The 2014-15 Broadway on Center Series, presented at Mesa Arts Center in partnership with WestCoast Entertainment, brings National Touring Broadway production Elf the Musical, a hilarious Christmas favorite based on the 2003 New Line Cinema movie hit, to Mesa arts Center for performances on Tuesday, Dec. 2 and Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the Mesa Arts Center Box Office, mesaartscenter.com or by calling 480-644-6500.
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to annouce the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE opening tonight, October 28th and running through Sunday, November 2nd at the Benedum Center.ANNIE is part of the PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh series presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Broadway Across America and Pittsburgh Symphony.
After six consecutive years, Disney's Beauty and the Beast has relinquished its place as the top musical in the annual survey of most-produced titles in United States high school theatres, unseated during the 2013-14 season by another adaptation of an animated anti-hero: Shrek the Musical. Returning to the list, and rounding out the top three, is Godspell, which has seen its popularity rise after a recent Broadway revival and subsequent national tour.
The Washington Pavilion will bring the Broadway musical ELF to Sioux Falls, SD. Tickets are available now for performances at 7:30 p.m. on November 11 & 12.
NBC is bringing in the holiday spirit with the stop-motion hourlong animated special “Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas,” set to air Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. Based on the popular film “Elf” and the hit Broadway show “Elf: The Musical,” the special will star four-time Emmy Award winner Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”) as Buddy.
AOP (American Opera Projects) and Poets House present a discussion with award-winning poet and librettist J. D. McClatchy followed by a reading of his latest opera libretto The Leopard, based on the acclaimed novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and directed by James Robinson. The discussion will be joined by The Leopard's composer Michael Dellaira and will feature a performance of music from the opera-in-development and a mid-event reception with the artists. The event will take place on Saturday, November 8 at 3 pm at Kray Hall in Poets House (10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282 in Battery Park City). Tickets are $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House members and can be purchased at operaprojects.org.
The complete 'Hard Knock Life' from the ANNIE movie soundtrack is now available! Quvenzhane Wallis leads the orphans in a spirited rendition of the plucky group number in the new clip released this week, which eager fans can now hear in full.
The Fabulous Fox Theatre has announced that the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will play December 2 - 7 at The Fabulous Fox in St. Louis. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production of ANNIE will be a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award-winning original.
When you attend a production of Mel Brooks' musical Young Frankenstein, your full intension must be for laughs because this show is anything but serious. Above everything, the large cast is super talented and delivers their performances entertainingly and with heart.
Downtown's community theatre, Cincinnati Music Theatre (CMT), invites you to join them as they proudly present Charlie Harper as YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN in the monstrous, musical version of the classic film by Mel Brooks, running November 7-15, 2014 at the Aronoff Center's intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater (see full performance schedule below).
The soundtrack for the brand new big screen edition of beloved family-friendly musical ANNIE is now available to pre-order in anticipation of the film's December release.
FST opens the Winter Mainstage Season with the energetic and colorful production of Hairspray based on the film by John Waters, with book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, music by Marc Shaiman, and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Hairspray opens on November 15 and runs in the Gompertz Theatre through January 4, 2015. Subscriptions for all four shows can be purchased for as little as $49 online at Floridastudiotheatre.org, by phone at
(941) 366-9000, or by visiting the Box Office
In a new interview in Marie Claire Magazine, Cameron Diaz revealed that the thought of singing on camera for her role as Miss Hannigan in the upcoming ANNIE remake terrified her.
Today, we're featuring the cast of the Annie film, circa 1982. Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music byCharles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre). It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical's songs 'Tomorrow' and 'It's the Hard Knock Life' are among its most popular musical numbers.
The New Orleans Theatre Association and East Jefferson General Hospital Broadway in New Orleans are proud to announce that the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will play February 3 - 8, 2015, at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production of ANNIE will be a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award-winning original.
Civic Theatre will launch its 2014-2015 main stage season with the Lehigh Valley premiere of Mel Brooks' monstrously funny musical, 'Young Frankenstein' tonight, October 10 with performances through Sunday, October 26.
NETworks Presentations, LLC, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Unique Features, bring the Broadway musical ELF to the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati, presented by Broadway in Cincinnati. Tickets will go on sale Friday, October 10 at 9AM for performances December 2 - 7, 2014 as part of the 2014-2015 Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati Season presented by TriHealth. Tickets are available at the Aronoff Center Box Office downtown at 650 Walnut Street, online at CincinnatiArts.org or by phone at 513.621.ARTS. Group orders of ten or more may be placed by calling 513.369.4363.
Marc Robin, the Artistic Director of the historic Fulton Theatre in downtown Lancaster, has announced the company's lineup for its 2014/2015 Mainstage Season and the first fully produced play of the Ellen Arnold Groff Studio Series. The lineup includes a hilarious farce, a holiday hit based on a classic Irving Berlin film musical, an Agatha Christie thriller, a Broadway hit that's a sexy game of cat and mouse, the Mel Brooks musical that took home the most Tony® Awards in history, a feel-good musical based on a Best Picture Oscar® Nominated Film, and perhaps the most magical musical of all time.
