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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Actress Susan Gordon Has Died by Andy Propst

Actress Susan Gordon has died of cancer, according to published reports. She was 62. Gordon, who began her career as a child actress and later turned to a career in the computer graphics i…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:12AM
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Review: Lysistrata Jones by Andy Propst

This delightful musical about college basketball and a sex strike is even more zestful on Broadway than it was downtown.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM

Jane Fonda to Appear on Aaron Sorkin's HBO Series Newsroom by Andy Propst

Oscar winner Jane Fonda will have a recurring role as corporate executive Leona Lansing on HBO's show about life at a cable news network, Newsroom, according to TVLine.com The series, …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:38PM

David Duchovny, Jim Parsons to Co-Host Live! With Kelly by Andy Propst

Jim Parsons will co-host Live! With Kelly on January 3 and David Duchovny will co-host the daily talk show alongside Kelly Ripa on January 4, according to TVGuide.com. Parsons is a two-t…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:19PM

Mark Costello, Mark Doerr, John Gowans Set for Finding Fossils by Andy Propst

The Road Theatre Company has announced casting for Ty DeMartino's Finding Fossils, to run January 25-March 25 at the Lankershim Arts Center. Suzanne Hunt will direct the production. T…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:43PM

Road Theatre Company Announces Casting for The Water's Edge, Finding Fossils by Andy Propst

The Road Theatre Company has announced casting for Theresa Rebeck's The Water's Edge and Ty DeMartino's Finding Fossils, which will play at the Lankershim Arts Center. Sam …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:43PM

Mary Poppins' Gavin Lee and Steffanie Leigh to Appear on December 19 Episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? by Andy Propst

Gavin Lee and Steffanie Leigh, who are currently starring in Broadway's Mary Poppins, will be contestants on the December 19 episode of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, hosted …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:38PM

Julie Halston, Robert Petkoff to Join Broadway's Anything Goes in January by Andy Propst

Julie Halston and Robert Petkoff will join the cast of Broadway's Anything Goes in January. Petkoff will take over the role of Lord Evelyn Oakleigh from Adam Godley on January 13, wh…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:26PM

PHOTO FLASH: Tituss Burgess, Sonja Morgan, Stephanie Umoh, et al. at A Very Mary Holiday Gala by Andy Propst

Broadway Speaks OUT presented the third annual A Very Mary Holiday Gala, benefiting The Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBT youth, on Thursday, December 8 at Playwrights Horizons. The even…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:16PM

Erica Ash, Liz Larsen, Gary Morris, et al. Set for Soul Doctor Musical by Andy Propst

Additional casting has been announced for the musical Soul Doctor, which will begin its pre-Broadway run in Miami Beach at the Colony Theater, December 24-January 8, and in Ft. Lauderdale at…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:27PM

Berkeley Rep Extends The Wild Bride Through January 22 by Andy Propst

Berkeley Rep has extended the Kneehigh Theatre production's of The Wild Bride, through January 22. Adapted and directed by Emma Rice, The Wild Bride is a grown-up fairy tale that fol…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:11PM

Furious Theatre Announces Casting for No Good Deed by Andy Propst

Furious Theatre Company has announced casting for Matt Pelfrey's No Good Deed, to run January 18-Febraury 26 at [Inside] the Ford. Dámaso Rodriguez will direct the productio…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PM

Full Cast Announced for French Lessons Opera by Andy Propst

Casting has been announced for the opera French Lessons, to be offered January 25-26 at The Kaye Playhouse. Susan Gonzalez will direct the production. The piece, based on Eugene Ionesco&ap…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:36PM

Becky Ann Baker, Malcolm Gets, Daniel Jenkins, et al. Set for Merrily We Roll Along in Cincinnati by Andy Propst

The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park has announced casting for Stephen Sondheim and Geroge Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, to run March 3-31. John Doyle will direct the production. Thi…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PM

Jerry Mitchell to Serve as Creative Director for Newly Formed Ambassador Theatre Group Company by Andy Propst

Jerry Mitchell will serve as creative director for Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd's new formed production company that will bear his name. Jerry Mitchell Productions will develop, create…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:28AM

Christine Andreas, Jason Graae, Howard McGillin, et al. Set for 92Y's Makin' Whoopee by Andy Propst

Christine Andreas, Jason Graae, Howard McGillin, Wililam Bolcom and Joan Morris, and Vince Giordano will take part in Makin' Whoopee: Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn and the Jazz Age, to be …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:54AM

PHOTO FLASH: Kelly Bensimon, Aaron Carter, et al. Join CitySights Toy Drive by Andy Propst

Kelly Bensimon, Aaron Carter, and Alyssa Campanella, Miss USA 2011, Danielle Doty, Miss Teen USA 2011, and Leila Lopes, Miss Universe 2011 joined CitySights employees in delivering 2,000 toy…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:18AM

George Clooney to Appear in Benefit Reading of Dustin Lance Black's Play 8 by Andy Propst

Oscar winner George Clooney will appear in a benefit reading of Dustin Lance Black's 8, to be offered at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on March 3, according to a report in the Los Angeles …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:13AM

PHOTO FLASH: Drake Bell, Damian McGinty, Lindsay Pearce Join Erich Bergen at The Coterie by Andy Propst

Drake Bell, Damian McGinty, and Lindsay Pearce joined Erich Bergen for his new show, A Holiday Party, at The Coterie at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel on Monday, December 12. American I…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:47AM

Jon Fletcher, Larry Gatlin, William Michals Set for December 15 Broadawy Hootenanny by Andy Propst

Jon Fletcher, Larry Gatlin and William Michals will headline the December 15 edition of The Broadway Hootenanny, the new weekly show to be offered at Feinstein's at Loews Regency on Th…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:29AM
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Review: Titus Andronicus by Andy Propst

Jay O. Sanders gives a fine performance in the title role of Michael Sexton's often confusing and pretentious production of Shakespeare's gory tragedy.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM

Dick Van Dyke to Present Mary Tyler Moore With the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award by Andy Propst

Dick Van Dyke will present Mary Tyler Moore with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award ceremony, to be held on Sunday, January 29 and br…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:57PM

VIDEO FLASH: Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, et al. in Rock of Ages Film Trailer by Andy Propst

New Line Cinema has released an official trailer for its forthcoming film version of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages. Adam Shankman has directed the movie. The musical, which focuses on …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:13PM

Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War to Play New Ohio by Andy Propst

Marc Bovino and Joe Curnutte's Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War will play the New Ohio Theatre, running January 5-21. Lila Neugebauer, who conceived the piece…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:29PM

Kate Baldwin, Joel Grey, et al. Join Robert Creighton on New CD, Ain't We Got Fun by Andy Propst

Kate Baldwin, Heidi Blickenstaff, Tituss Burgess and Joel Grey are among the guest vocalists on Robert Creighton's debut CD Ain't We Got Fun. The album will be released by LML Mus…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:51PM

Isaac Mizrahi, Rufus Wainwright Set for Guggenheim Museum Events by Andy Propst

Composer Rufus Wainwright will take part in a public conversation about his work and his new opera Prima Donna at at the Guggenheim on January 22 at 7:30pm at part of the museum's Works…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AM

Cast Announces for Port Authority in London by Andy Propst

Casting has been announced for Conor McPherson's Port Authority, to run January 24 - February 18 at the Southwark Playhouse. Tom Attenborough will direct the production. The play cons…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AM
Monday, December 12, 2011

New Godspell Cast Recording to Be Digitally Released December 20 by Andy Propst

Ghostlight Records will digitally release the new Broadway cast recording of Godspell on December 20. The recording, produced by Stephen Schwartz, Michael Holland, and Kurt Deutsch, will be…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:12PM

Michael Douglas to Be Honored with Monte Cristo Award, Catherine Zeta-Jones to Present by Andy Propst

Michael Douglas will be honored with the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Monte Cristo Award in a ceremony to be held at the Edison Ballroom on Monday, April 16. Tony Award winner …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:54PM

Charlotte Parry to Replace Anastasia Griffith in Look Back in Anger Off-Broadway by Andy Propst

Charlotte Parry will play Helena in Roundabout Theatre Company's production of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, running January 13 - April 8. She replaces the previously announc…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:23PM

Theordore Bikel, Sheila McCarthy, Mandy Patinkin, et al. to Perform at Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company by Andy Propst

The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company has announced complete casting for Jeff Baron's Visiting Mr. Green, to run January 28 - February 18, 2012. Jen Shubert will direct the productio…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:53PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime