Thursday, August 15, 2013
Even with her long list of recent successes on Broadway (The Little Mermaid, Master Class, The Phantom of the Opera) and the West End (Love Never Dies, Les Misérables), Sierra Boggess is no…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMWednesday, August 14, 2013
Producers Daryl Roth and Eva Price have just announced that Emmy Award winner Tom Skerritt will be making his Broadway debut in Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes' stage adaptation of John Gris…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:44PMUp-and-coming playwright Robbie Robertson's comedic adaptation of the 1960s sexploitation film Satan in High Heels will make its off-Broadway debut at Dixon Place on October 30. The remainin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:07PMFull casting has been announced for the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre production of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys. Joining previously announced costars Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:50PMOn Monday, September 30, 54 Below will host the fourth annual Born for Broadway gala, a celebrity cabaret that raises money for paralysis-based organizations. Born for Broadway was founded 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:48PM"We feel like theater is a powerful platform for kids to be heard," said Katie Cappiello, cofounder of the All-Girl Theater Company, along with Meg McInerney, a fellow NYU Tisch graduate. Wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:21AMPaper Mill Playhouse of Millburn, New Jersey, is seeking children for its upcoming production of Oliver! The theater will hold an open-call audition on Saturday, September 7, for boys (or gi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:50AMTuesday, August 13, 2013
The Fountain Theatre has announced Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart as its next production, set to run from September 18-November 3, in advance of a September 21 opening. Simon Levy directs …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:49PMThe Rainmaker, N. Richard Nash's romantic comedy now playing at Santa Monica's Edgemar Center for the Arts, has announced that it will be extending its run through August 31 due to popular d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:24PMSag Harbor, New York's Bay Street Theatre has named Scott Schwartz as its newest artistic director. Schwartz will begin implementing his new vision for the theater during its upcoming 2014 s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:15PMMonday, August 12, 2013
New Haven's Tony Award-winning Long Wharf Theatre has announced that it will hold local auditions for an assortment of roles in its star-studded 2013-14 season productions. Though the compan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:56PMNew Haven's Tony Award-winning Long Wharf Theatre has announced that it will hold local auditions for an assortment of roles in its star-studded 2013-14 season productions. Though the compan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:56PMNow in its 17th year on Broadway, the company of Chicago has announced a number of upcoming additions to its cast. Emmy Award nominee Paige Davis (Trading Spaces) will join the cast as Roxie…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:23PMFrom August 12 through September 1, the Outer Critics Circle Award-winning production of My Name Is Asher Lev will be offering $10 tickets to anyone 30 or younger. Interested theatergoers sh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:51PMEydie Gormé, an iconic pop vocalist whose career took off in the 1950s and '60s, passed away on Saturday, August 10, only six days shy of her 85th birthday. According to her spokesman, Howa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:22AMFriday, August 9, 2013
Goodspeed Musicals has announced casting for its upcoming production of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella, scheduled to run from September 20-December 1 with an official press opening set…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNew York voters recently got a taste of the potential changes a new mayor could make to the city's arts budget (for better or worse) during the mayoral arts forum held at Columbia University…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMThursday, August 8, 2013
Actor and writer Matthew-Lee Erlbach (Handbook for an American Revolutionary) is bringing his new burlesque farce, Eager to Lose, to Ars Nova for a limited engagement off-Broadway run this f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:07PMActor and writer Matthew-Lee Erlbach (Handbook for an American Revolutionary) is bringing his new burlesque farce, Eager to Lose, to Ars Nova for a limited engagement off-Broadway run this f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:07PMAs the 17th annual New York International Fringe Festival prepares for the start of its two-week run (August 9-25), a few of the participating productions begin to pull away from the rest of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:26PMThe Public Theater has announced casting for an original musical adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, which will offer free performances at Central Park's Delacorte Theater from Septembe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:12PMWednesday, August 7, 2013
The Bridges of Madison County, a new musical adapted from the best-selling Robert James Waller novel, celebrated its world premiere at the beautiful Williamstown Theatre Festival in the Berk…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:26PMTuesday, August 6, 2013
Following a successful run and an unprecedented three extensions at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, The Jungle Book is heading to Boston to prepare for a second run at Boston's Huntington T
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:58PMMonday, August 5, 2013
Playwright Craig Wright (Grace) will bring The Pavilion to Sanguine Theatre Company, in a production at the Drilling Company for a series of performances August 8-10, 11, 15-17, and 18. The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:25PMTony Award winners Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years) and Marsha Norman (The Secret Garden) premiered their newest Broadway-bound romantic musical, The Bridges of Madison County, at Wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:28PMPaulo Szot — best known for his Tony Award-winning Broadway debut in the 2008 revival of South Pacific — is a man of many voices. While a thick Brazilian accent blends with his deep bari…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:28AMSaturday, August 3, 2013
Broadway knows her best as Diana, the manic depressive mother in Next to Normal and the role for which she took home the 2009 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. While Diana will undou…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMFriday, August 2, 2013
Producer Albert Podell and the York Shakespeare Company have announced their world premiere production of Alexander Harrington's The Great Society. Seth Duerr will direct the four-week limit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:45AMThursday, August 1, 2013
For the first time in 12 years, New York City will be electing a new mayor, replacing three-term Michael Bloomberg this October. For New York City artists and arts patrons, this could mean e…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:49PMIf you're rusty on your show-cabulary, in theater speak, a sitzprobe refers to the first time a musical's cast and orchestra rehearse together— though, for us, it means a first chance to h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:13PMThis evening at 7pm, Drama Desk Award winner Brian d'Arcy James (Shrek) and Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin (star of the upcoming Broadway musical Big Fish), celebrate the release of the Gia…
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