The Williamstown Theater Festival has announced details of its Fridays @ 3 readings series. The Fridays @ 3 series showcases the work of emerging playwrights and runs Friday afternoons at 3:00 during the summer. Admission is $5.
DAVID MAMET, the Pulitzer and Tony-winning playwright currently represented on Broadway with the hit play RACE, will be a guest on Charlie Rose Wednesday, July 7th at 11:00PM (EST) on PBS.
Producers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian and Tom Wirtshafter welcomed Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt to the cast of David Cromer's acclaimed production of Thornton Wilder's OUR TOWN, last night, July 6. Hunt will appear in OUR TOWN for four weeks only (through Sunday, August 1st) at the Barrow Street Theatre, succeeding Michael McKean, who gave his final performance on Sunday evening, July 4. Hunt becomes the sixth actor to assume the iconic role of 'Stage Manager' in this record-breaking production. BroadwayWorld brings you coverage of her debut evening.
Some of the greatest rock anthems of the 70's, 80's and 90's take center stage in the new rock cabaret musical POWER BALLADZ, debuting Off-Broadway at the Midtown Theatre (163 W. 46 St.) in Manhattan, with previews starting August 5th prior to an official press opening on August 19th. Not your typical theater experience, POWER BALLADZ is a 90-minute rock tribute that gives audiences the chance to unleash their inner rock star: part comedy, part interactive game show, and a genuine joy ride through the music and legend of rock songs by powerhouse bands such as Guns 'N' Roses, Journey, Heart, Queens, Bon Jovi, Styx and more. POWER BALLADZ is created by Mike Todaro and Dan Nycklemoe with Peter Rothstein and written by Mr. Todaro and Mr. Nycklemoe.
Jim Caruso announced that American Idol's Diana DeGarmo will join the cast of 'Singin' In The Shower: Songs from Behind the Bathroom Door'at Birdland on Monday, July 5 at 7pm. This event is part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series.
Last night, actor Nick Cearley celebrated the work of Tony Award nominee Bill Russell. The evening, 'Still Bill' featured lyrics and poems by Russell with special guests Lauren Molina (vocals, cello, ukelele), Chris Schelling (keys), Christian Imboden (banjo, guitar), Shannon Ford (drums) and Alice Ripley. Bill Russell will direct the evening, which played the Canal Room. BroadwayWorld brings you coverage of the concert below.
Last week, Alan Zweibel, Rachel Dratch, Bruce Vilanch, Carol Kane, Mario Cantone, Kristen Johnston, Will Forte, Dayle Reyfel and Eugene Pack led the cast of Celebrity Autobiography at the Triad Theatre. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the performance and brings you official coverage below.
David Alan Grier is set to perform at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, on July 2.
The Williamstown Theater Festival has announced details of its Fridays @ 3 readings series. The Fridays @ 3 series showcases the work of emerging playwrights and runs Friday afternoons at 3:00 during the summer. Admission is $5.
Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) presented Twin Spirits, a special New York performance celebrating the 200th birthday of composer Robert Schumann, last night, June 30. The event was broadcast LIVE on SIRIUS XM Pops - satellite radio's home for Classical's Greatest Hits. BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the event.
The Public Theater presents THE WINTERS TALE as part of this summer's Shakespeare in the Park series at the Delacorte Theatre. The show began performances on June 9 and runs through August 1. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the curtain call and opening night party for the production, which runs in repertory with THE MERCHANT OF VENICE this summer.
Parade, Last Five Years, Songs for a New World, and 13 composer Jason Robert Brown has taken to his website to address an ever-growing problem in the publishing world as internet tricks become more and more sophisticated: copyright infringement. Presently, there are dozens of sites that make available sheet music (including that written by Brown) for 'trade,' essentially allowing a prospective downloader to request sheet music copies of their choice for free.
On Saturday, June 26, CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY presented a special one-night engagement to coincide with New York's annual Gay Pride celebration at Off-Broadway's Gramercy Theater. BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the event.
Calling all gleeks and triple threats! The Arts Edge, an educational consulting firm, is offering a Broadway-inspired scholarship for Arts Edge Summer, a unique two-week musical theater and college prep boot camp in New York City.
NATALIE TORO signs about The Broken Road at CABARET AT THE CASTLE Monday, July 12 and Tuesday, July 13 - Doors open at 6:30 with show at 8:00pm. The Inner Circle at the Magic Castle® - 7001 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028
Yesterday, June 27, Lincoln Center Theater opened A. R. Gurney's new play, THE GRAND MANNER, directed by Mark Lamos, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 W. 65 Street). Kate Burton, Boyd Gaines, Bobby Steggert and Brenda Wehle comprise the four character cast of this world premiere production. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening night celebration.
The New York Daily News has distinguished MEMPHIS' Montego Glover as one of the 'Five Performers who are on the Verge of Greatness' consisting of 'New York up-and-comers who are on the verge of a breakthrough in the performing arts.'
The Second Annual Broadway Meows: a Benefit Concert for the Humane Society of New York will be presented at Don't Tell Mama, one night only, Monday, July 19th at 7pm. The evening will feature the songs of composer/ lyricist Seth Bisen-Hersh. Bisen-Hersh will be joined on stage by a stellar cast including Brian Childers (Helen Hayes Award Winner, Danny & Sylvia), Sean Patrick Doyle (La Cage aux Folles), Bryan Fenkart (Memphis), Russell Fischer (Jersey Boys), Kimberly Faye Greenberg (Danny & Sylvia), Autumn Hurlburt (Legally Blonde), Lara Janine (Rock of Ages), Brianne Moore (The Visit), Brooke Sunny Moriber (The Wild Party), Olivia Oguma (Mamma Mia), Mary Orzano, Kate Rockwell (Hair), Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera), Brandon Ruckdashel (Co-Ed Confidential), Kevin Vortmann (A Little Night Music), Correy West (South Pacific) and Kristen Beth Williams (Promises, Promises). The concert will be produced by Dennis Fowler, directed by Laura Pestronk, choreographed by Erin Porvaznika and stage managed by Livia Hill.
Lindsay Mendez, who can currently be seen on Broadway in EVERYDAY RAPTURE backing up Sherie Rene Scott, will go solo on June 28 at Joe's Pub for a one-night only concert.
Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Amari Cheatom, Brian D. Coats, Chuck Cooper, Maria Couch, Harriett D. Foy, Dion Graham, April Matthis, Jacob Ming-Trent, Seth Numrich, Stephen Plunkett, Michael Siberry and Shelley Thomas will be featured in its upcoming LCT3 world premiere production of ON THE LEVEE, a play with music, conceived and directed by Lear deBessonet, with play by Marcus Gardley, and music and lyrics by Todd Almond.
