Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Theatre World Award winner Doe Avedon has died in Los Angeles at age 86, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Avedon won the award for her work in the 1948 Broadway production of The Young …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:55AMA Red Orchid Theatre will present will present the world premiere of Brett Neveu's Megacosm, January 12-February 16. The production, which will open on January 15, will be directed by D…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:09AMAdditional programming has been announced for the Slamdance Film Festival, which runs January 20-26 in Park City, Utah, and which will present over 80 narrative features, documentaries, and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:41AMThe 92Y Tribeca has announced three theater-related events for January.
On Wednesday January 11 at 7pm, there will be a special conversation about The New Group's upcoming production o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:14AMActress and director Heidi Helen Davis has died in Los Angeles at age 60, after a yearlong struggle with breast cancer.
Davis began her career as an actress at the American Conservatory The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AMThe Broadway star and American Idol finalist discusses her new gig on The Young and the Restless.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AMTuesday, December 20, 2011
The Black Film Critics Circle awarded The Help five top honors, including nods for Best Film, for actresses Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, and for the film's ensemble, which also incl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:41PMTony Award winner Bill T.Jones will present the world premiere of his new dance-theater piece Story/Time, to be performed by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, at Peak Performances at M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:13PMMiG Ayesa will return to the hit London production of Thriller-Live at the Lyric Theatre in January.
The show, directed by Garry Lloyd, brings to life the sensational dancing and distincti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:25PMStage veterans Ed Asner, Carol Burnett, Valerie Harper, Hugh Jackman, and Mary Tyler Moore are among the stars who will be on hand for Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America&…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:15PMRoundabout Theatre Company will present a new Off-Broadway production of Simon Gray's comedy-drama The Common Pursuit, to run May 4-July 29 at the Laura Pels Theatre. The production, wh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe New York Pops, under the baton of Music Director Steven Reineke, presented A Swingin' Christmas on December 16 and 17 at Carnegie Hall.
The concert featured guest artist John Pizza…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:02PMThe musical Finding Neverland, based on the 2004 film of the same name, is expected to get its first production in Britain next year, according to The New York Times. The show, to be directe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01PMMonday, December 19, 2011
Initial selections have been announced for the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, to run July 5-25.
Katie Mitchell will direct the world premiere of George Benjamin's opera Written on Sk…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:33PMMGM Grand Hotel & Casino's Studio 54 nightclub will now close its doors to the public on February 4 after 14 years on the Las Vegas strip, rather than its previously announced date …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:52PMMGM Grand Hotel & Casino's Studio 54 nightclub will now close its doors to the public on February 4 after 14 years on the Las Vegas strip, rather than its previously announced date …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:52PMSunday, December 18, 2011
The Sydney Theater Company's critically acclaimed production of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya, starring Oscar winner Cate Blanchett as Yelena, will be presented at City Center …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54PMSaturday, December 17, 2011
Stage and screen actor Graham Brown has died at age 87 in New Jersey, according to published reports.
Brown appeared frequently on Broadway and Off-Broadway during his long career, includin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:57PMThe Emmy Award-winning actress discusses her fascinating bioplay about former Texas Governor Ann Richards.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMTony Award winner Carol Channing will headline A Carol Channing Christmas, a fully-staged and costumed holiday extravaganza, to be held at 8pm on Wednesday, December 21 at the Agua Caliente …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:31AMA free reading of Emmy Award winner Robert Wuhl's play Hit List will be presented at the Studio Theatre in Queens Theatre in the Park on Monday, December 19 at 7:30 pm.
The play is d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:23AMStage and screen star James Frain has joined the cast of Gore Verbinski's film, The Lone Ranger, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film will star Johnny Depp in the title role, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:18AMWarner Bros. has settled a legal dispute over the Broadway musical Baby It's You, according to The Hollywood Reporter. No terms of the settlement were revealed.
Earlier this year, a co…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMThursday, December 15, 2011
Rene Augesen, Alexander Crowther, Ben Kahre, Andrew Polk, and Concetta Tomei will star in American Conservatory Theater's world premiere of Carey Perloff's Higher, to run Feburary …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:42PMStage and television star Jamie Lynn-Sigler will guest star next year on ABC's sitcom Last Man Standing, according to TVGuide.com.
She will play Gabriella, the daughter of sporting goo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:22PMAaron Carter, who is currently playing Matt in the Off-Broadway production The Fantasticks at the Snapple Theatre Center, will perform at the Gramercy Theatre on Thursday, January 19.
Carte…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:48PMTony Award winner Duncan Sheik and Tony Award nominee Nell Benjamin will write a musical based on Kate DiCamillo's 2000 novel, Because of Winn-Dixie which tells the story of a 10-year-o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:31PMNominations have been announced for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which will be handed out on Sunday, January 15 in Los Angeles and aired live on NBC. The ceremony will be hosted by R…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:52AMWednesday, December 14, 2011
Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis give a sneak peek at the Broadway production of The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:02PMOn Tuesday, December 13, pop singer and Broadway veteran attended the Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks at the Snapple Theatre Center.
The show's cast currently feature fellow…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:30PMThe Baryshnikov Arts Center has announced its selections for its spring 2012 performance season, according to The New York Times.
The season begins with Young Jean Lee's Untitled Femin…
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