| PLAYBILL.COM'S WEEK IN REVIEW: Beating the Bushes for Broadway(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2009-02-07 01:04) | | Comedian-writer-actor Will Ferrell opened Feb. 5 in You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush, bringing his antic "Saturday Night Live" impersonation of the 43rd President of the United States to Broadway, at the Cort Theatre. Th... |
| 'Rock of Ages' Will Begin Broadway Run Three Days Early(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2009-02-07 01:04) | | Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Feb. 5 via Ticketmaster.com at (212) 307-4100. No casting has been announced. Opening night is April 7. Following a successful, critically acclaimed Off-Broadway run and the sale of the film rights to New... |
| Uncertain art world eyes key European auctions(By Mike Collett-White Mike Collett-white 2009-02-02 21:57) | | LONDON (Reuters) – Big art sales in Europe this month are a step into the unknown for auction houses, as they seek to gauge how the economic turmoil is affecting wealthy clients' appetite for multi-million dollar works of art. The booming market for... |
| CSC Creates a Youthful 'Romeo and Juliet' for Young Audiences(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2009-01-30 20:13) | | Off-Broadway's CSC presents an abridged 90-minute version of the play Feb. 23-March 6. Kids 12 and up are the target audience. This is the fourth year of CSC's popular Young Company, "which creates classical works specially tailored for young audien... |
| Mary-Louise Parker Takes Aim as Broadway's 'Hedda Gabler'(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2009-01-27 04:47) | | Tony Award winner Parker (Proof) is the title character (who has an affection for pistols) of the 1890 drama. Shinn is the acclaimed playwright of Dying City (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), Four, On the Mountain, Other People, The Coming World, What... |
| McCarrick's Irish Play, 'The Mushroom Pickers', to Get U.S. Premiere(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2009-01-14 06:16) | | The Equity showcase production is produced by alloy theater company, which staged the cabaret premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tell Me On a Sunday in 2008 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Hondo Weiss-Richmond directs a cast that includes Maxine Linehan,... |
| 'Old Glory', Neveu's Play About Fallout of Iraq War, Premieres in IL; Cast Announced(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2009-01-08 22:38) | | Commissioned through the Writers' Theatre Literary Development Initiative, the production will be directed by William Brown, with a cast that includes LaShawn Banks, Steve Haggard, Philip Earl Johnson, Tom McElroy, Penny Slusher and Marcus Truschinski. O... |
| Wedded Blisters: Erin Kamler's 'Divorce! The Musical' Will Premiere in Hollywood(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2008-12-28 19:26) | | Featuring music, lyrics and book by 2008 Frederick Loewe Award winner Erin Kamler (Runway 69 at New Dramatists), the musical comedy concerns "one couple's hellish journey to untie the knot." Rick Culbertson, in association with Lynn Marks, prod... |
| Hollywood composers tune in for rare gathering(By Kevin Cassidy Kevin Cassidy 2008-12-24 04:24) | | LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Film composers aren't exactly the most social creatures in Hollywood. But when five of this year's Oscar front-runners -- A.R. Rahman ("Slumdog Millionaire"), Howard Shore ("Doubt"), Danny Elfma... |
| Cast Set for 'House in Hydesville', a Local Ghost Story, Premiering at Geva in 2009(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2008-12-11 10:16) | | The play, officially opening Jan. 17, was commissioned by Geva Theatre Center specifically for a Rochester, NY, audience. Based on actual events, according to Geva notes, "the play centers on the Fox family, in particular the two youngest daughters,... |
| Guinan and Mahoney Are Brothers Playing with Fire in Steppenwolf 'Seafarer'(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2008-12-05 09:43) | | Performances begin Dec. 4 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre, where the run lasts to Feb. 8, 2009. Opening is Dec. 14. Meanwhile, at Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre, William Petersen is starring in Irish playwright McPherson's Dublin Carol. Mahoney - bes... |
| Hits of the Fifties Find Home in Florida Premiere, 'Hula Hoop Sha Boop'(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2008-12-03 16:05) | | Performances of the "fabulous '50s"-inspired show, featuring pop hits of the day, will play Jan. 6-March 21, 2009, in the Goldstein Cabaret in Sarasota, FL. The musical had its premiere at Milwaukee Repertory Theater in March 2008. FST bills it... |
| Rando-Directed Expansion of Connick's 'Happy Elf' Musical Plays "Tryout" in WI(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2008-12-02 02:27) | | The Urinetown director stages the Milwaukee premiere of the expanded musical, seen earlier in a developmental production in Kansas City. The project was inspired by a Connick song and was fleshed out as a 2005 animated TV special. The book is by Andrew F... |
| Chioran, Barsky, Gallagher Will Star in Toronto Premiere of Finn's 'A New Brain'(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2008-11-27 00:40) | | Respected Canadian theatre veterans Barbara Barsky and Juan Chioran are among cast members. Daryl Cloran will direct the new production, to run Feb. 12-March 1, 2009, at the Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs in Toronto. "Frogs, sail boats, kiddie T... |
| Merry and Bright: 'White Christmas' Opens on Broadway(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2008-11-24 19:34) | | Following popular annual engagements in major markets throughout North America since 2004, Irving Berlin's White Christmas finally makes it to Broadway. The limited engagement, sending audiences home on a cloud of famous show tunes (including that title... |
| Opera-Kissed NYC-Set Musical 'Tony & The Soprano' Returns to Ithaca(Kenneth Jones Playbill On-Line Kenneth Jones playbill On-line 2008-11-21 09:49) | | The "musical valentine to opera, Italian food, and mothers" was a January-February 2006 hit at the resident Equity theatre in upstate New York. The show offers famous opera themes and melds them with original music by composer Pressgrove, who i... |
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