As the 2011 Season is fast approaching, The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre has announced that it will add yet another regional premiere to its list of theatrical credits. Opening the theater's 17th Anniversary Season will be the over-the-top musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone, opening January 21st.
Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director; Todd Schmidt, Managing Director) a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to rediscovering and re-imagining classic musicals and plays, is proud to announce the Winter-Spring 2011 Season of Children's Programming.
This February, Children's Theatre of Charlotte presents a month full of performances for families. From Feb. 4-20, the Tarradiddle Players perform 'If You Take a Mouse to School,' adapted from the popular picture book by Laura Numeroff, in the Wachovia Playhouse. And from Feb. 25-26, the master drummers and dancers of Djembe Fire! bring the rhythms of Africa to the McColl Family Theatre.
The discourse surrounding new play development continues within the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, as the company presents the #NewPlay Festival.
The award-winning Vital Theatre Company is pleased to announce its production VELMA GRATCH & THE WAY COOL BUTTERFLY, with book and lyrics by Michelle Elliott, music and lyrics by Danny Larsen and directed by Linda Ames Key based on the book by Alan Madison.
The Obie Award-winning New Paradise Laboratories and The Riot Group present the New York Premiere of Freedom Club, written by Adriano Shaplin and directed by Whit MacLaughlin. Freedom Club runs from January 6 - 15, 2011, as part of the APAP Conference 2011, at the Connelly Theater, located at 220 East 4th Street between Avenues A and B in NYC.
Performance Network Theatre's previously announced January 22nd presentation of 'Imagine That!' will now feature acclaimed storyteller LaRon Williams, beginning at 1pm. This all-ages show, part of the Children's Theatre Network's Saturday Series for Young Audiences, will be followed by a milk and cookies reception.
I'm Just Feeling a sudden sense of urgency mixed with intense exhaustion That's called middle age Alan
Uh I am not Middle-aged That's also called middle age
Performance Network Theatre announces it's production of 'The War Since Eve,' by Michigan playwright, Kim Carney. This World Premiere comedy will open in previews on January 13 and runs through February 13. 'Eve' is directed by PNT Artistic Director, David Wolber, and features Henrietta Hemelin, Sarab Kamoo ('Sonia Flew') and Leah Smith.
Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana, one of Chicago's top musical theaters, will host five exciting and educational workshops for the young theater enthusiasts of Chicagoland. These workshops will provide students of all ages with the environment to explore the world around them through theatre, to have fun with creative expression while building self-esteem, and to expand communication and creative problem solving skills. These winter 2011 classes will begin January 24 and run through March 15.
Adding to the ever-growing list of awards and acclaim received by Joseph Zettelmaier's 'It Came from Mars' comes the announcement that the comedy has been nominated for the American Theatre Critics Association's annual ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award.
The Way Off Broadway Children's Theatre first opened in 1996 and since then has become a popular entertainment destination for families looking for a fun weekend activity, it has also become a great spot for birthday parties and school trips. Each show that has appeared on the stage has been an original musical adaptation of a popular children's story or fairytale written specifically for Way Off Broadway. With the first show of the 2011 Season, things will be changing in The Children's Theatre. For the first time, a Disney production will come to life on the Way Off Broadway stage when Disney's 101 Dalmatians Kids opens on January 29th kicking off the new season.
The Broadway Theatre of Pitman's Children's Theatre will present THE THREE LITTLE PIGS on January 21 at 10 AM and on January 22 at 10 AM and 1 PM. General admission is $7 and reserved seating is $9.
Without question, the most popular show of the season is The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's holiday production. More often then not, many of the scheduled performances sell out before the show even opens.