Stephen Foster News

Friends of Dorothy Productions proudly presents the Northern California premiere of The Green Room. A new backstage musical illustrating the journey of four best friends determined to make it out of the Green Room and onto the Broadway Stage. The show features music & lyrics by Chuck Pelletier and book by C. Stephen Foster and Rod Damer. Green Room has direction by Kevin Caravalho, musical direction by Jane Viemeister, and choreography by Terri Taylor. The show features the Songwriter's Guild of America's Award-Winning song 'It's All About Me'. Green Room runs from August 7th - August 29th.

PICT artistic director Andrew S. Paul directs a cast of thirteen in the Pittsburgh professional premiere of Alan Bennett's award-winning play The History Boys. Very funny and deeply moving, the play explores the anarchy of adolescence, the nature of history, and the methods and very purpose of education today. Featured in the production are Bernard Cuffling, Linda Kimbrough, Dave Droxler and Andy Lutz.

Friends of Dorothy Productions proudly presents the Northern California premiere of The Green Room. A new backstage musical illustrating the journey of four best friends determined to make it out of the Green Room and onto the Broadway Stage. The show features music & lyrics by Chuck Pelletier and book by C. Stephen Foster and Rod Damer. Green Room has direction by Kevin Caravalho, musical direction by Jane Viemeister, and choreography by Terri Taylor. The show features the Songwriter's Guild of America's Award-Winning song 'It's All About Me'. Green Room runs from August 7th - August 29th.

Friends of Dorothy Productions proudly presents the Northern California premiere of The Green Room. A new backstage musical illustrating the journey of four best friends determined to make it out of the Green Room and onto the Broadway Stage. The show features music & lyrics by Chuck Pelletier and book by C. Stephen Foster and Rod Damer. Green Room has direction by Kevin Caravalho, musical direction by Jane Viemeister, and choreography by Terri Taylor. The show features the Songwriter's Guild of America's Award-Winning song 'It's All About Me'. Green Room runs from August 7th - August 29th.

PICT artistic director Andrew S. Paul directs a cast of thirteen in the Pittsburgh professional premiere of Alan Bennett's award-winning play The History Boys. Very funny and deeply moving, the play explores the anarchy of adolescence, the nature of history, and the methods and very purpose of education today. Featured in the production are Bernard Cuffling, Linda Kimbrough, Dave Droxler and Andy Lutz.

PICT brings John Patrick Shanley's searing drama Doubt, winner of the 2005 Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, to the intimate Henry Heymann Theatre. The production is directed by Jeffrey M. Cordell, and features Pittsburgh favorites David Whalen as Father Flynn and Kate Young as Sister Aloysius, with Meghan Heimbecker as Sister James and Maria Becoates-Bey as Mrs. Muller.

PICT brings John Patrick Shanley's searing drama Doubt, winner of the 2005 Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, to the intimate Henry Heymann Theatre. The production is directed by Jeffrey M. Cordell, and features Pittsburgh favorites David Whalen as Father Flynn and Kate Young as Sister Aloysius, with Meghan Heimbecker as Sister James and Maria Becoates-Bey as Mrs. Muller.

Thomas W. Morris, artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival and Ojai's 2009 music director eighth blackbird have announced the final programming for the 2009 Ojai Music Festival, which takes place from Thursday, June 11 to Sunday, June 14, 2009. This season, the four-day Festival, which for six decades has become well known for its fearlessness in championing pioneering musical ideas and personalities, pushes the envelope again with programming that reflects the qualities that have made eighth blackbird a growing musical phenomenon-genre-defying variety in wildly collaborative and visually dramatic presentations.

PICT turns conventional morality upside down with its production of Joe Orton's masterpiece What the Butler Saw, a fast-paced, hilarious farce set ablaze with seductions, cross-dressing, mistaken identity, infidelity and blackmail!

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) is hosting a NEW WORKS READING SERIES to support new plays and emerging playwrights. As part of its mission statement, The Irish Repertory Theatre 'encourages the development of new works focusing on the Irish and Irish American experience, as well as a range of other cultures.'

The Hartt School, the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, is pleased to announce its newest music initiative, the 2009-2010 Chamber Music Visiting Artist Series.

PICT celebrates the spirit of revolution with an extraordinary launch to celebrate its thirteenth season! Tom Stoppard's tremendous Tony and Olivier Award-winning play Rock ?n' Roll, inspiredby and dedicated to Václav Havel, serves as the centerpiece of a series which includes readings and paneldiscussions exploring Prague Spring & the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, in collaboration with The City of Pittsburgh, The University of Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Library, and The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, is proud to present the 23rd annual Pittsburgh International Children's Festival on Tuesday, May 13, through Sunday, May 17, 2009. The Children's Festival takes place in various venues throughout the city's university district of Oakland, including Schenley Plaza. The Festival is currently one of only four international theater festivals for children in the United States.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, in collaboration with The City of Pittsburgh, The University of Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Library, and The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, is proud to present the 23rd annual Pittsburgh International Children's Festival on Tuesday, May 13, through Sunday, May 17, 2009. The Children's Festival takes place in various venues throughout the city's university district of Oakland, including Schenley Plaza. The Festival is currently one of only four international theater festivals for children in the United States.

Called 'the world's reigning male chorus' by the New Yorker magazine, Chanticleer brings its ringing tones to Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Connecticut in Storrs at 7:30 pm on Thursday, April 2. The Grammy Award-winning, all-male chorus has developed a remarkable reputation over its 31-year history for its interpretation of vocal literature, ranging from Renaissance to jazz, and from gospel to venturesome new music. With its seamless a cappella blend of twelve male voices, ranging from countertenor to bass, Chanticleer has earned international renown as 'an orchestra of voices.'

Recently named in the '100 Greatest Singers of All Time' list by Rolling Stone magazine, soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples possesses one of the most recognizable and treasured voices in contemporary music. From her early days sharing lead vocals with her groundbreaking family group, The Staple Singers, to her powerful solo recordings, Mavis Staples is an inspirational force in modern popular culture and music. Her last appearance at Massey Hall was with the Blind Boys of Alabama in December of 2004. This concert marks the debut of James Hunter.

Called 'the world's reigning male chorus' by the New Yorker magazine, Chanticleer brings its ringing tones to Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Connecticut in Storrs at 7:30 pm on Thursday, April 2. The Grammy Award-winning, all-male chorus has developed a remarkable reputation over its 31-year history for its interpretation of vocal literature, ranging from Renaissance to jazz, and from gospel to venturesome new music. With its seamless a cappella blend of twelve male voices, ranging from countertenor to bass, Chanticleer has earned international renown as 'an orchestra of voices.'

Thomas W. Morris, artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival and Ojai's 2009 music director eighth blackbird have announced the final programming for the 2009 Ojai Music Festival, which takes place from Thursday, June 11 to Sunday, June 14, 2009. This season, the four-day Festival, which for six decades has become well known for its fearlessness in championing pioneering musical ideas and personalities, pushes the envelope again with programming that reflects the qualities that have made eighth blackbird a growing musical phenomenon-genre-defying variety in wildly collaborative and visually dramatic presentations.

Recently named in the '100 Greatest Singers of All Time' list by Rolling Stone magazine, soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples possesses one of the most recognizable and treasured voices in contemporary music. From her early days sharing lead vocals with her groundbreaking family group, The Staple Singers, to her powerful solo recordings, Mavis Staples is an inspirational force in modern popular culture and music. Her last appearance at Massey Hall was with the Blind Boys of Alabama in December of 2004. This concert marks the debut of James Hunter.

The University of Pittsburgh Repertory Theatre presents Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, the first part of Tony Kushner's epic Pulitzer-Prize winning masterpiece. Pitt teaching artist Holly Thuma directs an ensemble cast of Pitt faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates at the Stephen Foster Memorial's Charity Randall Theatre. Millennium Approaches opens Friday, February 20 and runs until Sunday, March 1, with a preview performance on Thursday, February 19. The second part, Perestroika, opens April 3, 2009 under the direction of visiting teaching artist Robert C.T. Steele. Angels in America has not been performed in Pittsburgh in its entirety since the national Broadway tour in 1995.