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• Theatre: Connie Fisher forced to withdraw from Sound of Music at Millennium Centre with throat condition
• The Ragged Trousred Philanthropists
• Victoria theatre director 'a magical dreamer'
• Connie Fisher Withdraws From THE SOUND OF MUSIC UK Tour
• FringeNYC: Five Questions for Playwright Laura Brienza
• 'Twelfth Night' for Quantum Theatre's Ladies Night Out performance
• Sing along with feel-good rock ‘n’ roll variety show That’ll Be The Day at Southport Theatre
• 80s star Shakin’ Stevens set to play Southport Theatre show
• Hopefuls Sing Out From Afar as Broadway Scouts Go Online
• Broadway’s ‘Mormon,’ ‘Billy Elliot’ Play With Curtain Times
• £20,000 proves sound investment for theatre
• Rosemary Harris, Jim Dale in Athol Fugard's "Mecca" on Broadway
• King's Speech to hit the stage
• 250891-2011: LT-Kaunas: operating-theatre devices
• Lea Salonga's THE JOURNEY SO FAR Set for 89 Release
• Dance India Festival launches at Liverpool’s Capstone Theatre on Sunday
• Marcus Theatres Celebrates 100th Birthday of Founder Ben Marcus with Promotions
• TOTIPOTENT: A National Theatre Summit for Young and Emerging Artists
• Ticket Giveaway: Adelaide Festival Centre and Windmill Theatre present The Book of Everything
• Independant Artists Series @ Canberra Youth Theatre (CYT)
• Merritt Live Theatre Society provides great entertainment
• Home Theater Geeks 76: Quality Versus Convenience
• Democracy's drama in terrorism's theater
• August 9: Register for Theatre School, Host an Exchange Student
• Theatre exposes taboo talk topics
• London burns (but the show goes on and I didn't know)
• Josh Grisetti Stars in Broadway-Aimed Enter Laughing at Bay Street, Starting Aug. 9
• The Road to Mecca, Starring Rosemary Harris, Carla Gugino, Jim Dale, Will Play Broadway
• Pair of shows for all ages
• Playing Tag

Theatre: Connie Fisher forced to withdraw from Sound of Music at Millennium Centre with throat condition Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:40 AM PDT The Pembrokeshire-born performer, who shot to fame after winning the BBC's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria, has been suffering from congenital sulcus vocalis, which has damaged her singing voice. She has now been forced to withdraw from the cast

The Ragged Trousred Philanthropists Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:37 AM PDT Townsend Productions will be staging a new production of Stephen Lowe's critically acclaimed version of Robert Tressell's The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists at Birmingham Library Theatre on 2nd September. Finetime Fontayne and Neil Gore in The

Victoria theatre director 'a magical dreamer' Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:28 AM PDT (Source: Times Colonist) Longtime Victoria resident Elizabeth Gorrie, a major force in young people's theatre in Canada, died of lung cancer last week at 69.She began singing and acting at an early age and quickly moved into a directing role, writing

Connie Fisher Withdraws From THE SOUND OF MUSIC UK Tour Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:26 AM PDT It is with great regret that the producers of "The Sound of Music" announce that Connie Fisher is unable to return to the tour of "The Sound of Music" for its final engagements at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (23 August – 3 September),

FringeNYC: Five Questions for Playwright Laura Brienza Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:22 AM PDT The 15th annual New York City Fringe Festival begins on Friday. To mark the date, WNYC asked five playwrights and alumni of the FringeNYC five questions about what it's like to be a part of the fest. Enlarge "Scared of Sarah" begins performances on

'Twelfth Night' for Quantum Theatre's Ladies Night Out performance Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:20 AM PDT It was "Twelfth Night" for Quantum Theatre's Ladies Night Out performance Wednesday, which featured a pre- and post party. Karla Boos, the theater's founder, organized the special women-only evening along with B.J. Leber, Beth Marcello, Mary Murrin,

Sing along with feel-good rock ‘n’ roll variety show That’ll Be The Day at Southport Theatre Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:18 AM PDT PREPARE yourself for a party as That?ll Be The Day, the nation?s favourite rock ?n? roll variety show, returns by popular demand with a brand new production. This hugely entertaining rock ?n? roll spectacular features an all new line up of knock-out hits

80s star Shakin’ Stevens set to play Southport Theatre show Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:18 AM PDT EIGHTIES pop icon Shakin? Stevens will be swinging his hips all the way to Southport later this way. Due to overwhelming public demand to the first leg of his 30th anniversary UK tour earlier in the year, the popular performer has announces another 26

Hopefuls Sing Out From Afar as Broadway Scouts Go Online Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:15 AM PDT Julia Tan, a 10-year-old actress who dreams of belting like Barbra, auditioned for her first Broadway show last month - 2,500 miles away, in her family room in Kuna, Idaho. As her older sister fumbled with a video camera and her mother beamed nearby as a

Broadway’s ‘Mormon,’ ‘Billy Elliot’ Play With Curtain Times Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:15 AM PDT Broadway's 'Mormon,' 'Billy Elliot' Play With Curtain Times North Korea Times (Source: Business Week) About half of the plays and musicals running last season had a 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. curtain on evenings other than Tuesday. (In an earlier era, as

£20,000 proves sound investment for theatre Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:15 AM PDT ONE of Basingstoke's key leisure venues has now undergone a major audio revamp – and audiences will really be able to hear the difference. The Haymarket theatre, in Wote Street, has had a £20,000 state-of-the-art sound system installed to finally

Rosemary Harris, Jim Dale in Athol Fugard's "Mecca" on Broadway Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:07 AM PDT Gordon Edelstein , artistic director of Long Wharf Theatre , will stage Athol Fugard's "Road to Mecca,' starring Tony, Emmy and Obie-Award winning actress   Rosemary Harris, Tony Award-winner Jim Dale (pictured below)and Carla Gugino (TV's

King's Speech to hit the stage Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT Video feedback Use this form to: Ask for technichal assistance in playing the multimedia available on this site, or Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Video feedback Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5

250891-2011: LT-Kaunas: operating-theatre devices Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:56 AM PDT SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S) Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto ligoninė viešoji įstaiga Kauno klinikos (135163499) Eivenių g. 2 Attn: Asta Navickienė LT-50009 Kaunas LITHUANIA Tel. +370 37326124

Lea Salonga's THE JOURNEY SO FAR Set for 89 Release Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:51 AM PDT Lea Salonga's new live CD - The Journey So Far - is set for release by LML MusicAllegro Distribution on August 9. Salonga, the Tony Award-winning Filipina singer and actress, is best known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon

Dance India Festival launches at Liverpool’s Capstone Theatre on Sunday Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:47 AM PDT Each evening, a double-bill will showcase two different classical styles to give audience members an insight into the art form's diversity. On the bill at Dance India Festival are some of the country's and the UK's most well-respected Indian

Marcus Theatres Celebrates 100th Birthday of Founder Ben Marcus with Promotions Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:44 AM PDT Ben Marcus founded Marcus Theatres with the opening of the in Ripon, Wisconsin in 1935. The company has grown to , and it is honoring what would have been Ben Marcus' 100th birthday on August 10th, 2011 with customer promotions! Graphic courtesy Marcus

TOTIPOTENT: A National Theatre Summit for Young and Emerging Artists Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:34 AM PDT /t? t?pp??n??nt/ adj (of a cell or a part) Having the potential for developing and specialised ways in response to external or internal stimuli [Early 20C. Latin totus 'whole] totipotency n Something is coming, it s changing, breaking, dripping,

Ticket Giveaway: Adelaide Festival Centre and Windmill Theatre present The Book of Everything Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:34 AM PDT The magical production The Book of Everything is told through the eyes of nine-year old Thomas, a little boy who dreams big and who is determined to make sense of his life and achieve his modest ambition - to be happy. Adelaide Festival Centre and

Independant Artists Series @ Canberra Youth Theatre (CYT) Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:34 AM PDT CYT is responding to the needs of emerging and independent artists to learn about the process of how to get their own work into the theatre & to the public. Excitingly CYT have formulated a series of workshops called the INDEPENDENT ARTIST SERIES, which

Merritt Live Theatre Society provides great entertainment Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:30 AM PDT Dear Editor: Good laughs, great entertainment, being educated about our community — what more could one ask? � Oh yes — great food as well. The Merritt Live Theatre Society and Brambles Bakery did a stellar job in their presentation and hosting of

Home Theater Geeks 76: Quality Versus Convenience Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:28 AM PDT Scott chats with Michael Fremer, audiophile extraordinaire and raconteur, about quality versus convenience in audio and video. Guest: Michael Fremer . Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/htg . We invite you to read, add to, and amend

Democracy's drama in terrorism's theater Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:19 AM PDT CAMBRIDGE - President George W. Bush was famous for proclaiming democracy promotion as a central focus of American foreign policy. He was not alone in this rhetoric. Most US presidents since Woodrow Wilson have made similar statements. So it was a

August 9: Register for Theatre School, Host an Exchange Student Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:15 AM PDT Sun to rain: The National Weather Service predicts a mild summer day with partly sunny skies and a high near 82 degrees. But at night, a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10 p.m. Cloudy, with a

Theatre exposes taboo talk topics Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:15 AM PDT People always told Cameryn Moore she had a great phone voice. They then laughingly suggested she should be a phone sex operator. Little did they know. Moore talks about her experiences as a phone sex operator in the one-woman theatre show Phone Whore,

London burns (but the show goes on and I didn't know) Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:11 AM PDT As Lambeth council leader Steve Reed comments in the same story, "Somebody described it as gangs of kids doing Supermarket Sweep. It was Curry's where they were after plasma screen TVs, and H&M and Foot Locker where it was clothes and trainers. It

Josh Grisetti Stars in Broadway-Aimed Enter Laughing at Bay Street, Starting Aug. 9 Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:11 AM PDT Original Off-Broadway cast members Josh Grisetti, Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker reunite Aug. 9 for the first performance of the Bay Street Theatre production of Enter Laughing, The Musical, the showbiz comedy authored by late Tony Award winner

The Road to Mecca, Starring Rosemary Harris, Carla Gugino, Jim Dale, Will Play Broadway Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:11 AM PDT Rosemary Harris Photo by Aubrey Reuben Roundabout Theatre Company will produce the Broadway premiere of Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca, his three-actor play about an expressive, inspirational South African woman. The staging to launch in late 2011 will

Pair of shows for all ages Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:10 AM PDT Mimika Theatre will be presenting the shows Small Worlds and Landscapes at Nottingham?s Royal Concert Hall from August 9-12. The internationally renowned company will come to the venue to offer what is hoped to be a truly unforgettable experience for

Playing Tag Posted: 09 Aug 2011 12:05 AM PDT "The thing about teenagers is that their starting position is that you're probably bullshitting them." So says acclaimed playwright David Greig, a writer with a proven track record in creating interesting scripts. "So, you have to win them."

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