Stars in The House, benefiting The Actors Fund, continued Friday afternoon (2pm) with the Dear Evan Hansen Broadway Cast with Jordan Fisher, Gabrielle Carrubba, Jessica Phillips and Christiane Noll joined by writer Steven Levenson and director Michael Greif.
Stars in the House continues today (2pm) with the Dear Evan Hansen Broadway Cast with Jordan Fisher, Gabrielle Carrubba, Jessica Phillips and Christiane Noll joined by writer Steven Levenson and director Michael Greif; and tonight (8pm) with Cheyenne Jackson.
Today's top stories: The New York Times will celebrate the 19/20 Broadway season, Ryan Murphy aims to run The Normal Heart and The Destiny of Me on Broadway, and more!
Today, Her Campus, the number one media brand for college women with over 400 campus chapters, presented its first-ever “I'm Still Graduating” virtual graduation ceremony with a star-studded line-up of today's most inspiring entertainers, musicians, politicians and entrepreneurs, to celebrate and commemorate and uplift the Class of 2020. The event was broadcast digitally on ImStillGraduating.com. Thousands of student graduates from over 800+ schools across the country tuned in!
Due to the ongoing health and financial crises, the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC)'s engagement of Dear Evan Hansen, originally scheduled for Tuesday, May 26 through Sunday, May 31, 2020, has been postponed.
Classic Stage Company continues the new, free online version of its signature series Classic Conversations, hosted by John Doyle, with Adam Chanler-Berat (Peter and the Starcatcher, Next to Normal) and Tavi Gevinson (The Crucible, This Is Our Youth) this Thursday, April 30, and next Thursday, May 7, respectively. The actors are the latest in a lineup of participants from CSC's postponed production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins, which the institution plans to present when it is safe to reconvene at the theater.
This Spotlight focuses on Simon Levy who began his directing career in San Francisco, then moved to Los Angeles in 1990 where he has been the Producing Director for the Fountain Theatre since 1993. His directing and producing credits are numerous, with over 100 productions in Los Angeles and San Francisco that have won more than 200 awards. His journey has been blessed with having wonderful mentors along the way, which has enabled the talented director to earn his living doing theatre and earned him great respect from the entire L.A. Theatre community.
One of my favorite activities is reading books and what better time to do that then right now when we're all stuck at home? Unfortunately, there are many theatre related activities we cannot participate in right now but one of the best ways we can learn more about our crafts and read about others in our fields is by reading about them. There are hundreds of Broadway related books, script writing and acting guides, memoirs by our favorite stars, and more! I thought I would share some of my favorites with you all to hopefully get you all back in the mindsets of creating art and learning about those who you look up to.
Geffen Playhouse presents Geffen Stayhouse! They will be be sharing exclusive, original content every Wednesday from some of their Geffen alums and favorite theater artists.
The 2020-2021 Peace Broadway Season at the Peace Center lineup boasts 10 titles, including the 2019 Tony Award winners for Best Musical (Hadestown) and Best Revival of a Musical (Oklahoma!), and three highly anticipated engagements returning by popular demand (Wicked, Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen).
Here's the second installment of responses from various Los Angeles Theatre heads on how their individual theatre families are holding up in these crazy, safe-distancing times.
As with the first batch of responses, these are just as amazing in their uniform positivity.
DEAR EVAN HANSEN is coming to Omaha's Orpheum Theater March 17-22, 2020. In advance of the start of performances, the production announced today that it will host a digital ticket lottery offering fans the chance to purchase a limited number of $25 tickets available per performance.
Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Broadway & Cabaret announce the 2020/21 season subscription shows and added attractions. On the full subscription, joining the previously announced To Kill a Mockingbird, is: 1776; Ain't Too Proud a?' The Life and Times of The Temptations; The Other Josh Cohen, produced by DCPA Cabaret; Tootsie; the Tony & Grammy Award-winning Hadestown; Pretty Woman: The Musical; and the highly anticipated, Moulin Rouge! The Musical.