Ian Eisendrath News

The producers of A Christmas Story, The Musical! congratulate their composer/lyricist team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul on receiving the 2011 Songwriter's Fellowship Award.

As A Christmas Story, The Musical! prepares to launch a five-city national tour for the 2011 holiday season, the show's producers, including Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie in the original 1983 film, take their search for talented children to the internet.

This holiday season, America's #1 Christmas movie comes to life on stage as a hilarious holiday musical.

A Christmas Story, The Musical!, prepares to launch a five-city national tour for the 2011 holiday season, the show's producers, including Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie in the original 1983 film, have announced that they will begin their search for young actors at an open audition for children between the ages of 8-13 at the Chicago Theatre Downstairs (enter just south of the main venue), 175 N. State Street, Chicago, Monday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A Christmas Story, The Musical!, prepares to launch a five-city national tour for the 2011 holiday season, the show's producers, including Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie in the original 1983 film, have announced that they will begin their search for young actors at an open audition for children between the ages of 8-13 at the Chicago Theatre Downstairs (enter just south of the main venue), 175 N. State Street, Chicago, Monday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This holiday season, America's #1 Christmas movie comes to life on stage as a hilarious holiday musical. A Christmas Story, The Musical! features a bright holiday score by composer/lyricist team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Joseph Robinette based on the writings of radio humorist Jean Shepherd and the 1983 holiday film favorite. Acclaimed director/choreographer Warren Carlyle (Broadway's Finian's Rainbow, Follies at The Kennedy Center, An Evening With Hugh Jackman) will helm the production. Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie in the original 1983 film, serves as a producer for the holiday tour.

The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT - A Contemporary Theatre announce the Northwest premiere of Vanities: A New Musical, closing at ACT on May 1, 2011.

The 5th Avenue Theatre will present 'My Funny Valentine, Broadway's Greatest Love Songs,' on Saturday February 12 at 8 PM and Sunday February 13 at 3 PM. The program will present some of the greatest love songs ever created for Broadway. We'll sing about new love, old love, young love, love gone awry, and love that is here to stay.

The 5th Avenue Theatre will present 'My Funny Valentine, Broadway's Greatest Love Songs,' on Saturday February 12 at 8 PM and Sunday February 13 at 3 PM. The program will present some of the greatest love songs ever created for Broadway. We'll sing about new love, old love, young love, love gone awry, and love that is here to stay.

A constellation of Seattle's brightest musical theatre stars, backed by a full 30-piece orchestra, present My Funny Valentine, Broadway's Greatest Love Songs at The 5th Avenue Theatre Saturday February 12 at 8:00 PM and Sunday February 13 at 3:00 PM.

The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT - A Contemporary Theatre are proud to announce the Northwest premiere of Vanities: A New Musical, running at ACT from February 4 to May 1, 2011. With a book by Jack Heifner (who wrote the original play on which the musical is based) and music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum, Vanities: A New Musical focuses on the friendship of three women who journey from high school innocence in the early '60s of the Kennedy era to maturity in the 'me-centered' ‘80s. As the story moves across the decades, their relationship is tested both by the world and each other.

The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT - A Contemporary Theatre are proud to announce the Northwest premiere of Vanities: A New Musical, running at ACT from February 4 to May 1, 2011. With a book by Jack Heifner (who wrote the original play on which the musical is based) and music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum, Vanities: A New Musical focuses on the friendship of three women who journey from high school innocence in the early '60s of the Kennedy era to maturity in the 'me-centered' ‘80s. As the story moves across the decades, their relationship is tested both by the world and each other.

The 5th Avenue Theatre will present 'My Funny Valentine, Broadway's Greatest Love Songs,' on Saturday February 12 at 8 PM and Sunday February 13 at 3 PM. The program will present some of the greatest love songs ever created for Broadway. We'll sing about new love, old love, young love, love gone awry, and love that is here to stay.

A constellation of Seattle's brightest musical theatre stars, backed by a full 30-piece orchestra, present My Funny Valentine, Broadway's Greatest Love Songs at The 5th Avenue Theatre Saturday February 12 at 8:00 PM and Sunday February 13 at 3:00 PM.

The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT - A Contemporary Theatre are proud to announce the Northwest premiere of Vanities: A New Musical, running at ACT from February 4 to May 1, 2011. With a book by Jack Heifner (who wrote the original play on which the musical is based) and music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum, Vanities: A New Musical focuses on the friendship of three women who journey from high school innocence in the early '60s of the Kennedy era to maturity in the 'me-centered' ‘80s. As the story moves across the decades, their relationship is tested both by the world and each other.

The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT - A Contemporary Theatre are proud to announce the Northwest premiere of Vanities: A New Musical, running at ACT from February 4 to May 1, 2011. With a book by Jack Heifner (who wrote the original play on which the musical is based) and music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum, Vanities: A New Musical focuses on the friendship of three women who journey from high school innocence in the early '60s of the Kennedy era to maturity in the 'me-centered' ‘80s. As the story moves across the decades, their relationship is tested both by the world and each other.

The casting of Vanities: A New Musical, a co-production between The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre running at ACT from February 4 to May 1, 2011, was announced today.

Broadway's Eden Espinosa (Wicked, Brooklyn) will be leading a workshop presentation of the new musical, LOULOU THE ACROBAT, on July 17 and July 18 at the The Banff Centre's Kinnear Centre for Innovation and Creativity in Canada. Directed by Kelly Robinson, ACROBAT has music by Steve Mackinnon, Marc Jordan and Amy Sky and a book by Quincy Long. Ian Eisendrath musical directs. Presentations on both days will take place at 2:00pm.

Broadway's Eden Espinosa (Wicked, Brooklyn) will be leading a workshop presentation of the new musical, LOULOU THE ACROBAT, on July 17 and July 18 at the The Banff Centre's Kinnear Centre for Innovation and Creativity in Canada. Directed by Kelly Robinson, ACROBAT has music by Steve Mackinnon, Marc Jordan and Amy Sky and a book by Quincy Long. Ian Eisendrath musical directs. Presentations on both days will take place at 2:00pm.

Broadway's Eden Espinosa (Wicked, Brooklyn) will be leading a workshop presentation of the new musical, LOULOU THE ACROBAT, on July 17 and July 18 at the The Banff Centre's Kinnear Centre for Innovation and Creativity in Canada. Directed by Kelly Robinson, ACROBAT has music by Steve Mackinnon, Marc Jordan and Amy Sky and a book by Quincy Long. Ian Eisendrath musical directs. Presentations on both days will take place at 2:00pm.