Rick Lewis News

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

Portland Center Stage at The Armory's 30th anniversary season opens with the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home. Created by Jeanine Tesori (music) and Lisa Kron (book and lyrics) and based on the celebrated graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, Fun Home will begin preview performances on September 16, open September 22, and run through October 22 on The Armory's U.S. Bank Main Stage. Artistic Director Chris Coleman will direct a cast lead by Allison Mickelson, Sara Masterson and Aida Valentine as the central character, Alison, at three different ages. Robert Mammana (previously at The Armory as Skye Masterson in Guys and Dolls and Father in Ragtime) and Faith Sandberg will play Alison's parents, Bruce and Helen Bechdel.

One of the many missions of theatre is to entertain, to provide a fantasy escape from the often harsh realities of our contemporary world, and given the horrifying headlines of late, the delightful confection that is The Taffetas offers a welcome retreat into nostalgia for an era that was - at least as we remember it - surely sweeter, simpler, gentler. Rick Lewis' revue imagines a quartet of winsome, homespun singing sisters from Muncie, Indiana, who take the audience on a musical journey through the 'fabulous fifties' at the same time that they offer a glimpse into the lives and dreams of four young women of the era. The result is a polished, stylish, tongue-in-cheek romp that leaves the audience joyful, amused, and more than a little envious of a time gone by.

Today, Tuesday, December 6, at the Radio City Rockettes stopped by Magnolia Bakery in Rockefeller Center to unveil a limited edition Rockette Red Velvet cupcake. Scroll down for photos!

The Rockettes and Serendipity 3 kicked off the holiday season with Santa's 30 th Anniversary Peanut Butter and Jelly Frrrozen Hot Chocolate. In celebration of the unveiling of the special holiday treat, Serendipity 3 will donate $1.00 from the sale of every Santa's 30 th Anniversary Peanut Butter and Jelly Frrrozen Hot Chocolate purchased from November 29 to January 2, 2017, up to a maximum of $2,000, to the Garden of Dream Foundation, a non-profit charity that works closely with the Madison Square Garden Company to help children facing obstacles.

Portland Center Stage at The Armory's 2016-2017 season kicks off with the hilarious and rockin' sci-fi musical, Little Shop of Horrors, based on the film by Roger Corman, with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken. The demonic plant will take over the U.S. Bank Main Stage with preview performances beginning September 10; an opening night on September 16; and performances running through October 16. Bill Fennelly directs a cast featuring Nick Cearley, Gina Milo, Jamison Stern, Chaz Rose, David Meyers, Ebony Blake, Johari Nandi and Alexis Tidwell.

Portland Center Stage at The Armory's 2016-2017 season kicks off with the hilarious and rockin' sci-fi musical, Little Shop of Horrors, based on the film by Roger Corman, with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken. The demonic plant will take over the U.S. Bank Main Stage with preview performances beginning September 10; an opening night on September 16; and performances running through October 16. Bill Fennelly directs a cast featuring Nick Cearley, Gina Milo, Jamison Stern, Chaz Rose, David Meyers, Ebony Blake, Johari Nandi and Alexis Tidwell.

The Portland Area Musical Theatre Awards have announced this year's nominations! See the full list below. The ceremony will take place June 6 at 7pm at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts in the Winningstad Theatre.

Shows are opening (Carolyn German unveils her latest, Go From Here, and Nashville Ballet revives Carmina Burana, both this weekend), shows are closing (your last chance to catch The Taffetas at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre before they go the way of The Plaids is this weekend) and The Miss Firecracker Contest is back onstage at Donelson's Larry Keeton Theatre for the second of three weekends. Obviously, the 2016 theater season continues to reveal itself at a breakneck pace, giving audiences a veritable buffet of offerings from which to choose.

Shows are opening, shows are closing and Fiddler on the Roof is back onstage for Actors Pointe Theatre Company while Tom Sawyer takes a bow at Springhouse Theatre in Smyrna! Obviously, the 2016 theater season continues to reveal itself at a breakneck pace, giving audiences a veritable buffet of offerings from which to choose.

The Connecticut Cabaret Theatre will present THE CARDIGANS, a musical conceived by Rick Lewis, produced and directed by Kris McMurray, and musically directed by Sean Lewis. The production runs April 1st through May 7th, 2016.

The Connecticut Cabaret Theatre will present THE CARDIGANS, a musical conceived by Rick Lewis, produced and directed by Kris McMurray, and musically directed by Sean Lewis. The production runs April 1st through May 7th, 2016.

There's nothing quite so entertaining - and nothing goes down more easily after a trip to the groaning board at Nashville's iconic Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre - than a musical revue that is sure to whisk you away to yesterday. Not the day before today, necessarily, but 'yesterday' as in a sentimental journey back to a time when life was somehow more innocent and somehow less complicated than what we experience in the day-to-day of 2016.

The sister act girl group from Muncie Indiana makes its first TV appearance,,, on the York Little Theatre stage. Prepare to hear the greatest hits of the Fifties from some of the great singers of the YLT stage.

Artists Repertory Theatre's Artists Rep in Concert series, in partnership with Rick Lewis and Portland Piano, presents the brilliant sound of BelloVoci for the holidays.

Get out your Christmas sweater, fill your glass with mulled wine, and let Broadway Rose's A TAFFETA CHRISTMAS get you into the spirit of the season.

Broadway Rose Theatre Company concludes its 2015 Season of Bright Beginnings with Rick Lewis' 1950s holiday revue, 'A Taffeta Christmas,' playing at the Broadway Rose New Stage. Preview performance is tonight, November 25 with opening night on Friday, November 27, and performances continuing through December 20, 2015.

Broadway Rose Theatre Company concludes its 2015 Season of Bright Beginnings with Rick Lewis' 1950s holiday revue, 'A Taffeta Christmas,' playing at the Broadway Rose New Stage. Preview performance is Wednesday, November 25 with opening night on Friday, November 27, and performances continuing through December 20, 2015.

Artists Repertory Theatre's Artists Rep in Concert series, in partnership with Rick Lewis and Portland Piano, presents the brilliant sound of BelloVoci for the holidays.