(09/21/2015) - Legendary American playwright Terrence McNally and his husband, public interest lawyer and producer Tom Kirdahy, paid a visit to Friday's performance of GROOVY KINDA LOVE at 34 West Theater Company in Charleston, SC. Scroll down for a photo!
(09/14/2015) - The infamous Mack the Knife is back as Theatre South Carolina presents the landmark musical masterpiece THE THREEPENNY OPERA, October 2-10 at Longstreet Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below!
(09/03/2015) - A brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, hits the road for a national tour. This lavish new production launches this September at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, under the auspices of the Center Theatre Group, and will then tour North America for multiple seasons, playing multi-week and week-long engagements. BroadwayWorld brings you shots of the meet and greet below!
(02/13/2015) - The company of the Munchkinland tour of Wicked just welcomed Alyssa Fox as Elphaba and Liana Hunt as Nessarose in Greenville, SC. Fox and Hunt join a cast that includes Carrie St. Louis as Glinda, Kristine Zbornik as Madame Morrible and John Davidson as The Wizard.
(07/18/2014) - Internationally produced playwright Deborah Brevoort premieres her new farce The Velvet Weapon at Trustus Theatre in The Vista. This script is the winner of the Trustus Playwrights' Festival, an annual competition that gives a full production to a new original work. This world premiere production of Brevoort's The Velvet Weapon will run from Friday August 8th at 8:00pm through August 16th, 2014. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below!
(01/08/2014) - Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the original Paramount Pictures film was a worldwide smash hit that became a pop culture phenomenon, grossing more than $150 million and featuring a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack. The FLASHDANCE - THE MUSICAL national tour is currently playing at the Kennedy Center, where it will play through January 19. For a full list of tour stops, visit: www.FlashdanceTheMusical.com.
The current cast features Jillian Mueller as Alex and Corey Mach as Nick are Alison Ewing as Tess, Ginna Claire Mason as Gloria, DeQuina Moore as Kiki, Jo Ann Cunningham as Hannah, David R. Gordon as Jimmy, Matthew Henerson as Harry, and Christian Whelan in the role of C.C. Check out phtoos of the new cast in action below!
(12/02/2013) - The National Tour of THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS, winner of the 2012 Tony Award® for Best Musical Revival, announces an additional city to their 2013-2014 touring season. The Muny in St. Louis will host the world of Catfish Row from July 8- 13, 2014. Check out a first look at the cast in action below! Photo Credit: Michael J. Lutch
(10/25/2013) - The National Tour of THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS, winner of the 2012 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival, will launch at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre this November. The tour, accompanied by a 23-piece orchestra, will begin performances Sunday, Nov. 10 with an official opening on Wednesday, Nov. 13. BroadwayWorld was just in the rehearsal room with the cast for a sneak peek and you can check out photos below!
(09/05/2013) - Trustus Theatre is beginning its 29th season with Ragtime (The Musical) an epic show based on the distinguished novel by E.L. Doctorow. The show features a cast of 31 talented performers, one of the largest in Trustus history. Ragtime (The Musical) opens on the Thigpen Main Stage Friday, September 13th at 8:00pm, and runs through Saturday, October 5th, 2013. Get a sneak peek at the cast below!
(06/05/2013) - This summer the Tony and Drama Desk award winning Ain't Misbehavin' returns to Trustus Theatre which premiered the show in Columbia during its second season. This toe-tapping revue of "Fats" Waller tunes will take theatre-goers on an entertaining journey through an evening in a 1930s Harlem night club where "night creatures" revel well into the early morning. This production, directed and choreographed by Trustus Company Member Terrance Henderson (Henderson Bros. Burlesque, Smokey Joe's Cafe), opens on the Thigpen Main Stage Friday, June 14th at 8:00pm. The show runs through July 20th, 2013. Tickets may be purchased at www.trustus.org.
(05/14/2013) - Monty Python's Spamalot is currently making it's Southeast Regional premiere at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island. The show is directed by Casey Colgan with choreography by Nic Thompson, and musical direction by Jeffrey Bierling. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production photos below!
(03/05/2013) - Trustus Theatre's Off-Off Lady Series is a collection of productions chosen to go out into the community and bring quality performances to unexpected venues around Columbia, and Trustus is continuing the series by partnering with The NiA Company and the Columbia Music Festival Association (CMFA). Matthew Lopez's stirring script The Whipping Man comes to life at CMFA on March 12th at 7:30pm, and runs through March 22nd, 2013. Get a first look at the cast in the photos below!
(12/03/2012) - 'Anything Goes' opens Friday, December 7 at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island. The classic show features the music of legendary Cole Porter, including such hits as 'Anything Goes', 'I Get a Kick Out of You', 'You're the Top', 'Blow, Gabriel, Blow', and 'It's De-Lovely'. A large cast of professional actor's based mostly out of New York City joins some favorite local performers to round out a large cast of 30. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the show below.
(07/02/2012) - SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL, Directed by Casey Colgan, is currently playing through July 29 at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Hilton Head South Carolina. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production shots below.
(04/17/2012) - What exactly were doctors thinking in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity, when they utilized vibrator therapies on their female patients in the name of medical treatment? What did these patients think was happening to them when doctors dispelled their so-called 'hysteria' with a very personal innovative machine? That's what award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl wondered when she set out to write In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play - a brave Tony-nominated show that finds a home on the Trustus Main Stage this Spring. Under the direction of guest director Ellen Douglas Schlaefer, the show opens Friday, May 4th at 8:00pm, and runs through May 26th, 2012. Check out production photos below!
(10/28/2011) - The national touring production of MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, kicked off on October 16, 2011 at the Orpheum Theatre in - where else - Memphis, TN, where it played through October 23. The company is now in Houston, where is plays through the weekend, and will next head to Tulsa from November 1 through November 6). Production shots have just been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below!
(08/29/2011) - On Saturday August 27, 2011, BroadwayWorld.com's CEO/Editor-in-Chief Robert Diamond, in the midst of Hurricane Irene married actress Jennifer Hallie Rosen after a 17 month engagement. The two were introduced by a friend of Rosen's, who wasn't able to make the wedding, as a result of the weather and warnings throughout all the boroughs. The BroadwayWorld.com News Desk stayed feverish all weekend while the couple said 'I Do', as news was coming fast about theatre cancellations, schedule changes and travel advisories in addition to all things that were happening in other parts of the country and the world, not affected by the Northeast's local weather.
(12/20/2010) - Guests in period costume arrive for the Secession Ball on the 150th Anniversary of South Carolina's Secession from the Union on December 20, 2010 in Charleston, SC. South Carolina was the first state to secede resulting in the US Civil War.
(06/08/2010) - Last week, Melissa Gilbert and the cast of the acclaimed National Tour of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, THE MUSICAL performed at the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
(03/16/2010) - This season Trustus Theatre has been reviving some of the most outstanding productions from their 25-year tenure in Columbia, but now they're embarking on a production that upholds their long-standing mission: to bring the best plays from Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatres to Columbia, SC.
(02/06/2010) - After two wildly successful runs of ReGina Taylor's gospel-driven musical Crowns in 2005 and 2007, Trustus Theatre is celebrating their 25th Anniversary by reviving this hit production in 2010. Crowns opens Friday, February 12 at 8:00pm on the Trustus Main Stage.
(09/18/2009) - PURE Theatre is set to present Up by Bridget Carpenter. The play is directed by PURE?s artistic director and co-founder Sharon Graci, and will feature R.W. Smith, Cristy Landis, Jon Raz Van Pinxteren, Carly Sumner Ridgeway, Rodney Lee Rogers, and Tara Denton. It will open Thursday, October 2, 2009 at Upper Lance Hall on the grounds of Circular Congregational Church, and run through Saturday, October 24.
(07/22/2009) - Trustus Theatre is opening the world premiere of The Sweet Abyss, a new play by South Carolina playwright Jon Tuttle, on Friday August 14th at 8:00pm. This new show was commissioned by the Trustus Playwrights' Festival in 2008, and is now finding its' first home on the Trustus Main Stage.
(06/24/2009) - The summer is going to be hot inside Workshop Theatre as it is transformed into the Lava Springs Country Club for Disney's High School Musical 2, which will run July 10-25!
(05/22/2009) - Village Square Theatre's Junior Arts Troupe presents THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, An Adaptation by Debra Leopard for 12 performances Thursdays through Sundays, June 18 through June 28, 2009.
(03/17/2009) - The Footlight Players serves up a heaping helping of southern-fried comedy with Sordid Lives by Del Shores. Directed by Don Brandenburg, this uproarious comedy tells a story centered on a variety of colorful characters. The play opens March 20 at 8:00 PM at The Footlight Players on 20 Queen Street. The show runs through April 5. Tickets are $25 for adults, $22 for seniors, and $15 for students. To purchase tickets, call the Footlight Players Box Office at 843-722-4487 or go online to www.etix.com.
(02/26/2009) - Broadway and MTV star Bailey Hanks joined Pat Goodwin of Telsey + Co Casting (the casting directors of Legally Blonde) for a one day Master Class at The Broadway Workshop that gave students the opportunity to work on every area of musical theater performance.
