Neville News

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director), Barry Grove (Executive Producer), and Mandy Greenfield (Artistic Producer) announced additional casting and creative team members for the upcoming Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere productions of WE LIVE HERE by Zoe Kazan and CLOSE UP SPACE by Molly Smith Metzler, at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

The Midtown International Theatre Festival and Spark Motion Productions present Sex Curve, a new, romantic comedy by Merridith Allen.

Casa Mañana's Apprentice Program presents The Secret Garden at Casa Mañana Theatre, July 29 - 31.

According to published reports, stage veteran Linda Ronstadt is set to pen an autobiography, titled 'Heart Like a Wheel.' The book will be published by Simon & Schuster and will be released in 2013.

Frances Hodgson Burnett's work, THE SECRET GARDEN, was initially serialized before being published in 1911 and becoming a children's classic. Several attempts by Hollywood have tried to capitalize on it's dramatic and hope-filled story, with the 1949 MGM adaptation, starring Margaret O'Brien, wonderfully changing from black and white into full-blown technicolor as the garden is revealed in all it's splendor. However. most folks today will probably be more familiar with the the rather staid, but thoughtful motion picture made in 1993, which was fairly well mounted. This current stage adaptation is far more appealing in any number of ways, with stronger acting and a memorably performed score being among the many highlights that are attractive to an audience interested in the material.

Two unique Memphis acts were so popular at the annual Theatre Memphis fundraising gala in May that they will be returning to perform individually in August.

Unlock the magic behind The Secret Garden,opening July 22 at STAGES ST. LOUIS.The Secret Garden continues through August 21 at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood.

In celebration of their 20th Anniversary, Pearl Jam will debut Pearl Jam Twenty, a definitive portrait of the band as told by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and music journalist, Cameron Crowe, at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday September 10, 2011.

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces casting for the Chicago premiere of Snapshots, by Stephen Schwartz and David Stern, and Alan Ayckbourn's Season's Greetings. The Snapshots cast includes Gene Weygandt in his third production with Stephen Schwartz, following Wicked and Working; and Susie McMonagle, direct from the Billy Elliott National Tour.

One little piece of mischief precipitates a night of chaos and cross-purpose in Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival and Spark Motion Productions present Sex Curve, a new, romantic comedy by Merridith Allen.

Little Radical Theatrics, coming off the heels of the Westchester premiere of SMILE, proudly presents its Summer 2011 production, the celebrated Rupert Holmes musical, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Performances end on July 17th @ 3:00pm at the Main Street Arts Center (238 Route 117 Bypass Rd, Bedford Hills).

David Henry Hwang's revised 'Tarzan: The Stage Musical,' getting its world premiere at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Mass., needs more time on the vine

Casa Mañana's Apprentice Program presents The Secret Garden at Casa Mañana Theatre, July 29 - 31.

The suspense is over: the California rock band Avenged Sevenfold will be playing the Bell Stage on the Plains of Abraham on July 14.

Little Radical Theatrics, coming off the heels of the Westchester premiere of SMILE, proudly presents its Summer 2011 production, the celebrated Rupert Holmes musical, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Performances run July 14th at 7:30 pm, July 15th and 16th at 8:00pm and July 17th @ 3:00pm at the Main Street Arts Center (238 Route 117 Bypass Rd, Bedford Hills).

From the masters of family entertainment, who brought you The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Mary Poppins, Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) will present a World Premiere production of the Disney musical, TARZAN, playing from July 12 - 24.

Casa Mañana's Apprentice Program presents The Secret Garden at Casa Mañana Theatre, July 29 - 31.

From the masters of family entertainment, who brought you The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Mary Poppins, Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) are presenting Disney's musical, TARZAN, playing from July 12 - 24. Press night is scheduled for tomorrow, July 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Unlock the magic behind The Secret Garden,opening July 22 at STAGES ST. LOUIS.The Secret Garden continues through August 21 at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood.