Ovation News

Revered film and stage actress Mare Winningham brings a new sound to The Café Carlyle and makes many new friends and fans in the process.

Ovation West Musical Theatre presents a?oeAn Afternoon of Opera: From Mozart to Musical Theatrea?? on Sunday, November 17 at 3:00 p.m., at the Evergreen Christian Church, 27772 Iris Drive, Evergreen, CO, 80439. Tickets are $24/adults, $22/seniors (62 & 0ver) and $18/students, and are available by phone 303-674-4002 or online at www.ovationwest.org. Groups of 10 or more receive a 15% discount. Concessions will be available before the concert and during intermission.

Mike Birbiglia's one-man comedy a?oeThe New Onea?? opened October 25 at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre. Following its Drama Desk Award-winning Broadway debut, a?oeThe New Onea?? will play the Ahmanson through November 24.

A story of drugs and gangsterism and the lives and relationships affected by it, David Kramer's DANGER IN THE DARK travels between moments of elation, sincerity, shock and anguish in this intricate re-imagining. If a sold-out midweek standing ovation isn't enough to convince you to see the last performances of this production at the Baxter, then the faultless cast and crew should.

Nominations for the 30th Annual LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards will be announced digitally on Tuesday, November 5, at 12pm PDT on www.OvationAwards.com.

Top Quality Singing Series Hits Auckland for Pre Christmas Celebrations Consisting of four professional performers, Renee Maurice - New Zealand's Got Talent winner 2013; Emma Bishop - Producer, Artistic Director StageAntics Performing Arts, Junior Theatre NZ National Coordinator; Chantel Wilson - vocalist of 'The Cover-Up' Auckland's hottest covers band and Sharon Hewlett - one of Auckland's top award-winning musical theatre leading ladies these women perform with pure class.

Top Quality Singing Series Hits Auckland for Pre Christmas Celebrations Consisting of four professional performers, Renee Maurice - New Zealand's Got Talent winner 2013; Emma Bishop - Producer, Artistic Director StageAntics Performing Arts, Junior Theatre NZ National Coordinator; Chantel Wilson - vocalist of 'The Cover-Up' Auckland's hottest covers band and Sharon Hewlett - one of Auckland's top award-winning musical theatre leading ladies these women perform with pure class.

According to TVLine, Broadway legend Sutton Foster will guest star on ABC's 'A Million Little Things.'

Ovation, America's only arts network, announced today their full slate of holiday programming for winter 2019. Starting Monday, December 9, the arts network will begin airing holiday films as well as special holiday episodes from such series as The Art Of, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, The Librarians, Travel Man, and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. All holiday programming will also be available on VOD and on the Ovation NOW app.

To wrap up our October reviews, some brief words on Xenos a?" the most enticing performance we have seen this season. Akram Khan is back once again to the Grand Duchy, this time with a work reflecting on the horrors of war.

Coming on November 12, Penguin Random House will release A Is For Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z - the new children's picture book written by John Robert Allman and illustrated by Peter Emmerich. 

'This story is like other stories. It is a story about love. All stories are about love. Stories are either about love and power or power and love.'

Returning from its award-winning premier at the National Arts Festival earlier this year, YOUR PERFECT LIFE graces Cape Town audiences with its true-to-life tale of 30-something women reuniting at their high school reunion. With one a family to show off and the other a career, YOUR PERFECT LIFE confronts a perception of what we presume is perfection.

Olivier and Tony Award-winner John Caird, who co-directed the original production of Les Misérables, visited The Barn Theatre in Cirencester to watch their Built By Barn production of his musical Daddy Long Legs, for which he received a Drama Desk award for a?oeOutstanding Book of a Musicala??.

The Arkansas Repertory Theatre is hosting 'Ovation, An Encore Event' on Friday, Oct. 25. The evening celebrates the theatre's supporters with dinner and a special performance by Tony Award- winner, Victoria Clark.

The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) brings together three tap superstars and a special guest for a celebration of tap dance in And Still You Must Swing. Honoring the heart and legacy of the art form, the dynamic evening of dance featuring Dormeshia, Derick K. Grant, Jason Samuels Smith, and Camille A. Brown will play The Joyce Theater from December 3-8. Tickets, ranging in price from $10-$65, can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

Upper Deerfield residents will embrace their inner 'elf' when Woodruff School ACE Music presents their production of Elf The Musical JR., it was announced today by Drew Cohen, president of Music Theatre International (MTI). The show featuring 52 actors, 11-13/from 6th-8th Grade, premieres on December 12th, 2019. 'Elf The Musical JR. is an uplifting musical about one boy's quest to find his true identity. The story encourages each of us to approach each day with goodwill, wonder and cheer,' says Cohen. 'From the first rehearsal the students from Group Name have worked together as a team to create this wonderful experience for your community to enjoy. We think they deserve a standing ovation for all their work,' he adds.

The Ovation-Winning theatre company, Actors Co-op opens up its 28th season with Charles Ludlam's two-person comedy 'The Mystery of Irma Vep - A Penny Dreadful'.

You oughtta know that Jagged Little Pill is officially in preview son Broadway!  The new musical is inspired by the themes and raw emotions laid bare in Alanis Morissette's seminal album of the same name. The Healys appear to be a picture-perfect suburban family - but looks can be deceiving. When the cracks beneath the surface begin to show, they must choose between maintaining the status quo or facing harsh truths about themselves, their community, and the world around them.