(11/7/2009) The all new 20th Anniversary Season of Broadway Beat has begun! This week catch up with MEMPHIS, Kate Baldwin and AFTER MISS JULIE. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Impact Theatre continues its take-no-prisoners 2009-10 14th season with the co-world premiere of Large Animal Games, the newest work by Steve Yockey. Large Animal Games will simultaneously debut in a separate production at Dad's Garage in Atlanta. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) LMGPOP is proud to announce the recording debut of Chicago based singer, Carlo Chapelle.
"Shade of Blue" recorded over three years in Chicago, Indiana features an eclectic group of songs including several standards. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) The Troubadours Of Daytime will present a staged reading at Rogue Machine of THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA by Tennessee Williams starring JUDITH CHAPMAN (Y&R), CHRISTIAN LE BLANC (Y&R) ALLEY MILLS (B&B), and ORSON BEAN with EMILY O'BRIEN & DAVID LAGO (Y&R) on November 7 and November 8. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Adam Bock's new play, THE FLOWERS, will make its world premiere at the About Face CHICAGO XYZ Festival. The show makes his official opening on October 23rd and will run through November 7th. The cast will include Caron Buinis, Merrina Millsapp, Bruch Reed, Benjamin Sprunger, Brian-Mark Conover and Kieran Kredell. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Shakespeare's Sister Company will present Tony Award-winning actress, SHIRLEY KNIGHT as she works with students on monologues & techniques to use as actors. SHIRLEY KNIGHTS SHAKESPEARE WORKSHOP - "It's Not About the Monologue," will be held on Saturday, November 7th from 2-5pm at the Producer's Club's Grande Theater. Participants must prepare a Shakespeare verse monologue & each will work with Shirley in front of an audience. Observers are welcome to ask questions at the end of the workshop. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Reese stages her first concert at the Carnegie Hall (Judy & Arthur Zankell Hall) in New York City on November 7, 2009, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) University of Central Florida Conservatory Theatre is seeking actors for its upcoming production of Sun to Sun, a play with music compiled from Zora Neale Hurston's works. This production is co-produced with Orlando's Zora Festival, and directed by Elizabeth Van Dyke. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Native Voices at the Autry, America's leading Native American theater company, launches its 2009-10 main stage play series with the world premiere of CARBON BLACK by Terry Gomez. The humor-tinged suspenseful psychological drama, directed by Native Voices Founder/Producing Artistic Director Randy Reinholz, runs Saturday, November 7 to Sunday, November 22, 2009 (previews begin Wednesday, November 4). Gripping and enigmatic, the play vividly portrays the relationship between an agoraphobic mother and her precocious son, who claims to have witnessed a horrific murder. The mother's refusal to acknowledge the tale and her crippling dependence on sensationalized media coverage of violence around the globe serve to hold them both hostage and isolated. The award-winning cast includes actress Tonantzín Carmelo, Sheila Tousey, Stephan Wolfert and Michael Drummond. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Come hear stories of sexual misadventure, accidental arson, bad dates, sheep-tossing (which is not a euphemism), scars gained, condoms lost, unfortunately named drinks, and much, much more. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market presents AFTERNOON OF THE ELVES Saturdays, November 7 and 14. From the Newbery honor book of the same name comes the haunting and moving story of a young girl who is forced to take on very grown-up responsibilities - and the world she creates to give herself an escape from reality. Performances are at 1pm and 4pm. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Children's auditions for Royal Winnipeg Ballet's production of Nutcracker, will take place Saturday November 7th at 10 a.m. in The Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare, located at 1375 Euclid Avenue. This production of Nutcracker is presented by National City, now a part of PNC. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Al Simmons Sounds Crazy Saturday, Nov. 7 2 p.m. $14/10 district residents
In Sounds Crazy, Simmons demonstrates, with hilarious results, how the various instruments of a symphony orchestra make music. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Canadian children’s entertainer Al Simmons will perform Sounds Crazy: The Science of Music, at McLean’s Alden Theatre at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7. Tickets are $14, $10 for McLean district residents. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) On behalf of the Board of Directors, Staff and Company of Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company, I would like to invite you to participate in a very exciting event. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) The SF Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) are pleased to open their 7th Season with the World Premiere of Billy Aronson's First Day of School. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company announces the New England premiere of Nevermore, with music by Matt Conner, book by Grace Barnes, with lyrical adaptations from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Nevermore opens November 5th, 2009 and will run through November 7th. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Baritone Thomas Hampson will give his first performances as the New York Philharmonic's Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence when he joins the Orchestra, led by Neeme Järvi, for performances of Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony, Thursday, November 5, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, November 6, at 8:00 p.m., Saturday, November 7, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Magnet Theater presents the first annual New York Musical Improv Festival from November 6-7, 2009 at 254 W. 29th Street, ground floor (between 7th and 8th Avenues), NYC. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Florida Studio Theatre brings a giggling and guffawing program designed just for kids to the Goldstein Cabaret. The Kids Komedy Club will bring sketch comedy and improvisation written for kids, by kids and rated ‘K' for kids of all ages to the stage every Saturday morning beginning November 7. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Calibre Productions presents a stage adaptation of the BBC hit comedy Porridge, penned by the original writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, at the New Theatre from November 3rd to November 7th. The production stars Shaun Williamson of television's EastEnders. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) BLACKOUT THEATRE is proud to present: 24/7- a series of 7 plays by 7 different theatre companies that will all be written, rehearsed and performed in just 24 hours. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) The Macalester-Groveland Community Council, with the support of the City of St. Paul and Barthold Farms, will sponsor the twelfth annual "Great Pumpkin Drop" on Saturday, November 7, 2009. The event is free and open to all Saint Paul residents. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents staged readings of the musical ROSA PARKS on November 5-7, 2009 at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are FREE. Reservations are required at www.queenstheatre.org or by phone at 718-760-0064. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) The Stradivari Quartet will play Tiedtke Concert Hall at Rollins College as part of the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. The Visiting Artists Series performance will be on on Friday November 6th at 8PM. The quartet will also perform on Saturday, November 7 at 11AM as a part of the Fred Rogers Family Series. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) This weekend, beginning Saturday, November 7, L.A. Theatre Works will air Mimi's Guide by Doris Baizley starring Powers Boothe and Frances Conroy. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company announces the New England premiere of Nevermore, with music by Matt Conner, book by Grace Barnes, with lyrical adaptations from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Nevermore opens November 5th, 2009 and will run through November 7th. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Magnet Theater presents the first annual New York Musical Improv Festival from November 6-7, 2009 at 254 W. 29th Street, ground floor (between 7th and 8th Avenues), NYC. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) B Street Theatre Adds Performance to SOLD OUT Run of I Am My Own Wife Saturday, November 7th at 4pm, Call now for tickets! 916.443.5300 (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Angry Manatee Productions presents "Bash" by Neil LaBute, a series of three one act plays that explore the darkest limits of the human mind on Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7 at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) The Electric City Playhouse continues the Halloween tradition with the ghost thriller, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, written by Stephen Mallatratt and directed by Jimmy O. Burdette. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) The Extremes return to Cotuit Center for the Arts after standing room only shows in 2007 premiering their orginal soap opera, "It's a War Out There", written and performed by the Extremes under the direction of Joanne Callum Powers. Six daughters tell their story of growing up with dad in the wake of WWII. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) MUSICAL THEATRE WEST is pleased to announce that Margaret O'Brien, who starred as Tootie Smith opposite Judy Garland in the classic MGM film Meet Me In St. Louis, will be in attendance at two performances of the stage adaptation at the beautiful Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. Oscar® winner Ms. O'Brien will be at the Saturday, November 7, 2:00 PM and Sunday, November 8, 2:00 PM performances, and will be available at intermission and after the performance to meet audience members and sign photos in support of the non-profit organization, The Southern California Motion Picture Council. (read story...)
(11/7/2009) Al Simmons Sounds Crazy Saturday, Nov. 7 2 p.m. $14/10 district residents
In Sounds Crazy, Simmons demonstrates, with hilarious results, how the various instruments of a symphony orchestra make music. (read story...)