Joel Abbott News

Bay Street Theater has announced the full cast and creative team of MY FAIR LADY, Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Frederick Loewe, Based on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw & Gabriel Pascal's motion picture, and Directed by Michael Arden, Tony Award nominee and Outer Critics Circle Award-winner for Best Director of a Musical for the Broadway revival of Spring Awakening. MY FAIR LADY will run August 2 - 28. 

Actor's Express continues its 2015-2016 season with the world premiere of Janine Nabers' SERIAL BLACK FACE, a gripping drama set against the backdrop of the Atlanta Child Murders of the late 1970s, running tonight, April 2, through April 24. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Actor's Express continues its 2015-2016 season with the world premiere of Janine Nabers' SERIAL BLACK FACE, a gripping drama set against the backdrop of the Atlanta Child Murders of the late 1970s, running April 2-24. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will stage Monty Python's Spamalot, the Tony Award winning musical comedy with book and lyrics by Eric Idle, music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle as the final show of its 2015-2016 season. The show is directed by Richard Ruiz.  Performances will be held in the Harriet S. Jorgenson Theatre from April 21 - May 1, 2016.  For tickets and information please visit crt.uconn.edu or call (860) 486-2113.

Actor's Express continues its 2015-2016 season with the world premiere of Janine Nabers' SERIAL BLACK FACE, a gripping drama set against the backdrop of the Atlanta Child Murders of the late 1970s, running April 2-24. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

If you ask the average theater-goer their opinion of Shakespeare, you are bound to get a variety of answers. Some will immediately begin gushing about which of the bard's plays they have seen, which they like the best, or which they don't care for. Others will pretend to be fans, but make excuses anytime they are invited to one of his plays. But some will just say outright, 'I hate Shakespeare', or in the case of Andrew Rally the television star who finds himself in the middle of a surreal, and altogether paranormal situation, 'I Hate Hamlet!' That, however, is soon to change.

This month, The Storm Theatre Company presents the North American Premiere of the 2012 Olivier Award-winning play COLLABORATORS by John Hodge, directed by Peter Dobbins. COLLABORATORS plays at Grand Hall (440 Grand Street at St. Mary's Church), opening tonight, January 14, and running through February 13, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Happy Holidays! It's the last week to vote for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 18. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31!

Time is running out to vote for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 18. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31!

Voting is fully underway for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 11. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 27th. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

This January, The Storm Theatre Company (Peter Dobbins, Producing Artistic Director; Fleur Alys Dobbins , Associate Artistic Director) will present North American Premiere of the 2012 Olivier Award winning play COLLABORATORS by John Hodge, directed by Peter Dobbins. COLLABORATORS will begin performances at Grand Hall (440 Grand Street at St. Mary's Church) on January 8 and will open on January 14 through February 13, 2016. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by visiting Smarttix.com or by calling (212) 868-4444.

Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 27th. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

Voting has now opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 27th.

New Worlds Theatre Project (Ellen Perecman, Producing Artistic Director) has announced that it will present the world premiere of David Pinski's comic tragedy, Professor Brenner, directed by Paul Takacs, in a translation by Ellen Perecman, beginning Sunday, November 1 at 2pm at HERE, 145 Sixth Avenue. The opening night is set for Monday, November 2 at 7pm.

At the beginning of the premiere production of Playhouse on Park's seventh season, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, we learn that we are present for the last class taught by Morrie Schwartz, and that Mitch Albom, the author of the book on which the play is based, will be the sole student. But seated in the audience, I felt that wasn't exactly true. I too, was a student of Morrie's, learning along with Mitch, the life lessons that he conveyed in such a straightforward and loving way.

The Storm Theater Company announces the final production of the Spring 2015 season, G.K. Chesterson's The Surprise, adapted by Peter Dobbins. The Surprise will play tonight, May 8th through June 13th at the theater which is located at 114th Street and Morningside Drive (in the Church of the Notre Dame).

The Storm Theater Company announces the final production of the Spring 2015 season, G.K. Chesterson's The Surprise, adapted by Peter Dobbins. The Surprise will play May 8th through June 13th at the theater which is located at 114th Street and Morningside Drive (in the Church of the Notre Dame).

Moonbox Productions stages David Lindsay-Abaire's black comedy about a sixteen-year old girl with a rare disease that ages her rapidly. Allison Olivia Choat directs a cast of five who humanize these quirky, dysfunctional characters and allow us to feel how they live with the specter of doom hanging in the balance.

Moonbox Productions presents Kimberly Akimbo, the heartwarming and quirky coming-of-age play from Pulitzer Prize-winning South Boston native David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole), tonight, April 3-25, 2015 at the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre, 539 Tremont Street, Boston. Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Todays/Saturdays at 8 pm, Sat/Sun matinees 2 pm. Tickets are $35/$30 ($15 student rush ½ hour prior to performance) available at bostontheatrescene.com or by calling 617-933-8600.