Monday, May 16, 2011
Will Frears will direct the new thriller Afraid of the Dark, presented Off-Broadway at the Little Shubert Theatre, beginning previews September 8. Casting and an opening night will be announ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:36AM[SHARE]Kim Cattrall received the Golden Gate Award at the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremony on Saturday, May 14, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. The award is presented to media profess…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:06AM[SHARE]Anna Deavere Smith will appear at New Brunswick's State Theatre, as part of the SmartTalk Connected Conversations series, on Tuesday, May 24 at 7:30 pm.
The program will include theat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:51AM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for Series A of The Ensemble Studio Theatre's 2011 Marathon of One-Act Plays, to be presented May 20-June 18, with an opening on May 23.
Rufus Collins, Julie…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for Opera in Eden, to be presented at Symphony Space on Thursday, June 2 at 7pm. Composer/librettist Mark Adamo will moderate the event, which is the culmination o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:51AM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for Mama, I Want To Sing: The Next Generation, to be presented at The Dempsey Theater beginning on Saturday, May 21.
Featuring book and lyrics by Vy Higginsen and…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:47AM[SHARE]Award-winning experimental theater group Elevator Repair Service will present free performances of their new work, Shuffle, in the DeWitt Periodical Room of the New York Public Library on Sa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:38AM[SHARE]The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre will present Night of A Thousand Judys , the variety show's second annual Pride benefit for The Ali Forney Center, to be held at Joe's Pub on Mo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:16AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 15, 2011
Kim Cattrall received the Golden Gate Award at the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremony on Saturday, May 14, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Glee star Naya Rivera hosted the event,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AM[SHARE]Friday, May 13, 2011
Television networks have begun to announce various programs that will be canceled as they gear up for the new season, according to published reports. Several of these series feature theater …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PM[SHARE]The cast of The Book of Mormon will sign copies of the show's Original Broadway Cast Recording from Ghostlight Records on Tuesday, May 17 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, from 2pm to…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PM[SHARE]The nominations for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will now be announced on Wednesday, December 14 -- one day earlier than previously scheduled -- at the Pacific Design Center&ap…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:34PM[SHARE]Classic Stage Company has announced a one week extension of its critically acclaimed production of The School for Lies, which will now close on Sunday, May 29. Walter Bobbie has directed the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:03PM[SHARE]UnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. will present an exploratory reading of the 1950 musical comedy Arms and the Girl, at Manhattan Theatre Club's Creative Center on Thursday, May 26 at 3pm. Nick Cor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:53PM[SHARE]New Sounds Live will present a special live performance of selections from Meredith Monk's new CD, Songs of Ascension at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space on Wednesday, May 18 at 7…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:42PM[SHARE]Stage and screen legend Ruby Dee was among the opening night guests for the new musical Tearing Down the Walls, at the Riverside Theatre, on Thursday, May 12.
Featuring book and lyrics by O…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:04PM[SHARE]WestBeth Entertainment will present Billy Connolly Live, featuring the British comedian/actor's first Los Angeles performance in four years, to be held at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:09PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner James Lapine will moderate New York City Center's final "Musical Theater: From the Page to the Stage," program on Monday, May 16, at 6:30pm. As previously re…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:27AM[SHARE]Updated casting has been announced for L.A. Theatre Works' presentation of Dracula, at the Skirball Cultural Center, May 18-22. Rosalind Ayres will direct.
Charles Morey's play, b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06AM[SHARE]Baayork Lee and Donna McKechnie, who originated, respectively, the roles of Connie and Cassie in Broadway's A Chorus Line, will take part in a panel discussion about the show in conjunc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:53AM[SHARE]Actress and comedienne Hazelle Goodman will be one of the co-hosts for Brooklyn based Afro-Caribbean dance company, Something Positive's gala benefit party, "Cocktails & Conver…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:09AM[SHARE]The Alabama Shakespeare Festival has announced its 2011-2012 season, which will open with William McNulty's adaptation of Bram Stoker's vampire horror classic Dracula (October 7-30…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:21AM[SHARE]Alison Arngrim will bring her solo show Confessions of a Prairie Bitch back to New York, with an engagement at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, June 17 and 18 at 7:30pm.
Arngrim is perhaps best…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 12, 2011
Daniel Beaty's entertaining new musical has a catchy score and an only moderately successful script.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM[SHARE]Drag-queen playwright Linda Simpson's new comedy, The Emperor's New Codpiece will play Friday nights at The Laurie Beechman Theater, June 10-July 15. Tim Cusack will direct.
Set d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:58PM[SHARE]The new Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, which has received 14 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical, will launch a national tour at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:50PM[SHARE]The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has announced its programming and guest artists for its performances at Wolf Trap, America's National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virgi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:24PM[SHARE]Comedian Rita Rudner will perform a stand-up show at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on Wednesday, June 22 at 8pm.
Rudner is a popular comedian who has been a frequent headl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:33PM[SHARE]Broadway veteran J. Mark McVey will star as the fugitive Jean Valjean in the 25th anniversary touring production of Les Miserables during the show's Los Angeles engagement at the Ahmans…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:15PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Brad Oscar will host the benefit, Broadway Sensation at Alice Tully Hall on Monday May 16 at 8pm. The show will be simulcast in Times Square.
Among the participating star…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:52PM[SHARE]Mark Rylance, currently nominated for a 2011 Tony Award for his work in Broadway's Jerusalem, will perform at Peace Direct's launch of its new US affiliate, to be held at The Yale …
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