on January 2-4, 2020. Mr. Freire had been scheduled to perform Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto (Emperor) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall, under the baton of former BSO assistant conductor Marcelo Lehninger. Replacing Mr. Freire in the Beethoven concerto will be Spanish pianist Javier Perianes who last performed with the BSO in March 2016. There are no other changes to the program.
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A friend let me know that Thursday's performance of 'Always. . .Patsy Cline' had been canceled due to the illness of its star, Debra Wagoner. Wagoner played the crossover hit maker for Virginia Rep in 2012, and for the Ohio Shakespeare Festival in 2006. I feared there would be a cancellation Friday night as well.
On Sunday, December 1, 2019, The Little Dancer... a holiday family musical will make a triumphant return to New York City for its second production at Theatre 71 on the Upper West Side, right off Broadway on 71st Street.
First Stage, one of the nation's leading theaters for young people and families, is delighted to share with Milwaukee audiences ELF – The Musical this holiday season.
The Tony nominated hilarious, hit musical WAITRESS, which opens December 12th and runs through the 15th has cast two young area actresses to take on the role of 'Lulu' during the Albuquerque engagement.
Casting for Disney's The Lion King has been announced for the long-awaited return engagement in Rochester. The Lion King will leap onto RBTL's Auditorium Theatre stage on Thursday, December 19 for a three-week engagement through Sunday, January 5.
Lynn University and Jan McArt, producer and director of theatre arts program development, today announced that the popular Libby Dodson's Live at Lynn Theatre Series returns with two sensational shows in January.
Ushering in the start of the Christmas season, THE PIANO GUYS today release a new instrumental cover, this time taking on Mariah Carey's chart-topping holiday hit, 'All I Want for Christmas Is You.' The Utah quartet are no strangers to the holiday music scene, having previously released two Christmas albums and putting their signature twist to the season's biggest hits and timeless classics – A Family Christmas and Christmas Together are available everywhere now.
Variety reports that Hallmark Channel will get three new movies from Scholastic Entertainment. The films will be based on popular books from the publishing company, and will be aimed at younger viewers.
Executive produced by Academy Award-winner Jordan Peele and led by legendary Academy Award-winner Al Pacino, Hunters follows a diverse band of Nazi hunters living in 1977 New York City. The Hunters, as they're known, have discovered that hundreds of high-ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S. The eclectic team of Hunters will set out on a bloody quest to bring the Nazis to justice and thwart their new genocidal plans. The series also stars Logan Lerman, Jerrika Hinton, Josh Radnor, Kate Mulvany, Tiffany Boone, Greg Austin, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Carol Kane, Saul Rubinek, Dylan Baker and Lena Olin.
Raven Theatre is pleased to announce casting for its a revival of Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece A DOLL'S HOUSE, in a vibrant and progressive new adaptation making its Chicago premiere.
BroadwayWorld Critics' Pick and StageSceneLA Award-winner Scott Dreier, star of last season's acclaimed hit Doris and Me, will return to The Colony Theatre in Burbank with his holiday concert, The Merry Little Christmas Show, for two performances only. Along with special guest Kurtis Simmons and music director Andy Langham, Dreier will perform on Sunday, December 15, at 3pm and 6pm.
The TEN Tenors are bringing back their highly acclaimed show Home for the Holidays, after numerous hugely successful tours of the U.S. The ensemble will once again spread holiday cheer at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Sunday, December 22 at 7 p.m., performing a lively mix of holiday favorites featuring everything from a?oeFeliz Navidada?? and a?oeO Holy Nighta?? to a?oeWinter Wonderlanda?? and even a?oeBohemian Rhapsodya?? all with their signature flair, 10-part harmonies and smooth choreography.
The producers of Waitress announced today a further extension to the West End run. The show will finish its run at the Adelphi Theatre on 4 July 2020. Following the West End, the production will embark on a UK-wide tour which will take in Manchester, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Glasgow, Plymouth, Dartford, Eastbourne, Liverpool, Woking, Stoke, Ipswich, Aberdeen, Bristol, Canterbury, Dublin, Nottingham, Cardiff, Truro, Llandudno, Leeds, Hull, Southend, Wolverhampton, Oxford, Edinburgh, Southampton, Northampton, Crawley, Sunderland, Wimbledon, Bromley and Sheffield. Full details of the tour will be announced soon. Following the tour producers plan for the show to return to the West End.
One of the rising stars of the Australian stage, ANNIE AITKEN, has been announced to play the female lead of the country girl/anti-war protestor Sarah in the acclaimed rock music drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam a?" Songs That Defined A Generation.