Broadway By the Bay Presents The Musical THE FULL MONTY 9/17-10/4
by BWW News Desk - Sep 17, 2009
BROADWAY BY THE BAY (BBBay), the Peninsula's premiere musical theatre company, continues its 44th season with a hilarious production of The Full Monty - Thursday, September 17 through Sunday, October 4 at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center (600 N. Delaware Ave., San Mateo). Press Night will be held Friday, September 18.
Just Announced: Regina Spektor to Collaborate with Tina Landau and Michael Korie on Broadway Bound BEAUTY
by Jessica Lewis - Sep 16, 2009
Rising singer-songwriter and Sire/Warner Bros. recording artist Regina Spektor will join playwright / director Tina Landau (Floyd Collins) and lyricist Michael Korie (Grey Gardens) to create the new musical BEAUTY, to be produced by Elephant Eye Theatrical (Stuart Oken, Michael Leavitt, Five Cent Productions), aiming for the 2011-12 Broadway season, following an out-of-town tryout to be announced. Landau will write the book and direct; Spektor the music, and Korie the lyrics.
West End's LEGALLY BLONDE Begins Previews Tonight, 12/5
by Robert Diamond - Sep 10, 2009
Peter Davison and Jill Halfpenny are to join Sheridan Smith, Duncan James, Alex Gaumond, Aoife Mulholland and Susan McFadden in Jerry Mitchell?s Legally Blonde The Musical which will preview at the Savoy Theatre from 5 December 2009. Currently booking until 23 May 2010, Legally Blonde The Musical has now added Sunday performances to its schedules. Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winning Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde The Musical has music and lyrics by Laurence O?Keefe and Nell Benjamin, book by Heather Hach, set design by David Rockwell, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Kenneth Posner and Paul Miller, sound design by ACME Sound Partners and orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke.
LONDON Actress Sheila Francisco Gets Her Voice Back
by Oliver Oliveros - Sep 7, 2009
Royal National Theatre's BLOODY MARY Sheila Francisco's newest musical role is the culinary challenged Mrs. Noah in a comedic adaptation of the biblical tale about Noah's Ark running at the Meralco Theater in Manila through September 27, 2009.
Broadway By the Bay Presents The Musical THE FULL MONTY 9/17-10/4
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 25, 2009
BROADWAY BY THE BAY (BBBay), the Peninsula's premiere musical theatre company, continues its 44th season with a hilarious production of The Full Monty - Thursday, September 17 through Sunday, October 4 at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center (600 N. Delaware Ave., San Mateo). Press Night will be held Friday, September 18.
Les Miserables Comes To Pittsburgh 7/7-7/19 At The Benedum Center
by BWW News Desk - Jul 7, 2009
Experience a timeless story of revolution and love when Pittsburgh CLO presents the smash-hit musical Les Misérables for the first time, July 7 through July 19 at the Benedum Center in the heart of Pittsburgh's Cultural District. Currently the longest-running musical in history, Les Misérables has been seen by more than 54 million people around the world.
Photo Flash: LES MISERABLES Comes To Pittsburgh 7/7-7/19 At The Benedum Center
by Reynard Loki - Jun 29, 2009
Experience a timeless story of revolution and love when Pittsburgh CLO presents the smash-hit musical Les Misérables for the first time, July 7 through July 19 at the Benedum Center in the heart of Pittsburgh's Cultural District. Currently the longest-running musical in history, Les Misérables has been seen by more than 54 million people around the world.
Les Miserables Comes To Pittsburgh 7/7-7/19 At The Benedum Center
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 23, 2009
Experience a timeless story of revolution and love when Pittsburgh CLO presents the smash-hit musical Les Misérables for the first time, July 7 through July 19 at the Benedum Center in the heart of Pittsburgh's Cultural District. Currently the longest-running musical in history, Les Misérables has been seen by more than 54 million people around the world.
MEMPHIS To Play At The Shubert Theatre, Will Open On Broadway 10/19
by Charlie Piane - Jun 22, 2009
MEMPHIS, an original Broadway musical, will open Monday, October 19, 2009 at the Shubert Theatre (225 W. 44th Street) following critically-acclaimed and sold-out engagements at La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. Previews begin on Wednesday, September 23, 2009.
MEMPHIS Looks to Begin Previews at Bdwy's Shubert 9/23
by Eddie Varley - May 21, 2009
Variety reports that the Broadway-bound musical MEMPHIS has nabbed the Shubert Theater for its fall run, with a group sales announcement indicating the show will begin previews on September 23rd, 2009. The official announcement about a theatre location or for exact preview and opening dates has been made as of yet.
Photo Flash: CORNELIA Runs At The Globe's Arena Theatre 5/16 - 6/21
by Reynard Loki - May 20, 2009
The Tony Award®-winning Old Globe presents the world premier of Cornelia, by Mark Victor Olsen (Big Love), directed by Ethan McSweeny (In This Corner), to run in the Old Globe Theatre May 16 ? June 21. Melinda Page Hamilton, who will play ?Cornelia,? was in the Globe?s critically acclaimed productions of Bell, Book and Candle and All My Sons. Robert Foxworth is a television veteran but is perhaps best known for his role as ?Bernard Chenowith? on HBO?s Six Feet Under. Tickets are available by calling (619) 23-GLOBE, online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, or by visiting the Globe Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
Mann, Carmello, Chamberlin, Hoffman, James and More Join Lane and Neuwirth in THE ADDAMS FAMILY
by Robert Diamond - May 11, 2009
Two-time Tony Award winners NATHAN LANE (The Producers, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) and BEBE NEUWIRTH (Chicago, Sweet Charity) will star as Gomez and Morticia in THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. Produced by Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt and Five Cent Productions, by special arrangement with Elephant Eye Theatrical, THE ADDAMS FAMILY will open on Broadway Thursday, April 8, 2010 at a Nederlander theatre to be announced. Previews will begin Thursday, March 4, 2010 following a pre-Broadway engagement at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre in Chicago that begins November 13.
Photo Flash: CORNELIA Runs At The Globe's Arena Theatre 5/16 - 6/21
by Reynard Loki - May 7, 2009
The Tony Award®-winning Old Globe presents the world premier of Cornelia, by
Mark Victor Olsen (Big Love), directed by Ethan McSweeny (In This Corner), to run in the Old
Globe Theatre May 16 ? June 21 (press opening: Thursday, May 21 at 8pm). Melinda Page
Hamilton, who will play ?Cornelia,? was in the Globe?s critically acclaimed productions of Bell,
Book and Candle and All My Sons. Robert Foxworth is a television veteran but is perhaps best
known for his role as ?Bernard Chenowith? on HBO?s Six Feet Under. Tickets are available by
calling (619) 23-GLOBE, online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, or by visiting the Globe Box
Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
THE FULL MONTY 'Takes It All Off' At Arts United Center 5/15-5/31
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 29, 2009
The Full Monty runs May 15-31, 2009 at the Arts United Center. Six Men. With Nothing to Lose.
2001 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominee for best musical, The Full Monty tells the tale of six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers
HEAVEN'S MY DESTINATION Begins In The Drury Theater 4/24-5/17
by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2009
The Cleveland Play House Artistic Director Michael Bloom announces the world premiere production of Thornton Wilder's novel Heaven's My Destination, adapted by award-winning playwright Lee Blessing. The play is the centerpiece of the fourth annual FusionFest, a multidisciplinary performing arts festival.