The Village Gate's Old Fashioned Piano Party will be celebrating the songs of William Finn this Sunday, April 24th, 2011 beginning at 9pm. Admission is free, so dust off your rendition of 'I'm Breaking Down' or 'Magic Foot' and head on down!
50 of America's top young theatre artists will be travelling to London this May as part of The 2011 TS Eliot US/UK Exchange - a project run by the historic The Old Vic Theatre in London, currently under the artistic direction of Kevin Spacey.
Gray Lady Entertainment presents the Off-Broadway premiere of JANIE CONDON: RAW & UNCHAINED! - a new play written and performed by Jane Condon - which began previews April 4 prior to its official opening night on April 5 at St. Luke's Theatre (308 W. 46 St.) in Manhattan.
Directions Theatre Company (Tom Berger, Artistic Director; Erin Smiley, Producing Director) is thrilled to announce that Fairy Tales just got fabulous! Ms. Sahara Davenport (RuPaul's Drag Race, "15 Films About Madonna") stars as Jewell in this super-fierce Sleeping Beauty Redux that follows the banishment of the evil queen - drag queen, that is - and her revenge: to put the sweet-faced young prince (Brandon Chinn) to an enchanted sleep from which he can only be awakened by his one true love...his squire (Matthew G Myers).
Directions Theatre Company (Tom Berger, Artistic Director; Erin Smiley, Producing Director) is thrilled to announce that Fairy Tales just got fabulous! Ms. Sahara Davenport (RuPaul's Drag Race, "15 Films About Madonna") stars as Jewell in this super-fierce Sleeping Beauty Redux that follows the banishment of the evil queen - drag queen, that is - and her revenge: to put the sweet-faced young prince (Brandon Chinn) to an enchanted sleep from which he can only be awakened by his one true love...his squire (Matthew G Myers).
The music of songwriter Noel Katz is brought to the Duplex Cabaret Theater in "Things We Do For Love".
The Village Gate's Old Fashioned Piano Party will be celebrating the songs of William Finn this Sunday, April 24th, 2011 beginning at 9pm. Admission is free, so dust off your rendition of 'I'm Breaking Down' or 'Magic Foot' and head on down!
Porchlight Music Theatre presents the highly anticipated new musical MEET JOHN DOE, based on the film of the same name by Frank Capra, for the final performance on April 17, 2011 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago. The production is Directed and Choreographed by James Beaudry, Artistic Director at Timber Lake Playhouse.
Chance Theater presents the World Premiere production of the quirky award-winning musical, The Boy in the Bathroom, April 23 - May 22, 2011. The play is directed by Chance Theater Artistic Director Oanh Nguyen. The production is a proud participant in both the 4th Annual Festival of New American Musicals and Arts Orange County's Imagination Celebration.
New Edgecliff Theatre (NET) is thrilled to present the Cincinnati premiere of [title of show], April 14. Winner of three Obie awards in 2006 and Tony-nominated in 2009 for Best Book, [title of show] follows the real-life journey of two nonentities, Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen. Determined to enter the New York Musical Theatre Festival, these two witty, struggling writers attempt to create a new show in a mere three weeks. With the help of their friends,Susan and Heidi, they write a show about...writing a show. With songs like 'Secondary Characters' and 'Two Nobodies in New York', [title of show] is a hilarious love letter to Musical Theatre - a uniquely American art form - and to the joy of collaboration.
Broadway is being dominated by Rock Musicals. Both singers trained in legit musical theatre styles and Pop & Rock singers who are venturing into musical theatre now have a definitive guide on how to approach auditioning musicals that specifically ask for Pop, Rock, Motown, Disco, R&B, Folk and Gospel styles.
On April 11, 2011, Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre will honor esteemed stage and screen actress Bernadette Peters with the company's second Stephen Sondheim Award. The award, established in 2009 in honor of America's most influential contemporary musical theater writer and composer, will be presented at a black-tie Gala Benefit at the Embassy of Italy. The 2011 Sondheim Award Gala is chaired by Ted and Mary Jo Shen; Honorary Hosts include Stephen Sondheim, Helen Henderson, His Excellency Gary Doer and Ms. Ginny Devine, The Honorable James Moran, His Excellency Giulio Terzi and Ms. Antonella Cinque, and The Honorable Jim Webb and Mrs. Webb. The Sondheim Award Gala will help to benefit Signature Theatre's numerous artistic, education, and community programs. Last year's recipient was stage, screen, and television icon Angela Lansbury.
Transport Group (TG), the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and 2007 and 2010 OBIE Awards, has announced that Bruce Sabath will join the cast of its acclaimed production of Hello Again on Tuesday, April 5, for the final week of the show's run-through Sunday, April 10.
Huntington Theatre Company kicks off its spring of comedy with Educating Rita by Willy Russell (Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers), welcoming back celebrated British director Maria Aitken.
Unity Center for Practical Spirituality is proud to present an upcoming musical extravaganza: 'Hear Our Song,' to be held at the Norwalk City Hall, Concert Hall at 125 East Avenue, Norwalk, on Friday April 8, 2011 at 8 pm.
Unity Center for Practical Spirituality is proud to present an upcoming musical extravaganza: 'Hear Our Song,' to be held at the Norwalk City Hall, Concert Hall at 125 East Avenue, Norwalk, on Friday April 8, 2011 at 8 pm.
'MERTON OF THE MOVIES' a new Musical Comedy by Donald Brenner and Doug Katsaros will receive a private, invitation-only presentation on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:00 P.M.
Spring Awakening's Christy Altomare will lead the cast of Trails, a new musical, which will have an industry reading April 26th and 28th, 2011 at New World Stages.
Starting in April on the Hubbard stage is the Alley Theatre's production of the thrilling and wickedly sharp Amadeus.
Alina Gutiérrez and Ashley Mas are pleased to announce Composers Sing Composers featuring Gaby Alter, Joey Contreras, Drew Gasparini, Jonathan Reid Gealt, Adam Gwon, Brian Lowdermilk, Ryan Scott Oliver and Zoe Sarnak, a one-night-only concert event taking place Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 7pm.
