Athens Theatre Presents THE LETTERMEN 11/29
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 20, 2009
The one change Tony Butala, original founding member of The Lettermen, would have made in the 45-plus year career of one of the most popular vocal groups in history is a surprising one. 'We chose the wrong name!' he exclaims.
HAIR's Sunshine Sets at Meymandi Theatre 10/27
by Alexandra Johnson - Sep 22, 2009
Burning Coal Theatre Company's production of Ragni, Rado and McDermott's HAIR will let its final rays of sunshine in on Sunday, September 27, 2009. The show, which debuted on Broadway in 1968, conjures the essence of peace and love demonstrated by the hippie counterculture movement over 40 years ago.
Berkeley Rep Announces Creative Team For Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT, Kitt and Hoggett Join Production
by Charlie Piane - Jul 28, 2009
Today Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced the creative team for its world premiere of American Idiot. Based on the Grammy Award-winning album of the same name, the show features the music of Green Day and the lyrics of its frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. American Idiot is being staged by Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer, who also collaborated with Armstrong on the story. It features the work of Olivier Award-winning choreographer Steven Hoggett and music supervisor Tom Kitt, the Tony-winning composer who provided string arrangements for the band's latest album, 21st Century Breakdown.
Moore, Vereen & More Appear In HAIR: LET THE SUNSHINE IN On Sundance 7/27
by BWW News Desk - Jul 27, 2009
On Monday, July 27th at 9:00pm Sundance Channel presents Hair: Let the Sunshine In (U.S. Television Premiere) - Directed by Pola Rapaport. This richly illustrated history of 'Hair' examines the origins, impact and enduring power of the 'tribal love-rock musical' that opened off-Broadway in 1967 and moved to Broadway in 1968.
Moore, Vereen & More Appear In HAIR: LET THE SUNSHINE IN On Sundance 7/27
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 3, 2009
On Monday, July 27th at 9:00pm Sundance Channel presents Hair: Let the Sunshine In (U.S. Television Premiere) - Directed by Pola Rapaport. This richly illustrated history of 'Hair' examines the origins, impact and enduring power of the 'tribal love-rock musical' that opened off-Broadway in 1967 and moved to Broadway in 1968.
HAIR And ANYTHING GOES Among CCM's 2009/10 Mainstage Season
by Reynard Loki - Jun 1, 2009
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is pleased to announce details for the 2009-10 CCM Mainstage Series of drama, musical theater and opera productions. Brimming with 20th-century American classics along with a British operatic tragedy, the series features six fully-staged works, with performances taking place Oct. 29, 2009 through May 16, 2010.
TUTS Presents HAPPY DAYS - A NEW MUSICAL 5/12 - 5/24
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2009
Goodbye gray skies, hello blue! The national tour of Happy Days - A New Musical will play at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts with Theatre Under The Stars May 12-24, 2009 for just two weeks.
Yoakam, Kane, Fisher Star In Chicago Premiere Of Stoppard's ROCK N ROLL 5/2-6/7
by BWW News Desk - May 2, 2009
Two countries, three generations, 22 turbulent years-and a dynamic soundtrack ranging from Syd Barrett to The Plastic People of the Universe to U2-are at the heart of Rock 'n' Roll, a sweeping and passionate drama about love, music and revolution from Academy Award and four-time Tony Award-winner Tom Stoppard.
Stoppard's ROCK 'N' ROLL Returns To The Alley 4/24-5/24
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 22, 2009
Four-time Tony Award winner Tom Stoppard returns to the Alley with Rock ?n' Roll, winner of London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play.
It's August 1968, and Russian tanks are rolling into Prague. Jan, the Czech student, lives for rock music, Max, the English professor, lives for Communism, and Esme, the flower child, is high. By 1990, the tanks are rolling out, the Stones are rolling in and idealism has hit the wall.
Yoakam, Kane, Fisher Star In Chicago Premiere Of Stoppard's ROCK N ROLL 5/2-6/7
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 15, 2009
Two countries, three generations, 22 turbulent years-and a dynamic soundtrack ranging from Syd Barrett to The Plastic People of the Universe to U2-are at the heart of Rock 'n' Roll, a sweeping and passionate drama about love, music and revolution from Academy Award and four-time Tony Award-winner Tom Stoppard.
TUTS Presents HAPPY DAYS - A NEW MUSICAL 5/12 - 5/24
by Reynard Loki - Apr 14, 2009
Goodbye gray skies, hello blue! The national tour of Happy Days - A New Musical will play at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts with Theatre Under The Stars May 12-24, 2009 for just two weeks.
ArkivMusic Releases 8 Classic Cast Recordings On Cd
by Charlie Piane - Apr 9, 2009
On April 7, ArkivMusic released eight long-unavailable cast recordings on cd for the first time. New releases include DisinHAIRited, Hazel Flagg, Jimmy, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac, Let It Ride!, New Faces of 1952, New Faces of '56, and The Threepenny Opera.
SOUTH PACIFIC, GREASE!, 'LITTLE HOUSE' Among TUTS 2009/2010 Season Offerings
by Eddie Varley - Mar 15, 2009
Theatre Under The Stars' (TUTS) President and CEO John C. Breckenridge announces TUTS' 2009-2010 Season: The One That You Want! September 2009 to May 2010 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. 'The quality and beauty of this lineup is something TUTS is very excited about,' said Breckenridge. 'This is the type of season that exemplifies the soul of TUTS. The incomparable energy of Grease, beauty of South Pacific, the over-the-top production quality of Miss Saigon, and the quintessential nostalgia of The Sound of Music are all at the heart of why theatre is so emotionally impactful.' In its 2009-2010 Season, TUTS combines powerful Broadway classics with innovative new creations and revivals.
Stephen Schwartz and Friends at the Old Globe 3/9
by BWW News Desk - Mar 9, 2009
Old Globe Executive Producer Lou Spisto recently announced that the theatre will present a special one-night engagement of Stephen Schwartz and Friends.. This delightful event, featuring the Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer/lyricist of the smash Broadway musicals Wicked, Godspell, Working, Pippin and many others, will be performed in the Old Globe Theatre on Monday, March 9 at 7:30pm. Schwartz will be center-stage for an evening of unforgettable music and memories, with some of Broadway's best singer/actors, including, Debbie Gravitte, Liz Callaway and Scott Coulter, performing Schwartz's most beloved songs.
Elaine Paige Celebrates 40 Years of Musical Theatre with New Live Album
by Robert Diamond - Feb 20, 2009
To mark 40 years since her West End debut Elaine Paige, the UK's ?First Lady of Musical Theatre', will embark on a concert tour of the UK in February and March 2009. She will perform some of her best known and most loved musical memories alongside an orchestra visiting 14 cities along the way.
In addition to the tour, Paige is also releasing a new live album, currently available online only, entitled Elaine Paige Live: Celebrating a Life Onstage.
Tom O'Horgan, Tony Nominated HAIR Director, Dies At Age 84
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 12, 2009
Tom O'Horgan, the director who received a Tony Award Nomination for HAIR, has died at age 84. Published reports state that he was battling with Alzheimer's Disease.
O'Horgan made his Broadway directorial debut in 1968 with the ground-breaking musical Hair, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical. Additional Broadway credits include Lenny, with Cliff Gorman as controversial comedian-satirist Lenny Bruce, Jesus Christ Superstar, Dude, Inner City, The Leaf People, and I Won't Dance.
NY Times Features Live Webcasts Of Most Popular Events
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 8, 2009
The New York Times Eighth Annual Arts & Leisure Weekend announced today it will feature live Webcasts of this year's most popular and sold out events. The Times's signature event is a four-day international celebration of art and culture featuring interviews between Times journalists and celebrated guests from the arts, film, literature, music, media, theater and politics. This year's event will be held from Jan. 8 to 11, at TheTimesCenter in The New York Times Building. Visitors to wwwArtsandLeisureWeekend.com will need Windows Media Player and a high-speed Internet connection to view the free Webcasts.
Close, 'Hair', THE VIEW, Bates, & More to Appear at Times Arts & Leisure Weekend Jan 8-11
by BWW News Desk - Jan 8, 2009
The 2009 Arts & Leisure Weekend will take place January 8 to 11. The Times's signature event is a four-day international celebration of the arts with a wide range of activities, from interviews between Times journalists and celebrated guests from the arts, film, music, media and politics, to special offers at cultural institutions around the world.
King's Singers & NY Pops In 'A KING'S SINGERS HOLIDAY' 12/20
by BWW News Desk - Dec 20, 2008
Counted among the world's elite classical performers, The King's Singers with conductor Rob Fisher will join The New York Pops in the orchestra's 20th annual holiday celebration at Carnegie Hall on Friday, December 19 and Saturday, December 20 at 8:00 PM. Entitled A King's Singers Holiday, the concert will include countless time-honored carols to ring in this sentimental season along with treasured songs by Irving Berlin, Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. Mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne will make a guest appearance on the program.
HAIR Having Trouble Raising Money, 'I Will Capitalize HAIR in the End' says Producer McCann
by Robert Diamond - Dec 15, 2008
In a feature story in the New York Times about the effect of the recession and Wall Street slide on both ends of the theatre business - ticket sales, and those raising producer dollars, they note that Elizabeth I. McCann, lead producer for HAIR has only raised $3 million of the $6.5 million needed to capitalize the production which is due to start rehearsals next month on Broadway. 'I'll go on record and say I will capitalize 'Hair' in the end. But it's very tough.' said McCann to the paper, however.
Close, 'Hair', THE VIEW, Bates, & More to Appear at Times Arts & Leisure Weekend Jan 8-11
by Robert Diamond - Dec 8, 2008
The 2009 Arts & Leisure Weekend will take place January 8 to 11. The Times's signature event is a four-day international celebration of the arts with a wide range of activities, from interviews between Times journalists and celebrated guests from the arts, film, music, media and politics, to special offers at cultural institutions around the world.
HAIR Lets 'Sun Shine In' Three Days Earlier, Previews Now Begin 2/10
by Eddie Varley - Dec 5, 2008
Producers for the Broadway bound revival of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical have announced that the show will now begin previews at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre beginning February 10 (three days earlier than previously scheduled), with an opening set for March 5.