The Audience (i) News

She sold out in Detroit and now Sharon K Janda brings her own personal brand of entertainment to Don't Tell Mama Nov. 18 & 19. 'If Not Now, When?' has been lifetime dream and became a successful reality when it opened in Detroit last month. Audiences raved about the talent and musical variety that was brought to the stage at HopCat Detroit.

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME racked up awards in both London and NYC, including winning the Tony Award for best play in 2015. Just last year the Broadway tour stopped in Minneapolis, which I saw and was impressed by the clever and inventive storytelling. Now available for regional productions, Mixed Blood Theatre is bringing us their take on the play. The West End/Broadway production was very tech-heavy, and I was curious what this story with a smaller-scale production and in a smaller house would look like. It turns out I like it even better. The 15-person Broadway cast has been reduced to just 9, with very smart casting and direction. There are still some pretty impressive tech effects, but also some great low-tech effects that all serve this story of a 15-year-old boy with an unspecified autism-like condition who goes on an epic journey in search of the truth.

Arizona Broadway Theatre (ABT) announced yesterday it will join Arizona Opera and Childsplay as new resident companies of Herberger Theater Center (HTC) beginning with the 2018-2019 season. They will join current resident companies Arizona Theatre Company, Center Dance Ensemble and iTheatre Collaborative. These new companies will add to the extraordinary offerings of performing arts as the Herberger Theater Center fulfills its vision to provide and support significant and relevant experiences and to serve as a premier performance venue Where Audience Meets Art.

Just imagine going to a nightclub today and getting the chance to see the iconic Billie Holiday (also known as 'Lady Day') perform, as she did in 1959. Well, you now have that chance thanks to the Rep Stage in Columbia as they bring her talent to life. Yes, Billie Holiday is alive and well and performing at Rep Stage.

She sold out in Detroit and now Sharon K Janda brings her own personal brand of entertainment to Don't Tell Mama Nov. 18 & 19. 'If Not Now, When?' has been lifetime dream and became a successful reality when it opened in Detroit last month. Audiences raved about the talent and musical variety that was brought to the stage at HopCat Detroit.

It's Hogmanay in a Glasgow wash house, and the girls need to get their washing done before the bells. Join Dolly, Magrit, Doreen and Mrs Culfeathers as they laugh and cry their way through the last day of the year with a little help from the not so handy Andy.

Adrianna Hicks tells us all about the national tour of THE COLOR PURPLE and how incredibly honored she is to be the lead in this iconic story.

UC Berkeley's Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) opens its 2017-18 season with Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, a visually stunning rendering of Ovid's mythical tales.

On a sweltering day late last month, I amble into the Casey's General Store convenience mart in Darlington, Wisconsin, population 2,316. I'm carrying a plastic bag of teabags in my back pocket, a need for hot water, and the hope of striking up conversation with the cashier. Darlington is the county seat of Lafayette County, one of several counties in Southwestern Wisconsin that hadn't supported a Republican for President since Ronald Reagan. That is until November 8, 2016, when folks turned out to support Republican nominee Donald Trump, helping to swing Wisconsin, and the election, in his favor. I'm updating my solo show The Real Americans, which is based on travels through small-town and rural America, so I'm curious to know why folks here went for Trump. The Real Americans is having a revival at The Marsh in San Francisco through October 28 before it opens a seven-week run at Mosaic Theater in Washington D.C. starting November 10.

Ever wonder if you might have an unknown rich relative out there sitting on a fortune that could one day be yours? That is exactly what Monty Navarro, the main character in A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER discovers, and the lengths he goes to ensure his inheritance and title is secure, is surprising and shocking, yet absolutely hilarious. Playing Monty when A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER stops in Waterbury at the Palace Theater October 20 - 21 will be Blake Price, who sat down with me to talk about this unconventional, yet entertaining show.

Country music duo Halfway to Hazard paid tribute to the late Troy Gentry yesterday when they performed during his memorial service at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. Chad Warrix and David Tolliver saluted their longtime friend and fellow Kentuckian with an acoustic performance of 'My Old Kentucky Home.' 'Troy was our brother, our mentor and our friend. He always said 'you're gonna play the Opry, I'll make it happen,' says Tolliver. 'He made it happen. Not like Chad or I wanted but he kept his word. I can't describe the emotions that went through me yesterday but I had a peace inside, it was like Troy was giving us one last gift. I'll miss him and his smile.'

Every performer hears the phrase 'no' countless times in their life, and it can really cause them to question whether or not performing is worth it, which is why reminding yourself why you perform is so important.

UC Berkeley's Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) opens its 2017-18 season with Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, a visually stunning rendering of Ovid's mythical tales.

The newly created Liberty Hall Dance Festival will be presented on Saturday, September 16th in Union, NJ. The festival was created by Nicole Bugg of Bugg Ballet in partnership with the Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University.

Combined Artform/WTFN are proud to bring back “THE SECOND COMING OF KLAUS KINSKI” (written & performed by Andrew Perez).  After an Encore Award-winning run at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival, for which it was named “Best of the Fringe” by TVolution, “KINSKI” opens September 29for a 6-week run, now presented within a ceremonial Kinski sacrarium at The Blank's Second Stage Theatre, 6500 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90038.

In the final part of this edition of PUTTING IT TOGETHER, a monthly series of narratives from artists putting together cabaret shows in New York, Amy Oestreicher recalls putting on the final touches to her show GUTLESS & GRATEFUL, how it all came together, and how it continues to grow.

Crashbox Theater Company, a downtown arts organization led by women and focused on the development of new work by emerging voices, announces two new programs in their upcoming season. In its seven years of programming, Crashbox has developed and promoted the work of over 30 playwrights and collaborated with over 300 artists through programs like reading series, Read. Play. Write., which will return this fall for its sixth season, and the Living Room Reading series, focusing on providing dramaturgical insight and curated attention for the further development of early drafts of new plays.

Husband and wife duo Emily Van Fleet and Nathan Jones candidly chat about their process of creating, writing and directing a show for teens called 'I, Mac(kers)' at Creede Repertory Theatre.

Opening tonight in Gallatin is Scott Seidl and Stephen Kummer's Civil War musical Across the Lines, running through Saturday night at CenterStage, 250 Hancock Street. The new musical, based on a true story drawn from the letters of Captain Robert A. Ragan and his memoir Escape From East Tennessee to the Federal Lines, continues its development with the three performances which feature a cast of local artists who bring the various characters in the story to life.

BWW speaks to Adam Hess about bringing Cactus to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.