Urinetown 2004 - Articles Page 18

Katie Finneran, Denis O'Hare and David Marshall-Green will headline Greg Kotis' Pig Farm, which will be presented by the Roundabout Theatre Company in the summer of 2006

A new stage adaptation of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, starring Brian D'Arcy James, Anastasia Barzee, Meredith Patterson and Jeffry Denman, will be presented in LA from November 28th through January 1st, 2006

John Cullum, Rosemary Harris and Gene Farber will star in Ariel Dorfman's new play The Other Side, which will be presented by MTC; it opens on December 6th

Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Producing Artistic Director) announces an Amas Workshop Production of a new musical, DogMusic, book and lyrics by Mark Masi and music by Jess Platt directed by Alex Lippard (Moonchild, FringeNYC) with musical direction by Andrew Gerle (The Tutor, Meet John Doe.

Cheyenne Jackson and James Barbour will co-star in two A Tale of Two Cities workshop presentations on September 29th and 30th

Celia Keenan-Bolger, Hunter Foster, Stephanie D'Abruzzo and other stars have been cast in the eight National Alliance for Musical Theatre Festival of New Musicals, which will be held on September 25th and 26th

William Finn's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has recouped its investment

LESTAT stars Hugh Panaro in the title role, Carolee Carmello as Gabrielle, Jack Noseworthy as Armand, Jim Stanek as Louis, Roderick Hill as Nicolas, Michael Genet as Marius and Allison Fischer as Claudia.

According to Bruce Kimmel on HainesHisWay.com, The Last Starfighter will get a recording on the Kritzerland Label

Two-time Tony Award winner John Cullum will star opposite Tony Award-winner Rosemary Harris in the theatre's American premiere production of The Other Side.

Brad Oscar and Hunter Foster will once again charm audiences as Bialystock and Bloom in The Producers, beginning on July 5th

Hunter Foster will star in the Vassar premiere of Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann's new musical, The Man in the White Suit from June 24th to 26th

Kristen Johnston and Cynthia Nixon host the New Group's 10 Years Off-Broadway benefit, which will also feature performances from John Cullum, Nellie McKay and the casts of Avenue Q and Hurlyburly

The area is bursting with theater companies--with both classics, and premieres of new works.

The 2003 Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit play 12TH PREMISE, by Los Angeles playwright Brian Crano, will have its U.S. Premiere at The Lillian Theatre (1076 Lillian Way in Hollywood). Kristin Hanggi, who won both the LA Weekly and the LADCC Awards for Best Direction for the Ovation Award-winning musical bare, is set to stage this dramatic play about twenty-something college students emerging into the real world. Presented by Chaotic Entertainment, the limited engagement begins performances on March 3, 2005 with an official press opening on March 10, 2005.

The Boomerang Theatre Company celebrates St. Valentine's Day with a one-night-only benefit reading of Jay D. Hanagan's FIRST KISSES, which introduces one couple's very special love story. The reading will take place on Sunday, February 13th, at 7pm at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, located at 121 Christopher Street, just off of Hudson Street.

MCC THEATER will present 'ESCAPE: 6 WAYS TO GET AWAY,' a star-studded benefit reading of new, one-act plays written by some of the leading voices in American theater today.

Broadway belter Carolee Carmello, currently starring as Donna Sheridan in the smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!, and Resident Director Martha Banta sit down with American Theater Wing Executive Director Howard Sherman and XM radio program director John Von Soosten on XM Satellite Radio's 'Downstage Center' on Friday, January 14 broadcast nationwide on XM 28 at 6:00 p.m. (eastern).

On Dec. 1 the press was treated to a preview of Good Vibrations which begins previews Dec. 20, and opens on Jan. 27, 2005.

Tickets go on sale for Broadway's GOOD VIBRATIONS, the new musical featuring the songs of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, beginning Sunday, November 7 by phone through Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200 or online at Telecharge.com; and in person at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre box office (230 West 49th Street) beginning Monday, November 8.

Casting has been announced for GOOD VIBRATIONS, the new musical featuring the songs of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, which will come to Broadway this December. Directed and choreographed by John Carrafa (Tony Award nominee for Urinetown and Into the Woods), GOOD VIBRATIONS will begin preview performances on December 20, 2004 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street). The official opening date is January 27, 2005.

SHREK - THE MUSICAL, a new musical planned for Broadway, will be directed by Jason Moore with a book by David Lindsay-Abaire.

Catch George Dvorksky and Michele Ragusa in She Loves Me at Paper Mill Playhouse.