Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Olivier Award nominee Stafford Arima will direct an Off-Broadway production of the musical Bare, to begin previews at New World Stages on November 19, with an opening set for December 9.
Fe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:21PMMary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will once again host Broadway Barks!, which will be celebrating its 14th anniversary on Saturday, July 14. The event will take place in Shubert Alley f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:40PMThe Kleban Foundation presented the 22nd Annual Kleban Prizes at a private ceremony at ASCAP on June 18.
As previously reported, the award for the most promising musical theatre lyricist h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:13PMAusten Nash Boone will play the title role in Skippyjon Jones, Theatreworks USA's featured production of its 24th Annual Free Summer Theatre Program. The musical will be presented at th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:12AMThe second annual Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony was held on Monday, June 18, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Numerous theater veterans were among the award winners including …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:37AMMonday, June 18, 2012
2012 Tony Award winner Christian Borle will play his final performance in Broadway's Peter and the Starcatcher, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, on Saturday, June 30 in order to resume f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:12PMEmmy Award winning performer Fyvush Finkel and his son Ian attended a performance of Jake Ehrenreich's Off-Broadway production of A Jew Grows in Brooklyn at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onass…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:03PMStage and screen star Susan Sarandon has been named this year's recipient of the Trevor Hero Award, which will be presented to her by fellow Broadway and film luminary Stanley Tucci at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:46PMJim Carrey and Chris Rock will join host Ben Stiller for The Nantucket Film Festival's All-Star Comedy Roundtable, according to Variety. The event will take place at Nantucket High Scho…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:09PMOlney Theatre Center Artistic Director Martin Platt has announced the theatre's 75th anniversary season, which will emphasize 20th-century American classics, new works, reinterpretation…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:56PM2012 Tony Award winner James Corden has been cast in two upcoming films, according to Deadline.com.
He will join stars Keira Knightley, Adam Levine, Mark Ruffalo, and Hailee Steinfeld in Ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:59PM2012 Tony Award winner James Corden has been cast in two upcoming films, according to Deadline.com.
He will join stars Keira Knightley, Adam Levine, Mark Ruffalo, and Hailee Steinfeld in Ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:59PMMiss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage! will play its final Off-Broadway performance at Downstairs Cabaret Theatre at Sofia's on Saturday, June 30.
Based on Abigail …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:45PMThe 2012 line-up has been announced for 106.7 Lite FM's Broadway in Bryant Park, featuring free-of-charge Broadway and Off-Broadway lunchtime performances, to be presented July 12-Augus…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:18PMThe Capital Fringe Festival will be presented in multiple venues in Washington, D.C. July 12-29. Tickets are now on sale.
This unjuried, self-producing, open-access Festival provides all ar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:55PMErin Dilly will temporarily replace 2012 Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara as Billie Bendix in the Broadway production of the new musical Nice Work If You Can Get It, at the Imperial The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PMErin Dilly will fill in for 2012 Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara as Billie Bendix in the Broadway production of the new musical Nice Work If You Can Get It, at the Imperial Theatre, Ju…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PMCliMar Productions will present the UK premiere of The Last Session, featuring music and lyrics by Steve Schalchlin, with book by Jim Brochu and additional lyrics by John Bettis and Marie Ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:39AMThe Los Angeles edition of The 24 Hour Plays was held on Sunday, June 16 at The Broad Stage.
Cast members included Jason Biggs, Josh Dallas, Brooklyn Decker, David Eigenberg, Ashley Green…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:37AMBroadway stars Matthew Broderick, Megan Hilty and Kelli O'Hara will be among the performers for this year's A Capitol Fourth, to be broadcast live by PBS from the West Lawn of the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:31AMMichelle Gomez and Brían F. O'Byrne will join the previously reported Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal in the Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway production of Nick P…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01AMSunday, June 17, 2012
Despite contributions from such notable downtown talents as Penny Arcade, John Jesurun, Taylor Mac, and Edgar Oliver, Chris Tanner's two-and-a-half hour enterprise does not hold together.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:01AMBig Excellent 20th Reunion, Cock, End of the Rainbow, The Lyons, and Priscilla Queen of the Desert are among the LGBT-themed shows currently on the boards.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMFriday, June 15, 2012
Tony Award winner Alan Cumming will be the honorary chair of Goodspeed Musical's annual gala, to be held on Saturday, August 11. He will also present The Goodspeed Award for Outstanding…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:49PMThe American Theater Company (ATC) and About Face Theatre co-production of Jonathan Larson's Rent, which had previously announced an extension at ATC through July 1, will now close on J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:42PMBay Street Theatre will present the comedy show, Big and Tall: An Evening with Bruce Vilanch and Judy Gold on Saturday, June 30 at 8pm.
Judy Gold has performed two solo shows Off-Broadway…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:27PMIllusionist/endurance artist David Blaine and former talk show host Dick Cavett were among the guests at the Off-Broadway opening of Max Maven: Thinking in Person, at the Abingdon Theatre Ar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:16PMCorbin Bleu, Norbert Leo Butz, Melissa Errico, Mandy Gonzales, Christopher Jackson, and Lisa Lampanelli, and Andrea Martin will participate in Seth Rudetsky's Not Since High School!, a …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:10PMBroadway's new nightclub 54 Below opened this week with an engagement of two-time Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone's new show, Far Away Places.
Among the celebrities who came to see…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:17PMThe American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) and the Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation has awarded playwright Tammy Ryan with the 2012 Francesca Primus Prize for her play Lost Boy Found …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:04AMThursday, June 14, 2012
Nicky SIlver's
The Lyons will play its final performance at the Cort Theatre on Sunday, July 1, after having played 80 performances and 21 previews. The production is directed by Mark B…
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