Rebecca Fisher News

The Fringe has staying power. While three "Best of Fringe" shows closed the 22nd Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival with encore performances on September 21, four more "Best of" shows will return every weekend in November. Audiences will have the opportunity to see what they missed - or want to see again.

Orlando is no stranger to high-profile murder trials, so sensationalism hits home with the true life tale of LIZZIE BORDEN. Set to a pretty score with music composed by Rich Charron, book and lyrics by Michael Wanzie, and new arrangements by John B. deHaas, all Orlando residents, this original production is a comedic musical biography.

Balagan Theatre continued its Summer New Works program the other night with their reading of the Anton Chekov and Kurt Cobain inspired, 'Nirvanov'. And Broadway World was given exclusive access to bring you photos from the reading of this fascinating look into one of Seattle's biggest and most tragic citizens.

Menopause the Musical opens at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre this week to the sound of an audience gone wild. Who knew menopausal-age women (and their menfolk, by the way) could be so energetic and exuberant?

The 40th Anniversary Season heats up in a flash when Menopause, The Musical makes its debut this spring at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. This hilarious and fun celebration of women and "the change" is live on stage March 27 through May 12.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the 2012 TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series. The three plays that will be presented are Foreclosure by Vincent Delaney, produced by Mondays Dark Theatre Company and Kenny Howard of The Broadway Consortium; Appendage by Derek Murphy, produced by Tweiss Productions (Sharon Weiss & Eileen B. Weiss); and The Sin Eater by Michael Bettencourt, produced by Block & Tackle Productions, Inc. and Elfin Frederick Vogel. The selected plays will be read on Mondays, June 4, 11, and 18 respectively, at 7pm at The Roy Arias Theatre, 300 W. 43rd Street, 5th Floor, Studio 500, NYC. Admission is FREE but reservations are required: email TRUStaff1@gmail.com or call 212-714-7628.

2012 Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Melissa Van der Schyff (Bonnie & Clyde), fellow 2012 Drama Desk Award nominee, Claybourne Elder (One Arm, also seen in Bonnie & Clyde) and Darren Ritchie (Broadway's Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure, Dracula, the Musical, Little Shop of Horrors) will star in a special industry reading of Vincent Delaney's new play Foreclosure, presented by Mondays Dark Theatre Company as part of the TRU ("Theater Resources Unlimited") New Play Reading Series, on Monday, June 4 at 7:00 PM at the Roy Arias Off-Broadway Theater in Manhattan.

The writing team of Elaine Pechacek and Katie Hammond are presenting an Equity Staged Reading of their second musical, SEASONS, August 8, 2011 at 8:00pm at the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre Studio B with an open reception immediately following. The cast features the talented Summer Aiello, Jacob McAlister and Rebecca Fisher. Admission is free.

The writing team of Elaine Pechacek and Katie Hammond are presenting an Equity Staged Reading of their second musical, SEASONS, August 8, 2011 at 8:00pm at the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre Studio B with an open reception immediately following. The cast features the talented Summer Aiello, Jacob McAlister and Rebecca Fisher. Admission is free.

Asolo Repertory Theatre Presents MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 6/4-27

Asolo Repertory Theatre Presents MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 6/4-27

Asolo Repertory Theatre Presents MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 6/4-27

The fourth annual San Francisco Theater Festival, a free one-day extravaganza of 75 shows on 10 stages, will take place Sunday, July 22 from 11AM - 5PM at Yerba Buena Gardens.