Josefina Lopez's CASA 0101 Theater Announces Update On CASA#350 Fundraising Campaign, Staff Updates And The 2019 Season
by Stephi Wild - Dec 17, 2018
Josefina Lopez, Founding Artistic Director of CASA 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights, CA announced today that her theater will stay open into 2019. Earlier in the year, in January 2018 she announced that her theater was in danger of closing its doors due to financial hardships. Lopez said today, "We are in a better place financially now in December 2018, than we were back at the beginning of the year. We still aren't out of the woods yet, but we are getting there.'
REELZ Kicks Off Winter 2019 Slate with a Return to the 1970s with New Specials, New Series and Returning Series
by Tori Hartshorn - Dec 12, 2018
REELZ today announced new original programming for winter 2019 including four new specials, three new series and three returning series. Highlighting the specials is the U.S. premiere of Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie celebrating the 40th anniversary of the movie shot guerrilla style on the streets of Brooklyn with a BeeGees soundtrack and a fledgling 23-year-old John Travolta that became a cultural phenomenon. At the heart of '70s disco fever is one of the biggest voices that shaped contemporary music in Donna Summer and the new special Donna Summer: Disco Queenshows how she became the queen of disco ushering in a new era of sound that is still heard today. Donna Summer: Disco Queen leads a week packed with '70s themed programming starting Monday, January 14 with shows about the celebrities, music and movies that defined a generation.
Reelz Kicks Off Winter 2019 Slate with a Return to the 1970s
by Kaitlin Milligan - Dec 12, 2018
REELZ today announced new original programming for winter 2019 including four new specials, three new series and three returning series. Highlighting the specials is the U.S. premiere of Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie celebrating the 40th anniversary of the movie shot guerrilla style on the streets of Brooklyn with a BeeGees soundtrack and a fledgling 23-year-old John Travolta that became a cultural phenomenon. At the heart of '70s disco fever is one of the biggest voices that shaped contemporary music in Donna Summer and the new special Donna Summer: Disco Queen shows how she became the queen of disco ushering in a new era of sound that is still heard today. Donna Summer: Disco Queen leads a week packed with '70s themed programming starting Monday, January 14 with shows about the celebrities, music and movies that defined a generation.
Cain Park To Produce RAGTIME In 2019
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 11, 2018
The City of Cleveland Heights announces RAGTIME will be produced in the Alma Theater June 13-30, 2019 as part of Cain Park?s 81st season; preview is June 13 with opening night on June 14. Cain Park Theater Artistic Director Joanna May Hunkins directs RAGTIME with musical direction by Jordan Cooper.
David Rasche Joins Jill Eikenberry At Feinstein's/54 Below
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 10, 2018
As previously announced, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present Jill Eikenberry in Here I Go Again! The Golden Globe winner returns to the Feinstein's/54 Below stage with more songs from her life and her career, this time joined by a few very special guests. Now joining the previously announced Tony Award winners Joanna Gleason (Into the Woods) and Randy Graff (City of Angels) is the celebrated writer, performer and composer David Rasche (Little Miss Sunshine, Sledge Hammer!).
MY FAIR LADY Star Laura Benanti to Make London Concert Debut In 2019
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 6, 2018
Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti will make her London concert debut this summer!
Tony Award-winner and five-time Tony Award nominee Laura Benanti, the highly celebrated stage and screen actress, makes her London debut performance in 2019 at Cadogan Hall, Sloane Square. The show which is produced by Club 11 London and Tony Award-winning Brian Zeilinger & Jack Maple for Take Two Theatricals will take place on Sunday 30 June 2019 at 6.30 pm. Tickets for the show are available from www.club11.london
THE SOUND OF MUSIC Comes to the Kauffman Center
by Stephi Wild - Dec 5, 2018
A brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, produced by NETworks Presentations, is making its Kansas City premiere January 15 - 20 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts as part of a North American tour. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com, BroadwayInKC.com, the Kauffman Center box office, 301 W. 13th Street, or by calling 816.994.7222. Groups of 10+ call 1.866.314.7687. Ticket prices start at $43.00. For more information, please visit www.SoundOfMusicOnTour.com.
Mother And Daughter Broadway Divas Ilene Graff And Nikka Graff Lanzarone Are Together Again For The First Time
by Stephi Wild - Dec 1, 2018
VITELLO'S SUPPER CLUB presents ILENE GRAFF and NIKKA GRAFF LANZARONE in "Together Again for the First Time" on Friday, January 11, 2019 and Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 7:30 P.M. Grammy-nominated TV mom ("Mr. Belvedere") and Broadway vet, ILENE GRAFF (Grease, I Love My Wife) and her daughter, Broadway and off-Broadway performer NIKKA GRAFF LANZARONE (Women on the Verge, Chicago, Sweet Charity), are getting together for their first full-length concert at Vitello's Supper Club. From L.A. to New York, from baby ballet to Broadway premieres, this family will highlight songs and stories that show how those experiences have made their relationship stronger, more fun, more interesting, and generationally challenging.
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2019 Film Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - Nov 28, 2018
The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent feature films selected across all categories for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, from January 24 - February 3, 2019.
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Announces Its 2019 Summer Season; CYMBELINE, INTO THE WOODS, and More
by Julie Musbach - Oct 29, 2018
The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival announces the complete lineup for the 2019 Summer Season, including Shakespeare's boisterous MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING and adventure-laden CYMBELINE, alongside the New York premiere of CYRANO, a new adaptation of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac written by Jason O'Connell and Brenda Withers. HVSF will also produce its first-ever musical, the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine classic, INTO THE WOODS.
Orlando Shakes Opens The Door For The 2017 Tony Nominee, A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 23, 2018
Lucas Hnath's A Doll's House, Part 2 produced by Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF runs from January 2 - February 3, 2019. Tickets (starting at $30) are available now by phone (407) 447-1700 ext. 1, online at orlandoshakes.org, or in person at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center (812 East Rollins Street).
Selladoor Productions And The Arcola Theatre Present The European Premiere Of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2018
Little Miss Sunshine, the quirky off-Broadway hit musical will make its European Premiere in a brand new production at the Arcola Theatre, London on 21 March 2019, running for a 7 week season before embarking on a UK tour starting at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich on 20 May 2019. Tickets for the tour go on sale from 26 October, tickets for the Arcola from 5 November.
BWW Review: DTW's ITW Merits an A++
by Audrey Liebross - Oct 10, 2018
Desert Theatreworks has mounted a must-see production of Stephen Sondheim's and James Lapine's INTO THE WOODS. The acting, singing, and choreography are superb.
Music Theater Works Announces 2019 season
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 5, 2018
Music Theater Works has announced its 2019 season, opening with the Pulitzer Prize-winning HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (June 8-16), followed by the Chicago professional premiere of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (August 17-25), LERNER AND LOEWE'S GREATEST HITS (October 4-13), and JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (December 21-31).
BWW Feature: GHOST - THE MUSICAL at Heltemus Production
by Maria Bruun Fanoe - Oct 2, 2018
Den Oscarvindende film Ghost, der med et storslaet kaerlighedsdrama bjergtog hele verden i 90'erne, bliver nu for forste gang opfort pa de skra braedder i Danmark. Til foraret 2019 far det romantiske drama nemlig Danmarkspremiere som musical.