Signature Theatre Extends WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD Through 12/26
by Erica Anker
- Sep 23, 2010
Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre today announced that, due to popular demand, the world premiere comedy, starring Helen Hayes Award winners Sherri L. Edelen (Signature's Sweeney Todd and Les Miserables) and Nancy Robinette, written and directed by Helen Hayes Awardee Joe Calarco (Signature's Side Show and Assassins), will now run from October 26 through December 26, 2010.
Ludwig, McCarthy, et al. Set for FOX ON THE FAIRWAY
by Nicole Rosky
- Sep 14, 2010
Virginia's Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre today announced the full casting for A Fox on the Fairway, the world premiere comedy by DC playwright and Broadway favorite Ken Ludwig (Crazy for You and Lend Me a Tenor), running October 12 through November 14, 2010. Headlining the production are Broadway's Jeff McCarthy (Urinetown, Side Show, and The Pirate Queen), and local favorites and Helen Hayes Award winners Holly Twyford (Signature's The Little Dog Laughed and Twentieth Century, and Studio Theatre's The Shape of Things) and Andrew Long (Signature's I Am My Own Wife and My Fair Lady, and Studio Theatre's Frozen).
TV: CHESS at Signature Theatre!
by Robert Diamond
- Aug 30, 2010
The production of Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Tim Rice's CHESS at the Signature Theatre opened August 10 and will run through September 26. Broadway's Jill Paice (Curtains, The 39 Steps), Euan Morton (Boy George in Taboo, Sondheim on Sondheim), and Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose, Rent) star in the rock musical Chess, which was directed by Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. Written by Mamma Mia! composers Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson with Evita and Lion King lyricist Tim Rice, the 1984 cult musical of Cold War competition in love and chess is being given its first major Washington area production. Chess will be performed in the fabulous intimacy of the 276-seat MAX Theatre through September 26, 2010.
Paice, Morton, Kushnier Lead Cast Of CHESS At Signature Theatre Thru 9/26
by Lauren Wolman
- Aug 29, 2010
CHESS opened at the Signature Theatre on August 10 and will run through September 26. The cast is lead by Jill Paice (Curtains, The 39 Steps) as Florence Vassy, Euan Morton (Boy George in Taboo, Sondheim on Sondheim) as Anatoly Sergievsky and Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose, Rent) as Freddie Trumper. The rock musical is directed by Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. Written by Mamma Mia! composers Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson with Evita and Lion King lyricist Tim Rice, the 1984 cult musical of Cold War competition in love and chess is being given its first major Washington area production. Chess is being performed in the fabulous intimacy of the 276-seat MAX Theatre.
Esoldi to Sell Unique Autograph Suit on eBay, 8/18
by BWW
News Desk
- Aug 18, 2010
After a career on Broadway and at Radio City Music Hall, New Jersey wardrobe & hair professional Vince Esoldi is retiring along with his unique Autograph Suit with over 300 famous signatures. Where else would you find Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward sitting next to Debbie Reynolds and Johnny Cash? The answer is...on the incredible Autograph Suit with over 300 famous signatures that have been collected over the last 35 years by Vincent Esoldi who is now retiring from a career on Broadway.
Single Tickets Go on Sale 7/5 for Signature Theatre's 2010-11 Season
by BWW
News Desk
- Jul 5, 2010
Single tickets for Signature Theatre's 2010-2011 season go on sale Monday, July 5 at 10:00 am. The Tony Award(r)-winning company's 21st season begins on August 10 with the musical Chess by the composers of Mamma Mia! and continues through June with Yasmina Reza's award-winning play Art, Side by Side by Sondheim, and the world premieres of Ken Ludwig's A Fox on the Fairway, Joe Calarco's Walter Cronkite Is Dead., and Joseph Thalken's Wheatley's Folly.
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