http://www.theatermania.com/home Read the latest stories from TheaterMania.com: theatre news, reviews, features, and photos from Broadway to Off-Broadway and beyond! en-us Copyright 2009 TheaterMania.com Inc. http://www.theatermania.com/images/rss.gif http://www.theatermania.com/home Showtime's hit series Nurse Jackie, which stars Broadway veteran and Emmy Award winner Edie Falco. will begin its second season on Monday, March 22, according to Variety. Fa;co plays Jackie Peyton, a nurse who constantly bucks the system and breaks the rules in both her... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22707 2009-11-06T22:23:30+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22707 Stage and screen star Regina Taylor will offer An Evening With Regina Taylor at Northwestern University's Annie May Swift Auditorium on November 18. In this public conversation, Taylor will discuss her work for theater, TV, and film. Taylor is perhaps best known as an actress... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22704 2009-11-06T22:02:55+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22704 Penumbra Theatre Company will take its production of Radio Golf to The August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh, PA, to run November 14-15. Lou Bellamy directs. Radio Golf, the final play in Wilson's ten-play cycle that chronicles the... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22703 2009-11-06T21:00:58+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22703 Cast members from the 1st National Tour of Jersey Boys -- currently playing the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. -- will perform in Rock Like a Man, at the D.C Improv on... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22699 2009-11-06T19:40:27+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22699 Drama Desk nominee Mike Birbiglia will join Steve Almond, Stephen Elliott, Rhett Miller, Eugene Mirman, and A.C. Newman for the November 18 installment of Cabinet of Wonders at Le Poisson... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22698 2009-11-06T19:28:44+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22698 Suzanne Getz, Heather Townsend, and Charissa Armon will perform in Homecoming Benefit & Revue on November 16 at Theatre Building Chicago. The event is a fundraiser that will... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22696 2009-11-06T19:02:11+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22696 The Marvelous Wonderettes will play its final Off-Broadway performance at the <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/theaters/westside-theatre_67/"... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22695 2009-11-06T18:46:06+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22695 Full casting has been announced for the Old Globe's 12th annual production of <a... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22694 2009-11-06T18:26:53+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22694 The cast of the Broadway production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, which will return to Broadway's <a... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22693 2009-11-06T18:15:10+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22693 Ghostlight Records will be releasing a limited edition re-mastered Vinyl LP Album for the new Broadway cast recording of Hair, to be available online and at the <a... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22692 2009-11-06T18:12:13+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22692 Have loads of fun with a few bubbles in The Greatest Bubble Show on Earth (November 27-December 6) at the Marsh, or enjoy a spooky mystery about a town's eccentric inventor, Dr. VonDrugen, who just might be the mad scientist turning children into cats in San Carlos Children's Theater's Mystery on 13th Street (November 12-November 22). http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22691 2009-11-06T17:59:07+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22691 Seattle Children's Theatre believes in magic as Peter Pan flies in (November 13-January 10) with the familiar musical. Centerstage presents its third annual English Christmas pantomime, Jack and The Beanstalk (November 28-December 20). Tacoma Musical Playhouse shows Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business (November 7-15), and Storybook East wakes up Snow White (November 1-December 3). http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22690 2009-11-06T17:49:28+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22690 The Walnut Street Theatre's holiday show is always an event in Philadelphia and this year should prove no different with the company's production of the award-winning musical Oliver! (November 18-January 10). Hugh Panaro stars as Fagin with the young Gregory Smith and Sam Preston alternating in the title role. The musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale of a young London orphan includes the show-stopping number "Consider Yourself" and the memorable "I'd do Anything." The show should be the perfect holiday outing for a family with young theatergoers. http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22689 2009-11-06T17:46:36+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22689 The Children's Theatre Company brings the British holiday tradition of panto to the twin cities with their production of Cinderella (November 10 - January 2). This musical adaptation by John Davidson and Victor Zupanc features a fun-for-the-whole-family mixture of dance, song, physical comedy, and spectacular sets and costumes. http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22688 2009-11-06T17:43:49+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22688 Broadway's magical fair lady, Mary Poppins (Ahmanson Theatre, November 13-February 7), will land in L.A. complete with the show's original New York stars, Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee. Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre will presents Stuart Little: A Musical Fantasy (Laguna Playhouse, November 6-15), based on the book by E. B. White, and Colleen Neuman's The Princess Plays (Eclectic Company Theatre, through November 22) consists of two comedies featuring famous fairy-tale princesses. http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22687 2009-11-06T17:35:39+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22687 This month, Jack and the Beanstalk is at the Lyric Hammersmith (November 21-January 3), and Aladdin is at the Hackney Empire (November 28-January 9). Also aimed at families is The Gruffalo (November 25-January 10). This one's about a mouse, a fox, an owl and the title character, all drummed up by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Also family-oriented at the above-mentioned Lyric Hammersmith is Christmas Baking Time (November 27-January 3), which has two playful bakers fighting the elements to perform their culinary tasks. Parents and grandparents may also want to note that The Nutcracker is at the Royal Opera House (November 26-January 1). http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22685 2009-11-06T17:26:45+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22685 And just in time for the holiday season is UNLV's Nevada Conservatory Theater's production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by David H. Bell (November 27-December 13). Find out if the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future can show the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge the error of his ways. Also, in the British panto tradition comes Jo Cattell & Richard Perkin's adaptation of Snow White And The Seven Dwarves (November 17-25). http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22682 2009-11-06T17:19:26+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22682 If the little ones are already talking about Christmas, Orlando Rep is staging Dear Santa (November 20-December 20). If you want to stave off the holiday season a little longer, try Stellaluna (November 7) or Junie B. Jones (November 21) at Lake Worth's Duncan Theatre. http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22681 2009-11-06T17:13:36+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22681 This month, Imagination Stage will journey to China with the heroic story of Disney's Mulan (November 25-January 10), a young girl who takes up arms as a soldier in place of her war-wounded father when he is called up to fight the Huns. http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22679 2009-11-06T17:08:11+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22679 Get in the holiday mood early with the family and classics like A Christmas Carol at Drury Lane Oakbrook/Terrace (November 18-December 21) and the Marriott Theatre (November 13-January 2); Miracle on 34th Street (November 14-January 3) at Theatre Building Chicago; or try a new twist on a favorite with It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (November 5-December 26). http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22678 2009-11-06T17:02:16+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22678 Can it really be Tiny Tim time already? Providence's Trinity Rep starts the onslaught with their 33rd annual production of A Christmas Carol (November 20 - December 27); the show is so popular, they need to get a head start. Stoneham Theatre next picks up the crutch (November 27 - December 27), with Shakespeare & Company's Nigel Gore as Scrooge, and the mellifluous Leigh Barrett as the Ghost of Christmas Past in its production of A Christmas Carol. http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22676 2009-11-06T17:00:13+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22676 TADA! Youth Theater will continue its 25th anniversary season in 2010 with three original family musicals. B.O.T.C.H. (January 15 - February 15) is a jazz-styled musical that follows the underground journey of artistic rats, dancing mummies, and the kids of B.O.T.C.H. who lurk... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22673 2009-11-06T16:21:15+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22673 The dance performance piece Groovaloo will return to New York, running December 1-January 3 at <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/theaters/union-square-theatre_66/"... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22671 2009-11-06T15:53:54+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22671 Rue McClanahan is recovering from bypass surgery performed on Wednesday in Manhattan, according to published reports. The actress was first diagnosed with acute cardiac illness on Monday during a routine physical exam. Following the surgery, McClanahan remains in the hospital, but is... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22670 2009-11-06T15:27:21+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22670 Broadway veteran Elliott Gould will guest star on the November 20 episode of NBC's Law & Order, according to TVGuide.com. He will play a disgruntled business owner who takes the law into his own hands after a crime spree in his Harlem neighborhood. Gould's Broadway credits... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22669 2009-11-06T15:09:14+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22669 Willem Dafoe, Dominic Fumusa, Penny Fuller, Victor Garber, Jonathan Groff, Hunter Parrish, David Hyde Pierce, and Vanessa Redgrave are among the stars who were spotted Off-Broadway this week. http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22668 2009-11-06T15:07:50+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22668 Performance artist Penny Arcade will bring her show New York Values to The Marsh, November 20-22. The piece looks at what is described as "the death of Bohemia," mixing music,... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22667 2009-11-06T15:04:10+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22667 Stage and screen star Neil Patrick Harris will receive the Trevor Project's 2009 Life Award at the organization's holiday gala, Cracked Xmas 12, to be held at <a... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22666 2009-11-06T14:57:25+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22666 Producer and night club impresario Art D'Lugoff has died, according to a report in The New York Times. He was 85. D'Lugoff was founder and owner of the Village Gate which opened in 1958 and where he presented performers such as Duke Ellington, Allen Ginsberg, and John Belushi. In... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22665 2009-11-06T14:56:36+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22665 Stage and screen star Lesley Manville will play Ouisa in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation, to run January 7 - April 3 at the <a... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22663 2009-11-06T14:25:03+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22663 Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's The Fantasticks will begin performances at the West End Duchess... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22662 2009-11-06T14:11:42+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22662 Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich have been named the recipients of the 2009 Fred Ebb Award, which will be presented to them at a ceremony at the American Airlines Theater on November... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22660 2009-11-05T23:06:48+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22660 Tony Award nominees Robert Cuccioli and Alison Fraser will star in George Street Playhouse's second Holiday Cabaret, to run December 18-20. They will be joined by Christopher Howatt, who will sing,... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22659 2009-11-05T22:43:13+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22659 Taproot Theatre will present a return engagement of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play as its annual holiday production, to run November 27 - December 30 at... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22658 2009-11-05T22:18:51+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22658 Broadway veteran Meredith Patterson will host the Huntington's Disease Society of America's annual Curtains Up For A Cure concert, to be held at <a... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22655 2009-11-05T21:56:27+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22655 Tony Award winner Stew will return to Shakespeare on the Sound next summer to compose songs and music for Shakespeare's Othello. Joanna Settle will direct the site-specific production, which will feature scenic design by Andrew Lieberman. Settle, Stew, and Lieberman... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22654 2009-11-05T21:38:34+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22654 Columnist Randy Cohen will join two-time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey for a talkback following the November 12 performance of David Rambo's The Lady With All the Answers... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22653 2009-11-05T21:10:58+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22653 Tony Award winner Laura Benanti will perform at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater on April 30, 2010, at 7:30pm. This concert, part of <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/cast/Barbara-Cook.html"... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22651 2009-11-05T20:47:29+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22651 De'Adre Aziza, Eisa Davis, Ari Gold, Anika Noni Rose, and Jon Spurney will be among the special guests at Colman Domingo's Big Ass 40th Birthday Party!, to be held at Joe's... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22650 2009-11-05T20:15:46+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22650 American Stage Theatre Company has announced the shows that will be part of Hot Off the Presses, the company's new play development reading series. All readings will be free and open to the public. Readings will include Rob Hartmann and Todd Olson's The Hurricane... http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22648 2009-11-05T19:58:09+00:00 http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/22648