The Corsair - 1857 - Broadway Articles Page 714

A weekly theater column for the Baltimore/Washington area.

Daniel Roberts' play The Gold Standard will run Off-Broadway, with previews beginning June 1st and an opening set for June 3rd

Stephanie J. Block, Harvey Evans and Sean Dugan will join thirty students from the California Conservatory of the Arts in a staged reading of the new musical How the Nurse Feels on May 9th at New World Stages

Cady Huffman, Stephen Pasquale, as well as performing sisters Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway, have signed on to the Hudson Stage Company's Divas on Hudson 06 benefit, which will take place on Saturday, May 20th at 7 PM in Croton-on-Hudson in New York

Liza Minnelli, Rosie O'Donnell, Lili Taylor, John Waters, Bebe Neuwirth, Joan Collins and more will be featured on the May 4th installment of That's Kentertainment!

FESTEN, the Broadway play about a family with a dark secret, will extend a special offer for 10 days only entitled Student Pricing For All! This unique program will offer $25 mezzanine seats for all Monday thru Friday performances from May 8-19. These tickets must be purchased by Sunday, May 14.

San Francisco's production of 'Spelling Bee' plans their Adults-Only Mature Show for Sunday evening, June 4th, 7pm at the Post Street Theatre.

Gary Littman has joined the cast of the York Theatre Company production of A Fine and Private Place, taking over the role of the Raven, previously played by Gabriel Barre, who is also the show's director. Barre is leaving to direct the 137th edition of the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus.

Hairspray star John Hill is returning to the Duplex with his new show Skinny Corpse for four performances only from May 15th through June 5th

Linda Mugleston will star in the American Conservatory Theatre's production of the Weill-Brecht musical Happy End in San Francisco this June; the production will feature choreography by John Carrafa

On May 24th, Michael Crawford will perform in concert at the renovated and restored La Salle Bank Theatre in Chicago, which will also be the focus of a number of other reopening activities

On May 8th, Elaine Stritch will host the New York Pops 23rd Birthday Gala concert at Carnegie Hall, while Liza Minnelli will make a guest appearance

Donna McKechnie, Douglas Sills, Sandy Duncan and Kaitlin Hopkins will be among the stars performing in the Queer Songbook's Glen Roven concert on May 25th

On May 21st, The Little Dog Laughed star Julie White will be featured in her first episode of 'Desperate Housewives'

On May 2nd, the York Theatre Company presented a One-Night-Only performance of Douglas J. Cohen's The Gig, starring Michele Pawk, Karen Ziemba, Michael McCormick and others, and BroadwayWorld was there!

After a hit run at Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theatre Company, Martin McDonagh's black comedy The Lieutenant of Inishmore opened at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on May 3rd and BroadwayWorld was there!

Variety reports that Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival The Threepenny Opera will extend for one week through June 25th.

Ben Sherwood, author of 'The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud' and producer of ABC's 'Good Morning America, will lead a discussion following the matinee performance of A Fine and Private Place at the York Theater on Saturday, May 6.The York Theatre is located at St. Peter's Church in Citigroup Center (54th Street just east of Lexington Avenue).

The Bistro and Fringe Award-winner will star in his self-titled The Misadventures of Rob Maitner at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre on May 6th, 13th and 20th at 7 PM