Terrance McNally News

The award-winning Suncoast Theatre presents the Tony Award®-nominated musical Ragtime Friday, April 5 through Sunday, April 7.

Cinnabar Theater presents A PERFECT GANESH March 29 - April 14.

A classic musical based on a novel of the same name by E.L. Doctorow, with a stunning book by Terrance McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens is something of a poignant resonance that the audience of Friday evening's performance was to bear witness to. Leading the cast of a whopping 45 people was Orchestra Conductor Joseph Scarborough. From the moment the overture began you were swept away into a moment in history not much unlike the current climate in which we find ourselves today. The actors hit the stage donning varying shades of white period pieces and they looked stunning. Props to the costume crew and Beverly Mercer for the stunning display that carried on throughout the production, donning actors/actresses in period wear is no easy feat and this is one truly worth commending.

On this day in 1998, the original Broadway production starring Audra McDonald, Marin Mazzie, and Brian Stokes Mitchell opened at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

Building on 40 years of producing powerful contemporary theatre, Studio Theatre is pleased to announce a new class of commissioned playwrights and directors to Studio R&D, its incubator to support the creation of new work from inception to first production. Incoming Studio R&D artists are playwrights James Fritz, James Ijames, Steph Del Rosso, and Emily Schwend, as well as directors Carl Cofield, Lila Neugebauer, and Eric Ruffin. These exciting talents from the US and UK will have Studio's full support in creating aesthetically diverse new work to be presented in future seasons and introduced into the international repertoire. As they create Studio-specific works, commissioned artists will visit Studio to get to know its theatres, programming, and audiences in person.

Olivier Award winner & Tony Award nominee Jenna Russell (Sunday In The Park With George, Merrily We Roll Along and Fun Home at the Young Vic) and four-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn (star of Trevor Nunn's new Fiddler On The Roof at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Broadway's Fun Home, Chess and Les Miserables) will join Seth Rudetsky as music director/host for two intimate concerts on Sunday, February 3 as part of the long-running Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre series.

Kicking off a series of projects geared toward raising awareness for local service organizations, Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company (MU) is bringing a reading of Terrance McNally's MOTHERS AND SONS to Chelsea Market Theater on December 1, 2018 for World AIDS Day. The reading will be a benefit for local AIDS/HIV Hospice Care Center Omega House and will be accompanied by a brief question and answer following the show.

Kicking off a series of projects geared toward raising awareness for local service organizations, Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company (MU) is bringing a reading of Terrance McNally's MOTHERS AND SONS to Chelsea Market Theater on December 1, 2018 for World AIDS Day. The reading will be a benefit for local AIDS/HIV Hospice Care Center Omega House and will be accompanied by a brief question and answer following the show.

The Kesselring Prize, the annual $25,000 award to a rising U.S. playwright, will be given this year to the James Ijames, it has been announced by The National Arts Club, which has bestowed this prestigious honor since 1980. 

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present Broadway leading lady Rita Harvey in her concert evening "Heart Like A Wheel - A Tribute to the Music of Linda Ronstadt" on Wednesday, October 3 at 7:00 PM.

This funny, powerful, and poignant journey with its twists and turns offers catharsis and understanding for those wise and brave enough to take it.  I strongly encourage doing so.

After a successful run at the National Black Theatre in Harlem, Kill Move Paradise makes its Philadelphia premiere at The Wilma Theater. Written by award-winning local playwright and HotHouse Affiliated Artist James Ijames, Kill Move Paradise follows Isa, Grif, Daz, and Tiny as they find themselves in an afterlife.

The University of Northern Colorado School of Theatre Arts and Dance's professional summer stock company, Little Theatre of the Rockies presents Catch Me If You Can by Terrance McNally, Marc Shaiman, and Scott Wittman. Directed by David Grapes II,Catch Me If You Can is a high-flying musical adventure about following your dreams no matter the cost.

The University of Northern Colorado School of Theatre Arts and Dance's professional summer stock company, Little Theatre of the Rockies presents Catch Me If You Can by Terrance McNally, Marc Shaiman, and Scott Wittman. Directed by David Grapes II, Catch Me If You Can is a high-flying musical adventure about following your dreams no matter the cost.

The University of Northern Colorado School of Theatre Arts and Dance's professional summer stock company, Little Theatre of the Rockies presents Catch Me If You Can by Terrance McNally, Marc Shaiman, and Scott Wittman. Directed by David Grapes II,Catch Me If You Can is a high-flying musical adventure about following your dreams no matter the cost.

Producer Rick Murray welcomes Lucie Arnaz back to Provincetown for one performance only, Monday, July 23 at 8:30 p.m. in the Paramount Theatre at The Crown & Anchor.  Ms. Arnaz will be performing her brand new cabaret show, "I GOT THE JOB!:  Songs from My Musical Past."  Celebrating a life on stage, Arnaz returns to her theater roots looking back at some of the roles she has had on stages throughout the world.

Llega al Teatro Mocha Graña la controvertida obra CORPUS CHRISTI de Terrance McNally, dirigida por David Carrillo.

"People are given one moment to connect. Not two, not three, one! They don't take it, it's gone forever…" as Johnny implores Frankie in Terrance McNally's sweet and spicy two-hander, Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune, about a short-order cook and the waitress he romances. 

Auditions for Charleston Light Opera Guild's The Fully Monty are set for early April. The ten-time Tony Award nominated show, based on the hit film of the same name, will take place at the Charleston Civic Center Little Theatre this June as part of FestivALL 2018. The Full Monty features a book written by Terrance McNally, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek.

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center (APAC) in Deal Park, NJ, in cooperation with Salgado Productions, will bring 'Ragtime, The Musical' to the stage from March 3-25, in a new production directed and choreographed by Luis Salgado. Broadwayworld.com had the opportunity to interview Luis Salgado about his career and the upcoming show.