Friday, January 20, 2012
A national tour of Flashdance - The Musical, adapted from the 1983 hit film, will launch at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh on January 1, 2013. The tour will be based upon the previously reported B…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:25PMStage and screen stars Kristin Chenoweth and Daniel Radcliffe will be among the upcoming guest hosts of the syndicated talk show Live! with Kelly, according to pubilshed reports.
Chenoweth …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:22PMStage and screen star Courtney B. Vance will guest star on the ABC series Revenge, according to EW.com.
Vance is slated for a four-episode arc, with his character involved in the aftermath …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:09PMTony Award nominee Anne Heche will star in and serve as a producer for NBC's comedy pilot, Save Me, according to Deadline.com.
Written by John Scott Shepherd, the pilot will center on …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:42AMAdditional casting has been announced for Red Bull Theater's presentation of Beaumont & Fletcher's A King and No King, at Theatre at St. Clement's on Monday, January 23 at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:45AM2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Darlene Love and two-time Tony Award nominee Mary Testa have joined the cast for the second annual Broadway Belts! for PFF, a benefit the Pulmonary F…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:27AMActress, singer, and television personality Jennifer Lopez visited Cirque du Soleil's O, performing at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, on Thursday, January 19. Afterwards, she posed for a pi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:05AMStage and screen star Daniel Radcliffe will be the guest for the January 31 episode of Live! with Kelly, according to EW.com. The popular morning talk show stars Kelly Ripa, and numerous gue…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:43AMThursday, January 19, 2012
Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians, which represents orchestra players, has ratified a three-year contract with New York City Opera (NYCO), according to The New York Times.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:03PMRashad Naylor will take over the role of Benny in the Off-Broadway production of Rent at New World Stages, joining the previously reported Josh Grisetti as Mark and Justin Johnston as Roger.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:29PMThe Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced initial details for its new Main Stage and Nikos Stage productions.
Michael Greif will direct what is being billed as a "preview product…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMJon Kern's play, entitled Modern Terrorism, has been named as the winner of the 2012 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award, according to The New York Times.
The award is given to an unprod…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:37PMCraig Wallace will now play the role of Frederick Douglass in the world premiere of Richard Hellesen's Necessary Sacrifices, at Ford's Theatre. He replaces the previously reported …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:20PMActors Co-op has announced that it is renaming The Crossley Terrace Theatre to The David Schall Theatre, after co-founder David Schall, who passed away on April 11, 2003. The unveiling cerem…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:55PMBroadway veteran and television star Alec Mapa will host and perform in The Theater Offensive's annual benefit, entitled ClimACTS! Guilty Pleasures, at Guilt Nightclub on Friday March 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:37PMThe Tune-In Music Festival at the Park Armory, to be held February 23-26, will celebrate composer Philip Glass in conjunction with the artist's 75th birthday season of events being held…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:43PMThe Barrow Street Theatre has announced the line-up for its third annual Fortnight Series, to be held, January 23-29.
The series will kick off with Jeffrey Sweet's solo show You Only …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:43PMBroadway veteran and 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Darlene Love will be among the performers in radio icon Jerry Blavat's 10th Anniversary Extravaganza, to be held in Kimmel …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:53AMThe Irish Repertory Theatre has announced casting for its production of Eugene O'Neill's Beyond the Horizon, to run February 15-April 8, with an opening on February 26. Ciar&aa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:35AMThe Café Carlyle has announced additions to its 2012 Winter/Spring season.
Newly added acts include the multi-Grammy winning husband and wife team Herb Alpert & Lani Hall (F…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AMStage and television star Justin Kirk attended the Off-Broadway production of Silence! The Musical, at The 9th Space Theatre at Performance Space 122, on Monday, January 16.
With a book by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:59AMMichael Ball, Christopher Biggins, Natasha Hamilton, and Martin Shaw will be featured in the benefit event, Rockin' Horses, to be held at the Savoy Theatre on Sunday, February 26 at 7:3…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:03AMNominations for the 23rd annual GLAAD Media Awards have been announced. The awards recognize outstanding images of the LGBT community in news coverage and entertainment media. Awards ceremo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:39AMWednesday, January 18, 2012
360° Network, a global network of in-the-round venues, has commissioned a new production from Canadian writer/director Robert Lepage, entitled Cartes, according to the website for th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:29PMCasting is now complete for the City Center Encores! production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, to be presented February 8-19. James Lapine will direct, wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:43PMSo You Think You Can Dance champion Melanie Moore will be featured in Dance from the Heart, to be held at New York City's Cedar Lake Theater on January 23 and 24 at 6:30pm and 8:30 pm o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:14PMSeth Rudetsky's DISASTER!, written by Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, will play Sunday nights at The Triad, January 22-February 26. Denis Jones will choreograph and direct.
The show is des…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:59PMThe Broadway production of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, has recouped its entire initial investment of $3.1 million. Kenny Leon has direc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:50PMNew York City Opera has reached tentative agreements with the American Guild of Musical Artists and Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians, and will begin rehearsals immediately, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:33PMSteppenwolf Theatre co-founder Jeff Perry and Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham will be featured in the North American premiere of Nina Raine's Tribes, to play…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:02PMPlaywright and Oscar nominee Jose Rivera will be honored at INTAR's first annual gala, to be held at the Manhattan Penthouse on Tuesday February 7 beginning at 7pm. Maria Canals-Barerra…
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