Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Jim Henson Co is developing John Tartaglia's puppetry-based stage musical ImaginOcean as an animated series, according to Deadline.com.
The series will be animated by Henson Digital Pu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:10PMCasting has been announced for the world premiere of Heat Wave: The Jack Cole Project. Conceived, directed and choreographed by Chet Walker, the production will play the Queens Theatre, May …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PMTony and Oscar winner Kevin Spacey will receive the Helen Hayes Tribute at the 28th Helen Hayes Awards ceremony on Monday, April 23. The honor annually recognizes theatre artists who exempli…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01PMOgunquit Playhouse will kick off its 80th Anniversary season with Always, Patsy Cline (May 23- June 16), starring Emmy Award winning actress, Sally Struthers, in the title role.
Also includ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PMTy Jones will play the title role in Epic Theatre Ensemble's Macbeth, to be presented at the 47th Street Theatre, April 20-May 26, with an opening on April 29. Ron Russell will direct.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PMHunter Parrish, who stars as Jesus in the Broadway revival of Godspell at the Circle in the Square Theatre, will participate in an exclusive online chat with fans from around the country -- …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:18PMGrammy nominee Deborah Cox will join the previously reported star Constantine Maroulis in the upcoming Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde. The production will launch a 25-week national to…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:40AMJason Graae will host the 26th annual MAC Awards Show, presented by The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, on Thursday, March 29.
The evening…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54AMMonday, March 26, 2012
Patricia Clarkson, Hugh Dancy, Bob Holman, Taylor Mali, Taylor Mead, and Sapphire are scheduled to appear in Hollywood Does Poetry, to be held at Bowery Poetry Club on Sunday, May 20 beginni…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:59PMCasting has been announced for the April editions of the musical revue Jacques Brel Returns, at The Triad. Both installments will celebrate the 83rd birthday of the late Jacques Brel, which …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:30PMThe cast of the York Theatre Company's Roadside held its first rehearsal on Monday, March 26. The show is the second musical in the spring series, Musicals in Mufti: The Tom Jones Festi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:05PMTony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will perform at Philadelphia Theatre Company's annual gala, to be held at The Hyatt at the Bellevue on Monday, April 30 beginning at 6pm.
The ev…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:46PMTony Award-winner Frances Ruffelle attended Phantom--The Las Vegas Spectacular at The Venetian Las Vegas over the weekend. After seeing the show, she caught up with Anthony Crivello, who sta…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:37PMEmmy Award winner and Tony nominee Margo Martindale will guest star in an upcoming episode of the USA's Suits, to air this summer, according to EW.com.
Martindale will play the role of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:14PMJason Butler Harner, Amanda Quaid, Cory Michael Smith, and Cotter Smith will star in the American premiere of Mike Bartlett's play, Cock, when it plays Off-Broadway at the Duke on 42nd …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:38PMNumerous stage veterans will be participating in live conversations and other special events as part of the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. The festival will be held in various New York City ven…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:20PMBroadway veteran Cheyenne Jackson will be among the actors who will participate in the next live episode of NBC's 30 Rock on Thursday, April 26, according to TVLine.com.
Jackson plays…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:52PMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will present the 26th annual Easter Bonnet Competition at the Minskoff Theatre on Monday, April 23 at 4:30pm and Tuesday, April 24 at 2pm.
This two-day Bro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:13AMThe Vineyard Theatre has extended its production of Now. Here. This. The show, which is currently in previews with an official opening on March 28, will now run through April 22.
Now. Her…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:49AMThe Humane Society of the United States' 26th Genesis Awards were presented at a gala ceremony on Saturday, March 24, at The Beverly Hilton. The awards, which honor the news and enterta…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:40AMMike Daisey has posted on his blog an apology to audiences, fellow theater artists, journalists, and human rights advocates for his misrepresentations of the truth within his solo performanc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:14AMThe Rrazz Room held its 4th annual RRAZZiversary Gala Celebration and Benefit for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, on Wednesday, March 21. Sharon McNight served as host, with musi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMTony Award nominee Hunter Bell will be among the featured participants in the Off-Broadway Alliance's free-of-charge panel discussion, The Festivals: FringeNYC, NYMF, AFO & Beyond, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:25AMComposer and lyricist Jerry Herman attended the Friday, March 23 performance of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre production of Hello, Dolly!, directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge.
This classic musical…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:10AMSaturday, March 24, 2012
The awards in the majority of categories were presented at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards New York City ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Times Square, on Saturday, March 24. The event wa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:01PMAaron Berg's frequently hilarious solo draws upon tales from his life as a bodybuilder and male stripper.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMFriday, March 23, 2012
Jake Pavelka -- best known for appearances on reality television programs The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars -- attended the Thursday, March 22 performance of Absinthe at Caesar's…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:40PMTheater veterans Mamie Gummer, Hamish Linklater, and Brian d'Arcy James have been added to the list of upcoming guest stars on the Showtime series, The Big C. The program will begin its…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:30PMThe Public Theater has issued an updated statement from artistic director Oskar Eustis regarding the Public's position on the misprepresentation of facts within Mike Daisey's solo …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PMStage and screen star Corbin Bleu will take over the lead role of Jesus in the Broadway revival of Godspell, at the Circle in the Square Theatre, beginning Tuesday, April 17. He replaces Hun…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:25PMHugh Dancy, currently on Broadway in Venus in Fur, will star as FBI agent Will Graham on the NBC drama, Hannibal, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The 13-episode series, written by Brya…
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