(11/24/2018) - Theatrical Outfit continues its 2018-2019 Season of Beauty with the return of our smash holiday hit, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Decatur native Lauren Gunderson and co-writer Margot Melcon's sparkling and romantic sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. This year, four new actors join the cast - three of whom will make their Theatrical Outfit debuts. "The Theatrical Outfit production doesn't miss a detail … likely soon to be a holiday classic," says The Atlanta Journal-Constitution of Miss Bennet, which runs November 21 - December 23 downtown at The Balzer Theater at Herren's.Photo Flash: Martin Giles, Jordon Ross Weinhold & Karen Baum In PICT's THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP by BWW News Desk - Pittsburgh
(11/24/2018) - Just when you think you've heard all the great Jazz music imaginable over the years at Birdland, the 'Jazz Corner of the World' and Gianni Valenti present someone who raises the bar another notch. Vocalist Veronica Swift who defies gravity with her sensual voice, boundless technique, and creative melodic improvisations is a singer destined for musical super stardom. She also happens to be 24 and is already recognized around the country as one of the top young jazz singers. In the fall of 2015 Veronica won second place at the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. In 2016 she was asked to perform a concert of her own at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in NYC and she was a guest artist with Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center with the Tedd Firth Big Band with Marilyn Maye and Freda Payne. Veronica first appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center was at age 11 when she performed at the 'Woman in Jazz' series at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola.Photo Flash: Watertower Theatre Presents THE GREAT DISTANCE HOME by BWW News Desk - Dallas
(11/23/2018) - Four voices emerge from a void, desperate to seek freedom in a world of familiar anxieties and addictions. There is no linear story, the characters aren't named (only by letters), and relationships disappear as quickly as they're created. CRAVE ends up being a stage poem which audiences have opened their minds and hearts to since the piece was written in 1998, one year before Kane's suicide. CRAVE ran at Access Theater from November 15th-18th, 2018 with an incredible turnoutPhoto Flash: In Rehearsal with NINE NIGHT by BWW News Desk - UK / West End
(11/23/2018) - The National Theatre production of Nine Night, Natasha Gordon's award-winning play begins previews at the Trafalgar Studios on 1 December 2018 (press night 6 December) in a co-production with Trafalgar Theatre Productions. Natasha Gordon will take the role of Lorraine in her debut play, for which she won 'The Charles Wintour Award for Best Emerging Playwright' in last week's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.She Believed She Could: Asta Hostetter On Collaboration and Design by Amanda Prahl - Broadway
(11/23/2018) - When it comes to 'how I got here' stories, Àsta Hostetter's is both incredibly unique and incredibly familiar. The costume designer, currently represented off-Broadway by Roundabout's Usual Girls, tells a story of surprise revelations and 'almosts' that will probably sound familiar to a lot of theatre artists.Photo Coverage: Meet the Cast of CHOIR BOY on Broadway! by Walter McBride - Broadway
(11/23/2018) - Manhattan Theatre Club presents the Broadway premiere of Choir Boy, by Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight, The Brother/Sister Plays) and directed by Drama Desk Award nominee Trip Cullman (Lobby Hero, Significant Other, Murder Ballad).Photo Flash: Sideshow Theatre And Greenhouse Productions Present HELA by BWW News Desk - Chicago
(11/23/2018) - Sideshow Theatre Company is pleased to launch its 2018-19 Season with the world premiere of J. Nicole Brooks' dazzling new play HeLa, directed by artistic director Jonathan L. Green* and presented in partnership with the Greenhouse Theater Center. HeLa will play November 18 - December 23, 2018 at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago.Photo Flash: First Look at LOOKING FOR CHRISTMAS at the Old Globe by BWW News Desk - San Diego
(11/23/2018) - The Old Globe is expanding San Diego's celebration of the holidays with a world premiere American musical about family, faith, and the magic of Christmas. The Globe is delighted to announce the complete cast and creative team for Looking for Christmas, the new Clint Black Christmas musical, inspired by the country music legend's 1995 chart-topping holiday album. With music and lyrics by Clint Black, book by James D. Sasser with Black, based on an idea by Sasser and Black, music supervision and music direction by Matt Hinkley, and directed by Kent Nicholson, Looking for Christmas is currently running through December 16, 2018 in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Tickets start at $39.00 and are on sale to the general public now.Photo Flash: Check Out Promotional Photos From 5th Avenue Theatre's ANNIE by BWW News Desk - Seattle
(11/23/2018) - The 5th Avenue Theatre's new production of the beloved musical Annie begins performances tonight, and plays through December 30, 2018. The 5th introduces Visesia Fakatoufifita of Tacoma, WA, and Faith Young of Kent, WA, who make their 5th Avenue Theatre debuts alternating the title role. Check out the new promotional images for the production below!Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME at the Piccadilly Theatre by BWW News Desk - UK / West End
(11/23/2018) - The Olivier and Tony Award® -winning show The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time begins previews at the Piccadilly Theatre on Thursday 29 November for a strictly limited season which ends on 27 April 2019.John Davidson Soon to Serenade Memphis by Caroline Sposto - Memphis
(11/22/2018) - Since the mid 1960's, John Davidson has been beamed into our living rooms countless times. His multiple talents and broad mainstream appeal have made him sort of the Swiss Army knife of entertainment. He's an actor, singer, recording artist, game show host, talk show host, and emcee. Davidson has appeared in a multitude of films, and the scope of his stage career stretches from Broadway to Branson, to major Vegas venues, and beyond. Thanks to his acclaimed work in touring shows, he has a star on the Memphis Orpheum walk of fame. In addition to performing, he has written songs, co-written a play, and collaborated in the development of a board game. Ten years ago, he decided to take on a new challenge, and became a successful touring troubadour.Photo Coverage: Marilyn Maye Gives Thanks Concert at Feinstein's/54 Below by Stephen Sorokoff - Cabaret
(11/22/2018) - Oliver Kaderbhai directs Declan Bennett (Brendan), Bronte Barbe (The Match Girl), Danielle Kassarate (Narrator), Kate Robson-Stuart and Leon Scott in hit Off-Broadway musical Striking 12 from Tony Award-winning Rachel Sheinkin and musical duo Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl, Striking 12 will open at the Union Theatre on 3 December, with previews from 28 November and runs until 23 December.Photo Flash: First Look at SWEAT In Rehearsal at Donmar Warehouse by BWW News Desk - UK / West End
(11/22/2018) - The Donmar Warehouse releases first look rehearsal images of Sweat, written by Lynn Nottage and directed by Lynette Linton, which opens on Wednesday 19 December (with previews from Friday 7 December).Photo Flash: The 2018 Broadway Dreams Hold Annual NYC Showcase by BWW News Desk - New York City
(11/21/2018) - On Monday, November 19, 2018, Broadway Dreams hosted its annual New York City Showcase, the organization's cornerstone event that affords select students from around the world a once-in-a-lifetime chance to turn their dreams into realities as they perform for every major Broadway casting agency working on Broadway as well as other top industry professionals. Photo Flash: Have A Happy Holiday At HOLIDAY INN At Paper Mill Playhouse by BWW News Desk - Broadway
(11/21/2018) - Paper Mill Playhouse presents Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn, based on the film from Universal Pictures, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, and book by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge. Performances Wednesday, November 21, 2018, and will continue through Sunday, December 30, 2018, at Paper Mill Playhouse (22 Brookside Drive, Millburn, NJ).Photo Flash: The Lakewood Playhouse Presents YES VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS by BWW News Desk - Seattle
(11/21/2018) - The Lakewood Playhouse is proud to present the Second Show of our Landmark 80th Anniversary Season: The beautiful story of how one young girl's letter change the holiday, and the world, forever. Photo Flash: Chicago Shakespeare Presents O BROTHERS CHRISTMAS CAROL by BWW News Desk - Chicago
(11/21/2018) - The raucous and irreverent holiday tradition Q Brothers Christmas Carol returns to The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare, now through December 30, 2018. Created by hip-hop sensations the Q Brothers Collective (GQ, JQ, Jax, and Pos) and developed with Creative Producer Rick Boynton, this wildly popular reinterpretation of the perennial favorite by Charles Dickens is underscored with beats spun live at the turntables, mashing up styles from reggae and dancehall music, to dubstep and epic rock ballads. John Hoogenakker, now featured in Amazon's runaway hit series Jack Ryan, takes on the role of Scrooge for a special limited engagement during the run.Photo Flash: The Goodman Theatre Presents the 41st Annual Production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL by BWW News Desk - Chicago
(11/21/2018) - More than 1.5 million people have experienced Goodman Theatre's family-favorite, A Christmas Carol, "one of Chicago's treasured Christmas traditions" (Theatermania), now returning for the 41st year. Under Artistic Associate Henry Wishcamper's direction for the sixth year, the annual production "remains the greatest seasonal story of all" (Chicago Tribune) and features Chicago actor Larry Yando, who leads the 26-member cast as the irascible businessman Ebenezer Scrooge. Joining Yando is Paris Strickland, who reprises her role as Tiny Tim for the second year. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by four ghosts who take him on a spectacular adventure through his past, present and future, helping him rediscover the joys of life, love and friendship. Photo Flash: Moss Hart & Kitty Carlisle Hart New Play Initiative Winners Receive L.A. Productions by BWW News Desk - Los Angeles
(11/21/2018) - Two new character-driven relationship plays, both by award-winning women writers and both inspired by events currently at the forefront of our national consciousness, beat out 1241 other submissions in the inaugural Moss Hart & Kitty Carlisle Hart New Play Initiative. Hart NPI artistic director Christopher Hart will direct Silver Medallion-winning plays Confederates by Suzanne Bradbeer, opening Nov. 9, and Exit Wounds by Wendy Graf, opening Nov. 16, atGrove Theater Center in Burbank, where the two plays will continue to run in repertory through Dec. 16. One will be named the Gold Medallion winner and open on March 13, 2019 for a six-week, off-Broadway run in the 196-seat "Theater A" at 59E59 Theaters in New York City.Photo Flash: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Opens at Drury Lane Theatre by BWW News Desk - Chicago
(11/21/2018) - Drury Lane Theatre presents Disney's Beauty and the Beast, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, book by Linda Woolverton, direction by Alan Souza and choreography by Ron De Jesus. Disney's Beauty and the Beast was originally directed by Robert Jess Ross and originally produced by Disney Theatrical Productions. Disney's Beauty and the Beast runs November 9, 2018 - January 27, 2019, at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace. The press opening was scheduled for Thursday, November 15 at 8:00 p.m.Photo Flash: SPRING AWAKENING Extended At BBPAC by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(11/21/2018) - Black Box Studios is proud to announce the 2nd Main Stage show of the 2018-2019 season, a new production of Spring Awakening, will be adding an additional four shows! With book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening is a rock musical adaption of the seminal play Spring's Awakening by Frank Wedekind and stars NBC's The VoiceFinalist Stephan Marcellus.
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John Davidson Soon to Serenade Memphis
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Photo Flash: The Goodman Theatre Presents the 41st Annual Production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL
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Photo Coverage: MY FAIR LADY, MEAN GIRLS & More Rehearse for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!
Photo Coverage: The Rockettes, Martina McBride, and More Rehearse for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!
Photo: Cher Pays a Surprise Visit to THE CHER SHOW
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Photo Flash: Have A Happy Holiday At HOLIDAY INN At Paper Mill Playhouse
Photo Coverage: Broadway Puts On Their Monday Clothes to Celebrate Bernadette Peters at MTC's Fall Benefit!
Exclusive Photos: Taylor Trensch and Cast of DEAR EVAN HANSEN Hear the Bells for Carols For A Cure!
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Photo Coverage: The Cast of ELF THE MUSICAL Celebrates Opening Night
Photo Flash: First Look at CHRISTMAS CANTEEN 2018 at Aurora Theatre
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Photo Coverage: Conor Maynard Joins The Cast of KINKY BOOTS!
She Believed She Could: Asta Hostetter On Collaboration and Design
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Up on the Marquee: TRUE WEST, with Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano!
Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 27th Annual 27th Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala!
Photo Flash: Providence's Wilbury Theatre Group Accepts 2018 National Theatre Company Award
Photo Coverage: Tyne Daly, Tim Daly & More Celebrate Opening Night of Primary Satges' DOWNSTAIRS
Exclusive Photo Coverage: ANASTASIA's Christy Altomare & Zach Adkins Are Feeling Just Like Christmas for Carols For A Cure!
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Photo Flash: On the Red Carpet at the 2018 Evening Standard Awards