Piper McKenzie and The Fifth Wall present a post-hurricane encore performance of THEATER OF THE ARCADE: Five Classic Video Games Adapted for the Stage on Saturday, September 3, at 8pm at THE BRICK
Veronica Osorio's solo show First Woman On The Moon will return to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre at 9:30pm on Monday, September 5.
Olney Theatre Center's production of GREASE will close on August 28. Bobby Smith returns to direct what can be called the original high school musical.
PIPER McKENZIE and THE FIFTH WALL present THEATER OF THE ARCADE: Five Classic Video Games Adapted for the Stage as part of the New York International Fringe Festival
Surfside Players invites the public to AUDITIONS and VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP for a farcical lesson in literature: THE COMPLEAT WRKS OF WLLM SHKSPR (ABRIDGED) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield.
This weekend, Kathy Griffin & Rita Rudner bring their comedy to Orange County, plus many North-county plays, including the OC-centric New Plays festival in Orange, are performing their final shows.
Yorktown stage will host auditions for their upcoming production of Willy Wonka. Auditions are by appointments only: Email yorktownstage@aol.com
Primary Stages will continue its 27th season with the New York premiere of the new play, Motherhood Out Loud, conceived by Susan R. Rose and Joan Stein. Directed by Lisa Peterson, the cast will feature Mary Bacon, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Randy Graff and James Lecesne. The cast met the press yesterday, August 23, and BroadwayWorld was there for the big event. Click below to check out photos from the festivities.
You can satisfy your sweet tooth without the guilt when Bravo's most delectable series, 'Top Chef Just Desserts' returns for a second season on Wednesday, August 24 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Primary Stages launched its 27th season last week, August 16, with the World Premiere of a work commissioned by the company, the new comedy, Olive and the Bitter Herbs by Charles Busch directed by Mark Brokaw.The five-me mber cast features Dan Butler as Trey, David Garrison as Robert, Julie Halston as Wendy, Marcia Jean Kurtz as Olive and Richard Masur as Sylvan. Performances run through Saturday, September 3, 2011 at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). BroadwayBeat was there for the big opening and brings you interviews with the cast below!
The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport will present Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, part of the TD Bank Youth Theater Series.
Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, will present Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning masterpiece SWEENEY TODD, running through October 9. This razor-sharp tale of murder and corruption is Directed and Choreographed by multi-Jeff Award winner Rachel Rockwell (Ragtime and Miss Saigon at Drury Lane Theatre), who was named 'Best Director' by Chicago Magazine in 2010. SWEENEY TODD stars four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman as 'Sweeney Todd' (nominated as Best Actor in a Musical for City of Angels, Anna Karenina, 1776, and Into the Woods; other Broadway credits include Evita, Cabaret, and Les Miserables and the films Little Children and Spider-Man 2). Bistro Award winner and NYMF Award recipient Liz McCartney stars as 'Mrs. Lovett' (The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Les Miserables on Broadway).
Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, will present Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning masterpiece SWEENEY TODD, running through October 9. This razor-sharp tale of murder and corruption is Directed and Choreographed by multi-Jeff Award winner Rachel Rockwell (Ragtime and Miss Saigon at Drury Lane Theatre), who was named 'Best Director' by Chicago Magazine in 2010. SWEENEY TODD stars four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman as 'Sweeney Todd' (nominated as Best Actor in a Musical for City of Angels, Anna Karenina, 1776, and Into the Woods; other Broadway credits include Evita, Cabaret, and Les Miserables and the films Little Children and Spider-Man 2). Bistro Award winner and NYMF Award recipient Liz McCartney stars as 'Mrs. Lovett' (The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Les Miserables on Broadway).
Single tickets for First Stage's 25th anniversary season of theater experiences for young people and families are on sale Monday, August 22, 2011. The season kicks off with SEUSSICALTM - back by popular demand! First Stage's original production of SEUSSICALTM hit the stage in 2006, playing to sold-out audiences and critical acclaim. Other highlights of the season include the world premiere of DON'T TELL ME I CAN'T FLY, an original play by Y York, inspired by the life and art of Milwaukee collage artist Della Wells, and this year's upbeat, hilarious holiday show JUNIE B. IN JINGLE BELLS BATMAN SMELLS.
Indian Ranch has added the Grammy-nominated Barenaked Ladies to its 65th summer concert series line up. With mega-hits hits such 'One Week', 'Brian Wilson', 'The Old Apartment', 'If I had $1,000,000', 'It's All Been Done' and more, the multi-platinum rockers Barenaked Ladies will take to the Indian Ranch stage on Saturday, August 20 at 2 pm
Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, presents Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning masterpiece SWEENEY TODD, which opened August 17 and runs through October 9. This razor-sharp tale of murder and corruption is Directed and Choreographed by multi-Jeff Award winner Rachel Rockwell (Ragtime and Miss Saigon at Drury Lane Theatre), who was named 'Best Director' by Chicago Magazine in 2010. SWEENEY TODD stars four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman as 'Sweeney Todd' (nominated as Best Actor in a Musical for City of Angels, Anna Karenina, 1776, and Into the Woods; other Broadway credits include Evita, Cabaret, and Les Miserables and the films Little Children and Spider-Man 2). Bistro Award winner and NYMF Award recipient Liz McCartney stars as 'Mrs. Lovett' (The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Les Miserables on Broadway). In the video below, theater critic Chris Jonesreviews the show. Click below to here what he has to say!
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