Sally Struthers News

The Laguna Playhouse welcomes back Rita Rudner, one of the country's top comediennes, for an exclusive three-day stand-up engagement, aptly titled Rita Rudner: Act 3, Friday, August 24 - Sunday, August 26, 2012. Performance times are 7 p.m. each evening.

Hot off his run in "Dancing with the Stars," Emmy-winning television star, celebrity stylist, author and fashion designer, Carson Kressley will return to the Ogunquit Playhouse as Mr. Applegate (aka the Devil himself!) in the 2012 production of Damn Yankees (the new Boston Red Sox version!), on stage tonight, July 25 - August 18. This summer the Ogunquit Playhouse is celebrating its 80th anniversary of producing award-winning theatre in Southern Maine. Carson Kressley was last seen at the Ogunquit Playhouse in his critically acclaimed performance as Man in Chair during the 2010 run of The Drowsy Chaperone.

Audiences will be captivated by Andrew Lloyd Webber's fiery story of love, fame and Hollywood in Pittsburgh CLO's debut production of Sunset Boulevard, tonight, July 24 through July 29 at the Benedum Center. Tony Award nominee Liz Callaway, critically-acclaimed star of Love Changes Everything, returns to the Pittsburgh CLO stage as eccentric Hollywood actress Norma Desmond.

STATE OF THE ARTS (SOTA), the critically acclaimed weekly performing arts radio series which previously, since its May 31, 2010 premiere, aired live on Mondays from 4:00 - 4:50 pm PST on the LATalkRadio.com Network, is moving its weekly broadcast to Thursdays beginning today, July 19, 2012, it was previously announced by State of the Arts co-producer/co-hosts and theatre professionals MICHAEL STERLING & Paul Stroili.

Audiences will be captivated by Andrew Lloyd Webber's fiery story of love, fame and Hollywood in Pittsburgh CLO's debut production of Sunset Boulevard, July 24-29 at the Benedum Center. Tony Award nominee Liz Callaway, critically-acclaimed star of Love Changes Everything, returns to the Pittsburgh CLO stage as eccentric Hollywood actress Norma Desmond.

Grab your lunchbox, roll up your sleeves and pour yourself a cup of ambition for the Long Island premiere of Dolly Parton's "9 to 5: The Musical," tonight, July 18-Aug. 4 at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts."9 to 5: The Musical" is adapted from the 1980 film of the same name, which features Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as three working-class friends who stage an unorthodox corporate takeover of their greedy, sexist boss.

The Zach Brown Band performed this morning on the Today Show. Blake Shelton is a coach on the wildly successful television program, The Voice.

STATE OF THE ARTS (SOTA), the critically acclaimed weekly performing arts radio series which previously, since its May 31, 2010 premiere, aired live on Mondays from 4:00 - 4:50 pm PST on the LATalkRadio.com Network, is moving its weekly broadcast to Thursdays beginning Thursday, July 19, 2012, it was announced today by State of the Arts co-producer/co-hosts and theatre professionals MICHAEL STERLING & PAUL STROILI. Guests on July 19 will include TV, Broadway star and Tony Award nominee CHRISTOPHER SIEBER (Shrek The Musical, and co-star with George Hamilton in the U.S. National Tour of La Cage Aux Folles; and Film and Television star ESAI MORALES (La Bamba, NYPD Blue, Caprica - Syfy TV's prequel to the series Battlestar Galactica).

Grab your lunchbox, roll up your sleeves and pour yourself a cup of ambition for the Long Island premiere of Dolly Parton's "9 to 5: The Musical," July 18-Aug. 4 at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts."9 to 5: The Musical" is adapted from the 1980 film of the same name, which features Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as three working-class friends who stage an unorthodox corporate takeover of their greedy, sexist boss.

It's Saturday, and that means its time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up!

Annie takes center stage in what's being described as 'a charming production of one of the world's best-loved musicals,' now playing through July 8 at the Benedum Center. Little orphan Annie returns to the Pittsburgh CLO stage for the first time since 2003. Sally Struthers stars as the deliciously evil Miss Hannigan, along with a remarkable supporting cast of Pittsburgh CLO and Broadway veterans. BroadwayWorld has a first look of the production photos below.

Annie takes center stage in what's being described as 'a charming production of one of the world's best-loved musicals,' June 29-July 8 at the Benedum Center! Audiences of all ages will fall in love with little orphan Annie as she returns to the Pittsburgh CLO stage for the first time since 2003. Fan favorite Sally Struthers stars as the deliciously evil Miss Hannigan, along with a remarkable supporting cast of Pittsburgh CLO and Broadway veterans.

Annie takes center stage in what's being described as 'a charming production of one of the world's best-loved musicals,' June 29-July 8 at the Benedum Center. Little orphan Annie returns to the Pittsburgh CLO stage for the first time since 2003. Sally Struthers stars as the deliciously evil Miss Hannigan, along with a remarkable supporting cast of Pittsburgh CLO and Broadway veterans. We have a promo video of the show below.

Kristen Beth got to play Reno on Bway and is now understudying three principal roles in the Gershwin Tony winner.

Neil Simon's 1965 chestnut gets warmed up with production featuring Pat Sajak and Joe Moore.

Annie takes center stage in what's being described as 'a charming production of one of the world's best-loved musicals,' June 29-July 8 at the Benedum Center! Audiences of all ages will fall in love with little orphan Annie as she returns to the Pittsburgh CLO stage for the first time since 2003. Fan favorite Sally Struthers stars as the deliciously evil Miss Hannigan, along with a remarkable supporting cast of Pittsburgh CLO and Broadway veterans.

The Ogunquit Playhouse is set to open Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, on stage June 20 - July 15. This all-new production is based on the 2008 Tony Award winning Lincoln Center Theatre production.

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston has announced major principal casting and creative team members for its 44th consecutive summer season, including Lorenzo Lamas, Anita Gillette, Rick Hilsabeck and Sarah Pfisterer.

Craig Smith, Managing Partner of the new Alhambra Theatre & Dining announced this morning that Joyce DeWitt will star in Sam Bobrick's romantic comedy, Remember Me. Miss DeWitt is most widely known to audiences for her starring role as 'Janet Wood' in the ABC Television hit series "Three's Company," but she is no stranger to live theater, working both as actress and director in a stage career which spans over forty years. She recently starred in A Scattered, Smothered and Covered Christmas Musical and the Canadian productions of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Dinner With Friends and Alfred Uhry's Tony Award-winning play The Last Night of Ballyhoo.

President George HW Bush and Mrs. Barbara Bush honored the Ogunquit Playhouse by attending yesterday's (June 3rd) Matinee performance of Always, Patsy Cline, now playing through June 16. Sally Struthers (as Louise) and Carter Calvert (as Patsy Cline) welcomed them backstage during intermission, where President and Mrs. Bush exalted both leading lady's performances. The former President and First Lady "loved" the show, and the cast, musicians and audience members loved seeing them as well. Check out the photo below!