Interview: Theatre Life with Jeanine Tesori
by Elliot Lanes - Dec 3, 2023
Today’s subject Jeanine Tesori is a two-time Tony Award winning composer whose work spans the gamut from large scale and chamber musicals for Broadway to grand opera and beyond. Her holiday children’s opera The Lion, The Unicorn and Me premiered ten years ago at Kennedy Center as a commission for Washington National Opera (WNO). The work will be returning to Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater for a one weekend four performance engagement on December 8th through 10th.
Full Broadway Cast Set For THE NOTEBOOK
by Stephi Wild - Nov 14, 2023
Full casting has been announced for the Broadway company of The Notebook, the new musical based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks that inspired the iconic film. Find out who is joining the new musical here!
WATCH NIGHT At The Perelman Performing Arts Center Opens Tomorrow
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 7, 2023
The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC, Executive Director Khady Kamara and Artistic Director Bill Rauch) presents Watch Night at the new performing arts center at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. The production opens tomorrow, November 8, 2023.
Guerilla Opera's Community Series Begins This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 6, 2023
Guerilla Opera's Community Series will begin this month with the first two of several monthly workshops in their 17th Season, that explore how opera interacts with other art forms. These workshops explore Guerilla Opera's groundbreaking productions and include fascinating guest speakers pushing the boundaries of opera.
Porchlight Announces Cast and Creative Team for ANYTHING GOES
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 6, 2023
Porchlight Music Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its 90th Anniversary production of Cole Porter's crown jewel musical comedy, Anything Goes, music and lyrics by Cole Porter, original book by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and a new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman, January 13 – February 25, 2024, at the Ruth Page Center.
Review: Norm Lewis at Theatre Raleigh
by Jeffrey Kare - Nov 4, 2023
Within the past few months, Theatre Raleigh has brought Broadway stars Norbert Leo Butz, Rachel Bay Jones, and Ariana DeBose down to the Triangle area for one-night-only concert performances. On November 3rd, they brought down Tony-nominated actor Norm Lewis to their De Ann S. Jones Theatre.
New Musical ONWARD & UPWARD Will Receive Developmental Lab Readings This Month
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2023
Amas Musical Theatre and the Amas Musical Theatre Lab, will present developmental lab readings of Onward & Upward, a new musical based on the play “Up (The Man in the Flying Chair)”, with music by Charlie Romano, lyrics by Will Wegner, book by Will Wegner and Charlie Romano at Ripley-Grier Studios.