Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have welcomed their third child, a baby boy, according to published reports. The couple married in 2005 and are parents to two daughters, ages two and five. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMThe Tony Awards have announced the calendar for the 2011-2012 Tony Award season. As previously announced, the 66th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards ceremony will be held at t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMTuesday, February 28, 2012
William Blake, Joshua Dixon, Natalie Douglas, Nicole Johndrow, Erin Lindsey Krom, Vicky Modica, Sierra Rein, Erik Sisco, and Nikki Van Cassele will take part in a concert celebrating the rel…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:20PMNilo Cruz will provide the libretto for Jimmy Lopez's opera Bel Canto, which will premiere as part of the Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2015-2016 season. Stephen Wadsworth will direct …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:13PMAlejandro Cerrudo's new full evening dance work, featuring the music of Philip Glass, will launch Hubbard Street Dance Company's 35th season, running October 18-21 at the Harris Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:50PMWallace Shawn and André Gregory are collaborating on a film version of Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder, according to a report in The New York Times. Jonathan Demme will di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:52PMJudith Blazer will play Vera Charles opposite the previously reported Louis Pitre in the title role of the musical Mame, to run April 20 - July 1 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:44PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company will open its production of Matilda The Musical on Broadway in early 2013. Casting, a theater, and specific dates will be announced in the near future.
Direct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:37AMCirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, the previously announced 3D movie of the company's work, will be released on December 21, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
As previously announced,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:04AMLucy Liu will play Watson opposite Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock Holmes in CBS' Elementary, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As previously reported, Michael Cuesta will direct t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56AMF. Murray Abraham has joined the cast of ABC's drama pilot Beauty and the Beast, according to Deadline.com.
As previously reported, the show will be a fantasy retelling of the fairy t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:37AMThe Goodman Theatre has announced its 2012-2013 season, which will consist of eight productions, including a new stage musical version of Disney's animated feature The Jungle Book. Mar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:15AMStage veteran Melissa Gilbert will be among the contestants for the 14th season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, according to EW.com. The show will return to the air on March 19.
Gilb…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:02AMThe nominations for the 28th annual Helen Hayes Awards have been announced. The prizes will be presented in a ceremony to be held on Monday, April 23, 2012.
The most highly recognized prod…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:44AMMonday, February 27, 2012
Cirque du Soleil's Dralion will play two engagements in the Chicago area this summer. The production will be seen at the Allstate Arena in Rosement, running June 20 - 24, and at the Un…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:56PMThe Gift Theatre Company has announced casting for Rodney Ackland's Absolute Hell, to run March 1 - April 29. Sheldon Patinkin will direct the production.
The play, set in the days ju…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:50AMDavid Edgar's Written on the Heart, which centers on the genesis of the King James Bible, will transfer from the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:20AMOmid Djalili will star as Dr. Rance in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw, to run May 5 - August 25 at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre. Sean Foley will direct the production.
The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:09AMFriday, February 24, 2012
Lance Baker will offer a one-night-only performance of Mike Daisey's monologue, The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs on Monday, March 5 at 8pm at A Red Orchid Theatre. The event wil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:07PMAndrew Lloyd Webber and Gary Barlow will collaborate on a song to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. The number will be performed at a concert celebrating the monarch&apos…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:16AMVoice casting has been announced for Turbo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. David Soren will direct the project, which he has co-written with Robert Siegel and Darren Lemke.
The film …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:15AMMary Louise Parker and James Woods have been cast in the independent film Jamesy Boy, according to The Hollywood Reporter Trevor White will direct the project, which is using a script he co…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:03AMSky Arts has announced the writers and initial casting for Playhouse Presents, a new series of comedies and dramas, according to published reports. The initiative is an extension of the cha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:21AMLily Tomlin will join the previously announced Reba McEntire in ABC's half-hour pilot Malibu Country, according to a report on Deadline.com.
The show centers on a woman (McEntire) who…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:57AMThe famed Chicago theater director discusses his new work, The Strange and Terrible True Tale of Pinocchio (the Wooden Boy) As Told By Frankenstein's Monster (the Wretched Creature).
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMStephanie J. Block will assume the role of Reno Sweeney in Broadway's Anything Goes on March 15. She replaces Sutton Foster, who will play her final performance on March 11.
Block pre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:53AMStephanie J. Block will assume the role of Reno Sweeney in Broadway's Anything Goes on March 15. She replaces Sutton Foster, who will play her final performance on March 11.
Block pre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:53AMThursday, February 23, 2012
F. Murray Abraham stars in Brian Kulick's gently naturalistic staging of Bertolt Brecht's compelling drama about the famed astronomer at CSC.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMUpdated casting has been announced for the Chicago company of Million Dollar Quartet, playing at the Apollo Theatre. In addition, it has been announced that the production, directed by Eric…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:18PMAn updated list of presenters has been announced for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, to be held on Sunday, February 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and aired live on ABC-TV. Tony Awar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PMIdina Menzel's new CD Live Barefoot At The Symphony will be released by Concord Records on March 6. The album was recorded at the Koerner Hall at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto and …
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