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MEMPHIS Announces National Tour Stops Through 2013!
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 3, 2012


Hockadoo! The 2010 Tony winning Best Musical MEMPHIS will continue to blow the roof off of theatres across the country into the 2012 -2013 season. The season will kick off on September 11th in Portland, OR at the Keller Auditorium, and a return engagement is scheduled in the city where it all began - Memphis, TN at the Orpheum Theatre. On Wednesday, March 14th MEMPHIS celebrated its' 1,000th performance on Broadway where it continues to bring audiences to their feet on a daily basis.

MEMPHIS Closes at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
by BWW News Desk - Mar 25, 2012


MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Musical will be presented by the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts for two weeks, through March 25, as part of the Ordway's 2011-2012 Theater Season.

MEMPHIS Heads to Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, March 13-25
by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2012


MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Musical will be presented by the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts for two weeks, March 13-25, as part of the Ordway's 2011-2012 Theater Season.

MEMPHIS Heads to Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, March 13-25
by James T Harding - Feb 23, 2012


MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Musical will be presented by the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts for two weeks, March 13-25, as part of the Ordway's 2011-2012 Theater Season.

PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh Presents Memphis
by BWW News Desk - Dec 27, 2011


MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, and the show that's currently blowing the roof off Broadway, opened to rave reviews and is coming to Heinz Hall from December 27, 2011 to January 1, 2012.

MEMPHIS Comes To Des Moines 4/24/12
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 18, 2011


MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, and the show that's currently blowing the roof off Broadway, opened to rave reviews and is coming to the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines on Tuesday, April 24 to Sunday, April 24 for eight performances only as part of the Willis Broadway Series.

PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh Presents Memphis
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 11, 2011


MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, and the show that's currently blowing the roof off Broadway, opened to rave reviews and is coming to Heinz Hall from December 27, 2011 to January 1, 2012.

Photo Flash: Memphis Lives in Them - First Look at MEMPHIS on Tour!
by Jessica Lewis - Oct 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!

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek of MEMPHIS National Tour!
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 21, 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 Memphis, TN (203 South Main Street) where it will play through October 23. Check out highlights from the tour below!

MEMPHIS National Tour Kicks Off in Memphis, 10/16
by Lauren Wolman - Oct 16, 2011


The national touring production of MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will kick off on October 16, 2011 at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, TN (203 South Main Street) where it will play through October 23.

Cast Announced for MEMPHIS National Tour; Fenkart & Boswell to Lead!
by Robert Diamond - Aug 4, 2011


The 2010 Tony Award-winning Best Musical MEMPHIS announced casting today for the U.S. national tour of the critically acclaimed production. The national tour of MEMPHIS will star Bryan Fenkart (Huey) and Felicia Boswell (Felicia) with Quentin Earl Darrington (Delray), Rhett George (Gator), Julie Johnson (Mama), Will Mann (Bobby), and William Parry (Mr. Simmons).

Stephen R. Buntrock, Jenny Powers, Mia Dillon et al. Join Berkshire Theatre Fest.
by Jessica Lewis - Jun 8, 2011


Berkshire Theatre Festival has announced additional casting for this summer's productions. The new cast members include Tony winners and nominees, multiple veterans of Broadway and Off Broadway as well as many returning BTF alumni. Husband and wife Stephen R. Buntrock and Erin Dilly will be working together on the world premiere of In the Mood. Jenny Powers and Angela Robinson have joined the cast of The Who's Tommy. Rachel Bay Jones of Broadway's Hair will take on the famed title character in Sylvia. Tony Winner Mia Dillon is joining Broadway and BTF alum C.J. Wilson and the previously announced Rebecca Brooksher in Tennessee Williams's serious comedy Period of Adjustment. Film actors Christian Coulson and Amari Cheatom will take on the world premiere two-hander Dutch Masters.

Alexander Gemignani, Will Swenson Set for MOVIE KING Reading Today
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2011


The Ethereal Mutt - Limited and AJ Epstein Presents will present a reading of I Was A Teenage B-Movie King starring Alexander Gemignani, Will Swenson, Nicole Parker and Spencer Moses on Thursday, May 19 at 3PM in New York City. This private presentation is open to members of the industry only.

Alexander Gemignani, Will Swenson Set for MOVIE KING Reading, 5/19
by Nicole Rosky - May 16, 2011


The Ethereal Mutt - Limited and AJ Epstein Presents will present a reading of I Was A Teenage B-Movie King starring Alexander Gemignani, Will Swenson, Nicole Parker and Spencer Moses on Thursday, May 19 at 3PM in New York City. This private presentation is open to members of the industry only.

Human Race's DROWSY CHAPERONE Plays Dayton's Victoria Theatre Through 3/20
by BWW News Desk - Mar 20, 2011


The Human Race, Dayton's own professional producing theatre company, moves next door from its home Loft Theatre for the next two weeks to present The Drowsy Chaperone. The performance is part of the Victoria Theatre Association's Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series.

Human Race's DROWSY CHAPERONE Plays Dayton's Victoria Theatre Through 3/20
by Kelsey Denette - Mar 7, 2011


The Human Race, Dayton's own professional producing theatre company, moves next door from its home Loft Theatre for the next two weeks to present The Drowsy Chaperone. The performance is part of the Victoria Theatre Association's Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series.

VTA & Human Race Present The Drowsy Chaperone 3/8-20
by BWW News Desk - Mar 8, 2011


Victoria Theatre Association's Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series presents The Drowsy Chaperone, produced by The Human Race Theatre Company, March 8 - 20, 2011 at the historic Victoria Theatre.

VTA & Human Race Present The Drowsy Chaperone 3/8-20
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 21, 2011


Victoria Theatre Association's Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series presents The Drowsy Chaperone, produced by The Human Race Theatre Company, March 8 - 20, 2011 at the historic Victoria Theatre.

UP ON THE MARQUEE: PRISCILLA in Toronto!
by Walter McBride - Sep 9, 2010


On October 12, 2010, Olivier Award nominee Tony Sheldon ('Bernadette'), Tony Award nominee Will Swenson ('Tick'/ 'Mitzi') and Nick Adams ('Adam'/'Felicia') will take the stage at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto as the trio of friends on a heart-warming, uplifting adventure who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed in PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT.

PRSCILLA's Tony Sheldon Talks Being a Woman and More
by Jessica Lewis - Aug 23, 2010


As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, the pre-Broadway North American company of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical, written by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott and directed by Simon Phillips will star Olivier Award nominee Tony Sheldon ('Bernadette'), Tony Award nominee Will Swenson ('Tick'/ 'Mitzi') and Nick Adams ('Adam'/'Felicia') as the trio of friends on a heart-warming, uplifting adventure who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed.

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