Monday, January 30, 2012
Plans for Hampstead Theatre's 2012 season have been announced. Among the highlights is artistic director Edward Hall helming the world premiere stage adaptation of Chariots of Fire, wri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:29AMFriday, January 27, 2012
Arena Stage has announced its partnerships and schedule for a two-month long Eugene O'Neill Festival, to run March 9-May 6. The celebration will feature unique collaborations with other…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:25PMSarah Jessica Parker will play Gloria Steinem and
Chloë Sevigny will play the role of a feminist journalist in the upcoming film, Lovelace, about the life of porn star Linda Lovelac…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:52PMNBC has picked up The New Normal, a comedy project from Ryan Murphy and Allison Adler, according to Deadline.com. As previously reported, Tony Award nominee Andrew Rannells will play one of …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:27PMAdditional casting has been announced for February installments of Celebrity Autobiography, to be performed in various locations around the country.
Created by Eugene Pack and developed by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:15PMFrances Ruffelle, Amanda Seyfried, and Colm Wilkinson will appear in the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Les Miserables, according to published reports. Ruffelle, who originated the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:47PMOpera legend Placido Domingo will play the title role in Opera Orchestra of New York's presentation of Giuseppe Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, at Avery Fisher Hall on Wednesday, March 7…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:43PMLynne Taylor-Corbett will direct writer/performer Joanna Rush in her solo show, Asking For It at Lincoln Center at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center on Thursday, March 29 at 8:30…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:34PMColm Wilkinson, who originated the role of Jean Valjean in both the London and Broadway productions of Les Miserables, will play the role of the Bishop of Digne in the upcoming film adaptati…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:09PMStage and screen star David Arquette will guest star in the Season 3 finale of the ABC comedy, Cougar Town, according to TVLine.com.
Arquette appeared opposite Annette Bening in the Geffen …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:57PMJohn Hurt has been named as the recipient of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts' Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award, which will be presented to him at BAFTA&a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:46PMAcademy Award-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle's opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics will be inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest, according to published reports.
Boyle&ap…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:35PMThom Fogarty will direct his own adaptation of Ten Tall Tales About the Men I Love, based on the short story collection of the same name by Ronn Smith, to be presented at Judson Memorial Chu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:16PMAri Butler, Geraint Wyn Davies, Natalie Kuhn, and Liza Vann will star in Jack Canfora's Poetic License at 59E59 Theaters. Evan Bergman will direct the production, which will receive its…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PMTony Braithwaite and Jennifer Childs will debut their new comedy cabaret, Let's Pretend We're Famous, at Plays & Players Theatre, March 6-25. Owen Robbins will serve as musical…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:45PMComplete casting has been announced for New Feet Productions' Leave the Balcony Open, to perform at 3LD Art & Technology Center, February 5-26. Jessica Bauman will direct.
The play…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:06PMDedalus Lounge, currently performing at the Interart Theatre Annex, has added two performances, and will now conclude its run on Thursday, February 2.
Chris Henry has directed this play wit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AMTony nominee Adam Pascal -- currently starring on Broadway in Memphis -- Heidi Blickenstaff and Julia Murney are the latest additions to the cast for the second annual Broadway Belts! for PF…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:10AMThe Alley Theater, under the artistic direction of Gregory Boyd, opened its production of the new musical The Toxic Avenger opened on January 20. Featuring book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:04AMCirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour, currently stopping in Los Angeles January 27-29 at the Staples Center, will now return to the venue August 14 and 15 for th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:24AMTony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth will be a recurring guest star on CBS' The Good Wife, according to EW.com.
She will be playing Judge Friend, who is described as "a sexy woman with…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMKaren Akers and Nellie McKay are the latest additions to the lineup for the 10th annual Nightlife Awards, to be held at The Town Hall on Monday, January 30 at 7pm. Lucie Arnaz and Bill Irwin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:26AMThursday, January 26, 2012
Daniel Talbott's underdeveloped play centers on a trio of siblings burying the body of their infant brother.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMMargaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a literature professor undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer retains its power in its first Broadway production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMTony Award winner Betty Buckley will teach a Song Interpretation/Monologue Workshop, presented by the T. Schreiber Studio at New York City's Chelsea Studios, February 12-15.
The actres…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:01PMDavid Cromer will once again direct Thornton Wilder's Our Town, which will be presented by Huntington Theatre Company in the Roberts Studio Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:53PMBroadway veteran Jackie Hoffman will teach a comedy workshop for kids and teens at the acting studio, A Class Act NY, on Saturday, February 18 at Ripley-Grier Studios from Noon to 4pm.
Hoff…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:36PMTheatre of Note has announced casting for the world premiere of Figure 8, written by Phinneas Kiyomura, and directed by Jerry Kernion and Kiyomura. It will run February 17-March 24, with an …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:19PMBarrington Stage Company has announced its complete 2012 season, which will begin with the previously reported Mainstage production of the Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick-Joseph Stein musical, Fi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:54PMBruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Clybourne Park opened at the Center Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum on January 25. As previously reported, the production, directed by P…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:25PMSam Breslin Wright, Katie Kreisler, Stephen Park, and Mandy Siegfried will be featured in Keith Reddin's Solitary Man. Rising Phoenix Repertory is presenting the new play as part of the…
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