Richard Maltby News

The Rep will present RING OF FIRE, created by Richard Maltby, Jr. with a concept by William Meade, from September 16, 2011 - October 09, 2011

Ring of Fire - The Music of Johnny Cash opens September 15 at the Gaslight Dinner Theatre at Dickson's Renaissance Center, running through October 13. The 'jukebox musical', which opened on Broadway in March 2006, is not a biography of Cash, but instead it's described as 'a unique mosaic that follows the life and times of Johnny Cash through his most famous songs.'

Comedian and Andy Kauffman Award winner Harrison Greenbaum to host the Seventh Annual New York Innovative Theatre Awards (the IT Awards), in a ceremony dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway. The ceremony will be directed by Tom Wojtunik, Artistic Director of the Astoria Performing Arts Center.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Just My Luck Productions, Inc. present My History of Marriage a world premiere musical comedy by Academy Award® and two-time Grammy® winner David Shire, Lee Kalcheim and Samuel Kalcheim.

Long Wharf Theatre completes its 2011-12 season offerings by adding a classic work by one of the world's great playwrights.

STAGES ST. LOUIS today announced its 26th season! The season is a journey into the luminous sounds of the American composer. The season begins with the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Ain't Misbehavin', The Fats Waller Musical, which explores the ground-breaking time of the Harlem cultural renaissance in the 1930s and 1940s.

Ring of Fire - The Music of Johnny Cash opens September 15 at the Gaslight Dinner Theatre at Dickson's Renaissance Center, running through October 13. The 'jukebox musical', which opened on Broadway in March 2006, is not a biography of Cash, but instead it's described as 'a unique mosaic that follows the life and times of Johnny Cash through his most famous songs.'

The fall ushers in one of the most stunning Broadway blockbusters of all time, Miss Saigon on stage September 21 through October 23 at the Ogunquit Playhouse.

Distinguished performing artists and members of the Broadway community will come together for the 15th annual Broadway Blessing on Monday, September 12th from 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), Manhattan. Richard Maltby Jr., Natalie Toro, Project Dance, The Broadway Blessing Choir and other distinguished guests are scheduled to be among the artists performing at this year's celebration dedicated to the people who bring us great theater.

Million Dollar Quartet, now in its third year, continues performances through December 31, 2011 as new cast members Brandon Bennett (Elvis Presley), Heather Marie Marsden (Dyanne) Brad Ber (Jay Perkins/Bass player) and Dan Leali (Fluke/Drummer) join Gabe Bowling (Carl Perkins), Lance Lipinsky (Jerry Lee Lewis), Sean Sullivan (Johnny Cash) and Tim Decker (Sam Phillips) for the hit show. The Tony-nominated musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together legendary rock ‘n' roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, celebrates its long run in Chicago, a multiple Tony-nominated New York run, a long-running London production and a national tour beginning in October 2011.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. A breakdown of the Equity Jeff Award nominations, plus a world premiere Jane Austen adaptation, 'Guys And Dolls,' 'Starting Here...,' 'Rodgers And Hart...' a Leonard Bernstein tribute and more....

The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) announces its prospective schedule for the upcoming 2011-12 season.

Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre announces cast and crew for the first production of its 2011/12 season, 'Starting Here, Starting Now,' opening Sunday, September 25 and running through November 6. Previews are September 23 and 24.

ICT's 26th season will include the West Coast premieres of The Fix, a hard-hitting, political rock musical with book and lyrics by John Dempsey and music by Dana P. Rowe; and Ghost-Writer, a supernatural romance by award-winning playwright Michael Hollinger (Opus).

Distinguished performing artists and members of the Broadway community will come together for the 15th annual Broadway Blessing on Monday, September 12th from 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), Manhattan. Richard Maltby Jr., Natalie Toro, Project Dance, The Broadway Blessing Choir and other distinguished guests are scheduled to be among the artists performing at this year's celebration dedicated to the people who bring us great theater.

A musically gifted cast headed by co-director David M. Lutken playing multiple instruments gives a warm glow to the music of country music legend Johnny Cash, but it isn't enough to spark a real flame in the plotless Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash playing at Ivoryton Playhouse.

Join Music Theatre Louisville (MTL) as they present big: The Musical at The Kentucky Center's Bomhard Theater, August 5-7, 9-14, 7:00 p.m.; Matinees, August 6, 7 & 14, 1:30 p.m.

The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) announces its prospective schedule for the upcoming 2011-12 season.

Ivoryton invites the public to head on over to the Ivoryton Playhouse on Sunday afternoons through September 4th.

What happens when you give the gritty and rustic lyrics of Johnny Cash to highly trained, technically proficient, powerful Broadway vocalists? The result is a stunning, moving, uplifting musical that has played to sold-out houses across the country and is opening at the Ivoryton Playhouse on August 10th.