Tristan J Shuler News

Watch Hannah Corneau, Caroline Pernick, DeAnne Stewart, and the Ensemble perform 'Never Really There' from the world premiere of Prelude to a Kiss, The Musical in the video here!

All new clips have been released from the world premiere of Prelude to a Kiss, The Musical. The musical features lyrics by Sean Hartley and Daniel Messé, music by Daniel Messé and a book by Craig Lucas. Check out the video here!

Experience the world premiere of PRELUDE TO A KISS, THE MUSICAL at South Coast Repertory. This modern fable, with lyrics by Sean Hartley and Daniel Messé, explores love's peaks and valleys.

Following a sold a run of 'The Little Mermaid', the Cupcake Theater Company is returning to the newly renovated Hollywood Majestic Theater in Hollywood with RENT. See photos from the production!

This Spring, Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective is breaking the mold of the theatre world by showcasing new work by three 'pre-emerging' playwrights in their virtual Pre-Emerging Artist Festival (PEA Fest).

It's symptomatic of SPAMILTON's inconsistency: quite funny and thoughtful in one moment, down a rabbit hole the next. For every inspired sequence in which Lin-Manuel engages 'Stephen Sondheim as Ben Franklin' in a lengthy debate about the density of rhymes, there's a lazily written riff like 'not throwing away my pot' (an extended refrain that comes out of nowhere and exists only for the cheap laugh of a weed joke). Too many of the rhymes are moon-and-June; too many of the jokes are merely references in disguise; too many of the allusions are a crutch.

Opera House Arts at the Stonington Opera House in Maine announced today the complete casts and creative teams for the company's 20th Anniversary Season, which includes Shakespeare in Love (July 18-28), based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, adapted for the stage by Lee Hall as well as Avalon (August 15-25), a world-premiere by Melody Bates.

THE BIG BANG THEORY: A POP-ROCK MUSICAL PARODY has announced its closing at The Anne L. Bernstein Theater, Sunday April 28th, 2019!

THE BIG BANG THEORY: A POP-ROCK MUSICAL PARODY - the new Off-Broadway musical spoofing the beloved CBS series and its eccentric and funny group of scientists is coming out of the closet - with spicy late night performances on Saturdays, 4/20 and 4/27 at 10:30pm in the Anne Bernstein Theater at The Theater Center (1627 Broadway). These special late-night shows add an extra bit of weekend spice to the already plenty spicy show. Come watch the Big Bang Theory nerds as you've never seen them before - especially when one of them has a same-sex crush and he's ready to confess it to the entire world!

THE BIG BANG THEORY: A POP-ROCK MUSICAL PARODY - the new Off-Broadway musical spoofing the beloved CBS series and its eccentric and funny group of scientists will have its official opening tonight - on Wednesday, March 13 at 8:00PM in the Anne Bernstein Theater at The Theater Center (1627 Broadway). Book, music and lyrics are by Karlan Judd. Tristan J. Shuler directs and choreographs the production which has an open-ended run. THE BIG BANG THEORY: A POP-ROCK MUSICAL PARODY is produced by CNK Theatrical and Associate Producers Nicholas Barnes and Colleen Taylor. www.bigbangparody.com

Casting has been announced for the upcoming THE BIG BANG THEORY: A POP-ROCK MUSICAL PARODY - the new Off-Broadway musical spoofing the beloved CBS series and its eccentric and funny group of scientists. John McGowan will be featured as Sheldon Cooper, Teresa Hui as Amy Farrah-Fowler, Kevin Stevens as Leonard Hofstadter, Bailey McCall Thomas as Penny, Brandon Delsid as Rajesh Koothrappali, Isaac Calvin as Howard Wolowitz, Hannah Bonnett as Bernadette, and Meagan Michaelson as Star Trek's 'Q'. Performances begin on Wednesday, March 6 at the Anne Bernstein Theater (1627 Broadway).

THE GREEN ROOM 42 PRESENTS 'What The F*ck Is Going On?: A New Musical,' for one night only! Fresh out from a highly successful concert performance at Feinstein's/54 Below, award-winning composer Zach Spound brings the world of contemporary journalism to life as we follow a young woman's journey to the heart of the Russia Investigation. Along the way, familiar figures including Rachel Maddow, Robert Mueller, Kamala Harris, James Comey, and Sally Yates help put the pieces together by telling their stories. Part cabaret, part rock concert, and part investigative journalism, it's a timely, one-of-a-kind musical experience that, in an era when asking questions is an act of resistance, celebrates the necessity badass-ery of America's journalists.

As part of its Developmental Reading Series, The York Theatre Company presents two-time Emmy Award Winner Sally Struthers and Head Over Heels Star Bonnie Milligan in Staged Readings of New Musical Oh My God...Broadway!!

With book, music and lyrics written by Kit Goldstein Grant, directedchoreographed by Michael Chase Gosselin and based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, The Wrong Box now celebrates its World Premiere at Theater for the New City as part of its Dream Up Festival. Grant and Gosselin now come together since having worked on Grant's The Nose, and their joint efforts truly show the magic to be found in this collaboration. Grant's plot of wayward characters who winner of the tontine, to wreaking havoc in the baggage area of a train on its way to the middle of nowhere and a random moment of drunkenness, The Wrong Box takes a complex plot and not only tests the audience's sense of humor, but also our ability to follow along. If understood completely, this is one hell of a crazy ride.

OX is digging up tunes and mayhem in a fundraising event tonight at The Duplex for the NYC premiere of the dark musical comedy by award-winning composer/lyricist/playwright Kit Goldstein Grant. The evening is entitled OUT OF THE BOX, and begins at 7:00 PM.

Theater for the New City presents The Wrong Box, a world premiere musical black comedy with book, music and lyrics by Kit Goldstein Grant, based on the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents "What The F*ck Is Going On: In Concert," a new musical by award-winning composer Zach Spound. Part cabaret, part rock concert, and part investigative journalism, this wild and though-provoking evening of songs brings the world of contemporary journalism to life as we follow a young woman's journey to the heart of the Russia Investigation.

I AM is a coming of age musical theatre piece with music by Lauren Stamm, book by Ben Gouldthorpe, and story by Stamm, Gouldthorpe, and Ted Watts Jr. The premier reading for this show will be held on June 30 and will be directed by Watts. The show will feature a seven-piece orchestra with arrangements and orchestrations by Jacinta Clusellas.

I AM is a coming of age musical theatre piece with music by Lauren Stamm, book by Ben Gouldthorpe, and story by Stamm, Gouldthorpe, and Ted Watts Jr. The premier reading for this show will be held on June 30 and will be directed by Watts. The show will feature a seven-piece orchestra with arrangements and orchestrations by Jacinta Clusellas.

I AM is a coming of age musical theatre piece with music by Lauren Stamm, book by Ben Gouldthorpe, and story by Stamm, Gouldthorpe, and Ted Watts Jr. The premier reading for this show will be held on June 30 and will be directed by Watts. The show will feature a seven-piece orchestra with arrangements and orchestrations by Jacinta Clusellas.