Michael Weber, managing artistic director of Porchlight Music Theatre, is proud to announce Porchlight's 19th season. The 2013 - 2014 season includes the Chicago premiere of the new musical farce Double Trouble, August 31 - October 6; the "Fats" Waller revue Ain't Misbehavin', February 1 - March 9, 2014, the Broadway classic How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, April 26 - June 1, 2014 and a new "Lost Musicals" series Porchlight Revisits... taking audiences to a particular time and place in Broadway musical history. All Porchlight Main Stage and Porchlight Revisits… productions take place at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. "Early Bird" discount Season Subscriptions are on sale through July 1. Single tickets for all performances go on sale July 1 at stage773.com or by calling the Stage 773 box office at 773.327.5252. All subscriptions are available at porchlightmusictheatre.org or by phone at 773.777.9884. Group discounts are available for groups of ten or more by calling Peggy at 773.282.7427.
The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts has announced its 2013-2014 season. The mainstage program features two musicals, two classic plays, and two modern classics.
Theatre Tuscaloosa will present Ain't Misbehavin' tonight, February 8-17 in the Bean-Brown Theatre on Shelton State's Martin Campus. Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz, with musical adaptations, orchestrations and arrangements by Luther Henderson, Ain't Misbehavin' pays tribute to Harlem Renaissance musician Thomas 'Fats' Waller.
Theatre Tuscaloosa will present Ain't Misbehavin' February 8-17 in the Bean-Brown Theatre on Shelton State's Martin Campus. Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz, with musical adaptations, orchestrations and arrangements by Luther Henderson, Ain't Misbehavin' pays tribute to Harlem Renaissance musician Thomas 'Fats' Waller.
The joint will be jumpin' when International City Theatre closes its 2012 season with Ain't Misbehavin', the Tony Award-winning musical revue based on the life of Thomas "Fats" Waller. Saundra McClain directs Phillip Brandon (national tour: The Color Purple), Niketa Calame (Celebration Theatre's The Color Purple), Amber Mercomes (San Francisco and Los Angeles Opera productions of Porgy and Bess), Lacy Darryl Phillips (Broadway: Fosse and A Raisin in the Sun) and Jennifer Shelton (first national tour of Ragtime; previously seen on the ICT stage in Songs for a New World, Five Course Love, The Story, Honk! and Swinging on a Star), with musical direction by Rahn Coleman and choreography by Stephen Semien. Performances take place October 12 through November 4 at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, with low-priced previews beginning tonight, October 9.
The joint will be jumpin' when International City Theatre closes its 2012 season with Ain't Misbehavin', the Tony Award-winning musical revue based on the life of Thomas "Fats" Waller. Saundra McClain directs Phillip Brandon (national tour: The Color Purple), Niketa Calame (Celebration Theatre's The Color Purple), Amber Mercomes (San Francisco and Los Angeles Opera productions of Porgy and Bess), Lacy Darryl Phillips (Broadway: Fosse and A Raisin in the Sun) and Jennifer Shelton (first national tour of Ragtime; previously seen on the ICT stage in Songs for a New World, Five Course Love, The Story, Honk! and Swinging on a Star), with musical direction by Rahn Coleman and choreography by Stephen Semien. Performances take place October 12 through November 4 at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, with low-priced previews beginning October 9.
On Friday, June 29, 2012 Tony Award winner and Ain't Misbehavin' creator, Richard Maltby Jr. visited STAGES ST. LOUIS to experience their critically acclaimed production first hand. Following the 8:00 pm performance Maltby Jr., met with the cast and crew to congratulate them on a successful run. Check out photos of Maltby with the cast below!
For the first time the Young People's Chorus of New York City, under its Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez, is scheduling two performances of its perennially sold-out, annual 'Spring Celebration: A Family Concert,' which takes place this year tonight, June 9 at the 92nd Street Y. The concerts will be presented at 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon and again at 7 p.m. in the evening.
This month, The Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood feels less like a theatre, and more like a Harlem jazz club in the 1930s, as Stages St. Louis presents the Tony Award-winning musical revue, Ain't Misbehavin'. Check out photos from the production below, featuring Raena White, Willena Vaughn, Eric Lajuan Summers, and more!
For the first time the Young People's Chorus of New York City, under its Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez, is scheduling two performances of its perennially sold-out, annual 'Spring Celebration: A Family Concert,' which takes place this year on Saturday, June 9 at the 92nd Street Y. The concerts will be presented at 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon and again at 7 p.m. in the evening.
During the month of June, The Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood will feel less like a theatre, and more like a Harlem jazz club in the 1930s, when STAGES ST. LOUIS presents the Tony Award-winning musical revue, Ain't Misbehavin'.
The Seacoast Repertory Theatre today officially announced its 2012 season. After last year's breakthrough season with new works, regional and world premiers, and Broadway smash hits, this year the theatre is set to bring an even stronger season to the Seacoast.
ICT's 26th season will include the West Coast premieres of The Fix, a hard-hitting, political rock musical with book and lyrics by John Dempsey and music by Dana P. Rowe; and Ghost-Writer, a supernatural romance by award-winning playwright Michael Hollinger (Opus).