Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tony Award-Winning theater producer Edgar "Buddy" Freitag died on May 30 in New York City due to complications from a brain tumor. He was 80 years old.
After serving 2 years in t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:07PMThe Colony Theatre is set to present the LA premiere of Evan Smith's The Savannah Disputation, June 13-July 8. Cameron Watson will direct.
In the play, when susceptible Catholic spins…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:05PMThe Bucks County Playhouse has announced casting for the Rodgers and Hammerstein revue, A Grand Night for Singing, to run July 2-22. Emmy Award winner Lonny Price will direct.
A Grand Nigh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:46PMCape May Stage is set to present Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, June 20-August 3 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse. Roy Steinberg will direct.
In God of Carnage, urban professionals …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:46PMCasting has been announced for Matthew Hardy and Randy Klein's Flambe Dreams, which will be presented July 9-17 at the 45th Street Theatre as part of the 2012 New York Musical Theatre F…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:07PMGoodman Theatre has announced full casting for its upcoming 10th anniversary production of Regina Taylor's Crowns, which will run June 30-August 5. Playwright Regina Taylor will direct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:05PMBack it Up Productions is set to present the West Coast premiere of Project: Lohan by D'Arcy Drollinger, July 26-August 19 at The Costume Shop. Tracy Ward will direct.
Using only publ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMThe Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts as well as the City Theatre and Orlando Repertory Theatre are set to present the musical The Brand New Kid, based on the popular children&ap…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:23AMTuesday, May 29, 2012
Jewish Women's Theatre of Los Angeles will present the New York premiere of Stories from the Fringe - Women Rabbis Revealed, June 11 and 12 at the JCC in Manhattan.
Written by Rabbi Ly…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:26PMPiper Theatre and Piper Plays are set to present Smart Plays for Young Actors, 9 new one-act plays that explore the world of children, June 15-17 at 7pm at Brooklyn Arts Exchange. The event…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PMJulia Jordan, Marsha Norman, Theresa Rebeck, Gary Garrison, Tim Sanford, and The Committee for Recognizing Women in Theatre are set to present the 3rd Annual Lilly Awards, June 4 at Playwrig…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:48PMThe Lyric Stage Company has announced the plans for its 2012-2013 season.
The season will open with Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado (September 9-October 15), the tale of the beautifu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:06PMThe Hangar Theatre has announced the casting of many Broadway performers for its previously announced 2012 Mainstage season, which will run June 21-September 22.
Michael McCormick, Janet Da…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:03PM42nd Street Moon will kick of its 20th anniversary season with its Ticket to the Moon gala on Monday, June 18 at 5:30pm at the Alcazar Theatre. Greg MacKellan and Stephanie Rhoads will dire…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:56PMThe Broadway at Birdland concert series is set to present actress/comedian Julie Halston in Classical Julie, July 23 at 7pm.
In the piece, Halston combines her classic rants with brand new …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:55PMQueens Theatre has announced casting for its upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan in Briefs, playing June 21-July 1. The production is written and directed by executive director Ray …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:20PMQueens Theatre has announced casting for its upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan in Briefs, playing June 21-July 1. The production is written and directed by executive director Ray …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:20PMSurf the Musical, a new musical featuring songs from The Beach Boys, is set to play Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino this summer. Rock of Ages director Kristin Hanggi will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:05PMSal Romeo ETC and SST Productions to will extend the run of Joe Besecker's O! Ovation Award recommended play Tennessee in the Summer through June 10 at Sidewalk Studio Theatre. Sal Rom…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:14AMFriday, May 25, 2012
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center is set to present a day of free readings, panels, recordings, and screenings of unseen footage dedicated to understanding "The Group Theatre and How i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PMMorgan James, currently appearing on Broadway in Godspell, is set to perform with her soul and blues band at Rockwood Music Hall, on Monday, May 28 at 9pm.
James' band features David…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:17PMMile Square Theatre is set to present the 10th annual 7th Inning Stretch: 7 10-minute plays about baseball, June 15-17 at the Monroe Theatrespace.
Playwrights whose baseball plays will be p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:50PMCast members from Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark will participate in a special one-day science event at the New York Hall of Science, on Sunday, May 27 at 1pm. The event is fr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:41AMLiveWire Chicago Theatre has announced the lineup for its annual festival of 11 short plays inspired by two original artworks VisionFest 4: Where the Image Meets the Stage, June 14-30 in the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:15AMEl Portal Theatre is set to present Greg Thompson's Marilyn: Forever Blonde, August 2-5 on the Mainstage.
The production, which will take place in conjunction with El Portal renaming t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:38AMThursday, May 24, 2012
The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced casting for Rent, which will play July 21-August 19.
Directed by Bill Berry, this production will feature a new staging of Jonathan Larson's mode…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:39PMWilliam Shatner is set to present a single performance of his one-man show Shatner's World: We Just Live In It, January 4 at 8 pm at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.
The show, which pr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:17PMProducer Drew Brody/The Infinite Monkey Project is set to present Matt Chaffee's Fluffy Bunnies in a Field of Daisies, June 7-July 28 at The Arena Stage at Theatre of the Arts. Chaffee …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:05PMCasting has been announced for the upcoming production of Dorothy Marcic's new musical What We Do For Love Or Other Desperate Measures, playing June 13-24 at Bleecker Street Theatre. H…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:03PMGeffen Playhouse's world premiere production of The Pianist of Willesden Lane, adapted and directed by Hershey Felder, has been extended a second time, and will now run through July 22.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:26PMMississippi Mud Productions is set to present Marcy Lafferty's Vivien Leigh: The Last Press Conference, July 6-9 at the Alexander Technique Center For Performance And Development. Aust…
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