DO40 Celebrates JOSEPH... and Marge Champion's Birthday With 50/100
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 21, 2019
This Fall DO40 is saluting and celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and the 100th birthday of DO40 Advisory Board member Marge Champion. Special guests and performances from the Joseph cast include Bill Hutton (Joseph), Gordon Stanley (Jacob), Conductor David Friedman, along with Stephen McNaughton, Stephen Hope, Lorraine Barrett, Philip Carruba, Jonni Masella, Dorothy Dybisz, Katharine Buffaloe-Harris, Barry Tarallo, Michael Deane and Karen Bogan. There will be representation from the BAM production as well as Broadway. And, musical accompaniment by the always great Steven Webber.
Beth Leavel, Jenn Gambatese And More Honor Nancy LaMott At 5th Annual BROADWAY'S GOT GUTS
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 12, 2019
The fifth annual Broadway's Got Guts will feature Broadway's brightest singing wonderful standards recorded by the late, great Nancy LaMott plus other exciting numbers on the 24th anniversary of her death, to benefit the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation on Monday, October 21 at 6 PM at the Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd St., NYC.
DESPERATE MEASURES Comes to The Winter Park Playhouse
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 5, 2019
Direct from New York City after its closing last Fall, The Winter Park Playhouse opens the country's first professional production of the Off-Broadway hit - Desperate Measures - September 20 through October 13. This uproarious musical comedy won both the 2018 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards and is set for its national premiere at The Winter Park Playhouse September 20 through October 13. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Saturday matinee performances at 2 p.m. and select Friday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.
MVT Kicks off 51st Season This September
by Stephi Wild
- Jun 19, 2019
Manoa Valley Theatre kicks off its 51st season Anniversary with a play season that blends exciting Hawaii premieres with Hawaii favorites. The lineup features comedy, musical comedy, drama, mystery and a local-kine Hawaii favorite. It will be an innovative season that promises some of Hawaii's most exciting productions for 2019-20.
NNPN's 90th Rolling World Premiere MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT
by Julie Musbach
- Jun 14, 2019
National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that collaborate in innovative ways to develop, produce, and extend the life of new plays, announces its 90th Rolling World Premiere (RWP): My Lord, What a Night by Deborah Brevoort.
Usher Morgan Releases DIY Guide LESSONS FROM THE SET
by Julie Musbach
- Apr 26, 2019
Award-winning screenwriter, film director, producer, and studio executive Usher Morgan is putting all his filmmaking knowledge into one information-packed book, Lessons from the Set: A DIY Guide to Your First Feature Film, from Script to Theaters.
#HealMeToo Festival Presents: GUTLESS & GRATEFUL This Saturday
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 10, 2019
Following sold-out runs at theatres nationwide and headlining international conferences, award-winning actress and playwright Amy Oestreicher brings her hit one-woman musical to the #HealMeToo Festival, as seen on NBC's Today, CBS, Huffington Post, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, TEDx, and more. Gutless & Grateful is back in New York as part of the #HealMeToo Festival this Saturday, April 13th at 7pm. The performance will be followed by a talkback on healing from sexual assault, cultivating resilience, and sharing stories through theatre. Tickets are discounted if purchased in advance on the festival's website at http://tinyurl.com/hm2grateful.
Bay Street Theater Announces Title Wave @ Bay Street
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 5, 2019
Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce Title Wave at Bay Street: The 6th Annual New Works Festival, May 3 - 5. All readings are free, but tickets are required, as these events typically sell out. Tickets are available now at baystreet.org or by calling the Bay Street Theater Box Office at 631-725-9500, open Tuesday through Saturday 11 am to 5 pm, or until show time.
VIDEO: Kristin Chenoweth Performs 'Give It Away' Written by Kathie Lee Gifford
by Kaitlin Milligan
- Apr 4, 2019
On this morning's episode of TODAY, actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth performs "Give It Away." Kathie Lee Gifford and David Friedman wrote this song for Mary O'Connor, the waitress who is honored in Kathie Lee's 'Everyone Has a Story' series for donating her kidney to a stranger.
Stage Rights Acquires Licensing Rights to DESPERATE MEASURES
by Julie Musbach
- Mar 18, 2019
Steele Spring Stage Rights, the licensing company that represents The Marvelous Wonderettes, has just acquired the licensing and theatrical performance rights to the award-winning off-Broadway musical comedy smash that sets William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure in the Wild West.
NBC Announces Premiere Dates for SONGLAND and BRING THE FUNNY
by Kaitlin Milligan
- Mar 14, 2019
NBC, television's dominant summer network by having won the last four summers in a row in total viewers and the last eight in a row in the key adult 18-49 demographic, has set premiere dates for its next two previously announced new summer series.
Good Theater Opens LUCKY STIFF
by Julie Musbach
- Mar 13, 2019
Good Theater will close out its 17th season with the zany musical comedy, Lucky Stiff. The show opens March 27 and runs for five weeks through April 28. Good Theater is the professional theater company in residence at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland.
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