Playbill News

Ben Rimalower will celebrate the recent release of his plays PATTI ISSUES and BAD WITH MONEY by Roven Records on Audible.com with a special performance BAD WITH MONEY at The Green Room 42 on Saturday, August 18 and a double bill of PATTI ISSUES and BAD WITH MONEY at Penguin Rep on Sunday, August 19. In Patti Issues, Rimalower explores the ways his lifelong obsession (and eventual working friendship) with Patti LuPone helped him navigate a tumultuous relationship with his volatile father. Since premiering in 2012, Patti Issues has garnered a tremendous amount of great press and word-of-mouth from attendees such as Tony Kushner, Alan Cumming, Laurie Metcalf and Ms. LuPone herself, who said, "The show's fantastic. It's really wonderful. I was moved." Patti Issues is directed by Aaron Mark (Empanada Loca with Daphne Rubin-Vega, Squeamish With Alison Fraser).

Kyle Riabko will return to Joe's Pub at The Public on Saturday, October 6 and Sunday, October 7 at 7:00 PM for 'Bacharach & Richard Rodgers Reimagined,' a solo concert bringing together for the first time his groundbreaking interpretations of the music of both Burt Bacharach and Richard Rodgers, featured on albums from Ghostlight Records.

Previews begin today for the world premiere of Erin Shields's exciting new interpretation of John Milton's Paradise Lost. Directed by Jackie Maxwell, the production opens on August 17, and with three performances added to meet audience demand, it now runs until October 21 at the Studio Theatre.

The Fremont String Quartet, comprised of four Utah Symphony principal musicians, will conclude the chamber concert series of the 15th anniversary of the Deer Valley Music Festival in a night of unparalleled talent on Wednesday, August 1 at 8 PM at St. Mary's church. Tickets are $40 for general admission seating, and student tickets are available for $15. All tickets can be purchased at deervalleymusicfestival.org or by calling (801) 533-6683.

Previews begin today for Scott Wentworth's production of Julius Caesar, starring Seana McKenna in the title role. The production opens on August 16 at the Festival Theatre.

Craig Hall directs the Canadian premiere of R. Hamilton Wright and David Pichette's new adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Victorian whodunit The Hound of the Baskervilles. Twist after suspenseful twist will keep audiences on the edge of their seats until the final curtain. Tinged with the familiar Sherlockian wit, this deliciously dark thriller begins previews on August 1 at the Festival Theatre.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open the U.S. premiere of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Snow in Midsummer, directed by Justin Audibert, on August 5 in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. Preview performances are August 2, 3 and 4, and the play runs through Oct. 27, 2018.

New York City Center Encores! is celebrating its 25th season in 2018. Part of roster of concert productions of American musicals is Encores! Off-Center, founded in 2013 to present productions during the summer. On the evening of July 27th, a sassy and spirited rendering of “Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope” delighted a sold-out house of theater and dance lovers.

HAND TO GOD is a little like AVENUE Q, but with less singing, more frequent cursing, and more graphic simulated puppet sex. The 2015 Tony nominee for best play is having its regional premiere in a fantastic production at Jungle Theater, and if you don't mind being a little uncomfortable at the theater (you shouldn't, it's good for you), it's well worth braving the construction, traffic, and parking headaches that come with a trip to Uptown to see this funny, irreverent, and sad little play.

AVENUE Q became an overnight sensation on Broadway in July 2003 following a sold-out engagement and was extended four times after being presented Off-Broadway by Vineyard Theatre and The New Group. Since it roared into the spotlight - with its singular cast of people and puppets including Princeton, Kate Monster, Rod, Nicky, Trekkie, Christmas Eve, Gary Coleman and Lucy T. Slut - opening on Broadway on July 31, 2003, AVENUE Q has given over 6,000 performances, running seven years on Broadway before transferring to New World Stages in 2009, where it continues to play to large and happy houses.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces How To Write a Musical That Works feedback workshop #3: Reckoning and Resolution onSunday, August 5, 2018 from 10am-6pm at Studios 150, 150 W. 46th Street, 7th floor Studio 7.5. Submission deadline is extended to July 27, 2018.

Wolfbane Productions will produce Broadway's favorite "internationally ignored song stylist" Hedwig and the Angry Inch from July 26-August 11 in Appomattox. Wolfbane, in association with Jamerson Building Supply and Williams Collision Center, is proud to be hosting this incredible concert outdoors at the Wolfbane Performing Arts Center, 618 Country Club Rd, Appomattox, VA 24522. Gates open at 7pm; the show will begin at 8pm. See what happens when this genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing musical sensation meets a new setting in the Central Virginia backcountry, as it tells the story of one of the most unique characters ever to hit the stage.

The 2018 Rob Guest Endowment Awards were launched today, and applications for all awards are now open. The Rob Guest Endowment is Australia's most exciting scholarship program in performing arts, providing financial assistance and industry support to the next generation of musical theatre stars, creators and musicians. The 2018 prize package is valued at over $45,000, including the $20,000 major prize, The Rob Guest Endowment Award.

Leapin' Lizards! Moorestown Theater Company's 150th production is the show that started it all for them - ANNIE!

On the heels of the two-year anniversary since the launch of the nationally syndicated, multiple award-winning terrestrial radio show, 'Shefik presents Invocation' (http://invocation.co), media personality Shefik (http://shefik.info) expands his self-produced and self-hosted radio show to an additional broadcast day. Listeners in eleven cities across the United States already enjoy a weekly broadcast of the radio show on Thursdays at 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET, comprising 15 radio stations and frequencies. Effective immediately, all of these same radio stations and frequencies will now broadcast an encore of the radio show on Sundays at 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET.

Who is or isn't prejudiced or racist is part of the cargo in Branden Jacob-Jenkins' APPROPRIATE, but the playwright also dissects what makes families tick and malfunction.

Chester Theatre Company (CTC) presents Stephen Massicotte's two-actor, three-character play, Mary's Wedding, in the historic Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Road in Chester, MA, from July 26 through August 5, 2018.

It's been a brutally hot summer lately, but this week we're so excited to Be More Chill with the talented and fabulous Joe Iconis and Jennifer Ashley Tepper! We're being fancy and pouring out Manhattans with our favorite Hudson Manhattan Rye Whiskey...well, we aren't pouring them out; they're being made for us by Guest Bartender and Be More Chill Musical Director Emily Marshall! Joe and Jennifer spill about Be More Chill's journey from regional premiere to Tumblr/Spotify Domination to it's highly-anticipated NYC premiere.

Wolfbane Productions will produce Broadway's favorite "internationally ignored song stylist" Hedwig and the Angry Inch from July 26-August 11 in Appomattox. Wolfbane, in association with Jamerson Building Supply and Williams Collision Center, is proud to be hosting this incredible concert outdoors at the Wolfbane Performing Arts Center, 618 Country Club Rd, Appomattox, VA 24522. Gates open at 7pm; the show will begin at 8pm. See what happens when this genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing musical sensation meets a new setting in the Central Virginia backcountry, as it tells the story of one of the most unique characters ever to hit the stage.

Niagara-on-the-Lake's World War I connections - from residents who enlisted to the garrisoned troops being entertained in the Royal George Theatre - are highlighted in director Peter Hinton's re-improvised Oh What a Lovely War. With music direction by Paul Sportelli and movement direction by Alexis Milligan, this provocative production about the theatre of war begins previews at the Royal George Theatre on July 14.