Marcus Center For The Performing Arts to Present WICKED, Milwaukee Premiere of KINKY BOOTS, and More in 2015-2016 Season
by Sally Henry Fuller - Feb 27, 2015
The Marcus Center and Broadway Across America invite you to experience the sounds and splendor of Broadway at the Marcus Center throughout 2015-2016. This season your spirits will be raised to new high-heeled heights with the 2013 Tony Award-winner for best musical, KINKY BOOTS. We invite you to have the time of your life at DIRTY DANCING; see the smash hit direct from Broadway, NEWSIES; the return of the acclaimed masterpiece, CABARET; the winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards including Best Musical, ONCE. WICKED will make its anticipated return to Milwaukee as part of a six-show season package option.
'BEAUTIFUL', CABARET, 'BRIDGES' and More Set for Pittsburgh's 2015-16 Broadway Season
by BWW News Desk - Feb 25, 2015
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is pleased to announce the 2015-2016 PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh season. The series proudly features two Pittsburgh premieres, BEAUTIFUL -- THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL and MATILDA THE MUSICAL, and welcomes returning favorites JERSEY BOYS and BLUE MAN GROUP, along with an exciting lineup of more award-winning Broadway productions that will grace the stages in the Cultural District.
'GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE,' 'BRIDGES,' CABARET & More Set for Smith Center's 2015-16 Broadway Season
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 24, 2015
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts announces the highly anticipated lineup of performances for the 2015-2016 Broadway Las Vegas Series. Running July 2015 to June 2016, the upcoming season sponsored by Southern Nevada Ford Stores will boast Tony Award winners, Broadway blockbusters, fan favorites, silver screen stage adaptations and an exciting first-look at a Broadway-bound spectacle.
Opera Philadelphia's 2015-2016 Season Features COLD MOUNTAIN and World Premiere of ANDY: A POPERA
by BWW News Desk - Feb 18, 2015
Opera Philadelphia's 41st Season serves as a reminder that the company is, as The Washington Post reports, “taking chances, offering unusual and new work along with repertory staples, and carving out a place for themselves as proponents of American opera.” As General Director & President David B. Devan and Jack Mulroney Music Director Corrado Rovarisannounced today, the carefully curated 2015-2016 lineup offers two new American operas: the East Coast Premiere of Cold Mountain, by composer Jennifer Higdon and librettist Gene Scheer and starring the dream team of Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard, and Jay Hunter Morris (February 2016); and the World Premiere of ANDY: A Popera, a Warhol-inspired opera-cabaret featuring a score by Dan Visconti and original songs by Heath Allen (September 2015).
Roundabout to launch Cabaret National Tour in 2016
by Roundabout Theatre Company - Dec 18, 2014
I am thrilled to announce that in January of 2016, as part of Roundabout's 50th Anniversary Season, Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall's acclaimed production of Cabaret will launch a national tour.
Come Hear the Music Play! CABARET Will Launch National Tour in January 2016
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 18, 2014
The musical masterpiece returns, direct from Broadway! As part of their 50th Anniversary Season, Roundabout Theatre Company is a proud to announce a national tour of SAM MENDES (Skyfall, American Beauty) and ROB MARSHALL'S (Into the Woods and Chicago, the films) Tony Award®-winning production of CABARET.
The tour will launch in January 2016 and visit over 20 cities in North America. All casting and market information will be announced shortly.
Bay Area Cabaret Pays Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Jun 2, 2013
Bay Area Cabaret will conclude its 2012-2013 season by honoring the memory and legendary career of composer Marvin Hamlisch. Selections from his work (A Chorus Line, The Way We Were, They're Playing Our Song) will be performed by special guests including Broadway stars Lisa Vroman (The Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd) and Karen Mason (Mamma Mia!, Sunset Boulevard), Grammy Award winner Billy Stritch, 2012 Bay Area Teen Idol winner Bobby Conte Thornton, Academy Award-winning songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and other guest artists to be announced. Having performed with Bay Area Cabaret for the grand re-opening of the Venetian Room in 2010, Mr. Hamlisch will always hold a special place in Bay Area Cabaret's history. This tribute to his legacy will take place on the late composer's 69th birthday, tonight, June 2, 2013, at 8pm in the historic Venetian Room of the Fairmont San Francisco (950 Mason Street). Tickets ($75 - $100) are available at www.bayareacabaret.org or by phone at City Box Office (415) 392-4400.
Bay Area Cabaret Pays Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch, 6/2
by Kelsey Denette - May 1, 2013
Bay Area Cabaret will conclude its 2012-2013 season by honoring the memory and legendary career of composer Marvin Hamlisch. Selections from his work (A Chorus Line, The Way We Were, They're Playing Our Song) will be performed by special guests including Broadway stars Lisa Vroman (The Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd) and Karen Mason (Mamma Mia!, Sunset Boulevard), Grammy Award winner Billy Stritch, 2012 Bay Area Teen Idol winner Bobby Conte Thornton, Academy Award-winning songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and other guest artists to be announced. Having performed with Bay Area Cabaret for the grand re-opening of the Venetian Room in 2010, Mr. Hamlisch will always hold a special place in Bay Area Cabaret's history. This tribute to his legacy will take place on the late composer's 69th birthday, Sunday, June 2, 2013, at 8pm in the historic Venetian Room of the Fairmont San Francisco (950 Mason Street). Tickets ($75 - $100) are available at www.bayareacabaret.org or by phone at City Box Office (415) 392-4400.