On Friday, May 15th 2009, Scott Schechter died of a sudden heart attack. Scott was instrumental in many re-releases of Liza and Judy's work and was spearheading the upcoming release of Judy & Liza Live at the Pallaium CD when he died.
A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, June 13th at 1PM at The Wonder Bar on 1213 Ocean Ave in Asbury Park, NJ. 732-502-8886.
BroadwayWorld Congratulates Angela Lansbury, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play'
BroadwayWorld Congratulates Gregory Clarke, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Sound Design of a Play'
TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, launches its 40th Anniversary season with a vibrant world premiere musical, TINYARD HILL, by Tommy Newman and 2009 Jonathan Larsen Award-winning composer Mark Allen.
Nonesuch Records and PS Classics are proud to announce the release of the original cast recording of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Road Show-from 2008's Public Theater production-on June 30, 2009. New York magazine described the musical as 'a boisterous picaresque about two brothers flimflamming their way from the Yukon to Boca Raton at the turn of the 20th century.'
New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinet Stanley Drucker, who will retire from the Orchestra at the end of the 2008?09 season concluding a 60-year tenure, will give his final concerto appearances in performances of Copland?s Clarinet Concerto, conducted by Lorin Maazel, Tuesday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 6, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Drucker, who joined the New York Philharmonic at age 19 in 1948, and whose tenure encompasses one-third of the history of the 167-year-old orchestra, will have performed as soloist with the Orchestra some 200 times (both at home and abroad), and will have played in more than 10,200 concerts under nine New York Philharmonic conductors at the conclusion of his tenure.
The unique open-air theatre, Kilworth House Theatre, is gearing up for its third summer season which kicks off with the classic Gershwin musical Crazy For You from 4 June to 5 July 2009 with a press night on 10 June. Following the Live at Kilworth series of one night concerts in July, the exquisite The Opera Show will return from 2 to 13 September with a press night on 3 September.
Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Blue October, with Longwave plus Very Special Guests (to be announced), on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Moore Theatre.
SHN will present the all-new production of the Lincoln Center Theater prize-winning musical classic Rodgers and Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC at the Golden Gate Theatre beginning Friday, September 18 through Sunday, October 25, 2009.
It's the time of year where the Theatre World celebrates the best of the best and special recognition is bestowed upon certain individuals for their work. No...I am not talking about the Tony Awards...although I know where I will be that evening. I talking about the 19th Annual Kleban Awards, which will be presented in a private ceremony on June 1st, 2009.
Hart House Theatre, the University of Toronto's Performing Arts Leader, is proud to announce its 90th Anniversary Season featuring the return of the smash-hit, Jerry Springer-The Opera opening September 24th, 2009.
Philadelphia Theatre Company announces its 2009-2010 mainstage season, highlighted by a world premiere by Terrence McNally, a Tony Award-winning musical and a pre-Broadway production. Expanding to a five-play series, the season features the world premiere of Terrence McNally's Golden Age, the six-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel, Lorenzo Pisoni's multi-award winner Humor Abuse, August Wilson's first major play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, the dark comedy thriller Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck, and a special summer comedy revue, City of Nutterly Love: Funny as Bell!, co-produced with Chicago's The Second City.
Eric Hafen, Artistic Director of the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown, NJ, is proud to unveil the Bickford's 2009-2010 Season of 'Love & Marriage,' featuring four exciting theatrical works guaranteed to entertain and enthrall.
Cirque du Soleil is pleased to announce that the new Alegría Arena Tour will stop in Newark this Summer. Alegría will perform 8 shows at Prudential Center from July 15 to 19, 2009.
The Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) has announced casting for its 2009 Main Stage Season running from July 1 to August 23 at the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance in Williamstown, MA. In making the announcement Artistic Director Nicholas Martin said, 'I am so thrilled to bring this decorated and talented group of artists to the Berkshires this summer for our 55th Anniversary Season.'
Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for all media covering New York theatre announced today its award winners for the 2008-09 season in 23 categories.
New Outstanding Production Extended to May 17, 2009
Second Story Group at The Lost Studio presents a World Premiere Play, Come Back, Little Horny, written by Laura Richardson and directed by Open Fist Theatre Company?s Artistic Director Martha Demson. Come Back, Little Horny will preview on Saturday, May 9 at 8pm; Sunday, May 10 at 4pm; Friday, May 15 at 8pm and will open on Saturday, May 16 at 8:00p.m. at the Lost Studio Theatre, 130 S. La Brea Ave. (between 1st and 2nd) in Hollywood. Come Back, Little Horny is scheduled to run for six weeks through Saturday, June 20. 2009.
The Joyce Theater Foundation (New York), in association with the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and On the Boards (Seattle), is pleased to announce the 12 choreographers in each of the four cities who will participate in The A.W.A.R.D Show! 2009. The 48 participants were selected from a total of 218 applicants from across the country; one from each city will take home a $10,000 award to use toward the creation of a new dance work.
BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Sound Design Of A Play'
BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Performance By A Featured Actress In A Play'
Diversionary Theatre's 2009-2010 season of two gender-bending musicals and four provocative plays includes two West Coast Premieres, dynamic local actors and directors, and a reading of a new queer opera. The six-show mainstage season includes: the new musical Twist by Gila Sand and Paul Leschen, based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, directed by James Vasquez; Bent, the seminal play by Martin Sherman, in a co-production with ion theatre company; Paul Rudnick's big gay comedy The New Century, directed by Igor Goldin; same-sex marriage gets a comic nod with The Marriage Bed by Nona Shepphard, directed by Rosina Reynolds; laugh out loud with teenage angst in Speech and Debate by Steven Karam, directed by Jason Southerland; and filled with melancholy and lust, the musical play Moscow, by Nick Salamone and Maury R. McIntyre, rounds out the season.
New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinet Stanley Drucker, who will retire from the Orchestra at the end of the 2008?09 season concluding a 60-year tenure, will give his final concerto appearances in performances of Copland?s Clarinet Concerto, conducted by Lorin Maazel, Tuesday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 6, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Drucker, who joined the New York Philharmonic at age 19 in 1948, and whose tenure encompasses one-third of the history of the 167-year-old orchestra, will have performed as soloist with the Orchestra some 200 times (both at home and abroad), and will have played in more than 10,200 concerts under nine New York Philharmonic conductors at the conclusion of his tenure.
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William Inge's timeless classic plays May 9 - June 6, 2009
2009-2010 Nevada Conservatory Theatre Season
Main Season (in the Judy Bayley Theatre)
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Book by George Furth, Music and Lyrics by by Stephen Sondheim
October 2, 3, 8, 9 & 10 @ 8PM, October 4 & 11 @ 2PM
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