This Thursday, December 7 marks the anniversary of the air raid on Pearl Harbor in which Japanese planes attacked a United States Naval Air Base in the Territory of Hawaii in the Pacific. Thousands of Americans lost their lives or were injured, and more than 300 ships were destroyed. The event brought citizens together in support of U.S. participation in the war. President Roosevelt addressed the nation, calling the event, 'a day that will live in infamy.'
Chance Theater, Anaheim's official resident theater company, is excited to announce A Charlie Brown Christmas has added 5 performances to its regular production run -- Tuesday, December 11 at 7pm; Wednesday, December 12 at 7pm; and Sunday, December 30 at 1pm, 4pm, and 7pm. Created by Charles M. Schulz, based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson, this stage adaptation by Eric Schaeffer is presented by special arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson, and will be directed by Resident Artist James McHale.
Arena Stage presents Corbin Bleu (Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical; In the Heights; Disney Channel's High School Musical) as Billy Crocker and Soara-Joye Ross (Les Miserables, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess National Tour) as Reno Sweeney in Cole Porter's madcap seafaring musical, Anything Goes. Check out Corbin in photos from the shoe below!
With a jubilant, Grammy Award-winning score including jazz, gospel, ragtime and blues, THE COLOR PURPLE has become Theatre Horizon's hottest selling ticket. Now, this regional premiere production will extend its run for a second time. Theatre Horizon is proud to announce that the musical will perform now through December 23, 2018. It is the first ever seven-week run for the professional theatre company located in Norristown, PA.
East West Players (EWP), the nation's longest-running professional theater of color and the largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work, is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Anna Moench's Man of God. Directed by Jesca Prudencio, Man of God begins performances on January 31 and runs until February 24, 2019, with opening night on February 7, 2019.
They might be big time, Tony-winning, ovation-getting, Broadway superstars now, but all actors started somewhere. Before they were treading the boards of Broadway, they starred in their high school productions just like everybody else. Which roles from their youths inspired them to take theatre to the next level? We're finding out!
Taking over the title role in Neil Koenigsberg's play WINK, Andrik Ochoa begins rehearsals this week after replacing Javen Marquise Smith. A non-binary actor, Ochoa is based in Los Angeles and was recently seen in the film 'Morir de Amor.'
Cherry Poppins Productions Conceptualized and founded by Alli Miller and Sarah Haworth, creates contemporary, interactive theatre experiences for Los Angeles audiences. The company won TOP OF FRINGE in 2017 along with BEST MUSICAL for their production of SHAKESLESQUE. Their production of Angels Flight won BEST CABARET/VARIETY show in 2016, and this past summer '18 their parody The CRAFTlesque won best Cabaret/Variety, while their production of original musical 'Dr Nympho Vs. The Sex Zombies' written by two time Ovation winner Michael Shaw Fisher won Best Original work, Best Musical, and Broad's World Bechdal-Wallace Award.
Due to sold out houses, Actors Co-op Theatre Company has added two additional performances, Saturday-December 8 at 2:30 pm and Saturday-December 15 at 2:30 pm. The Tony Award-Winning Musical She Loves Me, with book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, based on the 1937 play Perfumerie by Miklos Laszlo directed and choreographed by Cate Caplin, Musical Direction by Anthony Lucca, produced by Crystal Jackson, tells the beloved story of two feuding shop clerks who are unaware that they are the recipients of each other's love letters.
SOUTH PACIFIC is the final show of Rubicon Theatre Company's 20th Anniversary Season. Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, SOUTH PACIFIC is set on an exotic island during World War II. The plot follows two love stories about seeming-opposites brought together by the circumstances of war and torn apart by prejudice and fear. SOUTH PACIFIC is based on James Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Tales of the South Pacific." The timeless score includes beautiful ballads such as "Younger than Springtime" and "Some Enchanted Evening," as well as exuberant up-tempo songs like "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy," and driving anthems like the ever-timely "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught."
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane comes to life on stage December 7 - March 3 NEEDHAM, MA: Arlekin Players Theatre is happy to announce its newest production, an original adaptation based on the book by the award-winning author Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Oye Como Va! In NoHo this season the Troubies turn up the heat on their annual holiday send-up on the Debbie Reynolds Mainstage at the historic El Portal Theatre. The band will be pumping and hips will be swinging as the Ovation Award winning, Los Angeles-based Troubadour Theater Company presents The Year Without a Santana Claus, a musical parody which fuses the music of Carlos Santana and the Rankin & Bass 70's claymation TV special The Year Without A Santa Claus. The company's Master of Mayhem and Artistic Director Matt Walker directs.
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) embarks upon its Valletta 2018 Tour, their first-ever American performances, celebrating the Orchestra's 50th Anniversary and the naming of Malta's capital city, Valletta, as a European Capital of Culture 2018. Armenian conductor Sergey Smbatyan leads the Orchestra in performances of late Maltese composer Joseph Vella's symphonic poem Rebbie?a, MPO Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor's Travel Notebook, Suite for Piano and Orchestra with Austrian pianist Ingolf Wunder, and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5.
World- renowned tenor Anthony Kearns, a member of the double-platinum, PBS super-group, The Irish Tenors, will perform at the 2018 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Washington, D.C. on November 28, 2018, it was announced.
Multi-talented 18-year-old singer/actor Oliver Richman (https://oliverrichman.com/) releases a stunning rendition of his late grandfather, Ron Miller's holiday classic, 'Someday at Christmas.' The song is available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and YouTube.
William Shakespeare's Hamlet produced by Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF runs from February 6 - March 24, 2019. Hamlet will play in repertory with the world premiere of Gertrude and Claudius by Mark St. Germain. Tickets (starting at $30) are available now by phone (407) 447-1700 ext. 1, online at orlandoshakes.org, or in person at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center (812 East Rollins Street).
Independent artist collective - known as the Indie Collaborative - proudly made their debut public performance at the world famous Carnegie Hall at the Weill Recital Hall in New York City on Monday, November 19, 2018 at 8 PM. This performance marked a milestone in the three-year old organization that supports and promotes the music profession, featuring three different genres of music: Musical Theater, World Music, and American Roots/Country Music.
Cabaret icon Andrea Marcovicci joins the line-up for the 25th concert of Fraser Entertainment Group's An Evening of Classic Broadway, currently nominated for BWW.com's Los Angeles Regional Award for Best Special Theatre Event. The show tune songfest will take place on Monday, December 10th at Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles.
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) embarks upon its Valletta 2018 Tour, their first-ever American performances, celebrating the Orchestra's 50th Anniversary and the naming of Malta's capital city, Valletta, as a European Capital of Culture 2018. Armenian conductor Sergey Smbatyan leads the Orchestra in performances of late Maltese composer Joseph Vella's symphonic poem Rebbie?a, MPO Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor's Travel Notebook, Suite for Piano and Orchestra with Austrian pianist Ingolf Wunder, and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5.
Cabaret icon Andrea Marcovicci joins the line-up for the 25th concert of Fraser Entertainment Group's An Evening of Classic Broadway, currently nominated for BWW.com's Los Angeles Regional Award for Best Special Theatre Event. The show tune songfest will take place on Monday, December 10th at Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles.
