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• Southington Community Theatre Presents "Rumors" by Neil Simon
• Southington Community Theater Presents Neil Simon's "Rumors"
• Sienna's stage fright cure
• Broadway theatres to dim their lights on Friday in honour of Elizabeth Taylor
• Murder Mystery Theater, Irish Films, and Reggae
• Double the pleasure, double the fun with ANW’s ‘A Comedy of Errors’
• 'Hair' recaptures spirit of '60s
• Ancient city's diversity on display
• ArtsBeat: Kander and....Pierce? A New Collaborator for the Composer of 'Chicago' and 'Cabaret'
• ArtsBeat: Playwrights Horizons Announces 2011-12 Season
• ArtsBeat: Playwright Lanford Wilson, a Pulitzer Winner for 'Talley's Folly,' Has Died
• ARTS IN BRIEF: 'Legally Blonde' part of Diablo Theatre's 2011-12 season
• Hole To Reunite On Stage For ND/NF?s ?Hit So Hard? Screening
• Magic Johnson Talks MAGIC/BIRD on Broadway, SPIDER-MAN, & More
• Alumnae Theatre - New Ideas week three opening
• Broadway Theaters To Dim Lights In Honor Of Taylor
• Palace Theatre hires new director
• Love for the stage
• Playwright Lanford Wilson Dies at 73
• Broadway to dim lights for Liz Taylor
• Revised 'King's Speech' comes to theaters April 1
• Barnstormers Comedy night at Welwyn Garden City theatre
• Pulitzer-winning playwright Lanford Wilson dead at 73
• On Broadway, A 'Mormon' Swipe At ... Everything
• The classic tail of Orphan Annie is coming to the Children's Theatre
• Theater to perform ?Godspell?5:18 pm
• Sheridan Smith calls herself 'a scrubber from Doncaster' but she is the queen of theatreland
• Dick amp Jerry Van Dyke Lead Malibu Stage Co.'s 'SUNSHINE BOYS' Benefit, 413 -17
• LA Phil and City of LA Pay Tribute to Ernest Fleischmann 329
• The Recording Academy Extends PresidentCEO Neil Portnow's Contract

Southington Community Theatre Presents "Rumors" by Neil Simon Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:37 PM PDT Location: DePaolo Middle School 385 Pleasant St, Southington, CT When: March 24, 2011 / March 25, 2011 / March 26, 2011 Time: 7:30pm–10:00pm Southington Community Theatre presents "Rumors", by Neil Simon.   This hilariously funny farce featuring

Southington Community Theater Presents Neil Simon's "Rumors" Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:37 PM PDT Location: DePaolo Middle School 385 Pleasant St, Southington, CT When: Daily Time: 7:30pm–9:30pm Southington Community Theatre will present Neil Simon's hilarious play RUMORS at DePaolo Middle School, 385 Pleasant Street, Southington, CT, March

Sienna's stage fright cure Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:32 PM PDT Sienna Miller says she drinks gallons of camomile tea to try and calm her backstage nerves. The 29-year-old actress is best known for her movie work, having appeared in successful films such as Layer Cake, Alfie and The Edge of Love. The talented star is

Broadway theatres to dim their lights on Friday in honour of Elizabeth Taylor Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:31 PM PDT NEW YORK, N.Y. - Broadway will honour Elizabeth Taylor by dimming its lights on Friday.The Broadway League, the national trade association, said Thursday that theatre marquees will go dark at 8 p.m. for one minute in memory of the screen siren.The

Murder Mystery Theater, Irish Films, and Reggae Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:25 PM PDT Horrible puns aside, these are some great local and area events to attend. Medford Native Reading: This Thought's On Me Where/When: Medford Public Library/Thursday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. Why Go: You'll get to listen to Steve Coronella read from

Double the pleasure, double the fun with ANW’s ‘A Comedy of Errors’ Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:25 PM PDT SubscribeSponsor an Examiner Do you like this Review? Director Michael Michetti's inspired re-imagining of Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors offers audiences double the pleasure and double the fun at A Noise Within (ANW). For anyone who avoids the

'Hair' recaptures spirit of '60s Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:25 PM PDT A cultural touchstone for some and a cultural hot button for others, the 1960s long outlived the actual end of the decade. But for the increasingly large group who are too young to have lived through the tumult of that time and its quarrelsome aftermath,

Ancient city's diversity on display Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:25 PM PDT Dura-Europos, an ancient city on the Euphrates River, had everything you'd expect to find in a mid-sized city on an important trading route. It had brothels, markets, military barracks, fortifications, and places of worship. There were, no doubt, days in

ArtsBeat: Kander and....Pierce? A New Collaborator for the Composer of 'Chicago' and 'Cabaret' Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:25 PM PDT John Kander, who with Fred Ebb spent four decades creating some of musical theater's most beloved hits, including "Cabaret" and "Chicago," is teaming up with a 32-year-old playwright and fiction writer, Gregory Pierce, on his first full, new

ArtsBeat: Playwrights Horizons Announces 2011-12 Season Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:24 PM PDT Coming off another season of critically acclaimed work, the Off Broadway theater Playwrights Horizons on Thursday announced five of the six productions in its 2011-12 line-up, including a world premiere from Gina Gionfriddo (a Pulitzer Prize finalist for

ArtsBeat: Playwright Lanford Wilson, a Pulitzer Winner for 'Talley's Folly,' Has Died Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:24 PM PDT Lanford Wilson, a Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright best known for ?The Hot l Baltimore,? ?Fifth of July,? and ?Talley?s Folly,? died Wednesday morning of complications from pneumonia at the Kindred St. Joseph Hospital in Wayne, N.J. according to

ARTS IN BRIEF: 'Legally Blonde' part of Diablo Theatre's 2011-12 season Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:20 PM PDT 'LEGALLY BLONDE' COMES TO EAST BAY: Diablo Theatre Company will present the East Bay premiere of "Legally Blonde" as part of its 2011-2012 season. The musical adapted from the film starring Reese Witherspoon follows a fashion-conscious and shallow woman

Hole To Reunite On Stage For ND/NF?s ?Hit So Hard? Screening Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:20 PM PDT For the first time in 13 years, "Hole" members Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson and Melissa auf der Maur and Patty Schemel will publicly reunite. The occasion is the New Directors/New Films (ND/NF) screening of P. David Ebersole's documentary "Hit

Magic Johnson Talks MAGIC/BIRD on Broadway, SPIDER-MAN, & More Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:18 PM PDT Speaking to Vanity Fair, NBA star and activist Magic Johnson spoke about the play based on his friendship and rivalry with Larry Bird, heading to the Great White Way in 2012. He compared it to the much talked-about SPIDER-MAN, TURN OFF THE DARK, and

Alumnae Theatre - New Ideas week three opening Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:17 PM PDT Letting Go (by Neale Kimmel, dir. by Joanne Williams) features actors, Sarah Cody & Robin Cunningham as young couple saying goodbye at a Union Station. He's going to Vancouver to pursue his dreams, but she wants to stay in Toronto and can't do a

Broadway Theaters To Dim Lights In Honor Of Taylor Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:17 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Broadway will honor Elizabeth Taylor by dimming its lights on Friday. The Broadway League, the national trade association, said Thursday that theater marquees will go dark at 8 p.m. for one minute in memory of the screen siren. The actress

Palace Theatre hires new director Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:16 PM PDT ALBANY -- The Palace Theatre has hired a new executive director, the first person to hold the theater's top management position in more than four years. Kevin T. Carlon, 50, a Berkshires native who spent the past several years running a theater in

Love for the stage Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:14 PM PDT Set for the stage The theatre groups in the city present the right mix of amateur and professional plays The attraction of the bright arc lights, open stage and an eager audience makes the world of theatre vibrant and mesmerising and to give up that

Playwright Lanford Wilson Dies at 73 Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:12 PM PDT ad Playwright Lanford Wilson Dies Renowned American playwright Lanford Wilson has passed away at age 73. News of his death spread amongst my theatre friends this morning, but was not confirmed until this afternoon. Lanford Wilson, born in Missouri, was

Broadway to dim lights for Liz Taylor Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:11 PM PDT The media surrounds flowers on Elizabeth Taylor's star on the Hollywood walk of Fame … Broadway theaters will dim their lights Friday in remembrance of Hollywood goddess Elizabeth Taylor, whose long career included spells acting in New York theaters.

Revised 'King's Speech' comes to theaters April 1 Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:10 PM PDT Colin Firth said he didn't like it, but a new version of "The King's Speech" is heading to theaters just the same. The Weinstein Co. said Thursday morning that it was releasing a tweaked version of the best-picture winner -- in which a scene featuring

Barnstormers Comedy night at Welwyn Garden City theatre Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:09 PM PDT BARNSTORMERS Comedy Club returns to Campus West in Welwyn Garden City tomorrow (Friday) night for another night of laughs. STING once released a single called Englishman in New York. The former Police frontman's song appeared on chart-topping 1987

Pulitzer-winning playwright Lanford Wilson dead at 73 Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:06 PM PDT to be missed — and the shows to avoid at all costs. The Theater Loop is hosted by Chris Jones, chief theater critic for the Chicago Tribune. We're the online destination for breaking news and reviews of Chicago-area theater, from the downtown shows to

On Broadway, A 'Mormon' Swipe At ... Everything Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:06 PM PDT The guys behind South Park teamed with a co-creator of the smutty puppet musical Avenue Q to write a musical about Mormon missionaries in Uganda. Will theater ever be quite the same? » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.us

The classic tail of Orphan Annie is coming to the Children's Theatre Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:04 PM PDT SubscribeSponsor an Examiner Do you like this Article? The classic tale of little Orphan Annie is coming to the Minnesota Children's Theatre.  If you grew up in the 80's this movie was almost a right of passage. "It's a hard knock life" and

Theater to perform ?Godspell?5:18 pm Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:04 PM PDT First produced on Broadway in 1971, this highly acclaimed rock opera set a new image for the on-stage historical Jesus Christ. The musical includes dramatized well-known parables and it focuses on the last days of Jesus. The cast is portrayed as cl…

Sheridan Smith calls herself 'a scrubber from Doncaster' but she is the queen of theatreland Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:03 PM PDT Has there ever been an acceptance speech quite like it? Sheridan Smith, a tiny blonde bombshell with a helium personality, beamed ecstatically at the cream of the theatre world, gathered in Drury Lane. Then, accepting her best actress Olivier award last

Dick amp Jerry Van Dyke Lead Malibu Stage Co.'s 'SUNSHINE BOYS' Benefit, 413 -17 Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:01 PM PDT The Malibu Stage Company announces it's production of Neil Simon's Comedy, The Sunshine Boys, starring brothers Dick and Jerry Van Dyke. The production will be a fundraiser for the theater and will run for only 5 performances.

LA Phil and City of LA Pay Tribute to Ernest Fleischmann 329 Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:01 PM PDT The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association hosts a special free concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall, in honor of Ernest Fleischmann, former LA Phil Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Tuesday, March 29, at 8 p.m. A Tribute to Ernest presents

The Recording Academy Extends PresidentCEO Neil Portnow's Contract Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:01 PM PDT The Board of Trustees of The Recording Academy has extended PresidentCEO Neil Portnow's contract through 2015, it was announced by Chair of the Board George P. Flanigen IV.

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