Billy Butler News

Be sure to get down to The Epstein Theatre this July as there is a whole host of fantastic performances on offer. With end of year showcases, comedy nights, live performances and musicals, there really is something for everyone.

Everybody's heard of Buddy Holly, but not everyone knows the 1950s rock and roll star was one of the strongest inspirations for rock stars to come. Or that he was a pioneering figure in bridging racial barriers in the music world.

The Epstein Theatre announces a whole host of new musical performances coming to Liverpool! With tributes to Pink Floyd, T.Rex, Elvis, Abba, Genesis and Fleetwood Mac alongside music from award winning singer Hazel O'Connor, Thomas Lang, Joe Longthorne and Gary Murphy's Guitar Legends there truly is something for everyone.

As the city hosts the Summer of Love, there's certainly plenty to love at The Epstein Theatre this summer as the historical venue hosts yet another sizzling season of sensational shows for everyone to enjoy!

Oz Productions presents David Rabe's HURLYBURLY at The Players' Ring, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH from March 10th to the 26th.   Showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm.   

New Theater Works presents, Bitter Pill - The Songs of Billy Butler as Conceptualized by The Mad Men of Oopsy Daisy Inc. from October 14 - 30 at The Players' Ring, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth NH. Friday and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm, with the final performance on Sunday October 30 at 3pm. Tickets are $15 with discounts for students, seniors, and Players' Ring members. To reserve, visit www.playersring.org or call 603-436-8123

Updated this week! Check out upcoming Non-Equity Auditions from Sunday, July 24, 2016 for productions in your area and around the country.

Based on the smash hit 2003 film of the same title, SCHOOL OF ROCK: THE MUSICAL, with music from the movie, as well as an original score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater, a book by Julian Fellowes and direction by Laurence Connor, makes its World Premiere on Broadway tonight, December 6, at the Winter Garden Theatre. Scroll down to learn more about the cast, plus watch highlights of the company in action!

'Mel Brooks' genius lies not only in that he has created these incredibly hilarious films, but he has written the musical scores as well.' The speaker is Jeremiah James, one of the stars of Young Frankenstein, the blockbuster fourth mainstage show of Maine State Music Theatre's 2015 season, which comes to a close n August 22. James, as well as his colleagues, Missy Dowse (Inga), Dance Captain Buddy Reeder, Music Director Samuel Thorne Bagala, and MSMT's Director of Development Barbara Whidden are talking with BWW's Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold to a standing-room-only crowd in the last of the summer's Peek Behind the Curtain interview series on August 12 at Brunswick's Curtis Memorial Library. The lively panel is eloquent about Young Frankenstein and about their summer experience at MSMT.

This spring, a former Broadway theater just off Times Square will be resurrected as the lavish and risque playground of Florenz Ziegfeld and his Follies for SPEAKEASY DOLLHOUSE: ZIEGFELD'S MIDNIGHT FROLIC, the third interactive show in the Speakeasy Dollhouse series from author, artist and playwright Cynthia von Buhler.

This spring, a former Broadway theater just off Times Square will be resurrected as the lavish and risque playground of Florenz Ziegfeld and his Follies for SPEAKEASY DOLLHOUSE: ZIEGFELD'S MIDNIGHT FROLIC, the third interactive show in the Speakeasy Dollhouse series from author, artist and playwright Cynthia von Buhler.

New Theatre Works and Stoptime Productions presents the developmental premiere of the new musical, Missing: Wynter by Billy Butler (Gay Bride of Frankenstein).

New Theatre Works and Stoptime Productions presents the developmental premiere of the new musical, Missing: Wynter by Billy Butler (Gay Bride of Frankenstein).

New Theatre Works and Stoptime Productions presents the developmental premiere of the new musical, Missing: Wynter by Billy Butler (Gay Bride of Frankenstein).

Casting has been announced for the developmental production of the new musical, Missing: Wynter by Billy Butler (Gay Bride of Frankenstein). It will premiere as a part of The Players' Ring Theatre 2014/15 season. Missing: Wynter is a modern cautionary tale somewhere between Cervantes and Brothers Grimm; about a young girl who disappears without a trace, her father's struggle to find her, and ultimately, himself. It's a heart wrenching story of love, hope, and living.

Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning musical Next to Normal plays the Players' Ring Theatre in Portsmouth, NH in March.

Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning musical Next to Normal plays the Players' Ring Theatre in Portsmouth, NH in March.

The New Hampshire Theatre Awards have announced the finalists for both the professional and community productions for 2013. Each year these awards recognize the talent and dedication necessary to produce outstanding theatrical productions across the state.

Following the success of their 2012 inaugural season, the iStar Theatre Lab is pleased to announce that they are now accepting submissions for the 2013 iStar Theatre Lab, which will take place in New York City in the fall of 2013. Under the supervision of Tony Spinosa, Producing Artistic Director, and Managing Director Laura Bultman, the three-week Lab (October 7th - 27th) is the centerpiece of the Theatre Lab's year-round work which is to provide a safe environment for the development of contemporary plays and musicals by engaging writers to incubate new works and ideas that engage and challenge diverse audiences.