Portia News

A new London-based recording company, Stage Door Records, celebrates its new label by launching four new remastered vintage albums: Wish You Were Here original Broadway cast recording, Pal Joey & On Your Toes original cast recordings (double-set), New Faces Of 1956 and Mrs. Patterson (two Broadway shows produced by Leonard Sillman in the 1950s), and Shirley Bassey - The Early Years.

Mackwell Productions will present Duet, an evening featuring the one-acts Sunrise by Tommy Smith and The Good Thing by Terry Diamond November 30 through December 8 at the Shelter Annex

Molly Pope brings back her madcap cabaret show 'The Diva-lution of Molly Pope' to Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th St) on Friday October 26 and November 2 at 9:15PM. For reservations call 212-757-0788

Somewhere between blue jeans and obsession, gossip and friendship, lies the sad truth and bitter hilarity of reality. Kellie Arens plumbs these depths as she examines two very different sides of the same conversation in the world premiere of her quirky and poignant comedy Bottomless. Directed by Denyse Owens, performances will begin on November 3rd at the Bowery Poetry Club (Donate a pair of jeans at the door and receive an $8 discount.)

Yale Repertory Theatre joins forces with The World Performance Project at Yale to present The Veiled Monologues, October 23-27, at the New Theater.

Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director of New York's award-winning Primary Stages, has been named the new artistic director of the upcoming Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival

The star-studded 79th Annual Academy Awards were held at the Kodak Theatre in L.A. on February 25th!

CanStage presents the wold premiere of a new play by Damien Atkins - LUCY.

Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA), whose current three-play season explores images of Jews as outsiders in the predominantly Christian society of pre-20th-century Europe, has scheduled four free staged readings of modern plays exploring the same controversial theme beginning February 5.

Lynn Collins will star in MCC Theater's New York premiere production of A Very Common Procedure by playwright Courtney Baron, to be directed by Obie Award-winner Michael Greif

LAByrinth Theater Company's Seventh Annual Barn Series Festival has announced casting for its upcoming performances.

The international tour of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' musical, Mamma Mia! has announced casting for its upcoming 12 week run at Manchester's Palace Theatre

The Impact Festival opened on Tuesday, September 12, with the world premiere of The Treatment, a new play by Eve Ensler starring Dylan McDermott

Eve Ensler's gripping and provocative two-character play deals with the psychological aftermath of performing cruel acts in the service of one's country

The Culture Project will launch its most ambitious project to date tonight with the kickoff of Impact Festival 2006, a 5-week city-wide arts festival focusing on human rights, social justice, and political action.

The Impact Festival will open on Tuesday, September 12, with the world premiere of The Treatment, a new play by Eve Ensler starring Dylan McDermott

North Shore Music Theatre production proves that anything can happen if you believe

Megan Mullally, Blythe Danner and Helen Mirren were among the theatre veterans who took home Emmy Awards on August 27th

Deborah Lew, Maureen Brennan, Terry Burrell, Natalie Joy Johnson, Joyce Chittick and more star in North Shore Music Theatre's staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, which runs from August 22nd through September 10th