Interact Theatre Company announces the first production of its 20th Anniversary season and its return to its 'home' in North Hollywood with the hilarious musical comedy and the Los Angeles Intimate Theatre Premiere of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, with book by Jeffrey Lane, music and lyrics by David Yazbek
Artistic Director Robert Falls announced Goodman Theatre's initial five-play line-up, including two reimagined classics and three world-premiere productions (two of which are Goodman commissions) that define the theater's new 2010/2011 season; three plays are still to be announced.
Interact Theatre Company announces the first production of its 20th Anniversary season and its return to its 'home' in North Hollywood with the hilarious musical comedy and the Los Angeles Intimate Theatre Premiere of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, with book by Jeffrey Lane, music and lyrics by David Yazbek
Interact Theatre Company announces the first production of its 20th Anniversary season and its return to its 'home' in North Hollywood with the hilarious musical comedy and the Los Angeles Intimate Theatre Premiere of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, with book by Jeffrey Lane, music and lyrics by David Yazbek
The producers of HAIRSPRAY are delighted to announce full, all star casting for the show that will embark on its first ever tour of the UK and Ireland this year.
The Flying Karamazov Brothers are landing at the Minetta Lane Theatre from February 8th through March 7th for a limited run of their non-stop hit show 4PLAY, a unique blend of music, comedy, dance, theater and juggling that is sure to dazzle young and old alike.
Barry Harris is an Internationally renowned Jazz Pianist, Composer and Teacher. Strongly influenced by Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Parker Harris is unquestionably the foremost exponent of the music of Powell, Tadd Dameron, and Monk, and is one of the few jazz musicians of the late 20th and 21st Centuries who can teach and play the music with equal clarity.
The Iridium Jazz Club presents The Barry Harris Trio, featuring Ray Drummond on bass and Leroy Williams on drums, for three nights of performances February 4th to February 7th.
This year's North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival has been 10 years in the making. This nationally renowned festival is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with some substantial growth. The festival runs February 4-27, 2010 and has added two new weeks of sketch comedy performances and film screenings. The festival will be held at six venues throughout the Chapel Hill and Carrboro area. Tickets and a full schedule are available at www.nccomedyarts.com.
The Kentwood Players are delighted to announce auditions for the next Kentwood Kids Production, 'Charlotte's Web' by Joseph Robinette, adapted from the book by E.B. White.
This year's North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival has been 10 years in the making. This nationally renowned festival is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with some substantial growth. The festival runs February 4-27, 2010 and has added two new weeks of sketch comedy performances and film screenings. The festival will be held at six venues throughout the Chapel Hill and Carrboro area. Tickets and a full schedule are available at www.nccomedyarts.com.
In a recent CBS news special, stage vet Mo Rocca, (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) investigates why Our Town, the 1938 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Thornton Wilder about ordinary people living unextraordinary lives, still remains an audience favorite in an age where high action, technologically advanced drama and gossip dominates entertainment.
Anna Shapiro will return to Broadway for the first time since winning the 2007 Tony Award for her direction of 'August: Osage County' when she directs Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning play YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, previewing November 5, 2010 and opening November 14 at a Broadway theatre (to be determined), it has been announced by the show's producers Elizabeth Ireland McCann and Joey Parnes.
Senior students at University of Toronto's Erindale Campus Theatre program tackle Richard Wilbur's translation of Jean Racine's 17th Century play and come up with a powerful production.
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Producer Aaron Grant has announced that actor PETER SCOLARI has joined the cast of WHITE'S LIES, a new comedy by Ben Andron & directed by Bob Cline, is scheduled to open on March 22, 2010, at New World Stages. Mr. Scolari will play the role of Alan, Joe White's best friend & law partner.
Whatsonstage.com is reporting that the producers of the West End production of Hairspray have posted a show closing notice for March 28, 2010. The closing will proceed Hairspray's National Tour, which launches on March 30, 2010.
Rubicon Theatre Company opens the 2009-2010 Season with the World Premiere of a musical from John Caird, the Tony and Olivier Award-Winning director of Les Misérables and Nicholas Nickleby, and the creators of Jane Eyre.