NAMT Adds Performers to A TOAST FOR 20! Benefit and Festival
by BWW News Desk - Oct 19, 2008
Several great performers have joined the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's 20th Annual Festival of New Musicals on October 20 & 21 at New World Stages and more have been added to the benefit concert A Toast for 20! on October 19th at COMIX.
NAMT Adds Performers to A TOAST FOR 20! Benefit and Festival
by Reynard Loki - Oct 15, 2008
Several great performers have joined the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's 20th Annual Festival of New Musicals on October 20 & 21 at New World Stages and more have been added to the benefit concert A Toast for 20! on October 19th at COMIX.
Transport Group to Present Revival of Shaw's 'Bury the Dead' Starting 10/31
by Faetra Petillo - Oct 6, 2008
Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, will present the first major New York revival of Irwin Shaw's Bury the Dead, directed by Joe Calarco, beginning performances Friday, October 31, at 220 East 4 Street, between Avenues A and B (6 to Astor Place, W/N to 8th Street or F/V to Second Avenue). The opening has been scheduled for Sunday, November 9, at 3pm.
Rapp and Schultz Among Writers in World Premiere of SPIN
by Faetra Petillo - Sep 3, 2008
the stageFARM (Alex Kilgore, Artistic Director and Carrie Shaltz, Founder / Executive Director) has announced the line-up of plays that will comprise the world premiere of SPIN, a series of new short plays (commissioned on the timely topic) by Adam Rapp, Gina Gionfriddo, Judith Thompson, Elizabeth Meriwether, and Mark Schultz. With direction by Alex Kilgore and Evan Cabnet, SPIN begins performances Friday evening, October 3, 2008, for a limited engagement through Saturday evening, November 8, at The Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street between Barrow & Bedford Streets).
'Bury the Dead' and 'Being Audrey' Part of Transport Group Season
by Faetra Petillo - Aug 28, 2008
Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, has announced its 2008-09 season: Bury the Dead, written by Irwin Shaw and directed by Joe Calarco, and Being Audrey, music and lyrics by Ellen Weiss, book by James Hindman, additional book and lyrics by Cheryl Stern, developed with Jack Cummings III and Adam R. Perlman, and directed by Jack Cummings III.
8/18 'New Voices' Hosted by Champlin with Stitt
by BWW News Desk - Aug 18, 2008
The fourth year of the acclaimed series, 'Monday
Nights, New Voices,' will continue on August 18th with
special guest host Donna Lynn Champlin, who recently
stared in John Doyle's Broadway revival of Sweeny
Todd.
8/18 'New Voices' Hosted by Champlin with Stitt
by Victoria Myers - Jul 29, 2008
The fourth year of the acclaimed series, 'Monday
Nights, New Voices,' will continue on August 18th with
special guest host Donna Lynn Champlin, who recently
stared in John Doyle's Broadway revival of Sweeny
Todd.
Full Cast Announced for BILLY ELLIOT; Gwynne, Jbara, Shelley
by BWW News Desk - Jul 15, 2008
The full cast of the Broadway production of Billy Elliot the Musical has been announced by Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions in association with Weinstein Live Entertainment.
Kate Shindle to Perform Concert at Birdland 6/2
by BWW News Desk - Jun 1, 2008
Kate Shindle will perform at Birdland, Monday, June 2, 2008 at 7:00p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.
Kate Shindle to Perform Concert at Birdland 6/2
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2008
Kate Shindle will perform at Birdland, Monday, June 2, 2008 at 7:00p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.
Tony Winner Victoria Clark to Appear in INNER VOICES
by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2008
PREMIERES, a not-for-profit musical theater development company, proudly announces the world premiere of INNER VOICES: SOLO MUSICALS, three new works created by and starring some of the industry's brightest talents.
Kate Shindle to Star in NYMF's 'Sympathy Jones'
by BWW News Desk - Jul 24, 2007
Kate Shindle, the current co-star of Broadway's Legally Blonde, will play the title role in Sympathy Jones, a new musical which will debut at this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival
Champlin, Pawk, Etc. Set for Dark at the Top of the Stairs
by BWW News Desk - Feb 26, 2007
Transport Group Artistic Director Jack Cummings III has announced that performances of the official 50th anniversary production of William Inge's The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, will begin Friday, March 30 at 8pm at the Connelly Theatre, 220 East 4 Street.
Doyle, Esparza, Felciano Etc. Are Interviewed June 5
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2006
Jack Cummings III, the co-artistic director of the Transport Group, will interview acclaimed director John Doyle, as well as Manoel Felciano, Raul Esparza and Mary-Mitchell Campbell on Monday, June 5th
LaChiusa, Gordon, Thalken to Pen Works for Signature in VA
by BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2006
New works by Michael John LaChiusa, Ricky Ian Gordon and Joseph Thalken will premiere at the acclaimed Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA in coming years; each has been awarded a million dollar grant
PS Classics to Release Gordon & Landau's Dream True, 5/23
by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2006
PS Classics, the nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of American musical theatre, will release the world premiere recording of Ricky Ian Gordon and Tina Landau's Dream True on May 23