Richmond Shepard News

TotalTheater Productions announces the return of "SHALOM DAMMIT! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon," to NYC. Rabbi Sol will spend two glorious weeks at midtown Manhattan's Roy Arias Theater Center, 300 West 43rd Street (8th Avenue).

Fabulous! The Queen of New Musical Comedies is described as 'a farce in the style of the Golden Age of Broadway. The show is a cross between Anything Goes, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Some Like It Hot. It begins in Paris! Two female impersonators, Jane Mann and Laura Lee Handle, are down on their luck. Backing up Sue Flay, the worst Drag Diva in France, proved a complete disaster. They're jobless and homeless. Just when Jane and Laura Lee get ready to throw in their powder puffs ... a telegram! They'll headline as fabulous showgirls on a cruise ship, the Queen Ethel May. The catch? Keeping their male identities a secret from snooping crew members, jewel heisting gangsters and every gentleman caller that comes their way. It's vintage musical theater meets contemporary farce in a new musical comedy where practically everything goes.'

Jake LaMotta's revealing theatrical tell-all, "Lady and the Champ," in which the legendary pugilist and New York fixture shares the stage with Denise Baker in an evening of stories, videos, and song and dance, performs a special two-week engagement from tonight, July 19 to July 29 at the Richmond Shepard Theatre, 309 East 26th Street. Written by Bonnie Lee Sanders and Denise Baker, with stage direction by Baker and music direction by Joel Diamond, "Lady and the Champ" features Carl Shimkin and Patrick Jude.

TotalTheater Productions announces the return of "SHALOM DAMMIT! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon," to NYC. Rabbi Sol will spend two glorious weeks at midtown Manhattan's Roy Arias Theater Center, 300 West 43rd Street (8th Avenue).

Yee-haw! It's time to start two-steppin' and boot-scootin' in the aisles, as Signature Theatre kicks off its 2012/13 season with the Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, beginning performances on Tuesday, August 14.

Jake LaMotta's revealing theatrical tell-all, "Lady and the Champ," in which the legendary pugilist and New York fixture shares the stage with Denise Baker in an evening of stories, videos, and song and dance, performs a special two-week engagement from July 19 to 29 at the Richmond Shepard Theatre, 309 East 26th Street. Written by Bonnie Lee Sanders and Denise Baker, with stage direction by Baker and music direction by Joel Diamond, "Lady and the Champ" features Carl Shimkin and Patrick Jude.

RICHMOND SHEPARD THEATRE has just announced the New York premiere production of CAPTAIN CRASH vs THE ZZORGWOMEN- CHAPTERS 5 & 6, directed by Richmond Shepard. CAPTAIN CRASH, was originally recorded in England by Alice Cooper and The Who in the late '70's, and was directed by Shepard, starring Weston Gavin, in Los Angeles in 1982 where it ran for five months and the cast album sold over 50,000 copies. The show will be playing at the Richmond Shepard Theatre (309 East 26th St, Street, at 2nd Avenue). Performances begin Wednesday, June 20. Opening Night is Thursday, June 28 (8 p.m.).

Following award-winning productions in the 2010 and 2011 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, playwrights Mark Jason Williams and Gabrielle Fox return to New York's premiere eco-friendly and socially-conscious arts festival this year with Acts of Love, an evening of short-plays to be held at the Bleecker Street Theater, 45 Bleecker Street, from tonight, May 31 - June 22.

Musically Human Theatre Productions (MHTP) will close its inaugural season with the world premiere of Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith's NightoftheLivingDead: The Musical (NOTLD), which will run May 31 to June 17 at the Richmond Shepard Theater. Previews will be May 31 and June 1, prior to a gala opening on June 2. Performances will be Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. The Richmond Shepard Theater is located at 309 East 26th Street. To purchase tickets, available for $18, you can call 212-352-3101, visit https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/911658, or go to the box office one hour prior to show time. Tickets for the two preview performances are available on TDF.

Following award-winning productions in the 2010 and 2011 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, playwrights Mark Jason Williams and Gabrielle Fox return to New York's premiere eco-friendly and socially-conscious arts festival this year with Acts of Love, an evening of short-plays to be held at the Bleecker Street Theater, 45 Bleecker Street, from May 31 - June 22.

Musically Human Theatre Productions (MHTP) will close its inaugural season with the world premiere of Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith's NightoftheLivingDead: The Musical (NOTLD), which will run May 31 to June 17 at the Richmond Shepard Theater. Previews will be May 31 and June 1, prior to a gala opening on June 2. Performances will be Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. The Richmond Shepard Theater is located at 309 East 26th Street. To purchase tickets, available for $18, you can call 212-352-3101, visit https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/911658, or go to the box office one hour prior to show time. Tickets for the two preview performances are available on TDF.

Director Richmond Shepard has completed casting for the West Coast premiere of OSWALD. Andrew Perez* & P. David Miller* will star as Lee Harvey Oswald & Dallas Police Captain Will Fritz, in the drama byDennis Richard. OSWALD will preview at Write Act Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles on Friday, January 13, 2012, with the opening set for Saturday, January 14th & will run through February 18th.

Write Act Repertory Theatre/John Lant, Producing Artistic Director, in Association with John P. Greene, will present the West Coast premiere of OSWALD, a drama by Dennis Richard. OSWALD, directed by Richmond Shepard, will preview at the Write Act Repertory Theatre on Friday, January 13, 2012, with the opening set for Saturday, January 14th.

Director Richmond Shepard has completed casting for the West Coast premiere of OSWALD. Andrew Perez* & P. David Miller* will star as Lee Harvey Oswald & Dallas Police Captain Will Fritz, in the drama byDennis Richard. OSWALD will preview at Write Act Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles on Friday, January 13, 2012, with the opening set for Saturday, January 14th & will run through February 18th.

Write Act Repertory Theatre/John Lant, Producing Artistic Director, in Association with John P. Greene, will present the West Coast premiere of OSWALD, a drama by Dennis Richard. OSWALD, directed by Richmond Shepard, will preview at the Write Act Repertory Theatre on Friday, January 13, 2012, with the opening set for Saturday, January 14th.

Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT, the two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway hit called 'wonderfully raucous' and 'emotionally charged' by The New York Times, will premiere in Toronto today through January 15 before continuing on to 14 other markets across the United States.

VAMPURE returns for its second year on Saturdays Oct 8th-Dec 17th 10:45 PM at the Richmond Shepard Theatre (26 and 2nd)

Retro Productions' (Heather E. Cunningham, Artistic Director) revival of The Runner Stumbles by Milan Stitt opens November 8, 2011 at the Richmond Shepard Theater (309 East 26th Street). Peter Zinn directs.

Casting has been announced for the upcoming North American tour of Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT, the two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway hit called 'wonderfully raucous' and 'emotionally charged' by The New York Times, which will premiere in Toronto December 28 - January 15 before continuing on to 14 other markets across the United States.

VAMPURE returns for its second year beginning tonight -Dec 17th 10:45 PM at the Richmond Shepard Theatre (26 and 2nd)