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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Intiman Theatre Meets $1 Million Fundraising Goal, Moves Forward With 2012 Summer Festival Plans by Andy Propst

Intiman Theatre has met its deadline to raise $1million in order to remain open, according to a report in The Seattle Times. As previously reported, the theater had cancelled much of its 20…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:15AM

Sam Gold, Kristen Greenidge, Lois Markle Among the Noel Craig Award Winners by Andy Propst

The winners of the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle's 2011 Craig Noel Awards have been announced. The prizes were presented in a ceremony held on Monday, February 6 at the Museum of Co…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32AM

Works by Mike Daisey, Branden Jacob-Jenkins, Mona Mansour Part of HighTide Festival 2012 by Andy Propst

HighTide Festival Theatre has announced the lineup of works that will comprise its HideTide Festival, to run May 3-13 and include the European premiere of Mike Daisey's acclaimed The Ag…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:01AM

Nick Blaemire, Kait Kerrigan, Brian Lowdermilk Set for 92YTribeca's Behind the Musica-al: Teenage Dreams by Andy Propst

Performer and songwriter Nick Blaemire, along with the songwriting teams of Kyle Ewalt and Michael I. Walker and Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk, will take part in Behind the Musica-al: T…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:37AM

Victor Trent Cook, Rodrick Dixon, Thomas Young to Offer Three Tenors in Harlem at Play The Faison Firehouse Theater by Andy Propst

Victor Trent Cook, Rodrick Dixon, and Thomas Young will perform Three Tenors in Harlem at The Faison Firehouse Theater, February 10-12. The show will feature selections that come from the…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:18AM

Anthony Lawton, Robin Moseley, Richard Poe Set for PTC's The Outgoing Tide by Andy Propst

Philadelphia Theatre Company has announced casting for Bruce Graham's The Outgoing Tide, to run March 23 - April 22. James J. Christy will direct the production. Graham's play, s…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:11AM

Farah Alvin, D.C. Anderson, George Dvorsky, Terri White Set for February 9 Broadway Ballyhoo by Andy Propst

Farah Alvin, D.C. Anderson, George Dvorsky, and Terri White will star in Broadway Ballyhoo at Feinstein's at Loews Regency on Thursday, February 9 at 11pm. Produced and hosted by Thea…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:03AM

ABC Moves Forward With Bunheads, Starring Sutton Foster by Andy Propst

ABC Family will move forward with the new drama Bunheads, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As previously reported, Sutton Foster stars in the show, slated to air in September, which has…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:57AM

Bunheads, Starring Sutton Foster, Gets Series Order by Andy Propst

ABC Family will move forward with the new drama Bunheads, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As previously reported, Sutton Foster stars in the show, slated to air in September, which has…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:57AM
Monday, February 6, 2012

Rebecca Finnegan, Craig Spidle Set for Porchlight Theatre's A Catered Affair by Andy Propst

Porchlight Music Theatre company has announced casting for A Catered Affair, to run February 18 - April 1 at Stage 773. Nick Bowling will direct the production, which will have music direct…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:56PM

Ericka Ratcliff, Matt Mueller Set for Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew by Andy Propst

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) has announced casting for Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew, to run Saturdays at 11m, February 25 - April 7. Rachel Rockwell will direct the produ…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:03PM

Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's At the Statue of Venus Set for February 12 Release by Andy Propst

Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's one-woman, one act opera, At the Statue of Venus, a scene for soprano and piano will be released by GPRrecords on CD on February 12. The piece was co…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:37PM

Black Ensemble Theater Extends The Jackie Wilson Story Through March 18 by Andy Propst

Black Ensemble Theater has extended its production of The Jackie Wilson Story through March 18. Jackie Taylor has written and directed the piece. The show chronicles the rise and fall of t…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM

Zoe Levin, Fiona Robert Set for Steppenwolf's fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life by Andy Propst

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced casting for Sarah Gubbins' fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life, to run February 28 - March 18. Joanie Schultz will direct the production.…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AM

Tony Danza to Star in Honeymoon in Vegas Musical on Broadway by Andy Propst

Tony Danza will star in the musical version of the film Honeymoon in Vegas, which will have a premiere engagement in Toronto in November 2012 before an anticipated Broadway opening in Spring…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19AM

Gavin Creel to Celebrate Get Out CD with March 19 Joe's Pub Concerts by Andy Propst

Gavin Creel will celebrate the release of his new solo album Get Out with two concerts at Joe's Pub, to be offered on Monday, March 19 at 7pm and 9:30pm. The recording will be Creel&ap…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:52AM

Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Donna Murphy to be Featured on Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project CDs by Andy Propst

Anastasia Barzee, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Raul Esparza, Sutton Foster, Brian D'Arcy James, Rebecca Luker, Kelli O'Hara, Donna Murphy, Anika Noni Rose and Vanessa Williams…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:35AM

Brian d'Arcy James, Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell to Perform at New Nightclub Venue 54 Below by Andy Propst

Two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will open the new restaurant/nightclub space 54 Below, located downstairs from Studio 54, with a two-week engagement in June. Scott Wittman will serv…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AM

VOLCANO Announces Casting for A Clockwork Orange in London by Andy Propst

Casting has been announced for VOLCANO's new stage version of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, to run March 21 - April 21 at the Arcola Theatre. Paul Davies will direct the pi…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:57AM
Sunday, February 5, 2012

PHOTO FLASH: Mila Kunis attends Peter Mac's Judy Garland: LIVE! by Andy Propst

Actress, Mila Kunis recently attended a performance of Judy Garland: LIVE! In Concert, playing at the French Market. The tribute show, starring Peter Mac as Judy Garland, features selection…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:50AM

PHOTO FLASH: Mila Kunis at Peter Mac's Judy Garland: LIVE! by Andy Propst

Filn and television star Mila Kunis recently attended a performance of Judy Garland: LIVE! In Concert, playing at the French Market. The tribute show, starring Peter Mac as Judy Garland, fe…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:50AM
Friday, February 3, 2012

BMI's Jean Banks Has Died by Andy Propst

Arts administrator Jean Banks has died after a battle with lung cancer. She was 77. Banks was senior director of jazz and musical theatre at BMI, a position she held from the mid-1990s. I…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:10PM

Arlene Philips to Direct and Choreograph Starlight Express U.K. Tour by Andy Propst

Arlene Phillips will direct and choreograph a U.K. tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express, which will launch with an engagement at the New Wimbledon Theatre in London, running …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:04PM

Arlene Phillips to Direct and Choreograph Starlight Express U.K. Tour by Andy Propst

Arlene Phillips will direct and choreograph a U.K. tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express, which will launch with an engagement at the New Wimbledon Theatre in London, running …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:04PM

Martin Sheen to Join George Clooney Jamie Lee Curtis, Jane Lynch in 8 Reading in L.A. by Andy Propst

Martin Sheen will play Theodore B. Olson in the Los Angeles premiere of Dustin Lance Black's 8, to be offered as a benefit reading at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on March 3, according to…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:44PM

Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo Set for John Carney's Can A Song Save Your Life? Film by Andy Propst

Mark Ruffalo will join the previously announced Scarlett Johansson in Can A Song Save Your Life?, according to a report in Variety. John Carney is writing and directing the picture. The f…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:04PM

Kirsten Fitzgerald, Natalie West Set for A Red Orchid Theatre's The Butcher of Baraboo by Andy Propst

A Red Orchid Theatre has announced casting for Marisa Wegrzyn's The Butcher of Baraboo, to run April 5 - May 20. Shade Murray will direct the production. The play centers on a female …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:17PM

Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton Set for Double Feature Movie, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby by Andy Propst

Jessica Chastain and Joel Edgerton will star in a double-feature film project The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers, according to a report on D…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM

VIDEO FLASH: Zach Braff Discusses All New People with The Guardian's Kate Abbott by Andy Propst

The Guardian has released a video interview, featuring Zach Braff, who discusses his play All New People, which begins previews on February 22 at the West End's Duke of Yorks Theatre. …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:30AM

Anne Chancellor, Nicholas Farrell Set for The Browning Version/South Downs in West End by Andy Propst

The double bill of Terence Rattigan's The Browning Version and David Hare's South Down, seen at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2011, will transfer to the West End's Harold Pin…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:25AM

Trap Door Theatre Announces Casting for They Are Dying Out by Andy Propst

Trap Door Theatre has announced casting for Peter Handke's They Are Dying Out, translated by Michael Roloff, to run February 16 - March 24. Max Truax will direct the production. The …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:11AM

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