Thursday, February 23, 2012
Idina 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 …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:23PMThe Paramount Theatre has announced the four musicals it will produce during the 2012-2013 season.
Rachel Rockwell will direct two productions for the company: Charles Strouse, Martin Char…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:43AMProfiles Theatre has extended Leslye Headland's Bachelorette. The production, directed by Darrell W. Cox, will now play through April 29.
The dark comedy centers on a group of friends…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:53AMTeam StarKid will offer free performances of its newest parody Holy Musical B@man! at the Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theatre, March 16-25, according to a report in The Chicago Tr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:37AMWednesday, February 22, 2012
An 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 02:52PMNBC has released a teaser trailer for Nick Jonas' guest appearance on the February 28 episode of Smash.
Jonas is set to play Lyle, a young performer who ends up putting the moves on …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:41PMThe nominations for the inaugural Chicago Theater Critics' Beat Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced in late March.
Nominations have been made in 19 categories, w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:06PMSilk Road Rising has announced casting for Re-Spiced: A Silk Road Cabaret, to run April 4 - May 6 in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building. Steve Scott will direct the show, w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:42PMHarvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper's musical Kinky Boots will play the Bank of America Theatre in October 2012. Jerry Mitchell will direct and choreograph the production.
With music an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:52AMPrincipal casting has been announced for Soul Sister, to run April 15 - May 5 at the Hackney Empire, according to a report on the website for the U.K. magazine The Stage. Bob Eaton will dir…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:28AMJSP Records will release Creations 1936-1962 - Songs She Sang First in 2013. Lawrence Schulman will assemble the box set of remastered Judy Garland recordings.
The set will feature tunes G…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:42AMWillem Dafoe, Colin Farrell, Anna Kendrick, John Waters, and Olivia Wilde will serve as presenters at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, according to a report on Deadline.com. The event wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:15AMTony Award winner Martin Short will join Kelly Ripa as co-host on Live! With Kelly for two episodes, March 8-9, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Other upcoming guest hosts on the show…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:08AMMoira Buffini will write the screenplay for the movie The Night Circus, according to a report on Deadline.com.
The film, based on the novel by Erin Morgenstern, will center on two young ill…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMUpdated casting has been announced for Billy Elliot the Musical, playing at the West End's Victoria Palace Theatre.
As of February 22, the role of Billy will be played by new cast memb…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:51AMReports on 20 new discs, including Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, Robert Creighton's Ain't We Got Fun, The Nunziatas' Make Someone Happy, and many more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMTuesday, February 21, 2012
Rufus Wainwright has released a video trailer for his forthcoming CD Out Of The Game As previously reported, the CD will be released on May 1 by Decca.
In addition, the schedule for a ser…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:32PMAn initial lineup of performers has been announced for Broadway Remembers Whitney, a one-night-only concert to be offered at Joe's Pub on February 27 at 9:30pm. Kris Kukul will serve a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:43PMA Red Orchid Theatre has extended Brett Neveu's Megacosm. Directed by ensemble member Dado, the production will now run through March 11.
In the play, an industrialist uses every mean…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:02PMNick Jonas will headline a new Broadway cast album EP of How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Robert Sher has produced the recording, which will be released by Broadway Records…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:10PMThe Paramount Theatre has announced casting for the classic rock musical Hair, to run March 14 - April 1. Rachel Rockwell will direct the production, which will have musical direction by Do…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:29PMAnnie Potts will star in the Hallmark Channel's movie musical The Music Teacher, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Alan Ett will compose the original songs for the project.
The mov…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PMAntonio Banderas will play Pablo Picasso in the movie 33 Dias (33Days), according to a report in Variety. Carlos Saura will direct the film, which he has co-written with Elias Querejeta and…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:52PMAn 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 01:21PMThe Goodman Theatre has released a teaser trailer featuring rehearsal footage of director Calixto Bieto's re-imagining of Tennessee Wiliams' Camino Real, to run March 3 - April 8.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:37PMStrawdog Theatre Company has announced its 2012-2013 season, according to a report in The Chicago Tribune.
The schedule begins with Jennifer Hailey's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:30PMCasting has been announced for a one-night-only performance of A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer to be offered on March 26 at the Lyric Theatre in London, according to a report on w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:27AMEllen Stern will write a biography of artist/caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, according to a report in The New York Times. The book, to be published by the Sarah Crichton Books imprint of Farrar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:11AMCasting has been announced for Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens' The Glorious Ones, to run March 6 - April 7 at the Landor Theatre. As previously announced, Robert McWhir will direct t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:26AMCasting has been announced for Eric Idle and John Du Prez's What About Dick?, to be offered as a staged reading at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, April 26-29, according to a report…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:06AMHeather Headley will play Rachel Marron, the role originated by Whitney Houston, in the stage musical version of The Bodyguard, according to a report in Variety. Thea Sharrock will direct …
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