Friday, August 12, 2011
Carrie Fisher's critically acclaimed one woman show Wishful Drinking will be released on DVD from HBO Home Entertainment on September 13.
In it, Fisher shares a comical, yet sobering, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:18PM[SHARE]The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) has announced events to be included as part of its 2011-2012 season.
Among the highlights are concerts featuring Broadway stars Ben Vereen …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01PM[SHARE]Marylouise Burke, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Ann Harada, Roslyn Ruff, and Yeardley Smith celebrated their opening night performance in the Off-Broadway production of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36AM[SHARE]1st Irish has announced the full line-up of events to be featured in ew York's only all-Irish theatre festival, to run September 5 to October 3 in various venues.
American companies p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:30AM[SHARE]Broadway veteran Hunter Ryan Herdlicka will play Ariel in Dallas Theatre Center's production of Shakespeare's The Tempest, to be performed at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Po…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:45AM[SHARE]The Broadway in Bryant Park series of free concerts came to an end with the Thursday, August 11 installment, emceed by 106.7 Lite fm's Rich Kaminski.
The concert featured performances…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:31AM[SHARE]Kevin Kilner, Keith Nobbs, and Kellie Overbey will star in Keen Company's revival of Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky, to play the Clurman Theatre September 13-October 22, with an openin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 11, 2011
Michael Greif's solid revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical does not try for any bold reinterpretations.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Levi Kreis will perform An Intimate Evening with Levi Kreis as a benefit for Rubicon Theatre, to be held at the theater on Tuesday, August 30 at 7:30pm.
Kreis won a Tony f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:30PM[SHARE]Chip Zien will host Broadway in the Berkshires, a benefit for Shakespeare & Company, to be held in the Founders' Theatre on Monday, August 15 at 6pm. Sam Scalamoni will direct, with…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:10PM[SHARE]The Brick, located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has announced its Fall 2011 season, which will begin with the previously announced The Collisionworks 2011: At The Ends festival, August 11-28.
…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:17PM[SHARE]The South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, a brand-new $51 million state-of-the-art performing arts venue, will hold its grand opening celebration on October 1 & 2.
Performances at the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:57PM[SHARE]James Barbour will star as Frank 'N' Furter in the Old Globe Theatre's revival of The Rocky Horror Show, the classic cult musical with book, music and lyrics by Richard O&apos…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:31PM[SHARE]Remy Auberjonois, Justin Bartha, and Camille Mana will join the previously reported Jesse Eisenberg in the world premiere of Eisenberg's Asuncion, presented by Rattlestick Playwrights T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:08PM[SHARE]Victory Gardens has announced two new productions for its previously reported 2011-2012 season. In addition, What We're Up Against by Theresa Rebeck, has been replaced due to scheduling…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:45PM[SHARE]Nationally syndicated radio star Mike Gallagher will perform a special cameo appearance in the Broadway production of Memphis, at the Shubert Theatre, from Tuesday, September 6 through Sunda…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:33PM[SHARE]The English National Ballet will conclude its UK tour of Strictly Gershwin at the London Coliseum, January 4-15, 2012.
The production is a dazzling celebration of the sparkling age of Holly…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PM[SHARE]True Blood star and Tony nominee Sam Trammell and theater veteran Missy Yager welcomed twin sons on Tuesday, August 10, according to People.com.
Trammell received a Tony nomination for Dea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:45AM[SHARE]Sadie Shimmin and Pat Starr will star in the UK premiere of Marsha Norman's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, 'night, Mother, according to a report on WhatsOnStage.com. Paul Stacey wil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:39AM[SHARE]Cheek by Jowl will present a revival of John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, to tour several international destinations, according to a report on WhatsOnStage.com. The product…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:24AM[SHARE]The NAACP Theatre Awards will honor Diahann Carroll with a Lifetime Achievement award, Obba Babatunde with the Trailblazer Award, and Pamela Browner-White with the President's Award at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:52AM[SHARE]Tina Landau will direct the world premiere of Christina Anderson's Good Goods, to be presented by Yale Repertory Theatre, February 3-25, 2012.
Amidst the cluttered shelves of a family-…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:28AM[SHARE]The London cast of Million Dollar Quartet will perform in the main arena at this year's Twinwood Festival, on Sunday, August 28 at 7pm.
Billed as "the number one vintage, 1940s an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:19AM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for David Rimmer's New York, which is being presented in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The Group Theatre Too wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:32AM[SHARE]Scott Bakula will join Sharon Horgan, Andy Nyman and Caroline Quentin in the world premiere of Saul Rubinek's Terrible Advice, at the Menier Chocolate Factory, September 22-November 12.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Lionsgate has released a trailer for Ralph Fiennes' film version of Shakespeare's Coriolanus.
Fiennes plays the title character, the Roman general Coriolanus who betrays his nativ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:36PM[SHARE]Two-time Tony Award winner Viola Davis and her husband, actor Julius Tennon, have announced plans to adopt a child, according to E! News.
Davis won Tony Awards for Fences and Seven Guitars.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:14PM[SHARE]Mark-Paul Gosselaar is now engaged to advertising executive Catriona McGinn, according to People.com. No wedding date has been set.
Gosselaar appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company&apos…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:02PM[SHARE]Miami HEAT Superstar Dwyane Wade brought his sons Zaire and Zion and nephew Dada to see Spider-Man, Turn off the Dark on Broadway at the Foxwoods Theatre on Tuesday, August 9. Afterwards, th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:17PM[SHARE]Off-Strip Productions has created a new contest for emerging playwrights, called Sin City New Play Contest. It is open to United States residents, and submissions will be accepted now throug…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:32PM[SHARE]Stephen Sondheim will receive the 2011 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize, to be presented to him at the Chicago Humanities Festival on Sunday, November 6.
The prize is part of the Chicago Trib…
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