The 50th Anniversary production and first Broadway revival of William Gibson's THE MIRACLE WORKER, directed by Kate Whoriskey (Ruined) stars Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) and Tony Award® nominee Alison Pill (The Lieutenant of Inishmore) as Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, iconic roles made famous by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke in the Tony Award® winning play and landmark feature film adaptation.
Hartford Stage's production of 'Motherhood Out Loud' is a collection of 15 pieces by 16 writers on the subject of motherhood. The show is directed by Lisa Peterson and features Amy Irving, Amy Irving, James Lecesne, and April Yvette Thompson. In an interview with Frank Rizzo of the Hartford Courant, Amy Irving discusses her own experiences with motherhood and reflects on her family growing up as daughter of theatrical director and producer Jules Irving and actress Priscilla Pointer.
Friends, family, and colleagues will gather on Sunday, March 14 at 3:00pm at the Colony Theatre in Burbank to celebrate the life of Lars Hansen. A major force in Southern California's theatre scene for nearly 30 years, Hansen died on January 31 at his Palm Springs home after a battle with liver cancer. He was 60.
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical will celebrate a year in the West End on 23 March 2010 having completed over 425 performances at the Palace Theatre since its opening last year.
Golden Globe Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Matthew Modine (the film Short Cuts, 'And the Band Played On'), now making his Broadway debut in THE MIRACLE WORKER, sat down with 'CW 11 Morning News' host Tamsen Fadal live in the studio this morning.
Golden Globe Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Matthew Modine (the film Short Cuts, 'And the Band Played On'), now making his Broadway debut in THE MIRACLE WORKER, will visit the WPIX 'CW 11 Morning News' studio live tomorrow morning, Thursday, February 25 at approximately 8:50a.
Kaufman Center and New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org) present a special non-subscription program, The Sweetest Path, on Tuesday, March 16 at 8 PM at Kaufman Center's Merkin Concert Hall.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported Gary McQuinn, producer of the Australian hit PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESSERT, announced that the show has planned a Broadway transfer for sometime in 2011. The show is already receiving raves in London, and has impressed the most lavish of celebrities. Check out Kylie Minogue's visit and audience reactions below!
Golden Globe Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Matthew Modine (the film Short Cuts, 'And the Band Played On'), who can currently be seen on Broadway as Helen Keller's father in THE MIRACLE WORKER, will be a guest tomorrow, February 19th on NBC's 'Today' during the 10:00 AM hour.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, at the recent WhatsOnStage.com Awards, Gary McQuinn, producer of the Australian hit PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESSERT, announced that the show has planned a Broadway transfer for sometime in 2011.
Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin, currently starring as Helen Keller in William Gibson's Tony Award® winning play THE MIRACLE WORKER, was profiled in The New York Times' Arts & Leisure section on Sunday, February 14th.
At last night's WhatsOnStage.com Awards, Gary McQuinn, producer of the Australian hit PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESSERT, announced that the show has planned a Broadway transfer for sometime in 2011, as previously reported by BroadwayWorld. Whatsonstage.com confirmed the statement today.
Alison Pill, currently starring on Broadway in the Helen Keller drama, THE MIRACLE WORKER, recently sat down with New York Magazine to discuss her career and her penchant for playing dark roles.
At the young age of 13, actress Abigail Breslin is already a film veteran with a slew of films to her name including 'Signs', 'Definitely, Maybe', 'My Sister's Keeper', and the bittersweet 'Little Miss Sunshine' for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award. But it may be Breslin's latest challenging role, that of the deaf-mute Helen Keller on Broadway's 'The Miracle Worker', which may redefine the young actress' already-high artistic reach.
On Fri & Sat, Feb 12 & 13, 2010 at 7:30pm and 10pm - Upright Cabaret presents THE UPRIGHT CABARET REVUE featuring the very best vocalist from Broadway, T.V. and up-and-coming artist in Los Angeles.
The 50th Anniversary production of William Gibson's Tony Award(r) winning THE MIRACLE WORKER, directed by Kate Whoriskey and starring Academy Award(r) nominee Abigail Breslin and Tony Award(r) nominee Alison Pill, plays its first performance tonight, Friday, February 12, ahead of a Wednesday, March 3 opening at Circle in the Square Theatre (235 West 50 Street).
On Fri & Sat, Feb 12 & 13, 2010 at 7:30pm and 10pm - Upright Cabaret presents THE UPRIGHT CABARET REVUE featuring the very best vocalist from Broadway, T.V. and up-and-coming artist in Los Angeles.
On Fri & Sat, Feb 12 & 13, 2010 at 7:30pm and 10pm - Upright Cabaret presents THE UPRIGHT CABARET REVUE featuring the very best vocalist from Broadway, T.V. and up-and-coming artist in Los Angeles.
On Fri & Sat, Feb 12 & 13, 2010 at 7:30pm and 10pm - Upright Cabaret presents THE UPRIGHT CABARET REVUE featuring the very best vocalist from Broadway, T.V. and up-and-coming artist in Los Angeles.
Based on the Oscar® award-winning film, Priscilla tells the story of Tick (Jason Donovan), Bernadette (Tony Sheldon) and Adam (Oliver Thornton), a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio that agree to take their show to the middle of the Australian outback.