Marriott Theatre Ends Run of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, 4/25
by BWW News Desk - Apr 25, 2010
The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, will close the first production of its 35th anniversary 2010 season, the internationally acclaimed Broadway musical FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, on April 25th.
Rubicon Theatre Co Continues Season With CRIMES OF THE HEART, Opens April 24
by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2010
Rubicon Theatre Company continues its 2009-2010 Season with a revival of BETH HENLEY's Pulitzer Prize-winning play CRIMES OF THE HEART. Set in Mississippi in 1974 (five years after Hurricane Camille), this sweet, sexy comedy follows the travails of the three Magrath sisters, who come together at the family home in Hazelhurst when the youngest Babe is charged with shooting her husband 'cause she didn't like his looks.'
Marcus Center For The Performing Arts Announces 2010-11 Season
by Charlie Piane - Apr 21, 2010
Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America - Milwaukee invites you to experience the sounds and splendor of Broadway at the Marcus Center throughout 2010-2011. This season we are thrilled to be bringing you the Mel Brooks classic movie to stage, Young Frankenstein, HAIR, the American tribal love-rock musical, Les Misérables, the classic Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Tony Award® winning musical and the much anticipated Milwaukee premiere of Jersey Boys. Mamma Mia! will run as a special addition to this season.
Rubicon Theatre Co Continues Season With CRIMES OF THE HEART, Previews 4/21-23
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 21, 2010
Rubicon Theatre Company continues its 2009-2010 Season with a revival of BETH HENLEY's Pulitzer Prize-winning play CRIMES OF THE HEART. Set in Mississippi in 1974 (five years after Hurricane Camille), this sweet, sexy comedy follows the travails of the three Magrath sisters, who come together at the family home in Hazelhurst when the youngest Babe is charged with shooting her husband 'cause she didn't like his looks.'
Westport Country Playhouse Presents SHE LOVES ME 4/20-5/8
by BWW News Desk - Apr 20, 2010
The enchanting musical romantic comedy, 'She Loves Me,' with all the grace and spirit that established it as one of the all-time great Broadway classics, will begin Westport Country Playhouse's 80th anniversary season, April 20 - May 8. Featuring an alluring musical score and delightful lyrics by the Tony Award-winning team who created 'Fiddler on the Roof,' the production will be directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director.
LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL Ends Run at The Marcus Center, 4/18
by BWW News Desk - Apr 18, 2010
THE FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will end performances in Milwaukee on April 18, 2010 presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series.
Westport Country Playhouse Presents SHE LOVES ME 4/20-5/8
by Charlie Piane - Apr 13, 2010
The enchanting musical romantic comedy, 'She Loves Me,' with all the grace and spirit that established it as one of the all-time great Broadway classics, will begin Westport Country Playhouse's 80th anniversary season, April 20 - May 8. Featuring an alluring musical score and delightful lyrics by the Tony Award-winning team who created 'Fiddler on the Roof,' the production will be directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director.
Signature Theatre Closes the Curtain on SWEENEY TODD, 4/4
by BWW News Desk - Apr 4, 2010
The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, nationally known for its interpretation of Stephen Sondheim musicals, celebrated its 20th anniversary season by presenting Sondheim's most popular musical SWEENEY TODD, directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The production will end its run in the 276-seat MAX Theater, April 4, 2010.
Broadway's Rena Strober to Perform at the Cabaret at Germano's, 4/3
by BWW News Desk - Apr 3, 2010
Rena Strober is known in New York and across the country from Broadway performances (Cosette in Les Miserables, Tzeitel in Topol's Fiddler on the Roof, Belle in Beauty and the Beast and Tonya in Zhivago) TV appearances (Law & Order, Criminal Intent and House Arrest) to her 1-woman show Spaghetti & Matzo Balls! to concerts onstage at Lincoln Center, Town Hall and on home plate for the Mets. She is currently in rehearsals for a new Off-Broadway play called White's Lies starring Betty Buckely and Peter Scolari.
Rubicon Theatre Co Continues Season With CRIMES OF THE HEART, Previews 4/21-23
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 2, 2010
Rubicon Theatre Company continues its 2009-2010 Season with a revival of BETH HENLEY's Pulitzer Prize-winning play CRIMES OF THE HEART. Set in Mississippi in 1974 (five years after Hurricane Camille), this sweet, sexy comedy follows the travails of the three Magrath sisters, who come together at the family home in Hazelhurst when the youngest Babe is charged with shooting her husband 'cause she didn't like his looks.'
Atlanta Broadway Series Donates $12,545 to Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 31, 2010
Atlanta Broadway Series recently completed a successful engagement of theatre classic 'Fiddler on the Roof,' starring Harvey Fierstein, at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Honoring the spirit of tradition, the Tony Award winning musical partnered with another community mainstay, Girl Scouts, for a special fundraising effort.
A Theatre Lover's Guide to DC/Capital Area Theatres �" April 2010 Offerings
by Joel Markowitz - Mar 26, 2010
As the Helen Hayes Awards ceremony on April 5th honors performances and productions from the past year, DC theatergoers will be hearing two gorgeous scores by Jason Robert Brown and Jeanine Tesori, and seeing a new opera about a boxer, a splashing pool on stage, Tyne Daley as diva Maria Callas, Maurice Hines tapping his way on the Lincoln Theatre stage, Mrs. Robinson seducing Benjamin, a red balloon thrilling young audiences, Harvey Fierstein wishing he was a rich man, tales and songs from a Scottish Jewish composer, a new children's show with lots of princesses, a little musical with the title in [ ], a triumphant mounting of a short-lived Broadway musical, and a wordless Kafka classic performed in Georgian style. The crocuses, cherry blossoms, and azaleas will be in full bloom, as the nation's capital will be awash in beautiful colors. It's the perfect time to visit and see some great shows in our DC area theatres.
Grove, Anderson et al. Lead Westport's SHE LOVES ME 4/20-5/8; Lamos Directs
by Samantha Jacobsen - Mar 24, 2010
The enchanting musical romantic comedy, 'She Loves Me,' with all the grace and spirit that established it as one of the all-time great Broadway classics, will begin Westport Country Playhouse's 80th anniversary season, April 20 - May 8. Featuring an alluring musical score and delightful lyrics by the Tony Award-winning team who created 'Fiddler on the Roof,' the production will be directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director.
Broadway's Rena Strober to Perform at the Cabaret at Germano's, 4/3
by BWW News Desk - Mar 23, 2010
Rena Strober is known in New York and across the country from Broadway performances (Cosette in Les Miserables, Tzeitel in Topol's Fiddler on the Roof, Belle in Beauty and the Beast and Tonya in Zhivago) TV appearances (Law & Order, Criminal Intent and House Arrest) to her 1-woman show Spaghetti & Matzo Balls! to concerts onstage at Lincoln Center, Town Hall and on home plate for the Mets. She is currently in rehearsals for a new Off-Broadway play called White's Lies starring Betty Buckely and Peter Scolari.
ADDAMS FAMILY's Wesley Taylor Brings 'Wesley & Friends' to Joe's Pub, 5/3
by Jessica Lewis - Mar 22, 2010
On May 3 at 11:30pm, The Addams Family's Wesley Taylor will play Joe's Pub in concert with friends Matt Doyle (Spring Awakening, Bye Bye Birdie), Mitch Jarvis (Fiddler on the Roof, Rock of Ages), Lauren Molina (Sweeney Todd, Rock of Ages), and Krysta Rodriguez (In the Heights, The Addams Family.
ROCK OF AGES, BURN THE FLOOR, FIDDLER & More Set for Arnoff Center's New Season
by BWW News Desk - Mar 7, 2010
Broadway Across America is thrilled to announce the 10/11 Cincinnati season sponsored by Fifth Third Bank. Season tickets will go on sale Monday, March 29th. Select seats in person at the Broadway Across America Cincinnati Box Office in the Mercantile Center downtown at 120 East Fourth Street, Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm. Season tickets can be purchased online at BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com or by calling the Broadway Across America toll-free Cincinnati Season Ticket Hotline at 800-294-1816.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF to Play Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, 5/11-5/16
by BWW News Desk - Mar 4, 2010
Fiddler on the Roof has captured the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal and timeless message. The North American Tour continues the tradition of the 1964 Jerome Robbins Tony® Award-winning production playing at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center May 11-16, 2010. Robbins won twin Tony awards for his direction and choreography of Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof. In this national tour, both are faithfully recreated by Director Sammy Dallas Bayes, choreographer of the Broadway reviv
BURN THE FLOOR, RAIN, MAMMA MIA & More Coming to San Jose
by BWW News Desk - Mar 4, 2010
Broadway San Jose - A Nederlander Presentation in association with Team San Jose proudly announces its 2010-2011 Season, which includes the South Bay debut of the ground-breaking Broadway show about hardship, redemption and the healing power of love, THE COLOR PURPLE; a rendezvous with the sizzling Broadway smash hit BURN THE FLOOR; the acclaimed Beatles concert RAIN - A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES; and STOMP, an impudent symphonic rhapsody on found instruments from trashcans to zippo lighters-with some brand new surprises. Audiences will also be invited to prepare for the Sabbath with Tevye the Dairyman in THE FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, soak up some sun on a matrimonial Mediterranean island with the ABBA-infused musical MAMMA MIA!, or drop a dime in the jukebox and hand jive back to a time of poodle skirts and leather jackets with GREASE. Broadway San Jose's 2010-2011 Season begins September 21, 2010 at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.
'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for March 3rd, 2010
by Paul W. Thompson - Mar 3, 2010
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, Stephen Sondheim, Broadway In Chicago, 'The Addams Family,' 'Fiddler On The Roof,' 'Ragtime,' more.....