Willy News

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/17 for Louisville

On Sunday, October 17 at 2:30 p.m., the Epic Theatre Ensemble will present a staged reading of a new version of Ari Roth's acclaimed Born Guilty Cycle at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Blanka Zizka will direct the monumental three and one-half hour reading which will feature Rick Foucheux. Following the performance, Roth, Peter Sichrovsky, and other special guests will take part in a Q&A.

Producing Artistic Director Carolyn Griffin is pleased to announce that MetroStage's 2010-11 season will open with the world premiere of Glimpses of the Moon, a Jazz Age musical based on a novel by Edith Wharton. The book and lyrics are written by Tajlei Levis and the composer is John Mercurio. Glimpses of the Moon will be in performance Sept. 8-Oct. 17.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman will run October 16 - November 13, 2010, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

National Theatre Wales and Told by an Idiot celebrate Gwyn Thomas, the great Welsh storyteller and dark, hilarious chronicler of the Valleys - one of the most distinctive Welsh voices of the last century.

DOCTOR DOLITTLE has talked with the animals, and now, theaters everywhere can too. Music Theatre International has announced that DOCTOR DOLITTLE is now available for licensing. Based on the children's books by Hugh Lofting, DOCTOR DOLITTLE is a stage adaptation of the classic the whole family can enjoy.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/10 for St. Paul

New Village Arts, Carlsbad's award-winning, professional theatre is very proud to announce its Tenth Season. This will be NVA's biggest season ever, with eight full productions, NVA's first musical and two local premieres. Over the past nine seasons, NVA has established itself as one of the most important mid-sized theatres in San Diego, producing over 40 highly acclaimed productions, including a world-premiere holiday show, multiple regional and local premieres, unforgettable American and world classics, the intense work of Sam Shepard and the popular FREE Shakespeare in the Park. New Village Arts honors that history in Season 10 and introduces some exciting new traditions for North County, by selecting shows that honor the history of the company, recognize the amazing current growth and give an intriguing glimpse into the future. All of the plays take us on an adventure - into growing up, learning about love and loss and celebrating the power of the human soul.

Vermont's Flynn Center and Weston Playhouse Theatre Company will present 'Death of a Salesman' starring Christopher Lloyd on Saturday, October 9 at 8pm. Winner of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, Death of a Salesman tells the story of Willy Loman, a traveling salesman who struggles with the changes of time and his failure to reach success as he and his family pursue the 'American Dream.'

ABC Daytime and the Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center are teaming up to present an evening of soap opera stars and Broadway song! Cast members from All My Children and General Hospital will perform the award-winning Kander & Ebb musical revue The World Goes ‘Round, seasoned with backstage insights and hush-hush previews of upcoming storylines.

Eddie Bruce brings his popular tribute show to Anthony Newley to the Metropolitan Room in New York on two Mondays in November - the 1st and 22nd at 7 p.m.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/03 for Minneapolis

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/03 for St. Paul

Marking the beginning of its 2010-2011 Family Main Stage Series 'Pure Imagination,' Hartford Children's Theatre (HCT) proudly announces a delicious new production of WILLY WONKA, directed by HCT Artistic Director Ryan Ratelle with musical direction by Louise Fauteux and choreography by Keri Danner. A scrumptious treat for the entire family, WILLY WONKA opens on Friday, September 24, 2010 at the Carol Autorino Center for Arts and Humanities on the campus of Saint Joseph College (1678 Asylum Avenue in West Hartford) where the show will run through Sunday, October 3, 2010. Tickets are now on sale.

Dames at Sea is a musical parody of the grand and glorious Busby Berkeley movie musicals of the 1930s.

Chocolate fever has swept Yamhill County. 'Ladies & gentlemen we are coming to you live outside the gates of the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory, where history is about to be made! We've been told Mr. Willy Wonka himself will soon emerge from behind these mysterious gates.... Here he comes now, the chocolate genius of the century! Mr. Willy Wonka.....' Come see this stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which features songs from the classic family film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Tracie Bennett will play Judy Garland in the West End premiere of Peter Quilter's End of the Rainbow. Directed by Terry Johnson, End of the Rainbow combines humour and heartbreak to capture both the drama of Garland's final performances in London and her controversial life off stage.

From 29 November 2010, 13 year old Scott McKenzie from Dumbarton, Scotland, the twenty fourth boy to play the iconic role of Billy Elliot in the West End, 12 year old Aaron Watson from Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 13 year old Dean Charles-Chapman from Romford, Essex and 12 year old Rhys Yeomans from Oldham, Lancashire, will be joined by principal cast members Genevieve Lemon (Mrs. Wilkinson), Martin Marquez (Dad), Tom Lorcan (Tony), Diane Langton (Grandma), Chris McGlade (George), Kay Milbourne (Dead Mum), Kevin Patricks (Mr. Braithwaite) and Barnaby Meredith (Older Billy) in Billy Elliot The Musical.

A middle-class, middle-aged English woman is trapped in a life that didn't work out as planned. Her husband barely acknowledges her; her children are crazy. She's only 42, but somehow she feels that "the only good things are things in the past."

Michael Riedel reports in today's New York Post that talks are under way for Philip Seymour Hoffman to star in a Broadway revival of DEATH OF A SALESMAN, to be directed by Mike Nichols. He also reports that Linda Emond is said to be the top choice to play Loman's wife, Linda in the production which is aiming for 2011.