martes, 31 de mayo de 2011

Entertainment: theater news

Entertainment: theater news

Youth theatre organisation launches appeal to keep going

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:42 AM PDT

Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation (CYTO) will lose its staff paid for by the council from the end of July due to cuts in the Youth Service budget. The organisation, which has been running for 46 years, has launched a campaign called the "Big Ask" to

Glencoe Debuts Broadway Playwright's Latest

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:37 AM PDT

Mild mannered and unassuming, Keith Huff takes a seat at Glencoe Roast Coffee in advance of a Saturday evening rehearsal for The Detective's Wife. The show is the accomplished playwright's latest and much-anticipated production that debuted on the

Potter pal delivers Verdict at Milton Keynes Theatre

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:29 AM PDT

THE queen of crime didn?t write many stage plays but Verdict was one of her most successful. Now fans of Agatha Christie can get their regular fix of murder and mayhem with the return of a company that has breathed new life into the genre. Former TV

Bringing 'Chess' to the boards: Theater maven revives forgotten Broadway musical

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:26 AM PDT

Alex Craig, left, Melissa Kenney-Shepherd and Scott Anthony in "Chess." Written by Filed Under The musical theater hits of the 1980s include some of the most lavish, long-running favorites of the genre. "Phantom of the Opera," "Les

War Horse Wins Special Drama Desk Award

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:25 AM PDT

A special 2011 Drama Desk Award was presented to the creative team of War Horse Rae Smith and from Cape Town, South Africa also won the 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design for their work on the National Theatre (London) production of War

Gateway Theatre of Shopping voted SAs Coolest Mall for 7th year

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:21 AM PDT

The winners of the Sunday Times Generation Next Survey coolest brands' are selected based on a robust, national, quantitative research study conducted by HDI Youth Marketeers in conjunction with the Sunday Times. This research programme is of great value

At Any Cost?

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:13 AM PDT

Directed by Sandra Bates Cast: Tyler Coppin, Tracy Mann, Daniel Mitchell, Kate Raison & Martin Vaughan Previews from 7 July Des loves his wife Faith dearly, but she is gravely ill. The family must decide whether her intensive care treatment should be

Capsis is cabaret king

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:05 AM PDT

Mr Cabaret: Paul Capsis. TOUTED as one of Australia's most individual performers, flamboyant Sydneysider Paul Capsis has enjoyed a colourful career on stage and screen despite experiencing several turbulent school years. Openly gay, artistic and having

WAAPA goes crazy for blockbuster musical

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:05 AM PDT

IT'S being dubbed the most ambitious, complex and costly mid-year musical ever staged by WAAPA and it's sure to unearth some future stars of Australian showbiz. Following last year's 30th anniversary big-scale production of Anything Goes, the revered

Edwin Kemp-Atrill, AD Adelaide Theatre Guild

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:01 AM PDT

THEATRE GUILD: Edwin Kemp-Attrill Last week the Theatre Guild had the official launch of the Guild's 2011 Season and announced Edwin Kemp-Attrill as the recipient of the inaugural University of Adelaide Theatre Guild Artistic Director Grant. The grant

Trombone Shorty Brings Cajun Funk To Center Stage Monday For Jazz Festival Finale

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:50 PM PDT

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue brought their special brand of Cajun funk to Center Stage Theatre Monday night as the 2011 Atlanta Jazz Festival wrapped up its 34th year. Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews was born in New Orleans on January 2, 1986.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Graduating theater majors make cool exit with ‘Frozen’

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:48 PM PDT

By Sophia Archibald The Dartmouth Staff Pedophilia is a hard topic to talk about, and even harder to act. Despite the subject's sensitivity, students gracefully staged "Frozen" — a play about child abduction that examines the ways that people

Andrew Lloyd Webber Wants to Bring Melbourne's LOVE NEVER DIES to BroadwayPosted: May. 28 2011 12:17 PM

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:45 PM PDT

Andrew Lloyd Webberhas let the world know what he thinks of the Melbourne version of LOVE NEVER DIES, his sequel to PHANTOM OF THE OPERA which opened last Thursday. The $9 million production has many differences from the LOVE NEVER DIES that has been

Dallas Mavericks Finals Watch Party @ Granada Theater

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:34 PM PDT

The Granada Theater has Mavs fever and is hosting watching parties to cheer the Dallas Mavericks as they take on the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. Watch all the games in HD on the best three 30-foot screens in Dallas. Walk-ins are welcome, plenty of

Brass band visits theatre for first time

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:29 PM PDT

A BRASS band will be performing at the Brentwood Theatre for the first time next month. The Fairlop Brass Band, based in Hainault, will be at the theatre, in Shenfield Road, on June 12, at 3pm. The band have been performing for 30 years and since 1984

Mother Bear

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:15 PM PDT

Jayme McGhan's " " is a talky dark comedy set in the lawless world of trucking. Occasionally exposition-heavy, the show opens with recent law school graduate Freely (Brian Plocharczyk), posing as a long-haul trucker. He is set on recruiting Mother

'Mass Appeal': Not just for Catholics

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:02 PM PDT

"Mass Appeal," which just opened at Dramatic License, is one of those plays with a built-in caveat: Don't worry too much about the subject. Maybe you aren't Roman Catholic, or maybe you aren't Roman Catholic the way that the play's characters were in the

If you go: 'Mass Appeal'

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:02 PM PDT

Where • ARTtropolis in the Chesterfield Mall, Highway 40 and Clarkson Road When • Through June 12 How much • $22-$25 More info • 636-220-7012; dramaticlicenseproductions.org

The Hand @ Broken Gears Project Theatre

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:51 PM PDT

Based on German Madrid's La Mano. World English Premiere. A story that takes on the journey of magical realism of fate predetermined. "They're all mine, the robe, the slippers and sandals, everything in this place," the rich man says, referring to

Altona City Theatre presents "Little Shop of Horrors"

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:48 PM PDT

115 Civic Parade, Altona, VIC, 3018 Patt Ryan Altona City Theatre presenting "Little Shop of Horrors" Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken In the downtown slums of Skid Row - amongst the homeless, the urchins and the thugs - there

A Life in the Theatre: Sheldon Harnick

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:47 PM PDT

Meet the master craftsman Sheldon Harnick, the Tony Award-winning lyricist of Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello! and She Loves Me. When Sheldon Harnick was studying violin at Northwestern University School of Music in the 1940s and contributing songs to

Deadline extended for musical theatre intensive

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:46 PM PDT

Participants in last year's Musical Theatre Intensive ham it up at the Surrey Arts Centre. This year's program runs July 4-15. Submitted Recommend on Facebook others also read... Summerland Review Okanagan Similkameen Updated: May 30, 2011 10:19 AM Do

At Any Cost? @ Ensemble Theatre

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:45 PM PDT

The power of modern medicine can prolong life but is there any point if the life prolonged is poor? The family conflict becomes intense, generating both dark humour and shock as devastating family secrets are inevitably revealed. At Any Cost? is by David

Call for new look at theatre plans

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:34 PM PDT

Clarity has been lost over what a performing arts centre might be, and it is now time to go back to the drawing board and start again, two of its longest-term supporters say. Brian Mills, who was behind the building of the Trafalgar Centre in the 1970s,

Last jam at Murphy's

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:24 PM PDT

Murphy's Place to host last jam session Tuesday night Local jazz club hopes to go out on upbeat note BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo's jazz community and officials at the Toledo School for the Arts say they will miss the club when it closes Tuesday night.

City Theatre puts on a good show with Gala & Auction at Heinz Field

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:22 PM PDT

More than 400 guests, a record number for City Theatre, turned out for its annual Gala & Auction on May 23 in the East Club Lounge of Heinz Field. It just goes to show that a benefit can have real staying power when it delivers what people enjoy -- a

Auditions: ?Spring Awakening? at Breakthrough Theatre

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:18 PM PDT

Here's an audition notice for "Spring Awakening" by Breakthrough Theatre: The Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park will hold auditions for  "Spring Awakening", with music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Claiming 8 Tony Awards in

Orlando Fringe: ?Fringe Abridged? wraps up good year

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:18 PM PDT

The most disappointing news to come out of last night's "Fringe Abridged" show - which   spoofs the - was that Jay Becker, Eric Pinder and Joel Warren plan on retiring from the annual parody show. For a moment, I was hoping they were somehow spoofing

Optoma House Theater Projector Analyze

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:11 PM PDT

A number of several years in the past the thought of sub-$1,000 1080p projectors was absurd. Now it truly is a actuality. Optoma's new HD20 is the initial 1080p projector to offer for significantly less than $one,000 at launch, and as this sort of is

Kelli O'Hara to Release New Album, ALWAYS, 5/31

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:11 PM PDT

SOUTH PACIFIC star Kelli O'Hara will release her second solo album under the Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight label. The album, entitled Always, features 13 tracks consisting of a collection of Broadway favorites from MY FAIR LADY and SOUTH PACIFIC, as well as songs
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