The 2019 theatre awards season is quickly approaching, and keeping track of all of the important dates for the many ceremonies and their corresponding nomination announcements is no easy feat. Stay up to date on all the need-to-know facts with BroadwayWorld's Awards Season Calendar below!
59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) is thrilled welcome the US premiere of POSTING LETTERS TO THE MOON, compiled by Lucy Fleming from letters written by Celia Johnson and Peter Fleming, to Brits Off Broadway.
Why Not Theatre presents RISER Project 2019, a collaborative producing model for independent theatre artists. This sixth edition proudly premieres work from Amanda Cordner and David di Giovanni, Bilal Baig and Sadie Epstein-Fine, Samson Bonkeabantu Brown and d'bi.young anitafrika, and Cole Lewis.
Bid to win the chance to enjoy 2 producer house seats to Broadway's My Fair Lady, with a backstage tour with Tony Award Winner, Laura Benanti, who plays Eliza Doolittle!
Bonnaroo organizers announced today the 2019 'Ready to Roo' tour. Set to launch on March 18 in Nashville, Atlanta, Chicago and Tampa, 'Ready to Roo' will make stops in 14 cities across the country with more than 35-pop-up events created to bring the spirit of the festival to the hometowns of fans and those interested in learning more about the Bonnaroo experience.
Leicester's Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome today announce the full casting for their co-production of Oprah Winfrey's hit Broadway musical, The Color Purple, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker. The production, the first to be created outside of London in the UK, will play at Curve, Leicester from 28th June 13th July, followed by 16th 20th July at Birmingham Hippodrome, with a national press night at Curve on Wednesday 3rd July at 7pm.
A bevy of Broadway's brightest stars joined a sold-out audience on March 11, 2019, to celebrate and motivate the LGBTQ community and its allies through gender-reversed renditions of beloved show tunes, spectacular choreography and a record-breaking fundraising total at Broadway Backwards.
Milwaukee is thrilled to announce the national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will make its Milwaukee debut at the Marcus Center for a limited engagement May 7-12. COME FROM AWAY tickets are on sale now!
Schimmel Center at Pace University concludes its 2018-19 Cabaret Series with an evening of standards and musical theater selections composed by women titled Baby, Dream Your Dream: The Great Women Songwriters today, March 9, 2019 at 7:30pm. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased at SchimmelCenter.org, by phone at 212-346-1715, or by visiting the Schimmel Center Box Office at 3 Spruce Street, Manhattan. Box office hours are Tuesday-Today, Noon-5pm, and then beginning three hours prior to each performance, through intermission.
Food Network springs into action this April with all-new exciting series and season premieres of your favorite shows. Hit the streets with Bobby Flay and daughter Sophie Flay as they search for the greatest local dishes around, on new series The Flay List, premiering Thursday, April 11th at 10:30pm. Restaurant: Impossible returns with Chef Robert Irvine on Saturday, April 20th at 9pm as he takes on the challenge of turning around a failing restaurant in just two days. Starting on Sunday, April 21st at 9pm, watch chefs Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence take on the worst celebrity cooks with the hope of transforming them from kitchen disasters into kitchen masters, on a new season of Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition. Also, in primetime, catch the epic grand finale of Buddy Vs. Duff, plus premieres of Beat Bobby Flay, Chopped, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Family Food Showdown and Guy's Grocery Games. In daytime, catch the exciting return of 30 Minute Meals with Rachael Ray, kicking off 30 days of 30 new episodes on Monday, April 1st at 12pm. Then, Ina Garten returns with a new season of Barefoot Contessa: Cook Like a Pro onSunday, April 21st at 11:30am. Plus, don't miss premieres of Giada Entertains, Girl Meets Farm, The Kitchenand The Pioneer Woman. Join the Food Network conversation on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat Discover.
Tickets are nearly sold out for Broadway Backwards, Broadway's annual gender-reversed celebration of the LGBTQ community, which returns this Monday, March 11, 2019.
As part of the closing week of the Brenda Starr, Reporter: The Art of Dale Messick exhibit at the Society of Illustrators (128 East 63rd Street New York, NY 10065), The Waverly Writers Collective will present a staged reading of Reporter Girl, a full-length play written by Laura Rohrman (My Life As You at Studio 54/Shetler), Dale Messick's Granddaughter and co-curator of the exhibit.
The Broadway at Birdland concert series recently welcomed Tony winner Katrina Lenk and her friend and former cast member from The Band's Visit, George Abud in a one-night only concert called 'Swung.' The performance took place on Monday, March 4.
Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, has selected its four finalists for the 2019 Premiere Play Festival. Now in its 15th year, the Festival is an annual competition for unproduced scripts that offers developmental opportunities to playwrights with strong affiliations to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware. This year's finalists were selected from a record 659 submissions, a 15% increase from the previous record set in 2018.
Catworks Productions is pleased to present the premiere of An Evening of One Acts brought to you by Bernadette Armstrong & Wendy Winter. The evening includes playwright Bernadette Armstrong's JOAN, directed by Collette Rutherford, and WHAT DID THEY SAY by playwright Wendy Winter, directed by Adam Matalon. The two acts will premiere at Theatre Unlimited, March 22 - April 6, 2019.
Schimmel Center at Pace University concludes its 2018-19 Cabaret Series with an evening of standards and musical theater selections composed by women titled Baby, Dream Your Dream: The Great Women Songwriters on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 7:30pm. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased at SchimmelCenter.org, by phone at 212-346-1715, or by visiting the Schimmel Center Box Office at 3 Spruce Street, Manhattan. Box office hours are Tuesday-Saturday, Noon-5pm, and then beginning three hours prior to each performance, through intermission.
The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center is thrilled to announce the national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will make its debut at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center for a limited engagement April 2-7.
Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Darren Criss (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, TV's The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story), Lea DeLaria (TV's Orange is the New Black), Tony Award winner Rosemary Harris (My Fair Lady), Tony nominee Christopher Jackson (Hamilton), Nicole Vanessa Ortiz (Smokey Joe's Cafe), Tony winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal), Alexandra Silber (Fiddler on the Roof), Ana Villafañe (On Your Feet!) and Teal Wicks (The Cher Show) have been added to the star-studded lineup of Broadway Backwards, the annual celebration of show tunes, love and the LGBTQ community.
What good is sitting alone in your room this week? If you don't already have plans to see a Broadway show, come out to see your favorite Broadway stars in a cabaret act instead. After Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Highlights this week include Betsy Wolfe, Katrina Lenk, Broadway Sings Adele and more.
Schimmel Center at Pace University concludes its 2018-19 Cabaret Series with an evening of standards and musical theater selections composed by women titled Baby, Dream Your Dream: The Great Women Songwriters on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 7:30pm.
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