Monday, August 1, 2011
Actress Natalie Mendoza, who plays Arachne in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark at the Foxwoods Theatre, is not performing in the show currently, and is reportedly exiting t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Jazz legend Dr. Billy Taylor died in New York on December 28 of heart failure. He was 89 years old.Taylor was a noted pianist, and was the house pianist at Birldand early in his career, wher…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Julie Taymor, the director of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, has withdrawn from participating in The New York Times 10th annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, according to the Times. Taymor was…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Cast and creative team has been announced for New Repertory Theatre's world premiere production of Steve Yockey's afterlife: a ghost story...
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Ripe Time will present Shape Shifting: Veteran Voices , which will explore ways dramatic works can approach the plight of the veteran returning home, at 7pm on Monday, January 10 at New York…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]The Falcon Theatre will present The Catholic Girl's Guide to Losing Your Virginity, written by and starring Annie Hendy, February 2-March 6. The production will be directed by Gregg W. Breev…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]The Bickford Theatre in Morristown, New Jersey will present Douglas Carter Beane's award-winning comedy The Little Dog Laughed, January 20-February 13. The production will be directed by Eri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]The American Theatre Wing has released the Downstage Center. podcast of a discussion with Tony Award-winning composer John Kander. In the interview -- the 300th in the series -- Kander speak…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Project Shaw has announced the lineup of staged readings for 2011, to take place at the Players Club. The series is produced and directed by David Staller.The presentations will be Androcles…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]John Leguizamo's new solo play Ghetto Klown, will begin a 12-week run at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on February 21. The production, which will be directed by Fisher Stevens, will open officia…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]A new Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia will play the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, February 25-June 19. Tony Award nominee David Leveaux will direct the production, which will open o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]New Paradise Laboratories and The Riot Group will present Freedom Club, written by Adriano Shaplin and directed by Whit MacLaughlin, to run January 6-15 at the Connelly Theater.The work move…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Opera singer Frances Ginberg has died at age 55 of brain and spinal cancer, according to The New York Times.Ginsberg worked frequently at New York City Opera, where her roles included Marghe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]The Transport Group will present An Evening With Michael John LaChiusa, an evening of talk and song celebrating the male roles from the composer's musical songbook at 7pm on Monday, January …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Stage veterans Kim Cattrall, Ashley Judd, Rosie O'Donnelll, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Vanessa Williams will be among the celebrities participatin in NBC's reality series Who Do You Think You Are…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Stage veterans Lynn Collins, Rosario Dawson, Brian Geraghty, Justin Long, Chris Pine, Anthony Mackie, and Scott Porter will star in writer-director Jamie Linden's new film Ten Year, accordin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]TheaterMania's Editor-in-Chief salutes some of the great female performances of the year!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]My Favorite Things, a benefit for The Trevor Project, will take place on Monday, January 3 at 10pm at Les Poisson Rouge. Drexel D. Heard, II will host the benefit, which will feature musical…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]As previously reported on TheaterMania, former New York City First Lady Donna Hanover will return to the stage next month in the play Hillbilly Women at the Arclight Theatre. Sondra Lee will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Stage veterans Sarah Jessica Parker and Kelsey Grammer will headline the film I Don't Know How She Does It, based on Allison Pearson's first-person comic tale of a high-powered finance type …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Broadway veteran Marcia Lewis, who received Tony Award nominations for her work as Miss Lynch in the revival of Grease and Matron Mama Morton in the revival of Chicago, has died at age 72, a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]The cast and creative team of Primary Stages' world premiere production of A.R. Gurney's Black Tie, to run at 59 E59 Theateres, January 25-March 20, met the press this week. The production, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]The Edinburgh Fringe hit Showstopper! The Improvised Musical will play Tuesday nights from February 8 to March 29 at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, the home of STOMP, according to Whatso…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]The Broadway production of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer-Prize winning drama, Driving Miss Daisy, starring Tony Award winners James Earl Jones, Vanessa Redgrave, and Boyd Gaines has recouped its i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Broadway Sings for Toys for Tots was held at Symphony Space on Monday, December 20 at 7pm. The event was a benefit for the program that collects toys and other gifts for children in need dur…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Christine Pedi's heartwarming and sometimes hilarious solo show is a perfect vehicle for her many performing skills.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Stage stars Claire Danes, David Harewood, Damian Lewis, and Mandy Patinkin have signed on for the pilot of Showtime's drama series, Homeland, according to Deadline.com.The plot focues on Mar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Broadway and film star Julie Andrews and country music superstar and Broadway composer Dolly Parton will be among the artists who will recieve Lifetime Grammy Awards, according to published …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Victoria Clark will be the featured performer in a special Holiday broadcast, A Christmas for Everyone: A Service of Lessons and Carols, which was taped at New York City's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]The Transport Group will present An Evening With Michael John LaChiusa, an evening of talk and song celebrating the male roles from the composer's musical songbook at 7pm on Monday, January …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Comedian Dane Cook, who is scheduled to make his Broadway debut net year in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig, has been cast in an upcoming episode of CBS' hit series Hawaii Five-O as the brother of Da…
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