Introducing nineties anthems including "Ironic," "You Oughta Know," and "Hand In My Pocket," Jagged Little Pill (1995) established Canadian singer-songwriter and Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette as an alternative rock icon. Diane Paulus (Waitress, Finding Neverland, Pippin, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess) directs this world premiere musical based on the groundbreaking album with a book by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno).
This summer Goodspeed Musicals will produce the heartwarming new musical Because of Winn Dixie. This touching tale based on the award-winning novel by Kate DiCamillo will run June 28 - September 1 at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn.
Today theSpaceUK announces its 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Season with over 400 shows and the biggest new-writing programme at the Fringe. There's household names to hunt down an autograph from, award-winners with their eyes on another prize, up-and-coming companies back to make their mark, and plenty of debut performances.
The original Broadway cast has been announced for JAGGED LITTLE PILL, a new musical inspired by the groundbreaking Grammy-winning album by Alanis Morissette, beginning preview performances November 3, 2019 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 W 44th St., NYC).
ACT of Connecticut (A Contemporary Theatre) raised more than $200,000 at its 2019-2020 Season Announcement Gala held at the theatre. Gala attendees were treated to standout performances by some of the original cast members from ACT's productions of MAMMA MIA!, EVITA and Stephen Schwartz's WORKING.
The new Broadway musical JAGGED LITTLE PILL will begin preview performances at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 W 44th St., NYC) on Sunday, November 3, 2019, with an official opening night of Thursday, December 5, 2019.
The Coral Springs Center for the Arts crowns a glittery 2018-2019 season with an amazing production celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of a hot-hot-hot mega-hit flick that starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair.
Due to popular demand, the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T) has added an additional week of performances to the run of its world premiere production of We Live in Cairo written by brothers Daniel Lazour and Patrick Lazour. The production, currently in rehearsal under the direction of Obie Award winner Taibi Magar, will now close Sunday, June 23.
Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.
Premiere Stages at Kean University has announced its 15th anniversary season, featuring four new plays that explore the power and responsibility of legacy.
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T) at Harvard University, under the leadership of Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Producer Diane Borger, announces the cast and creative team for the world premiere of We Live in Cairo written by brothers Daniel Lazour and Patrick Lazour. Now in rehearsal under the direction of Obie Award winner Taibi Magar, We Live in Cairo begins previews Tuesday, May 14; opens Wednesday, May 22; and closes Sunday, June 16, 2019 at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, MA.
BroadwayWorld recently announced that a reading of the new musical, In the Light, is coming soon, starring Jeremy Jordan, Teal Wicks and Bobby Conte Thornton. Get a first listen to the show's 11 o'clock number, 'Her Embrace' recorded by Jeremy Jordan, below!
Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce Title Wave at Bay Street: The 6th Annual New Works Festival, May 3 - 5. All readings are free, but tickets are required, as these events typically sell out. Tickets are available now at baystreet.org or by calling the Bay Street Theater Box Office at 631-725-9500, open Tuesday through Saturday 11 am to 5 pm, or until show time.
Bay Street Theater is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for the first show of the 2019 Mainstage Season. The World Premiere of THE PROMPTER (May 28- June 16) a new comedy by Wade Dooley; will be directed by Scott Schwartz, Bay Street Theater's Artistic Director.
Jeremy Jordan, Teal Wicks and Bobby Conte Thornton will star in reading of new musical In The Light, a Faustian tale.
The Drama League has announced the twelve stage directors who have been selected as the 2019 Directing Fellows of The Drama League Directors Project: NJ Agwuna, Sharifa Elkady, Raz Golden, Chika Ike, Rebecca Marzalek-Kelly, Ismael Lara, Jr., Amanda McRaven, Lindsey Hope Pearlman, Ben Randle, Tai Thompson, Gabriel Torres, and Sophia Watt. They will be publicly introduced to the professional theatre community during the 85th Annual Drama League Awards, which will be held on Friday, May 17, 2019 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square (1535 Broadway). More information can be found at www.dramaleague.org
In honor of Women's History Month, go inside Musical Theatre Factory's jam session with Agent 355 by Preston Max Allen and Jessica Kahkoska. Click below to see Laura Dadap (Voca People) sing 'Kind Eyes', Lauren Zakrin (We Are The Tigers, Natasha, Pierre...) sing 'Quiet Day', and Lauren Patten (Jagged Little Pill, Fun Home) sing 'Good Guy'. Backup instrumentation and vocals by Debbie Christine Tjong (Rags Parkland, Red Roses, Green Gold), Cathryn Wake (The Other Josh Cohen, Hello Girls, Natasha, Pierre...) and Elena Bonomo (Waitress, Rock of Ages) with Music Direction by Madeline Smith (Waitress, Ragtime on Ellis Island).
In the fall of 2019 the Ohio University School of Theater will welcome its first class to an exciting new chapter of its undergraduate Theater Performance degree program. Two interrelated four-year degree tracks will now be offered in either acting or musical theater, with an innovative curricular approach designed to prepare students for the rapidly changing theater industry.
Ben Fankhauser (Newsies), Bradley Gibson (The Lion King), Natalie Weiss (Everyday Rapture) and Zach Adkins (Anastasia) will perform at a March 18 concert celebrating the new album, Joyride, by songwriter Joey Contreras at The Green Room 42. Favorites from his previous albums, Love Me, Love Me Not and Young Kind of Love will be included.
Producers Suzanne Gilad & Larry Rogowsky announced today that the hit musical comedy THE OTHER JOSH COHEN will end its extended Off-Broadway run at the Westside Theatre on April 7, 2019. A National Tour will launch in 2020, cities and dates will be announced at a later date.
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The cast of off-Broadway hit musical The Other Josh Cohen recently appeared at Google Talks.
What good is sitting alone in your room this week? If you don't already have plans to see a Broadway show, come out to see your favorite Broadway stars in a cabaret act instead. After Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Highlights this week include Betsy Wolfe, Katrina Lenk, Broadway Sings Adele and more.
Renee Rapp (The Jimmy Awrads winner 2018), Antonio Cipriano (Jagged Little Pill), Arianna Afsar (Hamilton), Jelani Remy (Ain't Too Proud, The Lion King), Taylor Iman Jones (Head Over Heels), Celia Gooding (Jagged Little Pill), Chris Rice (Book of Mormon), Robby Clater (Pretty Woman), Jacob Haren (Book of Mormon), Diamond Essence White (Dear Evan Hansen), Joey LaBrasca (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), Anthony Norman (The Prom), Ariane Rinehart (The Sound of Music Live) Anthony Sagaria (American Psycho) Cameron Anika Hill, Max Sheldon, Tyler Conroy and Adam Rennie join the cast of 54 Sings The High School Musical Trilogy at Feinstein's/54 Below. Further casting to be announced.
The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and rediscovery of musical gems from the past, will present a return engagement of the hit Off-Broadway musical, Enter Laughing: The Musical with book by Joseph Stein, music and lyrics by Stan Daniels, based on the play Enter Laughing by Joseph Stein from the novel by Carl Reiner, produced in association with Riki Kane Larimer and Alene Daniels. Enter Laughing: The Musical returns to kick off The York's year-long 50th Anniversary Celebration at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).
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