Laura Ellis News

Pandora Productions begins the 2016-2017 season with Swingtime Canteen with book by Charles Busch, William Repicci and Linda Thorsen Bond.

The New York City premiere of ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE is now on limited engagement at 59E59 Theaters through Sunday, August 14th.Beautifully written by Robin Rice, splendidly directed by Kathi E.B. Ellis and featuring an excellent cast, this is one to see.

Ragtime On Ellis Island just announced that Tony Award winner and Original Broadway cast member Brian Stokes Mitchell (Shuffle Along, Man of La Mancha) and acclaimed stage and television star Andy Mientus (Spring Awakening, Les Miserables) have joined the lineup of the highly anticipated site-specific developmental concert on Monday, August 8. The all-star cast, directed by Sammi Cannold (Violet on a moving bus at A.R.T; Assistant Director for Diane Paulus & Rachel Chavkin), will perform a selection of songs from the Tony Award-winning musical that features music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and a book by Terrence McNally. The concert is being presented by Suzanne Friedman with an eye towards an immersive, full production of the acclaimed American musical on Ellis Island in 2017.

Pandora Productions 2016-2017 Season was announced in March and  begins in September. Recently Michael J. Drury, Pandora's Producing Artistic Director, conducted a week long audition search for just the right actors to fill the many roles in this season full of Star-Turns. After several weeks of deliberation the final cast list is available.

The Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime will receive a one-night site-specific developmental concert on Ellis Island on August 8, 2016. An all-star cast of Broadway and Off-Broadway veterans including Olivier winner Laura Michelle Kelly, Tony and Grammy nominee Brandon Victor Dixon, Emmy winner Michael Park, Robert Petkoff, Shaina Taub, and five-time Emmy nominee Georgia Engel will perform a selection of songs from the American musical with music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Sammi Cannold will direct the concert in anticipation of a full production in 2017.

Kentucky Shakespeare presents The Winter's Tale

59E59 Theaters has announced the lineup of shows for the 2016 Summer Season. Ticket prices range from $12 - $70 ($10 - $49 for 59E59 Members). Tickets for the summer season go on sale to 59E59 Members on June 2 at Noon, and to the general public on June 6 at Noon. Shows in the previously announced 5A Season are on sale now. Tickets are available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or by visiting www.59e59.org.

Celebrating its 20th-anniversary season, Flyaway Productions has announced its newest aerial dance, GRACE AND DELIA ARE GONE, a site-specific work created for the Firehouse at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture.

Crow and Elk Productions will present Drew Gasparini Live in Concert at St. James Theatre on Saturday 28th May 2016 at 8:00pm. 

Moonlight Presents, part of the City of Vista's Cultural Arts Program, announces its inaugural line-up for its 2016 season at the Moonlight Amphitheatre.

Artistic Director Tony Prince and Producing Director Richard McGrew are delighted to announce the opening of Sarah Ruhl's "Melancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce,'  the second and final production of the The Liminal Playhouse's inaugural season.

Artistic Director Tony Prince and Producing Director Richard McGrew have announced the opening of Sarah Ruhl's "Melancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce,'  the second and final production of the The Liminal Playhouse's inaugural season.

Artistic Director Tony Prince and Producing Director Richard McGrew are delighted to announce the opening of Sarah Ruhl's "Melancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce,'  the second and final production of the The Liminal Playhouse's inaugural season.

Happy Holidays! It's the last week to vote for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Louisville 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!

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts and Kentucky Shakespeare are partnering to present Twelfth Night in the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts Bomhard Theater. This is the first time Kentucky Shakespeare will produce an indoor winter production in its 56-year performance history. Proceeds from the $20 ticket sales will help support the free 2016 Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park this upcoming summer.

Time is running out to vote for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Louisville 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!

Born and raised in the great jazz town of Kansas City, Laura resides in Southern California and now criss-crosses the nation, starring in theater productions of musical nostalgia: Film Noir-to-stage show, Femme Fatale, the sassy Cinema Sweethearts, and early Rock and Roll romp, Kit and the Kats - Remember When? She has graced the cabaret stage from coast to coast and now makes her Feinstein's at the Nikko debut.

A number of firsts are occurring as the City of Vista's Moonlight Amphitheatre raises the curtain on a new era beginning in January. The Amphitheatre's new performing arts program, Moonlight Presents, offers its first series, Moonlight Cabaret, and at the same time inaugurates its new performance space: ClubM. For one night only, on Friday, Jan. 15 at 8 pm, Moonlight Presents offers a sold-out performance of Susan Egan: The Real Housewife of Broadway.  

Voting is fully underway for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Louisville 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.