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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Voca People to Close at New World Stages and Launch U.S. Tour by Bethany Rickwald

Voca People will conclude its current run at New York's New World Stages on September 2, and are set to kick off a U.S. national tour in February of 2013. Created by Kalfo and Fishman,…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:15PM

Paper Bag Players Co-Founder Judith Martin Has Died by Bethany Rickwald

Judith Martin, founder and long-time artistic director of children's theater company the Paper Bag Players, died on July 28 at the age of 93 in Mineola, N.Y. Born and raised in Newark,…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:43PM

Matthew Murumba, Susan Louise O'Connor Set for Zootopia Theatre Company's The Why Overhead by Bethany Rickwald

Zootopia Theatre Company is set to present Adam Szymkowicz's The Why Overhead, September 6-23 at Access Theater. Matthew J. Nichols will direct. The play imagines what happens while t…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:22PM

Maxwell Caulfield, Rachel Sorsa to Star in The Getty's Helen by Bethany Rickwald

The Getty Museum and Playwrights' Arena has announced casting for its previously announced production of Nick Salamone's new adaptation of Euripides'Helen, running Spetember 6…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:50PM

The 2012 Radio City Christmas Spectacular to Present "Christmas in August" by Bethany Rickwald

The 2012 Radio City Christmas Spectacular will officially kick off its holiday season with "Christmas in August," celebrating 85 years of the Rockettes performing in New York City,…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:38AM

Vital Theatre Company Announces 2012-2013 Family Programming Season by Bethany Rickwald

Vital Theatre Company has announced its 2012-2013 family programming season. The season will open with the world premiere of Susan DiLallo and Danny Abosch's Fancy Nancy the Musical (S…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:37AM
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

ACT to Present Staged Reading of Dustin Lance Black's 8 by Bethany Rickwald

American Conservatory Theater is set to present the Bay Area premiere of American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) founding board member Dustin Lance Black's 8 in a staged reading, Oc…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:51PM

Japan Society Announces Fall 2012/Spring 2013 Performing Arts Season by Bethany Rickwald

Japan Society has announced plans for its fall 2012/spring 2013 performing arts season. The season will launch with the music of Kinya Sogawa: Shakuhachi Exploration (September 23), which w…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:33PM

Karis Danish, Jesse Liebman, Nicole Rodenburg Set for FringeNYC's #MormonInChief by Bethany Rickwald

Casting has been announced for The Present Company's world premiere of #MormonInChief by Matthew Greene, running August 11-22 at The Kraine Theater as part of FringeNYC. Austin Regan w…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:55PM

Alan Blumenfeld, Andrew Walker to Star in Cherry Docs at Theatricum Botanicum by Bethany Rickwald

Alan Blumenfeld and Andrew Walker are set to star in David Gow's Cherry Docs, September 6-October 13 at The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Pavilion. Kal…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PM

24th Street Theatre Announces 2012-2013 Season by Bethany Rickwald

24th Street Theatre has announced the productions planned for its 2012-2013 15th anniversary season of sophisticated theater for young audiences. To kick off the season, 24th Street Theatre…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:14PM

The Capital Fringe Festival Announces 2012 Award Winners by Bethany Rickwald

The Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, DC, the only major unjuried, self-producing, open-access Festival in the DC area, has announced the winners of its 2012 awards, which were presente…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:40PM

Brandon J. Dirden, Jason Dirden to Star in Two River Theater's Topdog/Underdog by Bethany Rickwald

Two River Theater has announced that real-life brothers Brandon J. Dirden and Jason Dirden will star in its upcoming production of Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/U…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM

Robert Askins, Deirdre O'Connor, Crystal Skillman Set for The 52nd Street Project's Dress the Part by Bethany Rickwald

The 52nd Street Project is set to present Dress the Part: Ten More Tailor Made Plays, the second installment of its 25th Annual One-on-One Series, August 17-19 at the project's Five Ang…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:26AM

Olney Theatre Center to Kick Off National Tour with Romeo and Juliet by Bethany Rickwald

Olney Theatre Center is set to kick off its 64th national tour with two free outdoor performances of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, August 24 and 25 at 8 pm on The Root Family Stage. …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:43AM

Amy Judd-Lieberman, Alex Walters Set for Rogue Artists Ensemble's Zen Shorts by Bethany Rickwald

Rogue Artists Ensemble is set to present two free productions of Zen Shorts, August 25 and 26 at the Ivy Substation. Sean Cawelti and John Norbori will direct. Zen Shorts is based on Zen S…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:38AM
Monday, July 30, 2012

Annabel Armour, Patrick Clear to Star in Remy Bumppo Theatre Company's Seascape by Bethany Rickwald

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is set to present Edward Albee's Seascape, September 12-October 14 at the Greenhouse Theater Center. Nick Sandys will direct. In Seascape, a very human new…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:20PM

Tyler Hanes, Alessa Neeck, Patrick Ryan Sullivan Set for Maine State Music Theatre's 42nd Street by Bethany Rickwald

Maine State Music Theatre is set to present 42nd Street, August 8-25 at the Pickard Theater. Charles Repole will direct, with musical direction by Jason Wetzel and choreography by Michael L…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:48PM

AJ Holmes, Ben Bowen Among Performers for Broadway Bound Benefit Concert by Bethany Rickwald

Broadway Bound, a benefit concert featuring thirty-five of Broadway's most promising new talents, will take place on August 18 beginning at 6:30 at Hillcrest Center for the Arts. Rober…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:32PM

All-Male Streep Tease to Play Theatre Asylum by Bethany Rickwald

Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Streep Monologues performed by an All-Male Cast is set to play August 4-25 at Theatre Asylum. Ezra Weisz directs, with choreography by Fred Tallaksen. Str…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:49PM

Giant Killer Slugs Set for Theater for the New City's Dream Up Festival by Bethany Rickwald

Theater for the New City's Dream Up Festival is set to present Giant Killer Slugs, August 22-September 2 at the New City's Johnson Theater. Giant Killer Slugs is a creature featu…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:45PM

Sam Henderson, Seth Reichgott Set for Return Engagement of New Jerusalem at Lantern Theater Company by Bethany Rickwald

The Lantern Theater Company is set to present a return engagement of David Ives' New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:51PM

Drury Lane Theatre Announces 2013-2014 Season by Bethany Rickwald

Drury Lane Theatre has announced its 2013-2014 season. The season will kick off with The Tony Award-winning Oliver!, Lionel Bart's musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Tw…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:14PM

Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience to Play Chicago's Broadway Playhouse by Bethany Rickwald

Braodway In Chicago is set to present Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience for five weeks beginning November 13 at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Potted Potter is …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:19PM

Garett Hawe, Corey Mach, Julia Mattison Set for Half Hour: A Last Minute Concert by Bethany Rickwald

Many Broadway understudies will perform in Half Hour: A Last Minute Concert, August 19 at 7pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Max Friedman will direct, with musical direction by Zack Zadek.…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:30PM

David Hein, Irene Sankoff to Reprise Roles in My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding by Bethany Rickwald

My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding is set to play at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in a workshop concert format as part of the Festival for New American Musicals, August 19 and 2…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:11PM

Nathan Keepers, Jim Lichtscheidl to Star in Jungle Theater's Waiting for Godot by Bethany Rickwald

The Jungle Theater is set to present Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, August 24-September 30 at the Lyn-Lake Theater. Artistic director Bain Boehlke will direct. In Waiting for God…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:58AM

Chazz Palminteri to Star in a Free Staged Reading of Unorganized Crime by Bethany Rickwald

Chazz Palminteri is set to star in a free staged reading of Kenny D'Aquila's Unorganized Crime, August 6 at 7:30pm in the mainstage at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater in Chica…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AM

Julia Budde, Nate Guevin, Kevin Paquette Set for Boston Teen Acting Troupe's Dog Sees God by Bethany Rickwald

The Boston Teen Acting Troupe is set to present Bert V. Royals' Dog Sees God, August 10-12 at the Cambridge YMCA Theatre. Jack Serio and Catherine Spino will direct. Dog Sees God is a…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:13AM

Aleisha Force, Judson Jones, Darlene Hope Set for Theatre East's Normalcy by Bethany Rickwald

Theatre East has announced casting for its previously announced production of Bennett Windheim's Normalcy, to run August 31-September 23 at Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. Benard Cummings dir…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:48AM
Friday, July 27, 2012

Richard Howard, Cristofer Jean, Lisa Tejero Set for Oregon Shakespeare Festival Reading of 8 by Bethany Rickwald

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is set to present a reading of American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) founding board member Lance Black's 8, August 5 at 8:30pm in the New Theatre. …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM

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