Sutton Foster Sings From Her CD WISH At Feinstein's 4/6, 20
by BWW News Desk - Apr 6, 2009
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the debut of Tony Award winning Broadway star SUTTON FOSTER for two nights only, April 6 and April 20.
Music Director Designate ALAN GILBERT Returns To Lead The New York Philharmonic In Two Programs, 4/30 - 5/9
by Reynard Loki - Mar 24, 2009
Alan Gilbert, who will become Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in September 2009, returns to New York to lead two weeks of programs with the Orchestra. The first series of concerts ? Thursday, April 30, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2, and 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. will comprise Dvorák?s The Golden Spinning Wheel; Saint-Saëns?s Violin Concerto No. 3, with Joshua Bell as soloist; and Martin's Symphony No. 4.
Sutton Foster Sings From Her CD WISH At Feinstein's 4/6, 20
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 23, 2009
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the debut of Tony Award winning Broadway star SUTTON FOSTER for two nights only, April 6 and April 20.
La MaMa Umbria International to Present Play Excerpts from Writers' Workshop Feb. 18-19
by BWW News Desk - Feb 18, 2009
On February 18 and 19, La MaMa will host an open house, 'New Voices Heard,' featuring a sampling of eight plays that were developed during the summer of 2008 in the La MaMa Umbria International Playwrights Retreat. This free event will take place at La MaMa La Galleria, 6 East First Street, Manhattan (between Second Avenue and Bowery), Manhattan. Admission is free. Excerpts of eight plays will be presented. Seven will be staged readings and one will be fully acted.
La MaMa Umbria International to Present Play Excerpts from Writers' Workshop Feb. 18-19
by Robert Diamond - Feb 11, 2009
On February 18 and 19, La MaMa will host an open house, 'New Voices Heard,' featuring a sampling of eight plays that were developed during the summer of 2008 in the La MaMa Umbria International Playwrights Retreat. This free event will take place at La MaMa La Galleria, 6 East First Street, Manhattan (between Second Avenue and Bowery), Manhattan. Admission is free. Excerpts of eight plays will be presented. Seven will be staged readings and one will be fully acted.
Lifeline Theatre Announces New Marketing and Education Directors
by Reynard Loki - Jan 27, 2009
Lifeline Theatre continues its 26th anniversary season by welcoming new Marketing Director Robert Kauzlaric as of December 22, 2008, and new Director of Education Lea Pinsky as of March 2, 2009. Kauzlaric and Pinsky will team up with Artistic Director Dorothy Milne and Operations Manager Erica Foster to shepherd the organization through its 2008-2009 season, which continues with two world premiere stage adaptations ? the KidSeries show 'Flight of the Dodo' (running December 20, 2008 ? February 22, 2009), and the MainStage production 'Mariette in Ecstasy' (running February 13 ? April 5, 2009). Tickets, including group discounts and Rogers Park Theatre Flex Passes (for multi-theatre and restaurant discounts), are available at 773-761-4477. Lifeline's previous Director of Marketing and Education Coordinator, Frances Limoncelli, recently joined Amble Resorts as Marketing Director, though she continues as member of Lifeline's artistic ensemble, and will adapt Lifeline's world premiere adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers' 'Busman's Honeymoon,' which runs May 1 ? June 21, 2009.
Testa, Burgess, Fleshler, LeFevre, Ortlieb, Rosen & More Join GUYS & DOLLS Cast
by Robert Diamond - Dec 15, 2008
Producer Howard Panter for Ambassador Theatre Group and co-producers Tulchin/Bartner/Jenkins, Bill Kenwright, Northwater Entertainment, Darren Bagert, and Tom Gregory announced the complete cast and design team for the new Broadway production of the greatest musical comedy GUYS AND DOLLS. The first joint Broadway project by two-time Tony Award winning director Des McAnuff and choreographer Sergio Trujillo since their collaboration on the Tony Award winning musical Jersey Boys, GUYS AND DOLLS will begin previews on February 3, 2009 at Broadway's newly refurbished Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). Opening Night is March 1, 2009.
'Holiday Pops' With Peter Nero And Von Trapp Children 12/5
by BWW News Desk - Dec 5, 2008
Come hear those sleigh bells ring!
Peter Nero and the Philly Pops present 10 performances of Holiday POPS - a beloved family tradition.
The von Trapp Children will captivate audiences, along with organist Peter Conte, the POPS Festival Chorus, and
the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas Gospel Choir.
'Holiday Pops' With Peter Nero And Von Trapp Children 12/5
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 28, 2008
Come hear those sleigh bells ring!
Peter Nero and the Philly Pops present 10 performances of Holiday POPS - a beloved family tradition.
The von Trapp Children will captivate audiences, along with organist Peter Conte, the POPS Festival Chorus, and
the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas Gospel Choir.
Bette Bourne Returns to the London Stage in Fountain's RESIDENT ALIENT
by Reynard Loki - Nov 17, 2008
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Quentin Crisp (immortalised on TV by John Hurt in 'The Naked Civil Servant'), Bette Bourne returns to the London stage with his acclaimed, multi award-winning performance in Tim Fountain's 'Resident Alien'.
A 10-week season opens at the New End Theatre, Hampstead, on Wednesday 28 January and will run to Sunday April 5.
South Coast Rep Presents 'Dead Man's Cell Phone' Starting 9/21
by BWW News Desk - Sep 21, 2008
South Coast Repertory will present the Southern California premiere of Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl's fantastical new play about a woman who answers a dead man's cell phone and finds her life turned upside down. Directed by Bart DeLorenzo, Dead Man's Cell Phone runs Sept. 21 - Oct. 12 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.
South Coast Rep Presents 'Dead Man's Cell Phone' Starting 9/21
by Faetra Petillo - Sep 3, 2008
South Coast Repertory will present the Southern California premiere of Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl's fantastical new play about a woman who answers a dead man's cell phone and finds her life turned upside down. Directed by Bart DeLorenzo, Dead Man's Cell Phone runs Sept. 21 - Oct. 12 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.
Bernadette Peters & Ballet Stars Join "Prelude to a Dance" Gala
by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2008
Two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes will join the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company as guest artists at 'Prelude to a Dance,' a gala performance on Wednesday, April 23.
Young Frankenstein Announces Cast; To Open at Hilton November 8
by BWW News Desk - Jun 8, 2007
The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, a new musical comedy from the creative team of the 12-time Tony Award winning smash The Producers, will open on Broadway November 8th 2007 at the Hilton Theatre (213 W 42nd St). Previews begin October 11th 2007. The production stars Roger Bart (Dr. Frederick Frankenstein), Megan Mullally (Elizabeth), Sutton Foster (Inga), Shuler Hensley (The Monster), Fred Applegate (Kemp) and Christopher Fitzgerald (Igor).
BMI hosts "War Brides" Reading September 27
by BWW News Desk - Sep 21, 2005
BMI , in conjunction with Musical Mondays Theatre Lab and the New York Musical Theatre Festival, will host a reading of the award-winning musical War Brides on Tuesday, September 27 at 2:30pm.