6,352 stories by "Dan Bacalzo"
Tony Award winner James Lapine will moderate New York City Center's final "Musical Theater: From the Page to the Stage," program on Monday, May 16, at 6:30pm. As previously re…
Updated casting has been announced for L.A. Theatre Works' presentation of Dracula, at the Skirball Cultural Center, May 18-22. Rosalind Ayres will direct.
Charles Morey's play, b…
Baayork Lee and Donna McKechnie, who originated, respectively, the roles of Connie and Cassie in Broadway's A Chorus Line, will take part in a panel discussion about the show in conjunc…
Actress and comedienne Hazelle Goodman will be one of the co-hosts for Brooklyn based Afro-Caribbean dance company, Something Positive's gala benefit party, "Cocktails & Conver…
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival has announced its 2011-2012 season, which will open with William McNulty's adaptation of Bram Stoker's vampire horror classic Dracula (October 7-30…
Alison Arngrim will bring her solo show Confessions of a Prairie Bitch back to New York, with an engagement at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, June 17 and 18 at 7:30pm.
Arngrim is perhaps best…
Daniel Beaty's entertaining new musical has a catchy score and an only moderately successful script.
Drag-queen playwright Linda Simpson's new comedy, The Emperor's New Codpiece will play Friday nights at The Laurie Beechman Theater, June 10-July 15. Tim Cusack will direct.
Set d…
The new Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, which has received 14 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical, will launch a national tour at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in …
The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has announced its programming and guest artists for its performances at Wolf Trap, America's National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virgi…
Comedian Rita Rudner will perform a stand-up show at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on Wednesday, June 22 at 8pm.
Rudner is a popular comedian who has been a frequent headl…
Broadway veteran J. Mark McVey will star as the fugitive Jean Valjean in the 25th anniversary touring production of Les Miserables during the show's Los Angeles engagement at the Ahmans…
Tony Award winner Brad Oscar will host the benefit, Broadway Sensation at Alice Tully Hall on Monday May 16 at 8pm. The show will be simulcast in Times Square.
Among the participating star…
Mark Rylance, currently nominated for a 2011 Tony Award for his work in Broadway's Jerusalem, will perform at Peace Direct's launch of its new US affiliate, to be held at The Yale …
Performance Space 122 has extended Reggie Watts and Tommy Smith's Radio Play, which will now close on May 28. Kip Fagan has directed the production.
Modeled after radio programs of ye…
Tony Award nominee Ethan Hawke will appear in the forthcoming movie remake of Total Recall, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The sci-fi action film will star Colin Farrell as Douglas Qu…
Stage and screen star David Hasselhoff has joined the cast of the upcoming film, Piranha 3DD, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The comedy horror film will be directed by John Gulager, a…
NYC Life (channel 25) will air episodes of the documentary series Made Here, on Mondays nights at 10:30pm, beginning May 23.
This video project focuses on timely issues that relate to artis…
Broadway veteran Will Ferrell will receive the 14th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. It will be presented to him at a ceremony in the Concert Hall at the Kennedy Center, to be hel…
The Actors Fund hosted the concert, Billy Barnes and Friends, as part of its Musical Monday at The Pantages series, on Monday, May 9. John Bowab directed, with musical direction by Steven Sm…
Updated casting has been announced for Surflight Theatre's production of Rent, to run May 28-June 19. Jen Bender will direct and choreograph the production, with music direction by Jere…
Stage and television star Annie Potts will once again star in Elliot Shoenman's comedic drama AfterMath, which will play a return engagement at the Matrix Theatre, beginning May 21. Mar…
Second Stage Theater has announced a second extension of its world premiere production of Lynn Nottage's By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, which will now close on June 12.
Directed by Jo Bo…
Three-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara will headline Dallas Theater Center's Centerstage 2011 gala, to be presented at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Art…
New Worlds Theatre Project will present the first ever English adaptation of the nearly century old Yiddish drama Under the Cross at the June Havoc Theater, June 3-25. David Winitsky will di…