Richard Allen News

HBO's filmed specials based on the hit comedy podcast 2 Dope Queens will be available for Digital Download on March 19th!

Lawrence Burgess is bringing the literary classic Anne of Green Gables to The Capitol Theater's stage in March. The show, adapted from the novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery, was written by Burgess. Burgess will also be handling directing duties.

The Children's Theatre of Charleston is gearing up to present their stirring rendition of the beloved musical The Lion King Jr. in March at the Charleston Civic Center Little Theater. Featuring music and lyrics by Tim Rice and Elton John with a book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, this family classic will have you singing along as you watch the story of Simba unfold, following him through tragedy and redemption.

Avalon is producing a one-off UKTV Original special from the uniquely talented ensemble The Horne Section. Commissioned by Richard Watsham and Hilary Rosen for entertainment channel Dave, the two-hour special will feature The Horne Section's spontaneous and free-wheeling combination of live music and comedy.

The Actors Guild of Parkersburg will be bringing to life the classic story of a poor milkman and his five daughters, Fiddler on the Roof, in March! This show, the brainchild of Jerome Robbins and Harold Prince, debuted on Broadway in 1964 and went on to win nine Tony Awards. Featuring songs by Jerry Brock and Sheldon Harnick, and a book by Joseph Stein, this show has delighted audiences for over fifty years.

Mid-Ohio Valley Player's moving and comedic rendition of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest will be heading to the Player's Theatre stage in March. The play, adapted by Dale Wasserman from Ken Kesey's brilliant novel, made its Broadway debut in 1963 and has been revived multiple times, winning a Tony Award for Best Play Revival in 2001. The show features music by Teiji Ito.

Fresh off it's Best Entertainment Show win at this year's Broadcast Awards, it was announced today that UKTV has ordered four more series of BAFTA and EMMY-nominated Taskmaster from Avalon for its award-winning comedy and entertainment channel, Dave. Greg Davies persists as the all-powerful Taskmaster alongside his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne for series six, seven, eight and nine, of the UKTV Original series.

TRUE STORY - 'FAKE NEWS' to premiere in Salford, an Eighties-set Neon Nightmare Psychodrama.

Robin Hood is heading to the stage in a brand-new tale written by John Johnson of the Astral Theatre Collective. Wolf's Head: A Tale of Robin Hood and the Sheriff, based on the ancient ballads and history of Robin Hood, is gearing up to begin performances at the Alban Art Center in St. Albans, WV in March.

The incredible true story behind the beloved song, Amazing Grace The Musical is heading to the Keith Albee Performing Arts Center in Huntington, WV thanks to the Marshall Artist Series on Tuesday, February 20th, 2018. This production features music and lyrics by Christopher Smith and a book by Smith and Arthur Giron.

The hit comedy podcast 2 DOPE QUEENS, featuring Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson, comes to HBO in February as a series of four themed hour-long specials. Directed by Tig Notaro ('One Mississippi'), the show debuts FRIDAY, FEB. 2

Theatre ETC! will be bringing their touring production of the dystopian classic 1984 to a middle school or high school near you soon! This live adaptation of George Orwell's classic novel deals with omnipresent government surveillance, loss of rights, and authoritarian regimes in a thought provoking and often frightening way. 1984's story is as alarming now as it was upon first release and serves as a staunch reminder of what could happen if government control is allowed to run rampant and unopposed.

On Saturday, April 28th, 2018 from 5:00 through 8:00 P.M. Cabell Huntington Hospital will be hosting their annual Uncorked! Wine Festival Fundraiser: A food and wine festival that benefits the Marshall Artist Series. Uncorked!  Is your chance to sample different varieties of wine, sample tasty food, and bid on unique and extravagant items at its live and silent auctions. All for a great cause!

Marshall Artist Series will be presenting Broadway's Record-Breaking, Six Time Tony Award Winning Musical Smash Hit Chicago on Monday, February 12th, 2018 at 7:30 P.M. at the historic Keith Albee Performing Arts Center!

The Charleston Light Opera Guild has announced audition dates for their highly anticipated rendition of My Fair Lady. Auditions will take place on February 12th, 13th and 15th of 2018. This marks the first time the guild has produced this classic musical in over 25 years.

The Marshall University Theatre company, known as Theatre ETC! (Education Touring Company) has been given an anonymous grant in the amount of $20,000. This incredibly generous grant will help ensure that Theatre ETC! will be able to continue to bring its unique brand of educational and thought-provoking show adaptations to schools around the state while also continuing to supply educators with informative study materials.

Bridgeport High School will be presenting the three-time Tony award winning Broadway Musical Barnum in the Bridgeport High School Theatre. With music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Michael Stewart and a book by Mark Bramble, this musical will transport you to the circus as you learn about the life of famed showman P.T. Barnum.

Triple threat performer Jeffrey Scott Parsons made his LA Solo Cabaret debut Monday January 22 at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal with a sold out house. The show was entitled Comfy and took us back through the years beginning with a six-year old Parsons in Utah - yes, he was a farmboy and ... a Mormon, still is - who hated uncomfortable shirts and pants, calling them 'frickly', but had an early passion for sequins. We were treated to a home movie of his performance of 'Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer' with his older sister and brother, two younger sisters scrambling around and his mother at the piano, referring to them all as the Mormon Von Trapp family. Indeed, this lad has a sense of humor and made an otherwise seriously reflective evening exceedingly enjoyable to watch, as he broke into tap at regular intervals.

Marshall University's School of Theatre will be presenting Alabama Rain, Heather McCutchen's tale of a town where the rules of time seem to not exist and five women must learn to put their past behind them and push forward, at the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre at the JCE Performing Arts Center.

The State Ballet Theatre of Russia will be bringing their beloved rendition of Sleeping Beauty to the Keith Albee Performing Arts Center courtesy of the Marshall Artist Series. Be sure not to miss your chance to see this incredible ballet during its one night only performance in Huntington, WV.