Ryan Cunningham News

Jared Zirilli (Lysistrata Jones, Fat Camp) and DJ Bucciarelli (Jesus Christ Superstar, National Tour) will join conceiver/co-librettist Cait Doyle (San Francisco Premiere The Last 5 Years, MAC Award Winner) in The Araca Project's upcoming production of Hot Mess In Manhattan scheduled to play the American Theatre of Actors later this summer.

The second annual Araca Project will present six original shows today, August 1-September 29 at the American Theater of Actors (314 West 54th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues).

The second annual Araca Project will present six original shows August 1-September 29 at the American Theater of Actors (314 West 54th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues).

Rock of Ages star Jodie Jacobs, Avenue Q star Rachel Jerram, the legendary composer-lyricist team behind Betty Blue Eyes and the forthcoming Soho Cinders George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, and I Love You Because book-writer and lyricist Ryan Cunningham will appear and perform in the second London edition of If It Only Even Runs A Minute at the Landor Theatre tonight, July 9th at 8pm.

Rock of Ages star Jodie Jacobs, Avenue Q star Rachel Jerram, the legendary composer-lyricist team behind Betty Blue Eyes and the forthcoming Soho Cinders George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, and I Love You Because book-writer and lyricist Ryan Cunningham will appear and perform in the second London edition of If It Only Even Runs A Minute at the Landor Theatre on Monday July 9th at 8pm.

The dictionary defines insidious as "proceeding in a gradual way, but with harmful effects". Playwright Ibn Shabazz's work INSIDIOUS certainly follows that line of thinking, with the eponymous title character worming his way into the lives of a engaged couple Kara and Dawud. The play makes allusions to AIDS and to the way homosexuality is looked at in the African American community. But at its heart, it's a pot boiler, a pulpy work that takes a number of twists and turns before resolving itself. The Black Rep's current production is graced with solid performances and direction, and it continues through June 24, 2012.

Following its extremely well-received debut in April, the London series of If It Only Even Runs A Minute, celebrating the rare songs and behind-the-scenes tales of short-lived and underappreciated musicals, will return to Clapham North's Landor Theatre on Monday July 9th for its second edition. The concert is presented by Oliver Southgate and Lydia Grant, with Chris Bartlett and Georgia Thomas also returning to comprise the Runs A Minute Ensemble.

Anglewalk Theatre returned to the Studio Theatre at the Toronto Centre for the Arts this year with the Canadian premiere of I Love You Because, an off-Broadway modern musical twist on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The show closes tonight, April 15.

Angelwalk Theater has come up with a real gem with the romantic musical comedy I Love You Because. The show, playing in the cozy Studio Theater in the Toronto Center for the Arts boasts a top-notch cast, fluid direction, a tuneful score and clever, insightful lyrics.

Angelwalk Theatre is bringing Torontonians the Canadian Premiere of I Love You Because, a modern day love story loosely based on Pride and Prejudice. The show was a hit off-Broadway in 2005 and now Toronto audiences will get to experience the quirky musical first hand. BWW sat down to talk with Elena Juatco (who stars as Marcy) about her own dating Do's and Dont's, dating Mr. Wrong and why young people should come see the show.

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) has announced the nominees for the 26th Annual MAC Awards. The winners will be announced live at the MAC Awards Show on Thursday, March 29th, at the world-famous B.B. King Blues Club & Grill.

The first production of Vancouver's newest theatre company, Intimate Theatre Productions will present I LOVE YOU BECAUSE.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM is one of the few Shakespearean plays that's considered totally original, not owing its story to any other source other than the Bard's imagination. It's a delightful romantic comedy with fun, supernatural elements, and unlike his many tragedies and histories, nobody dies. In the hands of The Black Rep, it's been transformed into an absolutely funkadelic experience. Director Chris Anthony has set this version in the 1970's, and as such, it's filled with wildly colored clothing from that period, and features snippets of dialog and music anyone who grew up in that era will recognize. It's also superbly performed.

The show is billed as a 'modern day musical love story', and it couldn't be more accurate.

The first production of Vancouver's newest theatre company, Intimate Theatre Productions will present I LOVE YOU BECAUSE.

The first production of Vancouver's newest theatre company, Intimate Theatre Productions will present I LOVE YOU BECAUSE.

Anglewalk Theatre will return to the Studio Theatre at the Toronto Centre for the Arts in 2011/2012 with a brand new musical revue, Off-Broadway On Stage, and the Canadian Premiere of I Love You Because, an off-Broadway modern musical twist on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.