Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Long Wharf Theatre opened Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, last night, March 24. Directed by Gordon Edelstein, the production stars Patch Darragh (Tom Wingfield), two-time Tony® Award winner Judith Ivey (Amanda Wingfield), Keira Keeley (Laura Wingfield), and Michael Mosley (Jim O'Connor). Performances began on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre This will be a limited engagement through May 30th, 2010.
Today, Bill Geddie, executive producer of ABC's Emmy award-winning talk show 'The View,' announced that Dame Edna Everage is confirmed to co-host ABC's 'The View,' live on Thursday, March 25 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET), a first for the international superstar. She will also perform a song from her new Broadway show ALL ABOUT ME, starring Dame Edna and Michael Feinstein, who is also scheduled to make an appearance.
The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard, Trustee) in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) has announced that the application is now available online for the sixth annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters. The award is named in honor of the late award-winning lyricist Fred Ebb, who passed away on September 11, 2004.
Matt Doyle, of Broadway's SPRING AWAKENING and BYE BYE BIRDIE, as well as TV hit 'Gossip Girl,' returns this April to Joe's Pub with a unique follow-up to his two sold-out engagements last summer. The concert will take place on Wednesday, April 21 at 7 PM.
On May 3 at 11:30pm, The Addams Family's Wesley Taylor will play Joe's Pub in concert with friends Matt Doyle (Spring Awakening, Bye Bye Birdie), Mitch Jarvis (Fiddler on the Roof, Rock of Ages), Lauren Molina (Sweeney Todd, Rock of Ages), and Krysta Rodriguez (In the Heights, The Addams Family.
NEXT FALL star Patrick Heusinger is featured on the front page of the 'Foreground' section of the April issue of OUT Magazine - on stands nationwide now. In the interview the hunky stage and tv actor talks about what drew him to play the part of 'Luke,' a gay Christian who falls in love with an atheist and must reconcile his relationship with his devout family - who doesn't know he is gay.
New York Theatre Barn presents Bailey Hanks and Briana Carlson-Goodman in Speargrove Presents- a new musical based on actual events. With direction by Joe Barros & Laura Brandel the production will celebrate New York Theatre Barn's 3rd Anniversary with this special one-night only benefit. Speargrove Presents will take place on April 5 at 8 PM at the Julia Miles Theatre. Speargrove Presents is the product of UNTITLED 4: Project Collaboration.
Limelight Theatre and VA based theatre company 1st Stage both in their second seasons are co-producing Tony Award-winning composer (for Parade) Jason Robert Brown's THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
Autumn Hurlbert, Lori Prince, and Michael Puzzo are set to star in Killing Women, by Marisa Wegrzyn and presented by kef productions. The production runs at the Beckett Theatre May 13- June 5 and will be directed by Adam Fitzgerald. Additional casting is yet to be announced.
TV Land announced today that legendary comedians Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner; the cast of 'Everybody Loves Raymond' including Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Patricia Heaton, Doris Roberts, Madylin Sweeten, Sawyer Sweeten and Sullivan Sweeten; 'Charlie's Angels' stars Cheryl Ladd, Jaclyn Smith and 'Glee' cast members Jane Lynch, Dianna Agron, Jayma Mays, Jessalyn Gilsig and Kevin McHale are among the honorees at this year's '8th Annual TV Land Awards' with more talent to be announced soon. The gala is scheduled to be taped on Saturday, April 17 on the historic Stage 15 on the Sony Lot in Culver City. The show premieres on Sunday, April 25 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
The Public Theater announced complete casting for the world premiere of Suzan-Lori Parks' THE BOOK OF GRACE, directed by James Macdonald. The complete cast will feature Amari Cheatom as Buddy, John Doman as Vet, and the previously announced Elizabeth Marvel as Grace. THE BOOK OF GRACE will begin previews on Tuesday, March 2 and run through Sunday, April 4 with an official press opening on Tuesday, March 16. All evening performances for THE BOOK OF GRACE will be at 7:30 PM, except for Saturdays at 8 PM.
Constantine Maroulis, Tony nominated for his role as Drew in Broadway's ROCK OF AGES, will join the stars on Sardi's famed wall with his very own caricature on Thursday, March 18. .
NewMusicalTheatre.com, the first website ever exclusively devoted to selling sheet music by musical theater writers, launches Tony-nominated Jeff Blumenkrantz's sheet music catalogue today. Over the course of the next several weeks and leading up to an April launch concert, NewMusicalTheatre.com will be adding a new writer to the site every Friday.
Philadelphia Theatre Company announces that Tony Award-winning Walter Bobbie is taking over the direction of Golden Age at The Kennedy Center, running March 12 - April 4. Bobbie, who is currently represented in New York City with the Off-Broadway hit by David Ives Venus in Fur, will replace Austin Pendleton.
Academy Award-winner Christopher Walken, star of A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE, will appear on 'The View' tomorrow, Friday, March 12. 'The View' airs in the New York area on WABC-TV, Channel 7 from 11:00am to 12pm. Check local listings for times outside the NY area.
Lainie Kazan and Brian Stokes Mitchell are set to guest on the 'Fire and Nice' episode of Ugly Betty. Lainie Kazanwill guest as Dina Talercio, and Brian Stokes Mitchell will guest as Don Jones. The show will also feature Rich Sommer as Jimmy Wilson, Alec Mapa as Suzuki St. Pierre, Neal Bledsoe as Tyler and Nestor Serrano as Anthony Talercio, with Adam Rodriguez as Bobby Talercio.
Dick Cavett and Megan Mullally joined the cast of the 2009 Drama Desk Award winner Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words on Monday, March 8 at New York's Triad Theater.
