Martin And McAnuff Added As Directors For McCarter Theatre Center's 2009-2010 Season
by Charlie Piane - Aug 11, 2009
To mark two decades at the creative helm of McCarter Theatre Center, Artistic Director Emily Mann has announced the 2009-2010 Theater Season, which will include the revival of an audience favorite, an eighteenth-century comic masterpiece, a knockout world premiere drama, a contemporary American classic, and a soaring new musical.
Gilpin And Stewart Join MATTHEW MODINE SAVES THE ALPACAS Opens 9/16
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 5, 2009
With Matthew Modine playing a role he is unequivocally perfect for (a fictionalized version of himself), one can imagine the casting challenge for the rest of the characters in the Geffen Playhouse's upcoming production of Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas. But - barring having identical names to the characters they play - the Geffen Playhouse's cast includes a troupe of comedians befitting their satirical roles.
Red Letter Theater's PHEDRA'S LOVE Plays 8/27-30 At Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 22, 2009
Notoriously scandalous British playwright Sarah Kane radically reworks Seneca's classical tragedy of incest and unrequited lust in the highly anticipated production of Red Letter Theater's Phaedra's Love, a brutal dark comedy exploring the themes of obsession, desire, and honesty. First debuted at the Gate, London in 1996, this regional premiere is directed and designed by Red Letter Theater Artistic Director David Hanzal, and features a host of some of the Twin Cities' favorite actors plus some wonderful new faces.
THE NUTTY PROFESSOR Headed to Broadway; Music by Hamlisch, Book by Holmes; Jerry Lewis to Direct
by Robert Diamond - Jun 29, 2009
Legendary actor, director, writer and producer Jerry Lewis will make his theatrical directorial debut on Broadway with the new musical, ?THE NUTTY PROFESSOR?, based on the 1963 film that he starred in and co-wrote. With music by Academy Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Marvin Hamlisch and a book and lyrics by multiple Tony Award winner and Grammy Nominee Rupert Holmes, the musical is aiming for a bow on Broadway in the 2010/2011 season and is being produced by Loud Watch Productions, LLC.
Works By Emily Mann, David Mamet & More Set For 09-10 Season At McCarter
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 2, 2009
To mark two decades at the creative helm of McCarter Theatre Center, Artistic Director Emily Mann has announced the 2009-2010 Theater Season, which will include the revival of an audience favorite, an eighteenth-century comic masterpiece, a knockout world premiere drama, a contemporary American classic, and a soaring new musical.
2009 Festival Of New American Musicals Held April-July
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 6, 2009
The 2009 Festival of New American Musicals, a four-month musical theatre festival, will be held in April through July, 2009, throughout Southern California. Marcia Seligson, Bob Klein, and Linda Shusett are the Executive Producers of the second annual Festival.
Becoming Alma: Mary Bacon On Diving Into Williams
by Faetra Petillo - May 14, 2008
Actress Mary Bacon is currently starring as Alma Winemiller in TACT's production of the Tennessee Williams masterpiece, Eccentricities of a Nightingale- the first time the production has been performed in New York in thirty years.
Oscar, Tony and Keith Lockhart
by Joseph F. Panarello - Dec 5, 2007
Conductor and Maestro Keith Lockhart is a true gem of a performer and one whose recordings and concerts with the Boston Pops that begs repeated hearings.
Review: White's 'Terre Haute' Haunts
by Eugene Lovendusky - Apr 11, 2007
Edmund White's US premiere of 'Terre Haute' at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center is beautifully uncomfortable and exceptionally performed, putting us in the opposing minds of a terrorist and a novelist.
Audra McDonald: Living Her Dream
by Pati Buehler - Aug 15, 2006
'The only thing I've ever wanted to do in my entire life is to be on Broadway' ~ Audra McDonald upon winning her fourth Tony Award and Broadway is all the better for it!
Ethel Merman's Broadway is Coming to CA!
by BWW News Desk - Dec 8, 2004
Rita McKenzie stars in her Acclaimed Award-Winning Off-Broadway Musical 'Ethel Merman's Broadway' Saluting the Queen of Broadway's Golden Age