http://www.theatermania.com/ Read the latest stories from TheaterMania.com: theatre news, reviews, features, and photos from Broadway to Off-Broadway and beyond! en-us Copyright 2010 TheaterMania.com Inc. http://www.theatermania.com/images/rss.gif http://www.theatermania.com/ Unchain My Heart, The Ray Charles Musical, featuring the music of Ray Charles with a book by Suzan-Lori Parks, will come to Broadway in the fall, at a theater to be announced. Sheldon Epps will direct the production, which will begin previews October 8, with an opening set for November 7. Casting... http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/03-2010/suzanlori-parks-unchain-my-heart-the-ray-charles-m_25712.html 2010-03-11T22:30:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25712 Academy Award winner and stage veteran Cate Blanchett will star opposite Eric Bana, Saoirse Ronan, and Niels Arestrup. in the adventure thriller Hanna, to be directed by Joe Wright. The movie focuses on a teenage girl (Ronan), who she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider;... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/cate-blanchett-saoirse-ronan-eric-bana-to-star-in_25713.html 2010-03-11T21:04:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25713 Regie Cabico, Makoto Hirano, Robert F. Karimi, Dan Kwong, Anula Shetty, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Catzie Vilayphonh, and Kristina Wong will be featured in Asian Arts Initiative's Home: Far & Near, a festival of Asian American performance-based artists from around the country, to run March... http://www.theatermania.com/philadelphia/news/03-2010/regie-cabico-dan-kwong-kristina-wong-et-al-set-for_25717.html 2010-03-11T22:02:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25717 Bay Street Theatre has announced the creation of a new 99-seat second stage, to be called ANNIE & ELI, in honor of Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach and their lifetime achievements in the theater arts. Lauren Bacall, Zoe Caldwell, Barbara Cook, Harvey Keitel, Brian Murray, Patricia Neal, Mike... http://www.theatermania.com/long-island/news/03-2010/bay-street-to-name-second-stage-after-anne-jackson_25716.html 2010-03-11T21:46:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25716 Legendary performer Diana Ross will embark on a North American tour of More Today Than Yesterday this spring, beginning with an engagement Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center on May 15. The 17-city tour will also include appearances at Radio City Music Hall (May 19), the Chicago Theatre (May... http://www.theatermania.com/boston/news/03-2010/diana-ross-to-embark-on-north-american-tour-of-mor_25715.html 2010-03-11T21:28:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25715 The 5th Avenue Theatre will kick off the city-wide Seattle Celebrates Bernstein! Festival with a free event on Monday, March 22 at 7pm. Performers Greg McCormick Allen, Anne Allgood, Candice Donehoo, Mary Jo DuGaw, Brandon O'Neill, Matt Owen, Sarah Rudinoff, Billie Wildrick and guest artists... http://www.theatermania.com/seattle/news/03-2010/greg-mccormick-allen-anne-allgood-et-al-set-for-5t_25714.html 2010-03-11T21:06:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25714 Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon will be honored with the Film Ensemble of the Year Award for their work in Sex and the City at ShowWest on March 18, according to published reports. The quartet have played Carrie (Parker), Samantha (Cattrall), Miranda (Nixon) and... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/kim-cattrall-kristin-davis-cynthia-nixon-sarah-jes_25710.html 2010-03-11T20:17:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25710 The Academy and Grammy Award-winning Sherman Brothers will receive the Theatre Museum's Career Achievement Award in a ceremony to be held on May 17 at The Players Club. At the event, a Theatre Museum Arts Education Award will be presented to Samuel French Inc. and the Mint Theatre will... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/the-sherman-brothers-samuel-french-inc-mint-theate_25709.html 2010-03-11T20:01:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25709 Josh Towers will play Langston Hughes in the world premiere musical Langston in Harlem, to be presented by Urban Stages, April 9-May 2, with an opening on April 15. The musical utilizes Hughes' writings, with additional contributions from the show's composer Walter Marks and director,... http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/03-2010/josh-towers-to-star-in-new-musical-langston-in-har_25679.html 2010-03-11T15:13:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25679 OperaUpClose's production of La Boheme will transfer to the Soho Theatre this summer, running July 27-September 4. Robin Norton-Hale has directed the production, which features musical direction by Andrew Charity. The production uses a new translation by Norton-Hale, which relocates the... http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/03-2010/robin-nortonhales-updated-la-boheme-to-transfer-to_25706.html 2010-03-11T19:32:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25706 Academy Award winner Judi Dench is writing a memoir entitled And Furthermore, according to a report in The New York Times. The book will be published by St. Martin's Press in October. The book will detail both the actress' personal and professional lives. Dench's myriad theater... http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/03-2010/judi-denchs-memoir-and-furthermore-to-be-published_25704.html 2010-03-11T19:29:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25704 Writer/director William Wyatt's When Joey Married Bobby, which opened last month at Theatre 80 St. Marks, is transferring to the Roy Arias Theatre in the Times Square Arts Center, beginning March 12. In this comedy, Bright-eyed hunk Joey has finally met the man of his dreams and ready to take... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/when-joey-married-bobby-transfers-to-roy-arias-the_25705.html 2010-03-11T19:22:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25705 Brendan Averett, Polly Noonan, Daniel Pearce, Alex Podulke, Keith Reddin, Godfrey L. Simmons Jr., T. Ryder Smith, Felix Solis Jr., Kate Turnbull, and Nicole Wiesner will star in the New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play, to be presented by Epic Theatre Ensemble at the Irondale Center,... http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/03-2010/polly-noonan-keith-reddin-t-ryder-smith-et-al-set_25703.html 2010-03-11T19:04:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25703 Additional programming has been announced for the 2010 Ravinia Festival, in Highland Park, IL. Previously announced highlights include Patti LuPone and Brian Stokes Mitchell in Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun (August 13-15), directed by Lonny Price and conducted by Paul Gemignani; Joshua... http://www.theatermania.com/chicago/news/03-2010/patti-lupone-steve-martin-brian-stokes-mitchell-ke_25699.html 2010-03-11T18:48:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25699 Television personality and Broadway veteran Mario Lopez and his girlfriend, Broadway dancer Courtney Mazza, are expecting a baby, according to a report on TVGuide.com. This will be the couple's first child. Lopez starred on Broadway in A Chorus Line, and is best known for his television work,... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/mario-lopez-courtney-mazza-expecting-a-child_25697.html 2010-03-11T18:29:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25697 Arena Stage has announced additions to its previously announced 2010-2011 season. It will present the world premiere of A Time to Kill, adapted by Rupert Holmes from the John Grisham novel, May 6-June 9. The play, which aims to move to Broadway following its Arena run, is about a man who takes... http://www.theatermania.com/washington-dc/news/03-2010/tracy-letts-amy-morton-anna-deavere-smith-john-gri_25676.html 2010-03-11T14:29:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25676 Elton John and his partner David Furnish attended the March 10 performance of Geoffrey Nauffts' Next Fall, set to officially open at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Thursday, March 11. As previously announced, John and Furnish are part of the show's producing team. Also in attendance were... http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/03-2010/photo-flash-elton-john-and-david-furnish-visit-nex_25694.html 2010-03-11T17:32:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25694 Former Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien will launch a live comedy tour at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Oregon, on April 12, and has already added a second show to its engagement at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, where O'Brien will perform on June 1 and 2... http://www.theatermania.com/touring-productions/news/03-2010/conan-obrien-to-embark-upon-live-comedy-tour-april_25688.html 2010-03-11T17:01:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25688 John Malkovich will star in Michael Sturminger's The Infernal Comedy, based on the true story of Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger at the Barbican in London, according to a report in The Guardian. Malkovich has previously performed in the piece in Vienna and Toronto. The production is... http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/03-2010/peter-brook-robert-lepage-john-malkovich-et-al-set_25695.html 2010-03-11T17:49:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25695 Adinah Alexander, Farah Alvin, Cole Burden, Rachel Bay Jones, Lindsay Mendez, Robin Skye, Marty Thomas, and Zakiya Young will be featured in We Are The Song 3: After The Storm, to be held at Galapagos Art Space on Monday, March 15 at 8pm. This evening of new music will benefit the After The Storm... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/farah-alvin-marty-thomas-et-al-set-for-we-are-the_25696.html 2010-03-11T17:45:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25696 Oskar Eustis will direct a workshop of Lawrence Wright's The Human Scale, to run for four performances in Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, March 17-21. Wright's solo show follows up on his essay "Captives" which was published in in the November 9, 2009 issue of The New... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/oskar-eustis-to-direct-lawrence-wrights-the-human_25692.html 2010-03-11T17:09:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25692 Terry Kinney will direct a production of Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July, as part of Williamstown Theatre Festival's Main Stage season, August 11- 22. In the play, a group of thirty-something prodigals from the rebellious post-Vietnam generation return to their rural Missouri home to... http://www.theatermania.com/berkshires/news/03-2010/terry-kinney-to-direct-fifth-of-july-at-williamsto_25693.html 2010-03-11T17:14:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25693 The Wilma Theater has announced the quartet of plays that will comprise its 2010-2011 season, which will begin with a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth in September. The theater's co-artistic director Blanka Zizka will stage this piece as well as a production of Sarah Ruhl's In the... http://www.theatermania.com/philadelphia/news/03-2010/works-by-alan-ayckbourn-theresa-rebeck-sarah-ruhl_25691.html 2010-03-11T16:55:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25691 Chad Kimball, Lisa Brescia, Andrew Samonsky, Celisse Henderson, and Laquet Sharnell are set to perform in Not The Same: the music & lyrics of Bobby Cronin, on March 28 at the Metropolitan Room. The performance will feature the composer on piano, along with a four piece band. The... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/lisa-brescia-chad-kimball-andrew-samonsky-et-al-se_25687.html 2010-03-11T16:15:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25687 Stage stars and Saturday Night Live alumnae Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer will be among the guest performers when former Golden Girl Betty White hosts SNL on May 8, according to a report in USA Today. White's appearance as host of the show comes following an intense grass-roots campaign,... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/rachel-dratch-ana-gasteyer-et-al-set-for-may-8-snl_25686.html 2010-03-11T15:59:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25686 Jose Febus, Bryant Mason, Jose Joaquim Perez, Phyllis Johnson, and Alfredo Narciso will be featured in Red Bull's staged reading of The Steward of the Duchess of Amalfi, to be presented at the Theater at St. Clement's on Monday, March 15 at 7:30pm. Michael John Garces will direct. Lope... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/phyllis-johnson-alfredo-narciso-et-al-set-for-red_25684.html 2010-03-11T15:31:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25684 The award-winning actress talks about starring in Broadway's A Behanding in Spokane and the film The Exploding Girl. http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/03-2010/zoe-kazans-career-is-exploding_25656.html 2010-03-11T03:00:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25656 Nicholas Hytner's revival of Dion Boucicault's London Assurance, starring Simon Russell Beale as Sir Harcourt Courtly and Fiona Shaw as Lady Gay Spanker, opened at London's National Theatre on March 10. The production, which has been designed by Mark Thompson, with lighting by Neil... http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/03-2010/review-roundup-simon-russell-beale-fiona-shaw-open_25678.html 2010-03-11T15:15:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25678 Newsical the Musical, performing at the 47th Street Theatre, will take a two month hiatus following its March 21 performance, and re-open in June. Mark Waldrop directs. Composer-lyricist Rick Crom's topical musical comedy lampoons current events, headlines, newsmakers, celebrities, and... http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/03-2010/newsical-the-musical-to-take-hiatus-return-in-june_25677.html 2010-03-11T14:42:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25677 The Tony Award-winning star's cabaret act at the Cafe Carlyle shows off her pure voice, superb interpretive skills, and winning sense of humor. http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/03-2010/lea-salonga-the-journey-so-far_25449.html 2010-03-11T03:00:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25449 Edward Einhorn's play about the 17th-century monarch focuses too much on the man's flaws. http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/03-2010/rudolf-ii_25372.html 2010-03-11T03:00:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25372 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical about southern bigotry gets an immensely satisfying production under Susan Stroman's direction. http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/03-2010/the-scottsboro-boys_25559.html 2010-03-11T03:00:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25559 Bryan Batt will guest star on the April 7 episode of ABC's Ugly Betty, according to TVGuide.com. He will reportedly play a soap opera actor. Batt's stage credits include Sunset Boulevard and Jeffrey. Most recently, he played Salvatore Romano on AMC's Mad Men. Ugly Betty stars... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/bryan-batt-to-guest-star-on-ugly-betty_25674.html 2010-03-11T01:00:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25674 Holly Twyford and Jay Sullivan will once again star as Electra and Orestes when Two River Theater Co. presents the world premiere production of Orestes A Tragic Romp, March 23-April 11, with an opening on March 27. Anne Washburn's new translation/adaptation of Euripides' classic Greek... http://www.theatermania.com/new-jersey/news/03-2010/holly-twyford-jay-sullivan-to-reprise-roles-for-tw_25651.html 2010-03-10T17:45:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25651 Jackie Burns, E. Clayton Cornelius, Bernard Dotson, Felicia Finley, Carly Hughes, Andrew Rannells, Devin Richards, Eric LaJuan Summers, and Maia Nkenge Wilson will star in the Paper Mill Play House production of Smokey Joe's Café, to run April 7-May 2, with an opening on April 11.... http://www.theatermania.com/new-jersey/news/03-2010/felicia-finley-andrew-rannells-et-al-set-for-paper_25673.html 2010-03-10T23:10:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25673 Cast members from the Broadway production of In the Heights will perform as part of Cabaret Cares 3, a benefit for "Help Is On The Way Today," a not-for-profit organization assisting children and teens living with HIV/AIDS in both New York City and Africa. The event will take place at The... http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/03-2010/in-the-heights-broadway-cast-members-to-perform-at_25672.html 2010-03-10T22:52:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25672 James Alexander, J. Cameron Barnett, Chad Carstarphen, Malik Hammond, Jenè Hernandez, Chauncy Johnson, Alano Miller, Jen Ryan, Leonard Sullivan, and DeWanda Wisen will be featured in a reading of the musical Wrapped, presented by York Theatre Company at Theatre of St. Peter's on... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/malik-hammond-alano-miller-jen-ryan-et-al-set-for_25671.html 2010-03-10T22:04:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25671 Jazz artists Lillie Bryant Howard and Sheila Jordan will join Richmond Shepard for Beatnik Café, a musical revue of the Jazz Beat Generation, which will make its New York City premiere at the Richmond Shepard Theater on April 11, at 7 pm. Naomi Bennett will direct. Written by Namaya, the... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/lillie-bryant-howard-sheila-jordan-richmond-shepar_25670.html 2010-03-10T21:49:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25670 Two of acclaimed writer-director Robert Lepage's works will receive their Toronto premieres this fall. The Canadian Stage Company will present Ex Machina's The Andersen Project (Bluma Appel Theatre, October 21-30), written and directed by Lepage and performed by Yves Jacques. The one-man... http://www.theatermania.com/canada/news/03-2010/robert-lepages-andersen-project-eonnagata-to-play_25669.html 2010-03-10T21:33:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25669 Jon Stewart will perform in a the Story Pirates' second annual After School Special fundraiser, to be held at Dixon Place, on Sunday, March 21 at 4pm. John Oliver will host. The Story Pirates will present a special version of their musical sketch comedy show in which celebrity guests bring to... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/jon-stewart-set-for-story-pirates-fundraiser-hoste_25668.html 2010-03-10T21:12:00+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/25668