Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The New Group has announced full casting for the world premiere of David Rabe's An Early History of Fire. Jo Bonney will direct the Off-Broadway production, which will perform at Theatr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PMFull casting has been announced for the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which will play the Broadhurst Theatre, April 3-July 22, with an opening on Sun…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AMThe Signature Theatre Company's world premiere of Katori Hall's Hurt Village has announced a one-week extension, and will now play through March 25. Patricia McGregor has directed.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:43AMNBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson stopped by the box office and a recent rehearsal for the world premiere Broadway production of Eric Simonson's Magic/Bird, which will begin performances …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:03AMMonday, February 27, 2012
Benjamin Walker's Find the Funny will once again perform at Joe's Pub, on Tuesday, March 6 at 9:30pm.
Created and hosted by Walker, the show will feature a line-up of comics and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:27PMAcademy Award winner and Broadway veteran Jessica Lange is among the nominees for Logo's "NewNowNext Awards" which aims to gather icons, trendsetters as well as stars-on-the-r…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:50PMTituss Burgess, John Ellison Conlee, Lili Cooper, Matt Doyle, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Greg Hildreth, Eli James, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Justin Levine, Norm Lewis, Betsy Morgan, Jessica Phillips…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:20PMJan Berenstain, co-creator of The Berenstain Bears with her husband Stan, died of a stroke on February 24, according to the Associated Press. She was 88.
The writer-illustrator couple publi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:10PMVictoria Clark, Chuck Cooper, Jason Danieley, Christopher Fitzgerald,
Amy Justman, Kelli O'Hara, and Lauren Worsham will be featured in The Collegiate Chorale's presentation of Gil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:32PMActor and author Michael Tucker will discuss his new novel, After Annie at the Barnes & Noble at 2289 Broadway in New York City on Monday, March 19 at 7pm. He will be joined by Symphony …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:22PMMCC Theater has extended its Off-Broadway production of the musical Carrie, which will now play through April 22. The show is currently in previews at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, and will op…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:09AMLoni Ackerman, Brad Bradley, Gene Castle, and Karla Shook star in Tin Pan Alley (The Original iTunes), which began an open-ended Off-Broadway engagement February 25 at Actors Temple Theater,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:48AMNew works by Jeffrey Hatcher and Ken Ludwig are nominated in the Best Play category for this year's Edgar Allan Poe Awards, to be presented by Mystery Writers of America at a ceremony a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:34AMChristine Pedi will perform her show, Great Dames at The Gardenia in West Hollywood on Wednesday, April 18 at 9pm.
The show will feature Pedi singing songs about and made famous by the grea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMPlaywright and actor Wallace Shawn will read his essay, "Why I Call Myself a Socialist," at an event at Dance New Amsterdam, Saturday, March 3 at 7pm.
The evening is being present…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMA preliminary list of participants has been announced for Douglas Adams The Party, a 60th birthday celebration in honor of the late author Douglas Adams, to be held at the Hammersmith Apollo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:48AME! Online has released a video from its pre-Oscars coverage featuring Glee star and Broadway veteran Darren Criss duetting with The Muppets' Kermit the Frog on the classic Muppets tune,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:29AMThe Shakespeare's Globe productions of Richard III and Twelfth Night, will transfer to the West End's Apollo Theatre, running November 2, 2012 - February 3, 2013. Tony Award winner…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:13AMFive-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury will host Career Transition for Dancers' Dancers' 27th Anniversary Jubilee, entitled JUMP FOR JOY A Dance Variety Spectacular. The event…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:59AMSaturday, February 25, 2012
Performance artist Tim Miller will teach a performance workshop at Bryn Mawr College's Hepburn Teaching Theater at Goodhart Hall April 16-20, hosted by the school's Gender and Sexu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:15PMFriday, February 24, 2012
Second Stage Theatre has cancelled its planned one-week extension of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive , with the final performance scheduled for Sunday, March 11.
Kate Whoriskey di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:31PMTony Award nominee Josh Gad will be joined by Broadway star Bill Pullman and Brittany Snow in the comedy pilot 1600 Penn, according to Deadline.com.
The series, which Gad will executive pro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:17PMDonald Schoenbaum, a pioneer in the regional theater movement, has died at his home in Florida, according to The Minneapolis Star-Tribune. He was 86.
Schoenbaum began his career as an actor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:42PMMichael Esper will join the previously reported Steven Pasquale in the NBC pilot, Do No Harm, according to Deadline.com.
The project, written by David Schulner, centers on Jeffrey Kohn (Pas…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:12PMZoe from Sesame Street stopped by the Broadway Dance Center on Thursday, February 23 to take a dance class with 15 children from a Rockville Centre dance studio. The character is in town per…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:55PMTony Yazbeck will return to the role of Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of Chicago, beginning with the Monday, March 5 performance at the Ambassador Theatre. He replaces Marco Zunino,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:22PMTony Award nominee Josh Gad will be joined by Brittany Snow in the comedy pilot 1600 Penn, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The series, which Gad will executive produce with former Pres…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:17PMThe stars of Jersey Boys were officially welcomed to their new home at Paris Las Vegas on Thursday, February 23.
The musical, which will begin performances at the venue on March 6, tells th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:24PMUpdated casting has been announced for the previously reported Broadway Remembers Whitney concert, to be held at Joe's Pub on Monday, February 27 at 9:30pm.
The event will feature perf…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:50PMJan Ravens hosted Almeida Up Close, the Almeida Theatre's fundraising gala at One Mayfair, on February 23.
Performers included Daniel Evans, Josie Lawrence, Jenny Jules, Jonathan Pryce…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:43PMPS Classics will record a two-disc, new Broadway Cast Album of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess on March 12 & 13.
Currently running at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, the Broadway prod…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:12PM 
